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ToyShop & Floyditorium		#ClubFloyd Discussion


****** SESSION ONE **

Jacqueline hollers, "Five minutes to session one of Savoir Faire on ClubFloyd in the Toyshop!"		DavidW says, "I just made the popcorn."
		Stew says, "Hi Y'all"
		DavidW says, "Of course, I shall have to be just an observer today, since I've played today's game already."
		Stew says, "No spoilers allowed DavidW!"
		Stew says, "- ;)"
		DavidW says (to Stew), "Agreed. And hi."
		Stew says, "Hi. I don't believe I've ever tried to play this game. I think I downloaded it but never opened it."
		Timothy exclaims, "Hi!"
		Stew says, "Okay"
		Jacqueline says, "Hi, Timothy."
		Timothy says, "I have alread played this one as well, so I will be an observer today and be making snarky comments"
		Jacqueline says, "heh. Okay."
		Stew asks, "Did both of you beat it?"
		benzene asks, "There's a cfspoilers channel, isn't there?"
		Jacqueline says, "There is. It is not logged."
		DavidW says (to Stew), "I not only finished SF, I also wrote a walkthrough for it."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, who here has not played? Who will be participating?"
		benzene says, "I will be"
		Stew says, "Second point of order. Do not look up DavidW's walkthrough"
		Stew says, "I will be as well."
		benzene says, "I'll also be eating lunch."
		DavidW says, "yeah, my walkthrough contains spoilers."
		Timothy says, "Yes I beat if. Took me awhile though, the end is rather difficult. To be fair it was one of the first IFs I played"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes, don't look at his walkthrough, and you should probably @mutec #cfspoilers if you're on that channel."
		Jacqueline says, "I probably should have checked to make sure Floyd has the latest version, but I guess we'll just see when we load 'er up."
		Jacqueline asks, "Speaking of which, are we ready to do so?"
		benzene exclaims, "yep!"
		pollux says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline asks (of pollux), "Have you played?"
		Stew says, "I'm ready."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and by the way, believe it or not, I haven't played much of this at all."
		DavidW says, "I will mention that Savoir-Faire was written in Inform 6, so be very impressed at the game."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask savoir"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/1 Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've Floyd \| overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, Floyd \| carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind Floyd \| manicured hands, getting elegant ladies out of elegant fixes -- and Floyd \| you're in debt. Bound by oath and honor to a pack of Floyd \| scoundrels. Your father, old peasant that he was, could have warned Floyd \| you against their type. Floyd \| Floyd \| You'd hoped to find the Count at home; your original plan was to ask Floyd \| him for an advance on the money you expect to earn on your estate in a Floyd \| month or two. But according to the local population, the Count hasn't Floyd \| been home in months, and Marie, who was in residence until recently, Floyd \| has vanished as well. "No one around the big house now," says one of Floyd \| the peasant women tersely. "Even turned off the cook, they did." Floyd \| Floyd \| But you need the money at once; if you return to Paris without it, Floyd \| your creditors are unlikely to be forgiving. So you walked over the Floyd \| fields anyway, and got in through the gap in the kitchen garden wall. Floyd \| You will just have to find what you can. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Savoir-Faire Floyd \| An interactive search for loot. Copyright Emily Short 2002-4. Floyd \| Type HELP if you have not played this game before, even if you are Floyd \| familiar with IF. Floyd \| Release 8 / Serial number 040205 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10 Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says (to Jacqueline), "Yeah, I have. I don't actually remember any of it, but I'll just watch anyway."
		Stew says, "It's an Emily Short game"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, yeah, this is the latest version. Good."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help"
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] > About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ] Floyd \|
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] > About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ]		Stew asks, "pollux, why don't you play anyway until things start looking familiar?"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ] About This Game Floyd \| Floyd \| About This Game: Floyd \| Floyd \| This is version 7 of Savoir-Faire, which was first released in April Floyd \| of 2002. It received four XYZZY Awards (Best Player Character, Best Floyd \| Story, Best Puzzles, and Best Game) for that year. Floyd \| Floyd \| The game was designed to be an old-fashioned puzzle game -- that is to Floyd \| say, lots of emphasis on difficult problems, light on story-line and Floyd \| character interaction. Some of the puzzles are fairly challenging, and Floyd \| it is possible to get the game into a state from which it cannot be Floyd \| won. Save often. Floyd \| Floyd \| Historicity: Floyd \| Floyd \| Savoir-Faire is set in an alternate, somewhat mangled version of the Floyd \| early 1780s. Vagueness about setting, and a tendency towards Floyd \| anachronism, were traits I associate with old-style games, and they Floyd \| are present to some degree here. All the same, I've received the Floyd \| occasional complaint about historical inaccuracy, to which I can only Floyd \| reply that SF was never intended to be terribly accurate, and if Floyd \| you're reading it that way, you're missing the point (and would be Floyd \| better off playing Peter Nepstad's meticulously researched "1893"). Floyd \| Floyd \| Background Materials: Floyd \| Floyd \| As of the release of this version, it is still possible to get copies Floyd \| of the "feelies" I created to go with it. These include a booklet of Floyd \| background material about the alternate history of this world, and Floyd \| some more information about the fate of the characters in it. If Floyd \| interested, you may check out [LINK] to determine Floyd \| whether they are still available. Floyd \| Floyd \| Comments and Contact Info: Floyd \| Floyd \| Questions, comments, and bug reports may be emailed to me at Floyd \| emshort@mindspring.com. My other games may be found on the interactive Floyd \| fiction archive ([LINK]) or on my own home page (at Floyd \| [LINK]). Floyd \| Floyd \| [Please press SPACE.] Floyd \|		DavidW says, "Sadly, feelies.org is no more."
		Stew cries.
		benzene asks, "what do we type to press space?"
		Timothy says, "sad"
		DavidW says, "There's a pair of buttons in the toyshop here. 'press space' and 'press enter' without a leading f."
		Jacqueline says, "Man, feelies.org"
		benzene says, "thanks"
Stew pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] > About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ] Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] > Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ]
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] N = next subject P = previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = previous menu Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] > Getting Started Floyd ] Movement Floyd ] Common Verbs Floyd ] Passing Time Floyd ] Saving, Quitting, Etc. Floyd ] Floyd \|
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ] Getting Started Floyd \| Floyd \| These general instructions are adapted from: "A Beginner's Guide to Floyd \| Playing Interactive Fiction". The full text can be found at Floyd \| [LINK] Floyd \| Floyd \| The game starts Floyd \| When you start a game, you will first see an introduction, usually Floyd \| consisting of one or a few screenfuls of text, giving you some Floyd \| background on who you are, where you are, and perhaps even what your Floyd \| objectives in the game are. Whenever the game has printed a screenful Floyd \| of text, it will wait until you press ENTER or some other key, so that Floyd \| you get a chance to read everything before it scrolls off the top of Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| How to interact Floyd \| When the introduction is over, you will get a prompt, usually ">", but Floyd \| it may be a little different from game to game. The prompt means that Floyd \| the game is now waiting for you to tell it what you want to do. You do Floyd \| this by typing in imperative commands, as if you were commanding Floyd \| someone. Let's say the introduction told you that you are in a Floyd \| kitchen, and that you can see a closed glass jar standing on the Floyd \| kitchen counter. Commands you could try at this point include TAKE THE Floyd \| JAR, or OPEN THE JAR, or perhaps EXAMINE THE JAR (Throughout this Floyd \| document, things that are written in capital letters are complete Floyd \| commands that can be typed into an IF game. They don't have to be Floyd \| typed in capital letters when entered into a game). If you want to, Floyd \| you can skip the articles: TAKE JAR will work just at well as TAKE THE Floyd \| JAR. If there are several different jars you could mean, the game may Floyd \| ask you which one you mean. Just type one or more words that uniquely Floyd \| identifies one of the items. For instance, if the game says "Which jar Floyd \| do you mean, the blue glass jar or the green glass jar?", you might Floyd \| reply BLUE to take the blue one. You can also choose to ignore the Floyd \| question altogether, just typing a new command. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Please press SPACE.] Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "That all looks standard. But I know there's bits of this that aren't."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] N = next subject P = previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = previous menu Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] > Getting Started Floyd ] Movement Floyd ] Common Verbs Floyd ] Passing Time Floyd ] Saving, Quitting, Etc. Floyd ] Floyd \|		benzene says, "go back to 'special instructisons'"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I see. I went to the wrong instructions."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry 'bout that."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "p"
Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] N = next subject P = previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = previous menu Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] Getting Started Floyd ] Movement Floyd ] Common Verbs Floyd ] Passing Time Floyd ] > Saving, Quitting, Etc. Floyd ]
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] > Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ] Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] > Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ]		Timothy says, "there are feelies on the ifdb if anyone is interested"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd \| Floyd \| Two special commands: Floyd \| Floyd \| There are two verbs you should be aware of in addition to the usual Floyd \| ones: REMEMBER and LINK. REMEMBER gives you access to memories about Floyd \| objects, when you are prompted that such memories exist. Floyd \| Floyd \| In addition, your character can LINK objects of similar properties. Floyd \| (e.g.: LINK SNUFFBOX TO SMALL YELLOW BOX.) Once this link has been Floyd \| created, things done to one object will automatically affect the other Floyd \| as well... subject to certain rules. Floyd \| Floyd \| Otherwise, this game is fairly cruel -- it is possible to render the Floyd \| game unwinnable, and you should save often, especially when you Floyd \| realize that you are about to destroy an object you may not be able to Floyd \| get back. We make no apologies for this, since it is part of the Floyd \| Old-School charm. Or, er, so we are told. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Please press SPACE.] Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] > Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ] Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] > If You're Stuck Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ]
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] > Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ]
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd ] Credits Floyd \| Floyd \| Almost every large IF project is the product of many people besides Floyd \| the author. This one benefited particularly from a very hard-working Floyd \| set of beta-testers, and, once it was released the first time, from Floyd \| bug reports, comments on the puzzles from rec.games.int-fiction, and Floyd \| reviews in SPAG, the IF Ratings site ([LINK]), and Floyd \| IF Review. On those grounds I was persuaded not only to fix numerous Floyd \| horrible bugs but also to change the phrasing of some descriptions, Floyd \| file away a few of the game's most extreme anachronisms, and introduce Floyd \| a few alternate puzzle solutions. The ending, the subject of some Floyd \| debate, remains as it was in the original. Floyd \| Floyd \| Any errors that remain are of course my own fault. Floyd \| Floyd \| Coding credit: Floyd \| Floyd \| Credit goes to Graham Nelson for Inform; to Roger Firth for Floyd \| SmartCantGo and CheckOut; Daniel Barkalow for Scoper; Alan Trewartha Floyd \| for GoNeighbour; Gunther Schmidl for dirs_2; Andrew Plotkin for Floyd \| daemons; Andrew Clover for timewait; Kory Heath and Lucian Smith for Floyd \| the revised ReviseMulti. The new menu system uses Altmenu, DoMenu, and Floyd \| utility, by L. Ross Raszewski, howtoplay by Michael Coyne, and CCPL by Floyd \| Roger Firth. Floyd \| Floyd \| Primary testing: Floyd \| Floyd \| Credit also goes to Dan Shiovitz as alpha-tester and theoretical Floyd \| counsel; and to Sean Barrett, Gilles Duchesne, and Admiral Jota for Floyd \| their Herculean beta-testing efforts. Their diligence and dedication Floyd \| are greatly appreciated. Floyd \| Floyd \| Troubleshooting: Floyd \| Floyd \| In the eleventh hour, when TAKE ALL FROM was not working for reasons Floyd \| unknown, the good folks from #inform stepped in: L. Ross Raszewski, Floyd \| Brendan Barnwell, and Andrew Schepler in particular. Floyd \| Floyd \| Bug Reports for Subsequent Releases: Floyd \| Floyd \| Comments and bug reports courtesy of Jason Love, Stephen Granade, Floyd \| Storme Winfield, Dan Schmidt, Lucian Smith, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Stacey Floyd \| Tappan, David Welbourn, Eytan Zweig, Guy Barrier, Mark Smithson, Jason Floyd \| Dyer, F. Bova, Admiral Jota, Urbatain, Allen Garvin, Andy Holloway, Floyd \| Jeff Pack, and Sam Carmean; for comments on the released library Floyd \| WaterElement.h that revealed bugs in Savoir Faire, David Porterfield. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Please press SPACE.] Floyd \|
Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.		Stew says, "This makes me want to betatest a game"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw man, Gilles. I miss him."
		Timothy says, "haha"
		DavidW says, "WaterElement.h is an Inform 6 extension that handles liquids and powders."
		Jacqueline asks (of Timothy), "What's the haha?"
		Stew says, "I remember the old .h days"
		Timothy says, "stew want to betatest a game"
		Jacqueline says, "I think beta testing is admirable."
		Jacqueline says, "And, for what it's worth, there are lots of IntroComp participants looking for beta testers as we speak."
		Jacqueline says, "So Stew, you may want to swing past the forums. :)"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway..."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Main Menu Floyd ] N = next subject Instructions for Savoir-Faire P = Floyd \| previous Floyd ] RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd ] About This Game Floyd ] Basic Instructions on How to Play Savoir-Faire Floyd ] Special Instructions [Read even if you've played IF] Floyd ] If You're Stuck Floyd ] > Credits Floyd ] Copyright and License Information Floyd ] Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/2 Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, "I'm not say it's not admirable, I jest found the comment slightly funny is all"
		DavidW says, "Was that an IntroComp plug? I think it was an IntroComp plug."
		Jacqueline says, "It was kind of an IntroComp plug, yeah."
Jacqueline clears the save counter.
benzene says (to Floyd), "herbs"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/2 Floyd \| Floyd \| > HERBS Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x herbs"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/3 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HERBS Floyd \| Floyd \| A bed of herbs, containing, currently, bay, parsley, and mint. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x herbs"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/4 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HERBS Floyd \| Floyd \| A bed of herbs, containing, currently, bay, parsley, and mint. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take herbs"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/5 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE HERBS Floyd \| Floyd \| You'll have to specify which herbs you would like. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Should we just grab ALL THE THINGS, since this is all old skool?"
		Stew asks, "get all?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get all"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/6 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| roses: The roses are equipped with really ferocious thorns. Floyd \| mud: In your bare hands? Surely you jest. Floyd \| water: In your bare hands? Surely you jest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take bay"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/7 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BAY Floyd \| Floyd \| You pick some of the growing bay. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Am I allowed to answer that question?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take parsley"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/8 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE PARSLEY Floyd \| Floyd \| You pick some of the growing parsley. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take mint"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/9 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE MINT Floyd \| Floyd \| You pick some of the growing mint. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I think that one you are, yeah."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x ditch"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/10 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DITCH Floyd \| Floyd \| Little more than a damp hollow of earth under the pipe opening. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drainage ditch is not very much mud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "The game has rather heavily implied we should grab everything."
		DavidW says, "Then, yes, take all that isn't nailed down. You have LOTS of carrying capacity."
		Stew says, "some of the parser stuff could be improved if this were in Inform 7"
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk.		Jacqueline asks (of Stew), "What have you seen that makes you say that?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x mud"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/11 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MUD Floyd \| Floyd \| A bit of unpleasant mud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take mud"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/12 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE MUD Floyd \| Floyd \| In your bare hands? Surely you jest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/13 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/14 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| The pipe leads through the wall into the house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Stew says, "Uhh take herbs would be a good command"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/15 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| A dark circle of stone, the depths of which you cannot see. The water Floyd \| comes up within reach. Floyd \| Floyd \| A bar of iron crosses the well, to support a bucket on a rope (which, Floyd \| however, is itself lacking). Floyd \| Floyd \| In the well is a body of water. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Maybe. It probably would have still asked which ones you want."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x sundial"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/16 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SUNDIAL Floyd \| Floyd \| A sturdy old sundial, its bronze weathered green. Unlike various Floyd \| tawdry sundials you have encountered in your life, it has a Floyd \| firmly-attached gnomon that is unlikely to come off in times of Floyd \| trouble. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pick a rose"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/17 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PICK A ROSE Floyd \| Floyd \| The roses are equipped with really ferocious thorns. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "It might have accepted, eg., 'take all herbs'."
		DavidW says, "The parser didn't change must at all from I6 to I7."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/18 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ME Floyd \| Floyd \| Tall, thin, and fashionably dressed; greying prematurely at the Floyd \| temples, but not-- (the ladies all insist)-- not old; perhaps a little Floyd \| tired around the eyes, and a little jaded. Very little of your peasant Floyd \| heritage reveals itself in you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heehee 'tawdry sundials'"
		Stew asks, "So there isn't a way in Inform 7 to make take herbs mean take all herbs?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/19 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| three food items: Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x hat"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/20 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HAT Floyd \| Floyd \| Made of black felt, and quite ordinary, except for the breadth and Floyd \| sweep of the brim, and the majesty of the pure white feather. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Stew says, "actually I think there is. You just replace "take herbs" with "take all herbs" for commands"
		DavidW says, "There's a way in both, but there's the complication of refering to herbs as a group."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/21 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| A slender and flexible blade, and more decorative than useful, though Floyd \| there have been a few occasions when it became helpful against Floyd \| brigands in the street. The design at the hilt is a bit ornate, but Floyd \| not unpleasantly so. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/22 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| You draw the sword from its sheath. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "cut rose with sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/23 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT ROSE WITH SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| The sword is not sharp enough to slash effectively through the roses. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Stew says, "sorry I should focus on the game"
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Oooh. Good try."
		benzene says, "worth a shot"
		Jacqueline asks, "Shall we enter the house?"
		benzene says, "sure"
		Timothy says, "thats not a very sharp sword if it can even cut roses."
		benzene says, "I think it means the whole bush"
		Gerynar says, "useful in scaring brigands though"
		DavidW says, "It's mostly ceremonial."
		Jacqueline says (to Timothy), "Well, it said it was more decorative than useful."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x snuffbox"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/24 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SNUFFBOX Floyd \| Floyd \| A little pastel-colored metal box in which you keep your supply of Floyd \| snuff. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something about the snuffbox tickles your recollection. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember snuffbox"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/25 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER SNUFFBOX Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| "Don't play magic pranks on the guests," said the Count, Floyd \| confiscating the little box you had been using to control the Marquis' Floyd \| snuffbox (so it would refuse to open when he tried the little Floyd \| one-handed flick he was so fond of, and then pop open of its own when Floyd \| he set it down...). Floyd \| Floyd \| "Why NOT?" you demanded, twisting under the painful grip he had on Floyd \| your shoulder. "You don't mind if I play with the servants." Floyd \| Floyd \| "First," said the Count, clearing the links from the box with a brush Floyd \| of his fingers, "I hope you do not play anything malicious on the Floyd \| servants; it is only all right as long as it is games and they do not Floyd \| mind." He set the box down. "And second, the Marquis is nobility." Floyd \| Floyd \| "I do not understand." Floyd \| Floyd \| The Count sighed. "I thought you might not. Pierre, you are an-- Floyd \| unusual case, being exempt from this rule, but you know that for the Floyd \| most part, only the nobility are able to perform the lavori d'Aracne; Floyd \| and of them, only the most noble families, who have access to the Floyd \| Honors of the Court. To play magic tricks on the Marquis, therefore, Floyd \| is to remind him that his lineage is not as good as ours. He will be Floyd \| insulted and grow angry, and I cannot afford to allow that to happen." Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, "true"
		DavidW says, "Worn for elegance in dress."
		Jacqueline asks, "Actually, can we visit the shed before the house?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/26 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "lets"
		benzene says, "I forgot it was there"
		benzene says, "Also, I'm very excited for this magic"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x shed"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/27 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SHED Floyd \| Floyd \| Built out of rough stones, not hewn into rectangular shape like those Floyd \| of the main house, and framed in weathered wood. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open shed"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/28 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN SHED Floyd \| Floyd \| You would be able to go in if only the roses weren't there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says (to benzene), "yes the magic was very fun. One of the best implemented I've seen."
		Jacqueline says, "oh."
		Timothy exclaims, "those darn roses!"
		benzene asks, "Welp. Inside the house?"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/29 Floyd \| Floyd \| > HIT ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| With your bare hands? That could be uncomfortable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says (to stew), "Now now, no need to be violent"
Stew says (to Floyd), "kiss roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/29 Floyd \| Floyd \| > KISS ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| You can only do that to something animate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/30 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| More thorns than the usual, and fewer blooms, or so it seems to your Floyd \| eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/31 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "So, I think it's west to get into the kitchen"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/32 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (which is closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| A string of andouillettes hangs from a beam of the ceiling. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "And it is. Yay."
		olethros says, "it's like inception, only IF"
Stew says (to Floyd), "x beam"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/33 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BEAM Floyd \| Floyd \| The heavy beams (five in all) were each cut a very long time ago from Floyd \| a very large tree. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x tables"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/34 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X TABLES Floyd \| Floyd \| Higher than a table you might eat at, and designed for people to use Floyd \| when standing up. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "Undressed stone like that is sometimes called cobbles"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "That heh was for olethros, belatedly."
		DavidW says, "I remmeber on raif that some player was inspired to actually try andouillettes after playing this game. But didn't like them too much."
		inky says, "I don't think emily did either"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x andouillettes"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/35 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ANDOUILLETTES Floyd \| Floyd \| Veal cased in tripe. Tasty food. The servants used to eat them with Floyd \| fried onions -- a good, hearty smell that leaked out of the kitchen Floyd \| while you played outside, until you went inside, and sometimes they Floyd \| would let you eat at the kitchen table rather than with the Family. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I'm not a fan of tripe"
		Timothy says, "It's not to bad"
		Roger says, "Few are"
		benzene says, "It's the texture I can't get over"
		benzene says, "Tastes good, though"
		Stew asks, "wasn't there some other game that had tripe rations?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take tripe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/36 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE TRIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't reach the andouillettes from here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bread"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/37 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BREAD Floyd \| Floyd \| A roughly rectangular loaf of bread, reddish brown, and shriveled to Floyd \| rock-like hardness by being left to sit around for so long. The fact Floyd \| that it went uneaten is explained by the fact that one face is burnt Floyd \| black -- someone left it in the oven too long, evidently. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "oh. Nice synonym find."
		olethros says, "tripe ican be great"
		benzene says, "Uhh that was a complete accident"
		Jacqueline says, "Haggis was getting a bad rap on NPR this week. Unnecessarily so, in my opinion. I adore it."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take bread"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/38 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BREAD Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I have yet to try haggis. I really must."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/38 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DEVICE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/39 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables is a delicate contraption (which is closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| A string of andouillettes hangs from a beam of the ceiling. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/40 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| The body of the contraption is mostly just a large box, into which Floyd \| things can be put, and an assembly of clockwork parts in a separate Floyd \| case, not to be interfered with. There is also a dial which may be set Floyd \| to various positions, and a spindle, on which is a cylinder with a Floyd \| pattern of strange bumps on it, labeled "Andouillettes Recipe". Floyd \| Floyd \| The delicate contraption is currently switched off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Stew says, "synonym deficiency!"
		Jacqueline says, "Sf stand on table"
		Jacqueline says, "oops"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand on table"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/41 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STAND ON TABLE Floyd \| Floyd \| You get onto the kitchen tables. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables you can see a delicate contraption (which is Floyd \| closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut andouillettes"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/41 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT ANDOUILLETTES Floyd \| Floyd \| What do you want to cut the andouillettes with? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/42 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| It's difficult to chop up the andouillettes from this vantage point. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get down"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/43 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET DOWN Floyd \| Floyd \| You get off the kitchen tables. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables is a delicate contraption (which is closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| A string of andouillettes hangs from a beam of the ceiling. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "uhh."
		DavidW says, "So want to say something."
		Jacqueline says, "No."
benzene says (to Floyd), "cut tripe with sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/44 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT TRIPE WITH SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| It's difficult to chop up the andouillettes from this vantage point. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "stand on table"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/45 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STAND ON TABLE Floyd \| Floyd \| You get onto the kitchen tables. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables you can see a delicate contraption (which is Floyd \| closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "get tripe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/46 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET TRIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You still can't quite reach the andouillettes from here. Close, Floyd \| though. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/47 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STAND ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can stand on. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "stand on bread"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/48 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STAND ON BREAD Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can stand on. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/49 Floyd \| Floyd \| > JUMP Floyd \| Floyd \| You leap, catch the beam over your head with one hand, snatch the Floyd \| sausages in the other, and land back on the table with only a slight Floyd \| thump. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "Yay!"
		Jacqueline says, "DANG"
		DavidW claps
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
		Stew says, "ding ding ding ding!"
		DavidW says, "Now I don't have to say anything any more."
		Timothy exclaims, "Woot!"
		benzene exclaims, "So much praise!"
		benzene asks, "Now what's this contraption?"
		Jacqueline says, "You probably shouldn't even say that you want to say something the next time you want to say that you want to say something but know that you shouldn't say something, David."
		Stew says, "now we're suspicious"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/50 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| The body of the contraption is mostly just a large box, into which Floyd \| things can be put, and an assembly of clockwork parts in a separate Floyd \| case, not to be interfered with. There is also a dial which may be set Floyd \| to various positions, and a spindle, on which is a cylinder with a Floyd \| pattern of strange bumps on it, labeled "Andouillettes Recipe". Floyd \| Floyd \| The delicate contraption is currently switched off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Curses. She onto my meta-hint technique."
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/51 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the box comes a Floyd \| plaintive mechanical voice which declares, "Monsieur le Chef!! You Floyd \| need more! andouillettes!!!" Floyd \| Floyd \| The mechanism whirrs a moment longer before its functioning gives out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x dial"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/52 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DIAL Floyd \| Floyd \| A dial which can be rotated to show one word at a time, labeled Floyd \| 'SHAPE'. Currently the word showing is NONE. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn dial"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/53 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN DIAL Floyd \| Floyd \| You turn the dial gently with one finger, and it clicks around to Floyd \| display the setting LEAF. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Gerynar hands Jacqueline some duct tape in case DavidW gets out of line again :)
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/54 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the box comes a Floyd \| plaintive mechanical voice which declares, "Monsieur le Chef!! You Floyd \| need more! andouillettes!!!" Floyd \| Floyd \| The mechanism whirrs a moment longer before its functioning gives out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put tripe in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/55 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT TRIPE IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the delicate contraption) Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a clove of garlic. Floyd \| You put the andouillettes into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take garlic"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/56 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE GARLIC Floyd \| Floyd \| You're carrying too many things already. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "drop bread"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/57 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP BREAD Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take garlic"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/58 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE GARLIC Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/59 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a regretful clicking noise from the vicinity of the Floyd \| lid-catch. Just as you think you are going to have to close it Floyd \| yourself, a gloved mechanical hand reaches up and slams the Floyd \| contraption shut from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the box comes a Floyd \| plaintive mechanical voice which declares, "Monsieur le Chef!! You Floyd \| need more! olive oil!!!" Floyd \| Floyd \| The mechanism whirrs a moment longer before its functioning gives out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I feel I now understand an IF joke I've been not getting for over a decade."
		DavidW says, "yay mechanical hand of auto-closing."
benzene says (to Floyd), "look inside contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/60 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK INSIDE CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see inside, since the delicate contraption is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/61 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing some andouillettes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I still don't know what this thing is."
		benzene asks, "I guess we keep putting stuff in it?"
		DavidW says, "The 'Need! More! Ingredients!' bit is from inky's You Are A Chef!"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it makes recipes."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, true."
		Timothy says (to benzene), "is a thing to make us hungry"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "And those two were thick as thieves during this time."
		benzene asks, "why do we need andouilletes to make andouillettes?"
		DavidW says, "cheese thieves"
		Jacqueline says, "I prefer the Franglais version, I think."
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "I think it's a recipe that includes andouillettes."
		DavidW says (to benzene), "I'm not allowed to say."
		benzene says (to jacqueline), "Ah. Makes sense."
		benzene asks, "so anyway, olive oil?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/62 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen (on the kitchen tables) Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room-- though they look somewhat less high from this Floyd \| perspective. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables you can see a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "Maybe check the scullery?"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/63 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| You'll have to get off the kitchen tables first. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "down"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/64 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DOWN Floyd \| Floyd \| You get off the kitchen tables. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/65 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the countertop are a sponge, a butcher knife and a sack (in which Floyd \| is a single yellow onion). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "yoink"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take onion"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/66 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ONION Floyd \| Floyd \| You're carrying too many things already. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I hope the sack is a holdall"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "What was this bs about a big holding capacity?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take sack"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/67 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SACK Floyd \| Floyd \| You're carrying too many things already. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Ah, yes."
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/68 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| four food items: Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put sword in swordstick"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/69 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SWORD IN SWORDSTICK Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the sword into the swordstick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Perhaps benzene has an idea."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take sack"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/70 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SACK Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "YeAH."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put food in sack"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/70 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT FOOD IN SACK Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the single yellow onion, the clove of garlic, the Floyd \| sprig of mint, the sprig of parsley or the bay leaf? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "er, yeah."
benzene says (to Floyd), "all"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/71 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| single yellow onion: (first taking the single yellow onion) Floyd \| (putting the bay leaf into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| Done. Floyd \| clove of garlic: Done. Floyd \| sprig of mint: Done. Floyd \| sprig of parsley: Done. Floyd \| bay leaf: (first taking the bay leaf) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| Done. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/72 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "alright."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x sack"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/73 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SACK Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary sack made out of rough cloth. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the sack are five food items (a bay leaf, a sprig of parsley, a Floyd \| sprig of mint, a clove of garlic and a single yellow onion). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/74 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the countertop are a sponge and a butcher knife. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/75 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| sponge: Taken. Floyd \| butcher knife: Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Um, may I mention something about the Inform 6 'inventory' command that might be helpful?"
		Jacqueline asks, "It is not a spoiler?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sponge"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/76 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| A sea sponge, sized and rounded like an apple. It is currently bone Floyd \| dry. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put sponge in sack"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/77 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SPONGE IN SACK Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the sponge into the sack. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x knife"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/78 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary kitchen knife, perhaps a foot long. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "It's not a spoiler about the game."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline asks (of EveryoneElse), "Maybe the knife will work on the roses?"
		benzene says, "I was thinking that too"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x cupboard"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/79 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CUPBOARD Floyd \| Floyd \| Unlike the furniture in the main part of the house, it is made of a Floyd \| rather ordinary wood and finished with no particular distinction. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open cupboard"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/80 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CUPBOARD Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the cupboard, revealing three metal dishes (a cup, a plate Floyd \| and a hinge-lidded teapot). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Inform 6 understands 'i wide' and 'i tall' commands to change the inventory presentation. 'i tall' does the big long list. 'i wide' uses a paragraph."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take cup, plate, and teapot"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/80 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CUP, PLATE, AND TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/81 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| cup: Taken. Floyd \| plate: Taken. Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot: Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yes, that I knew."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't mind the i tall, I guess."
		DavidW says, "oh, okay"
		Jacqueline says, "Though in the game I'm working on I've forced it as a paragraph instead."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		benzene says, "I have a feeling we're going to have a lot of items, though"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, true."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x basin"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/82 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BASIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Nothing more than a large stone bowl. In the bottom is a hole, which Floyd \| can be plugged up; when the plug is removed, the water runs out by a Floyd \| pipe and waters the ground outside. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the bottom of the hole you can see something glinting. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I'm just mentioning the option."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x hole"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/83 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HOLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole is a shiny silver cylinder. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take cylinder"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/84 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CYLINDER Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't reach far enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "i wide"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/85 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I WIDE Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying three metal dishes (a hinge-lidded teapot (which is Floyd \| closed), a plate and a cup), a butcher knife, a sack (which is open), Floyd \| inside which are a sponge and five food items (a bay leaf, a sprig of Floyd \| parsley, a sprig of mint, a clove of garlic and a single yellow Floyd \| onion), a dashing hat (being worn), a swordstick, inside which is a Floyd \| sword and a snuffbox (which is closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x cylinder"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/86 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CYLINDER Floyd \| Floyd \| A cylinder of silver metal as long as the middle joint of your thumb. Floyd \| On the surface are a series of strange bumps, depressions, and Floyd \| grooves, seeming carefully wrought and utterly intentional. The core Floyd \| of the cylinder is hollow, but over one end is a piece of paper which Floyd \| bears a label, in careful lettering, which reads, "Tea Recipe." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "See, I know that will be more compact, but it is harder to read."
		benzene says, "Yeah it is"
		pollux says, "It needs more oxford comma, too."
		benzene asks, "can we wash it into the garden maybe?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Scullery 0/86 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on sink"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/87 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON SINK Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can switch. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x sink"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/88 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SINK Floyd \| Floyd \| Nothing more than a large stone bowl. In the bottom is a hole, which Floyd \| can be plugged up; when the plug is removed, the water runs out by a Floyd \| pipe and waters the ground outside. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the bottom of the hole you can see something glinting. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "So, to save, you just type 'press save' in the room. No punctuation before it. The save will then autonumber."
Stew says (to Floyd), "turn sink on"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/89 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN SINK ON Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can switch. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
maga arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
Stew says (to Floyd), "x hole"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/90 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HOLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole is a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "let's get water from the well"
		benzene says, "dump it in the sink"
		Jacqueline says, "And then before we quit today we'll make a special save of all the saves in case our saves get wiped out by NightFloyd or something."
		benzene says, "I don't think there's running water"
Stew says (to Floyd), "get tea recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/91 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't reach far enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "There's the well, yeah, and I guess we have a teapot."
		benzene asks, "any opposed?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nope. Go for it, benzene."
		Stew says, "might wreck the tea recipe"
		Jacqueline says, "That's why I've saved."
		benzene says, "It's metal anyway, I think"
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/92 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, "I would think you would need a rope"
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/93 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "The recipe is a metal cylinder. Water won't hurt it."
		Stew says, "rope is a four letter word in if"
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill pot in well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/93 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL POT IN WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "A rope to get something from a drain?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/94 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying three metal dishes (a hinge-lidded teapot (which is Floyd \| closed), a plate and a cup), a butcher knife, a sack (which is open), Floyd \| inside which are a sponge and five food items (a bay leaf, a sprig of Floyd \| parsley, a sprig of mint, a clove of garlic and a single yellow Floyd \| onion), a dashing hat (being worn), a swordstick, inside which is a Floyd \| sword and a snuffbox (which is closed). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fill pot with water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/95 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL POT WITH WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| The hinge-lidded teapot is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/96 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the hinge-lidded teapot. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fill pot with water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/97 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL POT WITH WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot to the brim. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, "a rope to get water from the well"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Nope. The water is within reach, it said."
		benzene says, "we can reach the water. we don't need it"
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/98 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/99 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put water in sink"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/100 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER IN SINK Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the drain hole, exhausting the supply in the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot. Floyd \| Floyd \| The water goes out the drain. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x hole"
Floyd ] Scullery 0/101 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HOLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole is a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		benzene says, "hmm."
		benzene says, "we can still search the drain outside? the mud might be gone"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/102 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/103 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x pipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/104 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| The pipe leads through the wall into the house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "search pipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/105 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH PIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| The pipe is empty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x ditch"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/106 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DITCH Floyd \| Floyd \| Little more than a damp hollow of earth under the pipe opening. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drainage ditch is some mud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cut roses with knife"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/107 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT ROSES WITH KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| In order to make any headway, you would still have to be in rather Floyd \| undesirable proximity to the sharp poky bits of the rose bushes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "Maybe we'll need gloves or something"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i tall"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/108 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I TALL Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| three metal dishes: Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Or the knife isn't long enough."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, we are a delicate petal."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put sponge in water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/109 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SPONGE IN WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sponge) Floyd \| (putting the snuffbox into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the sponge into the well. Floyd \| The sponge sinks into oblivion. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/108 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill teapot with water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/109 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT WITH WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot to the brim. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Timothy says (to Floyd), "fill sponge with water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/109 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL SPONGE WITH WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the water in the well or the water in the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "Oh weird. I guess it would be a container"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/109 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fill sponge with water from well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/110 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL SPONGE WITH WATER FROM WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sponge) Floyd \| (putting the snuffbox into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The sponge is not something you can fill. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put sponge in teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/111 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SPONGE IN TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the sponge into the hinge-lidded teapot. You consume some of Floyd \| the water in moistening the sponge. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		benzene says, "never mind. not a container after all"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sponge"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/112 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| A sea sponge, sized and rounded like an apple. It is currently sopping Floyd \| wet. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I think we'll have to come back to the tea recipe"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it makes sense that it would have the properties wet or dry, but not be a container that you might try to put tripe into."
		benzene says, "this is true"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's explore some more."
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 0/113 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "where to?"
		benzene says, "upstairs seems more dead-endy"
		Jacqueline says, "So, just a heads up, we're one hour in and will play for one more hour today (and resume next Sunday at the same time)."
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Upstairs, sure."
benzene says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/114 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UP Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the drying rack is a white handkerchief. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take handkerchief"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/115 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE HANDKERCHIEF Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/116 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X IT Floyd \| Floyd \| A square of good linen; rather nice, really. It is currently colored Floyd \| white. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, ".. Jacqueline I will have to leave in 15-12 minutes"
		Timothy says (to Jacqueline), "Got to go to church"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x beds"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/117 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BEDS Floyd \| Floyd \| All of the beds are of the rickety sort with a thin straw mattress. Floyd \| Usually this was accompanied by several layers of blanket -- the Count Floyd \| was not an unreasonable man, and the servants were not ill-treated. Floyd \| But the blankets are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "search beds"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/118 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH BEDS Floyd \| Floyd \| There is nothing on the bed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/119 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| Not nearly as large as the ones downstairs, of course, and principally Floyd \| intended for keeping the inhabitants toasty when the winter set in Floyd \| especially hard. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something about the fireplace tickles your recollection. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/120 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| Anton's wife Leonie stood by the fireplace. "The new maid -- I think Floyd \| she is a snoop." Floyd \| Floyd \| Anton shrugged his broad shoulders. "She chops potatoes," he said. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Nonetheless I don't trust her. Give me the money." And she took the Floyd \| little sack of coins Anton held out to her, their savings, and Floyd \| concealed them behind a brick in the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Timothy), "Ah. Well, I'll try to post the session when we're done so that you can read it before we play next week."
benzene says (to Floyd), "search fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/121 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| The fireplace is empty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Timothy.. Yay! We remember something
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bricks"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/121 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "enter firplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/121 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ENTER FIRPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/122 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ENTER FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| You get into the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/123 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory (in the fireplace) Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x firplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/123 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X FIRPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "ugh"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/124 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| Not nearly as large as the ones downstairs, of course, and principally Floyd \| intended for keeping the inhabitants toasty when the winter set in Floyd \| especially hard. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the fireplace is yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bricks"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/124 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Stew says (to Floyd), "x bricks"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/124 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Stew says (to Floyd), "x brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/125 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| A reddish-brown brick darkened by smoke, and pushed forward from its Floyd \| position among the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "ah"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/126 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| Age and heat have hardened the cement holding the brick in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Stew says, "what's the word syndrome"
		Jacqueline says, "So I'm betting we need to link the brick to something."
		benzene says, "I'm not certain how the magic works yet, but can we link the brick and the snuffbox"
		Jacqueline says, "'In the fireplace is yourself,' is pretty funny to me for some reason."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take snuffbox"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/127 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SNUFFBOX Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the swordstick into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Well, I think I know what the magic is."
		Jacqueline says, "Based on the memory we had of the snuffbox."
		benzene says, "I have an idea, yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Of course, it's just one data point."
		Timothy says, "things must be similar in some way to link them"
benzene says (to Floyd), "link snuffbox to brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/128 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SNUFFBOX TO BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| From here you cannot reach the brick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. So I'm not sure we can link these."
		benzene asks, "they both slide?"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, try, certainly."
		benzene says, "Still can't reach the brick though"
Allen arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
benzene says (to Floyd), "link brick to snuffbox"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/129 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO SNUFFBOX Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "link brick to sponge"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/130 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I have an idea about the roses."
		Allen says, "just here to observe. I've played this"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x plate"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/131 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PLATE Floyd \| Floyd \| One of a set of special dishes that the Count made. The idea was that Floyd \| all of the china plates in the house were linked to this one plate, Floyd \| which could then be washed and dried, minimizing the expenditure of Floyd \| time and water. Similar arrangements were made for other parts of the Floyd \| standard place setting; the Count spent innumerable hours refining the Floyd \| links. Floyd \| Floyd \| The reason that the plate is metal rather than china is that, when the Floyd \| link-system was first instituted, a clumsy maid ravaged the Countess' Floyd \| entire crystal collection by accidentally chipping a glass. Floyd \| Floyd \| In order to make the linkages possible, however, it has been painted a Floyd \| glossy white, and the crest of the family executed on one side in Floyd \| intricate detail. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I don't know what the brick is similar to"
		benzene says, "I wanted to squeeze it like the sponge or something. or break it like a plate, but can't do that"
		Jacqueline says, "Ha. That is a great bit about the plate."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we'll find something."
		Jacqueline says, "We haven't seen anything yet, really."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/132 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| A reddish-brown brick darkened by smoke, and pushed forward from its Floyd \| position among the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Need to keep exploring, I think."
		benzene says, "one second. was it dirty and stuck? maybe we can clean it"
		benzene asks, "i.e. clean the plate?"
		Jacqueline says, "We have stuff to clean it, but I think it's baked in (the brick, I mean)"
		benzene says, "ah. okay. I thought it was just sooted in"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, try, I guess."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/133 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| Age and heat have hardened the cement holding the brick in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "clean brick with sponge"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/134 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLEAN BRICK WITH SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sponge) Floyd \| (putting the butcher knife into the sack to make room) Floyd \| You dampen the brick with the sponge. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/135 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| Age and heat have hardened the cement holding the brick in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "you're right. I don't think it'll work"
		Jacqueline asks, "Anything else in this room we haven't seen?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/136 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory (in the fireplace) Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x rack"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/137 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RACK Floyd \| Floyd \| A sort of contraption of several long bars which will support clothing Floyd \| thrown over it to dry. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x beds"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/138 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BEDS Floyd \| Floyd \| All of the beds are of the rickety sort with a thin straw mattress. Floyd \| Usually this was accompanied by several layers of blanket -- the Count Floyd \| was not an unreasonable man, and the servants were not ill-treated. Floyd \| But the blankets are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I searched them too"
		pollux asks, "If changing the properties of something makes it more linkable (like the plate), perhaps a wet brick is more like, say, a wet sponge?"
		benzene says, "Good idea"
		benzene asks, "Might work?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, true."
benzene says (to Floyd), "link brick to sponge"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/139 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/140 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| A reddish-brown brick darkened by smoke, and pushed forward from its Floyd \| position among the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put water on brick"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/141 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER ON BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| From here you cannot reach the brick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I think we only dampened the brick"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, it's not as if the brick can soak in water like a sponge."
benzene says (to Floyd), "wring sponge"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/142 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WRING SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| You wring out the sponge, causing it to drip water all over the place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x sponge"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/143 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| A sea sponge, sized and rounded like an apple. It is currently Floyd \| slightly damp. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "link brick to sponge"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/144 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I give up"
Timothy says (to Floyd), "wipe sponge on brink"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 0/144 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WIPE SPONGE ON BRINK Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to wipe the sponge. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Now I don't think the brick and sponge have anything to do with one another."
		pollux says, "Although it might have something to do with an apple."
		benzene says, "The dampness thing was a good idea, though"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "Look around more?"
		pollux says, "I do think we might be able to link the sword and knife to progress with the roses."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm."
		pollux says, "I'm not sure where it goes from there, but it seemed... logical."
		benzene says, "worth a shot"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Try."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link sword to knife"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/145 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SWORD TO KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the sword and the butcher Floyd \| knife. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by two points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x sword"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/146 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| A slender and flexible blade, and more decorative than useful, though Floyd \| there have been a few occasions when it became helpful against Floyd \| brigands in the street. The design at the hilt is a bit ornate, but Floyd \| not unpleasantly so. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "It did something."
benzene says (to Floyd), "drop knife"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/147 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| You haven't got that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take knife"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/148 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the cup into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "drop knife"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/149 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "swing sword"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/150 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SWING SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| There's nothing sensible to swing here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "wave sword"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/151 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WAVE SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| You wave the sword. The butcher knife shakes slightly, as though moved Floyd \| by a breath of air. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		benzene asks, "should we take them down to the garden and play around?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm still not sure how you'll get this to work, but yeah, I'd play near the roses."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take knife"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/152 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, "oh look, the linking gave us 2 points"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/152 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SCORE Floyd \| Floyd \| You have so far scored 2 out of a possible 125, in 152 turns, giving Floyd \| you the rank of resourceful peasant. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says (to benzene), "Yes. I'd like to know if you found an alternate solution to a puzzle."
		Jacqueline says, "That is... not exactly a hint. But... yeah."
pollux says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/153 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| You'll have to get out of the fireplace first. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/154 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| You get out of the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Kitchen 2/155 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/156 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Timothy says, "Well, I have to go. Catch you guys next week"
pollux says (to Floyd), "drop knife"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/157 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "cut roses with sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/158 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT ROSES WITH SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sword) Floyd \| You draw the sword from its sheath. The sword is not sharp enough to Floyd \| slash effectively through the roses. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Bye, Timothy."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put knife in roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/159 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT KNIFE IN ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the butcher knife) Floyd \| (putting the plate into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| Those can't contain things. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "ah, darn."
Timothy goes home.
pollux says (to Floyd), "throw knife at roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/160 Floyd \| Floyd \| > THROW KNIFE AT ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| The butcher knife shoots end over end through the air. It strikes the Floyd \| roses solidly, falling on the ground. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "That's what I was thinking, too, was to put the knife in the roses."
benzene says (to Floyd), "swing sword at roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/160 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SWING SWORD AT ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to swing the sword. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Stew says (to Floyd), "get knife"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/161 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Stew says (to Floyd), "cut roses with knife"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 2/162 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT ROSES WITH KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| In order to make any headway, you would still have to be in rather Floyd \| undesirable proximity to the sharp poky bits of the rose bushes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "shall we give up?"
		DavidW says, "I was wondering if the sword, linked with the knife, was now sharp enough to cut the roses. But it seems not."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was hoping that."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we may have to sharpen one or the other."
		Jacqueline says, "The sword, most likely."
		benzene says, "That's what I was thinking too"
		benzene says, "or sharpen the knife while linked to the sword, if we have to"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "So... exploring!"
		Jacqueline bounces.
		benzene asks, "but anyway, main house?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yes!"
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 2/163 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline bounces.
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/164 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors, west, bar your access to the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lying to one side, and thereby doing no good at all, is the stone Floyd \| block often used as a doorstop. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions.
Gerynar has disconnected.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/165 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| They seem to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x doors"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/166 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DOORS Floyd \| Floyd \| A pair of white-painted doors that lead into the upstairs corridor of Floyd \| the house. Each door panel is decorated with the family crest, picked Floyd \| out in ostentatious gold, as though to warn servants not to wander Floyd \| that direction uninvited. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Why did I know that it would be locked."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "link snuffbox to door"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/167 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SNUFFBOX TO DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I know, right"
		DavidW asks, "Because old school game?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Darkness 2/168 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Darkness Floyd \| Darkness presses in on every side; nothing is visible, and you are Floyd \| sure only of your own possessions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Darkness 2/169 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow-looking onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "might as well look at them, then"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, no grues, but yeah... delightful old school light puzzle."
		Jacqueline wonders when there will be a maze.
		benzene says, "I like that the onion is not yellow, but yellow-looking"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh shit. Is all this food related to a hunger daemon that's going to happen? It is, isn't it? Man."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "oh, you guessed."
		pollux says, "Wait, the tableware was white with the crest."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link door to teapot"
Floyd ] Darkness 2/169 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK DOOR TO TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/170 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors, west, bar your access to the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lying to one side, and thereby doing no good at all, is the stone Floyd \| block often used as a doorstop. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/171 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the hinge-lidded teapot. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Heh, I missed that we went down."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link door to teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/172 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK DOOR TO TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the double doors and the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/173 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the hinge-lidded teapot, revealing not very much water. Floyd \| Floyd \| The double doors open slowly of their own accord, the ancient hinges Floyd \| protesting. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW claps.
		benzene exclaims, "yay!"
		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take stone"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/174 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the white handkerchief into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x stone"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/175 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| Just a chunk of roughly squared stone from one of the nearby fields. Floyd \| Possibly once it had some value as masonry, but not any more. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "we can probably link the stone to the brick"
		benzene says, "then what, I don't know"
		Jacqueline asks, "And then break the stone somehow?"
		benzene asks, "or throw it recklessly or something?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Something."
		benzene asks, "Or should we keep exploring?"
		Jacqueline says, "We can go try, if you'd like."
		Jacqueline says, "Seems quite plausible."
		benzene asks, "what do others want to do?"
		benzene says, "well alright. I'm going to try it"
		pollux says, "I say go link the bricks."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen 2/176 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Stew's been gone for some time, and Timothy has gone to church."
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/177 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "Oh yes."
		Jacqueline says, "So it may be just you and me for the next half hour."
benzene says (to Floyd), "link brick to rock"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/177 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO ROCK Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Get in the fireplace?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/178 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ENTER FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| You get into the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "link brick to rock"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/178 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO ROCK Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x brick"		Jacqueline frowns.
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/179 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRICK Floyd \| Floyd \| A reddish-brown brick darkened by smoke, and pushed forward from its Floyd \| position among the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x rock"		Jacqueline says, "Ah, stone."
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/179 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ROCK Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >

pollux says (to Floyd), "link brick to stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/180 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BRICK TO STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the brick and the stone Floyd \| block. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "ah"
pollux says (to Floyd), "break stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/181 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BREAK STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| With your bare hands? That could be uncomfortable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "drop stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/182 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "push stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/183 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUSH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| Nothing obvious happens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/184 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "throw stone at wall"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/185 Floyd \| Floyd \| > THROW STONE AT WALL Floyd \| Floyd \| (the wall) Floyd \| The stone block hurls through the air, smacks the wall, and falls on Floyd \| the ground. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "So, a hammer or something may be required."
		benzene says, "yes..."
		pollux says, "Yes, let's hold on to our brickstone for a while and go explore."
		DavidW asks, "Wouldn't a hammer work on the brick itself, though?"
		benzene says (to David), "That's what I was thinking"
		pollux says, "Maybe it's something immobile, like a vise."
		pollux says, "So you can't take it to the brick, but you can take the stone to it."
		benzene asks, "so anyway, back to exploring?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "hit brick with stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/186 Floyd \| Floyd \| > HIT BRICK WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the stone block) Floyd \| From here you cannot reach the stone block. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/187 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| You get out of the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a stone block here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/188 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/189 Floyd \| Floyd \| > IN Floyd \| Floyd \| You can go only down. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/190 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ENTER FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| You get into the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "hit brick with stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/191 Floyd \| Floyd \| > HIT BRICK WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| The stone block strikes the brick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "break brick with stone"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/192 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BREAK BRICK WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| The stone block strikes the brick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I give."
benzene says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 2/193 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| You get out of the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "down"
Floyd ] Kitchen 2/194 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DOWN Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "west"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 2/195 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WEST Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Later we will find an implement of destruction."
benzene says (to Floyd), "west"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/196 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WEST Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "yay points"
		Stew says, "ding ding ding!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, why points?"
		benzene says, "for getting through the door"
		benzene says, "I assume"
		DavidW says, "yes, location points."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x ceiling"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/197 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CEILING Floyd \| Floyd \| You see nothing special about the ceiling. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Ah, not for opening it, but for passing through. Got it."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x chandelier"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/198 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CHANDELIER Floyd \| Floyd \| An extravagant cascade of crystal, with places to hold candles, but Floyd \| not used. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "In old school games, you'd get points on reaching specific difficult-to-reach places."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x wallpaper"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/199 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X WALLPAPER Floyd \| Floyd \| Painted with images such as the queen entering a room accompanied by Floyd \| waiting women. The main subject of each picture is realistic, but Floyd \| there are fantasies around the edges: a fox standing on two legs, Floyd \| dressed in the coat and hose of a courtier, with a broad hat; a girl's Floyd \| gown trailing into peacock feathers. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something about the wallpaper tickles your recollection. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember wallpaper"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/200 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER WALLPAPER Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| "So the man linked himself to a suit of armor. And then he left the Floyd \| suit of armor at home, and went off to war to fight in his bare skin, Floyd \| thinking that whatever happened to him, the links would protect him. Floyd \| But at home his wife was horrified to see the armor slashed in pieces Floyd \| before her eyes..." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Anabelle," interrupted the Count, standing at the doorway with a hand Floyd \| on his vest. "Do you really think this story is appropriate for the Floyd \| children?" Floyd \| Floyd \| The Countess shrugged, half-smiling as she always had when the Count Floyd \| overrode her authority. "I hardly think it is any more disturbing than Floyd \| the other things Marie reads," she said lightly. "The dining room is Floyd \| more frightening than this story." Floyd \| Floyd \| "I don't mean that, of course." The Count smiled over you and Marie -- Floyd \| you on the floor, Marie with her skirts spread around her on the Floyd \| chaise. "But our children should not be told silly Floyd \| superstitions about linking." He came into the room then, touching Floyd \| the Countess' shoulder with an affectionate gesture. "Marie," he said, Floyd \| "What is wrong with your mother's story?" Floyd \| Floyd \| "The man has confused reverse-links and ordinary ones," Marie replied. Floyd \| "And he would have to be very stupid to do that, because reverse-links Floyd \| are harder to make and you can always tell when you have done it." Floyd \| Floyd \| The Count nodded at her. "Very good." He kissed the Countess and went Floyd \| out again... Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| Hmm. Something to eat would be good. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "so do you understand how reverse links work?"
		Jacqueline says, "BING! Hunger. I knew it."
Bert arrives, ready to play with the toys.		DavidW says (to benzene), "Not completely."
		Jacqueline asks (of benzene), "Is it just the order in which we say the things when we link?"
		DavidW says, "No."
		benzene asks, "do we say reverse link, then?"
		DavidW says, "You do."
		benzene says, "hmm. Okay. still don't know what it's for, but we'll figure it out"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/201 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I've been trying to make hypotheses, but I'll need more info."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x paneling"
Floyd ] Dining Room 7/202 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PANELING Floyd \| Floyd \| Comes up about as high as your waist, and is solidly made out of Floyd \| you-know-not-what. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "probably wood, I would think"
		benzene asks, "which way?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So the only exit is to the kitchen?"
		Jacqueline says, "Seems odd."
		DavidW says, "oh no, there's exits."
		benzene says, "sw and w"
		Jacqueline says, "Just randomly try other... oh, okay."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't care, just explore."
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/203 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and the walls are dressed with Floyd \| yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Except just wanted to point out that we're hungry."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe it doesn't matter."
		benzene asks, "oh yes. but we might need to get the ingredients?"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe you can't die from hunger in ten turns because it literally takes weeks to starve to death."
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Yeah, I think we need olive oil."
		benzene says, "right"
		Bert asks, "Who here has/hasn't played yet?"
		DavidW says, "I have played."
		benzene says, "Jacq and I haven't"
		benzene asks, "or she forgets?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's just me and benzene playing."
		Bert says, "Cool."
		benzene asks (of Jacqueline), "did you say you played some?"
		Jacqueline says (to benzen), "We have played everything I did. I don't think I got as far as getting the andouillettes. Never left the kitchen."
		Jacqueline says, "And never linked anything."
		Jacqueline says, "I basically loaded it up and never played."
		Jacqueline says, "maga has been giving me shit about this for years."
		Bert says, "As well he probably ought."
		benzene says, "well now's your chance"
		Jacqueline) Jacqueline says, "Basically, this week's ClubFloyd is just to get him to leave me alone."
		Taleslinger says, "Just give him a good caning."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x marble"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/204 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MARBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Veined colorfully in cream and muted orange, turned glossy with much Floyd \| polishing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x hangings"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/205 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HANGINGS Floyd \| Floyd \| Hangings cover up the whole of the west wall, concealing it Floyd \| thoroughly. (Now that you think of it, wasn't there a door through Floyd \| there or some such thing?) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "yay hidden door"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember hanging"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/206 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER HANGING Floyd \| Floyd \| The yellow hangings raise no special memories for you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "look behind hanging"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/207 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK BEHIND HANGING Floyd \| Floyd \| You lift the hangings out of the way with both hands -- they are Floyd \| heavy, and it's a struggle to move them far enough to get a good Floyd \| glimpse. Floyd \| Floyd \| Behind them there seems to be a door, yes, but locked, and with its Floyd \| key still in the lock. You drop the hangings again disconsolately. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, so the key is in the lock but on the other side?"
		benzene asks, "I guess?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take key"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/208 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't get the ornate key from this side: it's been put into the Floyd \| lock from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "So it is time for the Zork II newspaper & letter opener trick?"
		benzene says, "that was my plan"
		pollux says, "Or maybe some magic to turn the key."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		benzene says, "good call"
		benzene says, "maybe we need another key to link it with though"
Bert says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/209 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Well, we know it's here."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x servants"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/209 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SERVANTS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/210 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x clock"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/211 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| Hand-carved by a German carver from dark wood; it was a present to the Floyd \| Count by a political ally. The Countess considered the clock a bit Floyd \| gauche, but was persuaded that it would be impolite not to display it. Floyd \| Floyd \| It consists of the face, a pendulum and pair of weights, and a little Floyd \| door above the face that opens when the hour is struck. It is not Floyd \| ticking at the moment. The clock shows the time to be 10:13. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open clock"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/212 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| The clock does not open and close by anyone's command but only by its Floyd \| own free will. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/213 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| Metal, and shaped like a disc at the end of a rod. As so often. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "move pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/214 Floyd \| Floyd \| > MOVE PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| Nothing obvious happens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "swing pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/215 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SWING PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| You give the pendulum an encouraging shove, but the friction of the Floyd \| system seems to be against it, and it soon falls still again, the main Floyd \| mechanisms of the clock unawakened. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x weights"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/216 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X WEIGHTS Floyd \| Floyd \| The weight is hanging at the bottom of a length of chain. Floyd \| Floyd \| It was a long journey down here, and you're wishing you had had Floyd \| something to eat. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "pull weights"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/217 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PULL WEIGHTS Floyd \| Floyd \| You give a tug to the weight chain and pull it all the way back up to Floyd \| the top. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x clock"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/218 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| It consists of the face, a pendulum and pair of weights, and a little Floyd \| door above the face that opens when the hour is struck. It is Floyd \| currently on and ticking. The clock shows the time to be 10:14. Floyd \| Floyd \| Just on the quarter-hour the cuckoo clock opens up its door and a Floyd \| mechanical bird flies forward. It sings a brief warbling tune, then Floyd \| withdraws into its little door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "hmm. got the clock moving. do we need it to be on the hour, then?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "set clock to 10:59"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/219 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SET CLOCK TO 10:59 Floyd \| Floyd \| The clock now shows 10:59. Floyd \| Floyd \| Exactly on the hour, the cuckoo clock opens up its door and a Floyd \| mechanical bird flies forward. It sings 11 times, then withdraws into Floyd \| its little door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "good call"
		benzene says, "not sure what good it did"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm hoping the hunger daemon is just window dressing."
		benzene says, "let's hope"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/219 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Just in ase."
		Jacqueline says, "er, case."
		benzene says, "I was about to do the same. made me paranoid"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/220 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock clicks closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "A 'dim' but not 'dark' basement."
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Darkness 7/221 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Darkness Floyd \| Darkness presses in on every side; nothing is visible, and you are Floyd \| sure only of your own possessions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "nope. it's dark"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay. I guess not."
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/222 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "we came from ne, yeah?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Library 7/223 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A clockwork model of the universe stands in one corner, the planets Floyd \| rotating in their orbits. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| The little pearl moon revolves around its earth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "e from here should be the dining room, then"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, my connection dropped. If I disappear again, please stop at the top of the hour."
		benzene asks, "Okay. do I do anything else?"
		Bert says, "But if you're not ready to stop, you can always turn back the hands on the clock again."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves"
Floyd ] Library 7/224 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BOOKSHELVES Floyd \| Floyd \| The shelves line both sides of the room from floor to ceiling. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "No, I will come back and deal with the transcript and stuff."
		benzene says (to Bert), "har har"
benzene says (to Floyd), "search bookshelves"
Floyd ] Library 7/225 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH BOOKSHELVES Floyd \| Floyd \| You peruse the nearest books. Your eye picks out, at random, On Floyd \| Vegetable Dyes and Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert asks, "Also, shouldn't he save the game, as well?"
		Jacqueline says, "I will deal with it."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take books"
Floyd ] Library 7/226 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BOOKS Floyd \| Floyd \| What, all of them? Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I may just have to log in on another computer."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take dyes"
Floyd ] Library 7/227 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE DYES Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the snuffbox into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The little pearl moon revolves around its earth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "But also it seems I am okay again now."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take clock repair"
Floyd ] Library 7/228 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CLOCK REPAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the sponge into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "read dyes"
Floyd ] Library 7/229 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ DYES Floyd \| Floyd \| You flip through the pages, becoming transfixed by a discussion of how Floyd \| the Celts, supposedly, were wont to dye clothing in a decoction of Floyd \| powdered lichen and stale piss, brewed together for three weeks and Floyd \| then strained. Floyd \| Floyd \| But beside this pleasant concoction there are references to others, Floyd \| such as onion skin boiled in water to produce a pleasant yellow. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "We should probably end with a save file of SF1, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "We have an onion! And a linen that is 'presently' white."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i wide"
Floyd ] Library 7/230 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I WIDE Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying two books (Clock Repair and On Vegetable Floyd \| Dyes), a stone block, a butcher knife, a sword, a hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot (which is open), inside which is not very much water (which Floyd \| leaves some room in the hinge-lidded teapot), a sack (which is open), Floyd \| inside which are a sponge, a snuffbox (which is closed), a white Floyd \| handkerchief, two metal dishes (a plate and a cup), a swordstick and Floyd \| five food items (a bay leaf, a sprig of parsley, a sprig of mint, a Floyd \| clove of garlic and a single yellow onion) and a dashing hat (being Floyd \| worn). Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x handkerchief"
Floyd ] Library 7/231 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HANDKERCHIEF Floyd \| Floyd \| A square of good linen; rather nice, really. It is currently colored Floyd \| white. Floyd \| Floyd \| The surface of the model Saturn catches the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, ""Currently colored white," stood out to me the first time."
		benzene says, "I think we need to match the curtains in the last room"
		benzene says, "me too"
		benzene says, "the yellow onion caught my eye too"
		benzene says, "read clock"
		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "read clock"
Floyd ] Library 7/232 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ CLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| A detailed discourse on how to take care of and repair an assortment Floyd \| of common and mechanical clocks. It begins with comprehensible Floyd \| matters, such as pulling up the weights to begin the operation of the Floyd \| pendulum when the clock has stopped, and other bits of routine Floyd \| maintenance; it finishes with diagrams of a clock's inner workings Floyd \| that are almost embarrassingly intimate and far too complex for you to Floyd \| follow. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "so solved that one already"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x model"
Floyd ] Library 7/233 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MODEL Floyd \| Floyd \| Fitted out with tiny planets on arms, and the major moons of the Floyd \| planets, revolving around a center. There is no sun, however; there is Floyd \| only a sort of holder designed to contain something spherical. Floyd \| Floyd \| Most of the planets are ordinary balls of solid metal, except for Floyd \| Jupiter. They are in motion. Floyd \| Floyd \| Oddly, the contraption also seems to be linked, and quite unsubtly, to Floyd \| something in the foyer, to the south. You can feel the pull of it. Floyd \| Floyd \| The planets turn slowly around the empty sun-holder. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something about the model universe tickles your recollection. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I like the 'embarrassingly intimate' part."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that was smile-inducing."
		Bert says, "cogporn"
		Jacqueline says, "And yes, clock:solved."
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember model"
Floyd ] Library 7/234 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER MODEL Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| The Count was standing in the library, tinkering with the model; Marie Floyd \| was bent over it as well, instructing him about what to connect where. Floyd \| Floyd \| "I will never understand," he remarked to you, "how it is that she has Floyd \| such a mechanical mind. Not the least interest in diplomacy..." Floyd \| Floyd \| "It is my cold heart, Papa," she replied, tossing aside her Floyd \| clockmaking tools. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It is done?" he asked her. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Put the light in," she said, "and then make it go." Floyd \| Floyd \| You turned away. "Stay and see how it works!" Marie called after you. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Sorry, infant, the road to Paris is long..." Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "I wonder if it's the clock it's linked to?"
		benzene asks, "And so if it wasn't spinning until I started it?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x jupiter"
Floyd ] Library 7/235 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X JUPITER Floyd \| Floyd \| Jupiter is a large sphere of copperish metal, though it is pierced Floyd \| through and has a sort of lens inserted in the center. Floyd \| Floyd \| The little pearl moon revolves around its earth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hm. I wonder."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take jupiter"
Floyd ] Library 7/236 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE JUPITER Floyd \| Floyd \| The planets are not removable. Floyd \| Floyd \| The planets turn slowly around the empty sun-holder. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x lens"
Floyd ] Library 7/237 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X LENS Floyd \| Floyd \| The lens looks as though, were something in the central holder, it Floyd \| would focus the light out and away. Floyd \| Floyd \| The little pearl moon revolves around its earth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can I try one last thing before we end?"
		benzene says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/238 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| You're getting pretty hungry. Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pull weights"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/239 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PULL WEIGHTS Floyd \| Floyd \| You give a tug to the weight chain and pull it all the way back up to Floyd \| the top. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Wait, I want to unpull the weight, or something."
		DavidW asks, "You want to stop the clock?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, stop the pendulum."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stop pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/239 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STOP PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/240 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| Metal, and shaped like a disc at the end of a rod. As so often. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I think i know how that puzzle will work"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stop clock"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/240 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STOP CLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "touch pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/241 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TOUCH PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| Smooth and cool. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "we need to get the light source, then at a certain time of the hour, it will project something onto the wall through the lens"
		Jacqueline says, "Meh. I don't want to go back to a save to deal with it. I will just have to suppose."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push pendulum"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/242 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUSH PENDULUM Floyd \| Floyd \| Nothing obvious happens. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Hm, yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "But that shall have to wait for next week. Can you be here?"
		benzene says, "so I think we're fine. it probably wouldn't have shown anything form where it started"
		benzene says, "I should be"
		Jacqueline says, "Yay. Excellent - it is hard to find people that haven't played this."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, see you then. I'll post this for Timothy and perhaps Stew, if he can come."
		Jacqueline says, "See you next week, same time."
		benzene says, "I was going to play it a few weeks ago, but you said we might play it, so I saved it"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, cool. Thanks."
		benzene exclaims, "Bye!"
		Jacqueline says, "Bye."
Stew says, "Hey"		DavidW says, "bye benzene"
		Stew says, "Yeah, I'll try to be more engaged."
		Stew says, "I'm an admin on a site and something came up"
		Stew says, "Sorry about that"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, work first. I don't want anyone fired over ClubFloyd. :)"
		Stew says, "It's not really work"
		Stew says, "I mean, I don't get paid for it"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Well, screw that, then."
		Jacqueline says, "</kidding>"
		Stew says, "It's actually an elected position"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was kidding. You should do it if you said you would. Your word is important."
		benzene says, "Everyone knows elected officials don't get anything done"
		Stew says, "But it's important that I keep things under control"
		benzene says, "You just have to give the illusion of control and getting things done"
		Jota asks, "This is one of those secret societies that's defending the world against threats that the rest of us aren't ready to know about yet, right?"
		benzene says (to Jota), "Yes, it's called ClubFloyd"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
You say (to Floyd), "sf1"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/242 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >

****** SESSION TWO **
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh, I was here and feel like I should skim the transcript. Can't really recall what we got done and what we had hoped to do next."
		DavidW says, "I think you guys turned on the clock and you seemed to have some notion about the solar system model."
		DavidW says, "I think the last thing was looking at some of the books."
		DavidW says, "And noting how onion skin can be used to dye things yellow."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right, and we were wanting to shut the clock off to see if it shut off the planets, but that's just curiousity, really. Not required."
Timothy arrives, ready to play with the toys.		DavidW says, "And I'm also to say more quiet than normal."
		DavidW says, "er sTay more quiet"
		Jacqueline asks, "True, but I appreciate you doing that quick synopsis. We had still not made it into the shed, correct?"
inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk.		Timothy says, "Hey everyone"
		DavidW says, "Correct. The roses continue to block the way. Neither sword nor knife can be used, nor the sword linked with the knife."
		DavidW says, "hi Timothy"
		Jacqueline says, "Hi, Timoty."
		Jacqueline says, "er, Timothy."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess the Timoty typo was a throw-back to French classes where I had a classmate named Timothée"
		Jacqueline says, "I really don't want to start until benzene and/or pollux show up. ClubFloyding alone is kind of not the point."
		Jacqueline says, "benzene said they could be here."
		DavidW says, "oh, I will also remind you that remembering or examining the wallpaper (I forget which) told us a little story about reverse linking."
		DavidW says, "That happened in the Dining Room."
pollux arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.		Jacqueline asks, "Hrm, yeah, but we only have a hypothesis of what that means and have not yet tried it, correct?"
		DavidW says, "correct"
		Jacqueline asks, "Hi, pollux. Mind if we wait 5-10 to see if benzene shows up?"
		pollux says, "No problem."
		DavidW says, "Other things I recall: you found a locked door behind yellow curtains, and the basement is dark."
		Bert says, "And they were about 3-6 turns from dying from a hunger daemon."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't think we are."
		Jacqueline says, "I think it is old skool charm without the death."
		DavidW says (to Bert), "no comment"
		Jacqueline says, "Annoying, sure, but I really don't think we're going to die."
		Jacqueline says, "And if we do, we do. We have save points."
		Bert exclaims, "The PC may feel otherwise!"
		Jacqueline says, "I know this sounds rather cold, but: Enh. Whatev."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. No benzene."
		Jacqueline asks, "Pollux, shall we?"
		pollux says, "I'm mildly preoccupied right now, so I don't mind waiting a couple more minutes. But if you'd rather not, that's also fine."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, no, I'm cool. For once it is a semi-chill Sunday. I am free for four hours, though I still collectively only want to play for two. I'm fine with holding off. Let's call it at... half past?"
		pollux says, "Sounds good."
benzene arrives, full of fun and funk.		benzene asks, "sorry I'm late. did we continue?"
		pollux says, "We waited for you."
		pollux says, "You were right in under the wire, too."
		benzene exclaims, "aww!"
		benzene says, "Traffic was bad. I was unhappy that I was missing this"
		Bert says, "Unfortunately, while you were waiting, Jacqueline was eaten by giant clams."
		benzene asks, "Well we still know how to run it without her, right?"
		Bert exclaims, "maga is going in with a crowbar now. Wish him luck!"
		benzene says, "wait. eaten by multiple giant clams? she may be too far gone"
		Jacqueline's fingers wiggle madly, then go limp, her hand all that hangs outside the clam's shell.
		Bert says (to benzene), "He's also got duct tape."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay. Hi."
		benzene says, "oh good"
		DavidW says, "Maybe it's an oyster. I don't know my bivalves."
		benzene says, "Hi Jacq, sorry I'm late"
		Jacqueline says, "No worries. It's an okay morning for it. We'll still play just two hours, but we're not in so huge a rush as last week on my end."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask savoir"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/1 Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've Floyd \| overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, Floyd \| carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind Floyd \| manicured hands, getting elegant ladies out of elegant fixes -- and Floyd \| you're in debt. Bound by oath and honor to a pack of Floyd \| scoundrels. Your father, old peasant that he was, could have warned Floyd \| you against their type. Floyd \| Floyd \| You'd hoped to find the Count at home; your original plan was to ask Floyd \| him for an advance on the money you expect to earn on your estate in a Floyd \| month or two. But according to the local population, the Count hasn't Floyd \| been home in months, and Marie, who was in residence until recently, Floyd \| has vanished as well. "No one around the big house now," says one of Floyd \| the peasant women tersely. "Even turned off the cook, they did." Floyd \| Floyd \| But you need the money at once; if you return to Paris without it, Floyd \| your creditors are unlikely to be forgiving. So you walked over the Floyd \| fields anyway, and got in through the gap in the kitchen garden wall. Floyd \| You will just have to find what you can. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Savoir-Faire Floyd \| An interactive search for loot. Copyright Emily Short 2002-4. Floyd \| Type HELP if you have not played this game before, even if you are Floyd \| familiar with IF. Floyd \| Release 8 / Serial number 040205 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10 Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf1"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/242 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "And away we go."
		benzene asks, "woo. still exploring, right?"
		benzene says, "we were talking about the library. we need a light source for the planet puzzle"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/243 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "And there are likely other books to read, I'm guessing."
		benzene says, "I searched the shelves and it only gave two"
		benzene says, "but there might be others elsewhere"
pollux says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 7/244 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying two books (Clock Repair and On Vegetable Floyd \| Dyes), a stone block, a butcher knife, a sword, a hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot (which is open), inside which is not very much water (which Floyd \| leaves some room in the hinge-lidded teapot), a sack (which is open), Floyd \| inside which are a sponge, a snuffbox (which is closed), a white Floyd \| handkerchief, two metal dishes (a plate and a cup), a swordstick and Floyd \| five food items (a bay leaf, a sprig of parsley, a sprig of mint, a Floyd \| clove of garlic and a single yellow onion) and a dashing hat (being Floyd \| worn). Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "shall we go upstairs?"
		pollux says, "I was just about to ask that."
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 7/245 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. (You and Marie used to sit up here when the Count had guests, Floyd \| watching them arrive downstairs in their magnificent clothing, until Floyd \| you got old enough to be introduced yourselves.) Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.		Jacqueline says, "I think, since this is by all accounts a massive game that will take us a long time, and a game that can easily be made unwinnable, that we should not use CF1,2,etc and instead just use our own SF1,2,etc. I will keep a save log of what each is so that we don't have to go trawling through the transcript."
		pollux says, "Seems prudent."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/246 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| In days gone by you ran up and down these halls with Marie, and were Floyd \| barely able to stop at the end, skidding in your stockings the last Floyd \| few feet before the stairs began. She's gone now, both the little girl Floyd \| with dusk-blonde curls and the somewhat older one with dangerous Floyd \| slanting eyes and cleverly backwards magics; the dust falls long and Floyd \| slowly, the walls echo with absence. Floyd \| Floyd \| West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the north and Floyd \| east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| A small portrait hangs on the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x portrait"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/247 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl who gazes down on you with Floyd \| awareness and pity. It is not especially well-executed, and probably
pollux says (to Floyd), "x portrait"
Floyd \| worth little on the market, but it has always filled you with a kind Floyd \| of resentment -- even now. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Long Salon 7/248 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl who gazes down on you with Floyd \| awareness and pity. It is not especially well-executed, and probably Floyd \| worth little on the market, but it has always filled you with a kind Floyd \| of resentment -- even now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember portrait"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/249 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| The small portrait raises no special memories for you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "It seems like we will be told if we can remember something."
		benzene says, "I figured it wouldn't do anything"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open east dooor"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/249 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN EAST DOOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open e door"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/249 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN E DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to open east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/250 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| You'll have to get the tall door unlocked first. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/251 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Countess' Sitting Room Floyd \| This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated Floyd \| than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the Floyd \| brightly-colored and the jewel-like. The count brought her some things Floyd \| from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem Floyd \| to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some Floyd \| bits remain. Floyd \| Floyd \| A thick-pile Persian rug lies on the floor, patterned in lapis and Floyd \| emerald. Floyd \| Floyd \| Against one wall is a glass case full of rare and valuable clockwork Floyd \| figures. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x case"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/252 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CASE Floyd \| Floyd \| The case is specially made of glass and wood. Inscribed into the Floyd \| surface of the glass with a fine cutting tool are the words: "CAREFUL! Floyd \| DO NOT BREAK!" Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside are mechanical dancers and a clockwork bee. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something about the glass case tickles your recollection. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Y'know, this game seems good, but Ms Short is not a particularly fine writer of sentences. Not even the bit where she says, 'She's gone now, both the little girl with dusk-blonde curls and the somewhat older one with dangerous slanting eyes and cleverly backwards magics; the dust falls long and slowly, the walls echo with absence." We should go read real books, the kind that come with pages and everything."
pollux says (to Floyd), "remember case"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/253 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER CASE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| Many years ago, the Countess stood at this case, looking at the Floyd \| contents. "Sometimes I feel like one of these," she said, softly. Floyd \| "Trapped..." Floyd \| Floyd \| She met your eye. "You don't understand what I am saying, do you?" Floyd \| Floyd \| You shook your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| "They are made of gears and magic links," she said. "They have no Floyd \| choices." Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "These sentences are terrible. I demand my money back."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bee"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/254 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BEE Floyd \| Floyd \| A life-sized golden bee, its wings made of planed gems. It is, Floyd \| unfortunately, equipped with an ingenious equivalent of a sting -- a Floyd \| tail endowed with blades that will cut into any sensitive thing it Floyd \| settles on. And these have been tipped with a vicious poison. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Fang arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
benzene says (to Floyd), "x dancers"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/255 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DANCERS Floyd \| Floyd \| The dancers are antique, and peculiar. Their costume replicates an Floyd \| English mode of the sixteenth century: the lady wears a skirt of Floyd \| beaten copper, pierced in designs, and around the gentleman's neck is Floyd \| a ruff of folded silver, though with long neglect it has begun to Floyd \| darken. As for their skin, it is all carved ivory. Floyd \| Floyd \| They both of them stand on a floor made up of cogs, to permit them to Floyd \| spin and dance around. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "#firstworldnobilityproblems"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take dancers"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/256 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE DANCERS Floyd \| Floyd \| The glass case isn't open. Floyd \| Floyd \| It comes into your mind, yet again, that you'd hoped to find some Floyd \| sustenance here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open case"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/257 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CASE Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "alright then"
		DavidW says, "There are some countries that don't even have sentences."
		pollux says, "Violence is perhaps the answer to this one, but maybe we should leave that for now."
		benzene says, "I bet you're right"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x rug"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/258 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RUG Floyd \| Floyd \| So thick and luxurious that it seemed the strangest possession in a Floyd \| house of wonders, when you first came here. Marie used to lie on it, Floyd \| eschewing chairs and sofas, and read in a triangle of sunlight, the Floyd \| halo of her hair and the bleeding color of the carpet so bright it Floyd \| burned to look at. And then she'd fall asleep-- Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have Floyd \| been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and Floyd \| peculiar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
two-star arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
benzene says (to Floyd), "x pattern"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/259 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PATTERN Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have Floyd \| been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and Floyd \| peculiar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "move rug"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/260 Floyd \| Floyd \| > MOVE RUG Floyd \| Floyd \| You move the rug to reveal... the floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "yay"
		benzene says, "well we solved that puzzle, guys"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 7/261 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Countess' Sitting Room Floyd \| This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated Floyd \| than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the Floyd \| brightly-colored and the jewel-like. The count brought her some things Floyd \| from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem Floyd \| to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some Floyd \| bits remain. Floyd \| Floyd \| A thick-pile Persian rug lies on the floor, patterned in lapis and Floyd \| emerald. Floyd \| Floyd \| Against one wall is a glass case full of rare and valuable clockwork Floyd \| figures. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "so are we done here?"
		pollux says, "For now, it seems. Let's try the other direction from the staircase."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Long Salon 7/262 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| A small portrait hangs on the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 7/263 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/264 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is a celestial bauble. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/265 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| A delicate ornament made of glass, containing inside it a little sun Floyd \| and star that whirl infinitely in the hollow space. It was a plaything Floyd \| of Marie's, which (due to careful reverse linking to a perfectly round Floyd \| rock) she could hurl at walls and never break, drop down staircases Floyd \| and find intact at the bottom. But it is very doubtful that the link Floyd \| has lasted out the years. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "get bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/266 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| It is too high for you to reach. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x pianoforte"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/267 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PIANOFORTE Floyd \| Floyd \| Legs and case are fashioned out of a dark, heavy wood, with the keys Floyd \| of the usual colors. The music stand is empty, which is an odd sight. Floyd \| The Countess used to bring composers to the house, to talk to and Floyd \| sometimes to sponsor in small ways; her own compositions she was too Floyd \| reserved to share with the musical groups, but she would labor over Floyd \| them in the afternoons, filling the upstairs with the sounds of trills Floyd \| and runs, always soaring and bird-like. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "stand on pianoforte"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/268 Floyd \| Floyd \| > STAND ON PIANOFORTE Floyd \| Floyd \| The top of the piano is not the best surface to receive things. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/269 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PLAY PIANO Floyd \| Floyd \| You sit down at the piano and begin to play, as you have not in years: Floyd \| a minuette. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "i long"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/269 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I LONG Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to inventory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "i tall"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/270 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I TALL Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| two books: Floyd \| Clock Repair Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "what's the other command?"
		benzene says, "thank you"
pollux says (to Floyd), "link sponge to bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/271 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SPONGE TO BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the sponge and the Floyd \| celestial bauble. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "let's save before we smash it?"
		pollux says, "Actually, perhaps we need to reverse-link it."
pollux says (to Floyd), "reverse link bauble to sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/272 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK BAUBLE TO SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| The two are already linked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "Even there, yeah, it's weird to bend one's will itself; normally one bends things to one's will."
pollux says (to Floyd), "unlink bauble and sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/272 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK BAUBLE AND SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "unlink bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 7/273 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the celestial bauble from the sponge. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "reverse link bauble to sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/274 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK BAUBLE TO SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will and all your attention, you manage to make a Floyd \| reverse-link between the celestial bauble and the sponge, feeling Floyd \| their properties begin to merge together. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Is that the first unlinking you guys have done?"
		pollux says, "This way, I think, the bauble will not break as long as the sponge is intact."
		benzene says, "first reverse"
		pollux says (to DavidW), "As far as I remember."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I think so, yeah."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/275 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| A delicate ornament made of glass, containing inside it a little sun Floyd \| and star that whirl infinitely in the hollow space. It was a plaything Floyd \| of Marie's, which (due to careful reverse linking to a perfectly round Floyd \| rock) she could hurl at walls and never break, drop down staircases Floyd \| and find intact at the bottom. Floyd \| Floyd \| The effect has proved easy enough to copy now that you are a bit more Floyd \| practiced in your skills, though at the time it seemed very difficult. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I wasn't sure if you'd learned that UNLINK was a valid verb yet."
		pollux says, "It just seemed logical."
		DavidW says (to pollux), "It is."
		Jacqueline says, "Alright, Spock. Let's move on."
		Jacqueline likes to use alright more than she should.
benzene says (to Floyd), "x shelf"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/276 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SHELF Floyd \| Floyd \| A high shelf on which the countess used to display things she thought Floyd \| would be good for you to observe but not touch: ivory figurines, a Floyd \| crucifix made of gold, an asphyxiated butterfly in a glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x figurines"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/276 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X FIGURINES Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "roll sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/276 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ROLL SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "drop sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/277 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| You haven't got that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "Is it just a property thing? and not movement?"
		pollux says, "I never liked that holdall thing."
pollux says (to Floyd), "take sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/278 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the sword into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "drop it"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/279 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP IT Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| You should have stopped at an inn on the way down. And eaten. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I think reverse linking won't do anything with motion, just properties"
		pollux says, "Could be."
benzene says (to Floyd), "throw sponge at bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/280 Floyd \| Floyd \| > THROW SPONGE AT BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sponge) Floyd \| The sponge shoots through the air. It strikes the celestial bauble, Floyd \| which rolls off the high shelf. It strikes the ground with a Floyd \| clenk of glass on stone. The sponge falls on the high shelf. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/279 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Well, that was more direct than I was expecting."
		benzene asks, "what do we want to lose?"
		Jacqueline says, "Wait."
		Jacqueline says, "Are you assuming the bauble broke? I just heard a <em>clink</em>, not a <B>SMASH</B>."
		benzene says, "no"
		benzene says, "but the sponge got stuck"
		benzene says, "I vote the clock book"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, that bit. Hrm."
		benzene says, "if we can use anything"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I vote the clock book, too, but I think they may not be linkable."
		benzene says, "It just hit the bauble, linking had nothing to do with it"
		benzene says, "I'll try"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait."
		pollux says, "Well, the linking is why it didn't break."
		DavidW says, "I think he means to just throw the book and lose it onto the shelf."
		pollux says, "So it had a little to do with it."
		Jacqueline says, "You can still link the bauble and sponge, but use the book. Of course."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, yes."
		Bert says, "You could retry what you just did without the link if you want to see if linking had any effect."
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/280 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| two books: Floyd \| Clock Repair Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "throw clock repair at bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 12/281 Floyd \| Floyd \| > THROW CLOCK REPAIR AT BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Clock Repair strikes the celestial bauble, which rolls off Floyd \| the high shelf. It strikes the ground. Clock Repair lands Floyd \| on the high shelf. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "yay!"
pollux says (to Floyd), "get bauble"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 16/282 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by four points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline claps.
		benzene says, "I'm sure it would have smashed without the link"
		pollux asks, "Shall we install this in the orrery?"
		benzene asks, "or west first?"
		Jacqueline has no opinion.
		benzene says, "I vote west. I think it's our last available room"
		pollux says, "I always liked dealing with the puzzle at hand before exploring further, but it's fine either way."
		benzene says, "that's fine"
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/283 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 16/284 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Library 16/285 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A clockwork model of the universe stands in one corner, the planets Floyd \| rotating in their orbits. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| The little pearl moon revolves around its earth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put sun in orrery"
Floyd ] Library 16/285 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SUN IN ORRERY Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put bauble in orrery"
Floyd ] Library 16/285 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT BAUBLE IN ORRERY Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x orrery"
Floyd ] Library 16/285 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ORRERY Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Right, can't call it that."
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Library 16/286 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \|
pollux says (to Floyd), "x model"
Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A clockwork model of the universe stands in one corner, the planets Floyd \| rotating in their orbits. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| The surface of the model Saturn catches the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Library 16/287 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MODEL Floyd \| Floyd \| Fitted out with tiny planets on arms, and the major moons of the Floyd \| planets, revolving around a center. There is no sun, however; there is Floyd \| only a sort of holder designed to contain something spherical. Floyd \| Floyd \| Most of the planets are ordinary balls of solid metal, except for Floyd \| Jupiter. They are in motion. Floyd \| Floyd \| Oddly, the contraption also seems to be linked, and quite unsubtly, to Floyd \| something in the foyer, to the south. You can feel the pull of it. Floyd \| Floyd \| The surface of the model Saturn catches the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put bauble in holder"
Floyd ] Library 16/288 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT BAUBLE IN HOLDER Floyd \| Floyd \| The celestial bauble clicks neatly into position. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe ticks ever so faintly in its motions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Yay but huh no points"
		pollux says, "We may need to wait for it to turn into position."
two-star took 30,500 buckets -- why?		pollux says, "The sunlight is on Saturn, not Jupiter."
		DavidW remains silent.
pollux says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Library 16/289 Floyd \| Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe ticks ever so faintly in its motions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "We may also need to turn the clock hands."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x jupiter"
Floyd ] Library 16/289 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X JUPITER Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x planets"
Floyd ] Library 16/290 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PLANETS Floyd \| Floyd \| All the moons and planets are made of different materials to represent Floyd \| their different types. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the model universe is a celestial bauble. Floyd \| Floyd \| The lens inside the Jupiter ball glitters in the ambient light. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "so it it just going to be guessing?"
		pollux says, "There is almost certainly some hint."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x lens"
Floyd ] Library 16/291 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X LENS Floyd \| Floyd \| The lens looks as though, were something in the central holder, it Floyd \| would focus the light out and away. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the model universe is a celestial bauble. Floyd \| Floyd \| The lens inside the Jupiter ball glitters in the ambient light. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "focuses light outward"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x bauble"
Floyd ] Library 16/292 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| A delicate ornament made of glass, containing inside it a little sun Floyd \| and star that whirl infinitely in the hollow space. It was a plaything Floyd \| of Marie's, which (due to careful reverse linking to a perfectly round Floyd \| rock) she could hurl at walls and never break, drop down staircases Floyd \| and find intact at the bottom. Floyd \| Floyd \| The effect has proved easy enough to copy now that you are a bit more Floyd \| practiced in your skills, though at the time it seemed very difficult. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe ticks ever so faintly in its motions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "it doesn't need to catch the sun, I don't think. Maybe we have to link the center to something glowing"
		pollux says, "Yeah, I was just thinking that."
		pollux asks, "Time to explore Marie's room?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 16/293 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/294 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 16/295 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a sponge here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take sponge"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 16/296 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/297 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate the hearts of artichokes. Floyd \| Floyd \| Marie's Chamber Floyd \| Stripped of the clutter it once possessed, the room still offers a Floyd \| charming view through the north window of the old grounds, and the way Floyd \| out is to the east. The wallpaper and floorboards are still as fine as Floyd \| ever. Floyd \| Floyd \| Hanging on the wall is an elegant gilt-wood mirror, reflecting Floyd \| sunlight over the ground before it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Her desk remains, pushed against the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/298 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MIRROR Floyd \| Floyd \| Framed with twists and curls of gilded wood, most abstract, though Floyd \| along the top are floral swags. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x window"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/299 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X WINDOW Floyd \| Floyd \| Windows framed in the old style, arched at the top with a little knot Floyd \| of carved flowerettes and ribbon-work. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Should have grabbed the bauble. Maybe it can be linked to the sunny mirror or something."
benzene says (to Floyd), "look through window"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/300 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the windows you can see the gardens -- first a wide patch of Floyd \| green, and then the flower plots delineated by hedges and topiary, and Floyd \| the scattered statues. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x desk"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/301 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DESK Floyd \| Floyd \| A deep, satin-lustrous cherry, with gilt-metal decorations. The years Floyd \| have not been kind, and it has cracked and split in several places; Floyd \| the finish is damaged, and where there is inlaid mother of pearl, it Floyd \| is beginning to come up from its bed. But it is still a sound piece, Floyd \| and features two drawers. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hm, we can only link things in scope but then they can be separated? I guess so, given the knight story."
benzene says (to Floyd), "open drawers"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/301 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN DRAWERS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "That's what it seemed like."
benzene says (to Floyd), "open drawer"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/301 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN DRAWER Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the top drawer or the bottom drawer? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "top"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/302 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TOP Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the top drawer, revealing some household papers. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "search papers"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/303 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH PAPERS Floyd \| Floyd \| You find nothing of interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x papers"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/304 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PAPERS Floyd \| Floyd \| A small pile of papers, written over in Marie's handwriting, dealing Floyd \| with various day-to-day matters: menus for dinner parties, seating Floyd \| diagrams for the table, an account of how she had spent her pin-money. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "read papers"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/305 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ PAPERS Floyd \| Floyd \| You pick out of the pile some notes for the design of the contraption Floyd \| in the kitchen downstairs: Marie's project, apparently. There are Floyd \| lists of foods, and sketches, which you cannot entirely follow, of Floyd \| machinery, with the links drawn in in colored ink. Whatever she was Floyd \| doing, she seems to have been quite intent on it and for a long time. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open bottom drawer"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/306 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BOTTOM DRAWER Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the bottom drawer, revealing a dark wooden box. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x box"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/306 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BOX Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the dark wooden box or the snuffbox? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "dark"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/307 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DARK Floyd \| Floyd \| A dark wooden box that smells faintly exotic. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take dark"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/308 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE DARK Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/309 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the dark wooden box, revealing an mirror inset inside the Floyd \| box, a pearl necklace and an old letter. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "Read it!"
benzene says (to Floyd), "read letter"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/310 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ LETTER Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't read the letter while it remains sealed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
benzene says (to Floyd), "open letter"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/311 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN LETTER Floyd \| Floyd \| You crack the seal, aware that you are trespassing on what was meant Floyd \| to be a private confidence. Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside is the count's long black writing: he used to sit at his desk Floyd \| in the gold lamplight, tossing back the lace of his cuff with a little Floyd \| flick so that it would not drag in the ink. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "wait"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/312 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MIRROR Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| Framed with twists and curls of gilded wood, most abstract, though Floyd \| along the top are floral swags. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I was going to save, but perhaps it doesn't matter."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link mirror to mirror"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/313 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK MIRROR TO MIRROR Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror to the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| Redundant; all things are themselves. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I hoped it would ask me which. :/"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, it's open now."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read letter"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/314 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ LETTER Floyd \| Floyd \| At the top of the page is a sketch of dancing figures. Then: Floyd \| Floyd \| Devv Rtare, Floyd \| Floyd \| Ea tu irymhg flolehi e uo rte aose, aeruwsrm ssot. Ea ytfisto kfho Floyd \| tu niame morv es mias, liess tadp. I moiero ardson. Leaovslo ni smeol Floyd \| nao tfyss nti atte. Floyd \| Floyd \| Eng deyr tairlsro or ebtdnt ruo, u tastfcoi omatcnn oli epss ltnf Floyd \| uic -- hse rfoetns nm mode -- e, e edyle. S a eofd. Thhaw fee in aim Floyd \| yd dynwadt, sdore httv eneo hengey oguar. Tphp! gehe tlooer w, own Floyd \| plinh lri. L lt ara nsycgro holi iw ouerey wrvlio ie emk: uwt, tmeo Floyd \| irthsoleo, esk lstela nohdy fo rell. Teesana r rtv lntv heodhae bygeny Floyd \| ea osthelo dui iwsarfn: Ielly dsllio yh ly fuo taoefuo n y oh bto od. Floyd \| Irytfdn. Ooh teguueh r. Sgrret ihmdo ewalh ntaplathy tflg echeaimhet. Floyd \| Rvaeyc g efo, erap rui urroln, ebi mitdr c mghee. Ecness iarost, fryt Floyd \| aiyrohk; toyuee bufr rle mom. Sea mi btnsaso feen wro pdw. Enrlahlb Floyd \| meu. Ol ui. Ag h tniyetse l yreowlo. Irm hd ug neoet, hoownht tt ulsao Floyd \| i ratr pcs nmgre. K dy i ayil dr col aeltl acum hlska si. Cat n oso Floyd \| sod r wmhy. Irieooaybnr kwa. Floyd \| Floyd \| Uyeie cto sn lh wutt. Lihwuha leece, sd.al db danoee e tdsac sese. Floyd \| Ta p aothm enco ier dt eauoio v nsf noe gslgkre tiytyr eno. Hdopk. Floyd \| Utra ot loe tudo psylin ioodege. Tun aarhw oss hds an tesesli loeny Floyd \| tiyi o guvo tt rdeuwoae tdia abhes lsr aue myotsho. Floyd \| Floyd \| Ot mrisu haamt re. Rnovfeb cree yue yr sotro yiucn ulnrof ricmon Floyd \| wssht dtlhe h. I hoeae. Kanwl rnt gatae a ash ylube halle f in sdtold Floyd \| oyhrd, wwo eek eour. Ce ee av stponeil. A nd rn onhihwo eif eaky meina Floyd \| fmunte tcloyfe. alw o. orrytunh. Eihadi fk ar o fa e. I h dhnb n Floyd \| idiyuks imctoitiatnni nshtaon. Risoa hysy vtily oi hs iounevf. Floyd \| Floyd \| -- Urgr eerlfx Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Joy."
		DavidW says, "Inform's disambiguation handler favours things held over things not held, iirc."
		pollux says, "The gilt-wood mirror is the one we don't have."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x mirror inset"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/315 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MIRROR INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| A shining panel that reflects whatever is inside the box. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity dark squares of prepared Floyd \| chocolate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "link inset to gilt-wood"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/316 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK INSET TO GILT-WOOD Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the mirror inset inside Floyd \| the box and the gilt-wood mirror. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "try reverse"
pollux says (to Floyd), "unlink inset"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/317 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the mirror inset inside the box from the Floyd \| gilt-wood mirror. Floyd \|		benzene says, "maybe we can get the sunlight then"
Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "reverse link inset to gilt-wood"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/318 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK INSET TO GILT-WOOD Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will and all your attention, you manage to make a Floyd \| reverse-link between the mirror inset inside the box and the gilt-wood Floyd \| mirror, feeling their properties begin to merge together. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "Of course, the letter is actually written in perfectly normal language. Pierre is just too hungry to concentrate enough to read it."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x inset"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/319 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| A shining panel that reflects whatever is inside the box. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "heehee"
		Jacqueline says, "Actually, it's just in French."
		DavidW asks, "Persian or Belgian French?"
		Bert exclaims, "If only we had the right moustache!"
		benzene says (to pollux), "I don't think that worked, then"
Timothy goes home.
Bert says (to Floyd), "x gilt"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/320 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X GILT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| Framed with twists and curls of gilded wood, most abstract, though Floyd \| along the top are floral swags. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/321 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Marie's Chamber Floyd \| Stripped of the clutter it once possessed, the room still offers a Floyd \| charming view through the north window of the old grounds, and the way Floyd \| out is to the east. The wallpaper and floorboards are still as fine as Floyd \| ever. Floyd \| Floyd \| Hanging on the wall is an elegant gilt-wood mirror, reflecting Floyd \| sunlight over the ground before it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Her desk remains, pushed against the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "unlink gilt"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/322 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK GILT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the gilt-wood mirror from the mirror inset Floyd \| inside the box. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says (to pollux), "You didn't test the mirrors after linking or reverse linking."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link gilt to inset"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/323 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK GILT TO INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror to the mirror inset inside the box) Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the gilt-wood mirror and Floyd \| the mirror inset inside the box. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "look in inset"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/324 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK IN INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| In the mirror you see reflected your own face, a bit distant and Floyd \| strange. And then a desk. Around the edges you can make out other Floyd \| indications of Marie's Chamber. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "look in gilt"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/325 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK IN GILT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| In the mirror you see reflected your own face, a bit distant and Floyd \| strange. And then a pearl necklace and an old letter. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux asks, "Shall we take this to the darkness and see if the light seeps through?"
		benzene says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 16/326 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/327 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 16/328 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/329 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Root Cellar Floyd \| Stone walls, ribbed ceiling, but only a packed-earth floor in spots. Floyd \| The room is lined on both sides with boxes and barrels, which take on Floyd \| odd shapes in the semi-darkness and seem vaguely menacing. You feared Floyd \| this room as a child, and it still seems cold and unnerving. Floyd \| Floyd \| The twisting stairs ascend to the ground floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door seals the east exit. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "yay!"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/330 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW \| (reflecting white light from the sunlight)
		benzene says, "white light? there's a chance that could be important"
		pollux says, "I'd say it's almost certain to be important."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/331 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/332 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the cellar door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "search boxes"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/333 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH BOXES Floyd \| Floyd \| You look inside one of the nearby barrels and find some vanilla beans, Floyd \| of which you take one. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "search barrels"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/334 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH BARRELS Floyd \| Floyd \| You look inside one of the nearby barrels and find some weathered Floyd \| green apples, no longer in the primest condition. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Please eat one and make Bert be quiet."
benzene says (to Floyd), "eat apple"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/335 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAT APPLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the apples) Floyd \| (putting the butcher knife into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Oh, no, no. You don't just cram yourself with whatever pathetic Floyd \| foodstuff lies at hand -- no one with any self-respect lives that way. Floyd \| What you want is a meal, prepared with some sensitivity and Floyd \| forethought. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "My guess is that the PC will -- yeah"
		DavidW says, "And thus the name of the game is explained."
		benzene asks, "Go east?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take apple"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 16/336 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE APPLE Floyd \| Floyd \| You already have those. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I see no better options."
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 16/337 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "so we can go up here?"
		pollux says, "Yes, and apparently further east."
		Bert says, "If Pierre is overcome with hunger, he will not merely pass out like a peasant, he will properly swoon."
		benzene asks, "east first?"
		pollux says, "Certainly."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/338 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "oh boy"
		pollux says, "Too many doors."
benzene says (to Floyd), "open grey-blue"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/339 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREY-BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| That's already open. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate creme caramel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "tmd;did not open"
		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Among Reds 16/340 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just Floyd \| visible among the dust as a less-dusty area. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW crams his mouth with pathetic foodstuffs.
		Jacqueline says, "How gauche."
benzene says (to Floyd), "open trap door"
Floyd ] Among Reds 16/341 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN TRAP DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open russet"
Floyd ] Among Reds 16/342 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RUSSET Floyd \| Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \|
benzene says (to Floyd), "open russet"
Floyd \| > Floyd ] Among Reds 16/343 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RUSSET Floyd \| Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "search racks"
Floyd ] Among Reds 16/344 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH RACKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You find nothing of interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/345 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/346 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| You'll have to get the red door leading east unlocked first. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x red door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/346 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RED DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the red door leading east or the red vault door? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "east"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/347 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAST Floyd \| Floyd \| A red door leading east, currently closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/348 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. The Count always used Floyd \| to say that a good cognac would close a diplomatic matter more quickly Floyd \| than any bribe. He never let you and Marie stay, of course, on the Floyd \| evenings when he had business; you would be sent up to the Floyd \| conservatory with the Countess, to practice your music and wait for Floyd \| him to finish whatever matters kept him with his guests. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open russet"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/349 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RUSSET Floyd \| Floyd \| (the russet door leading east) Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open green"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/350 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "search casks"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/350 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH CASKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Trivia: The peacock door was originally called the cyan door, but 'cyan' wasn't in period."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x bottle"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/351 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BOTTLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Some bottles remain, but, you note, not the best vintages. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x cask"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/351 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CASK Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux asks, "Continue southeast?"
		benzene says, "sure"
pollux says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/352 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SE		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I would say you made that up, except knowing Emily I suspect you're telling the truth."
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is also a single bottle of mead remaining in one of the slots. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x opening"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/353 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X OPENING Floyd \| Floyd \| A small hole in the south wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "search it"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/354 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH IT Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the hole you see Cheese Corner. You can dimly make out a heavy Floyd \| chest, a silver key and a green glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x white"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/355 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X WHITE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the white door leading north) Floyd \| On close examination, you have the impression that the paint on this Floyd \| door has either faded or been washed over with whitewash; you can Floyd \| still see faint streaks of some darker color, but their efficacy would Floyd \| seem to be gone. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh, something we did not mention this morning, in terms of 'stuff we want to do,' is dealing with that brick in the fireplace."
		DavidW says, "oh right"
		benzene says, "And now we have reverse linking"
		benzene asks, "are all these doors different colors so we can't link them or something?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's just to be able to disambiguate them."
		pollux says, "That might be the solution to the streaked door, though."
pollux says (to Floyd), "take mead"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/356 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE MEAD Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the stone block into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hm. True."
		benzene says, "wash white with sponge"
		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "wash white with sponge"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/357 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WASH WHITE WITH SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the white door leading north with the sponge) Floyd \| You scrape at the door ineffectually for a while -- just long enough Floyd \| to reveal that it would take all day to remove the white from the Floyd \| door. But you can see that the underlying paint color was once blue. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/358 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| two food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a vanilla bean Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is closed) Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x snuffbox"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/359 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SNUFFBOX Floyd \| Floyd \| A little pastel-colored metal box in which you keep your supply of Floyd \| snuff. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Not sure anything we have is suitable."
		Jacqueline asks, "Have we tried using any snuff?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/360 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the snuffbox, revealing a quantity of snuff. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open box"		Jacqueline asks, "Just for fun?"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/361 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BOX Floyd \| Floyd \| (the dark wooden box) Floyd \| That's already open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take snuff"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/362 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SNUFF Floyd \| Floyd \| You put a pinch -- really just the tiniest bit -- on the back of one Floyd \| hand and lift it to your nose. Refreshing, invigorating, and Floyd \| mercifully not spoilt with an excess of perfume such as everyone seems Floyd \| to prefer these days. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate a salad of dressed spinach greens in a Floyd \| vinaigrette. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "eat snuff"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/363 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAT SNUFF Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the snuff) Floyd \| Your nose is assailed by a vigorous prickling. Really, it is possible Floyd \| to overdo this sort of thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "(You don't eat snuff.)"
benzene says (to Floyd), "lick snuff"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/364 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LICK SNUFF Floyd \| Floyd \| That would be a disastrous misapplication. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I couldn't come up with the verb though"
benzene says (to Floyd), "chew snuff"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/364 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CHEW SNUFF Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Take worked."
		benzene says, "This is clearly not the snuff I"m used to if we're just smelling it"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are you thinking of chewing tobacco?"
		pollux says, "That's how snuff is taken."
		pollux says, "Chewing tobacco is different, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "Because snuff is snuffed."
		DavidW says, "Snuff is nasally applied."
		Jacqueline says, "Sniffed, whatever."
		benzene says, "In rural PA, they are the same"
		benzene says, "but regardless"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take mead"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/365 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE MEAD Floyd \| Floyd \| You already have that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x mead"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/366 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X MEAD Floyd \| Floyd \| Aside from the contents, an entirely ordinary bottle. The cork is Floyd \| still wedged firmly in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/367 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "go nw?"
		Jacqueline says, "FYI, coming up on the half-way point of today's session. One hour remains."
pollux says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/368 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
		pollux asks, "How deep IS this place?"
		DavidW continues to say nothing.
		Jacqueline continues to stare at DavidW.
		benzene asks, "so have we been in all the unlocked doors?"
		pollux says, "I think so."
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/369 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x chains"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/370 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CHAINS Floyd \| Floyd \| So heavily wreathed in chains and locks, in fact, that it is hard to Floyd \| imagine the keys even still existing. The locks are thickly rusted Floyd \| over, and would in all likelihood refuse to accept a key if you tried. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "break chains with stone"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/371 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BREAK CHAINS WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the stone block) Floyd \| (putting On Vegetable Dyes into the sack to make room) Floyd \| The stone block strikes the red vault door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x locks"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/371 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X LOCKS Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the brass door or the red vault door? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "red"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/372 Floyd \| Floyd \| > RED Floyd \| Floyd \| So heavily wreathed in chains and locks, in fact, that it is hard to Floyd \| imagine the keys even still existing. The locks are thickly rusted Floyd \| over, and would in all likelihood refuse to accept a key if you tried. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "HUH"
		Jacqueline says, "er, huh"
		benzene asks, "any ideas?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/373 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| two food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a vanilla bean Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| five food items: Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x necklace"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/374 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X NECKLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| More a girl's ornament than a woman's, with small lustrous pearls, but Floyd \| the pendant is cut diamond and the clasps are gold. Her mother gave it Floyd \| to her one birthday -- the same year that you had bought, by carefully Floyd \| hoarding your allowances, a bracelet of onyx beads for her, threaded Floyd \| on silk and silver... But she never wore your little trinket. Floyd \| Floyd \| No matter. You have bought better jewellery for other women since, and Floyd \| it has most certainly been worn. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "shall we try to link the bauble and mirror?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "link heavy to east"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/375 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK HEAVY TO EAST Floyd \| Floyd \| (the red door leading east) Floyd \| The linkages on the doors are very old, and set with a power stronger Floyd \| than your raw will alone can manipulate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "so they already are linked to something?"
		pollux says, "So it seems."
		pollux says, "Keep an eye out for those colours."
		Jacqueline says, "hm"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess that is another reason the doors could be colors, yeah."
		benzene asks, "strange idea. can we reverse link the white door to paper and then cut it?"
		Jacqueline is evidently quite slow.
		Jacqueline asks, "The letter?"
		benzene says, "there's papers upstairs in the desk too"
		benzene says, "it might not let us at all though"
		benzene says, "but not cut the letter. see if we can make the door papery"
		benzene says, "or maybe cut something? I'm just throwing around ideas"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/376 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "The teapot is white, but it also has that crest that these doors lack."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, want to keep the letter and not shatter the teapot."
		pollux says, "Well, we can open the teapot to open linked doors. That's how we got into the house in the first place."
		benzene says, "Reverse could work though, couldn't it? it just merges properties"
		benzene asks, "was the door upstairs locked or just stuck?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/377 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/378 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "reverse link white to letter"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 16/379 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK WHITE TO LETTER Floyd \| Floyd \| (the white door leading north to the old letter) Floyd \| The linkages on the doors are very old, and set with a power stronger Floyd \| than your raw will alone can manipulate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "so we just need to find things they're linked to I guess..."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
benzene says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 16/380 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate curls of toasted bread. The image is Floyd \| more vivid than the vision of food has any right to be. Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/381 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I wonder how we suss that out."
		benzene says, "the doors open now could be a hint, I guess"
		benzene asks, "maybe closing some doors opens others?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "close wine-cellar door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/382 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE WINE-CELLAR DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the brass door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "There's another russet door to the south, if you want to try that."
		benzene says, "oh yeah"
benzene says (to Floyd), "close russet"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/383 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE RUSSET Floyd \| Floyd \| The russet door leading northeast is, as it turns out when you Floyd \| struggle with it for a bit, in fact rusted in the open position. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "shoot"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x brass"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 16/384 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRASS Floyd \| Floyd \| The wood core of the door has been covered with flat brass panels, Floyd \| perhaps for reinforcement but more likely for decoration. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "Maybe we give up for now?"
		pollux says, "I think we should look elsewhere."
		Jacqueline asks, "Go do other things, you mean?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 16/385 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the brass door) Floyd \| You open the brass door. Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "let's go up the servant's stairs"
pollux says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 16/386 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UP Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "We already knew they led here, of course. We went down them before we had light."
		benzene asks, "link the bauble?"
		pollux says, "Worth a try."
		benzene says (to pollux), "forgot about that"
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Dining Room 16/387 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Dining Room 16/388 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| You can go only east, west or southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Library 16/389 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A clockwork model of the universe stands in one corner, the planets Floyd \| rotating in their orbits. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| The lens inside the Jupiter ball glitters in the ambient light. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take bauble"
Floyd ] Library 16/390 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the sponge into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Did we read all the books?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x books"
Floyd ] Library 16/391 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BOOKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You peruse the nearest books. Your eye picks out, at random, Guide Floyd \| to Assorted Wines. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take wines"
Floyd ] Library 16/392 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE WINES Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the dark wooden box into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The surface of the model Saturn catches the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ] Library 16/393 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ IT Floyd \| Floyd \| ... from the region of Avignon, in the territories that belonged Floyd \| to the Pope, comes the peppery red Chateauneuf du Pape... Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x books"
Floyd ] Library 16/394 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BOOKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You peruse the nearest books. Your eye picks out, at random, The Floyd \| Lavori d'Aracne. Floyd \| Floyd \| The surface of the model Saturn catches the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take lavori"
Floyd ] Library 16/395 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE LAVORI Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the vanilla bean into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you dream of onion soup. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ] Library 16/396 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ IT Floyd \| Floyd \| On the subject of mirrors: Unusual and costly mirrors of special Floyd \| power exist which enhance the workings of the lavori d'Aracne; they Floyd \| may be recognized by their failure to reflect in the ordinary way. Floyd \| Some make it easier to form a link through the mirror than through Floyd \| open air, allowing the magician to reverse-link items that are Floyd \| otherwise too dissimilar to use. Likewise, such a mirror... Floyd \| Floyd \| But then, unfortunately, it breaks off, the page apparently having Floyd \| been chewed out and carried away by something or other. Floyd \| Floyd \| The surface of the model Saturn catches the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Darn mice."
		benzene says, "so we'll need to look out for weird mirrors"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x books"
Floyd ] Library 16/397 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BOOKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You have found all the books that seem interesting. The rest are dusty Floyd \| and dull-looking. Floyd \| Floyd \| The planets turn slowly around the empty sun-holder. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "The mirrors we have found might be weird."
		Jacqueline nods.
		benzene says, "we can look through them after we unlink them"
		pollux says, "Just what I was thinking."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 16/398 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/399 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving
pollux says (to Floyd), "unlink inset"
Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/400 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the mirror inset inside the box from the Floyd \| gilt-wood mirror. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "search inset"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/401 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH INSET Floyd \| Floyd \| In the mirror you see reflected your own face, a bit distant and Floyd \| strange. And then a pearl necklace and an old letter. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 16/402 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/403 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Marie's Chamber Floyd \| Stripped of the clutter it once possessed, the room still offers a Floyd \| charming view through the north window of the old grounds, and the way Floyd \| out is to the east. The wallpaper and floorboards are still as fine as Floyd \| ever. Floyd \| Floyd \| Hanging on the wall is an elegant gilt-wood mirror, reflecting Floyd \| sunlight over the ground before it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Her desk remains, pushed against the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "search gilt"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/404 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH GILT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| In the mirror you see reflected your own face, a bit distant and Floyd \| strange. And then a desk. Around the edges you can make out other Floyd \| indications of Marie's Chamber. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux asks, "That sounds a bit suspicious, no?"
		benzene says, "yeah..."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link mirror to bauble"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/405 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK MIRROR TO BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror to the celestial bauble) Floyd \| The mirror is incompatible with anything that is not similarly Floyd \| reflective. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "how do we link things through the mirror?"
		Jacqueline scrolls back to look at the inventory.
		pollux says, "When the mirrors are linked, we can see other rooms. I think we just link the things we can see that way."
pollux says (to Floyd), "take gilt"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/406 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE GILT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| Too heavy for you to remove. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "link bauble to sun"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 16/407 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BAUBLE TO SUN Floyd \| Floyd \| (the sunlight) Floyd \| (first unlinking the celestial bauble) Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the celestial bauble from the sponge. Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the celestial bauble and Floyd \| the sunlight. Floyd \| Floyd \| The celestial bauble starts to glow with reflected light. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "huh"
		benzene says, "alrighty then"
		pollux says, "Go figure."
		Jacqueline says, "Pretty"
		benzene says, "didn't expect that to work"
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 16/408 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 16/409 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 16/410 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Library 16/411 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A clockwork model of the universe stands in one corner, the planets Floyd \| rotating in their orbits. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe clicks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put bauble in holder"
Floyd ] Library 20/412 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT BAUBLE IN HOLDER Floyd \| Floyd \| The celestial bauble clicks neatly into position, shining over all the Floyd \| surrounding planets just as the sun ought. Floyd \| Floyd \| The model universe spins, turning slowly around the light at the Floyd \| center, and each of the planets itself turning. After a few moments, Floyd \| Jupiter rotates until the lens catches the light from the sun and Floyd \| casts a light on a particular book on the shelves, entitled "The World Floyd \| is Hollow." Floyd \| Floyd \| Then they come to a halt. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by four points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take hollow"
Floyd ] Library 20/413 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE HOLLOW Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the apples into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ] Library 20/414 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ IT Floyd \| Floyd \| The pages of the book have been hollowed out, leaving a square hole. Floyd \| In The World Is Hollow is a jeweled pin. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take pin"
Floyd ] Library 24/415 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE PIN Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the bottle of mead into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity an omelette of herbs and Floyd \| chives. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by four points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ] Library 24/416 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X IT Floyd \| Floyd \| Decorated with fine-chip diamonds, and formed into the shape of a Floyd \| complicated bow of several strands, for a lady's use. The clasp is Floyd \| currently shut. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Library 24/417 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the jeweled pin. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "are we just treasure hunting too?"
		benzene says, "Like the money in the fireplace"
		DavidW says, "Finding money to pay a debt was our initial motivation for coming here."
		benzene says, "oh"
		benzene asks, "so now what?"
		benzene says, "we have a bunch of locked doors, the brick, and the room in the basement we can see into"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was thinking that a bit ago, that the plot focus has taken a turn."
		DavidW says, "The plot may have."
		Jacqueline asks, "It was all GET ALL THE THINGS and now I'm like WHAT DO THESE OLD MAGIC DOORS DO AND WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE ENCRYPTED LETTER?"
		pollux asks, "Shall we go back to the kitchen to see if we have found enough ingredients?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I don't think we have a written recipe, do we?"
		Jacqueline says, "We were wanting one..."
		benzene says, "it yells at us"
		pollux says, "No, but the machine will tell us."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 24/418 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "But it said we needed olive oil, didn't it?"
		pollux says, "There's probably some link-based way to read the recipe directly."
		benzene says, "we also have the tea recipe in the drain"
		DavidW says, "or 'read'"
		pollux says, "One of the clockworks, maybe."
		benzene asks, "shall we break the glass?"
		pollux says, "Saving first."
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 24/419 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Long Salon 24/420 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| A small portrait hangs on the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/421 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Countess' Sitting Room Floyd \| This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated Floyd \| than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the Floyd \| brightly-colored and the jewel-like. The count brought her some things Floyd \| from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem Floyd \| to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some Floyd \| bits remain. Floyd \| Floyd \| A thick-pile Persian rug lies on the floor, patterned in lapis and Floyd \| emerald. Floyd \| Floyd \| Against one wall is a glass case full of rare and valuable clockwork Floyd \| figures. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Wait, we never really investigated that portrait either. Maybe it can be moved."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Long Salon 24/422 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| A small portrait hangs on the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take portrait"
Floyd ] Long Salon 24/423 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the stone block into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x portrait"
Floyd ] Long Salon 24/424 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| Oil on wood, of a small, pinch-faced girl; the writing on the back Floyd \| says it is the Baroness D'Envers at a young age, which would make her Floyd \| some distant cousin of the Count, several generations back, and also Floyd \| related to the man currently holding all your notes. Floyd \| Floyd \| It is not especially well-executed, and probably worth fairly little Floyd \| on the market. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Long Salon 24/425 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "There might be something hidden inside it."
		Jacqueline says, "Help me round this out: [LINK]"
		pollux says, "* Get the tea recipe out of the drain."
		benzene says, "I forgot about the shed"
		DavidW says, "Locked door behind curtains"
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/426 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Countess' Sitting Room Floyd \| This was the countess' favorite room, and it is more richly decorated Floyd \| than any other in the house, betraying her taste for the Floyd \| brightly-colored and the jewel-like. The count brought her some things Floyd \| from his travels, and made others for her. Most of the contents seem Floyd \| to be gone -- the chairs and sofas, and the wall hangings -- but some Floyd \| bits remain. Floyd \| Floyd \| A thick-pile Persian rug lies on the floor, patterned in lapis and Floyd \| emerald. Floyd \| Floyd \| Against one wall is a glass case full of rare and valuable clockwork Floyd \| figures. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take rug"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/427 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE RUG Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting Guide to Assorted Wines into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "we have a rug now woo"
		Jacqueline says, "Added."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x rug"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/428 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RUG Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have Floyd \| been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and Floyd \| peculiar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Obtaining the bee"
		benzene asks, "shall we save and smash?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf2"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/428 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Tea recipe from scullery drain"
		Taleslinger says, "That first sentence is oddly poetic."
		Jacqueline says, "I am not sure I can keep up with the state of saves, like I imply in the notes document, but I think I will keep a list of unsolved puzzles."
		Taleslinger \| In the house, planets moving, onions dye yellow, there are books. Not in the shed yet.
benzene says (to Floyd), "smash glass"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/429 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SMASH GLASS Floyd \| Floyd \| With your bare hands? That could be uncomfortable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "throw stone at glass"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/430 Floyd \| Floyd \| > THROW STONE AT GLASS Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the stone block) Floyd \| (putting The Lavori d'Aracne into the sack to make room) Floyd \| The stone block races through the air before striking the glass case. Floyd \| The glass case breaks. It leaves behind the clockwork bee and the Floyd \| mechanical human dancers and the stone block comes to rest on the Floyd \| ground. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork bee buzzes faintly, spreading its jeweled wings. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "smash glass with stone"		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "heh"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/431 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SMASH GLASS WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the stone block) Floyd \| The stone block strikes the glass shards, which smash dramatically. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork bee, detecting your presence, stirs angrily to life. You Floyd \| make a few noble efforts to bat it away, but all to no avail. With Floyd \| deadly accuracy it finds your skin; there is a sharp sting, then a Floyd \| gradual dulling... Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have died * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In that game you scored 24 out of a possible 125, in 431 turns, giving Floyd \| you the rank of miscreant. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd \| for that game or QUIT? Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Ach"
		Jacqueline says, "er, ack"
benzene says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/430 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Countess' Sitting Room Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "smash bee with stone"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/431 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SMASH BEE WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the stone block) Floyd \| The bee flits sideways just in the nick of time. Trapping it by speed Floyd \| is evidently not going to be very successful, since it has a clear Floyd \| advantage over you in that department. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork bee, detecting your presence, stirs angrily to life. You Floyd \| make a few noble efforts to bat it away, but all to no avail. With Floyd \| deadly accuracy it finds your skin; there is a sharp sting, then a Floyd \| gradual dulling... Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have died * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In that game you scored 24 out of a possible 125, in 431 turns, giving Floyd \| you the rank of miscreant. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd \| for that game or QUIT? Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "btw, it is possible to die in this game"
		Bert says, "Ha ha."
benzene says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/430 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Countess' Sitting Room Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "reverse link bee with stone"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/431 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK BEE WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together. Floyd \| Floyd \| Reverse links are even pickier than regular links that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork bee, detecting your presence, stirs angrily to life. You Floyd \| make a few noble efforts to bat it away, but all to no avail. With Floyd \| deadly accuracy it finds your skin; there is a sharp sting, then a Floyd \| gradual dulling... Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have died * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In that game you scored 24 out of a possible 125, in 431 turns, giving Floyd \| you the rank of miscreant. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, give the FULL score Floyd \| for that game or QUIT? Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Thanks for the tip."
		Bert exclaims, "Spoilers!"
		pollux says, "I think we may want to catch the bee."
		pollux says, "It seems potentially useful."
		Taleslinger says, "It's also possible to dye in this game"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		benzene asks, "regardless, shall we restore?"
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Please take a look at the notes to see if you like what I wrote for SF2."
		pollux says, "Yes, then look over our possessions to plan a better approach."
		Jacqueline says, "I could also, if people like, put our inventory onto the notes for easier reference."
		pollux says, "That would be excellent."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/431 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf2"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/428 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "You forgot the puzzle in the Scullery: Tea recipe in the drain"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/429 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| two books: Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (providing light) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| two books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| seven food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a vanilla bean Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "It's on there, David."
		benzene says (to David), "refresh the page"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open mead"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/430 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN MEAD Floyd \| Floyd \| Opening a container of mead while it is in the sack seems like an Floyd \| invitation to disaster. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Okay, now everyone refresh again."
		DavidW says, "oh, ok. Missed how it was worded. I didn't see 'tea'."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we know it's a tea recipe?"
		benzene says, "yes"
		pollux says, "Yes. It said so."
		Jacqueline says, "Added."
		pollux asks, "Maybe we can trap the bee with the hat?"
		benzene asks, "Think there's any reason to open the mead right now?"
		Jacqueline says, "The bee is dangerous."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, somewhere nearby is grilling onions. I'll bet the PC would like to smell that."
		DavidW says, "There's also another puzzle outstanding that I think you guys ought to know about by now, but I'm not sure if you've noticed."
benzene says (to Floyd), "read wines"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/431 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ WINES Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking Guide to Assorted Wines) Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting The Lavori d'Aracne into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| ...should then attend to the possibility that the vines have Floyd \| themselves been tainted... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/432 Floyd \| Floyd \| > G Floyd \| Floyd \| ... from the region of Avignon, in the territories that belonged Floyd \| to the Pope, comes the peppery red Chateauneuf du Pape... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "You know, the tea recipe can probably be linked to the other recipe."
		pollux says, "That might help us acquire it."
		Jacqueline says, "I have had an idea."
		Jacqueline says, "So, we tried linking the knife to the sword to cut the roses, but I think we should consider linking (or rather, reverse linking) the roses to something we can cut."
		benzene asks, "parsley or something?"
		pollux says, "Linking, I think, not reverse linking - reverse linking seems to protect things."
		Jacqueline asks, "Bay leaf?"
		pollux says, "Let's go outside and try things."
		benzene says, "it only protects if the second thing is more solid"
		pollux asks, "Mind if I test that quickly?"
		pollux says, "We could head to the library and start smashing the bauble in a variety of ways."
		benzene asks, "Remember the story of the man and the armor?"
		benzene says, "He did a reverse link, and they both got cut up"
		pollux says, "That story said that he had confused linking with reverse linking, not that he linked them the wrong way around."
		pollux says, "I think the point was that he intended to reverse link them, but just linked them normally."
		Bert asks, "I thought he did a normal link, and they both got cut up, and that that was the moral of the story?"
		Jacqueline says, "That's exactly what I was thinking of."
		benzene says, "He did a reverse"
		Jacqueline says, "The armor was all torn up. Like how we want the roses to be."
		benzene says, "And he should have known because it's harder"
		pollux says, "It never said that he did a reverse."
		pollux says, "Just that he confused them."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right."
		Jacqueline asks, "Okay. Anyway, link the roses to something. Bay leaf?"
		Bert says, "I forget, is it possible to view the story again?)"
		benzene says, "let's, jacq"
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember wallpaper"
Floyd ] Countess' Sitting Room 24/432 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER WALLPAPER Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Long Salon 24/433 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 24/434 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 24/435 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate little grey-pink mushrooms. Or perhaps Floyd \| frosted petits-four. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Dining Room 24/436 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember wallpaper"
Floyd ] Dining Room 24/437 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER WALLPAPER Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| "So the man linked himself to a suit of armor. And then he left the Floyd \| suit of armor at home, and went off to war to fight in his bare skin, Floyd \| thinking that whatever happened to him, the links would protect him. Floyd \| But at home his wife was horrified to see the armor slashed in pieces Floyd \| before her eyes..." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Anabelle," interrupted the Count, standing at the doorway with a hand Floyd \| on his vest. "Do you really think this story is appropriate for the Floyd \| children?" Floyd \| Floyd \| The Countess shrugged, half-smiling as she always had when the Count Floyd \| overrode her authority. "I hardly think it is any more disturbing than Floyd \| the other things Marie reads," she said lightly. "The dining room is Floyd \| more frightening than this story." Floyd \| Floyd \| "I don't mean that, of course." The Count smiled over you and Marie -- Floyd \| you on the floor, Marie with her skirts spread around her on the Floyd \| chaise. "But our children should not be told silly Floyd \| superstitions about linking." He came into the room then, touching Floyd \| the Countess' shoulder with an affectionate gesture. "Marie," he said, Floyd \| "What is wrong with your mother's story?" Floyd \| Floyd \| "The man has confused reverse-links and ordinary ones," Marie replied. Floyd \| "And he would have to be very stupid to do that, because reverse-links Floyd \| are harder to make and you can always tell when you have done it." Floyd \| Floyd \| The Count nodded at her. "Very good." He kissed the Countess and went Floyd \| out again... Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "It's in the last transcript, yeah."
		Jacqueline \| [LINK]
		benzene says, "hmm. Now I'm not sure then"
		Jacqueline says, "Search for the word 'armor'"
		benzene says, "I got it"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. Or that."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
Emily arrives, full of funk, but no fun.		Jacqueline exclaims, "Everybody hide! Hide!"
		Emily says, "I can't remember half this game myself"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		benzene says, "These sentences are terrible"
		Jacqueline says, "I know. I am going to go read a book."
		Bert says, ">LINK SECOND HALF OF GAME TO FIRST HALF. REMEMBER FIRST HALF."
		Jacqueline says (to Emily), "Some of the prose in this is really great."
		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "yay"
		DavidW says, "oh, I remember the game fairly well, still."
		DavidW says (to Emily), "Glad to see you up and about."
		Jacqueline says (to Emily), "Here are notes on where we are... [LINK]"
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 24/438 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/439 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/440 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks (of Em), "Up & about? Were you sick?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "link roses to bay leaf"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/441 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK ROSES TO BAY LEAF Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
benzene says (to Floyd), "link roses to herbs"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/442 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK ROSES TO HERBS Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together.		Jacqueline looks at the inventory in the notes.
Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x rug"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/443 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RUG Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a deep, thick carpet, so comfortable that your mother would have Floyd \| been happy to have it for a bed. The pattern is intricate and Floyd \| peculiar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Try that."
		Emily says, "yeah, I've been kind of fevery and weird and then a thing happened and I was so confused by it that I failed utterly to send anyone to #theoryclub to tell them to go ahead without me"
		pollux says, "(I was wondering if we had anything with a floral pattern.)"
		Jacqueline says (to Emily), "Yikes."
		Emily says, "so, I feel pretty stupid about that"
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "It says it's intricate. Roses are intricate. Try anyway."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link roses to rug"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/444 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK ROSES TO RUG Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Emily), "When you are ill you don't think the same way. No worries."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put rug on roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/445 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT RUG ON ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| Putting things on the roses would achieve nothing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/446 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open) Floyd \| not very much water (which leaves some room in the hinge-lidded Floyd \| teapot) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (providing light) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sponge Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| seven food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a vanilla bean Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| two books: Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| two books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oops"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/447 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x sundial"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/448 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SUNDIAL Floyd \| Floyd \| A sturdy old sundial, its bronze weathered green. Unlike various Floyd \| tawdry sundials you have encountered in your life, it has a Floyd \| firmly-attached gnomon that is unlikely to come off in times of Floyd \| trouble. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "The whole point of putting the inventory in the notes was so we wouldn't do that. Sorry, meant to look."
		Jacqueline says, "Was hoping there were other plants in this same location that we could link."
		benzene says, "I tried the herbs"
		benzene says, "wouldn't link"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I saw."
		DavidW) AdamThornton irta lick
		Jacqueline says, "That makes me sad."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x pipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/449 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| The pipe leads through the wall into the house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put sponge in pipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/450 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SPONGE IN PIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sponge) Floyd \| (putting The World Is Hollow into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You wedge the sponge into the drain hole, blocking it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Be on the lookout for stuff with a rose pattern on it."
		pollux says, "Maybe we can finally get that stupid tea."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, by floating it up?"
		pollux says, "Yes."
		benzene says, "worth a shot. but i think it's made of metal"
		Jacqueline asks, "Sure. Need more water in our teapot, no?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "fill teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/450 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| What do you want to fill the hinge-lidded teapot with? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/450 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the water in the well or the water in the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/450 Floyd \| Floyd \| > WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "fill teapot with well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/451 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT WITH WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the well) Floyd \| That's hardly portable. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate fresh white cheese. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill teapot with water from well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/452 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT WITH WATER FROM WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot to the brim. The water mixes with what was Floyd \| already there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I'm hallucinating a burrito."
		pollux says, "(I was going to try that next.)"
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/453 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/454 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put water in washbasin"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/455 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER IN WASHBASIN Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the drain hole, exhausting the supply in the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x drain"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/456 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DRAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole are some water and a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Bert says (to Floyd), "x recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/457 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| A cylinder of silver metal as long as the middle joint of your thumb. Floyd \| On the surface are a series of strange bumps, depressions, and Floyd \| grooves, seeming carefully wrought and utterly intentional. The core Floyd \| of the cylinder is hollow, but over one end is a piece of paper which Floyd \| bears a label, in careful lettering, which reads, "Tea Recipe." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "more water?"
		pollux says, "Let's."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/458 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| You can go only south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/459 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/460 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| (You can see a few drops of the water beginning to drip from the Floyd \| outflow pipe into the drainage ditch, but the sponge seems to be Floyd \| holding most of it back.) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill teapot with water from well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/461 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT WITH WATER FROM WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot to the brim. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/462 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/463 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put water in washbasin"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/464 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER IN WASHBASIN Floyd \| Floyd \| The mouth of the hole is too narrow to allow you to get liquids back Floyd \| out of it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "huh?"
		pollux says, "I think it thinks we mean the water in the drain."
		DavidW says, "Say which water you mean."
pollux says (to Floyd), "put water from teapot in washbasin"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/465 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER FROM TEAPOT IN WASHBASIN Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the drain hole, exhausting the supply in the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot. The water mixes with what was already there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x drain"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x drain"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/466 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DRAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole are a great deal of water and a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Scullery 24/467 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DRAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole are a great deal of water and a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate little grey-pink mushrooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "No indication that the recipe has changed."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/468 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't reach far enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Though maybe third time is the charm?"
		pollux asks, "Have we seen anything cylindrical that might make it float?"
		pollux says, "I think we should try one more, yeah."
		pollux says, "It's also possible that the water would carry it out if we open the drain again."
		Jacqueline says, "hm. yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Try both."
		pollux says, "On the other hand, it has been two hours."
		Jacqueline says, "Try this, then we'll call it."
		pollux says, "OK."
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/469 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/470 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "fill teapot with water from well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/471 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT WITH WATER FROM WELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot to the brim. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/472 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/473 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put water from teapot in washbasin"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/474 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER FROM TEAPOT IN WASHBASIN Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the drain hole, exhausting the supply in the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot. The water mixes with what was already there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x drain"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/475 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DRAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole are a great deal of water and a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Then release the sponge...."
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/476 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/477 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take sponge"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/478 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SPONGE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The water goes out the drain. The water mixes with what was already Floyd \| there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline cries.
		pollux says, "Well, that didn't seem to help."
pollux says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/477 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "'s tears float the cylinder to the top!"
		pollux says, "(Better to not waste the effort of getting the water there.)"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay"
		benzene asks, "what can we link it to?"
		benzene asks, "to float it?"
		pollux asks, "The cork?"
		benzene says, "good idea"
		benzene says, "in theory"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or a bottle?"
		pollux says, "We have both on hand."
		Jacqueline says, "We'll start there next week. Thanks, peeps."
		Jacqueline says, "See you seven days hence."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can you both make it?"
		pollux says, "As far as I know, I can."
		benzene says, "Me too"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, everyone."
		DavidW asks, "Can I return too?"
		benzene says, "NO"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Of course!"
		Jacqueline says, "Just making sure the players can come, since there are so few of us."
		Jacqueline says, "Bert can come give us a hard time about not eating, too."
		pollux says, "It isn't long after I wake up, though, so I might be a couple minutes late."
		benzene says, "Only playing this once a week is killing me"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "You must resist!"
		Jacqueline says, "Or are you saying you want to do two sessions? This week I really couldn't, I'm afraid."
		Jacqueline says, "Last week and next week are the two busiest weeks of this summer, really."
		benzene says, "I mean, I would, but I didn't expect to"
		Jacqueline says, "Although I learned that in early August I'll be on a plane during one of our sessions."
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "It's tempting to just play longer, but with this game those sessions would be epic. I like the episodic nature of what we're doing."
		benzene says, "Me too. Just a little frustrating whenever I think about the game on wednesday"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, if you get ideas during the week, just make sure to note them down."
		Bert says, "In theory, you could always schedule fixed three hour sessions instead of two for this game, when everyone had the time available."
		Jacqueline says, "True. It's just that last week and this I needed shorter sessions."
		Jacqueline says, "Due to everything else going on."
		Bert says, "Yeah. I just meant if you were trying to avoid epicness."
		Bert says, "(Epicality?)"
		Jacqueline says, "ClubFloyd is fun, but not mindless. I need some mindless time."
		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Speaking of mindless, I'm going to go play Mindcra-- er, Minecraft."
		pollux asks, "Time to save SF3 then?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, right!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf3"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/477 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/477 Floyd \| Floyd \| > QUIT Floyd \| Floyd \| Are you sure you want to quit?
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y"
Floyd \| Are you sure you want to quit? Floyd \| > Y Floyd \| debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"		pollux says, "(I would have done that; I just wanted to be sure)"
		DavidW says (to pollux), "Good save there."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yes. Thanks!"
		Jacqueline asks, "I'll post the partial transcript later. Would people like it posted as a session, or just added to the first?"
		pollux says, "Adding it to the first is fine by me."
		Bert says, "If you do make it separate, it should probably be linked at the end of the first (and vice versa)."
		pollux says, "And you probably want to add SF3 to the notes."
		Jacqueline asks, "Hm. True. There's not a huge diff between SF2 and 3, though, is there? What note should I make?"
		pollux says, "Just that the drain is full of water now, I think."
		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Well, these are just text files, that will be combined later into the full transcript, so I don't want to insert stuff, but people can go to the root temp and see what's in there, and they're all named similarly."
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "Okay, yeah."

****** SESSION THREE **
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so:"
		Jacqueline says, "Week one: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Week two: [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Our notes: [LINK]"
pollux arrives, full of funk, but no fun.		Jacqueline says, "Also, I am here but sort of freshly-awake and breaking my fast."
		Jacqueline says, "Pollux and benzene have been my partners in crime, and they are here, so I'm inclined to fire 'er up."
		benzene exclaims, "I'm ready!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask savoir"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 0/1 Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've Floyd \| overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, Floyd \| carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind Floyd \| manicured hands, getting elegant ladies out of elegant fixes -- and Floyd \| you're in debt. Bound by oath and honor to a pack of Floyd \| scoundrels. Your father, old peasant that he was, could have warned Floyd \| you against their type. Floyd \| Floyd \| You'd hoped to find the Count at home; your original plan was to ask Floyd \| him for an advance on the money you expect to earn on your estate in a Floyd \| month or two. But according to the local population, the Count hasn't Floyd \| been home in months, and Marie, who was in residence until recently, Floyd \| has vanished as well. "No one around the big house now," says one of Floyd \| the peasant women tersely. "Even turned off the cook, they did." Floyd \| Floyd \| But you need the money at once; if you return to Paris without it, Floyd \| your creditors are unlikely to be forgiving. So you walked over the Floyd \| fields anyway, and got in through the gap in the kitchen garden wall. Floyd \| You will just have to find what you can. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Savoir-Faire Floyd \| An interactive search for loot. Copyright Emily Short 2002-4. Floyd \| Type HELP if you have not played this game before, even if you are Floyd \| familiar with IF. Floyd \| Release 8 / Serial number 040205 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10 Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf3"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/477 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "And I'm here to not help at all!"
		benzene says, "I believe we were going to start this week by linking the cork to the recipe"
		benzene says, "and floating it"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "yes."
		pollux says, "Right, yes."
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/478 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/479 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x cork"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/480 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| Aside from the contents, an entirely ordinary bottle. The cork is Floyd \| still wedged firmly in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take cork"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/481 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| Opening a container of mead while it is in the sack seems like an Floyd \| invitation to disaster. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take bottle"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/482 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BOTTLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take cork"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/483 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| You haven't got a corkscrew, and a well-developed sense of propriety Floyd \| prevents you simply knocking the top off the bottle. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "ehh. just go for it?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "link cork to tea recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/484 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK CORK TO TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "drat"
		Jacqueline says, "meh. We should open that wine."
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/485 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (providing light) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| seven food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a vanilla bean Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| three books: Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| Floyd \| >
jenrexrode arrives, full of fun and funk.		Jacqueline says, "Wine, oil, whatever it is."
		benzene asks, "what can we link it to that would open?"
Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.		benzene says, "it better be oil"
		Jacqueline says, "Inventory now updated in the notes, so that we don't have to >i"
		Jacqueline \| [LINK]
		benzene says, "oh right. sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's mead."
pollux says (to Floyd), "read guide to wines"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/486 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ GUIDE TO WINES Floyd \| Floyd \| ...some dry wine such as Sauvignon Blanc... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "shake bottle"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/487 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SHAKE BOTTLE Floyd \| Floyd \| Nothing much results of this. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "lookup mead in guide to wines"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/487 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOKUP MEAD IN GUIDE TO WINES Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Perhaps it is an impropriety to read more than seven words about wine at a time."
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		benzene says, "You have to sip the words slowly"
		Jacqueline says, "We just saved. I say we break the bottle."
benzene says (to Floyd), "break bottle"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/488 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BREAK BOTTLE Floyd \| Floyd \| With your bare hands? That could be uncomfortable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "break bottle with stone"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/489 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BREAK BOTTLE WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the washbasin) Floyd \| (first taking the washbasin) Floyd \| That's hardly portable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take stone block"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/490 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE STONE BLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting Guide to Assorted Wines into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop mead"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/491 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DROP MEAD Floyd \| Floyd \| You set the bottle of mead down gently. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit bottle with stone"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/492 Floyd \| Floyd \| > HIT BOTTLE WITH STONE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the stone block) Floyd \| The stone block strikes the blue bottle. The blue bottle cracks Floyd \| dramatically, depositting the mead. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take cork"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/493 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "link cork to tea recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/494 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK CORK TO TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the cork and the Tea Floyd \| Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "oooh"
		benzene says, "yay"
		benzene says, "hope we didn't need the mead"
jenrexrode disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.		Jacqueline says, "Watch. I'll have brokent he game hopelessly and we'll end up having to go back to SF3 at some point."
		benzene says, "Oh. but I think we need a reverse link"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I did what you'd done above."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x drain"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/495 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DRAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Dark and hollow. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the drain hole are a great deal of water and a Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I just realized. we want to merge the properties, which i think is reverse"
		DavidW says, "I think you guys will need the mead, at least in any winning game solution I know of."
		benzene says, "booo"
		pollux says, "I think we should at least take a moment to get the tea recipe while we have the cork so that we know how to go about it after we restore."
Bert arrives, ready to play with the toys.		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		DavidW says (to pollux), "That's reasonable."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x tea recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/496 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| A cylinder of silver metal as long as the middle joint of your thumb. Floyd \| On the surface are a series of strange bumps, depressions, and Floyd \| grooves, seeming carefully wrought and utterly intentional. The core Floyd \| of the cylinder is hollow, but over one end is a piece of paper which Floyd \| bears a label, in careful lettering, which reads, "Tea Recipe." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "We may have done the right thing, fwiw. I was just being cynical."
benzene says (to Floyd), "reverse link cork to tea recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/497 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK CORK TO TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| The two are already linked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlink cork"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/498 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the cork from the Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "reverse link cork to tea recipe"
Floyd ] Scullery 24/499 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK CORK TO TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will and all your attention, you manage to make a Floyd \| reverse-link between the cork and the Tea Recipe, feeling their Floyd \| properties begin to merge together. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Tea Recipe floats on the surface of the water. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "woooooo"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 29/500 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the hinge-lidded teapot into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "okay. restore?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "take no tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 29/500 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE NO TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "congrats"
		Jacqueline says, "That sounds like a good thing."
		Jacqueline says, "I wouldn't restore."
		benzene says, "okay"
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 29/501 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| A cylinder of silver metal as long as the middle joint of your thumb. Floyd \| On the surface are a series of strange bumps, depressions, and Floyd \| grooves, seeming carefully wrought and utterly intentional. The core Floyd \| of the cylinder is hollow, but over one end is a piece of paper which Floyd \| bears a label, in careful lettering, which reads, "Tea Recipe." Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 29/502 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| That would be impossible even if the Tea Recipe weren't Floyd \| reverse-linked. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate curls of toasted bread. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Scullery 29/503 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a puddle of mead and some glass shards here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "let's put it in the machine"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we put that recipe in the box contraption thingamabob?"
		Jacqueline says, "Timing."
		Jacqueline says, "yes."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/504 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| (treading gingerly around the glass bits) Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take recipe from contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/504 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE RECIPE FROM CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/505 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| The body of the contraption is mostly just a large box, into which Floyd \| things can be put, and an assembly of clockwork parts in a separate Floyd \| case, not to be interfered with. There is also a dial which may be set Floyd \| to various positions, and a spindle, on which is a cylinder with a Floyd \| pattern of strange bumps on it, labeled "Andouillettes Recipe". Floyd \| Floyd \| The delicate contraption is currently switched off. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the delicate contraption are some andouillettes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take andouillettes recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/506 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ANDOUILLETTES RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the jeweled pin into the sack to make room) Floyd \| It takes a bit of wiggling to get the cylinder to come free, but you Floyd \| extricate it without too much difficulty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put tea recipe on spindle"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/507 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT TEA RECIPE ON SPINDLE Floyd \| Floyd \| The cylinder slips into place with a satisfying click, as though some Floyd \| mechanism has engaged. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "nice"
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/508 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a regretful clicking noise from the vicinity of the Floyd \| lid-catch. Just as you think you are going to have to close it Floyd \| yourself, a gloved mechanical hand reaches up and slams the Floyd \| contraption shut from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. An irritable mechanical voice shouts Floyd \| from within, "I shall be requiring the cup in which to put this item!" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take tripe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/509 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE TRIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You already have that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "There were cups,"
		benzene says, "we have one"
		Jacqueline says, "And we have-- yeah"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put cup in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/510 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CUP IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the cup) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the delicate contraption) Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing some andouillettes. Floyd \| You put the cup into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Take the sausages?"
		benzene says, "I'd say so"
		pollux says, "Unless you like sausage tea."
		benzene says, "I do"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I like trying new things."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, let's remove the sausages."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take andouillettes"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/511 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ANDOUILLETTES Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/512 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a regretful clicking noise from the vicinity of the Floyd \| lid-catch. Just as you think you are going to have to close it Floyd \| yourself, a gloved mechanical hand reaches up and slams the Floyd \| contraption shut from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the box comes a Floyd \| plaintive mechanical voice which declares, "Monsieur le Chef!! You Floyd \| need more! water!!!" Floyd \| Floyd \| The mechanism whirrs a moment longer before its functioning gives out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "let's take the cup and fill it?"
		DavidW says, "I really wish I could remind you guys about a common standard verb that might help."
		Jacqueline says, "Or use the teapot"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I am sorry that it is so painful to watch."
pollux says (to Floyd), "touch recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/513 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TOUCH RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the Andouillettes Recipe) Floyd \| You run a finger reverently over the pattern of bumps and grooves, so Floyd \| artfully inscribed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill cup with water from teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/513 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL CUP WITH WATER FROM TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/514 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a cup. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I'll tell you all after you win the game, I guess. Then I can watch you all headthump."
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill cup with water from teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/514 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL CUP WITH WATER FROM TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "ugh"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take cup"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/515 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CUP Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the small portrait into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "turn recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/516 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the Andouillettes Recipe) Floyd \| Nothing obvious happens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/517 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the rug into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill cup with water from teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/517 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL CUP WITH WATER FROM TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x teapot"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/518 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X TEAPOT Floyd \| Floyd \| A hinge-lidded teapot, glossed in white and decorated with the crest Floyd \| of the family, just as though it belonged to the family china pattern. Floyd \| The lid is attached with a hinge, and there is a long and delicate Floyd \| spout. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "maybe it's empty now?"
		pollux says, "I think we left it empty after filling the drain."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we used it on the drain."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 29/519 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Do we want DW to just tell us a verb? Is that a hint?"
		benzene says, "I'm fine with it. I'm very curious"
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill cup with water"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 29/520 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL CUP WITH WATER Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the cup. This fills the cup to the brim. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "fill teapot with water from well"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 29/521 Floyd \| Floyd \| > FILL TEAPOT WITH WATER FROM WELL Floyd \|		Bert says, "If it's what I think it is, it wouldn't count as a hint."
Floyd \| You put some water in the hinge-lidded teapot. This fills the Floyd \| hinge-lidded teapot to the brim. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "pollux, you cool with DW reminding us of a verb we should use?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/522 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (which is empty). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Absolutely."
		Bert says, "And if Emily were here seeing this, she might even apologize for not making it clearer in the game that you could do this."
		Jacqueline asks, "Okay, DW & B, what's the verb?"
		benzene says, "Now I'm very curious"
		DavidW says, "read"
		Bert says, "(Not that I think it requires an apology, but she is just that kind of kind and empathic person.)"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, the recipe?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
pollux says (to Floyd), "read recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/523 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the Andouillettes Recipe) Floyd \| Andouillettes Recipe: andouillettes, olive oil, dry white wine, Floyd \| single yellow onion, sea-salt. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "read recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/524 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the Andouillettes Recipe) Floyd \| Andouillettes Recipe: andouillettes, olive oil, dry white wine, Floyd \| single yellow onion, sea-salt. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate thinly-sliced venison. Or perhaps the Floyd \| hearts of artichokes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "It's funny, it doesn't imply its readable."
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking it was like the spindle in a music box."
		benzene says, "me too"
		DavidW says, "It is like the spindle in a music box. But there's still French on it."
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk.		DavidW says, "(of course, it's English to us)"
		Jacqueline says, "a-honh-honh. Daveed, zank you for your verb."
benzene says (to Floyd), "read guide to wines"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/525 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ GUIDE TO WINES Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking Guide to Assorted Wines) Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the stone block into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| ... from the region of Avignon, in the territories that belonged Floyd \| to the Pope, comes the peppery red Chateauneuf du Pape... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "At least it's not all Greek to us."
		DavidW says, "You're welcome."
		Jacqueline says, "mmmm... peppery red"
		benzene asks, "Is there Sauvignon Blanc anywhere?"
		Jacqueline asks, "You mean because it's dry?"
		benzene says, "yeah"
		Allen asks, "dry, with notes of cat piss and oak?"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
Ghogg goes home.		benzene says, "The book mentioned it in the seven words"
		pollux says, "It seems likely that we will need to discover the secret of the wine cellar doors."
		Jacqueline says, "(Though yeah, I don't like Sauvingnon Blanc"
		benzene says, "Me neither. but yeah, I forgot about the cellar"
		benzene says, "Repressed it, probably"
		Jacqueline asks (of pollux), "Want me to add that to the "Left to do:" list?"
		Bert asks (of Allen), "Is that the hallway floor after you've cleaned up after an incontinent kitty?"
		Allen says, "oh, wait, cat piss is a desirable aroma in Cab Sauvignon"
		pollux says (to Jacqueline), ""Figure out the old doors" is already there. :P"
benzene says (to Floyd), "read tea recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/526 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ TEA RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| The label is smudged and illegible. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "ugh"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, the same doors. I was wondering that."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put cup in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/527 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CUP IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the cup into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I've changed it to read 'Figure out the old cellar doors'"
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/528 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a regretful clicking noise from the vicinity of the Floyd \| lid-catch. Just as you think you are going to have to close it Floyd \| yourself, a gloved mechanical hand reaches up and slams the Floyd \| contraption shut from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the box comes a Floyd \| plaintive mechanical voice which declares, "Monsieur le Chef!! You Floyd \| need more! water!!!" Floyd \| Floyd \| The mechanism whirrs a moment longer before its functioning gives out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/529 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a cup, inside which is some water. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take cup"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/530 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CUP Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "'some'"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read tea"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/531 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| The label is smudged and illegible. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put water in cup in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/532 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER IN CUP IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the delicate contraption, exhausting the supply Floyd \| in the cup. There is still some room remaining in the delicate Floyd \| contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put cup in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/533 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CUP IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the cup into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put water in teapot in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/534 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT WATER IN TEAPOT IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some water in the delicate contraption, exhausting the supply Floyd \| in the hinge-lidded teapot. There is still some room remaining in the Floyd \| delicate contraption. The water mixes with what was already there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/535 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a regretful clicking noise from the vicinity of the Floyd \| lid-catch. Just as you think you are going to have to close it Floyd \| yourself, a gloved mechanical hand reaches up and slams the Floyd \| contraption shut from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the box comes a Floyd \| plaintive mechanical voice which declares, "Monsieur le Chef!! You Floyd \| cannot make an intinction without something to, how-you-say, steep!" Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "That poor lid."
		benzene asks, "One of the herbs?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm, Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "It'll be disgusting, but sure."
		benzene asks, "mint?"
		benzene says, "let's go with mint"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, mint. yeah."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put mint in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/536 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT MINT IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sprig of mint) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the delicate contraption) Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a cup and a great deal of water. Floyd \| You put the sprig of mint into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| The sprig of mint bobs to the surface of the water. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I hate mint, but that is likely the answer."
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn on contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/537 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN ON CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a regretful clicking noise from the vicinity of the Floyd \| lid-catch. Just as you think you are going to have to close it Floyd \| yourself, a gloved mechanical hand reaches up and slams the Floyd \| contraption shut from the inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. There is a bubbling, boiling noise Floyd \| from within the contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by four points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "wooo"
		Jacqueline says, "woo"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/538 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a cup, inside which is some mint Floyd \| tea. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take it"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/539 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You might spill the mint tea. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take cup"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/540 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CUP Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Arthur Dent would be so proud of you guys."
		benzene asks, "do we drink it I guess?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. I doubt it will satiate our hunger, but let's."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink tea"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/541 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DRINK TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| (the mint tea) Floyd \| You upend the cup and take a sip of the mint tea, leaving only another Floyd \| few sips. Unmistakeably pepperminty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Don't forget you possibly want to restore prior to spilling the mead."
		benzene says, "The liquid is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."
		benzene says, "It does seem like we should"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Fine."
		DavidW retrieves a bottle of sun tea from the windowsill.
		benzene asks, "so how shall we open the mead?"
		pollux says, "I'm not entirely certain the mead puddle can't be fixed."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "For a second, I read that, and thought it was in the game (re: sun tea)"
		DavidW says, "no no, I'm not suggesting putting the sun into the chef."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there may be an actual bottle opener about that we simply have yet to find."
		Jacqueline says, "In that cellar, perhaps."
		Jacqueline says, "We could restore and shift gears to a different puzzle."
		benzene says, "sounds good"
		Jacqueline \| Left to do:
		Jacqueline \| • Get into the shed
		Jacqueline \| • Decode the letter
		Jacqueline \| • Make some food
		Jacqueline \| • Figure out the old doors
		Jacqueline \| • Brick in the fireplace
		Jacqueline \| • Get tea recipe out of the drain
		Jacqueline \| • Locked door behind curtains
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf3"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/477 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "So my thought on the doors is that they're linked to similarly colored doors upstairs"
		Jacqueline asks, "We can only link things that are in the same room... right?"
		DavidW says, "Unless it's the sun, yeah."
		benzene says, "the model and clock were linked"
		pollux says, "We have to be able to see them both."
		benzene says, "But the doors are already linked"
		DavidW says (to benzene), "Yes, but we didn't do that link."
		benzene says, "That's what I'm saying, though. The old doors are linked to something somewhere else in the house"
		DavidW says, "Something similar to doors."
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Oh, you mean already linked."
		Jacqueline says, "That is true. I'd forgotten."
		Jacqueline says, "Old, strong links, iirc."
		benzene asks, "But are any of the doors up here described with colors?"
		pollux says, "I doubt it's so straightforward as "other doors"."
		benzene says, "True. but It seems like the colors are important."
		Jacqueline says, "I think color will be the key, yes."
		pollux says, "Definitely."
		benzene says, "But I don't know what else has those range of colors"
		Jacqueline says, "So, do we need to do some re-exploring, with an eye for color"
		Jacqueline asks, "?"
		benzene says, "Yes, let's."
		Jacqueline says, "We don't need a map, right? I mean, I could also be doing a live update map."
		Jacqueline says, "But it seems like you all have a handle on the map"
		benzene says, "Not perfectly, but more or less"
		benzene says, "Oh. can you make a note of the clockwork dancers/bee on the remaining puzzles? there was a picture of a dancer on the letter"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, just say 'clockwork dancers/bee' or something specific?"
		pollux asks, ""Get into the display case without dying"?"
		benzene says, "whatever is fine. but I forgot about it until now, so it would be good to have on the list"
		Jacqueline says, "It is done."
		Jacqueline asks, "Okay, so who is driving?"
		Jacqueline asks, "For our explorations?"
		benzene asks, "Do you want to?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not really, honestly."
		Jacqueline says, "I like other people driving."
		benzene says, "I can, but pollux, you're welcome to"
pollux says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/478 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I think you might have a better handle on the map, but I'd like to give it a try."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I guess we could just reread the transcripts, too."
		Jacqueline says, "There's that."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess that makes more sense."
		benzene says, "but I wanna exploreeee"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, I'm not against exploring."
		Jacqueline says, "It's just that the three of us going to the transcripts is a bit like fanning out to cover more ground."
		benzene says, "I don't actually care. We can do that"
		benzene says, "Oh. but I do want to go around examining some doors"
		Jacqueline says, "That we haven't done. Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "You do that, I'll come through transcripts. brb"
		benzene asks, "Is the sundial just window dressing, you think?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/479 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/480 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U		pollux says, "The sundial might have some purpose, but we certainly don't know what it is yet."
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x rack"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/481 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RACK Floyd \| Floyd \| A sort of contraption of several long bars which will support clothing Floyd \| thrown over it to dry. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Wait."
		pollux says, "Maybe we should have steeped the onion skin."
		benzene says, "ohhhh"
		benzene says, "You're right."
		Jacqueline says, "So there is a red door, and there are bottles of port with red wax seals."
		benzene says, "hmm maybe"
		Jacqueline says, "There's also a red vault door."
		Jacqueline says, "So those are the red things."
benzene says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/482 Floyd \| Floyd \| > ENTER FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| You get into the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "(The transcript lets me search for words, so it's quicker)"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/483 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory (in the fireplace) Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I thought there was something else in the fireplace"
benzene says (to Floyd), "search fireplace"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/484 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH FIREPLACE Floyd \| Floyd \| The fireplace is empty. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity onion soup. Or perhaps Floyd \| creme caramel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "maybe not"
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/485 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| You'll have to get out of the fireplace first. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "exit"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/486 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EXIT Floyd \| Floyd \| You get out of the fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| Servants' Dormitory Floyd \| Up here the female servants used to sleep. Now there is only a dreary Floyd \| row of unmade beds; a rack for drying washing; the fireplace, hollow Floyd \| and untended. Time was, when you were very young, that you used to Floyd \| creep in here for chatter and gossip, and the language you were used Floyd \| to hearing at home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "There was the brick."
		Jacqueline says, "In the fortified wines room are two russet doors. In the same room. One leads southwest, the other east."
		benzene asks, "both closed?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "cut brick with knife"
Floyd ] Servants' Dormitory 24/487 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT BRICK WITH KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the butcher knife) Floyd \| It's just an ordinary knife, not diamond-edged. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I thought there was something else wedged in there, but maybe that was some other game or something"
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "No, one russet door is open, one is closed."
		Jacqueline says, "The sundial is weathered green."
		benzene says, "Oh, but I think I tried closing the one to open the other, and it was stuck"
		Jacqueline says, "...and the gardens are green"
		Jacqueline says, "...and there are green apples"
		pollux says, "The rug is blue and green."
		Jacqueline says, "...and there's a green glass jar"
		benzene asks, "where's the jar?"
		benzene says, "and they're probably going to have to be things that are similar to doors"
		Jacqueline says, "A similar thing to the russet doors, in the Dessert Wines, there's an open peacock door that leads northwest and a closed peacock door that leads west"
		benzene says, "ooh. let's try that."
		benzene says, "I'll drive, but I might get lost down there"
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Kitchen 24/488 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 24/489 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "There's also another portrait. We should try linking them."
		pollux says, "(In the library.)"
		benzene asks, "where's the other one?"
		Jacqueline says, "In the Dessert Wines is a small hole, and when we looked through it we saw the Cheese Corner, in which was a chest, a silver key, and a green glass jar"
		benzene asks, "Did we try to take it?"
		benzene says, "Ah yes. forgot about that hole"
		Jacqueline asks, "I guess the cheese corner should be added to the puzzles?"
		benzene says, "I was about to suggest it"
		pollux says, "We didn't so much as glance at the portrait."
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Dining Room 24/490 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Library 24/491 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork model universe has stopped; a beam of light from the Floyd \| "sun" at the center, focused through Jupiter, shines in the direction Floyd \| of the shelves, highlighting a spot where The World Is Hollow Floyd \| used to be. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x portrait"
Floyd ] Library 24/492 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the framed portrait) Floyd \| The old man appears to stand in a vague, ruddy landscape; all the Floyd \| artist's attention was spared for his clothing, which is rendered in Floyd \| shimmering detail, lustrous silks and fur, and for the giant Floyd \| bi-partite mound of wig on his head, whose curls fall over each Floyd \| shoulder. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something about the framed portrait tickles your recollection. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "remember portrait"
Floyd ] Library 24/493 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REMEMBER PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the framed portrait) Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| "He can make links," the Countess hissed. Neither of them saw Floyd \| you in the doorway of the library. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Anabelle--" Floyd \| Floyd \| "And don't tell me that your father strayed into some peasant's bed in Floyd \| his dotage, because I have seen Pierre's mother and she is Floyd \| not old enough to--" Floyd \| Floyd \| "Anabelle, calm yourself." He put a hand on her shoulder, spoke in Floyd \| his voice of diplomacy. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Now you will tell me that he is some by-blow of someone passing Floyd \| through the village, I suppose? Some guest of ours, perhaps?" she Floyd \| asked bitterly. "I wondered why you were so ready to accept him--" Floyd \| Floyd \| "I swear to you, Pierre is no son of mine. Nor, I think, is he any Floyd \| relative of ours for many generations. It is possible that these Floyd \| things appear sportively even among the lesser classes, you know..." Floyd \| Floyd \| She shrugged his hand away. "There's something you aren't telling me," Floyd \| she said. "I always know it, you say so yourself." Floyd \| Floyd \| He sighed. "I will tell you, Ana, but it is not what you think..." Floyd \| Floyd \| ... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "I don't remember who any of these people are. Have we heard of them?"
		benzene says, "And good catch with the portrait, pollux"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take portrait"
Floyd ] Library 24/494 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE PORTRAIT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the framed portrait) Floyd \| The portrait is doubtless worth a good deal, but it is also taller Floyd \| than you are. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x frame"
Floyd ] Library 24/495 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X FRAME Floyd \| Floyd \| The frame is carved with fruits and lightly gilded. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "You're in the Count and Countess's home. They are your foster parents."
		Bert says (to benzene), "And you are Pierre."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right. Once again I am reminded we're stealing things to make money, not just solving puzzles for no reason."
		benzene says, "Ah. Good to know."
		benzene says, "Probably should have known it, really"
		Jacqueline says, "One hour, btw."
		Bert says, "(The Count and Countesses daughter also comes up periodically in these flashbacks, but I forget her name. She is close to your age.)"
		Bert says, "(Er, s/es/'s/)"
		pollux says, "(Marie.)"
		benzene says, "Oh. this all makes more sense now."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Dining Room 24/496 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 24/497 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Darkness 24/498 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| The mirror inset inside the box ceases glowing. Floyd \| Floyd \| Darkness Floyd \| Darkness presses in on every side; nothing is visible, and you are Floyd \| sure only of your own possessions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 24/499 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I know we are not actively working the door puzzles at present, but there is a white streaked door, and we have a white handkerchief, and the teapot is white."
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Dining Room 24/500 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x handkerchief"
Floyd ] Dining Room 24/501 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HANDKERCHIEF Floyd \| Floyd \| A square of good linen; rather nice, really. It is currently colored Floyd \| white. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 24/502 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 24/503 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh right. 'Currently' colored white."
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/504 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert exclaims, "And you do have a supply of snuff, so it won't be long before it's streaked too, or at least splotchy brown!"
		pollux says, "We expected to make it yellow using onion dye to do something to the door."
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 24/505 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Marie's Chamber Floyd \| Stripped of the clutter it once possessed, the room still offers a Floyd \| charming view through the north window of the old grounds, and the way Floyd \| out is to the east. The wallpaper and floorboards are still as fine as Floyd \| ever. Floyd \| Floyd \| Hanging on the wall is an elegant gilt-wood mirror, reflecting Floyd \| sunlight over the ground before it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Her desk remains, pushed against the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Ew"
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "Right"
		benzene says, "Or to the curtain, which is yellow"
		pollux says, "Yes, sorry, I meant the door behind the hangings."
benzene says (to Floyd), "link inset to gilt"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 24/506 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK INSET TO GILT Floyd \| Floyd \| (the gilt-wood mirror) Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the mirror inset inside Floyd \| the box and the gilt-wood mirror. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "If I recall correctly, one of you tried to wash the white streaked door in the cellar, and noted that the underlying colour was blue."
		benzene says (to David), "Correct"
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "And there is also a grey-blue door."
		benzene says, "I'm going to inventory to make sure it's providing light"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Marie's Chamber 24/507 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| seven food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a vanilla bean Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| three books: Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "Did our inventory change since the one in the notes?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/508 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you dream of the small, bitter oranges of Jerusalem. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 24/509 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW crams more pathetic foodstuffs into his mouth.
		benzene asks, "And have we done anything with the piano?"
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "I don't believe so."
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/510 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Old Conservatory Floyd \| A chilly northern exposure, perhaps, but really quite lovely. This Floyd \| room used to be where Marie would practice her music, and the Countess Floyd \| play her compositions; Marie's own room lies to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the high shelf is Clock Repair. Floyd \| Floyd \| The pianoforte stands in the center of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "But I can overwrite it if you'd like."
		benzene says, "Up to you"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x piano"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/511 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X PIANO Floyd \| Floyd \| Legs and case are fashioned out of a dark, heavy wood, with the keys Floyd \| of the usual color. The hinged lid lies closed, and there is a music Floyd \| stand, empty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "have we opened the lid?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open lid"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/512 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN LID Floyd \| Floyd \| (the pianoforte) Floyd \| You prop open the piano, revealing the strings within, and the Floyd \| hammers. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "Poor Pierre is nearly at the point where he'd contemplate eating a slighted overcooked piece of veal rather than sending it back to the chef, and you people seem to have no compassion whatsoever for him."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x strings"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/513 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X STRINGS Floyd \| Floyd \| Stretched metallic wire of varying lengths. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "The inventory is now updated."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x hammers"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/514 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X HAMMERS Floyd \| Floyd \| The hammers that strike the wires when the keys are pressed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "I care a little bit. A little."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take hammers"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/515 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE HAMMERS Floyd \| Floyd \| That's fixed in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "un puh"
pollux says (to Floyd), "play pianoforte"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/516 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PLAY PIANOFORTE Floyd \| Floyd \| You sit down at the piano and begin to play, as you have not in years: Floyd \| a minuette. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I want to cut the wires with the knife, but I know that in real life that would be very dangerous"
benzene says (to Floyd), "cut wires with knife"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/516 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT WIRES WITH KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "cut strings with knife"
Floyd ] Old Conservatory 24/517 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CUT STRINGS WITH KNIFE Floyd \| Floyd \| The knife is not sharp enough for such applications. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "well guess I don't have to worry about it"
		Jacqueline says, "Let it go."
		Jacqueline asks, "I am not sure why you would want to. Feeling destructive?"
		benzene asks, "Maybe the strings would be useful?"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Instant Frozen earworm."
		benzene says (to DavidW), "Me too."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 24/518 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 24/519 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| Exactly on the hour, the cuckoo clock opens up its door and a Floyd \| mechanical bird flies forward. It sings 4 times, then withdraws into Floyd \| its little door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 24/520 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Root Cellar Floyd \| Stone walls, ribbed ceiling, but only a packed-earth floor in spots. Floyd \| The room is lined on both sides with boxes and barrels, which take on Floyd \| odd shapes in the semi-darkness and seem vaguely menacing. You feared Floyd \| this room as a child, and it still seems cold and unnerving. Floyd \| Floyd \| The twisting stairs ascend to the ground floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the open door to the east you can make out the foot of the Floyd \| servants' staircase. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "wait, so the lens in jupiter lit up the book, but we didn't do anything with changing the time"
		benzene asks, "do we need to?"
		benzene says, "But for now I'll try the peacock doors"
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 24/521 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| You can go only east or up. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 24/522 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 24/523 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Among Reds 24/524 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just Floyd \| visible among the dust as a less-dusty area. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close grey-blue door"
Floyd ] Among Reds 24/525 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE GREY-BLUE DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| (the grey-blue door leading north) Floyd \| You close the grey-blue door leading north. Floyd \| Floyd \| The grey-blue door leading down opens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "wooooooo"
		benzene says, "it worked"
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Subcellar 24/526 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Subcellar Floyd \| Used solely for storage of extra items (whether or not associated with Floyd \| the wines). The room is barely large enough to stand up in. (Now that Floyd \| you consider it, this room is probably the source of Marie's fables Floyd \| about the oubliette "somewhere in the wine cellar." This story always Floyd \| struck you as improbable, but you can't imagine that a person barred Floyd \| in here would get out easily. You also can't imagine the Count or any Floyd \| of his recent ancestors being moved to take such an action.) Floyd \| Floyd \| The trap door is open to the room above, and you could easily pull Floyd \| yourself up through it if you so desired. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a blue glass jar (which is closed) (in which is some Floyd \| sea-salt) and a red glass jar (which is closed) (in which is a Floyd \| quantity of sugar) here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Awesome"
		benzene says, "we need the salt for the sausage recipe"
		benzene says, "sugar I'm not sure about"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take blue"
Floyd ] Subcellar 24/527 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the blue glass jar) Floyd \| (putting Guide to Assorted Wines into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate sausages fried in onions and olive Floyd \| oil. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take red"
Floyd ] Subcellar 24/528 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE RED Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the hinge-lidded teapot into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Among Reds 24/529 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| A grey-blue trap door stands open in the middle of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open grey-blue door"
Floyd ] Among Reds 24/530 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREY-BLUE DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| (the grey-blue door leading north) Floyd \| You open the grey-blue door leading north. Floyd \| Floyd \| The grey-blue door leading down shuts. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 24/531 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 24/532 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 24/533 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close nw"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 24/534 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE NW Floyd \| Floyd \| (the peacock door leading northwest) Floyd \| You close the peacock door leading northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| The peacock door leading west opens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Centre 24/535 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Centre Floyd \| With all the doors that lead out of this area, and the heavy pillars Floyd \| that support the roofbeams, there is little room for anything to be Floyd \| stored at all. The absence of racks has not prevented a heavy layer of Floyd \| dust from gathering here too, however. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| Over to one side, dropped as though carelessly by someone with a large Floyd \| number of things to carry, is a gleaming silver cylinder. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x cylinder"
Floyd ] Centre 24/536 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CYLINDER Floyd \| Floyd \| A cylinder of silver metal as long as the middle joint of your thumb. Floyd \| On the surface are a series of strange bumps, depressions, and Floyd \| grooves. The core of the cylinder is hollow, but over one end is a Floyd \| paper label, which reads, "Chocolate Recipe." Floyd \| Floyd \| Smaller writing on the label indicates the ingredient list. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ] Centre 24/537 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ IT Floyd \| Floyd \| Chocolate Recipe: vanilla bean, sugar, cocoa beans. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "Not everyone can handle inventory limits as well as Pierre."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take it"
Floyd ] Centre 24/538 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE IT Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the jeweled pin into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "snicker"
		benzene says, "so we just need cocoa beans for this"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open n"
Floyd ] Centre 24/539 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN N Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open green door"
Floyd ] Centre 24/540 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREEN DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| There's no handle on this side. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open red"
Floyd ] Centre 24/541 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RED Floyd \| Floyd \| (the red door leading west) Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "push green"
Floyd ] Centre 24/542 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUSH GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| The green door leading south doesn't open in that direction. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "push green door leading north"
Floyd ] Centre 24/543 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUSH GREEN DOOR LEADING NORTH Floyd \| Floyd \| It is fixed in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x green door leading north"
Floyd ] Centre 24/544 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X GREEN DOOR LEADING NORTH Floyd \| Floyd \| A green door leading north, currently closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x green door leading south"
Floyd ] Centre 24/545 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X GREEN DOOR LEADING SOUTH Floyd \| Floyd \| A green door leading south, currently closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "alright, now what?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "open north"
Floyd ] Centre 24/546 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN NORTH Floyd \| Floyd \| (the green door leading north) Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		Jacqueline says, "The doors are so simple yet confusing."
		DavidW says, "It's almost like an old-school maze of something!"
		Jacqueline asks, "...of something?"
		Jacqueline asks, "...or something?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Was that a hint or a typo?"
		DavidW says, "typo for 'or something'"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline) Jacqueline says, "Darn."
		benzene says, "So we got the peacock and grey-blue doors, and the other colors are all closed, except for the russet, which is stuck"
		DavidW asks, "I'm not allowed to give hints, remember?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "SUCH a good boy you are."
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Centre 24/547 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Centre Floyd \| With all the doors that lead out of this area, and the heavy pillars Floyd \| that support the roofbeams, there is little room for anything to be Floyd \| stored at all. The absence of racks has not prevented a heavy layer of Floyd \| dust from gathering here too, however. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 24/548 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Yeah. I wonder if there's an alternate route in to the russet room."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, was majorly lagged, then bumped. Hopefully that is not now a thing."
		benzene says, "or if we have to get the russet door unstuck"
		benzene says, "That's what I was guessing"
		benzene asks, "Are there other yellow doors?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Closet 29/549 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Closet Floyd \| Not a room of its own; barely a large enough niche to walk into, in Floyd \| fact. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open yellow door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a round metal tin (which is closed) and an iron key Floyd \| here. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "huh"
Floyd ] Closet 29/549 Floyd \| Floyd \| > HUH Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "oops. huh."
		benzene says, "I'm not sure when we opened that"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x tin"
Floyd ] Closet 29/550 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X TIN Floyd \| Floyd \| A thin metal container, somewhat old. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity thinly-sliced venison, Floyd \| cold from the roast. Or perhaps dark squares of prepared chocolate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Closet 29/551 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the round metal tin, revealing some dark beans. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x beans"
Floyd ] Closet 29/552 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BEANS Floyd \| Floyd \| A handful of dark beans. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "we have everything for chocolate now!"
		Bert exclaims, "Maybe now you can make beans and rice!"
pollux says (to Floyd), "take key"
Floyd ] Closet 29/553 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the small portrait into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x key"
Floyd ] Closet 29/554 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| A key of iron metal, with a russet string tied through it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "russet!"
		Jacqueline says, "woo"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take tin"
Floyd ] Closet 29/555 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE TIN Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the rug into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ] Closet 29/556 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NW Floyd \| Floyd \| You can go only northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/557 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x opening"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/558 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X OPENING Floyd \| Floyd \| A small hole in the south wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "look through opening"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/559 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK THROUGH OPENING Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the hole you see Cheese Corner. You can dimly make out a heavy Floyd \| chest, a silver key and a green glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put hand in opening"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/560 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT HAND IN OPENING Floyd \| Floyd \| Smooth and cool. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close yellow"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/561 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE YELLOW Floyd \| Floyd \| (the yellow door leading southwest) Floyd \| You close the yellow door leading southwest. Floyd \|		benzene says, "I have no hope of this working"
Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "get green jar"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/562 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET GREEN JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't reach the green glass jar, since it's through the chink. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "Can someone check if there are other yellow doors?"
		Jacqueline says, "I don't think there are, but I'll check."
		benzene says, "I don't have the other transcript links"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait."
		benzene says, "I don't think so either. I don't know what opened this, really"
		Jacqueline says, "There is."
		benzene asks, "ooh goodie, can you take us?"
		Jacqueline \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- stands open to the west.
		benzene asks, "ah. but we left that open?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's in the Wine Cellar Antechamber"
		Jacqueline says, "I have no head for the map, unfortunately."
		benzene says, "right. but I thought it was open when we got there the first time, and we left it open."
		benzene says, "so I don't know if that's why it opened"
		Jacqueline says, "And closing it won't help, you mean."
		benzene says, "well let's leave it closed and see if anything's changed"
benzene says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/563 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close west door"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/564 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE WEST DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the peacock door leading west. Floyd \| Floyd \| The peacock door leading northwest opens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "is there another blue door anywhere?"
		Jacqueline says, "In the entrance hall is a small door concealed by six yellow silk hangings, and of course we have the onion and the handkerchief."
		benzene says, "but not the tea recipe"
		benzene says, "which we need to steep the onion"
benzene says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 29/565 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close russet door"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 29/566 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE RUSSET DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| (the russet door leading southwest) Floyd \| The russet door leading southwest is, as it turns out when you Floyd \| struggle with it for a bit, in fact rusted in the open position. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlock east door with key"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 29/567 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK EAST DOOR WITH KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I think, the chained one."
		Jacqueline says, "There's the grey-blue door in the Wine Cellar Antechamber, a grey-blue trap door in Among Reds, the streaked door."
		pollux says, "(And its being chained shut explains the inability to close this door.)"
		benzene says, "That makes sense."
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 29/568 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "Though this is red, not russet"
		pollux says, "Huh. I guess I remembered it wrong."
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlock red door with key"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 29/568 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK RED DOOR WITH KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the red door leading east or the red vault door? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "vault"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 29/569 Floyd \| Floyd \| > VAULT Floyd \| Floyd \| That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close south door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 29/570 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE SOUTH DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the grey-blue door leading south. As you do so, you hear Floyd \| from the room beyond it a peculiar screech and crashing noise, as Floyd \| though wood and metal had strained and then given way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I assume that's just the trap door"
		Jacqueline says, "The transcript links, fwiw, are at [LINK] and [LINK]"
		benzene says, "Thank you"
		benzene asks, "could you add those links to the notes?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, good idea."
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 29/571 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ] Dessert Wines 29/572 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SE Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dessert Wines Floyd \| Tall, slender bottles of ice-wine once resided here, delicate and Floyd \| sweet; and other fine vintages, waiting to be served with the cheese Floyd \| and fruit. All are gone now. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the south wall, the stonework has crumbled a bit, revealing an Floyd \| opening through to the room beyond. You could get a glimpse through if Floyd \| you were careful not to cut off all the light in the process. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads northwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed yellow door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads north; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "That didn't open the blue/white door, not that i really expected it to"
benzene says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 29/573 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NW Floyd \| Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "URLs added."
Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 29/574 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you dream of fresh white cheese. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "Mrs. Peacock, in the Wine Cellar, with the Lead Pipe."
		DavidW says, "And No Cheese"
		Jacqueline smiles.
		benzene says, "Now the cellar door is closed. guess they were linked"
		Roger says, "She let out a blood-curdling scream. At least someone has curds, I thought bitterly."
		benzene asks, "Are we done down here for now?"
		pollux says, "Let's go make chocolate."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "haha"
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "Hm, okay."
pollux says (to Floyd), "open wine-cellar door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 29/575 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN WINE-CELLAR DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the brass door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 29/576 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 29/577 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/578 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which are some andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take andouillettes"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/579 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ANDOUILLETTES Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the butcher knife into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put dark beans in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/580 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT DARK BEANS IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the dark beans) Floyd \| (putting the blue glass jar into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the dark beans into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put vanilla in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/581 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT VANILLA IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the vanilla bean) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the vanilla bean into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put sugar in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/582 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SUGAR IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| The red glass jar isn't open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open red jar"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/583 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RED JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the red glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put sugar in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/584 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SUGAR IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some sugar in the delicate contraption, exhausting the supply Floyd \| in the red glass jar. There is still some room remaining in the Floyd \| delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take andouillettes recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/585 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ANDOUILLETTES RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| It takes a bit of wiggling to get the cylinder to come free, but you Floyd \| extricate it without too much difficulty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put chocolate recipe on spindle"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/586 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CHOCOLATE RECIPE ON SPINDLE Floyd \| Floyd \| The cylinder slips into place with a satisfying click, as though some Floyd \| mechanism has engaged. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/587 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/588 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN IT ON Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. An irritable mechanical voice shouts Floyd \| from within, "I shall be requiring the plate on which to put this Floyd \| item!" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put plate in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/589 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT PLATE IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the plate) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the delicate contraption) Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing three food items (a quantity of Floyd \| sugar, a vanilla bean and some dark beans). Floyd \| You put the plate into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "Just extrude it straight into my mouth, robobuddy"
benzene says (to Floyd), "close contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 29/590 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/591 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN IT ON Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. There is such a long silence from Floyd \| inside the box that you think nothing is happening at all. Then, after Floyd \| a great pause, you begin to smell a distinctly sweet chocolatey smell. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity sausages fried in onions Floyd \| and olive oil, perhaps with a dash of dry wine. Or perhaps flaking Floyd \| puff pastry, wrapped around chicken and a white-wine mushroom sauce. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by four points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "You wanted that to sound wrong, didn't you>"
		Jacqueline asks, "?"
		benzene asks, "We finally make you food, and you only give us four points?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/592 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a plate, on top of which is a Floyd \| chocolate leaf. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take plate"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/593 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE PLATE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x leaf"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/593 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X LEAF Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the chocolate leaf or the bay leaf? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "chocolate"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/594 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CHOCOLATE Floyd \| Floyd \| A dark chocolate confection, formed into the shape of a leaf. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "There's pretty much zero chance we can link this to the rose bush, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "Enh. I'd put our chances at 1%"
		Roger says, "I'm amazed the game doesn't force you to stuff this into your ravenous maw immediately"
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/595 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "link chocolate to roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/596 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK CHOCOLATE TO ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just a little Floyd \| too different. Maybe if they looked more alike. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "Let's reverse link it to the mint leaf to make some delicious mint chocolate"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put snuff on roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/597 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SNUFF ON ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| (first taking the snuff) Floyd \| You put a pinch -- really just the tiniest bit -- on the back of one Floyd \| hand and lift it to your nose. Refreshing, invigorating, and Floyd \| mercifully not spoilt with an excess of perfume such as everyone seems Floyd \| to prefer these days. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "We are unable to touch snuff without putting it up our nose. Classy."
Bert says (to Floyd), "touch snuff"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/598 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TOUCH SNUFF Floyd \| Floyd \| You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert exclaims, "Give Pierre some credit!"
		Roger says, "Andouillettes are a gateway straight to snuff"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/599 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| More thorns than the usual, and fewer blooms, or so it seems to your Floyd \| eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "Ideas to make the roses brown?"
		pollux says, "Or the chocolate green."
		benzene says, "Or that, I guess, but it seems less likely"
		benzene asks, "why couldn't we just link the bay leaf to the roses?"
		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "You ask such leading questions."
		Jacqueline asks (of benzene), "We did try the bay leaf, right?"
		benzene says, "I thought so"
benzene says (to Floyd), "link bay leaf to roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/600 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BAY LEAF TO ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "link herbs to roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/601 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK HERBS TO ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "poo on roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/601 Floyd \| Floyd \| > POO ON ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I don't understand why the chocolate is the closest thing, but whatever"
		pollux says, "There is that green glass jar."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		pollux says, "Things placed in it might look green."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh."
		benzene says, "worth a shot"
		Roger says, "Maybe we could make some lovely mint chocolate."
		Jacqueline says, "Wow. I will be very impressed if it's that. Let's try it."
		benzene exclaims (at Roger), "That's what I wanted to do!"
		Jacqueline says, "Both are good ideas, except that mint chocolate isn't necessarily green."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we have ten minutes left. Let's try those two things."
		benzene says, "Well, to be honest, I just wanted to reverse link them and eat it, and see if it gives us a fun message"
		benzene says, "Mint chocolate won't actually work. We couldn't link the chocolate to two things"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put chocolate in green jar"		pollux says, "We might have been able to add the mint to the recipe, I guess."
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/601 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CHOCOLATE IN GREEN JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "We don't have it yet."
		benzene says, "ugh I forgot"
		Jacqueline asks, "It's still in the hole. But we could try the... wait, do we have a recipe for mint chocolate?"
		benzene says, "I'm not sure changing the recipe like that would work"
benzene says (to Floyd), "get dirt"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/602 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET DIRT Floyd \| Floyd \| That's hardly portable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put dirt on roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/603 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT DIRT ON ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| (first taking the soil) Floyd \| That's hardly portable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hrm."
benzene says (to Floyd), "empty snuffbox on roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/604 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EMPTY SNUFFBOX ON ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| The roses can't contain things. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "So these are possibly not even things we can try."
		DavidW says, "Dirty filthy roses."
		Bert asks, "Are you trying to force Pierre to compulsively inhale the entire rosebush?!?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "throw stone at roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/605 Floyd \| Floyd \| > THROW STONE AT ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the well at the roses) Floyd \| (first taking the well) Floyd \| That's hardly portable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Try not watering them. That'll turn roses brown."
		benzene says, "Yes of course I meant the well"
		benzene says (to DavidW), "And then we just wait for a couple hundred turns"
		DavidW asks, "By the way, are the colour of the roses even mentioned?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. I think we have assumed."
		Jacqueline says, "GOOD POINT"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/606 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| More thorns than the usual, and fewer blooms, or so it seems to your Floyd \| eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "These are rare Scottish Plaids."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x blooms"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/607 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BLOOMS Floyd \| Floyd \| They're the red sort, of course, with a broad spread of petals -- but Floyd \| all grow up out of reach. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x thorns"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 33/608 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X THORNS Floyd \| Floyd \| They grow in great abundance and sharpness. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I think we'll need the green jar. That's our best bet right now, I think"
		benzene says, "It seems like the chocolate must be the answer, though, or it would have given us the generic can't link message"
		Jacqueline says, "Yea."
		Jacqueline says, "er, yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "So, shall we call it today? I'll add this to the notes."
		benzene says, "Oh. I want to try linking to the key in the door behind the curtains"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		benzene says, "and turning our key or something"
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 33/609 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (which is empty). Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity frosted petits-four. Or Floyd \| perhaps creme caramel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 33/610 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Dining Room 33/611 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Dining Room Floyd \| A grand room, for dining in style. The plastered ceiling is several Floyd \| times your height. The air now is cool and deep, the sunlight glancing Floyd \| through the windows and scattering from the chandelier, putting points Floyd \| of light at your feet, over the table, across the painted wallpaper Floyd \| and the handsome wood paneling. Floyd \| Floyd \| Woodworked columns frame the exits west and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| Heavy double doors open east to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/612 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SW Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "To thwart the thorns maybe we need some sharp cheese."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x west door"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/612 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X WEST DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x small door"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/612 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SMALL DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the small portrait. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "hehe"
		pollux says, "We can't see it. It's concealed."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x curtain"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/613 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CURTAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Hangings cover up the whole of the west wall, concealing both the wall Floyd \| and the door beyond. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "move hangings"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/614 Floyd \| Floyd \| > MOVE HANGINGS Floyd \| Floyd \| The door is still there. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x keyhole"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/615 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X KEYHOLE Floyd \| Floyd \| A keyhole in a fitted brass plate. There is an ornate key in the Floyd \| keyhole, pushed in from the other side. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "link ornate key to brass key"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/615 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK ORNATE KEY TO BRASS KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to link the ornate key to the Floyd \| keyhole. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/616 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a chocolate leaf Floyd \| an Andouillettes Recipe Floyd \| some andouillettes Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| an iron key Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| six food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "It's iron."
benzene says (to Floyd), "link ornate key to iron"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/617 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK ORNATE KEY TO IRON Floyd \| Floyd \| The keys resist linking, almost as though they were made to do so. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "drat"
		benzene says, "foiled again"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put rug under door"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/618 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT RUG UNDER DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the rug) Floyd \| (putting the red glass jar into the sack to make room) Floyd \| You can't get to the gothic door to do anything to it at the moment. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "If only we had some newspaper"
		Bert exclaims, "It's almost as though the Count knew about linking magic and took care to protect his home from it being used against him!"
		benzene says, "I know, what an asshole"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		benzene asks, "so what can this key unlock?"
		benzene says, "Wait. Top of the stairs, at the end"
		benzene says, "there was a locked door"
		benzene says, "I think"
		benzene says, "Can I try, or should we stop"
		Jacqueline asks, "One last thing?"
		benzene says, "I do."
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Library 33/619 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork model universe has stopped; a beam of light from the Floyd \| "sun" at the center, focused through Jupiter, shines in the direction Floyd \| of the shelves, highlighting a spot where The World Is Hollow Floyd \| used to be. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I'm good either way. If it unlocks, we know we have new stuff to explore next week."
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/620 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 33/621 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/622 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/623 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "booo"
pollux says (to Floyd), "slide"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/623 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SLIDE Floyd \| Floyd \| What do you want to slide? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "What do you want to slide?"
		Jacqueline) pollux sings, "It's ELECTRIC!"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, I think that's it for this week. Same time, same place next week."
		Bert says, "And don't forget to re-read the old transcripts in between. There may be important clues in there that you've forgotten."
		DavidW \| >slide down barrister \| I think you mean 'bannister.'
		Jacqueline says, "The week after that I am going to be on an aereoplane, so not sure what we'll do, cancel or you all play without me or what, but we can discuss that next week."
		Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Good point."
		benzene says, "Let's get an updated inventory"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/624 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a chocolate leaf Floyd \| an Andouillettes Recipe Floyd \| some andouillettes Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| an iron key Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| six food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Have we used all of our keys? Which ones are unused?"
		benzene asks, "we only have the iron one, right?"
		pollux says, "The iron, at least."
		pollux says, "We've also used the piano keys."
		Bert says, "Hee."
		benzene says, "Ugh"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.		Jacqueline says, "Oh right. The other one is out of reach. The silver one."

****** SESSION FOUR **
		Jacqueline says, "Notes: [LINK]"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 24/478 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LOOK Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "We were up to 4, actually."
		Jacqueline says, "So, we have these glass jars that -- oh, were we? That... doesn't make any sense."
		pollux says, "We saved twice in one session."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, and didn't just use CF. I guess that makes sense."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sf4"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/624 Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/625 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Long Salon Floyd \| A long empty room with shined wooden floors, perfect for sliding in Floyd \| stocking-feet. West is the top of the staircase, and rooms open to the Floyd \| north and east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The door east is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, we have these glass jars that are different colors. I can't recall, did we use these to open and close cellar doors?"
		Draconis asks, "Is the inventory still accurate?"
		pollux asks, "No, we opened the cellar doors by closing other cellar doors, so far. But there are red doors, and the red glass jar. Shall we investigate the possibility?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'd like that."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/626 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a chocolate leaf Floyd \| an Andouillettes Recipe Floyd \| some andouillettes Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| an iron key Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| six food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "It should be, but I can update it to be sure."
		pollux says, "(Is benzene not coming?)"
		Draconis says, "Ha, I never noticed that before: "an mirror...""
		vimes says, "presumably meaning it should be pronounced 'em-irror""
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "Ooh, good catch."
		Jacqueline says, "I am okay with waiting a few."
pollux says (to Floyd), "slide in stocking-feet"
Floyd ] Long Salon 33/626 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SLIDE IN STOCKING-FEET Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "If we want to give him ten."
		pollux says, "Fine by me."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. I will check back at... let's make it 13 min. 20 past the hour."
DavidW arrives, full of fun and funk.
Draconis says (to DavidW), "Hello."
DavidW says, "hi Draconis"
Lionheart arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
Draconis says (to Lionheart), "Hello."		Jacqueline asks, "No benzene, eh?"
		pollux says, "Apparently not."
		pollux asks, "To the cellar, then?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Staircase, First Floor 33/627 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Staircase, First Floor Floyd \| The top of a broad curving stair: east is the long salon that goes the Floyd \| length of the house, downstairs are the foyer and the grand receiving Floyd \| rooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| North is the old conservatory. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 33/628 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 33/629 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Root Cellar Floyd \| Stone walls, ribbed ceiling, but only a packed-earth floor in spots. Floyd \| The room is lined on both sides with boxes and barrels, which take on Floyd \| odd shapes in the semi-darkness and seem vaguely menacing. You feared Floyd \| this room as a child, and it still seems cold and unnerving. Floyd \| Floyd \| The twisting stairs ascend to the ground floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the open door to the east you can make out the foot of the Floyd \| servants' staircase. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 33/630 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate fresh white cheese. Or perhaps Floyd \| purple-black Hellene olives in a tray, with the pits still in. Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/631 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close red jar"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/632 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE RED JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the red glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open blue jar"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/633 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| Opening a container of sea-salt while it is in the sack seems like an Floyd \| invitation to disaster. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take blue jar"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/634 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the iron key into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/635 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the blue glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/636 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Well, that accomplished nothing."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, make them the same state as the door, then link them?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put bauble in blue"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/636 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT BAUBLE IN BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/637 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is open) Floyd \| some sea-salt (which leaves the blue glass jar about half full) Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a chocolate leaf Floyd \| an Andouillettes Recipe Floyd \| some andouillettes Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| an iron key Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| six food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I don't think we can link them, but I'll try it."
pollux says (to Floyd), "link red jar to red door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/637 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK RED JAR TO RED DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the red door leading east or the red vault door? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "east"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/638 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAST Floyd \| Floyd \| The linkages on the doors are very old, and set with a power stronger Floyd \| than your raw will alone can manipulate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "link red jar to vault door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/639 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK RED JAR TO VAULT DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| (first unlinking the red vault door) Floyd \| The linkages on the doors are very old, and set with a power stronger Floyd \| than your raw will alone can manipulate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis says, "A reverse-link between the jars could be useful."
		Jacqueline says, "oh? I would think we could. Otherwise there would be no -- oh right, that. I forgot about that bit."
		Draconis says, "It might change their colors."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Okay."
pollux says (to Floyd), "close blue jar"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/640 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the blue glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "reverse link red jar to blue jar"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/641 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK RED JAR TO BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just a little Floyd \| too different. Maybe if they looked more alike. Floyd \| Floyd \| Reverse links are even pickier than regular links that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene arrives, full of fun, but no funk.		Jacqueline says, "I can't decide if those 'Maybe if they...' phrases are red herrings or not."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Benzene!"
		benzene exclaims, "Hi!"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, we waited for you. We were worried."
		DavidW says, "benzene!"
		Draconis says, "I think they are, because I can't think of any way to make them look alike."
		Jacqueline says, "But then we gave up. Haven't done much, though. Essentially nothing."
		pollux says (to benzene), "You didn't miss anything - our plan didn't work."
		benzene says, "Oh, I messaged an hour or so ago, but I guess you didn't see it"
		benzene says, "I'm on my phone out of town. this is less than ideal, and I'll be in and out"
		Draconis asks, "Didn't we take the bauble earlier?"
		Draconis says, "I thought I saw that in the transcript..."
		pollux says, "That's in the orrery."
		Jacqueline asks (of benzene), "That... sounds painful. What phone client are you using?"
		Draconis says, "Oh, right."
		benzene says, "It's called blowtorch"
		benzene says, "everything is ugly"
		benzene asks, "anyway, what was your plan?"
		pollux asks (of benzene), "You made that map, right? Remind me, which colour doors do we have to get through to get to the cheese corner?"
		benzene says, "I'll find the link"
		pollux says, "The plan was to try the jars for the red and blue doors."
		benzene \|[LINK]
		Draconis asks, "The snuffbox is white, isn't it?"
		Draconis says, "I was thinking we could shine colored light on it, then link it to the appropriate door."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x snuffbox"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/642 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SNUFFBOX Floyd \| Floyd \| A little pastel-colored metal box in which you keep your supply of Floyd \| snuff. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the snuffbox is a quantity of snuff. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis says, "But we can't link anything to the doors, so that won't work."
		Draconis says, "And we can't make colored light because our small light source is in the orrery."
		Jacqueline says, "Y'know, with all these folks that wander through wanting to homebrew some oldskool tech from scratch rather than using existing, robust tools, you'd think at least one of them could be convinced to isntead fill a void and develop a functional iOS/Android mud client."
		Draconis says, "(Is there any reason why we couldn't remove it?)"
		benzene says, "we could remove the bauble. I think we should play with the time on the clock though"
		benzene says, "see if different times point to different useful books or something"
		Draconis asks, "But isn't there only one lens?"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought so."
		pollux asks, "We don't really have any time-based hints, do we?"
		benzene says, "but the whole thing rotates with the clock"
		pollux says, "There is only one lens, but the orrery rotates."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm."
		pollux asks, "So, do we have any idea where we're going?"
		benzene asks, "wait. we never figured out what the iron key is for did we?"
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		Draconis says, "No."
		benzene asks, "but it has a russet tag or something?"
		pollux says, "You have a locked russet door in Among Reds, to the south."
		pollux says, "And one in Fortified."
		benzene says, "let's try both"
		Draconis says, "I figured the locked doors were the "slave" doors, so to speak."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Hadn't thought of that. Russet / rust. Yeah."
pollux says (to Floyd), "open south door"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 33/643 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN SOUTH DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the grey-blue door leading south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/644 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just Floyd \| visible among the dust as a less-dusty area. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis says, "They don't move on their own, they need to be controlled by the "master" door."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x russet door"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/645 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RUSSET DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| A russet door leading east, currently closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "unlock it with iron key"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/646 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK IT WITH IRON KEY Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the iron key) Floyd \| (putting the round metal tin into the sack to make room) Floyd \| You unlock the russet door leading east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open russet"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/647 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RUSSET Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the russet door leading east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "wooooo"
		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Among Whites 33/648 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Whites Floyd \| Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, Floyd \| and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar Floyd \| properly supplied during her life. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A dusty bottle of Sauvignon Blanc lies here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get wine"
Floyd ] Among Whites 33/649 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET WINE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) Floyd \| (putting the andouillettes into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "yay we needed that for our recipe"
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/650 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity the hearts of artichokes. Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just Floyd \| visible among the dust as a less-dusty area. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close blue"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/650 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc or the blue glass jar? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "blanc"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/651 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BLANC Floyd \| Floyd \| That's already closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Bert arrives, ready to play with the toys.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x blanc"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/652 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BLANC Floyd \| Floyd \| Aside from the contents, an entirely ordinary bottle. The cork is Floyd \| still wedged firmly in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close grey-blue"
Floyd ] Among Reds 33/653 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE GREY-BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the grey-blue door leading north) Floyd \| You close the grey-blue door leading north. Floyd \| Floyd \| The grey-blue door leading down opens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Among Whites 33/654 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Whites Floyd \| Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, Floyd \| and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar Floyd \| properly supplied during her life. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "maybe we can use this cork to get the tea recipe instead of the mead"
		pollux asks, "Ok, so, the grey-blue and blue doors don't match. But maybe we can open that one, and it'll trigger the white one?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "open blue door"
Floyd ] Among Whites 33/655 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BLUE DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| It seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "drat. locked."
pollux says (to Floyd), "open green door"
Floyd ] Among Whites 33/656 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREEN DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the green door leading north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "oh yeah. the other side of that green door didn't have a handle"
		pollux says, "So, let's go investigate the other russet door now."
		pollux asks, "Yeah?"
		benzene says, "just go north, north"
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Centre 33/657 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Centre Floyd \| With all the doors that lead out of this area, and the heavy pillars Floyd \| that support the roofbeams, there is little room for anything to be Floyd \| stored at all. The absence of racks has not prevented a heavy layer of Floyd \| dust from gathering here too, however. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 33/658 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/659 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Spanish Reds Floyd \| This area is devoted to wines for second-class guests, which the Count Floyd \| reserved for the servants, visits from the curate, or hinting away a Floyd \| houseguest who had overstayed his welcome. "It seems that we are down Floyd \| to the Sangue de Toro," he would say, smoothing his vest with one Floyd \| delicate hand and looking regretful as he decanted a ruddy stream into Floyd \| the goblet of some unfortunate. Floyd \| Floyd \| On particularly bad occasions he would order the steward to shake the Floyd \| bottle in advance. Floyd \| Floyd \| The ransackers of the cellar seem not to have reached this room, Floyd \| however: many of the bottles sit intact on their shelves (if anyone Floyd \| cared to sample them). Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed white door leads south; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner is a massive wine barrel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
pollux says (to Floyd), "x barrel"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/660 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BARREL Floyd \| Floyd \| A large barrel rolled into the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/661 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the wine barrel, revealing a navy bundle. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take bundle"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/662 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BUNDLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the Andouillettes Recipe into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/663 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X IT Floyd \| Floyd \| A sort of bundle or package of cloth wrapped around something. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I think Sangue de Toro might mean Bull's Blood in Spanish? I'm guessing."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
pollux says (to Floyd), "open south"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/664 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN SOUTH Floyd \| Floyd \| (the white door leading south) Floyd \| You open the white door leading south. It swings more lightly than Floyd \| most of the doors hereabouts. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
		pollux says, "I guess we have to unwhite it first."
		benzene says, "now we can get in the cheese corner"
		benzene says, "oh yeah"
		pollux says, "I don't think so. I think it "swings more lightly" because the link is broken."
		benzene says, "I missed that clue"
Emily arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
pollux says (to Floyd), "open bundle"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/665 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BUNDLE Floyd \| Floyd \| You open up the cloth bundle, which turns out in fact to be a fine Floyd \| cloak, wrapped tightly around some documents. (A shame to risk such a Floyd \| good cloak, you reflect; the barrel is probably proof against damp, Floyd \| but there's always the chance of something getting inside. But perhaps Floyd \| whoever wrapped it up expected to be back soon.) Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate little grey-pink mushrooms. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x documents"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 33/666 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X DOCUMENTS Floyd \| Floyd \| A sheaf of documents, written over in the Count's handwriting, and Floyd \| bound together with a wrapping of thick oilskin. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "read them"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/667 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ THEM Floyd \| Floyd \| The documents appear to be records of some of the Count's work: Floyd \| letters from highly-ranked members of the king's council; charts of Floyd \| family lines, with the relationships of blood marked in black and the Floyd \| human links marked in red, indicating members of rival families and Floyd \| dynasties held hostage to each other by magic. Floyd \| Floyd \| Several names leap out of the charts at you. D'Envers, the Count's Floyd \| several-times-distant cousin (and the source of your current Floyd \| distress). D'Envers' mother, recently deceased, formerly Floyd \| hostage-linked to the Countess... several other hostages, recently Floyd \| dead (but, you thought, for natural causes). Floyd \| Floyd \| But you know too little of the Count's business to guess what this Floyd \| would mean, except perhaps that the careful arrangements have begun to Floyd \| come unstuck lately. Even a local outbreak of plague could do that, if Floyd \| it killed too many of the wrong people at the same time. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by two points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x cloak"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/668 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CLOAK Floyd \| Floyd \| A fine navy cloak for a woman, lined with swansdown. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "fancy"
		benzene says, "the hostage thing is neat"
		DavidW says, "I always liked how the game mechanic melds in with the storyline."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
pollux says (to Floyd), "search shelves"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/668 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SEARCH SHELVES Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, which shelves?"
		pollux says, "There were shelves in the room description."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I hadn't scrolled back far enough. So there are."
		benzene says, "so how do we get the paint off the door"
		Jacqueline says, "Turpentine."
		pollux says, "Or, I suppose, whiten the other one."
		benzene says (to pollux), "true"
		pollux says, "I'm up for trying the bauble thing, though."
		DavidW says, "Some minor scenery might've been left out because of space considerations. The very first release of SF was a .z5 file, believe it or not."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		pollux says, "Actually, if the links are broken, maybe the other blue door can be linked to the jar."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. Bauble it."
		Jacqueline says (to pollux), "ooh, possibly"
		pollux says, "Let's try that on our way out."
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 35/669 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Centre 35/670 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Centre Floyd \| With all the doors that lead out of this area, and the heavy pillars Floyd \| that support the roofbeams, there is little room for anything to be Floyd \| stored at all. The absence of racks has not prevented a heavy layer of Floyd \| dust from gathering here too, however. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed peacock door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Among Whites 35/671 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Whites Floyd \| Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, Floyd \| and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar Floyd \| properly supplied during her life. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "link blue door to blue jar"
Floyd ] Among Whites 35/672 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BLUE DOOR TO BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| The linkages on the doors are very old, and set with a power stronger Floyd \| than your raw will alone can manipulate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		pollux says, "Right, so, bauble."
		benzene asks, "what's the bauble plan?"
		benzene says, "I missed it"
		pollux says, "Put the sunny bauble into the blue jar to cast blue light on the door."
		benzene says, "worth a shot"
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Among Reds 35/673 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| A grey-blue trap door stands open in the middle of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/674 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the grey-blue door leading north) Floyd \| You open the grey-blue door leading north. Floyd \| Floyd \| The grey-blue door leading down shuts. Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 35/675 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 35/676 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Root Cellar Floyd \| Stone walls, ribbed ceiling, but only a packed-earth floor in spots. Floyd \| The room is lined on both sides with boxes and barrels, which take on Floyd \| odd shapes in the semi-darkness and seem vaguely menacing. You feared Floyd \| this room as a child, and it still seems cold and unnerving. Floyd \| Floyd \| The twisting stairs ascend to the ground floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the open door to the east you can make out the foot of the Floyd \| servants' staircase. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 35/677 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux asks, "You wanted to play with the clock?"
		benzene says, "the fact that both sides are painted white concerns me"
		benzene says, "let's just set it to 12 or something"
		benzene says, "see if anything happens"
		benzene says, "or if it always points to the false book"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x clock"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 35/678 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CLOCK Floyd \| Floyd \| It consists of the face, a pendulum and pair of weights, and a little Floyd \| door above the face that opens when the hour is struck. It is Floyd \| currently on and ticking. The clock shows the time to be 6:38. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "set clock to 12"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 35/679 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SET CLOCK TO 12 Floyd \| Floyd \| The clock now shows 12:00. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Library 35/680 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork model universe has stopped; a beam of light from the Floyd \| "sun" at the center, focused through Jupiter, shines in the direction Floyd \| of the shelves, highlighting a spot where The World Is Hollow Floyd \| used to be. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "ok never mind"
		benzene says, "oh. the model stopped"
		benzene asks, "why is that?"
		pollux says, "I'm not sure. It might have happened before - we'd have to check the transcript."
		Jacqueline asks, "Did the clock run down?"
		Jacqueline asks, "The weights hit bottom?"
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 35/681 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "If so, yay, because we were curious about that."
Draconis heads back home.		Jacqueline says, "Wait, no, the clock is ticking."
pollux says (to Floyd), "set clock to 11:59"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 35/682 Floyd \| Floyd \| > SET CLOCK TO 11:59 Floyd \| Floyd \| The clock now shows 11:59. Floyd \| Floyd \| Exactly on the hour, the cuckoo clock opens up its door and a Floyd \| mechanical bird flies forward. It sings 12 times, then withdraws into Floyd \| its little door. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity onion soup. Or perhaps a Floyd \| salad of dressed spinach greens in a vinaigrette, tossed with curried Floyd \| walnuts, such as they did at the house of the Princesse when you Floyd \| visited her last summer. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "I was hoping there might be something interesting inside."
pollux says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Library 35/683 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Library Floyd \| Originally a salon for the receiving of guests; but in recent years Floyd \| the Count has become increasingly interested in his own projects, and Floyd \| has taken over the entire room for the storage of books. Bookshelves Floyd \| line the walls, reaching above your head, leaving exits only east and Floyd \| south. Floyd \| Floyd \| The clockwork model universe has stopped; a beam of light from the Floyd \| "sun" at the center, focused through Jupiter, shines in the direction Floyd \| of the shelves, highlighting a spot where The World Is Hollow Floyd \| used to be. Floyd \| Floyd \| On one wall is an enormous portrait of the Count's father, from the Floyd \| hand of Hyacinthe Rigaud. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take bauble"
Floyd ] Library 35/684 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the plate into the sack to make room) Floyd \| The celestial bauble slips out of its holder, and the planets go dark. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put salt in red"
Floyd ] Library 35/685 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SALT IN RED Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the red glass jar) Floyd \| (putting the rug into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The blue glass jar isn't open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Haha, oh, right."
pollux says (to Floyd), "open blue jar"
Floyd ] Library 35/686 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the blue glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put salt in red"
Floyd ] Library 35/687 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SALT IN RED Floyd \| Floyd \| The red glass jar is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "..."
pollux says (to Floyd), "open red"
Floyd ] Library 35/688 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RED Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the red glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "put salt in red"
Floyd ] Library 35/689 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SALT IN RED Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some sea-salt in the red glass jar, exhausting the supply in Floyd \| the blue glass jar. There is still some room remaining in the red Floyd \| glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "PUZZLE SOLVED"
pollux says (to Floyd), "put bauble in blue"
Floyd ] Library 35/689 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT BAUBLE IN BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc or the blue glass jar? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "jar"
Floyd ] Library 35/690 Floyd \| Floyd \| > JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the celestial bauble into the blue glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x blue"
Floyd ] Library 35/690 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc or the blue glass jar? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "jar"
Floyd ] Library 35/691 Floyd \| Floyd \| > JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| A blue glass container with a wide mouth and a stopper. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the blue glass jar is a celestial bauble. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close blue jar"
Floyd ] Library 35/692 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the blue glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "let me see if it's providing light"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Library 35/693 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is open) Floyd \| some sea-salt (which leaves the red glass jar about half full) Floyd \| a navy cloak Floyd \| some documents Floyd \| a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed) Floyd \| an iron key (which opens the russet door leading east) Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| a celestial bauble (providing blue light) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| an Andouillettes Recipe Floyd \| some andouillettes Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| six food items: Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| three metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a chocolate leaf Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "providing blue light!"
		pollux says, "We'll want to close the box, I imagine."
		pollux says, "(When we get there.)"
		pollux asks, "Anyone have anything else in mind to do up here?"
		benzene says, "let's go back down"
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
		benzene says, "but after we try this I want to see if we can get the tea recipe with the new cork"
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Entrance Hall 35/694 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Entrance Hall Floyd \| Extremely spacious. It is its best with a half-dozen servants in Floyd \| livery. The floor is Italian marble, and a small door to the west is Floyd \| concealed by yellow silk hangings. Floyd \| Floyd \| The main staircase ascends to the corridor on the second floor, and a Floyd \| smaller version leads down into the dim basement. Doors also open Floyd \| north and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall is one of those mechanical clocks that pop open on the Floyd \| hour, allowing the ingenious internal figures out to play. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cuckoo clock ticks sullenly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Root Cellar 35/695 Floyd \| Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Root Cellar Floyd \| Stone walls, ribbed ceiling, but only a packed-earth floor in spots. Floyd \| The room is lined on both sides with boxes and barrels, which take on Floyd \| odd shapes in the semi-darkness and seem vaguely menacing. You feared Floyd \| this room as a child, and it still seems cold and unnerving. Floyd \| Floyd \| The twisting stairs ascend to the ground floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| Through the open door to the east you can make out the foot of the Floyd \| servants' staircase. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 35/696 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/697 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene has had its fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
benzene arrives, full of fun, but no funk.		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 35/698 Floyd \| Floyd \| > NE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the russet door leading northeast) Floyd \| You open the russet door leading northeast. From the other side of the Floyd \| room comes the distinct sound of another door slamming shut. Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open peacock door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/699 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| (first opening the russet door leading east) Floyd \| You open the russet door leading east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The russet door leading southwest closes. Floyd \| Floyd \| Spanish Reds Floyd \| The ransackers of the cellar seem not to have reached this room, Floyd \| however: many of the bottles sit intact on their shelves (if anyone Floyd \| cared to sample them). Floyd \| Floyd \| An open white door leads south; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner is a massive wine barrel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "close white"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/700 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE WHITE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the white door leading south) Floyd \| You close the white door leading south. It swings more lightly than Floyd \| most of the doors hereabouts. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close box"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/700 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE BOX Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the dark wooden box or the snuffbox? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "dark wooden"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/701 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DARK WOODEN Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the dark wooden box. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x south door"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/702 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SOUTH DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| On close examination, you have the impression that the paint on this Floyd \| door has either faded or been washed over with whitewash; you can Floyd \| still see faint streaks of some darker color, but their efficacy would Floyd \| seem to be gone. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/703 Floyd \| Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Spanish Reds Floyd \| The ransackers of the cellar seem not to have reached this room, Floyd \| however: many of the bottles sit intact on their shelves (if anyone Floyd \| cared to sample them). Floyd \| Floyd \| An open blue door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads south; it looks oddly streaked. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner is a massive wine barrel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open south door"
Floyd ] Spanish Reds 35/704 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN SOUTH DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the blue door leading south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene exclaims, "let's see if it worked!"
pollux says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Fortified Wines 35/705 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Fortified Wines Floyd \| Port, tokay, sherry; amontillado; casks, bottles furred with age and Floyd \| sealed with clots of red wax and ribbon seals. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open blue door leads southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open black door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Centre 35/706 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Centre Floyd \| With all the doors that lead out of this area, and the heavy pillars Floyd \| that support the roofbeams, there is little room for anything to be Floyd \| stored at all. The absence of racks has not prevented a heavy layer of Floyd \| dust from gathering here too, however. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open black door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open black door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed black door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Among Whites 35/707 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Whites Floyd \| Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, Floyd \| and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar Floyd \| properly supplied during her life. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open black door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed blue door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open dark wooden box"
Floyd ] Among Whites 35/708 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN DARK WOODEN BOX Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the dark wooden box, revealing an mirror inset inside the Floyd \| box, a pearl necklace and an old letter. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis arrives, ready to play with the toys.		pollux says, "It did."
		benzene exclaims, "it worked!"
pollux says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/709 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Cheese Corner Floyd \| Thanks to the insistence of the Count, this portion of the wine cellar Floyd \| was cleared out for the storage of fine cheeses; instead of bottle Floyd \| racks there are shelves for storage. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open blue door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a tiny hole in the north wall, through which one might view Floyd \| the room beyond. Floyd \| Floyd \| One corner of the room is occupied by a heavy chest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A silver key sits here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a green glass jar (which is closed) (in which are two Floyd \| food items (a goat cheese and a great deal of olive oil)) here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "open chest"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/710 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CHEST Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the heavy chest, revealing two food items (a salers and a Floyd \| wedge of brie). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "take all"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/711 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| blue door leading west: That's fixed in place. Floyd \| chink in wall: That's fixed in place. Floyd \| heavy chest: That's fixed in place. Floyd \| silver key: (putting the blue glass jar into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| green glass jar: (putting the iron key into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| salers: (putting the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc into the sack to make Floyd \| room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| wedge of brie: (putting the documents into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you imagine in great clarity thinly-sliced venison. Or Floyd \| perhaps dark squares of prepared chocolate. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "x silver"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/712 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SILVER Floyd \| Floyd \| (the silver key) Floyd \| A key of silver metal, with a reddish string tied to it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux asks, "Try it on the vault?"
		benzene says, "okay"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x salers"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/713 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SALERS Floyd \| Floyd \| An aged, creamy yellowish cheese with an uneven grey-brown rind. It Floyd \| has a sharp and distinctive flavor, though it does not fall under the Floyd \| category of stinky cheeses. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Then examine the other stuff."
pollux says (to Floyd), "x brie"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/714 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X BRIE Floyd \| Floyd \| Oozing and ripe, somehow. You would expect it to be thoroughly ruined Floyd \| by now -- this is not a cheese that should age -- but the Count's Floyd \| powers were diverse, and extended to careful protections of his Floyd \| possessions. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline says, "I adore her."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x green"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/715 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| A green glass container with a wide mouth and a stopper. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "read recipe"
Floyd ] Cheese Corner 35/716 Floyd \| Floyd \| > READ RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| Andouillettes Recipe: andouillettes, olive oil, dry white wine, Floyd \| single yellow onion, sea-salt. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "we're ready to make that"
		benzene asks, "but vault door first?"
		pollux says, "Yes."
		Draconis says, "Sure."
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Among Whites 35/717 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Whites Floyd \| Little remains -- the countess was exceedingly fond of her Rieslings, Floyd \| and it required constant restocking to keep this portion of the cellar Floyd \| properly supplied during her life. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open blue door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads west. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open green door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open russet"
Floyd ] Among Whites 35/718 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN RUSSET Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the russet door leading west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Among Reds 35/719 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Among Reds Floyd \| Almost all gone now, though the labels still adhere to the racks, Floyd \| indicating where a '67 rested, or an '82, waiting to be taken up to Floyd \| the dining room. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open russet door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a grey-blue trap door closed in the middle of the room, just Floyd \| visible among the dust as a less-dusty area. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/720 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| A heavy red door, wreathed in chains and locks, leads north into the Floyd \| vault, where the best wines were kept during your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlock vault with silver"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/721 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK VAULT WITH SILVER Floyd \| Floyd \| (the silver key) Floyd \| That doesn't seem to fit the lock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x silver"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/722 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SILVER Floyd \| Floyd \| (the silver key) Floyd \| A key of silver metal, with a reddish string tied to it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlock e with silver"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/723 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK E WITH SILVER Floyd \| Floyd \| (the silver key) Floyd \| That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlock red with silver"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/723 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLOCK RED WITH SILVER Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the red door leading east, the red vault door or Floyd \| the red glass jar? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis asks, "Perhaps the other red door can be unlocked with this key?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "east"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/724 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAST Floyd \| Floyd \| (the silver key) Floyd \| You unlock the red door leading east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open east"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 35/725 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN EAST Floyd \| Floyd \| (the red door leading east) Floyd \| You open the red door leading east. Floyd \| Floyd \| The red vault door opens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "woo"
		benzene says, "Just had to get the right command"
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 40/726 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Vault Floyd \| Thick-layered with dust, with a cool ancient air. Floyd \| Floyd \| The vault door stands invitingly open. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a pine chest (which is closed) and a bottle of Floyd \| Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) here. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "get chateauneuf"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/727 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GET CHATEAUNEUF Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the navy cloak into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by four points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/728 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X IT Floyd \| Floyd \| A grand old bottle, a fine year: you recognize the vintage and know a Floyd \| Duke in Paris who would give his own daughter's hand in marriage in Floyd \| exchange for a gift like this. Worth it? Quite possibly. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you dream of creme caramel, elegantly centered in its Floyd \| pool of sweet liquid and garnished with three-- no, make it four-- Floyd \| fresh raspberries. Or perhaps fresh white cheese, still in the soft Floyd \| balls. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis says, "Treasure!"
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
benzene says (to Floyd), "open chest"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/729 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CHEST Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the pine chest, revealing four pieces of silverware (a Floyd \| silver-plated corkscrew, a fork, a spoon and a table knife). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert asks, "Are you ready to host your own wine and cheese party yet?"
		Draconis says, "It looks like it."
		benzene says, "yay a corkscrew"
		Jacqueline says, "I am seriously wanting some brie here at home now, if that counts."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take all in chest"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/729 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ALL IN CHEST Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take all from chest"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/730 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE ALL FROM CHEST Floyd \| Floyd \| silver-plated corkscrew: (putting the silver key into the sack to make Floyd \| room) Floyd \| Removed. Floyd \| fork: (putting the green glass jar into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Removed. Floyd \| spoon: (putting the salers into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Removed. Floyd \| table knife: (putting the wedge of brie into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Removed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis asks (of benzene), "Couldn't you just link the bottle to a jar?"
		benzene says, "I feel like we tried it"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think we did."
		benzene says, "but I could be mistaken"
		Jacqueline says, "To the mead."
		Draconis says (to benzene), "Corkscrews seem so mundane."
		Jacqueline says, "We ended up having to break the mead to get the cork."
		benzene says, "but this is silver plated"
		pollux says, "You could try linking the bottles together and opening them all at once, if you want more magic."
		benzene says, "good idea"
		Draconis says, "That works."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/731 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| four pieces of silverware: Floyd \| a table knife Floyd \| a spoon Floyd \| a fork Floyd \| a silver-plated corkscrew Floyd \| a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is open) Floyd \| some sea-salt (which leaves the red glass jar about half full) Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a green glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| two food items: Floyd \| a goat cheese Floyd \| a great deal of olive oil (which leaves some room in the green Floyd \| glass jar) Floyd \| a navy cloak Floyd \| some documents Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| a celestial bauble (providing blue light) Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| an Andouillettes Recipe Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| three metal dishes: Floyd \| a plate Floyd \| a chocolate leaf Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| nine food items: Floyd \| a wedge of brie Floyd \| a salers Floyd \| some andouillettes Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| a single yellow onion Floyd \| two keys: Floyd \| a silver key (which opens the red door leading east) Floyd \| an iron key (which opens the russet door leading east) Floyd \| two bottles of wine: Floyd \| a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (which is closed) Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks (of Jacq), "can you update our inventory?"
		Draconis says, "I want to try one thing first."
		pollux asks, "Was the key in the secret door silver?"
		benzene says, "yes but we can't link keys together"
		Draconis asks, "Could we link the wine to thr swordstick?"
		pollux says, "Well, we haven't tried these keys."
		benzene says, "true"
		Draconis says, "That seems more bottle-shaped than the jar."
		pollux says, "You should probably put the sword back in first."
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put sword in swordstick"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/732 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SWORD IN SWORDSTICK Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the sword) Floyd \| (putting the bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the sword into the swordstick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux asks, "Anyone remember what the book said about the pope wine, by the way?"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "link swordstick to mead"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/733 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SWORDSTICK TO MEAD Floyd \| Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just too Floyd \| dissimilar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "link sword to cork"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/734 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SWORD TO CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| (first unlinking the sword) Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the sword from the butcher knife. Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the sword and the bottle Floyd \| of Sauvignon Blanc. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "take sword"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/735 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| You draw the sword from its sheath. Floyd \| Floyd \| The bottle of Sauvignon Blanc gives up its cork at this point. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "cool"
Draconis says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/734 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Vault Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
pollux says (to Floyd), "link Blanc to Pape"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Vault 44/735 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BLANC TO PAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first unlinking the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from the sword. Floyd \| You wouldn't want to jeopardize such a valuable commodity, surely. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "Sure, now that you've got a corkscrew, you've got all sorts of ways to open a wine bottle."
		Draconis says, "I wonder if we can open all the bottles at once like this."
		benzene says (to pollux), "... from the region of Avignon, in the territories that belonged Floyd \| to the Pope, comes the peppery red Chateauneuf du Pape..��"
		benzene says, "you can't link three things together"
		Draconis says, "But we could link the swordstick to the bottle, the two corks together..."
		pollux says, "It seems we are not allowed to link to the pope-wine anyway."
		benzene says, "hmm maybe"
		Draconis says, "Wait, no, we need to link the sword."
		Draconis says, "Not the swordstick."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, cat emergency. Over now. Yes, I'll update the inventory.'"
		Draconis says, "Never mind."
		Bert asks, "How much wine do you guys plan to drink today, anyway?"
		benzene says, "anyway, let's make some food"
		pollux says, "Anyway, it looks like linking the sword to the cork is the same as linking the sword to the bottle, so we cannot do more than one."
		pollux asks, "We've thoroughly plundered the cellar, right?"
		benzene says, "yep. that's everything"
		pollux says, "Awesome."
		benzene says, "all the rooms are accounted for"
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Wine Cellar Antechamber 44/736 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Wine Cellar Antechamber Floyd \| The air is cool here, protected by deep walls of stone. Heavy beams Floyd \| overhead support the weight of the upper floors. A thick dust overlays Floyd \| everything. Floyd \| Floyd \| The vault door stands invitingly open. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| A closed russet door leads northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open red door leads east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An open grey-blue door leads south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Bottom of Servants' Staircase 44/737 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Bottom of Servants' Staircase Floyd \| An awkward wedge of space between the foundations of the main house Floyd \| and the walls of the new-built wine cellar, east. The staircase does Floyd \| not leave much room to stand in; it is straight and carefully planed Floyd \| lest anyone trip with a priceless bottle of wine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The wine-cellar door -- sturdy wood in yellowish brass panels -- Floyd \| stands open to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| An ordinary wooden door opens west into the root cellar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Kitchen Corridor 44/738 Floyd \| Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Corridor Floyd \| A narrow corridor between the kitchen and the main house, which has a Floyd \| thick separate wall. The two buildings are only barely attached, to Floyd \| discourage fires. A small staircase leads down. Floyd \| Floyd \| Double doors give west onto the main house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis says, "I find it funny that while we investigate what happened to the count we are stealing all his stuff."
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/739 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (which is empty). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/740 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| That's already open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "It's more that, while we're stealing all his stuff, we accidentally investigated."
		Jacqueline says (to Draconis), "Quiet, you, before we make you drink substandard red wine."
		benzene says, "how do we want to open the blanc? most important question"
		benzene says, "we have so many options"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put tripe in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/741 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT TRIPE IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the andouillettes) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the andouillettes into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Draconis says, "I vote for magic."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x onion"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/742 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ONION Floyd \| Floyd \| The pale yellow skin is still tight and glossy. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take skin"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/743 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE SKIN Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "mmm onions"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put onion in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/744 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT ONION IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You frown dubiously at the onion with its skin still on. It might not Floyd \| be good to put it in unpeeled. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I eat them raw, like chips. I suspect this game would not approve."
benzene says (to Floyd), "peel onion"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/745 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PEEL ONION Floyd \| Floyd \| You peel the onion of its skin. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "eat onion"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/746 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAT ONION Floyd \| Floyd \| Oh, no, no. You don't just cram yourself with whatever pathetic Floyd \| foodstuff lies at hand -- no one with any self-respect lives that way. Floyd \| What you want is a meal, prepared with some sensitivity and Floyd \| forethought. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Emily says (to Jacqueline), "this game would be very disturbed by that"
		pollux says, "That is one of the best ways to eat an onion."
		benzene says, "Like an apple"
		Bert says, "Of course, this game would be disturbed by doing the same with an apple."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put onion in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/747 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT ONION IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the peeled onion into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put salt in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/748 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SALT IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some sea-salt in the delicate contraption, exhausting the Floyd \| supply in the red glass jar. There is still some room remaining in Floyd \| the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open green"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/749 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| Opening a container of olive oil while it is in the sack seems like an Floyd \| invitation to disaster. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take green"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/750 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the red glass jar into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open green"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/751 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the green glass jar. Floyd \|
Draconis says (to Floyd), "open it"
Floyd \| > Floyd ] Kitchen 44/752 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN IT Floyd \| Floyd \| That's already open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put oil in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/753 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT OIL IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some olive oil in the delicate contraption, exhausting the Floyd \| supply in the green glass jar. There is still some room remaining in Floyd \| the delicate contraption. The olive oil mixes with what was already Floyd \| there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline bounces.
Draconis says (to Floyd), "x recipe"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/753 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X RECIPE Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the Chocolate Recipe or the Andouillettes Recipe? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "All that's left is the wine"
		benzene says, "Do the honors, draconis"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take recipe from spindle"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/754 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE RECIPE FROM SPINDLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the silver-plated corkscrew into the sack to make room) Floyd \| It takes a bit of wiggling to get the cylinder to come free, but you Floyd \| extricate it without too much difficulty. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate onion soup, with its crust of baked Floyd \| cheese. Or perhaps purple-black Hellene olives. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "link blanc to sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/755 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK BLANC TO SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the bottle of Sauvignon Floyd \| Blanc and the sword. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "pull sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/756 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PULL SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the fork into the sack to make room) Floyd \| You draw the sword from its sheath. Floyd \|
benzene says (to Floyd), "put andouillettes recipe on spindle"
Floyd \| The bottle of Sauvignon Blanc gives up its cork at this point. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Kitchen 44/757 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT ANDOUILLETTES RECIPE ON SPINDLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the Andouillettes Recipe) Floyd \| (putting the spoon into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| The cylinder slips into place with a satisfying click, as though some Floyd \| mechanism has engaged. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "put sword in swordstick"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/758 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT SWORD IN SWORDSTICK Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the sword into the swordstick. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "draw sword"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/759 Floyd \| Floyd \| > DRAW SWORD Floyd \| Floyd \| You draw the sword from its sheath. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put blanc in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/760 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT BLANC IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the delicate contraption) Floyd \| It is both too large and too delicate to remove. Floyd \| Floyd \| (taking the bottle of Sauvignon Blanc) Floyd \| (putting the table knife into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put some Sauvignon Blanc in the delicate contraption, exhausting Floyd \| the supply in the blue bottle. There is still some room remaining in Floyd \| the delicate contraption. The Sauvignon Blanc mixes with what was Floyd \| already there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "close contraptio"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/761 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE CONTRAPTIO Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/762 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN IT ON Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. An irritable mechanical voice shouts Floyd \| from within, "I shall be requiring the plate on which to put this Floyd \| item!" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/763 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a mixture of Sauvignon Blanc, Floyd \| olive oil, and sea-salt and two food items (a peeled onion and some Floyd \| andouillettes). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put plate in contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/764 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT PLATE IN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the plate) Floyd \| (putting the onion skin into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the plate into the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "close contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/765 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CLOSE CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the delicate contraption. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline leans toward teh contraption.
benzene says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/766 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TURN IT ON Floyd \| Floyd \| The machine's gears spin into action; a series of fine flanges, like Floyd \| the keys of a music box, move into position against the surface of the Floyd \| cylinder, which rotates steadily. From inside the contraption comes a Floyd \| sound of chopping, and then a hot sizzle. The unmistakeable smell of Floyd \| frying onions rises to greet you from inside the contraption's box. Floyd \| Floyd \| A moment later, there is some additional sloshing, and slowly the Floyd \| smell becomes more complex, redolent of wine and meat. There is a puff Floyd \| of steam around the edges of the lid, and then the mechanism's parts Floyd \| come discreetly to rest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "I'm so excited"
		Jacqueline says, "I am too"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open contraption"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/767 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN CONTRAPTION Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the contraption, revealing a plate, on top of which are two Floyd \| food items (some cooked andouillettes and a chocolate leaf). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Emily), "Good job of building the excitement."
		benzene says, "oops. forgot about the leaf"
		benzene says, "oh well"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x andouillettes"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/767 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X ANDOUILLETTES Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the cooked andouillettes or the Andouillettes Floyd \| Recipe? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Doesn't seem to matter, does it?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "cooked"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/768 Floyd \| Floyd \| > COOKED Floyd \| Floyd \| Marvellous: the sausage is sliced and cooked perfectly in wine and Floyd \| olive oil, seasoned with salt, and accompanied by savory fried onions. Floyd \| The pieces of sausage are arranged loosely into a leaf shape, which is Floyd \| perhaps as much as one should expect. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Draconis says (to Floyd), "eat them"
Floyd ] Kitchen 44/769 Floyd \| Floyd \| > EAT THEM Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the cooked andouillettes) Floyd \| You really ought to eat these in the appropriate surroundings. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says (to Jacq), "Doesn't appear to have"
		Draconis says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline smiles.
		benzene says, "let's get the tea recipe"
		benzene says, "while we're here"
Draconis heads back home.		Jacqueline says, "But but but foooooood"
		Jacqueline says, "okY"
benzene says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Scullery 44/770 Floyd \| Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Scullery Floyd \| A small, workmanlike room with a floor of white stones. The principal		Jacqueline says, "er, okay"
Floyd \| features of the room are a counter, with a large inset washbasin also Floyd \| made of stone, and a tall wooden cupboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you dream of poached turbot on a platter. Or perhaps Floyd \| creme caramel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "Try putting the food in the green jar and linking it to the roses."
		benzene says, "oh yes"
		benzene says, "Forgot we were going to do that"
		Jacqueline says, "The chocolate, right."
benzene says (to Floyd), "link cork to tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 44/771 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK CORK TO TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will, you form the link between the cork and the Tea Floyd \| Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "x tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 44/772 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| A cylinder of silver metal as long as the middle joint of your thumb. Floyd \| On the surface are a series of strange bumps, depressions, and Floyd \| grooves, seeming carefully wrought and utterly intentional. The core Floyd \| of the cylinder is hollow, but over one end is a piece of paper which Floyd \| bears a label, in careful lettering, which reads, "Tea Recipe." Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take it"
Floyd ] Scullery 44/773 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE IT Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't reach far enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "we need more water"
		pollux asks, "Didn't we have to reverse link?"
		benzene says, "good call"
benzene says (to Floyd), "unlink cork"
Floyd ] Scullery 44/774 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNLINK CORK Floyd \| Floyd \| You succeed in unlinking the cork from the Tea Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "reverse link cork to tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 44/775 Floyd \| Floyd \| > REVERSE LINK CORK TO TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| Bending your will and all your attention, you manage to make a Floyd \| reverse-link between the cork and the Tea Recipe, feeling their Floyd \| properties begin to merge together. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Tea Recipe bobs to the surface of the water. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "forgot how they worked"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take tea"
Floyd ] Scullery 49/776 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE TEA Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the green glass jar into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Kitchen 49/777 Floyd \| Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which is a plate (on which is a chocolate leaf)). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/778 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put chocolate in green"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/779 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CHOCOLATE IN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the Chocolate Recipe into the green glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/778 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put leaf in green"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/779 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT LEAF IN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the bay leaf) Floyd \| (putting the Chocolate Recipe into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the bay leaf into the green glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "uuggghhhh"
benzene says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/778 Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		pollux says, "You could do the sausages too; they're both leaves."
benzene says (to Floyd), "put chocolate leaf in green"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/778 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CHOCOLATE LEAF IN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "what? sausages are leaves?"
		Bert says, "x sausages"
Bert says (to Floyd), "x sausages"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/779 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X SAUSAGES Floyd \| Floyd \| Marvellous: the sausage is sliced and cooked perfectly in wine and Floyd \| olive oil, seasoned with salt, and accompanied by savory fried onions. Floyd \| The pieces of sausage are arranged loosely into a leaf shape, which is Floyd \| perhaps as much as one should expect. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		olethros says, "mmm sausage tree"
benzene says (to Floyd), "link sausages to roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/780 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK SAUSAGES TO ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they seem as though Floyd \| they will never go together. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
olethros arrives, full of fun and funk.		olethros says, "what are you playing? I might lurk for a bit"
		Bert says, "Savoir Faire."
benzene says (to Floyd), "x chocolate leaf"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/780 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CHOCOLATE LEAF Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the Chocolate Floyd \| Recipe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "what was the name of it?"
		olethros says, "oh quelle voyage dans les couloirs du memoir"
		Jacqueline says, "One more hour (we started late)"
benzene says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/781 Floyd \| Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| some cooked andouillettes Floyd \| a blue bottle Floyd \| a sword Floyd \| a cork Floyd \| a sack (which is open) Floyd \| a green glass jar (which is open) Floyd \| a goat cheese Floyd \| four pieces of silverware: Floyd \| a table knife Floyd \| a spoon Floyd \| a fork Floyd \| a silver-plated corkscrew Floyd \| a red glass jar (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a navy cloak Floyd \| some documents Floyd \| a blue glass jar (which is closed) Floyd \| a celestial bauble (providing blue light) Floyd \| a rug Floyd \| a round metal tin (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a butcher knife Floyd \| a small portrait Floyd \| a jeweled pin Floyd \| a stone block Floyd \| a dark wooden box (which is open) Floyd \| an mirror inset inside the box (reflecting white light from the Floyd \| sunlight) Floyd \| a pearl necklace Floyd \| an old letter Floyd \| a snuffbox (which is open) Floyd \| a quantity of snuff Floyd \| a white handkerchief Floyd \| a swordstick Floyd \| four books: Floyd \| Guide to Assorted Wines Floyd \| The World Is Hollow (which is open but empty) Floyd \| The Lavori d'Aracne Floyd \| On Vegetable Dyes Floyd \| two metal dishes: Floyd \| a hinge-lidded teapot (which is open but empty) Floyd \| a cup Floyd \| two keys: Floyd \| a silver key (which opens the red door leading west) Floyd \| an iron key (which opens the russet door leading east) Floyd \| eight food items: Floyd \| an onion skin Floyd \| a wedge of brie Floyd \| a salers Floyd \| some apples Floyd \| a bay leaf Floyd \| a sprig of parsley Floyd \| a sprig of mint Floyd \| a clove of garlic Floyd \| two bottles of wine: Floyd \| a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape (which is closed) Floyd \| a bottle of mead (which is closed) Floyd \| a dashing hat (being worn) Floyd \| two recipe cylinders: Floyd \| a Tea Recipe Floyd \| a Chocolate Recipe Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline updates the inventory.
		benzene says, "oh. only took the sausages. not the plate"
benzene says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Kitchen 49/782 Floyd \| Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Floyd \| A long, cross-beamed room, originally washed with white, though smoke Floyd \| has tinged the walls above the massive fireplace in which roasts are Floyd \| prepared. In addition, there are thick high tables that run the length Floyd \| of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| To the east is the kitchen garden through which you entered; west is Floyd \| the corridor that connects with the main house. To the north there is Floyd \| the little scullery, and upstairs is the attic where the servants Floyd \| sleep. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the kitchen tables are a loaf of stale bread and a delicate Floyd \| contraption (in which is a plate (on which is a chocolate leaf)). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		olethros asks, "et l'antouille, mon tresor?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take plate"
Floyd ] Kitchen 49/783 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE PLATE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the Chocolate Recipe into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take leaf"
Floyd ] Kitchen 49/783 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE LEAF Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the chocolate leaf or the bay leaf? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert asks, "Oh my. Pierre is walking around with a loose handful of cooked andouillette with onions?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "chocolate"
Floyd ] Kitchen 49/784 Floyd \| Floyd \| > CHOCOLATE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the Tea Recipe into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/785 Floyd \| Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Kitchen Garden Floyd \| West is the wall of the kitchen. Most of the space along the wall is Floyd \| planted with herbs -- bay, parsley, stalks of mint -- left of the open Floyd \| doorway. To its right is only a drainage ditch, catching the outflow Floyd \| of a pipe that comes through the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| In one corner of the plot is the well, drilled many deep feet; in Floyd \| another is the antique sundial. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tangle of climbing roses covers almost completely the wall and door Floyd \| of a shed to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert asks, "And yet he's still managed to retain their proper leaf-shaped presentation?"
benzene says (to Floyd), "put chocolate leaf in jar"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/785 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT CHOCOLATE LEAF IN JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, the green glass jar, the red glass jar or the blue Floyd \| glass jar? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "green"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/786 Floyd \| Floyd \| > GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the chocolate leaf into the green glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Bert says, "That is dedication."
		benzene says (to Bert), "He has a gift"
benzene says (to Floyd), "x chocolate leaf"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/787 Floyd \| Floyd \| > X CHOCOLATE LEAF Floyd \| Floyd \| A dark chocolate confection, formed into the shape of a leaf. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "He has more than one gift."
benzene says (to Floyd), "link chocolate leaf to roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/788 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK CHOCOLATE LEAF TO ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just a little Floyd \| too different. Maybe if they looked more alike. Floyd \| Floyd \| In your hunger, you hallucinate a heavy Christmas-time cake with Floyd \| candied fruit and smothered in brandy, such as Englishmen sometimes Floyd \| bring with them to Paris. And you have always considered them an Floyd \| abomination heretofore. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "now what?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Try the sausages?"
		Bert asks (of Jacq), "Does they count as 'gifts' per se if you plundered them from your foster parents' house when they weren't home?"
		benzene says, "it gave the generic message"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh we did"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		benzene says, "maybe green light from the bauble"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I meant he has the gift of linking."
benzene says (to Floyd), "take chocolate leaf"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/789 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE CHOCOLATE LEAF Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to benzene), "Hm, worth a s hot"
		Jacqueline says, "er, shot"
benzene says (to Floyd), "take bauble"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/790 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| The blue glass jar isn't open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "open blue"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/790 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BLUE Floyd \| Floyd \| Which do you mean, a blue bottle or the blue glass jar? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "bottle"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/791 Floyd \| Floyd \| > BOTTLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (the bottle of mead) Floyd \| Opening a container of mead while it is in the sack seems like an Floyd \| invitation to disaster. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene says, "oops"
benzene says (to Floyd), "open blue jar"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/792 Floyd \| Floyd \| > OPEN BLUE JAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the blue glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "take bauble"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/793 Floyd \| Floyd \| > TAKE BAUBLE Floyd \| Floyd \| (putting the cork into the sack to make room) Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "put it in green"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/794 Floyd \| Floyd \| > PUT IT IN GREEN Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the celestial bauble into the green glass jar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
benzene says (to Floyd), "link chocolate leaf to roses"
Floyd ] Kitchen Garden 49/795 Floyd \| Floyd \| > LINK CHOCOLATE LEAF TO ROSES Floyd \| Floyd \| (the roses) Floyd \| You valiantly try to link the two objects, but they are just a little Floyd \| too different. Maybe if they looked more alike. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		benzene asks, "how can we actually have the green light shine on it?"
		benzene says, "or can't we, more likely"
		benzene exclaims, "Oh! I have an idea!"
		benzene asks, "What wa