  
 
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 The Awakening, written by Dennis Matheson. The Awakening was originally released in 1998. 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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| Jacqueline arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW asks, "What genre is today's game, anyway?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Lovecraftian, methinks." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ah. Not my fave, but still interesting, usually." | ||||
| inky says, "from the title I predict it is in the same genre as Narcolepsy and The Sleeping Princess" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "For some reason I really like Lovecraftian games, yet have never ever read any Lovecraft. I am not sure why this is." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe the original Lovecraft makes you forget you read it." | ||||
| inky says, "I didn't think you were that into fantasy" | ||||
| inky says, "(books)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Fantasy, yes. SciFi, not so much." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I am annoyed at how they are often lumped together as a single genre." | ||||
| inky says, "well, technically this is horror anyway, I guess" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Sometimes you get a genuine sf/f story." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Lawrence Watt-Evans's Brown Magician trilogy involves three dimensions: the normal one we know, a magical one, and a spacefaring empire one." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's a pretty depressing read, though, the way the story and the worlds are presented. All the ugliness and dirt, and almost none of the glamour of their genres." | ||||
| inky says, "aw" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "I like horror, when it's done well. I loved Anchorhead, for instance, and the recent The King of Shreds and Patches IntroComp game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There's a mood, an ambiance to those." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose the Brown Magician might qualify as horror, except it's a rather mundane sort of horror." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've never really read anything quite like it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. Thank you for possibly clearing his name. Possibly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "ILAC" | ||||
| inky arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline hollers, "Just a little over five minutes until ClubFloyd. This week, a Lovecraftian game called The Awakening by Dennis Matheson." | ||||
| DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| Nitku arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, starting here in a moment - please restrict chatter to the #ClubFloyd channel. Thanks." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load awakening" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit? | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load awakening" | ||||
| Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that game." | Jacqueline says, "I should always check, I guess." | |||
| ParserGirl arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load awaken" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You remember darkness. And the cold. Cold and darkness. And silence. Floyd | Those memories are all that you have. That, and a feeling that Floyd | something you never knew you possessed has been lost. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, oblivion is split by a blinding light and a crash of sound. Floyd | You awaken to the roar of a storm and a deluge of rain and mud. Floyd | Floyd | The Awakening Floyd | Copyright (c) 1998 by Dennis Matheson Floyd | (For more information type "HELP", for hints type "HINTS") Floyd | Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 980726 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7 Floyd | Floyd | In the Mud Floyd | Rain and muddy water are pouring down on you, making it difficult to Floyd | see or even breathe. Sodden earth and mud surrounds you on all sides Floyd | except overhead, where flashes of lightning illuminate a storm tossed Floyd | sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I just love it when the magician wears the wrong top hat, don't you?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Heh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You find you cannot look down at yourself. It is almost as if you know Floyd | what you might find and are afraid to have your fears confirmed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You find you cannot look down at yourself. It is almost as if you know Floyd | what you might find and are afraid to have your fears confirmed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, he's really afraid." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||||
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x lightning" | ||||
Floyd | The howling wind sends the clouds racing across the sky. The almost Floyd | constant flashing of lightning illuminates the landscape in stark Floyd | black and white contrast, while the barrage of thunder joins with the Floyd | wind in a mad concaphony. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Oh, I had the impression we were lying down in the mud" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks, "What sort of genre is this?" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x mud" | DavidW says, "muddy" | |||
Floyd | The sides of the hole are made of dark, rich earth, now soaked through Floyd | by the torrential downpour. As you watch, more and more mud is washed Floyd | away and into the hole with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I think we're just standing in the mud... though we, um, just woke up. Guess we were sleeping upright." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to ParserGirl), "Lovecraftian, I think." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb out" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | As you scramble out of the hole the mud collapses downward, filling in Floyd | the hole behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Graveyard Floyd | Dozens of stone markers stand here, oblivious to the wind and the Floyd | rain. Huge, twisted oaks, their limbs tossed by the wind, draw an Floyd | unmentionable sustenance from the moss-covered, moldy ground. An odor Floyd | of decay, which even the storm cannot dissipate, hangs over Floyd | everything. An iron barred fence surrounds the graveyard, an Floyd | ivy-covered barrier separating it from the world of the living. The Floyd | only exit is through the gate to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A church rises to the east, its boarded up windows giving the Floyd | impression that it is covering its eyes from the sight of the Floyd | graveyard. Floyd | Floyd | A large branch has been broken from one of the trees and has crushed Floyd | the grave marker below it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Oh woah" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "No wonder it won't let us x ourselves." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marker" | ||||
Floyd | The marker for this grave has been shattered by the fall of a large Floyd | branch from the overhanging tree. The grave itself has been disturbed; Floyd | the soil has fallen in to form a shallow pit. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||
Floyd | This large branch has broken off from one of the trees and fallen on Floyd | one of the graves, shattering it's marker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | The branch is too large to move, but a smaller limb has broken off and Floyd | is lying nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take limb" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | A stout oak limb, about as long as you are tall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gunther arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
Floyd | The marker for this grave has been shattered by the fall of a large Floyd | branch from the overhanging tree. The grave itself has been disturbed; Floyd | the soil has fallen in to form a shallow pit. Floyd | Floyd | > | * Gunther has joined the channel. | |||
| DavidW says, "Big sticks are always useful." | ||||
| ParserGirl asks, "What's the floyd shortcut again?" | ||||
| Gunther says, "f or wf" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Just >F WHATEVER" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x church" | ||||
Floyd | The old church has seen better days. Formerly painted white, the Floyd | boards are now faded, peeling and rotted. Most of the windows are Floyd | boarded up, and those that aren't have long since been broken out. The Floyd | shingles have fallen from the roof, which sags alarmingly. A Floyd | broken-tipped steeple rises from one end of the building, and a faint Floyd | miasma of decay seems to rise from the structure. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But please don't use wf." | |||
| DavidW says, "'miasma'!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Because then we don't see what you typed." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "heehee" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Yeah, I tried .f and that's what happened." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fence" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | This side of the church is untended and grasses and weeds have run Floyd | rampant. A muddy trail leads back to the graveyard to the west and on Floyd | to the southeast and a faint path continues around the church to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Do we have a goal in particular? I didn't pay strictest attention to the beginning." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall, the south wall, the east wall, the Floyd | west wall, the northeast wall, the northwest wall, the southeast wall Floyd | or the southwest wall? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "east" | ParserGirl says, "eep" | |||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We have 'a feeling that something [we] never knew [we] possessed has been lost.'" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||||
Floyd | Diseased looking grasses and weeds surround the church. In clumps it Floyd | rises to your knees, while in other places it has been beaten to the Floyd | ground by the force of the storm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search weeds" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | Lightning arcs overhead, followed instantly by a blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Like, possibly that thing is skin." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But probably something a bit less gross, I'm guessing." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | There is no entrance into the church on this side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku asks, "hm, is this a TADS game?" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | A formidable looking guard dog stands here. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No, Glulx I think." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Awakening Floyd | N = next subject P = previous Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > For new players Floyd | About this game Floyd | Credits and Acknowledgments Floyd | License and Copyright info Floyd | Hints... Floyd | Walkthru Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "The Awakening" is a text adventure game. You interact with the game Floyd | by typing phrases like EXAMINE CHAIR or OPEN DOOR and the game Floyd | responds by describing the world around you and the results of your Floyd | actions. Floyd | Floyd | There are certain commands which are common to all adventure games. Floyd | You move around by giving the compass direction in which you want to Floyd | go; for example NORTH or SOUTHEAST. All directions can be shortened to Floyd | one or two letters; in this case N or SE. You can also go UP or DOWN Floyd | (U or D). In some locations IN or OUT work. You can also ENTER or Floyd | CLIMB things. Floyd | Floyd | When you first enter a location, the game will describe the location Floyd | to you. After that, it will only tell you the name of the location. Floyd | You can see the full description at any time by typing LOOK (or L). Floyd | You can tell the game to always give the full description by entering Floyd | VERBOSE. Floyd | Floyd | You interact with the environment in many ways. You GET items to pick Floyd | them up and DROP items to put them down. You can also PUT items IN Floyd | things or GET items FROM others. Fairly complex sentences are Floyd | possible, for example GET THE RED BRICK AND THE BLUE BALL FROM THE Floyd | METAL BOX THEN THROW THE BRICK AT THE WINDOW is a valid input. Floyd | Floyd | You may encounter people or other creatures while exploring the world Floyd | of the game. You can ask these people questions by typing ASK person Floyd | ABOUT topic and tell them things by saying TELL person ABOUT topic. Floyd | You can also SHOW them things. You can ask them to do things with Floyd | PERSON, COMMAND. For example, to ask Bob to pick up the book, type Floyd | BOB, GET THE BOOK. Floyd | Floyd | To look at an item more closely, EXAMINE it. (EXAMINE can be Floyd | abbreviated as X) To get a list of everything you are carrying type Floyd | INVENTORY (or I). Some other useful commands you can try are PUSH, Floyd | SEARCH, SHAKE, THROW, RUB, KICK, CLIMB or READ. A part of any text Floyd | adventure is learning what words the game knows. "The Awakening" knows Floyd | hundreds of words, so feel free to try anything. Floyd | Floyd | If you get really stuck, you can access a hint menu at any time by Floyd | typing HINTS. If you would rather not be tempted, you can turn the Floyd | hint feature off by entering HINTS OFF. Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | Jacqueline says, "Dog? Throw the ham at it!" | |||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that a dog is man's best friend." | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Awakening Floyd | N = next subject P = previous Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > For new players Floyd | About this game Floyd | Credits and Acknowledgments Floyd | License and Copyright info Floyd | Hints... Floyd | Walkthru Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, that was a couple weeks ago." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The Awakening Floyd | N = next subject P = previous Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | For new players Floyd | > About this game Floyd | Credits and Acknowledgments Floyd | License and Copyright info Floyd | Hints... Floyd | Walkthru Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "The Awakening" is my first piece of interactive fiction. It is based Floyd | (very) loosely on several stories by H.P. Lovecraft, most notably "The Floyd | Outsider", "The Terrible Old Man" and "The Two Black Bottles". Floyd | Floyd | I mainly wrote "The Awakening" as a learning exercise. I had started Floyd | several other games, but they were all too big and I found myself Floyd | becoming overwhelmed by the scope of the game along with learning the Floyd | language. I was inspired to try a smaller game by the Textfire games Floyd | which came out in April of 1998. "The Awakening" became much larger Floyd | than any Textfire, but the inspiration was there. Floyd | Floyd | It took longer to finish the game than I expected. My main problem Floyd | involved the rope that is encountered in the game. Originally, it was Floyd | far more complex than what is now implemented. Even what is there now Floyd | doesn't work quite as well as I would have liked. Floyd | Floyd | I hope you enjoy the game. Since it is my first game, feedback is Floyd | especially welcome. At this time (July 1998) my most stable e-mail Floyd | address is: Floyd | Floyd | Dennis_Matheson@compuserve.com Floyd | Floyd | or, you can reach me by snail mail at: Floyd | Floyd | Dennis Matheson Floyd | 4068 Maxanne Dr. Floyd | Kennesaw, GA 30144 Floyd | Floyd | Enjoy! Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE.] | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Awakening Floyd | N = next subject P = previous Floyd | RETURN = read subject Q = resume game Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | For new players Floyd | > About this game Floyd | Credits and Acknowledgments Floyd | License and Copyright info Floyd | Hints... Floyd | Walkthru Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | A formidable looking guard dog stands here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x dog" | ||||
Floyd | This large, solid black dog is chained to one of the oak trees. There Floyd | is something disturbing about the shape of it's head; it seems to be Floyd | too large and slightly misshapen and an unnatural intelligence can be Floyd | seen behind its red eyes. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dog, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The dog growls threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pet dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The dog snarls and snaps at you as you reach for it and you draw your Floyd | hand back hurriedly. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks, "A grimm?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I suggest finding a bone for the li'l doggie." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, so, it's not a nice dog." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Kidding. I was pretty certain.)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, let's go dig up a grave with our - wait! We have a stick!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give stick to dog" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "yay" | |||
| DavidW asks, "You want to play 'fetch'?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | Momentarily, the wind and rain slacken then return with renewed force. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's a limb." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give limb to dog" | ||||
Floyd | The dog snarls and barks at you. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks, "Throw it?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "beat dog with limb" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "OH, it's chained." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play fetch" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attack dog with limb" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to attack the guard dog. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw limb" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | With a loud CRACK, a bolt of lightning strikes the steeple of the Floyd | church. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, this is not the right thing, methinks." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think my bone idea has merit still." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we go dig up a grave and give this large dog a, hmm... a femur." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "throw stick" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | These massive trees are easily hundreds of years old. They tower over Floyd | the front of the church, climbing almost as high as the steeple. Floyd | Unlike the forest surrounding other parts of the grounds they are Floyd | almost unnaturally healthy, their branches clean and straight and Floyd | their leaves a deep rich green. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "throw limb" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get limb" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x steeple" | ||||
Floyd | Pointing heavenward like some broken, accusing finger, the steeple Floyd | rises from the front of the church. The steeple ends in a ragged, Floyd | blunt tip; whatever decoration may have once surmounted it is long Floyd | gone. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Carry on." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb trees" | ||||
Floyd | The trunk is too rain-slick to climb. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Bristling and growling, the dog blocks your path Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Bristling and growling, the dog blocks your path Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | Growling faintly, the dog follows you to the West Side of the Church, Floyd | dragging its chain behind it. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That's where we came from." | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Sorry, thought you were trying to go back there." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, there are bones back here." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x graves" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "but I like the idea of wrapping the chain around the church too." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait." | ||||
| inky says, "the line about the solid dog was notorious here for a bit after the game came out" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "haha - think that'd work?" | ||||
| inky says, "(incidentally)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Graveyard Floyd | Floyd | A church rises to the east, its boarded up windows giving the Floyd | impression that it is covering its eyes from the sight of the Floyd | graveyard. Floyd | Floyd | A large branch has been broken from one of the trees and has crushed Floyd | the grave marker below it. Floyd | Floyd | Satisfied, the dog wanders off back to the Front of the Church. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x boards" | ||||
Floyd | Once, the windows were probably told stories of hope and redemption in Floyd | brightly colored stained glass. Now, they are boarded up as if the Floyd | church has closed it's eyes to the world outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take boards" | ||||
Floyd | The boards are nailed firmly in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x grave" | ||||
Floyd | The marker for this grave has been shattered by the fall of a large Floyd | branch from the overhanging tree. The grave itself has been disturbed; Floyd | the soil has fallen in to form a shallow pit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read grave" | ||||
Floyd | The inscription is no longer legible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Graveyard Floyd | Dozens of stone markers stand here, oblivious to the wind and the Floyd | rain. Huge, twisted oaks, their limbs tossed by the wind, draw an Floyd | unmentionable sustenance from the moss-covered, moldy ground. An odor Floyd | of decay, which even the storm cannot dissipate, hangs over Floyd | everything. An iron barred fence surrounds the graveyard, an Floyd | ivy-covered barrier separating it from the world of the living. The Floyd | only exit is through the gate to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A church rises to the east, its boarded up windows giving the Floyd | impression that it is covering its eyes from the sight of the Floyd | graveyard. Floyd | Floyd | A large branch has been broken from one of the trees and has crushed Floyd | the grave marker below it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x graves" | ||||
Floyd | Dozens of stone slabs mark the final resting places of those who have Floyd | departed. All are old, the inscriptions worn away and covered with Floyd | moss and mold, they tilt at odd angles. Many have fallen and are now Floyd | half buried in the mud. Floyd | Floyd | Lightning arcs overhead, followed instantly by a blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Am I the only one who's experiencing incredible lags? Perhaps I shouldn't be the one driving if I am." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dig with limb" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dig dirt" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dig mud" | ||||
Floyd | You are only able to dig a few inches before striking rock, and the Floyd | rain rapidly washes more mud in to fill up the hole you make. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So much for a bone." | |||
| Jacqueline avoids the 'throw me a frickin' bone here' joke. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | With a loud CRACK, a bolt of lightning strikes the steeple of the Floyd | church. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So try the wrap around idea." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | There is no entrance into the church on this side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I did." | |||
| DavidW says, "No you didn't." | ||||
| DavidW says, "let me try." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The dog chased us two locations, then was satisfied that he'd scared us off and returned to the front of the church." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | A formidable looking guard dog stands here. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | Growling faintly, the dog follows you to the West Side of the Church, Floyd | dragging its chain behind it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Church Floyd | The trees close in here, their storm-tossed branches seeming to reach Floyd | clawing limbs towards the back of the church. The weeds have run wild Floyd | here and ivy climbs its way up the back of the building. A faint path Floyd | continues around the church to the southeast and the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | The south wall of the church looms blankly overhead. Floyd | Floyd | Satisfied, the dog wanders off back to the Front of the Church. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline coughs. | |||
| Jacqueline smiles. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Church Floyd | This wide, graveled clearing may have once been where the worshippers Floyd | at the church left their vehicles while attending services inside. If Floyd | so, it seems that the last service was held long ago. Weeds and Floyd | grasses grow up through the gravel, which is littered with debris. Floyd | Dark, looming trees surround the clearing except for the driveway, Floyd | which leads to the southwest, and for a narrow opening to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | To the west, the church stares out over the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "The dog is far too smart." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | Scattered sticks, leaves and bits of trash cover the gravel clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | Momentarily, the wind and rain slacken then return with renewed force. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | The trees wave wildly in the wind, their twisted limbs seeming to Floyd | reach out to claw at the side of the church. No birds or forest Floyd | animals inhabit their branches; a repellent air surrounds them that Floyd | seems inimical to any such invasion. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||||
Floyd | Diseased looking grasses and weeds surround the church. In clumps it Floyd | rises to your knees, while in other places it has been beaten to the Floyd | ground by the force of the storm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search weeds" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | A formidable looking guard dog stands here. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, did that." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x chain" | ||||
Floyd | A heavy steel chain. It has rusted slightly but is still more than Floyd | sturdy enough to hold the dog. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You feel that you are unable to. Some force on you increases as you Floyd | try to leave the area. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks, "What if we went in one direction and then stuck the limb through the chain, essentially shortening it?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "windows" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||||
Floyd | Once, the windows were probably told stories of hope and redemption in Floyd | brightly colored stained glass. Now, they are boarded up as if the Floyd | church has closed it's eyes to the world outside. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "walk around tree" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide behind tree" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure how you'd do it, but try." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry boards" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | Growling faintly, the dog follows you to the West Side of the Church, Floyd | dragging its chain behind it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x chain" | ||||
Floyd | A heavy steel chain. It has rusted slightly but is still more than Floyd | sturdy enough to hold the dog. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put limb in chain" | ||||
Floyd | That can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "throw limb at chain" | ||||
Floyd | Futile. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chain" | ||||
Floyd | The dog probably wouldn't like you to be pulling on its chain. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "bah." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hahaha though." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "wave stick" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "re: pulling its chain" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x church wall" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the church. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "wave limb" | ||||
Floyd | You look ridiculous waving the broken limb. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Where else can we go. Any other location? Or is it just the dog puzzle?" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Implement some synonyms, my goodness." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "We've only seen 5 above ground locations, yes?" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "I think so." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||||
Floyd | (the broken limb) Floyd | Digging would achieve nothing here. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | The south wall of the church looms blankly overhead. Floyd | Floyd | Satisfied, the dog wanders off back to the Front of the Church. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall, the south wall, the east wall, the Floyd | west wall, the northeast wall, the northwest wall, the southeast wall Floyd | or the southwest wall? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | The Awakening is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x south wall" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x church" | ||||
Floyd | The old church has seen better days. Formerly painted white, the Floyd | boards are now faded, peeling and rotted. Most of the windows are Floyd | boarded up, and those that aren't have long since been broken out. The Floyd | shingles have fallen from the roof, which sags alarmingly. A Floyd | broken-tipped steeple rises from one end of the building, and a faint Floyd | miasma of decay seems to rise from the structure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You feel that you are unable to. Some force on you increases as you Floyd | try to leave the area. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||||
Floyd | Once, the windows were probably told stories of hope and redemption in Floyd | brightly colored stained glass. Now, they are boarded up as if the Floyd | church has closed it's eyes to the world outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shingle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wait, only some of the windows are boarded." | |||
| ParserGirl says, ".> use force" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | They're not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "break window" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, we're missing something here. This game got four stars on Baf's Guide." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, PG, regarding synonyms, this game is ten year's old. Not an excuse, just saying..." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, ".> hit baf's guide with stick." | ||||
| Nitku says, "Maybe the windows aren't boarded on all sides." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to PG), "heehee" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Jacqueline), "Oh, interesting. Good to know." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Ala Zork I." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Church Floyd | The trees close in here, their storm-tossed branches seeming to reach Floyd | clawing limbs towards the back of the church. The weeds have run wild Floyd | here and ivy climbs its way up the back of the building. A faint path Floyd | continues around the church to the southeast and the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | The south wall of the church looms blankly overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe the bone was in the grave, and the game's already unwinnable since we didn't get it first." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | This side of the church is untended and grasses and weeds have run Floyd | rampant. A muddy trail leads back to the graveyard to the west and on Floyd | to the southeast and a faint path continues around the church to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or the limb can be used as a lightning rod." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||||
Floyd | Once, the windows were probably told stories of hope and redemption in Floyd | brightly colored stained glass. Now, they are boarded up as if the Floyd | church has closed it's eyes to the world outside. Floyd | Floyd | Momentarily, the wind and rain slacken then return with renewed force. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, we could restart. Or perhaps we can just take one out of our own chest or something." She smiles. | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Church Floyd | The trees close in here, their storm-tossed branches seeming to reach Floyd | clawing limbs towards the back of the church. The weeds have run wild Floyd | here and ivy climbs its way up the back of the building. A faint path Floyd | continues around the church to the southeast and the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | The south wall of the church looms blankly overhead. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lift limb" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "But the hooooorrrror!" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Church Floyd | This wide, graveled clearing may have once been where the worshippers Floyd | at the church left their vehicles while attending services inside. If Floyd | so, it seems that the last service was held long ago. Weeds and Floyd | grasses grow up through the gravel, which is littered with debris. Floyd | Dark, looming trees surround the clearing except for the driveway, Floyd | which leads to the southwest, and for a narrow opening to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | To the west, the church stares out over the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||||
Floyd | (the broken limb) Floyd | Digging would achieve nothing here. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the ground. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | A formidable looking guard dog stands here. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | Once, the windows were probably told stories of hope and redemption in Floyd | brightly colored stained glass. Now, they are boarded up as if the Floyd | church has closed it's eyes to the world outside. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "raise limb" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw limb nw" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the broken limb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask dog about church" | ||||
Floyd | The dog snarls and barks at you. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break limb" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You feel that you are unable to. Some force on you increases as you Floyd | try to leave the area. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Can we whack the dog when its chain is stretched?" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "eat dog" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the guard dog) Floyd | I don't suppose the guard dog would care for that. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | Momentarily, the wind and rain slacken then return with renewed force. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "growl" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x rain" | ||||
Floyd | The rain pours downward, pelting you painfully and almost blinding you Floyd | with its intensity. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb roof" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Church Floyd | This wide, graveled clearing may have once been where the worshippers Floyd | at the church left their vehicles while attending services inside. If Floyd | so, it seems that the last service was held long ago. Weeds and Floyd | grasses grow up through the gravel, which is littered with debris. Floyd | Dark, looming trees surround the clearing except for the driveway, Floyd | which leads to the southwest, and for a narrow opening to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | To the west, the church stares out over the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Growling faintly, the dog follows you to the East Side of the Church, Floyd | dragging its chain behind it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit dog with limb" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the guard dog. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Church Floyd | The trees close in here, their storm-tossed branches seeming to reach Floyd | clawing limbs towards the back of the church. The weeds have run wild Floyd | here and ivy climbs its way up the back of the building. A faint path Floyd | continues around the church to the southeast and the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | The south wall of the church looms blankly overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The dog chases madly after you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | This side of the church is untended and grasses and weeds have run Floyd | rampant. A muddy trail leads back to the graveyard to the west and on Floyd | to the southeast and a faint path continues around the church to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | The dog chases madly after you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You feel that you are unable to. Some force on you increases as you Floyd | try to leave the area. Floyd | Floyd | The dog leaps at you, raking your chest with its claws and leaving a Floyd | trail of red. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The dog lunges after you, but is suddenly jerked to a stop with a Floyd | yelp. The dog has been brought up short by it's chain, which is now Floyd | completely wrapped around the church. It barks wildly but Floyd | ineffectually at you as you continue on around the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "yay" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Score!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You find you cannot look down at yourself. It is almost as if you know Floyd | what you might find and are afraid to have your fears confirmed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" | ||||
Floyd | The railing consists of two parallel lengths of wood about an arm's Floyd | span apart connected by wooden pickets. One section of the railing Floyd | seems fairly unsteady. Floyd | Floyd | For a brief moment, hail pounds against you then subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break section" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break railing" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "touch railing" | ||||
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push railing" | ||||
Floyd | With a jerk, you tear free the loose section of railing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take section" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | The railing consists of two parallel lengths of wood about an arm's Floyd | span apart connected by wooden pickets. If stood on end, the rail Floyd | would be about twice your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Just what I always wanted." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Wait - wow." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well done on the chain." | ||||
| DavidW says, "thank you" | ||||
| ParserGirl asks, "Ladder?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "What happened, DW? We just went the wrong way?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to PG), "I think you're right." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "He had to enrage the dog." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "no, I enraged the dog." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah. Had a lag, then a big text dump, and missed that bit. Thanks." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||||
Floyd | The railing consists of two parallel lengths of wood about an arm's Floyd | span apart connected by wooden pickets. If stood on end, the rail Floyd | would be about twice your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to PG), "ladder idea confirmed." | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Excellent." | ||||
| DavidW says (to PG), "Take the lead." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The opening in the ceiling seems to lead to another room overhead, but Floyd | there doesn't seem to be any way to get to it. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I tried attacking that dog earlier..." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | The railing doesn't lead anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline gets over it and joins the game in progress. | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "lean the ladder?" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "lean ladder" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder on door" | ||||
Floyd | Putting things on the trap door would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x portrait" | ||||
Floyd | As you look at the painting, a memory seems to float to the surface of Floyd | your mind. You remember standing in this church and looking at that Floyd | painting. And you remember it staring back at you, with malevolent, Floyd | vivid green eyes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x pews" | ||||
Floyd | Once, these rows would have been filled with worshippers. Now, they Floyd | only contain dust and debris. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Evil Jesus eyes?" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take painting" | ||||
Floyd | The painting is too high up on the wall to do anything with. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pulpit Floyd | From this raised platform you can see the entire inside of the church. Floyd | The pulpit is empty except for the podium which rises from the center. Floyd | A small door is visible behind the podium to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "It's his evil twin, Jebus" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x podium" | ||||
Floyd | This carved wooden podium is where the leader of this church would Floyd | have addressed his or her followers. Now, from the podium, you can Floyd | only see rows of empty pews and a lone painting of Christ, staring Floyd | blankly down from the south wall. A large black book is resting open Floyd | on the podium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "ho shit don't read the book" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | At first you thought this book was a Bible, but now you realize that Floyd | you were mistaken. The large, black, leather-bound tome contains Floyd | passages you find disturbing, and uncomfortably familiar. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||||
Floyd | Much of the book has been damaged by moisture and rats, but some of Floyd | the passages are still legible. One in particular sticks in your Floyd | mind... "The way to understand another is through their eyes, because Floyd | the eyes are the windows of the soul. Through the eyes the soul may Floyd | seen by those who are sensitive, and through the eyes the soul my be Floyd | taken by those who have pledged themselves to the ones who wait Floyd | beyond." Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Office Floyd | This small office has the same run-down appearance of the rest of the Floyd | church. Debris covers the floor and a trickle of water comes in around Floyd | the boards covering a broken window. A desk stands in the middle of Floyd | the room and an empty bookshelf sits against one wall. A pile of ashes Floyd | marks where a fire once burned in the middle of the floor. A door to Floyd | the south leads back to the sanctuary. Floyd | Floyd | On the desk is a journal. Floyd | Floyd | A richly embroidered robe hangs beside the door. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "x eyes" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Nothing suspicious going on here. no sir." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | An old wooden desk. Scarred and water-damaged, it has been here for Floyd | some time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "search desk" | ||||
Floyd | On the desk is a journal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x journal" | ||||
Floyd | A book of blank pages, the kind that would be used to keep a ledger or Floyd | a journal. Unfortunately, someone has torn out most of the pages and Floyd | only blank sheets remain. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x ash" | ||||
Floyd | It seems as if a good sized fire once burned here; it is amazing that Floyd | the entire room did not catch fire. From the occasional bit of Floyd | unburned material it seems as if whoever built the fire was burning Floyd | books, probably from the now empty bookcase. Mixed in with the ashes Floyd | you find a number of jagged shards of glass. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" | ||||
Floyd | A number of shards of broken glass lies mixed in with the ashes. From Floyd | the look of the fragments, it was some kind of thick walled bottle Floyd | that was smashed into the floor. A curious object lies in with the Floyd | shards of glass. It looks like a heavy rubber stopper with a chain Floyd | hanging from it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Oh, score." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll bet they're 'round here somewhere." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hidden in the floor or something." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I typed that last bit when you were examining the journal. I may just have to give up this whole 'playing in real time' business." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take stopper" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ash" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up a handful of ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ash on journal" | ||||
Floyd | (the handful of ashes on the journal) Floyd | As you rub the ashes against the page, the indentations fill in and Floyd | the last entry becomes visible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Holy crap I didn't think that would work." | |||
| DavidW says, "clever" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "read journal" | ||||
Floyd | You read the last entry from the journal... "I cannot continue. The Floyd | more I come to know her the more I realize that I cannot continue to Floyd | corrupt her. She was pure and innocent before I took her, and that Floyd | innocence allows her to continue to trust me even after what I have Floyd | done. I only hope that the taint of that which I have done has not Floyd | stained her irrevocably and that she will go to her proper place after Floyd | I release her... and that I shall go to mine." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Ok, someone else can take a turn." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take journal" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a journal Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a large black book Floyd | a broken length of railing Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | A warped, wooden bookshelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x stopper" | ||||
Floyd | A heavy rubber stopper, such as would be used to close a bottle. Bits Floyd | of wax still cling to the edge showing where the bottle was sealed Floyd | with the stopper in place. A fine chain hangs from the stopper and Floyd | ends in an oddly carved lead weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Office Floyd | This small office has the same run-down appearance of the rest of the Floyd | church. Debris covers the floor and a trickle of water comes in around Floyd | the boards covering a broken window. A desk stands in the middle of Floyd | the room and an empty bookshelf sits against one wall. A pile of ashes Floyd | marks where a fire once burned in the middle of the floor. A door to Floyd | the south leads back to the sanctuary. Floyd | Floyd | A richly embroidered robe hangs beside the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x weight" | ||||
Floyd | A heavy rubber stopper, such as would be used to close a bottle. Bits Floyd | of wax still cling to the edge showing where the bottle was sealed Floyd | with the stopper in place. A fine chain hangs from the stopper and Floyd | ends in an oddly carved lead weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "did we take the stopper?" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Yes." | ||||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ok" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bookshelf" | ||||
Floyd | You push the bookshelf to one side, revealing an old book bound in a Floyd | strange reddish cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take old book" | ||||
Floyd | (the old grimoire) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | A very old volume, bound in some strange reddish material. At first Floyd | you thought it was leather but it seems to be more closely akin to Floyd | snakeskin. The book seems to be a weird grimoire or spellbook and Floyd | mostly concerns the soul or spirit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | The book contains several rituals and procedures all involving the Floyd | soul or spirit. The first describes a ritual through which the soul Floyd | can be removed from a person's body and placed in a specially prepared Floyd | container. The soul remains in the container even if the person's body Floyd | dies. Floyd | Floyd | A second ritual can be employed to use the stored soul as a receptacle Floyd | for the sin of another person. This allows the possessor of another's Floyd | soul to perform any acts they wish without having to answer for those Floyd | acts in the next world. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "An I-play-but-you-pay system." | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Identity theft in the afterlife." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x robe" | ||||
Floyd | Richly embroidered red robes, such as might be worn for ceremonial Floyd | purposes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| aash29 arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW asks, "maybe wear it?" | |||
| inky says, "then sacrifice something" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Office Floyd | This small office has the same run-down appearance of the rest of the Floyd | church. Debris covers the floor and a trickle of water comes in around Floyd | the boards covering a broken window. A desk stands in the middle of Floyd | the room and an empty bookshelf sits against one wall. A pile of ashes Floyd | marks where a fire once burned in the middle of the floor. A door to Floyd | the south leads back to the sanctuary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "wear robe" | ||||
Floyd | You put on the embroidered robe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "south" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pulpit Floyd | From this raised platform you can see the entire inside of the church. Floyd | The pulpit is empty except for the podium which rises from the center. Floyd | A small door is visible behind the podium to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "south" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x eyes" | ||||
Floyd | There is something unusual about the eyes of the painting, but it is Floyd | too far away to see clearly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder on painting" | ||||
Floyd | Putting things on the painting would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Can we push the pulpit closer? Stand on the pulpit?" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | The railing doesn't lead anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pulpit Floyd | From this raised platform you can see the entire inside of the church. Floyd | The pulpit is empty except for the podium which rises from the center. Floyd | A small door is visible behind the podium to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push podium" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb podium" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||||
Floyd | As you look at the painting, a memory seems to float to the surface of Floyd | your mind. You remember standing in this church and looking at that Floyd | painting. And you remember it staring back at you, with malevolent, Floyd | vivid green eyes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder on podium" | ||||
Floyd | You put the broken length of railing on the podium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x eyes" | ||||
Floyd | There is something unusual about the eyes of the painting, but it is Floyd | too far away to see clearly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stand on podium" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | The railing doesn't lead anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | It is not yet that time... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x archway" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put ladder on archway" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pews" | ||||
Floyd | Once, these rows would have been filled with worshippers. Now, they Floyd | only contain dust and debris. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put ladder on wall" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall, the south wall, the east wall, the Floyd | west wall, the northeast wall, the northwest wall, the southeast wall Floyd | or the southwest wall? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "any" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pews" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ladder under painting" | ||||
Floyd | You lean the length of railing against the wall near the painting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb it" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully climb up the length of railing, using the pickets like a Floyd | ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Near Painting Floyd | You are standing on top of the railing section near the large painting Floyd | of Christ. From this location, you notice that the eyes in the Floyd | painting are cut out and there are holes behind them. Floyd | Floyd | You are precariously balanced on the top of the broken section of Floyd | railing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move painting" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Excellent." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind painting" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
Floyd | The eyes of the painting are cutouts. There are holes and an open Floyd | space behind the eyes. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Secret passage." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "look in holes" | ||||
Floyd | You find yourself looking into a small enclosed space covered with a Floyd | faded purple curtain. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull painting" | ||||
Floyd | You are unable to. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "break painting" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take painting" | ||||
Floyd | The painting is too high up on the wall to do anything with. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter painting" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter holes" | ||||
Floyd | They're not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Maybe we can try putting the ladder under the trapdoor now that we know the syntax." | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. Maybe." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cut painting" | ||||
Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put limb in holes" | ||||
Floyd | Those can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x curtain" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pulpit" | ||||
Floyd | A simple raised platform at the front of the church, it supports a Floyd | simple wooden podium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in holes" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, weird" | |||
| inky asks, "do we have to find the area elsewhere and open the curtains?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That's what I'm thinking." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look behind curtains" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We did see a trapdoor." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You attempt to pull the railing up after you, but you cannot get Floyd | enough leverage to do so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped against the wall near the Floyd | painting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully place the length of railing under the trap door in the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully climb up the length of railing, using the pickets like a Floyd | ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 20 out of a possible 50, in 181 turns. Floyd | Floyd | The score is made up as follows: Floyd | Floyd | 10 for getting past the guard dog Floyd | 5 for entering the steeple Floyd | 5 for reading the journal Floyd | Floyd | 20 total (out of 50) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "WOO" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get rope" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||||
Floyd | A frayed but heavy section of rope. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | This heavy wooden door looks to be newer and of more sturdy Floyd | construction than the rest of the church. A large, heavy handle is set Floyd | into the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | The rope is securely attached and you can't go very far while holding Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||||
Floyd | The rope is securely attached and you can't go very far while holding Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "drop it. climb it" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x town" | ||||
Floyd | The small town huddles at the base of the hill. A few lights shine Floyd | defiantly against the storm but for the most part it seems quiet, as Floyd | if its inhabitants are waiting inside their homes for the fury to pass Floyd | them by. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the oak trees or the tree branch? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "oak" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the oak trees or the tree branch? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "branch" | ||||
Floyd | The tree branch sways alarmingly in the wind but seems quite sturdy. Floyd | It passes very close to the open window frame in the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x bell" | ||||
Floyd | This massive bell once summoned worshippers to the church. Now, it Floyd | only serves as the home for birds and rodents. The mount for the bell Floyd | has broken on one side, and the other is barely holding on. You are Floyd | surprised that it has not broken free and plummeted from the steeple Floyd | before this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit bell" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "kick bell" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "destruuuuuuuction!" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ring bell" | ||||
Floyd | The bell makes a muted "CLANK". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | A good shove would probably cause the bell to plummet from the Floyd | steeple. Of course, if it did, you would never be able to get it back Floyd | up here again so you decide against it for now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "HEH" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in bell" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "er, heh" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Well FINE then." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "No bell pushing for me." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There there, Peegee." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "sniff" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb branch" | ||||
Floyd | You climb around on the supports a bit, but are unable to move much Floyd | further up or down the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get branch" | ||||
Floyd | The branch is securely attached to the tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb out window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stand on branch" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the oak trees or the tree branch? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "climb oak trees" | ||||
Floyd | You climb around on the supports a bit, but are unable to move much Floyd | further up or down the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "grab branch" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "I can't remember if we tried opening the door down lower." | |||
| Nitku says, "I don't think we did." | ||||
| inky says, "I don't think so" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | This heavy wooden door looks to be newer and of more sturdy Floyd | construction than the rest of the church. A large, heavy handle is set Floyd | into the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||||
Floyd | This heavy wooden door looks to be newer and of more sturdy Floyd | construction than the rest of the church. A large, heavy handle is set Floyd | into the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | an embroidered robe (being worn) Floyd | an old grimoire Floyd | a journal Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a large black book Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "hit door with limb" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the heavy wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit door" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tie rope to branch" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the tree branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "!" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | A good shove would probably cause the bell to plummet from the Floyd | steeple. Of course, if it did, you would never be able to get it back Floyd | up here again so you decide against it for now. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "nice" | |||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||||
| inky says, "I wonder what the point is then" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. There is a tree Floyd | branch hanging from the end of the rope. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pull branch" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tie rope to door" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the heavy wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | You shove against the bell. For a few seconds, the support takes the Floyd | strain. Then, with a loud cracking noise, the bell tears loose from Floyd | the beam and falls from the steeple. You hear the sound of splintering Floyd | wood from below and then duck aside as the splintered remains of the Floyd | door are pulled past you and out the open window. A metallic crash is Floyd | heard from the ground outside. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Oh neato" | |||
| inky says, "aw yeah" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "Who says the undead aren't clever? Everyone, but that's ok." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | The drop to the floor below is too far for you to climb safely. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |||
| inky says, "whoops" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the oak trees or the tree branch? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "branch" | ||||
Floyd | You climb around on the supports a bit, but are unable to move much Floyd | further up or down the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb down trees" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to climb the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb down branch" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to climb the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "climb beams" | ||||
Floyd | You climb around on the supports a bit, but are unable to move much Floyd | further up or down the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | The drop to the ground below is too far for you to jump safely, and Floyd | the trunk of the tree is too slick to climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "break branch" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tie robe to limb" | ||||
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Momentarily, the wind and rain slacken then return with renewed force. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tree" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x frame" | ||||
Floyd | Once, the windows were probably told stories of hope and redemption in Floyd | brightly colored stained glass. Now, they are boarded up as if the Floyd | church has closed it's eyes to the world outside. Floyd | Floyd | For a brief moment, hail pounds against you then subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | an embroidered robe (being worn) Floyd | an old grimoire Floyd | a journal Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a large black book Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | Lightning arcs overhead, followed instantly by a blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "I hope we didn't have to pull the ladder back up with us." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You leap off of the support and plummet to the floor below. The last Floyd | thing you hear is the peal of thunder outside. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 30 out of a possible 50, in 225 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Belfry Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku asks, "Have we saved at any point?" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "I don't think so." | ||||
| inky says, "hmm, this is lame" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "The not saving, or the game, or both?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks, "Restart and rapid fire run through?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Yeah. I guess we can't get back down?" | ||||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||||
| inky says, "I'm not sure we're obviously stuck" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | Throwing caution to the winds, you leap out of the tree and into Floyd | space. The wind howls around you as you plummet to the ground. Your Floyd | last sight is the church steeple, silhouetted by the lightning against Floyd | the sky. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 30 out of a possible 50, in 226 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | The drop to the ground below is too far for you to jump safely, and Floyd | the trunk of the tree is too slick to climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the oak trees or the tree branch? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the oak trees or the tree branch? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "branch" | ||||
Floyd | The tree branch sways alarmingly in the wind but seems quite sturdy. Floyd | It passes very close to the open window frame in the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | For a brief moment, hail pounds against you then subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | an embroidered robe (being worn) Floyd | an old grimoire Floyd | a journal Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a large black book Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Considering that when we were standing on the ladder under the painting and I tried to grab the ladder it said we didn't have enough leverage to pull it up after us, I assume there was a place where we *would* have enough." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x beams" | ||||
Floyd | Rough hewn from wood, the beams and trusses are dirty and covered with Floyd | bird and animal droppings which make footing treacherous. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb beams" | ||||
Floyd | You climb around on the supports a bit, but are unable to move much Floyd | further up or down the steeple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x droppings" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku asks, "Any ideas? Or are we stuck?" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "I think we're locked out." | ||||
| DavidW says, "sorry, I haven't been paying attention. KoL." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "Gimme thirty seconds and I'll blast through the game up til this point." | ||||
| inky says, "yeah, I dunno" | ||||
| inky says, "go for it, restart" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart? | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You remember darkness. And the cold. Cold and darkness. And silence. Floyd | Those memories are all that you have. That, and a feeling that Floyd | something you never knew you possessed has been lost. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, oblivion is split by a blinding light and a crash of sound. Floyd | You awaken to the roar of a storm and a deluge of rain and mud. Floyd | Floyd | The Awakening Floyd | Copyright (c) 1998 by Dennis Matheson Floyd | (For more information type "HELP", for hints type "HINTS") Floyd | Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 980726 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/7 Floyd | Floyd | In the Mud Floyd | Rain and muddy water are pouring down on you, making it difficult to Floyd | see or even breathe. Sodden earth and mud surrounds you on all sides Floyd | except overhead, where flashes of lightning illuminate a storm tossed Floyd | sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | As you scramble out of the hole the mud collapses downward, filling in Floyd | the hole behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Graveyard Floyd | Dozens of stone markers stand here, oblivious to the wind and the Floyd | rain. Huge, twisted oaks, their limbs tossed by the wind, draw an Floyd | unmentionable sustenance from the moss-covered, moldy ground. An odor Floyd | of decay, which even the storm cannot dissipate, hangs over Floyd | everything. An iron barred fence surrounds the graveyard, an Floyd | ivy-covered barrier separating it from the world of the living. The Floyd | only exit is through the gate to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A church rises to the east, its boarded up windows giving the Floyd | impression that it is covering its eyes from the sight of the Floyd | graveyard. Floyd | Floyd | A large branch has been broken from one of the trees and has crushed Floyd | the grave marker below it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||
Floyd | This large branch has broken off from one of the trees and fallen on Floyd | one of the graves, shattering it's marker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take limb" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | The graveyard is surrounded on all sides by an iron-barred fence. The Floyd | only exit is through the gate to the east. Floyd | Floyd | For a brief moment, hail pounds against you then subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | This side of the church is untended and grasses and weeds have run Floyd | rampant. A muddy trail leads back to the graveyard to the west and on Floyd | to the southeast and a faint path continues around the church to the Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | A formidable looking guard dog stands here. Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls at you threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "attack dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Church Floyd | This wide, graveled clearing may have once been where the worshippers Floyd | at the church left their vehicles while attending services inside. If Floyd | so, it seems that the last service was held long ago. Weeds and Floyd | grasses grow up through the gravel, which is littered with debris. Floyd | Dark, looming trees surround the clearing except for the driveway, Floyd | which leads to the southwest, and for a narrow opening to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | To the west, the church stares out over the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | The dog chases madly after you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "attack dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | North Side of the Church Floyd | The trees close in here, their storm-tossed branches seeming to reach Floyd | clawing limbs towards the back of the church. The weeds have run wild Floyd | here and ivy climbs its way up the back of the building. A faint path Floyd | continues around the church to the southeast and the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | The south wall of the church looms blankly overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The dog chases madly after you! Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "attack dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | Lightning arcs overhead, followed instantly by a blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | To the east, the wall of the church breaks some of the force of the Floyd | wind. Floyd | Floyd | The dog chases madly after you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "attack dog" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Angered at your attack, the dog charges at you! Floyd | Floyd | The dog growls and snarls angrily, snapping at your legs. Floyd | Floyd | With a loud CRACK, a bolt of lightning strikes the steeple of the Floyd | church. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The dog lunges after you, but is suddenly jerked to a stop with a Floyd | yelp. The dog has been brought up short by it's chain, which is now Floyd | completely wrapped around the church. It barks wildly but Floyd | ineffectually at you as you continue on around the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| ParserGirl arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "Oops." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | East Side of the Church Floyd | Floyd | To the west, the church stares out over the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | A heavy chain stretches around the church to the northwest and Floyd | southwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push railing" | ||||
Floyd | With a jerk, you tear free the loose section of railing. Floyd | Floyd | With a loud CRACK, a bolt of lightning strikes the steeple of the Floyd | church. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x podium" | ||||
Floyd | A simple raised platform at the front of the church, it supports a Floyd | simple wooden podium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pulpit Floyd | From this raised platform you can see the entire inside of the church. Floyd | The pulpit is empty except for the podium which rises from the center. Floyd | A small door is visible behind the podium to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Office Floyd | This small office has the same run-down appearance of the rest of the Floyd | church. Debris covers the floor and a trickle of water comes in around Floyd | the boards covering a broken window. A desk stands in the middle of Floyd | the room and an empty bookshelf sits against one wall. A pile of ashes Floyd | marks where a fire once burned in the middle of the floor. A door to Floyd | the south leads back to the sanctuary. Floyd | Floyd | On the desk is a journal. Floyd | Floyd | A richly embroidered robe hangs beside the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get ash" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up a handful of ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ash on journal" | ||||
Floyd | (the handful of ashes on the journal) Floyd | As you rub the ashes against the page, the indentations fill in and Floyd | the last entry becomes visible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take robe" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x ashes" | ||||
Floyd | (the handful of ashes) Floyd | A handful of old ashes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A flash of lightning can be seen through the cracks between the Floyd | boards, followed by a sudden blast of thunder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "pile" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x pile" | ||||
Floyd | It seems as if a good sized fire once burned here; it is amazing that Floyd | the entire room did not catch fire. From the occasional bit of Floyd | unburned material it seems as if whoever built the fire was burning Floyd | books, probably from the now empty bookcase. Mixed in with the ashes Floyd | you find a number of jagged shards of glass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" | ||||
Floyd | A number of shards of broken glass lies mixed in with the ashes. From Floyd | the look of the fragments, it was some kind of thick walled bottle Floyd | that was smashed into the floor. A curious object lies in with the Floyd | shards of glass. It looks like a heavy rubber stopper with a chain Floyd | hanging from it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take stopper" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||||
Floyd | You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push bookshelf" | ||||
Floyd | You push the bookshelf to one side, revealing an old book bound in a Floyd | strange reddish cover. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take old book" | ||||
Floyd | (the old grimoire) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Office Floyd | This small office has the same run-down appearance of the rest of the Floyd | church. Debris covers the floor and a trickle of water comes in around Floyd | the boards covering a broken window. A desk stands in the middle of Floyd | the room and an empty bookshelf sits against one wall. A pile of ashes Floyd | marks where a fire once burned in the middle of the floor. A door to Floyd | the south leads back to the sanctuary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Pulpit Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | The Awakening is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x podium" | ||||
Floyd | This carved wooden podium is where the leader of this church would Floyd | have addressed his or her followers. Now, from the podium, you can Floyd | only see rows of empty pews and a lone painting of Christ, staring Floyd | blankly down from the south wall. A large black book is resting open Floyd | on the podium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the large black book, the old grimoire or the Floyd | journal? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "all" | ||||
Floyd | large black book: Taken. Floyd | old grimoire: You already have that. Floyd | journal: You already have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully place the length of railing under the trap door in the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully climb up the length of railing, using the pickets like a Floyd | ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You attempt to pull the railing up after you, but you cannot get Floyd | enough leverage to do so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "uh oh" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "save now" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ParserGirl asks, "Er, syntax?" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky clears the save counter. | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "(RESET SAVE to reset the counter, then PUSH SAVE or PUSH RESTORE)" | |||
| inky says, "(those aren't commands to floyd, just things you type in the room here" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "NEat" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tie rope to handle" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the heavy wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pull rope" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a metallic <CLANK> from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "darn" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "climb beams" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, so hmm" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Maybe we have to ride the bell down" | ||||
| inky says, "either we have to be able to pull down the bell from here, or we have to be able to get back down once we're up there" | ||||
| inky says, "that would rule" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "or throw the heavy weight at the bell from down here." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "throw stopper at bell" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tie rope to branch" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the tree branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "sit on bell" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x mount" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. There is a tree Floyd | branch hanging from the end of the rope. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I dunno, it really seems like it has something to do with the tree" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tie rope to handle" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the heavy wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "pull rope" | inky says, "why put that branch in if there's no reason to" | |||
Floyd | You hear a metallic <CLANK> from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "yeah" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a large black book Floyd | an old grimoire Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a journal Floyd | an embroidered robe Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| inky asks, "could we put the ladder against the tree?" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "oh that's just genius" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. The rope is Floyd | tied to the handle of the door. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb down" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up under the trap door Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | These massive trees are easily hundreds of years old. They tower over Floyd | the front of the church, climbing almost as high as the steeple. Floyd | Unlike the forest surrounding other parts of the grounds they are Floyd | almost unnaturally healthy, their branches clean and straight and Floyd | their leaves a deep rich green. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under tree" | ||||
Floyd | You lean the length of railing against the side of the oak tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks, "Is that the right tree?" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully climb up the length of railing, using the pickets like a Floyd | ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against a nearby branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | You shove against the bell. For a few seconds, the support takes the Floyd | strain. Then, with a loud cracking noise, the bell tears loose from Floyd | the beam and falls from the steeple. You hear the sound of splintering Floyd | wood from below and then duck aside as the splintered remains of the Floyd | door are pulled past you and out the open window. A metallic crash is Floyd | heard from the ground outside. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against a nearby branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A broken bell lies half-buried in the mud. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against the side of the oak Floyd | tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "inky wins!" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "awesome" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry, folks, got called into work - gotta go. Will keep logging, though, and will post a transcript later." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully place the length of railing under the trap door in the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "but it was lame we got stuck like that" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "K, later Jacqueline." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "Yeah, it was." | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully climb up the length of railing, using the pickets like a Floyd | ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inner Chamber Floyd | Even with the door open and the wind from the storm blowing in this Floyd | room is rank with a fetid odor. The floor is piled high with trash and Floyd | half eaten scraps of food. There are no windows, only the broken door Floyd | frame to the south. An old sofa is pushed against one wall and a heavy Floyd | table sits in the middle of the room. A curtained archway is to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A curtain of purple cloth hangs in the archway. Floyd | Floyd | On the old sofa is an old man. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a heavy wooden table (on which are an oil lantern and Floyd | a pair of glass bottles) here. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "old man out of nowhere" | |||
| inky says, "hunh, weird" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x old man" | ||||
Floyd | An old, extremely gaunt man. The old man is drawn and pale, his hair Floyd | long and wild and his clothing filthy, torn and unkempt. But, an Floyd | active intelligence burns behind the vivid green eyes with which he Floyd | watches you; eyes which also contain a taint of madness. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hey you guys get outta my jello tree" | |||
| inky says, "hee hee what" | ||||
| DavidW says, "(sorry. old man talk)" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | A heavy table of rough cut wooden planks. Curious symbols are carved Floyd | into the wood and the top is oddly stained. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x symbols" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x lantern" | ||||
Floyd | A old oil-burning lantern. Possibly brass, but very tarnished. The Floyd | glass chimney is almost opaque with soot and grime. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "clean lantern" | ||||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "wipe lantern with robe" | ||||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x glasses" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x bottles" | ||||
Floyd | The bottles are made of a heavy, leaded glass and closed with a cork Floyd | stopper sealed with wax. Inside the bottles, an oddly shaped lead Floyd | weight hangs like a pendulum from a string. The bottles glow faintly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "I think we've found some soul bottles." | |||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| inky says, "also the curtains" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open curtains" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open curtain" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x curtain" | ||||
Floyd | The curtain is an old and faded purple. It looks as if it may have Floyd | been a tablecloth initially. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move it" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push it" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pull it" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask man about bottle" | ||||
Floyd | "Beautiful, aren't they? That's what *you* used to say. I remember how Floyd | you used to stare at them for hours. How you used to try to understand Floyd | them... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask man about me" | ||||
Floyd | The old man laughs. "What did you expect? After you saw what happened Floyd | to *her* and realized that *you* were the one responsible you went, Floyd | shall we say, mad? You always were weak. There was only one thing to Floyd | be done, wasn't there?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask man about girl" | ||||
Floyd | The old man giggles uncontrollably. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask man about man" | ||||
Floyd | What? You've forgotten me? How could you forget Silas? Your Floyd | servant... your colleague... your... teacher...? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about dog" | ||||
Floyd | A useful creature. Quite intelligent, you know. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take bottles" | ||||
Floyd | The blue bottle is warm to your touch as you pick it up. The warmth Floyd | seems to travel up your arm and into the center of your being. It is Floyd | almost as if you have found a missing part of yourself. Floyd | The green bottle has a sickly feel which matches its color. It feels Floyd | like ice, cold and burning at the same time. It is all you can do to Floyd | keep from throwing it down. Floyd | That isn't available. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "open blue bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You peel the wax away from the mouth of the bottle and pull out the Floyd | cork. A cloud of faintly glowing blue mist rises from the bottle and Floyd | hangs in the air before you. You feel a brief moment of freedom, of Floyd | release. Floyd | Floyd | Then, you realize that Silas has started chuckling to himself. The Floyd | first jolt of pain hits. The cloud suddenly jerks and starts moving Floyd | downward, as if drawn by a strong suction. The pain intensifies and Floyd | you drop first to your knees, then flat onto the ground as if trying Floyd | to follow the mist, which is now soaking into the earth. The pain Floyd | becomes excruciating. The last thing you see, as everything fades to Floyd | black, is Silas standing over you, laughing... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 30 out of a possible 50, in 92 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about book" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about painting" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | > Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | | inky says, "buh" | |||
| Nitku says, "oops" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "I lagged for a bit." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 30 out of a possible 50, in 92 turns. Floyd | Floyd | The score was made up as follows: Floyd | Floyd | 10 for getting past the guard dog Floyd | 5 for entering the steeple Floyd | 5 for entering the sealed room Floyd | 10 for opening the door Floyd | Floyd | 30 total (out of 50) Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | inky says, "hmm, something's busted" | |||
| ParserGirl asks, "restore?" | ||||
| inky says, "luckily we saved below the trapdoor thingy" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The building shudders under a sudden gust of wind. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oops" | |||
| inky asks, "sorry, anyway, can you do the ladder again?" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "Can I!" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up under the trap door Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get ladder" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Well, I could if I weren't lagging." | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under tree" | ||||
Floyd | You lean the length of railing against the side of the oak tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against a nearby branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | A good shove would probably cause the bell to plummet from the Floyd | steeple. Of course, if it did, you would never be able to get it back Floyd | up here again so you decide against it for now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against a nearby branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against the side of the oak Floyd | tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully place the length of railing under the trap door in the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tie rope to branch" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the tree branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A frayed but heavy rope hangs from somewhere overhead. There is a tree Floyd | branch hanging from the end of the rope. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy wooden door to the north is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "tie rope to door" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the rope securely to the heavy wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up under the trap door Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under tree" | ||||
Floyd | You lean the length of railing against the side of the oak tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully climb up the length of railing, using the pickets like a Floyd | ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against a nearby branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Belfry Floyd | The belfry of the church, high up inside the steeple. You are hanging Floyd | from a maze of support beams and trusses with the nearest solid floor Floyd | far below you. Large open frames give a view of the surrounding forest Floyd | and of the town at the base of the hill. They also allow the fury of Floyd | the storm to pass in unimpeded. You can see the branch of an oak tree Floyd | just outside the southern frame. Floyd | Floyd | A massive bell hangs here, from a damaged mount. Floyd | A heavy rope is attached to the bell and hangs through the beams to Floyd | the room below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push bell" | ||||
Floyd | You shove against the bell. For a few seconds, the support takes the Floyd | strain. Then, with a loud cracking noise, the bell tears loose from Floyd | the beam and falls from the steeple. You hear the sound of splintering Floyd | wood from below and then duck aside as the splintered remains of the Floyd | door are pulled past you and out the open window. A metallic crash is Floyd | heard from the ground outside. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "south" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Top of Oak Tree Floyd | The limbs of the tree are swaying violently from the storm, but near Floyd | the trunk it is a little more stable. You have an excellent view from Floyd | here of the church grounds and surrounding area. The church seems to Floyd | be in a clearing on a hill surrounded by a forest. At the base of the Floyd | hill a small town can be seen, its lights glimmering faintly through Floyd | the storm. Floyd | Floyd | One of the branches of the tree reaches out to the north towards the Floyd | steeple of the church. An open frame can be seen in the steeple near Floyd | where the branch ends. Floyd | Floyd | The steeple of the church looms to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against a nearby branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front of the Church Floyd | Two massive oak trees which flank the cracked sidewalk dominate the Floyd | front of the church. The facade of the church itself rises beyond Floyd | them, its steeple silhouetted against the sky. The storm lashes at its Floyd | faded white facade, almost as if the storm is trying to wash the Floyd | church clean; something you somehow realize will take more than mere Floyd | water to accomplish. To the north, a sidewalk leads to the front of Floyd | the church. A weed-choked driveway runs to the northeast and down a Floyd | hill to the south, and a muddy path leads around the church to the Floyd | northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The church and steeple loom to the north, the open window frames Floyd | seeming to stare with judgment upon anyone standing before it. Floyd | Floyd | The heavy chain stretches from one of the oak trees and around the Floyd | corner of the church to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | A broken bell lies half-buried in the mud. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up against the side of the oak Floyd | tree. Floyd | Floyd | For a brief moment, hail pounds against you then subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "get ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "put ladder under trap" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully place the length of railing under the trap door in the Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "push save" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inner Chamber Floyd | Even with the door open and the wind from the storm blowing in this Floyd | room is rank with a fetid odor. The floor is piled high with trash and Floyd | half eaten scraps of food. There are no windows, only the broken door Floyd | frame to the south. An old sofa is pushed against one wall and a heavy Floyd | table sits in the middle of the room. A curtained archway is to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A curtain of purple cloth hangs in the archway. Floyd | Floyd | On the old sofa is an old man. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a heavy wooden table (on which are an oil lantern and Floyd | a pair of glass bottles) here. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You push the curtain aside and pause. On the other side of the curtain Floyd | is a room much like the one you are in. A figure stands in the Floyd | archway, apparently about to enter your room, and it is the sight of Floyd | this figure which has brought you up short. It is, or was, human... Floyd | once. Now, it is a withered mass of decaying flesh. It's clothing Floyd | hangs in tatters and it is caked in mud and grave mold. Patches of Floyd | hair hang from it's scalp and bones are visible in places through it's Floyd | skin. The only thing that remains intact are it's eyes; pale blue and Floyd | now wide open and staring. Floyd | Floyd | The creature raises its hand to you, and you find yourself doing the Floyd | same. You reach out your arm and touch... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...a cold unyielding surface of polished glass. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, the realization of what you are seeing comes home to you, Floyd | and you step back from the mirror with a cry. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aie, freaky" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You glance towards the mirror but realize that there is no need to Floyd | enter its reality, for the reality in the mirror is your own. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You find you cannot look down at yourself. It is almost as if you know Floyd | what you might find and are afraid to have your fears confirmed. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take green bottle" | ||||
Floyd | The green bottle has a sickly feel which matches its color. It feels Floyd | like ice, cold and burning at the same time. It is all you can do to Floyd | keep from throwing it down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 35 out of a possible 50, in 86 turns. Floyd | Floyd | The score is made up as follows: Floyd | Floyd | 10 for getting past the guard dog Floyd | 5 for entering the steeple Floyd | 5 for entering the sealed room Floyd | 10 for opening the door Floyd | 5 for discovering the truth Floyd | Floyd | 35 total (out of 50) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inner Chamber Floyd | Even with the door open and the wind from the storm blowing in this Floyd | room is rank with a fetid odor. The floor is piled high with trash and Floyd | half eaten scraps of food. There are no windows, only the broken door Floyd | frame to the south. An old sofa is pushed against one wall and a heavy Floyd | table sits in the middle of the room. A curtained archway is to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A curtain of purple cloth hangs in the archway. Floyd | Floyd | On the old sofa is an old man. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a heavy wooden table (on which are an oil lantern and Floyd | a blue bottle) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "open green bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You peel the wax away from the mouth of the bottle and pull out the Floyd | cork. The old man suddenly realizes what you are doing. With a Floyd | scream of "Noooo!", he throws himself towards you knocking over the Floyd | lantern in the process. As he collapses at your feet, a glowing green Floyd | mist rises from the bottle and hangs before him. "No!", he whispers. Floyd | Floyd | Then, the mist starts moving slowly downward as he doubles over and Floyd | screams in agony. As the mist soaks into the ground, he looks up at Floyd | you and screams, "I'll get my revenge" I'll see you in hell. I'LL Floyd | SEE YOU IN HELL! Ia! Ia! Fthagn... Aaaaagh...!" Floyd | Floyd | His body collapses to the ground. As you watch the body blackens and Floyd | decays until, within only a few moments, what is left appears to be a Floyd | many-months old corpse. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a sudden *Whumph!* and look around. The spilled oil from the Floyd | broken lantern has ignited. You grab the blue bottle from the table Floyd | and race outside. You watch for a moment as flames consume the Floyd | church. With a crackling roar, the steeple collapses inward and a Floyd | plume of flame shoots skyward. Floyd | Floyd | Clutching the bottle to you, you make your way down the hill. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 45 out of a possible 50, in 87 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Inner Chamber Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "wow" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "light lantern" | ||||
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, uh, I don't exactly understand what happened" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about lantern" | ||||
Floyd | The old man giggles uncontrollably. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about green" | ||||
Floyd | "You see, I am safe now... I have transferred my sin to your soul. Floyd | *If* I ever decide to release it, I will go to *your* reward, while Floyd | you will go to *my* punishment." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "yeah I guess" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask man about blue" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes. That is you. Or, should I say, *was* you. It's *mine* now. The Floyd | receptacle for *my* sin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask man about grave" | ||||
Floyd | The old man giggles uncontrollably. Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief rattle of hail on the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "wear robe" | ||||
Floyd | You put on the embroidered robe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "read tome" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to read in? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the large black book, the old grimoire or the Floyd | journal? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "all" | ||||
Floyd | Sorry, you can only have one item here. Which exactly? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "old" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the old grimoire or the journal? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "grimoire" | ||||
Floyd | The book contains several rituals and procedures all involving the Floyd | soul or spirit. The first describes a ritual through which the soul Floyd | can be removed from a person's body and placed in a specially prepared Floyd | container. The soul remains in the container even if the person's body Floyd | dies. Floyd | Floyd | A second ritual can be employed to use the stored soul as a receptacle Floyd | for the sin of another person. This allows the possessor of another's Floyd | soul to perform any acts they wish without having to answer for those Floyd | acts in the next world. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "ask silas about stopper" | ||||
Floyd | The old man giggles uncontrollably. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | You have so far scored 35 out of a possible 50, in 96 turns. Floyd | Floyd | The score is made up as follows: Floyd | Floyd | 10 for getting past the guard dog Floyd | 5 for entering the steeple Floyd | 5 for entering the sealed room Floyd | 10 for opening the door Floyd | 5 for discovering the truth Floyd | Floyd | 35 total (out of 50) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, so, the green bottle has his soul, and the blue bottle has our soul, and there was a smashed bottle that had her soul" | |||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | an oil lantern (providing light) Floyd | a green bottle (providing light) Floyd | a large black book Floyd | an old grimoire Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a journal Floyd | an embroidered robe (being worn) Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl goes home. | inky says, "and he put his sin on our soul, and we'd put our sin on her soul" | |||
| inky says, "except I think we cancelled that" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read black" | ||||
Floyd | Much of the book has been damaged by moisture and rats, but some of Floyd | the passages are still legible. One in particular sticks in your Floyd | mind... "The way to understand another is through their eyes, because Floyd | the eyes are the windows of the soul. Through the eyes the soul may Floyd | seen by those who are sensitive, and through the eyes the soul my be Floyd | taken by those who have pledged themselves to the ones who wait Floyd | beyond." Floyd | Floyd | A blast of thunder rattles the building. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, right, the eyes match the colors, I guess that makes sense" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read grimoire" | ||||
Floyd | The book contains several rituals and procedures all involving the Floyd | soul or spirit. The first describes a ritual through which the soul Floyd | can be removed from a person's body and placed in a specially prepared Floyd | container. The soul remains in the container even if the person's body Floyd | dies. Floyd | Floyd | A second ritual can be employed to use the stored soul as a receptacle Floyd | for the sin of another person. This allows the possessor of another's Floyd | soul to perform any acts they wish without having to answer for those Floyd | acts in the next world. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x stopper" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the blue bottle, the green bottle or the heavy Floyd | stopper? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "x heavy stopper" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the blue bottle, the green bottle or the heavy Floyd | stopper? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | an oil lantern (providing light) Floyd | a green bottle (providing light) Floyd | a large black book Floyd | an old grimoire Floyd | a heavy stopper Floyd | a journal Floyd | an embroidered robe (being worn) Floyd | a handful of ashes Floyd | a broken limb Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl goes home. | inky says, "I dunno if there's a way to cancle the spell or what" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | Babbling to himself, the old man wanders after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop lantern" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inner Chamber Floyd | Even with the door open and the wind from the storm blowing in this Floyd | room is rank with a fetid odor. The floor is piled high with trash and Floyd | half eaten scraps of food. There are no windows, only the broken door Floyd | frame to the south. An old sofa is pushed against one wall and a heavy Floyd | table sits in the middle of the room. A curtained archway is to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A curtain of purple cloth hangs in the archway. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a heavy wooden table (on which is a blue bottle) Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get blue" | ||||
Floyd | The blue bottle is warm to your touch as you pick it up. The warmth Floyd | seems to travel up your arm and into the center of your being. It is Floyd | almost as if you have found a missing part of yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Steeple Chamber Floyd | This small chamber is about halfway up the steeple of the church. Rain Floyd | and wind from the storm outside blows in through an open window frame Floyd | and water collects in puddles on the warped floor, mixing with the Floyd | droppings of the birds, or perhaps bats, which can be heard fluttering Floyd | around overhead. Looking up, you can see a maze of beams and supports Floyd | that form the interior of the steeple. Rain pours in from an opening Floyd | higher in the steeple and trickles out through a trap door in the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | A gaping splintered opening lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the broken section of railing is visible sticking up Floyd | through the trap door in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see an oil lantern and an old man here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | The broken length of railing is propped up under the trap door Floyd | Floyd | Babbling to himself, the old man wanders after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open green" | ||||
Floyd | You peel the wax away from the mouth of the bottle and pull out the Floyd | cork. The old man suddenly realizes what you are doing. With a Floyd | scream of "Noooo!", he throws himself towards you. As he collapses at Floyd | your feet, a glowing green mist rises from the bottle and hangs before Floyd | him. "No!", he whispers. Floyd | Floyd | Then, the mist starts moving slowly downward as he doubles over and Floyd | screams in agony. As the mist soaks into the ground, he looks up at Floyd | you and screams, "I'll get my revenge" I'll see you in hell. I'LL Floyd | SEE YOU IN HELL! Ia! Ia! Fthagn... Aaaaagh...!" Floyd | Floyd | His body collapses to the ground. As you watch the body blackens and Floyd | decays until, within only a few moments, what is left appears to be a Floyd | many-months old corpse. Floyd | Floyd | With a loud *CRAK*, lightning strikes the steeple of the church. With Floyd | a roar, the wooden structure catches fire. Clutching the second Floyd | bottle to you, you race outside. You watch for a moment as flames Floyd | consume the church. With a crackling roar, the steeple collapses Floyd | inward and a plume of flame shoots skyward. Floyd | Floyd | Clutching the bottle to you, you make your way down the hill. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 45 out of a possible 50, in 106 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha, it burns anyway" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Porch Floyd | This wide, covered porch spans the width of the church front. A white Floyd | picket railing surrounds the porch on three sides, except to the south Floyd | where a short flight of steps leads down to the sidewalk. Two large Floyd | windows have been boarded up but the main doors stand slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | Babbling to himself, the old man wanders after you. Floyd | Floyd | With a loud CRACK, a bolt of lightning strikes the steeple of the Floyd | church. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | This small room is the entryway for the church. The years of neglect Floyd | are obvious; the floorboards are rotten and warped and what were Floyd | probably once stained glass windows are shattered and boarded up. Dirt Floyd | and debris covers the floor. A set of double doors leads south back to Floyd | the outside while a large archway leads north into the sanctuary. Floyd | Overhead, there is an open trap door in the ceiling at about twice Floyd | your height. Floyd | Floyd | Babbling to himself, the old man wanders after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sanctuary Floyd | Once the heart of the church this room is now cold, dark and empty. Floyd | Debris is scattered among the sagging pews and only shards of broken Floyd | glass remain of the stained glass windows. Most of the interior Floyd | fixtures have been removed, but a large portrait of Christ stares down Floyd | at you from above the archway to the south. The pulpit still stands to Floyd | the north. Floyd | Floyd | Babbling to himself, the old man wanders after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put ladder under portrait" | ||||
Floyd | You lean the length of railing against the wall near the painting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Near Painting Floyd | You are standing on top of the railing section near the large painting Floyd | of Christ. From this location, you notice that the eyes in the Floyd | painting are cut out and there are holes behind them. Floyd | Floyd | You are precariously balanced on the top of the broken section of Floyd | railing. Floyd | Floyd | Babbling to himself, the old man wanders after you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky says, "get off my ladder, buddy" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look through holes" | ||||
Floyd | You are looking into the small room in the steeple. You can see past a Floyd | faded purple curtain to a small table which is holding two heavy glass Floyd | bottles. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha more" | |||
| inky says, "anyway, I dunno how to get the last five points here" | ||||
| inky says, "there's probably some way to get the girl back" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, a green bottle or a blue bottle? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit green bottle with blue bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blue bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do anything to the blue bottle from here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a loud crash and see a flash of light through the cracks in Floyd | the boards covering the windows. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ParserGirl asks, "Any new developments?" | |||
| ***** And for whatever reason, we didn't finish. | ||||
| ***** I, for one, am sad about that, as I was called | ||||
| ***** away unexpectedly (I was really enjoying it | ||||
| ***** and will revisit the game on my own time.) | ||||
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