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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load scavenger" | ||||
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 | Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score. Floyd | Floyd | Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches Floyd | beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into Floyd | the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D Floyd | facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of Floyd | course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. Floyd | While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really Floyd | expects it to happen. That included you. Floyd | Floyd | Until you found the scrap of paper, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scavenger Floyd | Night's Edge interactive fiction Floyd | By Quintin Stone Floyd | Version 1.2 (post-comp) Floyd | Build Date: Apr 06 2005 Floyd | Type CREDITS or HELP for more information about this game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl preens. | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $900. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | It was about four days west of Arcadia that you came upon the ruins of Floyd | a pre-war airbase. The entire complex had been nearly leveled, Floyd | unfortunately. No sign of radiation, though, so you went in anyway. Floyd | There wasn't much to see, and by the looks of it, you guessed that Floyd | others had already stripped the place clean. On your way out, though, Floyd | this scrap of paper caught your eye. It was scorched in multiple Floyd | places, but the dry air managed to preserve it remarkably well for the Floyd | past hundred or so years. Some of the original message is still Floyd | readable. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oh floyd is using cheapglk 0.9.0" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "x counter" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on counter" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "its just a squirrel in a box" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Your standard SureFire pocket flashlight. About six inches long, with Floyd | a rubberized, waterproof exterior. You've had it for a number of years Floyd | and it's come in handy more than once. It puts out a bright beam Floyd | that's nice and uniform. Has a battery life of 60 continuous hours of Floyd | function. It's currently off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pack" | ||||
Floyd | This is your trusty survival pack. You've been carrying it for years. Floyd | Sure, the leather is worn thin in a few spots, and yeah, some of the Floyd | seams have been re-sewn two or three times, but you just can't bring Floyd | yourself to replace it. It's full of the travel rations you expect to Floyd | need on your journey. The pack is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the survival pack reveals your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rations" | ||||
Floyd | These are fairly typical travel rations. They mainly consist of freeze Floyd | dried meat, hard tack biscuits, and something claiming to be cheese (a Floyd | dubious assertion); all individually wrapped to give them a shelf life Floyd | of several years. The rations are also quite tasteless, with a texture Floyd | somewhere between cardboard and asphalt. Still, they do keep you Floyd | alive. You should have all you need for your trip, and then some. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Aw. Reverse geiger detector. If it stops chittering, RUN." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "close pack" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x message" | ||||
Floyd | It was about four days west of Arcadia that you came upon the ruins of Floyd | a pre-war airbase. The entire complex had been nearly leveled, Floyd | unfortunately. No sign of radiation, though, so you went in anyway. Floyd | There wasn't much to see, and by the looks of it, you guessed that Floyd | others had already stripped the place clean. On your way out, though, Floyd | this scrap of paper caught your eye. It was scorched in multiple Floyd | places, but the dry air managed to preserve it remarkably well for the Floyd | past hundred or so years. Some of the original message is still Floyd | readable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read message" | ||||
Floyd | The only pieces of the message that you've been able to make out so far Floyd | are: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...IEFS OF STAFF ...NERAL ARTH...NALDS ...ROJECT DISTANT PATH Floyd | Floyd | DUE TO THE INCREASED INS...ITY FROM INSURGENT FORC...ITARY RESEARCH Floyd | COM...ADO SPRINGS, ALL PERSONN...RMATION RELATED TO PROJE...NT PATH ARE Floyd | BEIN... COMPLETED HAVEN RESEAR... UNDER THE HEA...ES FROM 83RD Floyd | ARMORED INFANTRY REASSI... TO OVERSEE TRANSFER OF MATERIALS. GPS C... Floyd | 33-28-19.158N / 111-57-49.524W. LOCATION CLASSIFIE... SECRET Floyd | CLEARANCE AND BE AP... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You'd probably be able to get a little more with a highly detailed Floyd | scan, but you don't have the necessary equipment and you simply can't Floyd | entrust this information to anyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "the internet was created so that in the event of a nuclear attack, military generals would still have access to pornography" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "our path is clear: to retrieve and sell that pornography" | ||||
| Limax asks, "Don't we need a hall pass first?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "a map or gps would be nice. how long do gps satellites last after a nuclear war?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "north to our home?" | ||||
| DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "hi david" | genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. Curious if it'll let us." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't head back now; your journey is just beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Nope." | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "West?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "west?" | ||||
| inky says, "EAST" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "contrariwise" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "widdershins" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to inky), "I think you're outnumbered." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods in your direction. "Welcome back." Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh well" | |||
| DavidW says, "You might ask how long gps satellites will last regardless of war. The ones we have now are getting old and need repair or replacement." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x gps unit" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. Cost: $500. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x grenade" | ||||
Floyd | An M81 fragmentation grenade, according to the white lettering on the Floyd | side. Must pack quite a punch. It has a pin at the top holding tight Floyd | the "spoon", or safety lever. When the pin is pulled and the grenade Floyd | dropped or thrown, the safety lever separates from the grenade and its Floyd | fuse is armed. A price tag indicates $220. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | The laser gun is a bulky-looking pistol with a plastic housing of green Floyd | and dark gray camouflage. On top of the cylindrical barrel is a thin Floyd | holographic sight. The side of the gun, next to a stylized V, bears Floyd | the text: "Vortex Model 17". There's a small tag attached to the grip Floyd | with the word "SOLD!" written on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I definitely typed Granade first. I don't think he's in this game :P" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rifle" | ||||
Floyd | A Ruger Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle. A pretty handy little carbine, or Floyd | so you've heard. Your last rifle, lost on your last trek around the Floyd | Urktel mountains, wasn't nearly this nice. This rifle has a price tag Floyd | on it for $1000. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pills" | ||||
Floyd | Anti-radiation pills. A vital necessity for any scavenger who's Floyd | feeling bold enough to explore radiated areas. This packet of pills Floyd | contains several doses, each of which will protect the user from lethal Floyd | radiation for about 20 minutes. However, you know that the pills work Floyd | as a preventative measure: not a cure. There are 12 pills left. The Floyd | box has a price tag of $200. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pistol" | ||||
Floyd | From the markings on it, it's a SIG P239 semiautomatic handgun in 9mm. Floyd | It has a dark matte finish to it and a short cylinder attached to the Floyd | barrel that you recognize as a silencer. Price is listed as $300. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the scrap of paper, or the newspaper? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | One of the city rags. They're pretty much all the same, only Floyd | difference is which corp prints it. Charlie's arm is covering some of Floyd | it, but most of it is visible if you want to read it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | You glance down at the paper Charlie's reading. "The Daily Events - Floyd | Mar. 12, 2160" it says at the top. This is the Vortex Incorporated Floyd | daily paper. "Raiders Strike City Fringe" reads the main headline. Floyd | Scanning down the page, you look at some of the other headlines: Floyd | "Violent Criminal Ring Broken Up By Arcadian Security" "Unknown Floyd | Assailants Infiltrate CyTek Compound" "Cowardly Assassin Kills Security Floyd | Commissioner" The rest of the print is too small and too far away to Floyd | read upside down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Dang... I'm already behind" | |||
| Limax says, "Stupid multitasking" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We haven't really done anything. Went one step to the shop and are looking at things." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "so the cytek compound might be filled with bad guys if the paper is a clue" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i think we need the gps so that leaves 400. which is not enough for more than one of pills, grenade, pistol" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Mhm. Maybe just the GPS and go check out the nearby vicinity?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "maybe we get a discount though. lets talk to charlie" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to charlie" | ||||
Floyd | You and Charlie shoot the breeze for a bit, talking about the recent Floyd | infiltration of the CyTek corporate compound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about gps" | ||||
Floyd | "Got any details on that GPS unit?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you've used a GPS before, right? Got to, in your line of Floyd | work. Leads you to preprogrammed coordinates, and lets you save Floyd | locations into memory. I know the $500 price is a little steep, but Floyd | it's hard to find working pre-war models nowadays and the corps don't Floyd | make them as well. This particular one is a Pathfinder model 2200." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charlie for discount on gps" | ||||
Floyd | There are words after your command that I couldn't use. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x charlie" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's dressed in drab, simple clothing. A pair of coveralls and a Floyd | grimy yellow shirt. There's a touch of gray in his short brown hair. Floyd | He's currently reading up on some local events. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about discount" | ||||
Floyd | "You gonna give me that discount, Charlie?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods. "Oh, yeah, knock off the usual five percent." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yay." | |||
| Johnny arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "topics". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about pistol" | ||||
Floyd | "What's this pistol?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods at you. "A SIG P239. Nice, huh? Good and compact. Floyd | Holds eight 9mm rounds. Pretty reliable too. Nice thing about this Floyd | one is that it comes with not only a silencer, but a set of night Floyd | sights too. Gonna set you back $285 if you want it." He shrugs Floyd | apologetically. "It's fully loaded, but that's all the ammo for it Floyd | I've got." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about arcadia" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of the city, Charlie?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie harrumphs. "You've lived here as long as I have. It's a Floyd | shit-hole. But where else ya gonna go?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about cytek" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of the corps?" Floyd | Floyd | "Criminals," he mutters crossly. "Everyone knows it. They just go by Floyd | the moniker 'corporation' to appear legitimate. It's just organized Floyd | crime. The city council is just their puppet government." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I think I remember an easter egg which can get us five extra dollars." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about me" | ||||
Floyd | "Charlie, what do you think of us scavengers?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie laughs. "I think you're nuts! Going out there into the Floyd | wastes, looking for junk. You scavengers are all a little loony. If Floyd | the radiation doesn't kill you, the wild animals or the raiders will." Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "discount? don't remember if I found that" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks (of DavidW), "Go ahead?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "its radioactive here. youll probably be eaten by a deathclaw" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The basic plan is: annoy the author until he gives you something to knock it off. But if you go too far he kills you or makes the game unwinnable." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Haha." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i dont how i feel about that. i can be pretty annoying and might go too far" | ||||
| canadianpuzzler arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "Then perhaps I shouldn't bother." | |||
| DavidW says, "We don't really need the $5." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about pills" | ||||
Floyd | (Charlie) Floyd | "Tell me about the radiation pills." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you're familiar with these by now. Each dose will give you Floyd | about twenty minutes of protection from dangerous doses of radiation. Floyd | Cost: $190." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "of course we do" | |||
| inky says, "we can eat it in case of emergency" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x money" | ||||
Floyd | Old and wrinkly. Green and black ink on pale paper. Supposedly from Floyd | before the war. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "count money" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "count". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about grenade" | ||||
Floyd | "Nice grenade?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, that's a doozy there. M81 fragmentation grenade, complete with Floyd | 150 grams of high explosives designed to hurl hundreds of tungsten ball Floyd | bearings in all directions. If you throw one of these babies, you'd Floyd | better be behind something tough or in the next county. Price is $209 Floyd | if you want it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wealth" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wealth". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(a very few games have a 'wealth' command)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, uh. Can I try the usual magic words? (Might need to undo quickly. Some authors are mean about it.)" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "maybe if we type fund over and over well get more money. until the wastes are destroyed by an earthquake." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "go ahead ggg" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | You weren't really expecting anything, were you? It just doesn't fit Floyd | in with the genre. Floyd | Floyd | Oh come on, don't tell me you're disappointed. I know, I know, you Floyd | were expecting some hilarious little blip, or the Spanish Inquisition, Floyd | or something. Well, no, not the Spanish Inquisition, because no one Floyd | ever expects them. But I'm sitting here as I write this, watching Floyd | television and stuffing barbeque potato chips into my mouth, and Floyd | absolutely nothing humorous is coming to mind. So... hey, maybe next Floyd | time. Okay? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing at all happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "plover" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens at all. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens... again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Again... nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Still nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Stop doing that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Please stop doing that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, fine. I'm disabling the command now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | I really don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We're going to die." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Well, that didn't work. Look, here's 5 dollars. Just... take it and Floyd | promise to stop typing that. Nothing is going to happen! Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "!!!!!" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "youre going to die. i made backups" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "One more time for good luck?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Oh, I see. Okay, fine. If that's the way you want to be.... In a Floyd | total of 45 turns, you have achieved a score of 0 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "sure! nothing terrible could hap" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "oh" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl coughs. "Well then." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $905. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about gps" | ||||
Floyd | (Charlie) Floyd | "Got any details on that GPS unit?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you've used a GPS before, right? Got to, in your line of Floyd | work. Leads you to preprogrammed coordinates, and lets you save Floyd | locations into memory. I know the $475 price is a little steep, but Floyd | it's hard to find working pre-war models nowadays and the corps don't Floyd | make them as well. This particular one is a Pathfinder model 2200." Floyd | Floyd | > | canadianpuzzler says, "OK, that "Xyzzy" bit was actually pretty awesome. :-D" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about pills" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about the radiation pills." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you're familiar with these by now. Each dose will give you Floyd | about twenty minutes of protection from dangerous doses of radiation. Floyd | Cost: $190." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "sorry. already did that. forgot" | cyberskunk says, "but we can now afford, pills, gps, and grenade" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hmm. Maybe." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I do think we should at least get the GPS." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "ok" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy gps" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the GPS unit from the Floyd | display case. "The GPS unit of champions, my friend." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "buy it and set out searching if were done here?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I don't have any strong opinions on buying other things yet. Let's save and explore?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "East?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Maybe when you have something to offer the corporation. Until then, Floyd | it's probably a good idea just to leave it be. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Or not. South." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on gps" | ||||
Floyd | You won't need to use it until you begin your journey. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Fwiw, the game has multiple solutions built into it, so there isn't only one right set of items to buy. Several possible combos can lead to success." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn on gps" | ||||
Floyd | You won't need to use it until you begin your journey. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl nods. | |||
| cyberskunk says, "south" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "West first?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Actually, I'm confused about the description." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Several large and well-armed men block your entrance into the bunker. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "sure but i dont think we can" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Several large and well-armed men block your entrance into the bunker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shifting your pack, you approach the massive gate. As the Enforcers Floyd | swing open the door, you take your last breath of city air for the Floyd | foreseeable future and head out on your way. Floyd | Floyd | The journey takes you several days east of Arcadia, across the blasted Floyd | plains of the wasteland. It likely would have been shorter except for Floyd | the wide detours around radioactive hot-spots exposed by your Geiger Floyd | counter. But finally, with the help of your global positioning system, Floyd | you arrive at the coordinates specified on the scrap of paper. It's Floyd | about midnight when you arrive at... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I didn't think south would work." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "bah" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "can we undo and buy more things?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods in your direction. "Welcome back." Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "one second" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | (Charlie) Floyd | "Tell me about that laser." Floyd | Floyd | Charlie taps the glass of the counter above it. "Nice, huh? Expensive Floyd | too. For a pistol, anyway. The, uh..." he peers at the laser, Floyd | "Vortex Model 17. It's a pretty nice piece of hardware. Rugged as all Floyd | hell. They specifically designed it as a street weapon. Nice pop-up Floyd | holographic sight too. Anyway, I hate to tell you, but it's already Floyd | sold. Guy came in and bought it this morning. He's coming by later Floyd | tonight to pick it up. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "steal laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "steal". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to open the display case first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open case" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "in the future, man has lost the technology of stealing" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "we can get the pistol or radiation pills and grenade" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I don't know. I'd like to have the pills, maybe?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i think that might appeal more to our puzzle-savvy ways. although it would be cathartic to just shoot someone in if. lets do pills and grenade if we have to pick one" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose if you could get the gun, you might be tempted to kill Charlie." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "...brilliant" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "lets kill our friend" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Killing Charlie is bad." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "oh" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "nevermind" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh. Pills and grenade it is. But. I'd uh. Like to try something terrible and then undo :P" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "save first so we can do more bad things like shooting charlie" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Let's get the pills and grenade and save, and then we can blow him up." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "you maniacs. okay" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Because we can :P" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy pills" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the radiation pills Floyd | from the display case. "Enjoy." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy grenade" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the hand grenade from Floyd | the display case. "A pleasure doing business with you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "use grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the hand grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Charlie's eyes widen. "Holy Floyd | SHIT! What the hell are you doing? Put the pin back in!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. "Hit the Floyd | deck!" Charlie shouts, and leaps through the doorway. The door slams Floyd | closed behind him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | The door is closed and, more importantly, locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The hand grenade explodes, blasting everything in the area with Floyd | hundreds of tungsten ball bearings. Unfortunately, that includes you. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 68 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | cyberskunk says, "mwuhahahaha now he has us right where we want him" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a rifle, a silenced pistol, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. That's out of my system." | |||
| DavidW says, "hee" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "well we know we have three moves after pulling the pin" | ||||
| cyberskunk takes us out | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps you *can* put the pin in? I don't think I've tried." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shifting your pack, you approach the massive gate. As the Enforcers Floyd | swing open the door, you take your last breath of city air for the Floyd | foreseeable future and head out on your way. Floyd | Floyd | The journey takes you several days east of Arcadia, across the blasted Floyd | plains of the wasteland. It likely would have been shorter except for Floyd | the wide detours around radioactive hot-spots exposed by your Geiger Floyd | counter. But finally, with the help of your global positioning system, Floyd | you arrive at the coordinates specified on the scrap of paper. It's Floyd | about midnight when you arrive at... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "BOOM" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. The readout indicates that you're Floyd | at the right coordinates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x brambles" | ||||
Floyd | Thickets snarl around the southwestern and northern sections of the Floyd | clearing. The brambles are comprised of a dense twisting of thick Floyd | branches, and just oozing with angry thorns. Movement through them Floyd | looks impossible, though you're worried about what might be hiding in Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm reasonably sure that real grenades cannot be reset by reinserting the pin, even though many a cartoon character has tried." | |||
| Limax says, "It depends on if the clip has been removed" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "in cartoons the pins are the dangerous parts anyway" | ||||
| DavidW says, "heh. point." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search brambles" | ||||
Floyd | Peering between the branches, you spot the motionless form of an Floyd | expired rabbit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | You reach carefully into the twisty thorns and manage to snag the Floyd | rabbit corpse without scratching yourself up too badly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "THey actually had an episode of MASH where they had to re-insert a pin in a grenade in the OR" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | The body of a wild rabbit, brown in fur, and crawling with flies. It's Floyd | not readily apparent what the cause of death was. It looks like the Floyd | briar patch may not have been the safest place for it after all. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yum. Radiation-filled bunny." | |||
| Limax says, "A North Korean was holding it at the time" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Don't go into the briar patch" | |||
| Limax asks, "Or is it the laughing place?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "everybody's got a laughing place" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Should've bought a machete." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Was it Pooh Bear that had the laughing place?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "no it was brar rabbit" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "brer" | ||||
| Limax says, "It was Brer Rabbit" | ||||
| Limax says, "Actually Song of the South" | ||||
| Limax says, "That was the name of the film" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Which way?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. Assuming you can't sell the rabbit for its fur or to someone in need of stew ingredients, a dead rabbit might help feed (or distract) wild animals." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "east" | ||||
| Ellison says, "dang, you guys found the rabbit right away, too. you are doing much better than I did (although I only played a little bit further)." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x builings" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "builings". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x buildings" | ||||
Floyd | The buildings are fairly crude structures, even by the standards of an Floyd | Arcadian slum. Built from irregular wooden planks, most of them lean Floyd | precariously in their foundations. As near as you can figure, this Floyd | tiny community sprang up sometime after the war and simply made do with Floyd | whatever materials they could find. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk type pretty one day | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x large building" | ||||
Floyd | This is clearly the largest building in the village: possibly a lodge Floyd | or meeting hall built from uneven pieces of lumber. It's at least Floyd | three times as large as any other structure you've seen. And yet, it's Floyd | also in the worst shape. There are huge holes in the roofand the south Floyd | wall. If in a month this building is still standing, you'd be very Floyd | surprised. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x roof" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any roof here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter building" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "What are the chances of this thing collapsing around us?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "million to one" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x furniture" | ||||
Floyd | Bits of chairs, tables, benches. Nothing useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search furniture" | ||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think you're safe as look as Lucy Ricardo doesn't start crying that Ricky never takes her anywhere." | |||
| DavidW says, "er as long as" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ha." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
Floyd | One of the larger holes would permit travel to the south. There's also Floyd | a gaping hole in the floor, revealing a basement. You see no stairs or Floyd | ladder, but you should be able to lower yourself down without too much Floyd | trouble. Getting yourself out might be a whole other issue. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we can gut the rabbit and use it as rope?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "we can use the grenade to rocket jump" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Finding an actual rope (or ladder) might be better." | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "lets check the shacks to the south for a rope?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shacks" | ||||
Floyd | The buildings are fairly crude structures, even by the standards of an Floyd | Arcadian slum. Built from irregular wooden planks, most of them lean Floyd | precariously in their foundations. As near as you can figure, this Floyd | tiny community sprang up sometime after the war and simply made do with Floyd | whatever materials they could find. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "zoiks" | |||
| DavidW says, "eek! a gho-o-ost!" | ||||
| Limax says, "Ruh Roh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Scooby and I will check out the kitchen." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search shacks" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to the west?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Go west, young man" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "s" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Who's out there? I can see your light. I'll start shooting if Floyd | you don't answer me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Eep." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "nobody here but us rabbits" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say hello" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "answer" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to reply to? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "answer man" | ||||
Floyd | He's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | A series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by you, Floyd | throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | You shout out to the distant man... and are greeted with a hail of Floyd | gunfire! Bullets slam into the ground and trees around you, narrowly Floyd | missing your fragile self. Whoever's out there doesn't appear too Floyd | friendly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl frowns. | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I guess he didnt say he *wouldn't* shoot if we answered him." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | You shout out to the distant man... and are greeted with a hail of Floyd | gunfire! Bullets slam into the ground and trees around you, narrowly Floyd | missing your fragile self. Whoever's out there doesn't appear too Floyd | friendly. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees your light, bringing up his Floyd | automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The bullets tear through Floyd | you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 88 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | cyberskunk says, "im sure its just a endearingly eccentric old mountain man coot" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Uh. Run away??" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of his lantern, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 88 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees your light, bringing up his Floyd | automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The bullets tear through Floyd | you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 88 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "run, yeah" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | A bobbing light appears further down the southern path. You can hear Floyd | faint sounds of movement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | The light down the southern path waves and dances about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | It's pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | The bobbing light to the south dims and finally disappears. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Clearly we should have bought a gun." | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Now what?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "well if we care we can go south, hide, turn off the flashlight and leave the grenade" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Dig a tiger pit and cover it with palm fronds." | ||||
| Ellison asks, "did we try hiding and then turninf off our light?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "But it's our only grenade." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose you could try approaching in darkness." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "ill buy you a new one come christmas. but yeah lets do ellisons plan" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Very risky, though." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe. It didn't let us move earlier in the dark, but we can try it." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "'most' other directions?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh. Let's see." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The only breaks in vegetation lie to west, east, and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Well, ok." | |||
| Limax says, "Tyre going u" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "I said who's out there?!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Er..." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | The only breaks in vegetation lie to west, east, and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "AHA" | |||
| Limax says, "I thought so" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | The only breaks in vegetation lie to west, east, and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "I said who's out there?!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man frowns and scratches his head as he peers around the area. Floyd | "Bastard must've run off." Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "might as well keep waiting to see how long before he leaves or if he explicitly turns his back to us or something" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "pussycat kill kill?" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit man" | ||||
Floyd | You are gunned down before you even get close. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 102 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You dash out from behind the bush, sprinting down the path. "Ah ha!" Floyd | shouts the guard from behind you. You may be fast, but his bullets are Floyd | much faster. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 102 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "guess not" | |||
| DavidW says, "Try examining the man." | ||||
| Ellison says, "yeah, just thought of that" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | The illumination from his lantern shows an unshaved man of about Floyd | average height. He appears to be wearing a pair of raggedy jeans, Floyd | boots, and a patchwork coat of alternating colors. You think you Floyd | recognize them as raider markings. His left hand helps support the Floyd | large rifle he carries while also holding onto the handle of his Floyd | electric lamp. Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also, getting trapped in a basement might be less risky than gunfire at this point." | |||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Hit lamp?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose we don't have stones." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any rock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "(thought it might be a game where there are always rocks lying around)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight, Floyd | and a rabbit corpse. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's probably a rock elsewhere for us." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i bet we can sneak to the campfire without a light" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "since we can see it in the dark?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Wait, didnt we try that?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sneak se" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sneak". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "i dont thinks so?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "crawl se" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "crawl". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "one second" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of the campfire, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 104 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Save, and see what's in the basement?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ugh. Bad man." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a series of gunshots ring out far to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | A sound from the east causes you to spin about and aim your flashlight Floyd | in that direction. From between two of the buildings, a pair of Floyd | emaciated coyotes slink into the street, their eyes glowing in the beam Floyd | of your light. They immediately turn their attention towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "clearly the solution is he has a finite number of bullets" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "awwww" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pet coyote" | ||||
Floyd | You'd prefer to keep your hands. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x coyote" | ||||
Floyd | A pair of mangy, scraggly coyotes. Their coats are filthy, matted Floyd | together, and beneath you can clearly see the outlines of their bones. Floyd | They glare at you with a disturbing mix of hunger and hatred. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Lucky guess. Think they like rabbit?" | |||
| DavidW says, "They might." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask coyotes about who is a good boy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "who". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "taunt coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "taunt". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dance". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw rabbit at coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | The coyotes move with surprising quickness, darting out of the way. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes are almost on top of you! Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i want to see this death" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, fine." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "is that okay?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes are almost on top of you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the coyotes leap into the air and slam against your Floyd | chest. Your throat is quickly torn out by the ravenous beasts. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 113 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give rabbit to coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | You toss the body of the rabbit in front of the coyotes. As the smell Floyd | hits them, their entire attention turns to the small animal corpse. Floyd | One of them leaps forward, snatching the rabbit in its jaws. The Floyd | second lets out a howl that is both poignantly mournful and angry. The Floyd | first coyote dashes off between the buildings with the dead bunny in Floyd | its jaws. The other animal chases after it, close on its heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "if only we had some Acme Gunpowder* to solve this (* the gunpowder that blows up)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl awws. "How cute." | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "hole?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Let's see what's over here first?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we'll find a ladder or something." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heading to the shack to the east." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | (Opening the shack door) Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded on the ground you find a small plastic tub. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tub" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be a small tub, maybe three inches in diameter, made of Floyd | yellowish-orange plastic. Whatever lettering was on the side or lid Floyd | has long since worn away. The tub is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open tub" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the small plastic tub reveals a lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint rustling noise coming from behind the boards. It Floyd | lasts for only a brief moment and then all is quiet again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take clay" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take tub" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The silence is broken by what sounds like a quiet cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i didnt see the east exit in the edge of village" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x boards" | ||||
Floyd | Pieces of lumber in various sizes and shapes. This shack may have Floyd | served as a storage shed for the village's construction materials. The Floyd | large pile is stacked in one corner of the shack, leaning against the Floyd | wall. There is a considerable pocket of deep shadow behind the boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search boards" | ||||
Floyd | You angle the boards away from the wall to peer behind them. With a Floyd | sudden cry, a small figure scrambles out from behind them. The Floyd | diminutive shape dashes across the shack and huddles in the opposite Floyd | corner. You turn the beam of your flashlight toward it and see that it Floyd | is an emaciated little girl, covered in grime. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Because there wasn't one listed. I got lucky." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x girl" | ||||
Floyd | A gaunt little girl, probably about five or six years old. She has | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x girl" | ||||
Floyd | dirty brown hair which would probably reach to her shoulders if it Floyd | wasn't so tangled. She wears a plain brown dress of a coarse (and very Floyd | dirty) fabric. Her face is also covered in grime; her eyes red and Floyd | watery. You can't help but notice her sunken cheekbones and eye Floyd | sockets. Her body language betrays her obvious fear of you. She is Floyd | huddled in the corner, lips trembling, eyes wide and darting in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A gaunt little girl, probably about five or six years old. She has Floyd | dirty brown hair which would probably reach to her shoulders if it Floyd | wasn't so tangled. She wears a plain brown dress of a coarse (and very Floyd | dirty) fabric. Her face is also covered in grime; her eyes red and Floyd | watery. You can't help but notice her sunken cheekbones and eye Floyd | sockets. Her body language betrays her obvious fear of you. She is Floyd | huddled in the corner, lips trembling, eyes wide and darting in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to girl" | ||||
Floyd | The little girl seems too afraid of you to respond. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "girl, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The little girl seems too afraid of you to respond. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a lump of clay, and a small plastic tub. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe the little girl likes bunnies" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give clay to girl" | ||||
Floyd | The little girl shakes her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the survival pack reveals your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get ration from pack" | ||||
Floyd | There are too many packets to juggle. They're best left in your pack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rations" | ||||
Floyd | These are fairly typical travel rations. They mainly consist of freeze Floyd | dried meat, hard tack biscuits, and something claiming to be cheese (a Floyd | dubious assertion); all individually wrapped to give them a shelf life Floyd | of several years. The rations are also quite tasteless, with a texture Floyd | somewhere between cardboard and asphalt. Still, they do keep you Floyd | alive. A little more than half of your travel rations remain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give cheese to girl" | ||||
Floyd | You unwrap one of the small packages and hand it to her. Tentatively Floyd | she leans forward and accepts it, quickly pulling back. She takes a Floyd | tiny bite... and a huge grin spreads across her face. She wolfs the Floyd | remainder down. Floyd | Floyd | "What's your name, little girl?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Iona," the little girl whispers. You smile at her and she smiles Floyd | back. She doesn't seem quite so afraid of you anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Her last name is Chevy-Pickup." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i was going to guess Column." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lumps" | ||||
Floyd | They are small, shapeless piles of material. Very possibly surplus Floyd | building materials. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search lumps" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "if we had gone here first we could have thrown the girl to the coyotes and kept our rabbit" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Great. So we have to take care of a little girl now?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about village" | ||||
Floyd | "What happened to the village? To the people?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona bites her lip. "The bad men came. They were screaming and it was Floyd | so loud. I hid until the bad men left." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "The coyotes were on the way here." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about parents" | ||||
Floyd | "Where is your family?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona's eyes well up with tears. "Dead," she says in a barely audible Floyd | whisper. "The bad men killed them. They killed everyone." Tears Floyd | leave muddy tracks as they run down her face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You can possibly tell her to STAY or FOLLOW as necessary." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about bad men" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the raiders?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona wipes her hand across her nose. "The bad men came... a bunch of Floyd | days ago. They moved into the base near here. Then they killed Floyd | everyone." She starts to cry. "They had guns and knives and everyone Floyd | was screaming and there was blood everywhere...." She sobs, unable to Floyd | continue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about base" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you know about this base that's nearby?" Floyd | Floyd | "It's a building under the ground," Iona says. "That's where the bad Floyd | men live. My parents couldn't open the door, but the bad men could when Floyd | they came. Then they came here and...." She swallows, then continues. Floyd | "There's a bad man guarding the door, but I think I know a secret way." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about secret way" | ||||
Floyd | "You know a secret way into the base?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona nods. "I found it. I was playing and I found it. In the bushes. Floyd | I can show you where it is. But... I lost my dolly and I can't reach Floyd | it. Can you get it for me? I miss it so much." She blinks back Floyd | tears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask iona about dolly" | ||||
Floyd | "Where is your doll?" Floyd | Floyd | "I dropped it. I was in the building and the doggies came and scared Floyd | me and I dropped it down in the hole. I can't reach it and the ladder Floyd | is broken. It's too far down. Will you get it for me?" Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl grumbles. "Of *course* we will." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | You sound very positive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say yes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask girl about rope" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rope". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask girl about ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Iona simply looks up at you with wide eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "iona about ladder" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask iona about doggies" | ||||
Floyd | "The coyotes have been after you?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, the doggies are very mean. I think they want to eat me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about pet rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "well at least not everything is incredibly tragic" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, ""Hey, kid. I couldn't find your dolly. Want a disemboweled bunny?"" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "save jump down the hole and maybe well find a way to climb out" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x planks" | ||||
Floyd | The gaps between the warped planks of the roof appear to have been Floyd | patched with clay. Floyd | Floyd | Iona rubs the side of her nose. "Are we there yet?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take planks" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the roof isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "'Look, it works like a handpuppet."" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take boards" | ||||
Floyd | The pile of boards would probably give you a very painful bunch of Floyd | splinters. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "I guess we should take her with us?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Or is it safer to leave her here for a moment?" | ||||
| jenrexrode arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "Let her follow or stay as she wants, I guess." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | The only exit lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ew" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ew". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Down?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully lower yourself down into the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | A discarded rag doll lies among the carnage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x doll" | ||||
Floyd | A moth-eaten rag doll with only the slightest resemblance to a human Floyd | shape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take doll" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x corpses" | ||||
Floyd | Six, maybe seven or eight bodies in there. It's hard to tell with them Floyd | all jumbled up like that. You feel the bile rising in your throat and Floyd | turn your head away quickly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search corpses" | ||||
Floyd | Gingerly, you sift through the rotting bodies but come up empty handed. Floyd | It looks like they've already been stripped of anything remotely useful Floyd | or valuable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair. One leg is plainly shorter than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a lump of clay, a small plastic tub, and a rag doll. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x tub" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be a small tub, maybe three inches in diameter, made of Floyd | yellowish-orange plastic. Whatever lettering was on the side or lid Floyd | has long since worn away. The tub is currently open and empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take chair" | ||||
Floyd | The chair is too heavy to be carrying around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put clay under chair" | ||||
Floyd | There isn't room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "fix chair with clay" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fix". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "stand on chair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the chair. It wobbles slightly under your Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search timbers" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think the chair might be the way out. Unless you wanna try climbing corpses." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to grab one of the timbers above and pull yourself out of Floyd | the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "pushes the easy button" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | canadianpuzzler says, "Faster than you can say "Product placement" Staples (TM) delivers some office supplies to you." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give doll to girl" | ||||
Floyd | Iona's face immediately brightens. "My dolly!" she squeals in delight Floyd | as she hugs the rag doll. She grabs your hand and pulls you towards Floyd | the door. "Let me show you the secret way past the bad men." She Floyd | leads you back to the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Iona leads you over to the brambles. "Down here," she says, getting Floyd | down on her hands and knees. As you do the same, she points to a Floyd | well-hidden gap in the brambles to the southwest. "Back there. You Floyd | can crawl to the secret way in." Giggling, she stands up. She skips Floyd | back to the shack, hugging her rag doll close and waving to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| jenrexrode has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | genericgeekgirl says, "Uh, ok. Bye little girl. Try not to die on your own." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "wait" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "wasnt there a room in town we didnt see? i want to look at the skeletons" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "doing so?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x skeletons" | ||||
Floyd | There are strips of sinew and flesh hanging from some of the bones. Floyd | One of the skeletons is visibly larger in stature than the other, and Floyd | the larger body has a near perfect hole in the front of its skull. A Floyd | closer look at the bones reveals that most are covered with gouges and Floyd | scratches that look suspiciously like bite marks. Several of the bones Floyd | have been dragged away from the main cluster. As you move your Floyd | flashlight among the carnage, something glints in the illumination. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search bones" | ||||
Floyd | You search among the bones and discover a simple necklace, which you Floyd | take. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart asks, "So what's this postapocalyptic piece?" | |||
| DavidW says, "a glint!" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x necklace" | ||||
Floyd | Turns out it's nothing more than a quartz crystal hanging from a Floyd | leather cord. It sparkles nicely, but you wouldn't get more than a Floyd | couple bucks for it at the Arcadia market. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "we can make a radio now" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. You know, I thought that was the door we'd come in earlier." | ||||
| cyberskunk searches amongst the bones. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Lionheart), "Scavenger" | ||||
| cyberskunk finds a comment card from the coyotes. Apparently the service here is terrible. | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yay, we has a shinee." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear necklace" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the necklace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "That's a bad idea." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "y? we looked pretty" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "close pack" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your path is blocked by the underbrush. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "There was a hole in the ceiling in the place with the hole in floor. Can we go up there?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We can try." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "south first?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "nvm mind" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | South and east are the only reasonable exits. You might be able to Floyd | travel down as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Those tracks outside: can they be followed?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tracks" | ||||
Floyd | The tracks trail all over the road here. They seem to be in greatest Floyd | concentration in front of the old shack to the east. You're not sure, Floyd | but they appear to be dog tracks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "follow tracks" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to follow the tracks. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "shes going to be fine" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "To the underground lair?" | ||||
| Lionheart says, "You may find yourself eaten in a shotgun shack." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah. to the lair." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Which way is that?" | |||
| cyberskunk drives! | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Besides the obvious exits to east and west, the large hole in the Floyd | building to the north appears large enough to fit through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I need to go make ramen and eat it. Try not to get killed." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to crawl along the trail through the brambles with only Floyd | minor scratches. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Path Floyd | This is the end of a very convoluted and twisted path through several Floyd | hundred feet of frighteningly thorny briar patch. The track is Floyd | extremely difficult to see, especially at night, and you know you never Floyd | would have found your way without help. It heads back into the thicket Floyd | to your northeast, the only footpath leading from this small open field Floyd | among the brambles. In the middle of the small clearing is a square Floyd | metal structure, about two feet long on each side and protruding a Floyd | couple of inches from the ground. This box is topped by a metal Floyd | grating held on by rusty latches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be the top end of some sort of chimney or air vent. Floyd | About two feet long on each side, it's constructed out of sheet metal. Floyd | A metal grating is attached to the top by a set of rusty hinges. If Floyd | there was originally a lock on it, it's long since disintegrated. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open grating" | ||||
Floyd | With neglected hinges screeching in protest, the grating swings open, Floyd | revealing a wide shaft that disappears down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Down?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You lower yourself carefully into the shaft and squirm along as it Floyd | turns horizontal. After several feet of crawling, the duct turns Floyd | vertical again. Shimmying along its length, you drop down into the Floyd | room beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the pole is a frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x boxes" | ||||
Floyd | A bunch of warped and water-damaged cardboard boxes. Most have only a Floyd | scattering of broken electronics, dead batteries, corroded wires, and Floyd | other completely useless junk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search boxes" | ||||
Floyd | Searching among all the useless trash in the boxes, you come across a Floyd | circuit breaker in reasonable condition, which you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | ||||
Floyd | A frayed jacket with alternating bands of red and green that you Floyd | recognize as the wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get jacket" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a Geiger counter into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | (opening the survival pack first) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||||
Floyd | The survival pack is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put necklace in pack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, and a frayed Floyd | jacket (being worn). The survival pack contains your travel rations, a Floyd | Geiger counter, and a necklace. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put tub in pack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put circuit break in pack" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put circuit breaker in pack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get geiger counter from pack" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x circuit breaker" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "just making some room. i want the counter out" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "East?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. The pole is hanging across the Floyd | room, suspended by two shelves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | Stretching across the corner of the room, suspended by the shelves, is Floyd | a metal pole. There's nothing else on the shelves except for the Floyd | boxes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "can we take the pole?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x messages" | ||||
Floyd | Crudely scrawled (and spelled) inquiries about people's mothers, sexual Floyd | preferences, appearance, odors, and a few rough drawings of genitalia. Floyd | In other words, the typical kind of thing you see every day back home Floyd | in Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "draw in mud" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "draw". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "write on wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "write". Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Do you want to go back to get the pole?" | |||
| Lionheart says, "That's what he said." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pole" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x doors" | ||||
Floyd | north door: The door to the north is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | south door: The door to the south is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | west door: The door to the west is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh good, you thought of trying to take the pole." | |||
| DavidW says, "Poles can be useful in all sorts of ways, as I remember from Infidel." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pole" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read messages" | ||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | we rool the wasteland Floyd | YOU STNK Floyd | Floyd | reds mom was a mutent Floyd | Floyd | > | (from Johnny) Johnny says, "Like when you pole vault over the angry mummies." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "tunnel snakes rule" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Which way?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "if theyre all the same, start at north and go clockwise" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | That door appears to have been jammed shut for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "an office! maybe we can find another easy button" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | This is a bulky office desk built from some kind of dark hardwood. Its Floyd | appearance is particularly ugly and utilitarian. The top is covered Floyd | with dust except for a few outlines of items that have probably been Floyd | recently removed. The left side consists of a large sliding drawer and Floyd | the desk's very short legs keep it only about an inch off the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Look under the desk" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the desk drawer open and find it empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove drawer" | ||||
Floyd | The desk drawer won't budge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You peer under the desk and see the glint of something metallic. Floyd | Unfortunately, the desk is too low to the ground to reach it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push desk" | ||||
Floyd | There's no way you're moving this monster of a desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You crouch down and try to snag the metallic object under the desk with Floyd | the metal pole. You can't seem to catch it, though, and after a minute Floyd | you give up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "attach clay to pole" | ||||
Floyd | There's no obvious way to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "stick clay on pole" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stick". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use clay with pole" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put clay on pole" | ||||
Floyd | You attempt to stick the lump of clay to the end of the pole, but it Floyd | keeps sliding off. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, and a Floyd | metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a necklace, a small Floyd | plastic tub, and a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says, "The 'you can't seem to catch it' line suggests we need a hook." | cyberskunk says, "yeah" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Was there a coat hanger?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "say, i bet we can turn this useless pin in this grenade into a hook" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "There *should* have been. But I didn't see one, and we took both the coat and the pole it was hanging on." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hanger" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hanger". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pockets" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pockets". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "trying east" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "lift desk with pole" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | There is a single door to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pry desk with pole" | ||||
Floyd | You can't find any way to pry the wooden desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk bumps into walls a lot. | |||
| cyberskunk exclaims, "*THUMP* Stook!" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o yeah" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "multiple solutions maybe" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like a fairly solid security door. Built out of brushed Floyd | stainless steel, but even this wasn't able to withstand the determined Floyd | new inhabitants and their need to desecrate everything they found. As Floyd | you look closer, you see faded letters that read "SUBLEVEL 2" through Floyd | the random messages and graffiti. Built into the wall right beside the Floyd | door is a control panel. The door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look north" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "north?" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit hinges" | ||||
Floyd | Your fists do little damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit hinges with pipe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any pipe here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x screws" | ||||
Floyd | Two simple steel screws that are currently screwed in tight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash panel" | ||||
Floyd | Your fists do little damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | ||||
Floyd | A frayed jacket with alternating bands of red and green that you Floyd | recognize as the wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search jacket" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x keypad" | ||||
Floyd | You can see it's a pretty standard numeric keypad. There are ten Floyd | off-white plastic buttons, numbered 0 through 9. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Ok, north?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Mhm, one sec." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to open the security door first. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Uh, maybe not. East?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | There are a lot of voices coming from the room to your east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | There are a lot of voices coming from the room to your east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen to east" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any east here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen to voices" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "voices". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prints" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any prints here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x graffiti" | ||||
Floyd | Crudely scrawled (and spelled) inquiries about people's mothers, sexual Floyd | preferences, appearance, odors, and a few rough drawings of genitalia. Floyd | In other words, the typical kind of thing you see every day back home Floyd | in Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Over the sound of voices to the east, you can just make out what sounds Floyd | like footsteps and voices approaching the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "seems like we're fine since we have the jacket, but sure, let's search these other rooms first" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | Reaches about six feet tall and spans around three feet across. The Floyd | wood is extremely old, and probably has only survived this long because Floyd | it's been in the dry, sterile air of the base. Most of the shelves are Floyd | missing, possibly used for firewood. The majority of the backing still Floyd | remains, however, obscuring the view of the northern alcove from the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Two armed men enter the room, engrossed in a quiet conversation that Floyd | you cannot quite make out. One of them sees you and immediately stops Floyd | talking while elbowing his companion. That man quickly falls silent as Floyd | well, and the two hurry past you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind the bookcase) Floyd | You slip past the bookcase into the northern alcove. From this Floyd | location, you are almost completely hidden from the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | From behind the bookcase, you hear what sounds like two men enter the Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | "Boss is pissed," you hear a voice say. Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah?" a second voice replies. "Why's that?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | The first voice says, "He thinks Jones is working to take over. Boss Floyd | changed the password early." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh? What is it now?" Floyd | Floyd | "Monkey." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | There's a pause. "Is it true?" the second voice asks. "Is Jones?" Floyd | Floyd | "I doubt it," says the first voice. "He's just been...." The voices Floyd | trail off as the men move out of earshot. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Monkey!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East, in the north alcove Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "East first? Presumably safe." | |||
| Ellison says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | * jenrexrode has left the channel. | |||
Floyd | You can move south back into the hallway and there is a door to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hm. Ok." | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "North?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You step out from behind the bookcase, back into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "sure" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Limax has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read graffiti" | ||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | Jones is 1 ugly bastard Floyd | BRING ON THE WIMIN!!!! Floyd | Floyd | Keep an open mind... bash your brains out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the stainless steel panel is a map and a note being held Floyd | on by a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "one of the raider's math tests is pinned to the sheet with a fridge magnet" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "he got a 63%" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x map" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be an old, faded map of the countryside. After all your Floyd | travels, you do have a certain familiarity with the terrain. The Floyd | location of Arcadia is marked in red, as is the location of this base. Floyd | Floyd | A raider hurls a small metal dish across the room, grumbling about the Floyd | food. Several others nearby mutter their agreement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take map" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, a fist-fight breaks out among the raiders. The two Floyd | brawlers trade punches and kicks for a few moments until the rest of Floyd | the crowd breaks up the fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" | ||||
Floyd | A note written on ragged, yellow paper. Floyd | Floyd | A small crowd forms around a raider holding up a yellowed girly Floyd | magazine. The men hoot and grunt at the centerfold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | The note reads: Floyd | Floyd | Okay, maggots, this is the last time I'm gonna tell you. You don't Floyd | bother me unless it is something important. Otherwise you talk to Ertz Floyd | or Randall. The next person to bother me without a very good reason Floyd | ends up in a shallow grave next to Sulz. Floyd | Floyd | Those of you that can read, make sure the rest of the troops understand Floyd | this. Floyd | Floyd | Randall managed to scrounge up a pack of explosives on his last trip Floyd | out. If we can't get that damn door open any other way, we'll blast Floyd | the fucking thing. Floyd | Floyd | Remember: the wasteland belongs to us. Floyd | Floyd | Boss Floyd | Floyd | Some of the crowd begin to debate whether dogs or cats make a tastier Floyd | meal. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "dog if your fry it but cat in a stir fry. its too stringy otherwise" | |||
| cyberskunk yawns. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What about skunk?" | ||||
| cyberskunk gamey. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | One of the raiders tells a lewd joke, followed by shouts of laughter Floyd | from the rest of the crowd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the stainless steel panel is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x magnet" | ||||
Floyd | A small black disc, about an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch Floyd | thick. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take magnet" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A group of raiders clear off a makeshift table. Two of them sit at Floyd | opposite ends and begin arm wrestling. The rest of the men crowd Floyd | around the two challengers, yelling and cheering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put magnet on pole" | ||||
Floyd | The magnet is now firmly attached to the end of the metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x beds" | ||||
Floyd | Rather filthy. But then, you've slept on worse. Floyd | Floyd | You are roughly jostled by a careless raider as he walks by. "Watch Floyd | where you're going," he snarls at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search beds" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | One of the men begins bragging loudly about how many villagers he Floyd | killed. The rest of the raiders appear unimpressed by his boasts. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Trying south, and then back to the room with the desk?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||||
Floyd | These chairs are in poor shape. They are cushioned, with five-legs and Floyd | wheels on the bottom. However, most are missing wheels, arm rests, or Floyd | even backs. The one good chair is currently occupied by the guard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A little less scruffy than the rest of the raiders, but not by much. Floyd | He's wearing a brown leather jacket, torn in a couple of places, with Floyd | the same green and red bands as the rest of the raiders. The raider is Floyd | sitting in the chair beside the door, a mean looking black submachine Floyd | gun cradled in his hands. His feet are propped up on the table in the Floyd | center of the room. Dangling from a cord around the man's neck is what Floyd | appears to be a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and reflects Floyd | the light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prism" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about prism" | ||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "That's an interesting medallion you're wearing." Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard looks down. "Yeah. I take it off when we go on a Floyd | raid. Reflections can give our position away. But otherwise I think Floyd | it looks good on me. But I'm always looking if you are interested in Floyd | trading." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a metal Floyd | pole, a map, and a note. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a necklace, a small Floyd | plastic tub, and a circuit breaker. Sitting on the metal pole is a Floyd | kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x necklace" | ||||
Floyd | Worthless, really. It's nothing more than a quartz crystal hanging Floyd | from leather cord. It sparkles nicely, but you wouldn't more than a Floyd | couple bucks for it at the Arcadia market. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "its shiny. he likes it" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "hes actually a mutant jackdaw guard" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "trade necklace for prism" | ||||
Floyd | No one is carrying the necklace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take necklace" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a metal pole into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show necklace to guard" | ||||
Floyd | You lift the quartz crystal necklace up and show it to the guard. He Floyd | raises an eyebrow, then fingers the prism hanging around his neck. Floyd | "Hey, wow, that's pretty nice. A lot better than this old thing here. Floyd | Let me know if you're interested in a trade." He raises an eyebrow. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Yes?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "yes" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "trade necklace for prism" | ||||
Floyd | The guard nods and hands you the prism in exchange for the quartz Floyd | crystal necklace. He loops the leather strap around his neck and holds Floyd | the crystal in front of his face, marveling at its sparkle. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is quartz. thats information." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prism" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "and unless we find a crystal radio to repair its useless" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, pal, I ain't interested in small talk. If you have a question, Floyd | then ask. If you're here to see the boss, you'd better know the Floyd | password." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe later." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | "Nah, nah, nah," the guard says, holding up his hand. "No one gets Floyd | through that door without this week's password. If you got permission Floyd | to see da boss, then you got da password. Otherwise, beat it." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I want to get the thing under the desk." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Unless you really want to try this now." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "go ahead" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You crouch down and slide the pole under the desk towards the metallic Floyd | object beneath. Whatever it is sticks to the magnet at the end of the Floyd | pole, and you pull the pole out to find a security badge dangling from Floyd | the end, its belt clip stuck to the magnet. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x photo" | ||||
Floyd | A woman's face looks back at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i bet the combination is on the crystal" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any panel here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hm." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "screwdriver + circuit breaker" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Do we want to break and pick it up again Saturday evening?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Erm. I meant Sunday." | ||||
| Ellison says, "whatever" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "I'm fine with continuing playing, but I haven't been paying attention to where rooms are" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "thanks ggg" | ||||
| Ellison says, "yeah, thanks" | ||||
| You say (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 293 turns, you have achieved a score of 4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Drifter. Floyd | Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (YES or NO) > | ||||
| You say (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| *** Second Session *** | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load scavenger" | ||||
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 | Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score. Floyd | Floyd | Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches Floyd | beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into Floyd | the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D Floyd | facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of Floyd | course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. Floyd | While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really Floyd | expects it to happen. That included you. Floyd | Floyd | Until you found the scrap of paper, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scavenger Floyd | Night's Edge interactive fiction Floyd | By Quintin Stone Floyd | Version 1.2 (post-comp) Floyd | Build Date: Apr 06 2005 Floyd | Type CREDITS or HELP for more information about this game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right. So we got the badge (from under the desk), and a data crystal." | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "was wondering if we could also use it as a screwdriver. anyhow, I think there might still be rooms we haven't seen (but I'm not sure)." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Mhm. We have the password (let me go look it up) to get into see the big boss, I think. And I think there are more doors we couldn't get through yet for whatever reason." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "i didnt think we had the password. we just know the guards?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh right. Monkey." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x datacube" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Didn't mean to do that." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x grating" | ||||
Floyd | You don't recall ever seeing a floor like this and you aren't sure what Floyd | the original purpose was. The gaps in the grating are small, no more Floyd | than a quarter of an inch wide. If there's a subflooring underneath, Floyd | you can't tell how far beneath it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "lift grating" | ||||
Floyd | You can't lift the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole through grating" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole in grating" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the floor isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "just want to get our bearings" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i didnt mean to do that" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is where we came in" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | That door appears to have been jammed shut for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is were we found the badge" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is where we met r kelly" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shaft" | ||||
Floyd | The shaft ascends upwards into darkness. It's well out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "east?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x alcoves" | ||||
Floyd | north alcove: The northern wall of the corridor is recessed, forming a Floyd | small alcove. A wooden bookcase set against that wall sticks out into Floyd | the alcove, partially obscuring it from the hall. On the north end of Floyd | the alcove is a smooth, featureless door. Floyd | south alcove: The southern wall of the corridor is recessed, forming a Floyd | small alcove. On the south end of the alcove is a smooth, featureless Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | Reaches about six feet tall and spans around three feet across. The Floyd | wood is extremely old, and probably has only survived this long because Floyd | it's been in the dry, sterile air of the base. Most of the shelves are Floyd | missing, possibly used for firewood. The majority of the backing still Floyd | remains, however, obscuring the view of the northern alcove from the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | Pushing the bookcase doesn't do anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You slip past the bookcase into the northern alcove. From this Floyd | location, you are almost completely hidden from the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is our brown recluse safety fort" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You step out from behind the bookcase, back into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "east is the cafeteria" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "and here is the guard. okay got it" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "lets search for things in the barracks" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l west" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The metal panel is a stainless steel rectangle, about a foot wide and a Floyd | foot-and-a-half tall. It's set into the wall, completely flush against Floyd | the surface, about four feet off the floor. There's nothing on the Floyd | stainless steel panel. Floyd | Floyd | With a knife, a raider tries to slice a cut in the wall. He examines Floyd | the wall with a puzzled look as his weapon fails to make even a mark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search beds" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search bunks" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | A handful of rifle cartridges drops to the floor and the rounds scatter Floyd | across the room. The man who dropped them swears as he chases after Floyd | them. A couple of the other raiders snort and laugh. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look under beds" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under the beds and cots. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, a fist-fight breaks out among the raiders. The two Floyd | brawlers trade punches and kicks for a few moments until the rest of Floyd | the crowd breaks up the fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x raiders" | ||||
Floyd | Villains of the waste. You've encountered raiders before, but never Floyd | this up close and personal. At a glance you'd say there are a couple Floyd | dozen men here, maybe more. Most are dirty, unshaven, with unkempt Floyd | hair and ratty clothes. All are armed in one manner or another. Each Floyd | one has a jacket, shirt, or armband with alternating bands of red and Floyd | green. You've seen the like before. Wasteland raiders, like Arcadian Floyd | gangs, use these colors to announce their allegiance as well as Floyd | identify their companions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x posessions" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "posessions". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "play with raiders" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x possessions" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "possessions". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "where were the notes from the leader?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl annotates her dictionary. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye you catch one of the men looking at you Floyd | suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" | ||||
Floyd | A note written on ragged, yellow paper. Floyd | Floyd | Some of the crowd begin to debate whether dogs or cats make a tastier Floyd | meal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | The note reads: Floyd | Floyd | Okay, maggots, this is the last time I'm gonna tell you. You don't Floyd | bother me unless it is something important. Otherwise you talk to Ertz Floyd | or Randall. The next person to bother me without a very good reason Floyd | ends up in a shallow grave next to Sulz. Floyd | Floyd | Those of you that can read, make sure the rest of the troops understand Floyd | this. Floyd | Floyd | Randall managed to scrounge up a pack of explosives on his last trip Floyd | out. If we can't get that damn door open any other way, we'll blast Floyd | the fucking thing. Floyd | Floyd | Remember: the wasteland belongs to us. Floyd | Floyd | Boss Floyd | Floyd | A raider hurls a small metal dish across the room, grumbling about the Floyd | food. Several others nearby mutter their agreement. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "So there are explosives somewhere, maybe." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask raiders about sulz" | ||||
Floyd | It's probably best not to draw attention to yourself unless you really Floyd | have to. Floyd | Floyd | A group of the men begin arguing with several others about the proper Floyd | way to scalp a person: some of the men insist that the best way is to Floyd | start at the front and the others disagree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A little less scruffy than the rest of the raiders, but not by much. Floyd | He's wearing a brown leather jacket, torn in a couple of places, with Floyd | the same green and red bands as the rest of the raiders. The raider is Floyd | sitting in the chair beside the door, a mean looking black submachine Floyd | gun cradled in his hands. His feet are propped up on the table in the Floyd | center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about sulz" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about Sulz?" Floyd | Floyd | "Don't mention that name," the guard says coldly, shaking his head. Floyd | "That guy never listened to directions and now he's taking a dirt nap." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask about randall" | ||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "Do you know a guy named Randall?" Floyd | Floyd | The man nods, rubbing his chin. "Oh, yeah, Randall. Good with Floyd | explosives. Kind of a bigwig around here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask about explosives" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "explosives". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about ertz" | ||||
Floyd | "Where can I find Ertz?" Floyd | Floyd | The raider shrugs. "Somewhere. I dunno. Maybe in the barracks, maybe Floyd | outside. Not my problem, newbie." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about door" | ||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, the west door, or the security door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask about randall" | ||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "Do you know a guy named Randall?" Floyd | Floyd | The man nods, rubbing his chin. "Oh, yeah, Randall. Good with Floyd | explosives. Kind of a bigwig around here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about security guard" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard says, "I don't know whatcher talking about." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I thought maybe he gave progressive answers." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about screw driver" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard says, "I don't know whatcher talking about." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard says, "I don't know whatcher talking about." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I'd like to try giving him the password." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "clearly the brains of the outfit" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "sure but remind me where we found it?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We overheard it while hiding in the alcove." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell guard monkey" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any guard monkey here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say monkey" | ||||
Floyd | If you wish to speak to someone, you can address them directly. For Floyd | example: JOHN, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "guard, monkey" | ||||
Floyd | You say, "The password is 'monkey.'" Floyd | Floyd | The guard nods. "That's it. Go on in. Just don't mess with anything Floyd | in there. Understand? If you do, I got to kill you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard waves you in. Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ooooh. Yes." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x launcher" | ||||
Floyd | A formidable looking weapon. Built mostly from black plastic and Floyd | steel. The muzzle seems so wide you could practically fall into it. Floyd | You notice that the grip seems to have some kind of electronic sensor Floyd | on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sensor" | ||||
Floyd | There is some kind of faintly glowing grid along the backstrap of the Floyd | grenade launcher's grip. You're not sure exactly what it is. Some Floyd | kind of sensor, perhaps? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take launcher" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a GPS unit and a hand grenade into the survival pack to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. When you pick up the grenade launcher, the weapon lets out a Floyd | loud, angry buzz. A grid on the weapon's grip flashes red. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop launcher" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o no" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | A bulky office desk built from stamped steel. Most of the surfaces Floyd | have been painted a rather hideous shade of beige. The desk is pushed Floyd | up against the walls in the southeastern corner of the room. There is Floyd | a computer console attached to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search desk" | ||||
Floyd | The top of the desk is clear, except for the computer console. The Floyd | desk is pushed right up against the wall, making it impossible to look Floyd | behind. Peering under it, you find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x computer" | ||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is off. (You can type on the keyboard by entering a Floyd | command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | LOGIN Floyd | Floyd | ENTER LAST NAME: Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a frayed jacket Floyd | (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a note, a yellow datacube, and a Floyd | security badge. The survival pack contains your travel rations, a Floyd | small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, a metal pole, a GPS unit, and a Floyd | hand grenade. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | The only pieces of the message that you've been able to make out so far Floyd | are: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...IEFS OF STAFF ...NERAL ARTH...NALDS ...ROJECT DISTANT PATH Floyd | Floyd | DUE TO THE INCREASED INS...ITY FROM INSURGENT FORC...ITARY RESEARCH Floyd | COM...ADO SPRINGS, ALL PERSONN...RMATION RELATED TO PROJE...NT PATH ARE Floyd | BEIN... COMPLETED HAVEN RESEAR... UNDER THE HEA...ES FROM 83RD Floyd | ARMORED INFANTRY REASSI... TO OVERSEE TRANSFER OF MATERIALS. GPS C... Floyd | 33-28-19.158N / 111-57-49.524W. LOCATION CLASSIFIE... SECRET Floyd | CLEARANCE AND BE AP... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You'd probably be able to get a little more with a highly detailed Floyd | scan, but you don't have the necessary equipment and you simply can't Floyd | entrust this information to anyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type robinson" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | You should put what you want typed in double quotes, for example, TYPE Floyd | "HELLO" ON KEYBOARD. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "robinson"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | Some new text appears: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "robinson" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oops" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x computer" | ||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is on and displaying text. (You can type on the Floyd | keyboard by entering a command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "if its not rutabaga or money i got nothing" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | This chair is in fairly good condition. Still, it looks as if it's Floyd | seen a lot of use. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x screens" | ||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is going to make noise" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push desk" | ||||
Floyd | You struggle to move the weighty desk away from the wall. As you do, a Floyd | crumpled piece of paper flutters from behind it and settles on the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x curmpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "curmpled". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x crumpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | A crumpled piece of old paper. Appears to have some sort of memo on Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the scrap of paper, or the crumpled paper? Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oh no. it cant be that easy" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read crumpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | TO: Lieutenant Walsh Floyd | FROM: Colonel Miles Floyd | DATE: Sep 2, 2060 Floyd | RE: Base security Floyd | Floyd | Lieutenant, Floyd | Floyd | The current performance of the overall base security is unacceptable. Floyd | As you know, last week a civilian was found within the base perimeter Floyd | while Lieutenant Leach's squad was on guard duty. She has been Floyd | reassigned to an Alaskan supply depot where the effects of her Floyd | incompetence will be of less importance. Yesterday I was informed by Floyd | Dr. Hill that our network had been accessed by an unauthorized person Floyd | from off site. This finally gave me the justification I needed to Floyd | sever our network from the rest of the outside world. The general Floyd | wasn't happy, but he couldn't deny the necessity. Please have your Floyd | people search their respective project files for any signs of Floyd | unauthorized access or tampering. Floyd | Floyd | And Dr. Rock informed me that you're again using your last name as Floyd | your password. This practice is inexcusably insecure and if it happens Floyd | again, you'll be digging trenches in Alaska. Floyd | Floyd | Colonel Perry Miles Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "Robinson"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "cancel"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cancel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type cancel" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "cancel" on computer" | ||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cancel login" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "enter "cancel"" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "walsh"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "walsh"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "cancel"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "dang it" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "Tanya"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "robinson"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "cancel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "cancel" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "let's just undo a bunch" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "how many times did we need to undo? more?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "we havent done much in here. cf10.sav was right before entering" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "we should maybe restore that" | ||||
| Ellison says, "sure, let's do tht" | ||||
| Ellison says, "that" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "guard, monkey" | ||||
Floyd | You say, "The password is 'monkey.'" Floyd | Floyd | The guard nods. "That's it. Go on in. Just don't mess with anything Floyd | in there. Understand? If you do, I got to kill you." Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "and then try entering 'walsh' as both name and password since he's the guy in the note" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard waves you in. Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | LOGIN Floyd | Floyd | ENTER LAST NAME: Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | Some new text appears: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | The screen clears and a menu appears: Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | genericgeekgirl asks, "Going through the options in order, I guess?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "1" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | DavidW asks, "hm. What's Tanya's security level, I wonder?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The logs go on for page after page. After skimming through the dry, Floyd | boring text, you reach the last several entries: Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LOGS Floyd | Floyd | 2060-08-25 Corporal Jacob Floyd | A civilian penetrated the base perimeter before being spotted by a Floyd | passing tech and reported to security. Colonel Miles has had Floyd | Lieutenant Leach reassigned for this failure in security. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-09-20 Sergeant Herbert Floyd | A company of renegade troops passing nearby caught sight of the base Floyd | perimeter and advanced on the base. The 83rd Armored engaged them and Floyd | drove them back, but took heavy casualties. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-10-11 Sergeant Herbert Floyd | Official word's come in that another base in NM has fallen to the Floyd | rebels. Rumors have it that their base commander went over to the Floyd | other side. The Colonel has ordered now that speech even somewhat Floyd | sympathetic to the rebel cause is grounds for court martial and Floyd | immediate execution for treason. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-10-20 Major Tuco Floyd | The owrd just came ocver the radio. Edgar gave THE ORDER. oh god I Floyd | camn't bleieve this oh god oh god oh god Floyd | Floyd | 2060-12-09 Captain Ramirez Floyd | We're out of food and supplies. Major Tuco has vanished. Colonel Floyd | Miles is dead. Private Robinson went crazy when the Colonel refused to Floyd | discuss the idea of leaving the base. Shot him right in front of Floyd | everyone. The others killed her right after she did it. Now we have Floyd | no choice. We hve to leave and see if there's anything left. Can Floyd | there be? Can there be anything left? Anyone alive? The radio's been Floyd | dead since it all happened. We will be too if we don't leave soon. Floyd | Mother of God. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | Floyd | MONDAY: Corporal Wilson, Private Paris, Private Grant Floyd | TUESDAY: Sergeant Herbert, Corporal Jacob, Private Robinson Floyd | WEDNESDAY: Corporal Fredericks, Corporal Lee, Private James Floyd | THURSDAY: Sergeant Goldburg, Private LaBarbara, Private Roy Floyd | FRIDAY: Corporal Carson, Private Charles, Private Boyne Floyd | SATURDAY: Corporal Steele, Corporal Greene, Private Nagagta Floyd | SUNDAY: Sergeant Hale, Private Ivanova, Private Morris Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | genericgeekgirl asks, "Do we know what day it is?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "date" | ||||
Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "3" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | ACCESS CODES: Floyd | Floyd | Sergeant Lince Herbert: 69105 Floyd | Dr. Colleen Hill: 68659 Floyd | Corporal Robert Jacob: 21462 Floyd | Dr. Kevin Rock: 68980 Floyd | Private Tonya Robinson: 15070 Floyd | Lieutenant James Walsh: 16686 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO UPDATE CODES Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | genericgeekgirl says, "A ha." | |||
| Ellison says, "let's hope it's Tuesday as that is the only day that mentions Robinson" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | Floyd | LEVEL 4: STANDARD Floyd | LEVEL 3: DUTY SHIFTS DOUBLED Floyd | LEVEL 2: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED Floyd | LEVEL 1: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED, AUTOMATED DEFENSES ACTIVE Floyd | Floyd | CURRENT LEVEL: 2 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO SET SECURITY LEVEL Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | cyberskunk says, "o my" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear badge" | ||||
Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | cyberskunk says, "with shifts tripled we should be okay" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "logging out, saving and turning on the turrets" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Hm. Quit and see what's in the room to the west?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf11.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use console" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is on and displaying text. (You can type on the Floyd | keyboard by entering a command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type 4" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | Floyd | LEVEL 4: STANDARD Floyd | LEVEL 3: DUTY SHIFTS DOUBLED Floyd | LEVEL 2: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED Floyd | LEVEL 1: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED, AUTOMATED DEFENSES ACTIVE Floyd | Floyd | CURRENT LEVEL: 2 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO SET SECURITY LEVEL Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x west door" | ||||
Floyd | The door leading to the raider boss's private chamber. It's closed and Floyd | appears to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear badge" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the security badge. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "just in case we arm the turrest" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "um knocking" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any lock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "well we do have a grenade" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh. If you wish." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we just saved." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "drop pin" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "ok. now what?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put grenade in launcher" | ||||
Floyd | As far as you can tell, the grenade launcher fires a specialized type Floyd | of self-launching grenade. Your hand grenade won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Too bad Floyd | the delay on the grenade is too long to prevent the raider guard from Floyd | emptying a generous portion of lead into your torso. Which he does, of Floyd | course. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 351 turns, you have achieved a score of 5 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Scrounger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "you know were still hol--" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pin" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin metal pin, with a loop at one end. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "You can *do* that?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Not with real grenades." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "depends if the safety is a type which comes loose right away or not" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "some grenades you can if youre holding them right" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "The internet says yes." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "others as soon as you pull the pin the mechanism moves" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "maybe this pin can be a screwdriver." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear an explosion from the west. Floyd | Floyd | The guard leaps to his feet upon hearing the noise. "What did you do Floyd | in there?!" he shouts, but he isn't quite patient enough to wait for a Floyd | response. His weapon thunders and everything goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 355 turns, you have achieved a score of 5 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Scrounger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "going to try to use the pin as a screwdriver. but i doubt it since the grenade was optional" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "move desk" | ||||
Floyd | You struggle to move the weighty desk away from the wall. As you do, a Floyd | crumpled piece of paper flutters from behind it and settles on the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look behind desk" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing behind the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "talk to west door" | ||||
Floyd | Oddly enough, you get no response. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x west door" | ||||
Floyd | The door leading to the raider boss's private chamber. It's closed and Floyd | appears to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screens" | ||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unscrew it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with pin" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use the grenade pin like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel won't budge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put badge on panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with badge" | ||||
Floyd | The plastic edges of the badge just won't engage the screws. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "She's sort of dead." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I wonder how many other people use their last name as a password." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. Attached to the end of the metal Floyd | pole is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x magnet" | ||||
Floyd | A small black disc, about an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch Floyd | thick. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with magnet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use the kitchen magnet like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x datacube" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x breaker" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with breaker" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use the circuit breaker like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unscrew it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "welp" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. The survival pack Floyd | contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, Floyd | and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on breaker" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the circuit breaker is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Where can we put this?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i think its needed to fix this panel" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "So we have to open it first. Drat." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any desk here. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe something else in the closet? a knife would do from the raiders" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x weapons" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any weapons here. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we missed something in the village?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We can come and go as we like now." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "we havent looked around here much either" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bedroll" | ||||
Floyd | A dingy, grimy thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bedroll" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the bedroll isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x campfire" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic campfire, with a disheveled bedroll close beside it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A scruffy-looking man of about average height sitting beside the fire. Floyd | He's dressed in a ragged pair of jeans with a pair of worn boots. His Floyd | coat has alternating bands of red and green that you recognize as the Floyd | wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Raider groups use such "uniforms" Floyd | to distinguish themselves from each other. Cradled in his lap is an Floyd | automatic rifle. He watches you keenly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about boss" | ||||
Floyd | "I ain't got time for jibber-jabber. I'm on guard duty tonight." Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i wonder if the game knows how to pity the fool" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "village?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rifle" | ||||
Floyd | A mean-looking automatic rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "ok" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can head along the path to the northwest or down the steps to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x bushes" | ||||
Floyd | The large bushes have few leaves, but their tightly packed branches Floyd | make them difficult to see through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search bushes" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | Densely packed vegetation, with numerous tree trunks rising weakly Floyd | towards the sky. Tall and dark, their branches twist around in thick Floyd | and impenetrable weaves of branch and leaf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Iona takes one look at your clothing, lets out a shriek, and dashes out Floyd | of the shack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search boards" | ||||
Floyd | You look behind the pile of boards but find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Awww." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Iona simply looks up at you with wide eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok. sorry. we could put on the jacket and traumatize the little girl" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "if we want to i mean" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Nah." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully lower yourself down into the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search body parts" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "parts". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search splinters" | ||||
Floyd | You root around the splintered wood and discover a screwdriver, which Floyd | you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Much of the metal on the screwdriver shaft is pitted and rusted. The Floyd | handle, what there is of it, is wrapped in a ragged black tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "really" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Mmm, a delicious blend of orange juice and vodka. And there's still a Floyd | lot left too. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "REALLY" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search chair" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing on the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "nice work ggg" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "lets go?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You can't quite reach the next floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb on chair" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stand on chair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the chair. It wobbles slightly under your Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to grab one of the timbers above and pull yourself out of Floyd | the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to crawl along the trail through the brambles with only Floyd | minor scratches. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Path Floyd | This is the end of a very convoluted and twisted path through several Floyd | hundred feet of frighteningly thorny briar patch. The track is Floyd | extremely difficult to see, especially at night, and you know you never Floyd | would have found your way without help. It heads back into the thicket Floyd | to your northeast, the only footpath leading from this small open field Floyd | among the brambles. In the middle of the small clearing is a square Floyd | metal structure, about two feet long on each side and protruding a Floyd | couple of inches from the ground. This box is topped by a metal Floyd | grating held on by rusty latches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You lower yourself carefully into the shaft and squirm along as it Floyd | turns horizontal. After several feet of crawling, the duct turns Floyd | vertical again. Shimmying along its length, you drop down into the Floyd | room beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open panel with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | The screws each resist at first, but with some effort, you manage to Floyd | loosen them all. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel swings open on tiny hinges. On the inside back of the panel, Floyd | there is a metal-lined socket. A bundle of wires ending in a metal Floyd | prong runs out of the wall and dangles loosely in the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put breaker in socket" | ||||
Floyd | That won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x socket" | ||||
Floyd | The socket is nothing more than a metal-encircled hole in the panel's Floyd | interior. It is about an eighth of an inch in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prong" | ||||
Floyd | The prong is a piece of metal about a half-inch long and an eighth-inch Floyd | in diameter. One end is attached to a bundle of thin wires that Floyd | connect to the inside of the panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x breaker" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off breaker" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the circuit breaker is now switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put prong in socket" | ||||
Floyd | You plug the metal prong into the socket. The scanner grid on the face Floyd | of the panel immediately lights up. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | cyberskunk asks, "were on 12 right?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I think so." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf12.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x keypad" | ||||
Floyd | You can see it's a pretty standard numeric keypad. There are ten Floyd | off-white plastic buttons, numbered 0 through 9. The keys on the panel Floyd | are currently glowing faintly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press 15070" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to push the number 15070. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type 15070" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | The door slides open, revealing a stairway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lamp" | ||||
Floyd | The lamp is a simple dome light, set in the wall above the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get lamp" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the lamp isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like a fairly solid security door. Built out of brushed Floyd | stainless steel, much tidier on this side than the other. As you look Floyd | closer, you see faded letters that read "SUBLEVEL 1". Built into the Floyd | wall right beside the door is a large red button. The door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about the red button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "write in dust" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "write". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "f scrawl elbereth" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x dust" | ||||
Floyd | The dust coats pretty much everything in sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x footprints" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any footprints here. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok. so were the first ones here since the apocalypse" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before; they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | These screws are stripped beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "east or west?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "east" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, are conspicuously dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | A small square window, about a foot wide, but blocked by a wide mesh Floyd | wire screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | A simple button beside the door outside the commissary. The color, in Floyd | case you were wondering, is green. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "That's reassur--Oh." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "break window" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to specify how exactly you want to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||||
Floyd | An air conditioner vent in the ceiling of the hallway. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | Your vertical leap is not quite up to the task of reaching the Floyd | ventilation duct. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in window" | ||||
Floyd | You shine your flashlight through the window, into the room beyond. Floyd | The beam of illumination reveals some empty shelving units and some Floyd | kind of control console. Sitting on the console you can just make out Floyd | a water bottle. If there's anything on the floor in there, you can't Floyd | tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "in the grim future man's desperate struggle for survival will be a series of jumping puzzles" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "No thanks." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Back west?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | In one corner of the room, you notice an aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||||
Floyd | A basic aluminum A-frame folding ladder. This particular one opens up Floyd | to a height of about six feet. The ladder is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a Geiger counter into the Floyd | survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "yeah. maybe well find some advance tech. like a cardboard box" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x breaker box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box swings open, revealing a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "hm" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x slots" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | open, showing ribbons of metal behind a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe the ventilation shaft will provide us another way up and down" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x meters" | ||||
Floyd | The needles on each meter appear to be fluctuating wildly. You judge Floyd | that the power source may not be entirely stable. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Do we want to put the breaker in the box?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a frayed jacket Floyd | (being worn), a map, a note, a yellow datacube, a security badge, a Floyd | screwdriver, and an aluminum ladder. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations, a small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, a metal pole, a Floyd | GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. According to this, the clearing Floyd | you arrived at matched the coordinates from the scrap of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o. i didnt notice that we got it back" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put breaker in box" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the circuit breaker into the breaker box and switch it on. Floyd | Almost immediately, the overhead lights begin to glow. In a moment, Floyd | they are at full strength. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Got it back from.. where?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "the panel upstairs" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a frayed jacket Floyd | (being worn), a map, a note, a yellow datacube, a security badge, a Floyd | screwdriver, and an aluminum ladder. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations, a small plastic tub, a metal pole, a GPS unit, a hand Floyd | grenade, and a Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We didn't use it in the panel." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o. i thought the prong was part of the breaker" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||||
Floyd | Through the window, you see a room with numerous empty shelves and some Floyd | kind of control console. Sitting on the console you can just make out Floyd | a water bottle. If there's anything on the floor in there, you can't Floyd | tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You get a nasty electric shock. The door, however, stays closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | (Opening it first) Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (Opening the vent) Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | The east end of a narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth Floyd | galvanized steel. The duct runs back to the west. You notice that the Floyd | ceiling panel beneath you is loose. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the panel out of the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "clearly should have taken the ladder with us up here" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Commissary Floyd | You see a room that was probably once a busy storage center, but is now Floyd | little more than an empty room. Though the numerous shelves remain, Floyd | their contents were probably removed several decades before you were Floyd | born. Against the back wall a lonely control console remains the only Floyd | other feature inside this room. Up above, the fluorescent lights are Floyd | brightly glowing. In the midst of the overhead lights is an open Floyd | ceiling panel. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you see a radiation suit. Sitting on the control console Floyd | is a water bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x suit" | ||||
Floyd | A full body suit with a tinted plexiglass mask and respiratory filters. Floyd | The suit is made out of some kind of shiny fabric you can't immediately Floyd | identify. While it has an almost mirror-like surface, it's also very Floyd | flexible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search suit" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take suit" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear plastic bottle large enough to carry a liter of liquid. The Floyd | bottle appears to be about half full of filthy water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use geiger counter on bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | It's primarily a smooth, flat black surface. There are various Floyd | unlabeled controls and a single large switch. There's nothing on the Floyd | control console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point geiger at bottle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "point". Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I presume it's fine, just by virtue of being next to it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave geiger at bottle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wave". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn on switch" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||||
Floyd | It's primarily a smooth, flat black surface. There are various Floyd | unlabeled controls and a single large switch. There's nothing on the Floyd | control console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A sturdy sliding door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x switch" | ||||
Floyd | The large switch on the console is the only control you can see with an Floyd | obvious function. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "which is?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hit switch" | ||||
Floyd | Your fists do little damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "flip switch" | ||||
Floyd | The door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ah" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Commissary Floyd | You see a room that was probably once a busy storage center, but is now Floyd | little more than an empty room. Though the numerous shelves remain, Floyd | their contents were probably removed several decades before you were Floyd | born. Against the back wall a lonely control console remains the only Floyd | other feature inside this room. Up above, the fluorescent lights are Floyd | brightly glowing. In the midst of the overhead lights is an open Floyd | ceiling panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | The shelves stretch along three of the four walls, reaching from floor Floyd | to ceiling. There's nothing on the shelves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on suit" | ||||
Floyd | The radiation suit won't fit over the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Up and west?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i want to check something first" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l counter" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. You can see a frayed jacket Floyd | lying on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "okay" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. The Floyd | cramped passage continues to the east, but to the west it angles Floyd | sharply upwards in an unclimbable shaft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x shaft" | ||||
Floyd | It ascends up into darkness and is far too steep, and its walls too Floyd | smooth, for you to climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | a brightly illuminated scanner grid. You've seen these before; they're Floyd | designed to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When Floyd | the badge is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's Floyd | identity is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. Floyd | In each of the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair Floyd | of hinges along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "i think we have to go further down. was it 1507?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type 15070" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | The door slides open, revealing a stairway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I didn't write any of the codes down." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "15070" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I have the log." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type 15070" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "f x button" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "f". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about the red button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "west, south, east?" | |||
| cyberskunk executes! | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "finally! the post-apocalyptic tanning booth" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | yellow datacube, a security badge, a screwdriver, a radiation suit Floyd | (being worn), a water bottle, and a frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | metal pole, a GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x suit" | ||||
Floyd | A full body suit with a tinted plexiglass mask and respiratory filters. Floyd | The suit is made out of some kind of shiny fabric you can't immediately Floyd | identify. While it has an almost mirror-like surface, it's also very Floyd | flexible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x breaker box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box swings open, revealing a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search wires" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||||
Floyd | Some of them are merely as wide around as your thigh. Others are big Floyd | enough so that you could crawl through if you were inside. A couple Floyd | are even as wide as you are tall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x generator" | ||||
Floyd | An imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing one small Floyd | section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits link to it Floyd | from numerous angles, connecting at multiple points on its surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | This large control console is fastened to the floor right in front of Floyd | the fusion generator. Along the left side are a number of screens, Floyd | displaying information about the status of the power plant. To the Floyd | right of these are a series of switches and buttons, only a few of Floyd | which are clearly labeled. At the top is a red button marked "CYCLE", Floyd | followed by a white one with "START UP" written beside it. Below them, Floyd | a black button labeled "SHUTDOWN", a blue one marked "VENT", and a Floyd | green button indicated as "SHUNT". The rest of the controls are beyond Floyd | your comprehension. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oh my" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Save and press them all? :)" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf13.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "go ahead" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press white" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 523 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press blue" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press green" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 524 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | You hear the faint sounds of an alarm coming from somewhere nearby. Floyd | The information displayed on the screens changes, flashing in a frantic Floyd | pattern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:38 Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yeep." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:35 Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:32 Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe the kill me button will save me" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 533 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press start up" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press start up" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:23 Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | With the power on this floor out, the doors refuse to open. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "fix pipes with clay" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fix". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "worth a shut :)" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||||
Floyd | Three of the thick pipes here have developed cracks. From these Floyd | fissures emanate wispy clouds of steam that swirl upward into a ceiling Floyd | vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Heh." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use clay on cracks" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "fill cracks with clay" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fill". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put clay in cracks" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the thick pipes isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:15 Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "im sure its just a drill" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "restore?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "explore the rest of the level before exploding maniac mansion?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What did putting the breaker in the box upstairs get us? Just the lights? Or did the panel not work without it?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | Ellison says, "might as well see the explosion now" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "How do I not restore?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | The saved position file could not be opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Is that enough time for us to get out of the building?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "plenty" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "we don't need 60 moves to run for it." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "So do we want to witness this from the inside or out? :)" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "want to try going west to Arcadia and see if we get a cut scene of an explosion?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "out" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. You drive." | ||||
| cyberskunk vroom | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get suit" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get lantern" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "behold! let no one say we came back empty handed" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | If you really want to head back empty-handed... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You begin the arduous journey back home, your heart heavy with the Floyd | knowledge that you have failed in your quest. This isn't the first Floyd | time you've come home empty-handed, and you doubt it will be the last Floyd | time. Still... you were so sure this time would be different. That Floyd | it would be your triumphant discovery. Deep down you know that this Floyd | failure was your own fault. Maybe someday, you will return. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have failed **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 564 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "was the timer really that slow?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "it was an hour and 40 minutes" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Deep within the heart of the base's fusion reactor, a coil of Floyd | superheated plasma finally shatters the magnetic bottle containing it. Floyd | Unrestrained, the particle reaction escalates beyond any physical Floyd | barrier. The base, its inhabitants, and everything else within a Floyd | half-mile radius is instantly vaporized by the explosion. Floyd | Unfortunately, that includes you. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 624 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | genericgeekgirl says, "It seemed to be one second per turn, yes. Which is insane, unless we're *supposed* to trigger a melt-down and still accomplish something." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i think maybe were supposed to do it on our way out" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "its mercifully long" | ||||
| Ellison says, "yeah, maybe on our way out" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right. Restoring and checking the other exits. And then we can go fetch that circuit breaker, maybe." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf13.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the door but it does not open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any panel here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x south door" | ||||
Floyd | The door to the south is your standard automatic sensor type. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x sensor" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any sensor here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the door but it does not open. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "and the other door is also locked. so we need power" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "club can we jam the door open i wonder" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "can". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "club can we jam the door open i wonder" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sure." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ladder or pole, perhaps." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pole in door" | ||||
Floyd | You wedge the metal pole into the door, preventing it from closing. Floyd | Floyd | The door at the top of the stairs bangs against the metal pole laying Floyd | in its track, but stays open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | open, showing ribbons of metal behind a row of slots, one of which Floyd | contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get breaker" | ||||
Floyd | Switching the breaker off, you slide it out of the box. The lights Floyd | above go dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "going to see if it moves. will undo if so" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get pole" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a frayed jacket and a water bottle into the survival pack to Floyd | make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put breaker in box" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the circuit breaker into the breaker box and switch it on. Floyd | Almost immediately, the overhead lights begin to glow. In a moment, Floyd | they are at full strength. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "One sec." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "explore here before we enter the danger zone?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "now you have me paranoid too" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | yellow datacube, a security badge, a screwdriver, a radiation suit Floyd | (being worn), and a metal pole. The survival pack contains your travel Floyd | rations, a small plastic tub, a GPS unit, a hand grenade, a Geiger Floyd | counter, a frayed jacket, and a water bottle. Sitting on the metal Floyd | pole is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "those both look like dead ends? so south?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "still paranoid" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | lab. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on one of the tables is a heavy wrench. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A fairly large door of brightly polished steel. Formidable in Floyd | appearance, it looks quite secure. On the left side is a numeric Floyd | keypad and on the right side are the door's large discolored hinges. Floyd | The door is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | Two wide and curving hinges that connect the door to the lab wall and Floyd | allow it to pivot. They must have been forged out of a different alloy Floyd | than the door itself, because they seem have corroded considerably over Floyd | their years of neglect. It's not entirely clear, though, how deep the Floyd | layer of rust goes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get wrench" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x wrench" | ||||
Floyd | A chrome-plated wrench about a eighteen inches long. It looks rather Floyd | heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||||
Floyd | There's a pair of tall modular chairs before each of the laboratory Floyd | tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x tables" | ||||
Floyd | The four large white tables are arranged around the room in pairs. Floyd | Each is a solid block, capped by a smooth white top and a dizzying Floyd | array of very advanced equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | ||||
Floyd | Way out of your league. Well, most of it, anyway. You do notice one Floyd | particularly simple piece of equipment: a log player. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x log player" | ||||
Floyd | A fairly basic piece of electronics. It has a square receptacle, about Floyd | an inch wide, on the top for inserting datacubes. Beside it is a Floyd | button marked 'Play' and another button marked 'Stop'. Within the Floyd | receptacle you see a green datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | A male voice from the log player greets you: "Doctor Kevin Rock, Floyd | personal log, fourteenth cube. Floyd | Floyd | "November eighteenth. Situation's only getting worse. This is sure Floyd | something they didn't cover in all my psych classes. How exactly are Floyd | people supposed to react to the possible end of the world? What use is Floyd | anything I say? The Colonel seems to be holding up well, but I'd say Floyd | he's also in denial over the food and supplies situation. A lot of Floyd | good keeping everyone nice and orderly is going to be when my stomach Floyd | is digesting itself." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The voice continues: "November twenty-third. I caught one of the damn Floyd | grunts fooling around with the prototype. Who gave these fucking Floyd | idiots the access code anyway? I imagine it's only going to get worse, Floyd | too, what with all of us cooped up in here. But this nonsense has got Floyd | to stop. What we've made here, it's... it's not something... I don't Floyd | know. It was like a wondrous miracle, but all seems so pointless now. Floyd | It can't feed us. It can't protect us from radiation. But maybe it'll Floyd | do some good... some day. I'm going to just lock the vault and change Floyd | the code. I'll give it to Colleen, in case she wants to continue to Floyd | work. Keep her mind busy. I'll need to make it something she'll Floyd | remember though. She's been understandably preoccupied lately. Maybe Floyd | her birthday." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man goes on: "December first. Does that jackass Miles really Floyd | expect things to magically change? We have a limited supply of food. Floyd | It is running out. What's he waiting for, deus ex machina? The Floyd | nearest town is... was? Is about a day's walk from here, maybe a Floyd | little longer. We should send someone, or a group, out there, armed, Floyd | in suits. See what we can barter or... scavenge, if it's as bad out Floyd | there as they say. But he refuses to listen. Just tells us to hold Floyd | tight. Fucking military." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | The log player beeps and then falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take green datacube" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | yellow datacube, a security badge, a screwdriver, a radiation suit Floyd | (being worn), a metal pole, a heavy wrench, and a green datacube. The Floyd | survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a GPS Floyd | unit, a hand grenade, a Geiger counter, a frayed jacket, and a water Floyd | bottle. Sitting on the metal pole is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put yellow datacube in log player" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a trembling female voice come from the log player: "The Floyd | personal log of Doctor Colleen Hill, cube twelve. Floyd | Floyd | "October twenty-first. Colonel Miles ordered the top two floors Floyd | evacuated during all of this... insanity. Lord Christ, I can't Floyd | believe it came to this. Major Tuco said he believed it was probably Floyd | all over already, since nuclear war isn't something that can really Floyd | drag on. Is it? How long will we be safe down here? No one seems to Floyd | know. Some of the soldiers say that all military facilities like this Floyd | are designed to provide years of comfortable living in the event of Floyd | such a 'contingency'. This is not a contingency! It's the death of Floyd | the whole damn world!" The speaker pauses and takes a breath. "In any Floyd | event, the problem is that no one was exactly expecting this. Maybe we Floyd | could stay down here for years, if the base was fully stocked. Problem Floyd | is, no one was anticipating a nuclear war this month." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | The speaker continues: "October twenty-eighth. No contact on the Floyd | radio for over a week. Everyone believes the bombs have stopped, but Floyd | does it matter? The world is poison now. Still, the base life support Floyd | systems seem up to the task and we've all returned to the first two Floyd | floors. No one's gone outside though. We were told that this new Floyd | self-maintaining reactor design might well last over a hundred years Floyd | without maintenance. As long as no one screws up and shunts the Floyd | plasma." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Do not shunt the plasma!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pill" | ||||
Floyd | You already have the radiation pills! Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swallow pill" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "swallow". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The voice begins again: "November thirteenth. Radio's still got Floyd | nothing but static. Fredericks, Lee, and James suited up and went Floyd | above ground. Fredericks says all of the vehicles are gone and that Floyd | the soldiers who were trapped outside when the base went on lock down Floyd | must have taken them and fled. Can they still be alive up there? Lee Floyd | says the radiation level is dangerously high, but can't be sure how Floyd | long it'll stay that way. Maybe for the next ten thousand years?" Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i think we're safe outside of the room west though" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. One sec, then." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tank" | ||||
Floyd | A very large steel cylinder, measuring about five feet high and a foot Floyd | in diameter. At the top of the tank is a regulator valve designed to Floyd | control the flow of gas. It looks particularly corroded. The surface Floyd | of the tank is green paint, peeling in several places. A large sign is Floyd | affixed to the front of the tank, a diamond with red edges and the word Floyd | "FLAMMABLE" written in block letters. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice continues, the strain clearly evident: "December Floyd | eighth. We're all falling apart. There's no food left and Tonya Floyd | finally went over the edge today. My God, she shot the Colonel right Floyd | in front of everyone! There were just these deafening booms and Floyd | Colonel Miles just collapsed and there was all this blood, he was just Floyd | bleeding so much." She draws a shaky breath. "Then before I think Floyd | even Tonya realized what she'd done, Bobby and Walsh shot her dead too. Floyd | The Major went absolutely white, though I don't know if it was because Floyd | of the murder or that he's now in charge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The speaker again, this time in a flat and emotionless voice: Floyd | "December ninth. We're leaving. The Captain decided, since the Major Floyd | is gone. No one knows where he went. Lince thinks Tuco went topside Floyd | and shot himself with his pistol, though so far no one has gone to Floyd | check. I guess we'll find out soon enough. We've emptied the Floyd | commissary of nearly everything. Everything except for Tuco's rad Floyd | suit. Corporal Wilson did some radiation checks this morning and found Floyd | that levels were low enough to allow travel. To where? I don't know. Floyd | Maybe Tuco had the right idea." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | This passage only allows movement to the north and east. The log Floyd | player beeps and then falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "So the password to something is 1102?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Have we seen a vault?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "it was in that room" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i was wondering why we left :)" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "are we still tingling?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. You said it was safe outside, so I went outside." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "bad wording on my part" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i meant the room with the pipes is the ONLY evil room i think" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | lab. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "doing something dumb" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hit hinges with wrench" | ||||
Floyd | You bash at one of the hinges, but achieve nothing more than flaking Floyd | off a few pieces of metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hit hinges with wrench" | ||||
Floyd | You bash at one of the hinges, but achieve nothing more than flaking Floyd | off a few pieces of metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "enter 1102" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter the number 1102. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type 1102" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | A brief klaxon sounds and from within the vault door comes the sound of Floyd | bolts retracting. Then the entire metal slab swings outwards shakily Floyd | on its hinges, revealing a small brightly-lit room beyond. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 579 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Before you can move, a booming voice from behind stops you in your Floyd | tracks. "Hello, little thief. Some of my men commented to me on the Floyd | odd new guy. Only, we haven't had any new recruits for over two Floyd | months." A quick look over your shoulder reveals a huge form standing Floyd | in front of the sliding glass doors. The figure is at least seven feet Floyd | tall with a massive, imposing build. Only after a moment do you Floyd | realize that this superhuman shape is in truth a man clad in a suit of Floyd | military combat armor, a grenade launcher in his hand. "You have done Floyd | me one favor, though," the titan continues in the voice of the Floyd | wasteland itself. "I've been meaning to get down into these lower Floyd | levels for a while and you kindly made it easier. You're still going Floyd | to have to die." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "hm" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "lets see if we can survive this" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "if not, lets shunt things first" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | Ellison asks, "think it's the same grenade launcher from the other room? think we can sabotage it?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "thats a good idea" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "With the clay?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell figure about radiation" | ||||
Floyd | The raider boss doesn't seem to even hear you. Floyd | Floyd | "Arcadia and its thieves," the raider boss growls. "Coming out here Floyd | and stealing what's rightfully ours? You must have some kind of death Floyd | wish." As his left fist shakes in your direction, his other hand Floyd | angles the grenade launcher up in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You turn and dash towards the open vault door. "Not so fast," the Floyd | raider says, and you hear the hollow 'fwump' of his grenade launcher Floyd | from behind. The explosive strikes the doorway of the vault before you Floyd | can take cover inside, and the shrapnel and concussive force deliver Floyd | you unto an untimely end. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 581 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | Pulling the grenade out of the pack, you yank out the pin. The bandit Floyd | leader snickers contemptuously. "You expect to kill me with that Floyd | pathetic firecracker?" Floyd | Floyd | The armored behemoth takes a step forward. "I hope you don't mind if I Floyd | enjoy the moment. This is the first time I've gotten the chance to Floyd | kill one of you fuckers myself." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw grenade" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw grenade at figure" | ||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near the bandit leader. The Floyd | grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. With surprising speed, Floyd | the armored man moves to position one of the tables between himself and Floyd | the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | The leader continues: "And after I take care of you, we're moving on Floyd | to your little city. We'll be the ones taking from Arcadia... and Floyd | enjoying every minute of it. These pathetic wretches out here in the Floyd | waste don't have shit worth stealing. Your little city, I've heard, Floyd | might actually have something of value." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | ||||
Floyd | Way out of your league. Well, most of it, anyway. You do notice one Floyd | particularly simple piece of equipment: a log player. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade whistles past you, striking against the wall to your rear Floyd | and detonating with considerable force. Your not entirely sure which Floyd | kills you first: the concussive blast or the spray of shrapnel. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 584 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade here. The log player contains a yellow Floyd | datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw wrench at man" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy wrench bounces off of the bandit leader and falls to the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade whistles past you, striking against the wall to your rear Floyd | and detonating with considerable force. Your not entirely sure which Floyd | kills you first: the concussive blast or the spray of shrapnel. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 584 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade here. The log player contains a yellow Floyd | datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind one of the tables) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind one of the tables. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade strikes the table and the explosion shatters it into Floyd | hundreds of tiny fragments. You are hurled backwards by the blast, Floyd | deafened and dazed as you crash into the wall. You can't even hear the Floyd | second grenade fired or see it approach through the stars that swirl in Floyd | your vision. The end comes so quickly, in fact, that you don't even Floyd | feel your body shattered by the explosion. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 584 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade here. The log player contains a yellow Floyd | datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn valve" | ||||
Floyd | The gas tank's regulator valve seems frozen shut. Floyd | Floyd | The leader continues: "And after I take care of you, we're moving on Floyd | to your little city. We'll be the ones taking from Arcadia... and Floyd | enjoying every minute of it. These pathetic wretches out here in the Floyd | waste don't have shit worth stealing. Your little city, I've heard, Floyd | might actually have something of value." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw wrench at tank" | ||||
Floyd | Your aim goes a little high, knocking the regulator off of the top of Floyd | the gas tank and releasing a jet of pressurized gas. The heavy wrench Floyd | must have sparked as it ricocheted off of the steel of the canister, Floyd | because the plume of gas almost instantly transforms into a roaring Floyd | gout of flame. Floyd | Floyd | "You missed--" begins the raider, then seems to notice the burning gas Floyd | tank beside him and turns towards it. "What the?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw grenade at raider" | ||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near the bandit leader. The Floyd | grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. With surprising speed, Floyd | the armored man moves to position one of the tables between himself and Floyd | the grenade. "Shit!" shouts the armored giant and he turns to rush Floyd | away from the burning tank of flammable gas. But he's too late. Floyd | Floyd | BOOM! The tank explodes in a deafening thunderclap, flames washing Floyd | over the room. A blinding wall of radiance slams into you... needless Floyd | to say, you don't survive. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 585 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. There is a huge sheet of flame pouring Floyd | from the top of the tank. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "duck" | ||||
Floyd | (behind one of the tables) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind one of the tables. "Shit!" shouts the Floyd | armored giant and he turns to rush away from the burning tank of Floyd | flammable gas. But he's too late. Floyd | Floyd | BOOM! The tank explodes in a deafening thunderclap, flames washing Floyd | over the room. You throw yourself down behind the table. Fortunately, Floyd | it manages to protect from the brunt of the fiery shockwave. A wave of Floyd | flame washes over the top of the desk and dissipates upwards, warming Floyd | your suit but otherwise leaving you relatively unharmed. The bandit Floyd | leader, however, was not quite so lucky. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk remembers things | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x leader" | ||||
Floyd | The force of the explosion appears to have torn his right arm off. The Floyd | combat armor around the shoulder joint is shattered, with blackened, Floyd | jagged edges. His grenade launcher is nothing more than a charred Floyd | twisted lump of slag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory, behind the tables Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search leader" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from behind one of the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "into the vault" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out from behind one of the Floyd | tables. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "looks like he" | |||
| cyberskunk puts on sunglasses | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is an odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "couldnt handle the heat" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "oh! spear and magic helmet" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I guess we didn't need that in here?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Judging by the overall shape and contours, it sure looks like a helmet. Floyd | Just not like anything you've ever seen before. On the inside, there Floyd | are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of tiny little black circles laid across Floyd | a surface of very smooth bright gray plastic. Each of these circles Floyd | has little specks of silver inside that catch and sparkle in the light. Floyd | On the outside is a chaos of integrated circuits, wires, and thin Floyd | plastic tubes. They twist and coil among each other in convoluted Floyd | patterns across the entire surface of this bizarre headgear. You can Floyd | find no recognizable power switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on helmet" | ||||
Floyd | The odd-looking helmet won't fit over the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on helmet" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the odd-looking helmet)(putting a metal pole into the Floyd | survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Tentatively, you hoist the helmet up above you and ease it down Floyd | atop your head. It must have some kind of hidden switch or sensor Floyd | because once in place, there are a few faint beeps followed by a quiet Floyd | whirring. You don't notice anything else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "think" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "think". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | wall to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok. we can explode heads with our mind now" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get suit" | ||||
Floyd | (putting an odd-looking helmet and a heavy wrench into the survival Floyd | pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "save and out?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i need a little more food. can you drive us? save before we leave the power plant just in case we need a bomb to cover our escape" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "or we can sit here and keep trying to use the helmet to do things" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heading out." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "c14" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | There is only one exit: west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search remains" | ||||
Floyd | You quickly look over the body. The armor is a complete loss, as is Floyd | the grenade launcher. He doesn't seem to be carrying anything else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "have we found whatever kind of treasures we're looking for?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Did you put the suit back on?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | security badge, a screwdriver, a green datacube, a hand grenade, and a Floyd | radiation suit (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | GPS unit, a Geiger counter, a frayed jacket, a water bottle, a metal Floyd | pole, an odd-looking helmet, and a heavy wrench. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I think so. We have some sort of helmet." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | This passage only allows movement to the north and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The only visible exits lie east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "so, if we do nuke the area, we should try to see if we can get Iona to join us" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "So should I go try to leave and see what happens (and if it lets us get her, and come back to trigger the reaction?)" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Or should we just melt the place down and run?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "try it without it first" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You pause for a moment, the voices giving you a sense of dread. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of the campfire, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 616 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the frayed jacket) Floyd | (putting a radiation suit into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||||
Floyd | The guard growls. "That's mine. Hands off." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the odd-looking helmet)Taken. Tentatively, you hoist the Floyd | helmet up above you and ease it down atop your head. It must have some Floyd | kind of hidden switch or sensor because once in place, there are a few Floyd | faint beeps followed by a quiet whirring. You don't notice anything Floyd | else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | nearby tree trunk to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "explode heads" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "explode". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use helmet" | ||||
Floyd | You're already wearing the odd-looking helmet! Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, you become aware of strange sensation, unlike anything you've Floyd | ever experienced before. Amidst your swirling emotions, you feel a Floyd | sense of anger building. Rage. Hatred. Loathing. The bizarre thing Floyd | is how detached you find yourself from this bubble of seething Floyd | animosity floating within your consciousness. You sway on your feet as Floyd | a wave of nausea overtakes you. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Whoa." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Focusing on the ball of rage adrift within your psyche, you come to the Floyd | sudden realization that the sensation isn't internal at all. You look Floyd | towards the south and gape. The wrathful emotions emanate from the Floyd | military base. And as you blink in shock, information streams into Floyd | your mind like a unstoppable tidal wave. Names and images. The Floyd | scenery before you is overlaid with the vision of two raiders arguing, Floyd | one of them stalking away and the other left seething. It loops, going Floyd | faster and faster before fading away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Now your consciousness seems to expand. More oily recesses of emotion, Floyd | thought, and knowledge slip into your growing perception. Just when Floyd | the terrible flood of awareness seems about to overwhelm you, it dies Floyd | down to a dull and manageable array of distant auras just on the Floyd | fringes of your mind. To your amazement, you find that by Floyd | concentrating on a particular shard of emotion, you are able to Floyd | actually scan the thoughts of a single raider. Feelings, images, and Floyd | words slither like slimy worms through your brain. Floyd | Floyd | The idea that you've discovered a device to read minds from a distance Floyd | leaves you stunned. The possibilities dance in your mind, a dizzying Floyd | galaxy of futures. For now, though, the only thing you know for sure Floyd | is that it's time to leave this place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "scan guard" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to scan him with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "scan guard with helmet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to scan anything with the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A scruffy-looking man of about average height sitting beside the fire. Floyd | He's dressed in a ragged pair of jeans with a pair of worn boots. His Floyd | coat has alternating bands of red and green that you recognize as the Floyd | wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Raider groups use such "uniforms" Floyd | to distinguish themselves from each other. Cradled in his lap is an Floyd | automatic rifle. He watches you keenly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read thoughts" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "thoughts". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate on guard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't help but blanch at the waves of cold hatred emanating from Floyd | the man before you. The guard snarls at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "mind if i test this before we go?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The flood of venomous hatred from this room is overwhelming. You tear Floyd | the helmet from your head and fall to your knees... to find every eye Floyd | in the room upon you. The noisome marauders move closer, surrounding Floyd | you. Then the questioning starts. Your identity. Your origins. The Floyd | details of your membership in the group. The stammered explanations Floyd | fail to satisfy, and you are roughly subdued and bound, knowing all the Floyd | while that the best you can hope for is a quick and painless death. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have failed **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 631 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Several of the men shout "Intruder!" as you enter the room. From all Floyd | around the room, men draw their weapons and fire. The fusillade of Floyd | bullets is impossible to avoid, and your blood soon stains the tile Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 632 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | security badge, a screwdriver, a green datacube, a hand grenade, a Floyd | frayed jacket (being worn), and an odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | GPS unit, a Geiger counter, a water bottle, a metal pole, a heavy Floyd | wrench, and a radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | As you place the strange device upon your head, it activates with a few Floyd | beeps and the same gentle whirring. Slowly, the distant motes of Floyd | consciousness dance into your awareness, raging tempests of emotion and Floyd | thought. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | Wispy tendrils of thought drift lazily above the raider's head. Floyd | Sterile hatred and memories of ruthless violence leave a foul taste in Floyd | your mouth. To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a Floyd | black pit of malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. To the Floyd | south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of malignancy Floyd | leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell iona to follow" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want Iona to follow? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell iona to follow me" | ||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You hurriedly begin the arduous journey back home, Iona in tow. You Floyd | are amazed to find that she hardly slows you down. She obviously comes Floyd | from tough stock. The helmet you keep tucked safely within your Floyd | survival pack. Floyd | Floyd | The return trip takes slightly longer than the first leg of the Floyd | journey, though you soon find yourself gazing upon the Cyclopean Floyd | structures of your home city. The guards scrutinize yourself and young Floyd | Iona, but within no time you find yourself once again walking Arcadia's Floyd | decaying streets. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "so the raiders are probably still going to attack" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell enforcers about raiders" | ||||
Floyd | You start to speak and an Enforcer cuts you off. "We're on duty. Move Floyd | along," he says brusquely. The soldier's expression is hidden behind Floyd | his helmet's tinted plasteel face mask. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona sighs and stares down at her feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | As you place the strange device upon your head, it activates with a few Floyd | beeps and the same gentle whirring. Slowly, the distant motes of Floyd | consciousness dance into your awareness, raging tempests of emotion and Floyd | thought. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The door has a closed sign hanging on it. It doesn't look like Charlie Floyd | has opened yet today. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to read the closed sign. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your journey has come full circle, now with your final decision made. Floyd | The technology of a century past will remain in your hands. You and Floyd | Iona return to your meager dwelling, where you place the helmet on the Floyd | bed, and simply stare at it. Your mission was a success, and though Floyd | you did not find the riches you'd hoped by selling the device to a Floyd | corporation, you begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, you'll be Floyd | able to do better on your own: just you and your newly adopted Floyd | daughter Iona. You aren't sure what comes next, but the one thing you Floyd | are sure about is that your life as a scavenger is over. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 655 turns, you have achieved a score of 13 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Expeditionist. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | With some trepidation, you head down the cross street towards CyTek, Floyd | Iona trailing closely behind you. The process is familiar to you and Floyd | every other scavenger. The pitch. The demonstration. The Floyd | negotiation. And, finally, the sale. The only real difference this Floyd | time is the expression of shock on the agent's face... and the size of Floyd | the purse. With some effort, you put out of your mind thoughts of what Floyd | exactly CyTek plans to do with the technology you've delivered to them. Floyd | That's none of your concern, is it? All you know is that with this Floyd | money, Iona and yourself will live quite comfortably for some time. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 655 turns, you have achieved a score of 13 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Expeditionist. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | You have earned the following: Floyd | Floyd | 1 point for getting the store discount Floyd | 1 point for buying the GPS Floyd | 1 point for infiltrating the base Floyd | 1 point for finding the security badge Floyd | 1 point for repairing the security door panel Floyd | 1 point for finding the security code Floyd | 1 point for activating the second floor power Floyd | 1 point for activating the third floor power Floyd | 1 point for bypassing the radiation Floyd | 1 point for opening the containment vault Floyd | 1 point for killing the bandit leader Floyd | 1 point for rescuing Iona Floyd | 1 points for selling the device Floyd | Floyd | Total score: 13 points out of 14 Floyd | Floyd | This gives you a rank of Expeditionist. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | cyberskunk says, "ok. want to try to set off the blast and escape? it only vaporizes a half mile" | |||
| Ellison says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf14.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "dur. 15?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf15.sav" | ||||
Floyd | This file was saved by a different game, or a different version of this Floyd | game, and cannot be restored with this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "What?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "you saved but it didnt seem to take?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I never saved into cf15." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "got it" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "c14" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "is it supposed to be c or cf?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | The odd-looking helmet won't fit over the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pull" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 606 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shut down" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shut". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | This fusion generator has been running for over a hundred years, though Floyd | it doesn't look like it will last much longer. You're no nuclear Floyd | physicist, but judging by these warnings in big red letters, the lack Floyd | of regular maintenance has taken its toll on the mechanisms of the Floyd | plant. While the fuel reservoirs are still in the green, the coolant Floyd | levels are practically empty, there are an alarming number of shorted Floyd | circuits across the facility, and the electromagnetic bottle containing Floyd | the superheated plasma is on the verge of collapsing. However, the Floyd | readings don't give you any indication of when a failure might occur. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, an alarm klaxon sounds. Cleverly hidden red lights in Floyd | the ceiling come to life, bathing the room in an eerie crimson glow. Floyd | The information displayed on the screens changes, flashing in a frantic Floyd | pattern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:38 Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the frayed jacket) Floyd | (putting a radiation suit into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the odd-looking helmet)Taken. Tentatively, you hoist the Floyd | helmet up above you and ease it down atop your head. It must have some Floyd | kind of hidden switch or sensor because once in place, there are a few Floyd | faint beeps followed by a quiet whirring. You don't notice anything Floyd | else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | wall to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, you become aware of strange sensation, unlike anything you've Floyd | ever experienced before. Amidst your swirling emotions, you feel a Floyd | sense of anger building. Rage. Hatred. Loathing. The bizarre thing Floyd | is how detached you find yourself from this bubble of seething Floyd | animosity floating within your consciousness. You sway on your feet as Floyd | a wave of nausea overtakes you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | Focusing on the ball of rage adrift within your psyche, you come to the Floyd | sudden realization that the sensation isn't internal at all. You look Floyd | upwards and gape. The wrathful emotions emanate from the east. And as Floyd | you blink in shock, information streams into your mind like a Floyd | unstoppable tidal wave. Names and images. The ceiling before you is Floyd | overlaid with the scene of two raiders arguing, one of them stalking Floyd | away and the other left seething. It loops, going faster and faster Floyd | before fading away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | Now your consciousness seems to expand. More oily recesses of emotion, Floyd | thought, and knowledge slip into your growing perception. Just when Floyd | the terrible flood of awareness seems about to overwhelm you, it dies Floyd | down to a dull and manageable array of distant auras just on the Floyd | fringes of your mind. To your amazement, you find that by Floyd | concentrating on a particular shard of emotion, you are able to Floyd | actually scan the thoughts of a single raider. Feelings, images, and Floyd | words slither like slimy worms through your brain. Floyd | Floyd | The idea that you've discovered a device to read minds from a distance Floyd | leaves you stunned. The possibilities dance in your mind, a dizzying Floyd | galaxy of futures. For now, though, the only thing you know for sure Floyd | is that it's time to leave this place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell iona to follow me" | ||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You hurriedly begin the arduous journey back home, Iona in tow. You Floyd | are amazed to find that she hardly slows you down. She obviously comes Floyd | from tough stock. The helmet you keep tucked safely within your Floyd | survival pack. Moving as quickly as you can, you rush from the base in Floyd | search of shelter. When you come across a series of cliffs you waste Floyd | no time in taking refuge behind them. And not a moment too soon. The Floyd | sky erupts in dazzling light, followed quickly by thunderous shockwave. Floyd | A brilliant mushroom cloud rises up over the location of the research Floyd | facility as its reactor goes critical. The two of you spend several Floyd | hours in the shadow, then make your way towards the awaiting city of Floyd | Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | The return trip takes slightly longer than the first leg of the Floyd | journey, though you soon find yourself gazing upon the Cyclopean Floyd | structures of your home city. The guards scrutinize yourself and young Floyd | Iona, but within no time you find yourself once again walking Arcadia's Floyd | decaying streets. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your journey has come full circle, now with your final decision made. Floyd | The technology of a century past will remain in your hands. You and Floyd | Iona return to your meager dwelling, where you place the helmet on the Floyd | bed, and simply stare at it. Your mission was a success, and though Floyd | you did not find the riches you'd hoped by selling the device to a Floyd | corporation, you begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, you'll be Floyd | able to do better on your own: just you and your newly adopted Floyd | daughter Iona. You aren't sure what comes next, but the one thing you Floyd | are sure about is that your life as a scavenger is over. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 631 turns, you have achieved a score of 14 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | cyberskunk says, "there we go" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "amusing" | ||||
Floyd | Have you tried... Floyd | ...winning without buying anything but the GPS? Floyd | ...winning with each of the extra items from the shop? Floyd | ...getting all 14 points? Floyd | ...asking Charlie about various famous IF authors? Floyd | ...attacking Charlie with your flashlight? Floyd | ...dropping a live grenade in Charlie's shop? Floyd | ...dropping a live grenade in the crumbling building? Floyd | ...spending a full 40 turns in the barracks? Floyd | ...shooting Charlie? Floyd | ...shooting yourself? Floyd | ...eating the grenade? Floyd | ...smelling bandits? Floyd | ...drinking the screwdriver? Floyd | ...pushing all of the various buttons on the generator? Floyd | ...walking through the radiation without a rad suit? Floyd | ...and then dropping the radiation poisoning? Floyd | ...typing "cheat"? Floyd | ...typing "xyzzy"? Floyd | ...typing it more than once? Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yay!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We never did use the grenade." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "we got lots of laughs" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "nice work! thanks, ggg" | ||||
| Ellison says, "good worok" | ||||
| Ellison says, "work" | ||||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | genericgeekgirl says, "Haha. "walking through the radiation without a rad suit? and then dropping the radiation poisoning"" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | You have earned the following: Floyd | Floyd | 1 point for getting the store discount Floyd | 1 point for buying the GPS Floyd | 1 point for infiltrating the base Floyd | 1 point for finding the security badge Floyd | 1 point for repairing the security door panel Floyd | 1 point for finding the security code Floyd | 1 point for activating the second floor power Floyd | 1 point for activating the third floor power Floyd | 1 point for bypassing the radiation Floyd | 1 point for opening the containment vault Floyd | 1 point for killing the bandit leader Floyd | 1 point for rescuing Iona Floyd | 1 point for destroying the raider stronghold Floyd | 1 point for keeping the device for yourself Floyd | Floyd | Total score: 14 points out of 14 Floyd | Floyd | This gives you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | genericgeekgirl asks, "All done? Anyone want to poke at the amusing things, or should I shut it down?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
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