  
 
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. Below is a transcript of Kissing the Buddha's Feet, written by Leon Lin. Kissing the Buddha's Feet was originally released as part of the 1996 IF Competition, where it took fifth place. It received Xyzzy nominations--and ultimately won--for Best Individual NPC and Best NPCs. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting Baf's Guide. WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| DavidW asks (of inky), "So, is Perry logging?" | ||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "load kissing" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "I've actually done it," announces John as he enters the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | "Done what?" you say, trying to ignore him as you scrub the Floyd | bathtub. Floyd | Floyd | John pulls out a sheet of crumpled paper and a lighter and sets the Floyd | paper ablaze. "My drop form," he says, looking at the paper. "I'm Floyd | not failing Psych 1 this semester. I'm going to ace the final!" Floyd | Floyd | Surprised, you slip on your scouring pad and nearly fall face first Floyd | into the tub. "*What*? You're actually going to *finish* that Floyd | class?" Floyd | Floyd | "Definitely!" exclaims John, his face growing hard with Floyd | determination, a determination you've never before seen on him. "I'm Floyd | tired of bombing that class! I know I can pass this time! I don't Floyd | care if I've got a D minus in it so far!" Floyd | Floyd | For the last two years, you and John have shared a tiny apartment Floyd | north of campus. It didn't take long to find out that you and John Floyd | were, so to speak, "incompatible." As you couldn't find another Floyd | apartment, you've been praying for release ever since, if not by Floyd | death, at least by John's graduating and leaving. Because John has Floyd | consistently failed Psych 1 for the last six years, it looked as if Floyd | you'd be stuck with him in this hell hole for the rest of your college Floyd | life. Floyd | Floyd | But now it looks as though you might get your reprieve. If John Floyd | only *passes* tomorrow's final, scheduled at eight o'clock, you'll be Floyd | home free. But John is easily distracted, and has lots of boisterous, Floyd | noisy friends who like to drop in at inopportune moments. You've got Floyd | to make sure John gets enough quality time to study. Tonight, the two Floyd | of you will be pulling an all-nighter, burning the midnight oil, and Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kissing the Buddha's Feet Floyd | An Interactive Cramming Floyd | Version 1.1 Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System. Floyd | Copyright (C) 1996 by Leon Lin, All Rights Reserved Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | (First time players should type INFO for information about this Floyd | release.) Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently on. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "wipe floor" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't know the word "wipe".) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x tv" | ||||
Floyd | This is that indispensable staple of modern civilization, the Floyd | television set. Even you admit to watching an hour or two a day. The Floyd | television is currently on and blaring loud noise into the room. Floyd | There is a power cord behind the television. Floyd | Floyd | "Reaction formation, rationalization, projection, reaction formation!" Floyd | John recites desperately. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, this is one of those models of televisions which can Floyd | only be turned off by remote control. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "info" | ||||
Floyd | Kissing the Buddha's Feet Floyd | An Interactive Cramming Floyd | Version 1.1 Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System. Floyd | Copyright (C) 1996 by Leon Lin, All Rights Reserved Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Kissing the Buddha's Feet" was an entry in the Second Annual Floyd | Interactive Fiction Competition. It placed fifth overall in a field Floyd | of 27 entries, and later won two XYZZY awards (Best Individual NPC and Floyd | Best NPCs). Version 1.1 is essentially the same as the game that was Floyd | submitted to the competition, except for a few bug fixes and cosmetic Floyd | changes; these changes are outlined in the file bugfix.txt which Floyd | should have come with the game package. Floyd | Floyd | This game is freeware (though not public domain), and may be freely Floyd | played, copied, and distributed provided that you: Floyd | Floyd | 1) Don't sell it for a profit. You may charge a fee to cover the cost Floyd | of any media you distribute the game on but no more. Floyd | 2) Don't modify the game. Floyd | Floyd | I appreciate any comments, criticism, and bug reports you send me. Floyd | You can reach me by e-mail at leonlin@uclink.berkeley.edu. This Floyd | address should be valid at least until the end of 1997. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks, and enjoy the game! Floyd | Floyd | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Floyd | ---------------- Floyd | Floyd | Thanks to Kevin Wilson for his advice and help. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks also to this competition's Internet Beta-Testing team, Floyd | particularly Michael Kinyon, who helped me find bugs and other Floyd | annoying oddities in my game I probably would have never discovered on Floyd | my own. And many thanks to those who wrote to me after the Floyd | competition to inform about bugs they had discovered. Floyd | Floyd | Many thanks as well to the many people who wrote reviews and comments Floyd | about this game, as well as my previous game, "The One That Got Floyd | Away"--such criticism has helped me improve and grow as an author of Floyd | interactive fiction. Thanks also to all of the people whose votes in Floyd | the 1996 Interactive Fiction Competition and the XYZZY Awards helped Floyd | this game receive the recognition that it did. Floyd | Floyd | And finally, thanks to my parents, who have given me their love and Floyd | support. This game wouldn't have been possible without them. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "pull cord" | ||||
Floyd | You try to unplug the power cord. However, rats have chewed through Floyd | its insulation, exposing the underlying wire. When you touch the Floyd | cord, you experience a painful but otherwise harmless electric shock. Floyd | Cursing, you make a strategic retreat to the paisley couch. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to find that remote." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look under couch" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under your paisley couch. As it should be. Floyd | Floyd | John tries to write some notes on a piece of paper, messes up, and, in Floyd | a fit of frustration, crumples up the paper and throws it to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a violent gust of wind blow into John's bedroom, causing the Floyd | door to slam closed. John, startled by the noise, looks around Floyd | confusedly. "Um, could you go in my room and close my window, Floyd | please?" he asks you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "breaker?" | |||
| Taleslinger says, "Second IF comp, oh man." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond a closed door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a knock on the front door. You rush to the living room, Floyd | knowing that trouble has arrived, but are too late! The door flies Floyd | open with a crash! Floyd | Floyd | There is an explosion of confetti around you, and a paper noisemaker Floyd | licks impudently at your face. When the paper clears, you see Floyd | standing at the door John's four troublesome friends, Alice, Bob, Floyd | Carl, and Evan! "Hi-yah, John!" greets Alice, their leader. "Looks Floyd | like we're not too late for the party!" She doffs her conical party Floyd | hat and strides over to John's desk. "Say, is that a psychology book Floyd | you're studying? Really hitting the books now, are ya?" She grins as Floyd | she puts down some snacks and a radio blaring obnoxious music, and Floyd | parks herself and Carl on the floor. Evan immediately goes to you and Floyd | starts speaking about trivia, and Bob wanders around drunkenly. Floyd | Floyd | It's going to be an even longer night than you imagined... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "It's an old game, but a good one." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't leave your apartment now! Not when you still have to keep Floyd | an eye on John! Floyd | Floyd | John wails to you, "Could you help quiz me? Please?" Floyd | Floyd | Carl takes out a candy bar, strips the cellophane off of it, crumples Floyd | it into a neat, compact ball, and tosses it absent-mindedly in the Floyd | direction of the bedrooms. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of hearts with Carl. Floyd | Floyd | Bob, thinking that he's walking in a straight line, toes a path more Floyd | akin to the outline of a Picasso painting than anything else. Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | You see a piece of cellophane here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Monopoly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get cellophane" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to open John's bedroom door first. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is an Floyd | open window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open door Floyd | to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. The wastebasket seems to contain a Floyd | blue wrapper. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "close window" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the window shut, only to discover that there is a round, Floyd | baseball-sized hole in the middle of the window which is admitting a Floyd | large amount of wind into the room. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | "You know," says Evan philosophically, "in Taiwan, they have this Floyd | phrase that describes desperate students who have to make a supreme Floyd | last-minute effort to study for exams. They're said to be 'kissing Floyd | the Buddha's feet.'" He looks pleased at having known that piece of Floyd | trivia. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x wrapper" | ||||
Floyd | This looks like a wrapper for some sort of box. It's pastel blue, Floyd | with a paisley pattern tastefully silkscreened on. A small gold seal, Floyd | mostly intact, has the logo for "Dee's Chocolates" on it. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for mah jongg. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with the nation's foreign Floyd | policy and how he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get wrapper" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "we need some .. tape for the window?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put wrappr on window" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, 'wrappr', now that's an interesting word," says Evan. "Let me Floyd | tell you about its etymology..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put wrapper on window" | ||||
Floyd | Looks like that won't fit in the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Evan talks about the impact of the longbow on the Hundred Years' War. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, ok, or something to put in the hole, I guess" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | The decrepit state of John's desk bespeaks both a ripe old age as well Floyd | as years of misuse; its surface bears many jagged scars and scorch Floyd | marks. Otherwise, the desk looks surprising clean (for a possession Floyd | of John's), mainly because most of the junk that normally occupies its Floyd | surface has been swept onto the floor or into the closet. There is a Floyd | single drawer on the desk, which is closed. On the desk you see some Floyd | broken plastic models; besides that, you see a handheld electronic Floyd | trivia game. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Send in the Clowns" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kill evan" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to attack him with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get game" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for mah jongg. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if it were love, not money, Floyd | that made the world go round. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x game" | ||||
Floyd | Small, orange, and plastic, this electronic game was given to John for Floyd | his birthday. John, having a limited attention span at best, quickly Floyd | abandoned this gift before he could get through its alleged "20,000 Floyd | Questions!" The case sports an LCD screen and a small speaker. There Floyd | are also four buttons, colored red, yellow, green, and blue, lined up Floyd | vertically to the left of the screen, next to where the possible Floyd | answers to the game's questions will be displayed. The game is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'You can only Floyd | win so many battles before you lose the war.'" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give game to evan" | ||||
Floyd | Evan looks excitedly at the game you're giving him. "Why-y-y, that's Floyd | a '20,000 Questions' trivia game! It's the fourth edition! A rarity! Floyd | I've always wanted to play that!" He fumbles clumsily at the game, Floyd | which he turns on and starts playing eagerly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for chess. Floyd | Floyd | A violent gust of wind flies in through the hole in the window, Floyd | causing the bedroom door to slam closed with a loud "BANG!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | John's Closet Floyd | Floyd | This is John's closet. There are no skeletons hiding here, but Floyd | considering the amount of dust and dirty clothes around, you would Floyd | hardly be surprised if one of the undead were lurking around in this Floyd | dimly lit space. The one exit is a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | You see a catcher's mitt here. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's closet, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get mitt" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | some heavy metal song along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for canasta. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put mitt in hole" | ||||
Floyd | Looks like that won't fit in the hole. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get sheet" | ||||
Floyd | Even if it *were* your job to pick up after John, you wouldn't want to Floyd | touch these sheets. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a closed door to the Floyd | south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Loud electronic Floyd | beeps and whistles fly out of the game's speakers. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for checkers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x model" | ||||
Floyd | These used to be models of military equipment that John liked to make Floyd | (however ineptly). However, this once proud army has been reduced to Floyd | piles of broken, shattered pieces by some hard-hitting, Floyd | fast-travelling force. You notice a thick piece of duct tape hanging Floyd | limply on the remains of one model. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get tape" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "now we're talking" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tape wrapper to window" | ||||
Floyd | (There's no verb in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put tape on window" | ||||
Floyd | Looks like that won't fit in the hole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put tape on wrapper" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the blue wrapper. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "grr" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a piece of cellophane, a blue wrapper, a catcher's mitt, and Floyd | a piece of duct tape. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x dresser" | ||||
Floyd | The dresser looks as if it might fall apart at any moment. You eye it Floyd | cautiously. The drawers are closed. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Love Shack" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in John's dresser. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for go. Floyd | Floyd | A violent gust of wind flies in through the hole in the window, Floyd | causing the bedroom door to slam open with a loud "BANG!" Floyd | Floyd | You see Bob stagger in from the door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | You see Bob stagger in from the door to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "need a trivia book for that guy. Maybe an encyclopedia." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode. Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see Bob, staggering around, like the slightest hint of alcohol Floyd | in the air will send him crashing to the ground here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Loud electronic Floyd | beeps and whistles fly out of the game's speakers. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I gave him this trivia game" | |||
| inky says, "but it doesn't seem to have helped" | ||||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||||
| Catena says, "it's still loud" | ||||
| inky says, "maybe we should silence it" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think Evan tied for best NPC at the Xyzzies that year." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | The bathroom, fortunately, is one of the rooms you've agreed to Floyd | maintain, and as a result it isn't too filthy. Against the north wall Floyd | is a gleaming sink and a mirror mounted above it; next to the mirror Floyd | is a medicine cabinet. On the south wall is a towel rack. A toilet Floyd | and shower, both scrubbed to exquisite perfection with lye-based Floyd | cleansers, complete this traditional bathroom. The only exit to this Floyd | bathroom is through a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "American Pie" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the bathroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "give more alcohol to Bob" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get towel" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | Which cabinet do you mean, the bathroom sink cabinet, or the medicine Floyd | cabinet? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "medicine" | ||||
Floyd | The medicine cabinet is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||||
Floyd | The medicine cabinet is open. There's nothing in the medicine Floyd | cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open sink cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the cabinet reveals the pipes which comprise the bathroom sink Floyd | plumbing. Besides that, you see in the cabinet nothing at all. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | the theme from "Love Story" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see Bob, staggering around, like the slightest hint of alcohol Floyd | in the air will send him crashing to the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | Bob tries to go through a wall. His head rebounds violently off the Floyd | hard plaster surface. "Thang you sir, may I hab uhnudder?" he says Floyd | humbly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open Floyd | door to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put towel in window" | ||||
Floyd | You can stuff the towel in the hole, but it won't form a tight seal Floyd | and stay in place. You need something more reliable. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for checkers. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "headphones, and maybe a gag, for Alice?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for gin rummy. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers into the short hall, looking incredibly dazed. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently on. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a crumpled paper and a radio here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | "So, John," says Alice, "how're you doing hitting those books? Real Floyd | swell?" John mumbles something uncomfortably and tries to continue Floyd | studying. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put tape on towel" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | Alice reminisces about a really good tuna fish sandwich she once had. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x crumpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | This is a piece of crumpled paper, on which is written a few words on Floyd | Freudian psychology, most of it incoherent (not that it would make Floyd | much difference, anyway). Floyd | Floyd | John wails to you, "Could you help quiz me? Please?" Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of bridge with Carl. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | Alice looks outside wistfully. "You know, Carl and I would be outta Floyd | here now...but we don't have enough money for a proper dinner--not Floyd | these sad snacks that we have--for both of us. Oh, I have enough for Floyd | just me, but..." She looks at Carl, who has a mournful look on his Floyd | face. "...but, I can't be that cruel, can I?" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put tape on crumpled" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | John tries to write some notes on a piece of paper, messes up, and, in Floyd | a fit of frustration, crumples up the paper and throws it to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | "C'mon, John," urges Alice, "take a break, have some fun with us! You Floyd | can always take more tests next semester!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "money for Carl's dinner" | |||
| Taleslinger says, "I think "putting" is the wrong verb with the duct tape" | ||||
| DavidW says, "maybe attach, yeah." | ||||
| inky says, "yeah possibly" | ||||
| inky says, "oh hmm" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x tape" | ||||
Floyd | This is a thick piece of duct tape. In fact, with further Floyd | examination, you realize that it is a piece of "soundproofing" duct Floyd | tape you used to construct your closet door. Now you know where that Floyd | roll went... Floyd | Floyd | John wails to you, "Could you help quiz me? Please?" Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, ">attach towel to hole with tape" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "quiz john" | ||||
Floyd | You ask John a question about rationalization. "Wait, I know that! I Floyd | know that!" exclaims John. He grits his teeth and closes his eyes in Floyd | concentration. "No, wait, I forgot! I forgot!" Floyd | Floyd | John can't help but stare at the TV for a few seconds, mesmerized by Floyd | the colorful patterns on the screen. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of poker with Carl. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sofa" | ||||
Floyd | That's a job for one braver than you. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | Alice looks outside wistfully. "You know, Carl and I would be outta Floyd | here now...but we don't have enough money for a proper dinner--not Floyd | these sad snacks that we have--for both of us. Oh, I have enough for Floyd | just me, but..." She looks at Carl, who has a mournful look on his Floyd | face. "...but, I can't be that cruel, can I?" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a violent gust of wind blow into John's bedroom, causing the Floyd | door to slam closed. John, startled by the noise, looks around Floyd | confusedly. "Um, could you go in my room and close my window, Floyd | please?" he asks you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sofa" | ||||
Floyd | That's a job for one braver than you. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | Alice looks outside wistfully. "You know, Carl and I would be outta Floyd | here now...but we don't have enough money for a proper dinner--not Floyd | these sad snacks that we have--for both of us. Oh, I have enough for Floyd | just me, but..." She looks at Carl, who has a mournful look on his Floyd | face. "...but, I can't be that cruel, can I?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attach tape to towel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to attach the piece of duct tape. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | Carl takes out a candy bar, strips the cellophane off of it, crumples Floyd | it into a neat, compact ball, and tosses it absent-mindedly in the Floyd | direction of the kitchen. It lands squarely in the kitchen sink. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of gin rummy with Floyd | Carl. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | Which table do you mean, the mahogany table, or John's desk? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mahogany" | ||||
Floyd | This table, with its meticulously polished and dustless surface, was Floyd | your 20th birthday present. Catching a glimpse of your own reflection Floyd | against the fine wood grain pattern, you remember why this table has Floyd | always had a special place in your heart. Currently you see on the Floyd | table a porcelain vase. Floyd | Floyd | John can't help but stare at the TV for a few seconds, mesmerized by Floyd | the colorful patterns on the screen. Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in vase" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the vase. Floyd | Floyd | Distracted by all of the noise, John momentarily loses his Floyd | concentration and starts muttering something barely comprehensible Floyd | about Bob riding his skateboard into the kitchen sink. Floyd | Floyd | "C'mon, John," urges Alice, "take a break, have some fun with us! You Floyd | can always take more tests next semester!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | This is John's "studying" desk, which he bought a few days ago. (He Floyd | would have used the desk in his room, but he claimed, "I need a fresh Floyd | start in studying." Actually, he found his desk was glued to the Floyd | floor and thought it would be faster to buy a new one.) On the table Floyd | you see John's psychology book; other than that you see nothing at Floyd | all. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | Alice looks outside wistfully. "You know, Carl and I would be outta Floyd | here now...but we don't have enough money for a proper dinner--not Floyd | these sad snacks that we have--for both of us. Oh, I have enough for Floyd | just me, but..." She looks at Carl, who has a mournful look on his Floyd | face. "...but, I can't be that cruel, can I?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x newspapers" | ||||
Floyd | This pile of junk is the result of John's long stay in this apartment. Floyd | There are still newspapers announcing the fall of the Berlin Wall in Floyd | there, and if you strain hard enough, you think you see a can of New Floyd | Coke. Yuk. Who knows what else might be hiding in there? Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | "This feels like the perfect night for fish and chips," says Alice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search them" | ||||
Floyd | pile of newspaper and cans: The thought of sticking your bare hands Floyd | into that filth disgusts you. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | Alice reminisces about a really good tuna fish sandwich she once had. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "gloves needed, I guess." | |||
| inky says, "we haven't been in the kitchen yet" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If there's gloves, they'd be in the bathroom or kitchen." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | When you moved into this apartment, the kitchen was a horrendous Floyd | mess. Because you've agreed to let John maintain the kitchen while Floyd | you maintain the bathroom, it still is; the stove is encrusted with Floyd | the pathetic results of previous meals, the refrigerator is in sore Floyd | need of a wipedown, and the kitchen sink as usual is filled with Floyd | mostly useless items (such as, for example, John's skateboard). A Floyd | kitchen table sits in the center of the room. The living room is to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for canasta. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the kitchen, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||||
Floyd | This, as you probably surmised, is the kitchen sink. At the moment it Floyd | is fairly filthy, thanks to John's recent diligent efforts at *not* Floyd | scrubbing it. Under the sink is a cabinet in which the kitchen Floyd | plumbing can be accessed. In the kitchen sink there are broken Floyd | dishes; other than that, you see a skateboard and a piece of Floyd | cellophane. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "or, maybe that mitt you found?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | Scars and stains mar the appearance of this otherwise fine kitchen Floyd | table. The most recent addition to the marks on the table is a set of Floyd | long, parallel lines, not unlike skid marks, which point in the Floyd | general direction of the kitchen sink. Other than these marks, you Floyd | see on the table a pastel blue box. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "American Pie" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, interesting" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | The box of chocolates was intended to be a birthday present from your Floyd | mother. Unfortunately, John, mistaking anything with a molecular Floyd | structure to be his, has already opened the box and ravaged its Floyd | contents: there is only a bare fraction of the hundred chocolates Floyd | that used to be inside. There is a torn label on the side of box. In Floyd | the box you see a square dark chocolate, a square light chocolate, a Floyd | round dark chocolate, a round light chocolate, a shell-shaped dark Floyd | chocolate, a shell-shaped light chocolate, a triangular dark Floyd | chocolate, a triangular light chocolate, a hexagonal dark chocolate, a Floyd | hexagonal light chocolate, and a torn card. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||||
Floyd | The torn card is missing the brand name of the chocolates, but the Floyd | ingredients list is still readable. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Y.M.C.A." along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read card" | ||||
Floyd | The card emphasizes the variety of fillings used to make these Floyd | chocolates. In the ingredients list, you note that the chocolates are Floyd | filled with caramel, coconut, marzipan, peanuts, almonds, pecans, Floyd | cherry liqueur, marshmallow, fudge, and mint. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "maybe someone has a peanut allergy" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get box" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers into the kitchen, looking incredibly dazed. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get all from sink" | ||||
Floyd | skateboard: Taken. Floyd | piece of cellophane: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open fridge" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a beer can and some raw cookie dough. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get beer can" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get cookie dough" | ||||
Floyd | You've already got your hands full. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a violent gust of wind from the direction of John's bedroom, Floyd | and then a loud "BANG!" Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers into the kitchen, looking incredibly dazed. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | This is a baseball-sized lump of raw cookie dough, a favorite food of Floyd | John's. It's grown a little stale and moldy since it last saw the Floyd | light of day but still retains a bit of elasticity and stickiness. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | some country song along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aha!" | |||
| DavidW asks, "oh, stuff the dough in the hole?" | ||||
| inky says, "looks like it" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop box" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bob, thinking that he's walking in a straight line, toes a path more Floyd | akin to the outline of a Picasso painting than anything else. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get dough" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for poker. Floyd | Floyd | In a loud voice, Bob brags about crushing a bunch of plastic models on Floyd | John's table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently on. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio and a crumpled paper here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | "I think I remember hearing somewhere that fish is good for you," says Floyd | Alice. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers into the living room, looking incredibly dazed. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | some country song along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open Floyd | door to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put dough in hole" | ||||
Floyd | You stick the cookie dough in the hole. It fits quite nicely. Floyd | Working the edges with your hands, you quickly form an efficient seal Floyd | which should keep the wind out. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "wooo" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see Bob, staggering around, like the slightest hint of alcohol Floyd | in the air will send him crashing to the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | In a loud voice, Bob brags about riding John's skateboard into the Floyd | kitchen sink. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently on. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio and a crumpled paper here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | John tries to write some notes on a piece of paper, messes up, and, in Floyd | a fit of frustration, crumples up the paper and throws it to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice takes out a bag of carob-covered malt balls, empties the Floyd | contents into her hands, and chucks the empty bag off John's desk, Floyd | onto the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice and Carl, needing to stretch their legs, get up and dance the Floyd | tango for a little while. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "that means the tape's for something else, then." | |||
| Catena says, "one down" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | The only score you're worried about is the one John will have on his Floyd | test in the morning. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "(heh)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear mitt" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the catcher's mitt. Floyd | Floyd | John wails to you, "Could you help quiz me? Please?" Floyd | Floyd | "This feels like the perfect night for fish and chips," says Alice. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers into the living room, looking incredibly dazed. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search newspapers" | ||||
Floyd | With the catcher's mitt on your hand, you confidently wade through the Floyd | junk pile without fear of contamination. Your efforts are rewarded, Floyd | as you unearth the lost television remote control! Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | Alice and Carl, needing to stretch their legs, get up and dance the Floyd | Charleston for a little while. Floyd | Floyd | Bob, thinking that he's walking in a straight line, toes a path more Floyd | akin to the outline of a Picasso painting than anything else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take control" | ||||
Floyd | You already have the remote control! Floyd | Floyd | John tries to write some notes on a piece of paper, messes up, and, in Floyd | a fit of frustration, crumples up the paper and throws it to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice takes out a bag of potato chips, empties the contents into her Floyd | hands, and chucks the empty bag into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Alice and Carl, needing to stretch their legs, get up and dance the Floyd | rumba for a little while. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers off to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove mitt" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the catcher's mitt. Floyd | Floyd | "Rationalization, displacement, displacement, displacement!" John Floyd | recites desperately. Floyd | Floyd | "This feels like the perfect night for fish and chips," says Alice. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" | ||||
Floyd | With a profound sigh of relief, you press the power button and end the Floyd | television's reign of terror upon your brain. Floyd | Floyd | Alice reminisces about a really good tuna fish sandwich she once had. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "awesome" | |||
| inky says, "I guess Alice really wants something with fish" | ||||
| DavidW says, "In IF, all gloves are the same glove." | ||||
| inky asks, "is there a goldfish tank in the apartment we can feed her?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "We could give the beer to Bob now" | ||||
| Catena says, "that should knock him out" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no tank. I remember what Alice needs." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | When you moved into this apartment, the kitchen was a horrendous Floyd | mess. Because you've agreed to let John maintain the kitchen while Floyd | you maintain the bathroom, it still is; the stove is encrusted with Floyd | the pathetic results of previous meals, the refrigerator is in sore Floyd | need of a wipedown, and the kitchen sink as usual is filled with Floyd | mostly useless items. A kitchen table sits in the center of the room. Floyd | The living room is to the east. Floyd | You see a pastel blue box and Bob, staggering around, like the Floyd | slightest hint of alcohol in the air will send him crashing to the Floyd | ground here. The pastel blue box seems to contain a square dark Floyd | chocolate, a square light chocolate, a round dark chocolate, a round Floyd | light chocolate, a shell-shaped dark chocolate, a shell-shaped light Floyd | chocolate, a triangular dark chocolate, a triangular light chocolate, Floyd | a hexagonal dark chocolate, a hexagonal light chocolate, and a torn Floyd | card. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the kitchen, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio, three crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and Bob, Floyd | staggering around, like the slightest hint of alcohol in the air will Floyd | send him crashing to the ground here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | Carl takes out a candy bar, strips the cellophane off of it, crumples Floyd | it into a neat, compact ball, and tosses it absent-mindedly in the Floyd | direction of the kitchen. The cellophane bounces off the Floyd | refrigerator, and skims the edge of the kitchen sink. Just as it Floyd | looks as if it would go in, it falls to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of whist with Carl. Floyd | Floyd | Bob, thinking that he's walking in a straight line, toes a path more Floyd | akin to the outline of a Picasso painting than anything else. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "give beer to bob" | ||||
Floyd | Bob eagerly snatches the can from your hands. The moment he raises it Floyd | to his lips he gags violently. "Whadzz thizz?" he moans. "Milk! No Floyd | good!" He tosses the can back to you. Floyd | Floyd | Alice takes out a bag of potato chips, empties the contents into her Floyd | hands, and chucks the empty bag into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of baccarat with Floyd | Carl. Floyd | Floyd | In a loud voice, Bob brags about banging his head against the wall Floyd | fifty-seven times without going unconscious. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x can" | ||||
Floyd | This is an open beer can, probably being saved by John for a rainy (or Floyd | dry) day. It's almost full. Floyd | Floyd | "Repression, projection, sublimation, projection!" John recites Floyd | desperately. Floyd | Floyd | Carl takes out a candy bar, strips the cellophane off of it, crumples Floyd | it into a neat, compact ball, and tosses it absent-mindedly in the Floyd | direction of the kitchen. The cellophane bounces off the Floyd | refrigerator, and skims the edge of the kitchen sink. Just as it Floyd | looks as if it would go in, it falls to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of bridge with Carl. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in can" | ||||
Floyd | There is still some milk in the can. Floyd | Floyd | John grits his teeth and grinds a pencil down to a stub. Floyd | Floyd | Carl takes out a candy bar, strips the cellophane off of it, crumples Floyd | it into a neat, compact ball, and tosses it absent-mindedly in the Floyd | direction of the TV. It bounces forlornly off and rolls into the Floyd | center of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of baccarat with Floyd | Carl. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "?!?!" | |||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| inky says, "oh, wait, hmm" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't see any card here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | When you moved into this apartment, the kitchen was a horrendous Floyd | mess. Because you've agreed to let John maintain the kitchen while Floyd | you maintain the bathroom, it still is; the stove is encrusted with Floyd | the pathetic results of previous meals, the refrigerator is in sore Floyd | need of a wipedown, and the kitchen sink as usual is filled with Floyd | mostly useless items. A kitchen table sits in the center of the room. Floyd | The living room is to the east. Floyd | You see a pastel blue box and two piece of cellophanes here. The Floyd | pastel blue box seems to contain a square dark chocolate, a square Floyd | light chocolate, a round dark chocolate, a round light chocolate, a Floyd | shell-shaped dark chocolate, a shell-shaped light chocolate, a Floyd | triangular dark chocolate, a triangular light chocolate, a hexagonal Floyd | dark chocolate, a hexagonal light chocolate, and a torn card. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for shogi. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the kitchen, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get box" | ||||
Floyd | You've already got your hands full. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "milk in a beer can. awesome." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||||
Floyd | The torn card is missing the brand name of the chocolates, but the Floyd | ingredients list is still readable. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "funny" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | The card emphasizes the variety of fillings used to make these Floyd | chocolates. In the ingredients list, you note that the chocolates are Floyd | filled with caramel, coconut, marzipan, peanuts, almonds, pecans, Floyd | cherry liqueur, marshmallow, fudge, and mint. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "does cherry liqueur count?" | |||
| Catena exclaims, "woo!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. Probably does." | ||||
| Catena says, "worth trying" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have two piece of cellophanes, a blue wrapper, a catcher's mitt, a Floyd | piece of duct tape, a pink towel, a crumpled paper, a skateboard, a Floyd | beer can, and a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Love Shack" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop remote" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "perhaps you can 'look up' a shape on the torn card?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get box" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud "Pin pon!" come from the game. Evan grins Floyd | maniacally. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put tape on game" | ||||
Floyd | You place the duct tape on the speaker. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look up round on card" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't understand that sentence.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look up round in card" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't understand that sentence.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "consult card about round" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't know the word "consult".) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x round" | ||||
Floyd | Which round do you mean, the round dark chocolate, or the round light Floyd | chocolate? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x round dark" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary round dark chocolate to me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat it" | ||||
Floyd | John's hands have probably been all over this chocolate. This alone Floyd | convinces you not to eat it. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| Catena asks, "can we get the source of the cellophane? or get both of them gone with money?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get box" | ||||
Floyd | You already have the pastel blue box! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio, three crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and a Floyd | piece of cellophane here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | Alice and Carl, needing to stretch their legs, get up and dance the Floyd | tango for a little while. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open Floyd | door to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. The window seems to contain some raw Floyd | cookie dough. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | The bathroom, fortunately, is one of the rooms you've agreed to Floyd | maintain, and as a result it isn't too filthy. Against the north wall Floyd | is a gleaming sink and a mirror mounted above it; next to the mirror Floyd | is a medicine cabinet. On the south wall is a towel rack. A toilet Floyd | and shower, both scrubbed to exquisite perfection with lye-based Floyd | cleansers, complete this traditional bathroom. The only exit to this Floyd | bathroom is through a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for mah jongg. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by some energetic banging on the Floyd | walls. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the bathroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "whoops, where'd Bob go?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio, three crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and a Floyd | piece of cellophane here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | Distracted by all of the noise, John momentarily loses his Floyd | concentration and starts muttering about his need to get more duct Floyd | tape to fix the broken models on his desk. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give tape to john" | ||||
Floyd | You're not carrying the piece of duct tape. Floyd | Floyd | "Displacement, rationalization, projection, repression!" John recites Floyd | desperately. Floyd | Floyd | "This feels like the perfect night for fish and chips," says Alice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | When you moved into this apartment, the kitchen was a horrendous Floyd | mess. Because you've agreed to let John maintain the kitchen while Floyd | you maintain the bathroom, it still is; the stove is encrusted with Floyd | the pathetic results of previous meals, the refrigerator is in sore Floyd | need of a wipedown, and the kitchen sink as usual is filled with Floyd | mostly useless items. A kitchen table sits in the center of the room. Floyd | The living room is to the east. Floyd | You see two piece of cellophanes and a remote control here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the kitchen, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "put all the cellophane somewhere else?" | |||
| Taleslinger asks, "Have we been to the PC's room?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can't do much about the cellophane until Alice and crew are gone, I think. They keep making more." | ||||
| Catena says, "not yet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "not yet" | ||||
| inky asks, "oh, where is our room?" | ||||
| Catena says, "ok" | ||||
| DavidW says, "south of short hall" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio, three crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and a Floyd | piece of cellophane here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | "So, John," says Alice, "how're you doing hitting those books? Real Floyd | swell?" John mumbles something uncomfortably and tries to continue Floyd | studying. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by some energetic banging on the Floyd | walls. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "south I think" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x dresser" | ||||
Floyd | This is a dresser made of fine mahogany wood. The surface is Floyd | dust-free and so shiny you could comb your hair by your reflection in Floyd | the wood. The drawers are closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see Bob stagger in from the door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aHA" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give chocolate to bob" | ||||
Floyd | Which chocolate do you mean, the blue wrapper, the pastel blue box, Floyd | the square dark chocolate, the square light chocolate, the round dark Floyd | chocolate, the round light chocolate, the shell-shaped dark chocolate, Floyd | the shell-shaped light chocolate, the triangular dark chocolate, the Floyd | triangular light chocolate, the hexagonal dark chocolate, or the Floyd | hexagonal light chocolate? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "square" | ||||
Floyd | Let's try it again: Which chocolate do you mean, the square dark Floyd | chocolate, or the square light chocolate? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "dark" | ||||
Floyd | Bob snarfs down the chocolate, and then gags violently. "Marzipan!" Floyd | he exclaims. "I hade marzipan!" He teeters unsteadily in his drunken Floyd | rage. "If...if you gib me another chocolid filled with something I Floyd | don' like, I'll...I... I...won't take any more chocolidzz from you!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for checkers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give square to bob" | ||||
Floyd | Bob eats the chocolate, but is livid when he finds out it's filled Floyd | with mint. He looks pretty angry now, and rambles about not liking Floyd | "mint" and says he'll never accept chocolate from you again, and Floyd | probably no one else in the world as well, as his trust was betrayed, Floyd | and so forth. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers through the door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "NOOOO" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "undo!" | ||||
| inky says, "he is totally going to vomit all over our closet" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair and Bob, staggering around, like the Floyd | slightest hint of alcohol in the air will send him crashing to the Floyd | ground here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair and Bob, staggering around, like the Floyd | slightest hint of alcohol in the air will send him crashing to the Floyd | ground here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smell chocolate" | ||||
Floyd | Which chocolate do you mean, the blue wrapper, the pastel blue box, Floyd | the square dark chocolate, the square light chocolate, the round dark Floyd | chocolate, the round light chocolate, the shell-shaped dark chocolate, Floyd | the shell-shaped light chocolate, the triangular dark chocolate, the Floyd | triangular light chocolate, the hexagonal dark chocolate, or the Floyd | hexagonal light chocolate? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "square" | ||||
Floyd | Let's try it again: Which chocolate do you mean, the square dark Floyd | chocolate, or the square light chocolate? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "dark" | ||||
Floyd | It smells just like you expect a square dark chocolate to smell. Floyd | Floyd | Bob tries to go through a wall. His head rebounds violently off the Floyd | hard plaster surface. "Thangs," he says dazedly, "I needed datd." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give square dark to evan" | ||||
Floyd | Evan is too involved in beating the trivia game to notice your offer, Floyd | which probably wouldn't have seemed too attractive to him anyhow. Floyd | Floyd | In a loud voice, Bob brags about drinking his weight in beer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Your Closet Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read card" | ||||
Floyd | Dimly illuminated, this closet provides you with an impenetrable Floyd | defense against outside noise. The door, which is to the west and Floyd | open, is steel-reinforced and soundproof, preventing even the loudest Floyd | party sounds from getting through. Though the closet is small, it is Floyd | roomy enough for you and several of your favorite textbooks, and Floyd | you've studied for many an exam here. Floyd | You see a toolbox here. Floyd | Floyd | You see Bob stagger in from the door to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your closet, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The card emphasizes the variety of fillings used to make these Floyd | chocolates. In the ingredients list, you note that the chocolates are Floyd | filled with caramel, coconut, marzipan, peanuts, almonds, pecans, Floyd | cherry liqueur, marshmallow, fudge, and mint. Floyd | Floyd | Bob tries to go through a wall. His head rebounds violently off the Floyd | hard plaster surface. "Thang you sir, may I hab uhnudder?" he says Floyd | humbly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x toolbox" | ||||
Floyd | This toolbox holds most of your favorite tools. Unfortunately many of Floyd | them have been "borrowed" by John. In the toolbox you see a wrench. Floyd | Floyd | Bob tries to think of some drinking songs he knows and sing them. He Floyd | has no sense of pitch, but that unfortunately doesn't keep him from Floyd | trying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get wrench" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers through the door to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair and Bob, staggering around, like the Floyd | slightest hint of alcohol in the air will send him crashing to the Floyd | ground here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for gin rummy. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | This is your mahogany desk, a gift to you on your fifteenth birthday. Floyd | You've spent many a long hour studying at this desk, and many more Floyd | polishing it. Even now, as you look at it, you get the urge to wipe Floyd | off a few molecules of dust from its surface with your sleeve, but you Floyd | resist, as you would get your shirt dirty. There is a drawer on the Floyd | front of the desk which is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers through the door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read about dark square" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't recognize that sentence.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||||
Floyd | The desk drawer is open. There's nothing in the desk drawer. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by some energetic banging on the Floyd | walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "can you lock up Evan in the closet?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Catena), "try it!" | ||||
| Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "but first, make sure we've got all we need from the closet." | |||
| Catena says (to floyd), "look in closet" | ||||
Floyd | You see the interior of the closet through the open door, but you'll Floyd | have to go inside to get a better look at what's there. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. I peeked at my old notes about the game." | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You hear some banging on the walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Catena says (to floyd), "enter closet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter your closet door. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by some energetic banging on the Floyd | walls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for poker. Floyd | Floyd | You see Bob stagger in from the door to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "just go east" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask evan about chocolate" | ||||
Floyd | Evan blithely continues playing even as you ask him a question. Floyd | Perhaps if you took that game from him, he'd pay attention... Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Monopoly. Floyd | Floyd | Bob stares at the mirror and, with all the machismo possible from a Floyd | drunken sot, brags about some sports exploit of his. Unfortunately it Floyd | involves terms you are unfamiliar with, and that you suspect are Floyd | totally made up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get game" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the game out of Evan's hands. In the process Evan's fingers Floyd | brush against the game's on/off switch, turning the game off. Evan Floyd | looks extremely surprised and perturbed. Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | Bob staggers through the door to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask evan about floyd" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, 'floyd', now that's an interesting word," says Evan. "Let me Floyd | tell you about its etymology..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask evan about chocolate" | ||||
Floyd | "Hmmm," says Evan. "I'm well versed in the ways of chocolate and Floyd | their contents--I've never been stuck with a coconut-filled chocolate Floyd | myself. However, I can't tell you much unless I know what brand this Floyd | chocolate is." Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if Fermat had a lot more Floyd | space in his margins. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x torn" | ||||
Floyd | The torn card is missing the brand name of the chocolates, but the Floyd | ingredients list is still readable. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for canasta. Floyd | Floyd | Evan talks about Napoleon's use of artillery at Waterloo. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of a tremendous belch rocks the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | The box of chocolates was intended to be a birthday present from your Floyd | mother. Unfortunately, John, mistaking anything with a molecular Floyd | structure to be his, has already opened the box and ravaged its Floyd | contents: there is only a bare fraction of the hundred chocolates Floyd | that used to be inside. There is a torn label on the side of box. In Floyd | the box you see a square dark chocolate, a square light chocolate, a Floyd | round dark chocolate, a round light chocolate, a shell-shaped dark Floyd | chocolate, a shell-shaped light chocolate, a triangular dark Floyd | chocolate, a triangular light chocolate, a hexagonal dark chocolate, a Floyd | hexagonal light chocolate, and a torn card. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about Brazil in the (hypothetical) Floyd | 2030's. Floyd | Floyd | You hear lots of drunken singing from somewhere else in the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "grah" | |||
| Catena asks, "didn't that paper we first tried on the window have the brand name?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x wrapper" | ||||
Floyd | This looks like a wrapper for some sort of box. It's pastel blue, Floyd | with a paisley pattern tastefully silkscreened on. A small gold seal, Floyd | mostly intact, has the logo for "Dee's Chocolates" on it. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Monopoly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about the differences between the Meiji Floyd | and postwar constitutions of Japan. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "we need the brand name of the chocolates" | |||
| inky says, "nice!" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give wrapper to evan" | ||||
Floyd | Evan starts talking about the blue wrapper's history and forgets to Floyd | even consider whether to accept your offer or not. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for checkers. Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for Greek fire. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "There was a paper?" | |||
| inky says, "in his wastebasket" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "show wrapper to evan" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, how interesting," says Evan. "The wrapper for a box of Dee's Floyd | chocolates. Serial number 4888602, had a very specific combination of Floyd | shapes and fillings. Hmmm...let's see if I remember... hexagonal Floyd | dark chocolates were filled with peanuts, hexagonal light chocolates Floyd | were filled with mint, triangular light chocolates were filled with Floyd | pecans, triangular dark chocolates were filled with cherry liqueur, Floyd | shell-shaped light chocolates were filled with marshmallow, Floyd | shell-shaped dark chocolates were filled with caramel, round light Floyd | chocolates were filled with fudge, round dark chocolates were filled Floyd | with coconut, square light chocolates were filled with almonds, and Floyd | square dark chocolates were filled with marzipan." Floyd | Floyd | Evan makes a few remarks about the possibility of steam saving the Floyd | world. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sharp BUMP! followed by a plaintive, "Who pud this wall Floyd | here *hic*." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. There's been so much going on." | |||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| Catena says, "tri dark" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Your Closet Floyd | Floyd | Dimly illuminated, this closet provides you with an impenetrable Floyd | defense against outside noise. The door, which is to the west and Floyd | open, is steel-reinforced and soundproof, preventing even the loudest Floyd | party sounds from getting through. Though the closet is small, it is Floyd | roomy enough for you and several of your favorite textbooks, and Floyd | you've studied for many an exam here. Floyd | You see a toolbox here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for go. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags and Bob, staggering around, like the Floyd | slightest hint of alcohol in the air will send him crashing to the Floyd | ground here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for gin rummy. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall. Floyd | Floyd | In a loud voice, Bob brags about banging his head against the wall Floyd | fifty-seven times without going unconscious. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give triangular dark chocolate to bob" | ||||
Floyd | Bob eats the chocolate. "Mmmm!" he exclaims ecstatically. "Cherry! Floyd | My favorite..." Suddenly, Bob shakes his head once. Then twice. His Floyd | eyes cross, his body stiffens, then relaxes. Finally, with only the Floyd | hint of a belch on his lips, Bob gently settles his considerable bulk Floyd | onto the floor. Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'Money isn't Floyd | everything, but it sure is a lot.'" Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky says, "now he's snoring" | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "Yay." | ||||
| Catena says, "okay, put bob in the closet" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push bob north" | ||||
Floyd | You can't seem to do that. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for canasta. Floyd | Floyd | Evan talks about Napoleon's use of artillery at Waterloo. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get bob" | ||||
Floyd | He's pretty heavy, but carryable. You sling him over your shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'There is only Floyd | one fate worse than death, and that is not having a life.'" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open Floyd | door to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. The window seems to contain some raw Floyd | cookie dough. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for canasta. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | John's Closet Floyd | Floyd | This is John's closet. There are no skeletons hiding here, but Floyd | considering the amount of dust and dirty clothes around, you would Floyd | hardly be surprised if one of the undead were lurking around in this Floyd | dimly lit space. The one exit is a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "bob, sleepwalk east" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, 'sleepwalk', now that's an interesting word," says Evan. "Let me Floyd | tell you about its etymology..." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "undo, give him the choc in the closet" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop bob" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't see any bob here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have two piece of cellophanes, a blue wrapper, a catcher's mitt, a Floyd | pink towel, a crumpled paper, a skateboard, a beer can, a pastel blue Floyd | box, a wrench, and a handheld electronic trivia game. The pastel blue Floyd | box seems to contain a square dark chocolate, a square light Floyd | chocolate, a round dark chocolate, a round light chocolate, a Floyd | shell-shaped dark chocolate, a shell-shaped light chocolate, a Floyd | triangular light chocolate, a hexagonal dark chocolate, a hexagonal Floyd | light chocolate, and a torn card. The speaker seems to contain a Floyd | piece of duct tape. Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'There is only Floyd | one fate worse than death, and that is not having a life.'" Floyd | Floyd | From elsewhere in the apartment, you hear Bob's snores shaking the Floyd | foundations of the earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I remember using a chair on casters in A Bear's Night Out." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open Floyd | door to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. The window seems to contain some raw Floyd | cookie dough. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for go. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags and Bob, lying quite unconscious here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Parchesi. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get bob" | ||||
Floyd | He's pretty heavy, but carryable. You sling him over your shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for the secret sauce on a Big Mac. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have two piece of cellophanes, a blue wrapper, a catcher's mitt, a Floyd | pink towel, a crumpled paper, a skateboard, a beer can, a pastel blue Floyd | box, a wrench, and a handheld electronic trivia game. The pastel blue Floyd | box seems to contain a square dark chocolate, a square light Floyd | chocolate, a round dark chocolate, a round light chocolate, a Floyd | shell-shaped dark chocolate, a shell-shaped light chocolate, a Floyd | triangular light chocolate, a hexagonal dark chocolate, a hexagonal Floyd | light chocolate, and a torn card. The speaker seems to contain a Floyd | piece of duct tape. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with a recent popular Floyd | movie and how he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get bob" | ||||
Floyd | He's pretty heavy, but carryable. You sling him over your shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | "I've always wondered what life would be like if it were exactly like Floyd | a text adventure game," says Evan. "I'm not sure I'd like it. For Floyd | example, everyone you knew would just be mindless, finite-state Floyd | automatons who do the same thing over and over again." Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get bob" | ||||
Floyd | He's pretty heavy, but carryable. You sling him over your shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'Man is not Floyd | alone in the universe. There are women too.'" Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "oh, you actually can carry him" | |||
| inky says, "I am confused about this" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "what's going on?" | ||||
| inky says, "he's not in our inventory though" | ||||
| Catena asks, "can you drop bob in the closet?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags and Bob, lying quite unconscious here. Floyd | Evan is here, expounding upon some obscure piece of trivia. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about the differences between the Meiji Floyd | and postwar constitutions of Japan. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Your Closet Floyd | Floyd | Dimly illuminated, this closet provides you with an impenetrable Floyd | defense against outside noise. The door, which is to the west and Floyd | open, is steel-reinforced and soundproof, preventing even the loudest Floyd | party sounds from getting through. Though the closet is small, it is Floyd | roomy enough for you and several of your favorite textbooks, and Floyd | you've studied for many an exam here. Floyd | You see a toolbox here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your closet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't see any chair here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop bob" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't see any bob here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toolbox" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't see any toolbox here.) Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for chess. Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for Coca-Cola. Floyd | Floyd | From elsewhere in the apartment, you hear Bob's snores shaking the Floyd | foundations of the earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "drat" | |||
| Taleslinger asks, "Didn't we try to carry Bob?" | ||||
| inky says, "see, I think you're not really carrying him" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push chair north" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags, Bob, lying quite unconscious, and a Floyd | swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put bob on chair" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | "I've always wondered what life would be like if it were exactly like Floyd | a text adventure game," says Evan. "I'm not sure I'd like it. For Floyd | example, everyone you knew would just be mindless, finite-state Floyd | automatons who do the same thing over and over again." Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Evan is here, expounding upon some obscure piece of trivia. Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if everyone walked on the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push chair south" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Hey Jude" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x bob" | ||||
Floyd | Bob, alleged star athlete on the school's basket weaving team Floyd | (Australian rules), is rather crude, rude, perpetually inebriated, and Floyd | more than a bit ditzy. Unfortunately, that's his good side. He's Floyd | looking a little better than usual today, though, having recently Floyd | pulled through a savage bout with scurvy, but fortunately (from Bob's Floyd | point of view), you don't need teeth to drink beer. At the moment he's Floyd | thoroughly passed out. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with mass transit and how Floyd | he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push chair east" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Your Closet Floyd | Floyd | Dimly illuminated, this closet provides you with an impenetrable Floyd | defense against outside noise. The door, which is to the west and Floyd | open, is steel-reinforced and soundproof, preventing even the loudest Floyd | party sounds from getting through. Though the closet is small, it is Floyd | roomy enough for you and several of your favorite textbooks, and Floyd | you've studied for many an exam here. Floyd | You see a toolbox and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your closet. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | You'd miss this party for the world, but you can't leave while there's Floyd | a chance John might still need your help. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about rules of mimesis. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "wait" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, your closet door, or your bedroom door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "closet" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about Brazil in the (hypothetical) Floyd | 2030's. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "toolbox!" | |||
| inky says, "I think I already got the wrench out of it" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x wrench" | ||||
Floyd | A large wrench, made of titanium. This was a beloved 16th birthday Floyd | present from your parents. Floyd | Floyd | Evan makes a few remarks about the possibility of steam saving the Floyd | world. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I didn't see that." | |||
| DavidW says, "it's all going much too fast for me" | ||||
| Catena says, "get textbooks from closet, to give evan to read" | ||||
| inky says, "I'm not sure this actually helped, anyway" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Parchesi. Floyd | Floyd | Evan makes a few remarks about the possibility of steam saving the Floyd | world. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Send in the Clowns" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about life. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, I guess I don't hear him snoring" | |||
| inky says, "oh, good idea" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | some pop song along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio, three crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and a Floyd | piece of cellophane here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | Distracted by all of the noise, John momentarily loses his Floyd | concentration and starts muttering something about losing an Floyd | electronic game on his desk. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "so Bob's in the closet now?" | |||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x game" | ||||
Floyd | Small, orange, and plastic, this electronic game was given to John for Floyd | his birthday. John, having a limited attention span at best, quickly Floyd | abandoned this gift before he could get through its alleged "20,000 Floyd | Questions!" The case sports an LCD screen and a small speaker. There Floyd | are also four buttons, colored red, yellow, green, and blue, lined up Floyd | vertically to the left of the screen, next to where the possible Floyd | answers to the game's questions will be displayed. The game is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | Floyd | John wails to you, "Could you help quiz me? Please?" Floyd | Floyd | "So, John," says Alice, "how're you doing hitting those books? Real Floyd | swell?" John mumbles something uncomfortably and tries to continue Floyd | studying. Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if it were love, not money, Floyd | that made the world go round. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put tape on speaker" | ||||
Floyd | You place the duct tape on the speaker. Floyd | Floyd | "Rationalization, sublimation, displacement, rationalization!" John Floyd | recites desperately. Floyd | Floyd | Carl takes out a candy bar, strips the cellophane off of it, crumples Floyd | it into a neat, compact ball, and tosses it absent-mindedly in the Floyd | direction of the kitchen. The cellophane bounces off the Floyd | refrigerator, and skims the edge of the kitchen sink. Just as it Floyd | looks as if it would go in, it falls to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice and Carl, needing to stretch their legs, get up and dance the Floyd | minuet for a little while. Floyd | Floyd | "I've always wondered what life would be like if it were exactly like Floyd | a text adventure game," says Evan. "I'm not sure I'd like it. For Floyd | example, everything you did would take exactly one minute to do no Floyd | matter what it was." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give game to evan" | ||||
Floyd | "Geez, about time you finished with that," says Evan irritably as he Floyd | takes the game from you again. Floyd | Floyd | John wails to you, "Could you help quiz me? Please?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quiz john" | ||||
Floyd | You ask John a question about repression. "Wait, I know that! I know Floyd | that!" exclaims John. He grits his teeth and closes his eyes in Floyd | concentration. "No, wait, I forgot! I forgot!" Floyd | Floyd | John tries to write some notes on a piece of paper, messes up, and, in Floyd | a fit of frustration, crumples up the paper and throws it to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | Alice reminisces about a really good tuna fish sandwich she once had. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, hmm, now we need food for alice, I guess" | |||
| inky says, "or money for alice" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "what else was in our room?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Monopoly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and a closed closet door to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | This is your mahogany desk, a gift to you on your fifteenth birthday. Floyd | You've spent many a long hour studying at this desk, and many more Floyd | polishing it. Even now, as you look at it, you get the urge to wipe Floyd | off a few molecules of dust from its surface with your sleeve, but you Floyd | resist, as you would get your shirt dirty. There is a drawer on the Floyd | front of the desk which is open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in drawer" | ||||
Floyd | The desk drawer is open. There's nothing in the desk drawer. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dresser" | ||||
Floyd | This is a dresser made of fine mahogany wood. The surface is Floyd | dust-free and so shiny you could comb your hair by your reflection in Floyd | the wood. The drawers are closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open dresser" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "Y.M.C.A." along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the mahogany dresser. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Monopoly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | You polish this mirror twice a day. If it doesn't look good, you Floyd | don't look good. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||||
Floyd | This is your bed, which you are very proud of. You spend at least Floyd | half an hour every day making it, smoothing out the folds, ensuring Floyd | that the sheets are perfectly balanced and symmetrical on both sides. Floyd | On the bed you see nothing at all. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under your bed, not even those slavering, gnawing, Floyd | hungry monsters you used to hear at night...You recoil from the bed, Floyd | sweating profusely. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh" | |||
| Catena asks, "under bed?" | ||||
| Catena says, "go lag" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Maybe something under John's bed?" | ||||
| Taleslinger asks, "Did we look under John's back?" | ||||
| inky says, "no" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | John's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | John is fairly nonchalant about you going into his room and using Floyd | his stuff, though for the most part you don't take advantage of this. Floyd | Like your room, John's room has a bed, dresser, desk, and an open Floyd | closet door to the east. Unlike your room, it is quite disorganized, Floyd | to say the least. Sheets are spread all over the room and clothes, as Floyd | well as less-speakable debris, are strewn about, giving the room a Floyd | ripe, musty odor not unlike rotting fruit in an ancient tomb; broken Floyd | plastic models litter the scarred desk. Set in the north wall is a Floyd | closed window to the outside world. There is a (fortunately) open Floyd | door to the south. Floyd | You see a wastebasket here. The window seems to contain some raw Floyd | cookie dough. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into John's bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "err...bad. And timing!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | You take a quick peek under John's bed. Other than dust and other Floyd | assorted debris, you don't see anything, particularly anything he Floyd | "borrowed" from you in recent months. Drat. Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "bed. Damn." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | It's hard to get more descriptive of this stuff than the single word, Floyd | 'debris.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "closet?" | |||
| Alex says (to Catena), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that closet is north of the lounge." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothes" | ||||
Floyd | Various articles of clothing and underwear are scattered around the Floyd | room. It's hard to move around without stepping on one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | The decrepit state of John's desk bespeaks both a ripe old age as well Floyd | as years of misuse; its surface bears many jagged scars and scorch Floyd | marks. Otherwise, the desk looks surprising clean (for a possession Floyd | of John's), mainly because most of the junk that normally occupies its Floyd | surface has been swept onto the floor or into the closet. There is a Floyd | single drawer on the desk, which is closed. On the desk you see some Floyd | broken plastic models; besides that, you see nothing at all. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for Parchesi. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search clothes" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for go. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "(oh, now I remember we'd soundproofed our closet -- I guess that's why it worked to put Bob in there)" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the desk drawer reveals a coupon book. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for poker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have the desk drawer. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oho!" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get coupon" | ||||
Floyd | Which coupon do you mean, the Captain Barnacle's Seafood House coupon, Floyd | the Nekohanten coupon, or the Chez Merde coupon? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "seafood!" | |||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "seafood" | ||||
Floyd | You've already got your hands full. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop box" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get seafood" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | This coupon entitles the bearer to two All-You-Can-Eat Crustacean Floyd | Platters for the price of one. The coupon enthusiastically describes Floyd | this dish as "More Shrimp Than You DESERVE!" Floyd | Floyd | The sound of crumpling cellophane, grating your ears, comes in from Floyd | the direction of the living room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "aye" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x merde" | ||||
Floyd | By presenting this coupon to the matre'd at any Chez Merde, you can Floyd | get two Super Escargot, Fantastic Frog Legs (with French fries, no Floyd | less), or Spectacular Souffle plates for the price of one. (10% off Floyd | more if you don't try to order using your high-school French.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x Nekohanten" | ||||
Floyd | This coupon, for the local Chinese restaurant Nekohanten, reduces the Floyd | prices on any dish in the "B" category to 55 cents each. The coupon Floyd | also promises "Half the MSG of our nearest competitor!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud and raucous argument in the living room about the Floyd | rules for mah jongg. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see two snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the living room, you hear Alice trying to sing Floyd | "American Pie" along with the radio, and doing it badly. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see a radio, four crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and a Floyd | piece of cellophane here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Alice is here, looking a bit bored. Floyd | Carl is here, entertaining himself in his usual banal manner. Floyd | Floyd | John hits his forehead with his hands, muttering, "Think! Think!" It Floyd | doesn't seem to be working. Floyd | Floyd | "C'mon, John," urges Alice, "take a break, have some fun with us! You Floyd | can always take more tests next semester!" Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "give seafood to alice" | ||||
Floyd | "Why thanks," says Alice, grinning. "I was just thinking of dinner at Floyd | this place. Looks like I can afford it now." She gets up, and Carl Floyd | follows suit. You heart leaps at the thought that she's going to be Floyd | clearing out of here... Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, but it's *so* cold outside tonight," says Alice, seating herself Floyd | on the floor again. "Positively freezing. And look at how I'm Floyd | dressed!" You don't have much of an opinion of Alice's tastes in Floyd | clothes, but admittedly, she does look a bit chilly. "We can't well Floyd | go out and get pneumonia, can we? You wouldn't want that on your Floyd | conscience, would you...?" Floyd | Floyd | Distracted by all of the noise, John momentarily loses his Floyd | concentration and starts muttering something about losing an Floyd | electronic game on his desk. Floyd | Floyd | Alice takes out a bag of potato chips, empties the contents into her Floyd | hands, and chucks the empty bag into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Alice breaks out a pack of cards and plays a hand of blackjack with Floyd | Carl. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "noooo" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give towel to alice" | ||||
Floyd | "Very funny," smiles Alice as she takes the towel. "It *is* something Floyd | warm for the night, though." She looks thoughtful, as if searching Floyd | for one last excuse to keep herself in your apartment. "You *know*, Floyd | we're all ready to leave, but we don't have any way of getting to Floyd | dinner or the concert! Now if only you could find any way for us to Floyd | depart this place..." She grins again. Floyd | Floyd | John squirms in his seat, trying to concentrate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x alice" | ||||
Floyd | Alice, one of John's friends, is a relentless partygoer. She likes Floyd | listening to loud, ear-splitting music, playing card and dice games, Floyd | watching television shows based on video games, drinking stirred and Floyd | not shaken martinis, and annoying people like you. You know all this Floyd | because of the many times she's visited your apartment along with Floyd | twenty or thirty of her "friends." Luckily for you her entourage Floyd | seems a bit thin tonight. Floyd | Floyd | "Reaction formation, projection, rationalization, sublimation!" John Floyd | recites desperately. Floyd | Floyd | Alice looks despondent. "I really appreciate the coupon and the Floyd | towel, but it looks like we're just going to be stuck here all night, Floyd | since we don't have any way of getting to the Polonium. I guess we're Floyd | going to be your guests all night, eh?" She smiles wickedly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give skateboard to alice" | ||||
Floyd | Alice starts laughing as she takes the skateboard from your hands. Floyd | "Got me again, huh? I guess this technically *is* transportation." Floyd | She gathers up her more valuable possessions, including Carl, and Floyd | theatrically wraps the pink towel around herself. "Carl!" she says, Floyd | presenting the skateboard to him. "You know how to ride one of Floyd | these?" Carl looks quizzically at the board, then puts it down and Floyd | mounts it. He then lifts Alice onto his back (not without Floyd | considerable effort). You open the door for the two as they glide out Floyd | of the apartment. Floyd | Floyd | "Be seeing ya," says Alice as they depart. Floyd | Floyd | "Don't count on it," you say, closing the door. Floyd | Floyd | "Projection, repression, rationalization, sublimation!" John recites Floyd | desperately. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena exclaims, "wrench!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | When you moved into this apartment, the kitchen was a horrendous Floyd | mess. Because you've agreed to let John maintain the kitchen while Floyd | you maintain the bathroom, it still is; the stove is encrusted with Floyd | the pathetic results of previous meals, the refrigerator is in sore Floyd | need of a wipedown, and the kitchen sink as usual is filled with Floyd | mostly useless items. A kitchen table sits in the center of the room. Floyd | The living room is to the east. Floyd | You see three piece of cellophanes and a remote control here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the kitchen, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "We solved everything but the kitchen sink!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||||
Floyd | This, as you probably surmised, is the kitchen sink. At the moment it Floyd | is fairly filthy, thanks to John's recent diligent efforts at *not* Floyd | scrubbing it. Under the sink is a cabinet in which the kitchen Floyd | plumbing can be accessed. In the kitchen sink there are broken Floyd | dishes; other than that, you see nothing at all. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sink" | ||||
Floyd | Under the sink you see a cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the cabinet reveals the pipes which comprise the kitchen Floyd | plumbing. Besides that, you see nothing at all in it. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plumbing" | ||||
Floyd | This is a series of curved piping which connects the apartment to the Floyd | local sewage system. The pipes look like they're leaking. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix pipes" | ||||
Floyd | (with the wrench) Floyd | You tighten the pipes with your wrench, stopping the leak. However, Floyd | as the last echoes of the dripping water fade in the kitchen, you hear Floyd | the sound of dropping water in the bathroom... Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see four crumpled papers, a snack food bag, and a piece of Floyd | cellophane here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Floyd | John grits his teeth and grinds a pencil down to a stub. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see three snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | The bathroom, fortunately, is one of the rooms you've agreed to Floyd | maintain, and as a result it isn't too filthy. Against the north wall Floyd | is a gleaming sink and a mirror mounted above it; next to the mirror Floyd | is a medicine cabinet. On the south wall is a towel rack. A toilet Floyd | and shower, both scrubbed to exquisite perfection with lye-based Floyd | cleansers, complete this traditional bathroom. The only exit to this Floyd | bathroom is through a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the bathroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | Which cabinet do you mean, the bathroom sink cabinet, or the medicine Floyd | cabinet? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sink" | ||||
Floyd | The bathroom sink cabinet is already open! Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||||
Floyd | Which pipes do you mean, the ceiling pipes, or the bathroom sink Floyd | pipes? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sink" | ||||
Floyd | This is a series of curved piping which connects the apartment to the Floyd | local sanitation system. The pipes look like they're leaking. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere below you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix sink pipes" | ||||
Floyd | (with the wrench) Floyd | You tighten the pipes with your wrench, stopping the leak. You stop Floyd | the dripping water in the pipes under the sink. Breathing a sigh of Floyd | relief, you wipe sweat off your forehead... Wait a minute. That Floyd | wasn't too taxing. Why are you sweating? Looking overhead, you Floyd | notice a new leak has sprung up in the overhead pipes. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix ceiling pipes" | ||||
Floyd | (with the wrench) Floyd | They're well out of your reach. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on sink" | ||||
Floyd | Climbing onto the sink is impractical as well as unsanitary in Floyd | general. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on toilet" | ||||
Floyd | Your attempt to gain ground using the toilet proves futile, as the Floyd | toilet, lacking a seat, provides no secure footholds upon which you Floyd | can stand. The fact that you have polished the toilet to mirror-shine Floyd | perfection, making what little surface there is very slippery, doesn't Floyd | help. Nor does your desire not to dirty the toilet with your feet. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "mahogany table?" | |||
| DavidW says, "or the chair" | ||||
| inky says, "we could get the swivel chair" | ||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "is that in the closet?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see three snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and a closed closet door to Floyd | the east. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't see any chair here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | From elsewhere in the apartment, you hear Bob's snores shaking the Floyd | foundations of the earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in closet" | ||||
Floyd | You see the interior of the closet through the open door, but you'll Floyd | have to go inside to get a better look at what's there. Floyd | Floyd | From elsewhere in the apartment, you hear Bob's snores shaking the Floyd | foundations of the earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Your Closet Floyd | Floyd | Dimly illuminated, this closet provides you with an impenetrable Floyd | defense against outside noise. The door, which is to the west and Floyd | open, is steel-reinforced and soundproof, preventing even the loudest Floyd | party sounds from getting through. Though the closet is small, it is Floyd | roomy enough for you and several of your favorite textbooks, and Floyd | you've studied for many an exam here. Floyd | You see a toolbox and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your closet, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "have you often stood on a swivel chair? I'd code it as only one action" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair w" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't understand that sentence.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair west" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close closet" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair norht" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't know the word "norht".) Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Bob is still on the chair" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair north" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see three snack food bags and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "or not" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bob" | ||||
Floyd | Bob, alleged star athlete on the school's basket weaving team Floyd | (Australian rules), is rather crude, rude, perpetually inebriated, and Floyd | more than a bit ditzy. Unfortunately, that's his good side. He's Floyd | looking a little better than usual today, though, having recently Floyd | pulled through a savage bout with scurvy, but fortunately (from Bob's Floyd | point of view), you don't need teeth to drink beer. At the moment he's Floyd | thoroughly passed out. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oops" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair south" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and a closed closet door to Floyd | the east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | Bob lets out a loud snore which sounds truly hideous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair east" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Your Closet Floyd | Floyd | Dimly illuminated, this closet provides you with an impenetrable Floyd | defense against outside noise. The door, which is to the west and Floyd | open, is steel-reinforced and soundproof, preventing even the loudest Floyd | party sounds from getting through. Though the closet is small, it is Floyd | roomy enough for you and several of your favorite textbooks, and Floyd | you've studied for many an exam here. Floyd | You see a toolbox and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your closet, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bob" | ||||
Floyd | He's pretty heavy, but carryable. You sling him over your shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | Bob, squirming on your shoulder, tugs at your shirt and mumbles Floyd | something about "stoopid umpirezz." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bob" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair west" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | This is your bedroom, for which you can be proud. Mostly bare, Floyd | since many of your possessions are out for dry cleaning, the room Floyd | looks neater than ever. Your bed, sitting in one corner, is Floyd | immaculately made, and your desk, placed against the northern wall, Floyd | has a clear surface which reveals its mirror-shine polish. A fine Floyd | mahogany dresser sits against the south wall, and a mirror sits atop Floyd | it. There is an open door to the north and an open closet door to the Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into your bedroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close closet" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair north" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see three snack food bags and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair west" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | This is the living room of your apartment. Well, at least half of Floyd | it *could* be called a living room, in the sense that a person could Floyd | actually live in it. You and John have long since decided that you Floyd | would split the room into two, and each be responsible for each one's Floyd | designated half. Your half, which contains a tasteful paisley couch Floyd | and mahogany table, looks bright and clean. John's half, on the other Floyd | hand, has piles of newspaper and beer cans, a ratty sofa which bleeds Floyd | foam, and a study desk and chair, neither of which have seen much Floyd | action until the last three days. The center of the room contains Floyd | items you have both consented to share, such as the TV set, which is Floyd | currently off. Floyd | The kitchen is to the west, the bedrooms and bath to the east, and Floyd | the exit (through which you hope to see John go soon) to the north. Floyd | You see four crumpled papers, a snack food bag, a piece of Floyd | cellophane, and a swivel chair here. Floyd | John is here, sitting at his special studying desk, trying Floyd | desperately to read his psychology textbook. Floyd | Floyd | John grits his teeth and grinds a pencil down to a stub. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the living room, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see three snack food bags and a swivel chair here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair east" | ||||
Floyd | You move the chair to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | The bathroom, fortunately, is one of the rooms you've agreed to Floyd | maintain, and as a result it isn't too filthy. Against the north wall Floyd | is a gleaming sink and a mirror mounted above it; next to the mirror Floyd | is a medicine cabinet. On the south wall is a towel rack. A toilet Floyd | and shower, both scrubbed to exquisite perfection with lye-based Floyd | cleansers, complete this traditional bathroom. The only exit to this Floyd | bathroom is through a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the bathroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on chair" | ||||
Floyd | You stand on the chair. A bit precarious, but you maintain your Floyd | balance. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix ceiling pipes" | ||||
Floyd | (with the wrench) Floyd | With all the balance you can muster, you tighten the pipe and stop the Floyd | leak. Floyd | Floyd | You've finally taken care of all the distractions that are Floyd | preventing John from studying. With not much time to spare, he crams Floyd | in as much Psychology knowledge into his brain as possible, and, come Floyd | eight o'clock, goes nervously to his exam. Floyd | Floyd | [Press any key to continue] | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [Press any key to continue] | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "I did it!" yells John hours later, as he arrives home Floyd | triumphantly with the exam, graded "D+." You feel a strong sense of Floyd | relief as you collapse onto your beloved paisley couch. Finally! Floyd | Floyd | In three weeks, John receives his degree, and promptly moves out. Floyd | He shakes your hand before leaving, saying, "I couldn't have done it Floyd | without you, man. I owe you a lot. I hope it isn't too lonely here Floyd | without me. It's like we've become such good friends over the years, Floyd | and now we have to part." Floyd | Floyd | "Isn't there a plane you have to catch...I mean, I'll miss you Floyd | too," you say. Floyd | Floyd | And so, life alone begins. The rent is more expensive now that Floyd | you're living alone, but the whole apartment is cleaner and quieter, Floyd | and you can now relax and enjoy yourself. Floyd | Floyd | [Press any key to continue] | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Three months later... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [Press any key to continue] | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The doorbell rings. You get up, and when you answer it, you Floyd | see...John! He looks just as ratty as usual, only he's carrying a Floyd | double armload of papers as well as a sizable stack on his head. Floyd | Surrounding him are clamoring freshmen, looking agitated as they paw Floyd | at the papers. Floyd | Floyd | "Hi there!" he says, grinning. "I guess I need a place to stay Floyd | again. You see, after I passed that Psych exam, I was feeling very Floyd | confident in myself. So confident, I decided to apply to grad school Floyd | here...and they accepted me!" Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, undo the current Floyd | command, or see a list of things to do in this game for your Floyd | amusement. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, (U)NDO, or (A)MUSEMENT: > | inky says, "hee hee" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "a" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Have you tried... Floyd | Floyd | asking John, Evan, and Alice about everything? Floyd | asking Bob about beer, the refrigerator, etc. Floyd | attacking, kissing, insulting everyone? Ordering them to do things? Floyd | putting Bob in various containers? Floyd | playing the trivia game? Floyd | swearing? XYZZY? jumping? yelling? Floyd | eating the dough? a chocolate? the soup? drinking the 'beer'? Floyd | quizzing John? Floyd | asking Evan about the vase? multiple times? Floyd | taking or turning off Alice's radio? Floyd | riding the skateboard? leaving it in a room and waiting for Bob to Floyd | walk by? Floyd | sitting, looking under, or searching on all the chairs and sofas? Floyd | looking under, searching, lying, sitting, or standing on the beds? Floyd | making the beds? Floyd | reading the coupons? Floyd | watching the TV? unplugging it? Floyd | giving a chocolate to Bob in one of the closets? Floyd | smelling everything? Floyd | standing on the bathroom sink or the toilet? Floyd | taking a shower? Floyd | turning on the stove? When Bob is around? Floyd | SCORE? Floyd | quitting the game in the living room? Floyd | Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, (U)NDO, or (A)MUSEMENT: > | Nitku says, "We didn't do much of those" | |||
| inky says, "I wonder if this john is the same john from john's fire witch" | ||||
| inky says, "he was a slob too" | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "Nice idea." | ||||
| DavidW says, "wow. Lots of extra stuff." | ||||
| WeirdBeard arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Taleslinger says, "And hey, I am here an hour, we finished it in an hour." | |||
| DavidW says, "I didn't expect we'd do it so quick." | ||||
| WeirdBeard asks, "I just missed it?" | ||||
| Catena says, "it told us exactly what we needed to accomplish at all times" | ||||
| DavidW says (to WeirdBeard), "we just won, yeah." | ||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| Taleslinger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW asks, "Did people want to poke about some more in the game, or just stop here?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom, standing on the swivel chair Floyd | Floyd | The bathroom, fortunately, is one of the rooms you've agreed to Floyd | maintain, and as a result it isn't too filthy. Against the north wall Floyd | is a gleaming sink and a mirror mounted above it; next to the mirror Floyd | is a medicine cabinet. On the south wall is a towel rack. A toilet Floyd | and shower, both scrubbed to exquisite perfection with lye-based Floyd | cleansers, complete this traditional bathroom. The only exit to this Floyd | bathroom is through a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Evan is here, playing an electronic trivia game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You speak the ancient word of power. Then you realize you look Floyd | absolutely silly doing so. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "fuck" | ||||
Floyd | Real adventurers don't use that sort of language...But frustrated Floyd | college students with irritating roommates do, so you let out a good Floyd | expletive. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | WeirdBeard asks, "What were you all playing last week? And did you finish?" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||||
Floyd | Your mother always told you that pointless jumping around was a sign Floyd | of impending mental collapse. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You speak the ancient word of power. Then you realize you look Floyd | absolutely silly doing so. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | This is hardly the time or place to lose your composure. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't know the word "sing".) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||||
Floyd | (I don't know the word "dance".) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to WB), "Last week it was The Elysium Enigma, and we took two sessions to finish it." | |||
| DavidW says, "So I don't mind ending short today." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shower" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the swivel chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the swivel chair. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the swivel chair. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shower" | ||||
Floyd | Really, now...even your mother would agree that *four* showers in one Floyd | day is starting to push it. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get shower" | ||||
Floyd | Really, now...even your mother would agree that *four* showers in one Floyd | day is starting to push it. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smell me" | ||||
Floyd | You smell like a pleasant combination of lemon, ammonia, and bleach. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smell shower" | ||||
Floyd | It smells just like you expect a shower to smell. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smell sink" | ||||
Floyd | The sink has the appealing odor of lemon and disinfectant. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Short Hall Floyd | Floyd | This is a short hall connecting the living room with the bedrooms Floyd | and the bathroom. Your bedroom is to the south, behind an open door, Floyd | while John's room is to the north, beyond an open door. The bathroom Floyd | can be reached by going east through an open door. Floyd | You see three snack food bags here. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the short hall, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "You haven't flushed the toilet yet." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "smell evan" | ||||
Floyd | Evan has the musty scent of old Trivial Pursuit cards on him. Floyd | Floyd | In the near silence, you hear a soft but obnoxious dripping noise Floyd | coming from the direction of the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | The bathroom, fortunately, is one of the rooms you've agreed to Floyd | maintain, and as a result it isn't too filthy. Against the north wall Floyd | is a gleaming sink and a mirror mounted above it; next to the mirror Floyd | is a medicine cabinet. On the south wall is a towel rack. A toilet Floyd | and shower, both scrubbed to exquisite perfection with lye-based Floyd | cleansers, complete this traditional bathroom. The only exit to this Floyd | bathroom is through a door to the west, which is open. Floyd | You see a swivel chair here. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | Evan follows you into the bathroom, still playing the game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" | ||||
Floyd | The toilet makes a satisfying flushing sound. Floyd | Floyd | Somewhere above you, you hear a dripping sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw yeah" | |||
| DavidW says, "hooray" | ||||
| Catena says, "heh, ammonia and bleach, no wonder the PC is whacked" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess picking up the chip bags, etc. is optional." | ||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of inky), "were you gonna try the trivia game?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get game" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the game out of Evan's hands. In the process Evan's fingers Floyd | brush against the game's on/off switch, turning the game off. Evan Floyd | looks extremely surprised and perturbed. Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with a recent popular Floyd | movie and how he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "play it" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, 'play', now that's an interesting word," says Evan. "Let me tell Floyd | you about its etymology..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "turn game on" | ||||
Floyd | You switch the trivia game on. A question appears on the screen: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 1 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | What is the windspeed of an unladen swallow? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> 10 km/hr Floyd | Yellow -> 30 km/hr Floyd | Green -> 50 km/hr Floyd | Blue -> African or European? Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 200 points. Floyd | Your current score is 0 and you have answered 0 questions out of 0." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with the weather and how Floyd | he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh man" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "blue" | ||||
Floyd | (There's no verb in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 200. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 2 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife Floyd | had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens. Floyd | Sacks, cats, kits, wives, how many were going to St. Ives? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> 1 Floyd | Yellow -> 2800 Floyd | Green -> 2801 Floyd | Blue -> 2881 Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 50 points. Floyd | Your current score is 200 and you have answered 1 questions out of 1." Floyd | Floyd | Evan talks about the use of the phalanx in ancient Greek military Floyd | strategy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 50. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 3 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Which of the following is *not* an adventure game authoring system? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> TADS Floyd | Yellow -> FADS Floyd | Green -> GAGS Floyd | Blue -> LADS Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 250 and you have answered 2 questions out of 2." Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for Coca-Cola. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "FADS" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push yellow" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 4 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | What is the total value, in zorkmids, of all the treasure in Dungeon? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> 30003 Floyd | Yellow -> 31013 Floyd | Green -> 42 Floyd | Blue -> 33333 Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 350 and you have answered 3 questions out of 3." Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if the moon really *was* Floyd | made of swiss cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "that's a good joke question, though" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh dear" | ||||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | I beg your pardon? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push yellow" | ||||
Floyd | "Bzzzzzzt!" the game admonishes you. You have one try left. Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for Coca-Cola. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask evan about dungeon" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, 'dungeon', now that's an interesting word," says Evan. "Let me Floyd | tell you about its etymology..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask evan about zorkmids" | ||||
Floyd | "Ah, 'zorkmids', now that's an interesting word," says Evan. "Let me Floyd | tell you about its etymology..." Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "I'd guess 30003" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask evan about trivia" | ||||
Floyd | "A fourth edition '20,000 Questions' LCD game!" exclaims Evan. "I've Floyd | beaten the first, second, and third editions already! Let me play!" Floyd | You struggle to keep Evan's hands off you as he claws desperately for Floyd | the game. Floyd | Floyd | Evan speculates about the recipe for Coca-Cola. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 50. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 5 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | Who is buried in Grant's tomb? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Abraham Lincoln Floyd | Yellow -> Al Capone Floyd | Green -> Jimmy Hoffa Floyd | Blue -> Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 50 points. Floyd | Your current score is 400 and you have answered 4 questions out of 4." Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'You can only Floyd | win so many battles before you lose the war.'" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Nitku), "correct!" | |||
| Nitku says, "yay" | ||||
| inky says, "hooray" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 50. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 6 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Which of the following is a spell from the "Enchanter" trilogy? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> caskly Floyd | Yellow -> foobar Floyd | Green -> malek Floyd | Blue -> fizaim Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 450 and you have answered 5 questions out of 5." Floyd | Floyd | "I've always wondered what life would be like if it were exactly like Floyd | a text adventure game," says Evan. "I'm not sure I'd like it. For Floyd | example, everything you did would take exactly one minute to do no Floyd | matter what it was." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 7 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Advanced Math. Floyd | Floyd | What is the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> a lot Floyd | Yellow -> 3.1415926 Floyd | Green -> the square of the hypotenuse Floyd | Blue -> acute Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 200 points. Floyd | Your current score is 550 and you have answered 6 questions out of 6." Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if Fermat had a lot more Floyd | space in his margins. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 200. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 8 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Advanced Math. Floyd | Floyd | What is 2+2? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> 3 Floyd | Yellow -> 3.141592654 Floyd | Green -> 4 Floyd | Blue -> 5 Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 500 points. Floyd | Your current score is 750 and you have answered 7 questions out of 7." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with customer service at Floyd | the local convenience store and how he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 500. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 9 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | What is the answer to the question of life, the universe, and Floyd | everything? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> 40 Floyd | Yellow -> 41 Floyd | Green -> 42 Floyd | Blue -> 43 Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 200 points. Floyd | Your current score is 1250 and you have answered 8 questions out of Floyd | 8." Floyd | Floyd | Evan makes a few remarks about the possibility of steam saving the Floyd | world. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky says, "advanced math indeed" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 200. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 10 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Who is the author of "Detective"? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Andre M. Boyle Floyd | Yellow -> Graham Nelson Floyd | Green -> Dave Baggett Floyd | Blue -> Matt Barringer Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 1450 and you have answered 9 questions out of Floyd | 9." Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'Man is not Floyd | alone in the universe. There are women too.'" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I wonder how many questions this has" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 11 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Common Knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | What country does India ink come from? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> India Floyd | Yellow -> China Floyd | Green -> Japan Floyd | Blue -> Korea Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 1550 and you have answered 10 questions out of Floyd | 10." Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push yellow" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 12 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Which school did the Implementors of Zork attend? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> UC Berkeley Floyd | Yellow -> Harvard Floyd | Green -> MIT Floyd | Blue -> GUE Tech Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 1650 and you have answered 11 questions out of Floyd | 11." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with the nation's foreign Floyd | policy and how he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 13 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Advanced Math. Floyd | Floyd | In calculus, what's that squiggly shaped symbol that looks like the Floyd | hole in a violin supposed to be called? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Integral Floyd | Yellow -> Derivative Floyd | Green -> Eigenvalue Floyd | Blue -> Inverse matrix Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 200 points. Floyd | Your current score is 1750 and you have answered 12 questions out of Floyd | 12." Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if the moon really *was* Floyd | made of swiss cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "looks like Andre M Boyle wrote "Space Aliens Laughed At My Cardigan"" | |||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||||
| Gerynar spins around in circles, faster and faster, until he disapears in a brilliant flash of plaid light. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 200. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 14 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | What was the color of George Washington's white horse? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> mauve Floyd | Yellow -> white Floyd | Green -> olive green Floyd | Blue -> salmon Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 50 points. Floyd | Your current score is 1950 and you have answered 13 questions out of Floyd | 13." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about rules of mimesis. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push yellow" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 50. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 15 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | Why did the chicken cross the road? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> To get to the other side. Floyd | Yellow -> Because she wanted to. Floyd | Green -> How should I know?! Floyd | Blue -> I'll get a committee to investigate that. Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2000 and you have answered 14 questions out of Floyd | 14." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives an impromptu talk about the role of inefficient Floyd | communication in prolonging the War of 1812. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 16 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Which color is not used for a rod in "Starcross"? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> orange Floyd | Yellow -> yellow Floyd | Green -> red Floyd | Blue -> blue Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2100 and you have answered 15 questions out of Floyd | 15." Floyd | Floyd | "I've always wondered what life would be like if it were exactly like Floyd | a text adventure game," says Evan. "I'm not sure I'd like it. For Floyd | example, everyone you knew would just be mindless, finite-state Floyd | automatons who do the same thing over and over again." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Anyone know this one? I'd guess the orange rod." | |||
| inky says, "me too, but I dunno" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 17 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | Bill is a bus driver. On his bus are 15 passengers. At the first Floyd | stop, half as many get on as get off. At the second stop, 5/7 of the Floyd | passengers on the bus get off, and three times as many get on as were Floyd | left. The bus is traveling at 40 km/hr and 15 miles separates the two Floyd | stops. At 5:30 PM, what is the name of the bus driver? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> 16 Floyd | Yellow -> 6:05 PM Floyd | Green -> 35 km/hr Floyd | Blue -> Bill Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2200 and you have answered 16 questions out of Floyd | 16." Floyd | Floyd | Evan makes a few remarks about the possibility of steam saving the Floyd | world. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 18 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Which game had the bug with the "two Mrs. Dunbars"? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Suspect Floyd | Yellow -> Deadline Floyd | Green -> Witness Floyd | Blue -> Moonmist Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 200 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2300 and you have answered 17 questions out of Floyd | 17." Floyd | Floyd | Evan wonders what the world would be like if the moon really *was* Floyd | made of swiss cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push yellow" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 200. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 19 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | What was the only "Junior" level Infocom game made? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Zork I Floyd | Yellow -> Suspended Floyd | Green -> Seastalker Floyd | Blue -> Wishbringer Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2500 and you have answered 18 questions out of Floyd | 18." Floyd | Floyd | Evan talks about the Norman Conquest and its effect on Old English Floyd | vocabulary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 20 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Who wrote "Colossal Cave"? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Crowther and Woods Floyd | Yellow -> Blank, Lebling, Daniels, and Anderson Floyd | Green -> Meretzky Floyd | Blue -> Adams Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2600 and you have answered 19 questions out of Floyd | 19." Floyd | Floyd | Going into deep financial detail, Evan gives a discourse on the rise Floyd | and fall of Infocom, Inc. He also mentions how much he liked that Floyd | little robot Floyd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 21 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Who wrote "Colossal Cave"? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> Crowther and Woods Floyd | Yellow -> Blank, Lebling, Daniels, and Anderson Floyd | Green -> Meretzky Floyd | Blue -> Adams Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2700 and you have answered 20 questions out of Floyd | 20." Floyd | Floyd | "I believe," says Evan, "that a philosopher once said, 'The power to Floyd | destroy a planet is nothing compared to the power to program your Floyd | VCR.'" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 22 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Riddles of the Ancients. Floyd | Floyd | Why did the chicken cross the road? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> To get to the other side. Floyd | Yellow -> Because she wanted to. Floyd | Green -> How should I know?! Floyd | Blue -> I'll get a committee to investigate that. Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2800 and you have answered 21 questions out of Floyd | 21." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with mass transit and how Floyd | he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red" | ||||
Floyd | The game announces on the screen, "You are correct!" Your score Floyd | increases by 100. The game selects a new question: Floyd | Floyd | "Question # 23 Floyd | Floyd | The category is Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | Which of the following is *not* an adventure game authoring system? Floyd | Floyd | Red -> TADS Floyd | Yellow -> FADS Floyd | Green -> GAGS Floyd | Blue -> LADS Floyd | Floyd | This question is worth 100 points. Floyd | Your current score is 2900 and you have answered 22 questions out of Floyd | 22." Floyd | Floyd | Evan gives a short speech about what's wrong with the city's traffic Floyd | system and how he would change things. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh, it's repeating questions now." | |||
| inky says, "so I guess it has 20 questions" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh well." | ||||
| inky says, "WE ARE VICTORIOUS" | ||||
| DavidW says, "YAY" | ||||
| Nitku says, "I would've been impressed if it had the 20,000" | ||||
| inky asks, "are we quitting here? or are there more things people want to do?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm done." | ||||
| Catena says, "it'd still be in production" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (YES or NO) > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
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