  
 
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 Scavenger, written by Quintin Stone. Scavenger was originally released as part of the 2003 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took third place. It went on to be nominated for three Xyzzy Awards, including Best Game, Best Puzzles, and Best Individual NPC. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| DavidW arrives, full of fun and funk. | |||||
| DavidW hollers, "ClubFloyd starting in a few minutes!" | RonN asks, "what's the game today?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Today's game is Scavenger." | |||||
| crumple | Search a war-shattered world for secrets of the past. | |||||
| inky says, "it's has an interesting replay mechanic, as I recall" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I haven't played this one, but I've heard good things about it." | |||||
| DavidW says, "I believe it's the one where there's several tools to choose from for our initial inventory, then we go explore with them." | |||||
| inky says, "right" | |||||
| inky asks, "you're logging, right?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Yes, via Perry" | |||||
| inky says, "great" | |||||
| inky asks, "then shall we?" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "yes. Will you do the honors?" | |||||
| RonN says, "drumroll please" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "load scavenger" | |||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score. Floyd | Floyd | Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches Floyd | beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into Floyd | the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D Floyd | facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of Floyd | course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. Floyd | While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really Floyd | expects it to happen. That included you. Floyd | Floyd | Until you found the scrap of paper, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scavenger Floyd | Night's Edge interactive fiction Floyd | By Quintin Stone Floyd | Version 1.2 (post-comp) Floyd | Build Date: Apr 06 2005 Floyd | Type CREDITS or HELP for more information about this game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "help" | |||||
Floyd | Welcome to the main help menu! This menu contains what we hope is Floyd | useful information on playing interactive fiction. There are several Floyd | sections of assistance available. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Help Menu Floyd | Choose a category: Floyd | Floyd | 1: Introduction Floyd | 2: Movement Floyd | 3: Objects Floyd | 4: Other Characters Floyd | 5: Time Floyd | 6: Commands Floyd | 7: Review Mode Floyd | 8: Game Hints Floyd | Q: Return to game Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "7" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | Another special feature that the game supports on many computer systems Floyd | is called "review mode." The game remembers text as it "scrolls" off Floyd | the screen; by invoking recall mode, you can go back and look at text Floyd | that is no longer visible on the screen. On most systems, review mode Floyd | is activated by pressing the PAGE UP key. Floyd | Floyd | Once in review mode, the status line that is normally at the top of the Floyd | screen will be replaced by the review mode help line. This line shows Floyd | the keystrokes you use to view previous screenfuls of text, and also Floyd | shows you the key that exits review mode and resumes normal game play Floyd | (this is generally the game key that you used to activate review mode). Floyd | Floyd | While in review mode, your screen becomes a window onto the text that Floyd | the game has stored away. When you first activate review mode, you are Floyd | looking at the very bottom of this text, which is the screenful of text Floyd | that was just displayed. Use the up and down cursor-arrow keys to move Floyd | the window up and down. Pressing the up cursor-arrow key moves the Floyd | window up one line, showing you one line of text that has scrolled off Floyd | the screen. Most systems also provide keys to move up and down by a Floyd | full screenful (also called a "page.") Floyd | Floyd | To resume game play, press the same key that you used to activate Floyd | review mode. Floyd | Floyd | The number of screenfuls of text that the game stores away for review Floyd | depends on how much text is actually on each screen, since the game has Floyd | a limit on the number of characters it can store, not on the number of Floyd | lines. Normally, more than twenty of the most recent screens of text Floyd | are saved and available for review at any given time. Floyd | Floyd | Main Help Menu Floyd | Choose a category: Floyd | Floyd | 1: Introduction Floyd | 2: Movement Floyd | 3: Objects Floyd | 4: Other Characters Floyd | 5: Time Floyd | 6: Commands Floyd | 7: Review Mode Floyd | 8: Game Hints Floyd | Q: Return to game Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | inky says, "I guess this is all standard how-to-play stuff" | ||||
| inky says, "except "game hints"" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "6" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | Commands help menu Floyd | The command menu offers help on the instructions you give to the game Floyd | as you play. Floyd | Floyd | Choose a category: Floyd | Floyd | 1: Entering Commands Floyd | 2: Multiple commands on one line Floyd | 3: Ambiguous commands Floyd | 4: Unknown words Floyd | 5: Special commands Floyd | 6: Command editing and recall Floyd | Q: Return to main help menu Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "5" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | The game understands several special commands that you can use to Floyd | control the game. You can use these commands at any prompt. Floyd | Floyd | About the game Floyd | Floyd | ABOUT: Displays whatever information the author thought necessary to Floyd | give about the game, such as its history, influences, what the author Floyd | was wearing when he/she wrote it, etc. Floyd | Floyd | CREDITS: Show a list of the people that developed this game. Floyd | Floyd | HELP: You're looking at it. Floyd | Floyd | HINT: Some games will include an automated hint system to help guide Floyd | you through the trickier parts. Floyd | Floyd | VERSION: Shows you the current version of the game. Floyd | Floyd | Command related Floyd | Floyd | AGAIN or G: Repeats your last command. If your last input line was Floyd | composed of several commands, only the last command on the line is Floyd | repeated. Floyd | Floyd | OOPS: Allows you to correct the spelling of a word in the last Floyd | command. You can use OOPS when the game displays this complaint: "I Floyd | don't know the word <word>." Immediately after this message, you can Floyd | type OOPS followed by the corrected spelling of the misspelled word. Floyd | You can only type one word after OOPS, so this command doesn't allow Floyd | you to correct certain types of errors, such as when you run two words Floyd | together without a space. Floyd | Floyd | UNDO: Take back the last command. This can be used multiple times to Floyd | take back a series of commands in sequence. The number of commands Floyd | that you can undo at any given time varies, but you can generally undo Floyd | over a hundred commands. Floyd | Floyd | WAIT or Z: Causes game time to pass. When the game is waiting for you Floyd | to type command, no game time passes; you can use this command to wait Floyd | for something to happen. Floyd | Floyd | In-game information Floyd | Floyd | DIAGNOSE: Displays information about your player character's health. Floyd | Floyd | INVENTORY or I: Shows the list of items your player character is Floyd | carrying. Floyd | Floyd | LOOK or L: Shows the full description of your location. Floyd | Floyd | TERSE: Tells the game to only show the full description of a location Floyd | the first time you enter it. Later visits to that room will only Floyd | display the short description. Of course, you can get a full Floyd | description at any time by typing LOOK. This is the default mode for Floyd | most games. Floyd | Floyd | VERBOSE: Tells the game to show you the full description of a location Floyd | every time you enter it, whether or not you have seen the description Floyd | before. Floyd | Floyd | Score related Floyd | Floyd | SCORE: Shows you your current score, the maximum possible score, and Floyd | the number of turns you have taken so far. Floyd | Floyd | FULL: Lists all of the points you've earned so far and how you earned Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | NOTIFY: Tells the game whether you want to be notified of score Floyd | changes when they happen. When the game starts, NOTIFY is turned on, Floyd | so you will see a message whenever you do something that changes your Floyd | score. If you'd prefer not to see these messages, type NOTIFY. (If Floyd | you later change your mind, typing NOTIFY again will turn notification Floyd | back on.) Floyd | Floyd | Game state control Floyd | Floyd | QUIT: Stops the game, and returns you to your operating system. Floyd | Floyd | RESTART: Starts the game over from the beginning. Floyd | Floyd | RESTORE: Restores a position previously saved with the SAVE command. Floyd | Floyd | SAVE: Stores the current state of the game in a disk file, so that you Floyd | can come back to the same place later (with the RESTORE command). Floyd | Floyd | SCRIPT: Starts writing everything you see on the screen (your commands Floyd | and the game's responses) to a disk file. The game will ask you for a Floyd | filename to be used for the transcript; you should select a filename Floyd | that does not yet exist on your disk, because if you use an existing Floyd | filename, data in the file will be destroyed. Use the UNSCRIPT command Floyd | to stop making the transcript. Floyd | Floyd | UNSCRIPT: Turns off the transcript being made with the SCRIPT command. Floyd | Floyd | Commands help menu Floyd | The command menu offers help on the instructions you give to the game Floyd | as you play. Floyd | Floyd | Choose a category: Floyd | Floyd | 1: Entering Commands Floyd | 2: Multiple commands on one line Floyd | 3: Ambiguous commands Floyd | 4: Unknown words Floyd | 5: Special commands Floyd | 6: Command editing and recall Floyd | Q: Return to main help menu Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "q" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | Main Help Menu Floyd | Choose a category: Floyd | Floyd | 1: Introduction Floyd | 2: Movement Floyd | 3: Objects Floyd | 4: Other Characters Floyd | 5: Time Floyd | 6: Commands Floyd | 7: Review Mode Floyd | 8: Game Hints Floyd | Q: Return to game Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "q" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $900. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "diagnose" | |||||
Floyd | You are in perfect health. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "verbose" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode. Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read scrap" | |||||
Floyd | The only pieces of the message that you've been able to make out so far Floyd | are: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...IEFS OF STAFF ...NERAL ARTH...NALDS ...ROJECT DISTANT PATH Floyd | Floyd | DUE TO THE INCREASED INS...ITY FROM INSURGENT FORC...ITARY RESEARCH Floyd | COM...ADO SPRINGS, ALL PERSONN...RMATION RELATED TO PROJE...NT PATH ARE Floyd | BEIN... COMPLETED HAVEN RESEAR... UNDER THE HEA...ES FROM 83RD Floyd | ARMORED INFANTRY REASSI... TO OVERSEE TRANSFER OF MATERIALS. GPS C... Floyd | 33-28-19.158N / 111-57-49.524W. LOCATION CLASSIFIE... SECRET Floyd | CLEARANCE AND BE AP... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You'd probably be able to get a little more with a highly detailed Floyd | scan, but you don't have the necessary equipment and you simply can't Floyd | entrust this information to anyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x counter" | |||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently off. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x pack" | |||||
Floyd | This is your trusty survival pack. You've been carrying it for years. Floyd | Sure, the leather is worn thin in a few spots, and yeah, some of the Floyd | seams have been re-sewn two or three times, but you just can't bring Floyd | yourself to replace it. It's full of the travel rations you expect to Floyd | need on your journey. The pack is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open pack" | |||||
Floyd | Opening the survival pack reveals your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x rations" | |||||
Floyd | These are fairly typical travel rations. They mainly consist of freeze Floyd | dried meat, hard tack biscuits, and something claiming to be cheese (a Floyd | dubious assertion); all individually wrapped to give them a shelf life Floyd | of several years. The rations are also quite tasteless, with a texture Floyd | somewhere between cardboard and asphalt. Still, they do keep you Floyd | alive. You should have all you need for your trip, and then some. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "guess we need a GPS" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods in your direction. "Welcome back." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "charlie, hello" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie replies, "Guess you're stocking up on another trip out? Well, Floyd | take a look around. Ain't got much this week, but still, the stuff I Floyd | got is good." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about grenade" | |||||
Floyd | "Nice grenade?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, that's a doozy there. M81 fragmentation grenade, complete with Floyd | 150 grams of high explosives designed to hurl hundreds of tungsten ball Floyd | bearings in all directions. If you throw one of these babies, you'd Floyd | better be behind something tough or in the next county. Price is $220 Floyd | if you want it." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask charlie about gps" | |||||
Floyd | "Got any details on that GPS unit?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you've used a GPS before, right? Got to, in your line of Floyd | work. Leads you to preprogrammed coordinates, and lets you save Floyd | locations into memory. I know the $500 price is a little steep, but Floyd | it's hard to find working pre-war models nowadays and the corps don't Floyd | make them as well. This particular one is a Pathfinder model 2200." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x gps" | |||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. Cost: $500. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I wonder if you have to buy the gps unit, or if there is some way to find the place without it" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x laser gun" | |||||
Floyd | The laser gun is a bulky-looking pistol with a plastic housing of green Floyd | and dark gray camouflage. On top of the cylindrical barrel is a thin Floyd | holographic sight. The side of the gun, next to a stylized V, bears Floyd | the text: "Vortex Model 17". There's a small tag attached to the grip Floyd | with the word "SOLD!" written on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "is this game losable?" | ||||
| Lucea says, "I forgot how much money we had." | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). The survival pack contains your travel Floyd | rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $900. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says (to Fang), "hrm, I don't remember -- I don't think so, but we'd better save regularly anyway" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about laser" | |||||
Floyd | "Tell me about that laser." Floyd | Floyd | Charlie taps the glass of the counter above it. "Nice, huh? Expensive Floyd | too. For a pistol, anyway. The, uh..." he peers at the laser, Floyd | "Vortex Model 17. It's a pretty nice piece of hardware. Rugged as all Floyd | hell. They specifically designed it as a street weapon. Nice pop-up Floyd | holographic sight too. Anyway, I hate to tell you, but it's already Floyd | sold. Guy came in and bought it this morning. He's coming by later Floyd | tonight to pick it up. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take laser" | |||||
Floyd | You'll have to open the display case first. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pills" | |||||
Floyd | Anti-radiation pills. A vital necessity for any scavenger who's Floyd | feeling bold enough to explore radiated areas. This packet of pills Floyd | contains several doses, each of which will protect the user from lethal Floyd | radiation for about 20 minutes. However, you know that the pills work Floyd | as a preventative measure: not a cure. There are 12 pills left. The Floyd | box has a price tag of $200. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x rifle" | |||||
Floyd | A Ruger Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle. A pretty handy little carbine, or Floyd | so you've heard. Your last rifle, lost on your last trek around the Floyd | Urktel mountains, wasn't nearly this nice. This rifle has a price tag Floyd | on it for $1000. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x silenced" | |||||
Floyd | From the markings on it, it's a SIG P239 semiautomatic handgun in 9mm. Floyd | It has a dark matte finish to it and a short cylinder attached to the Floyd | barrel that you recognize as a silencer. Price is listed as $300. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "so, I guess it's the gps and one of the pistol, the pills, or the grenade?" | ||||
| Fang says, "unless we can make a little extra cash" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about discount" | |||||
Floyd | "You gonna give me that discount, Charlie?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods. "Oh, yeah, knock off the usual five percent." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "WOO" | ||||
| inky says, "excellent" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). The survival pack contains your travel Floyd | rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $900. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I missed about the discount." | ||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "I just assumed it was worth a try, given that we know this guy" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x charlie" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie's dressed in drab, simple clothing. A pair of coveralls and a Floyd | grimy yellow shirt. There's a touch of gray in his short brown hair. Floyd | He's currently reading up on some local events. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "there we go" | ||||
| inky says, "(third sentence)" | |||||
| Fang says, "okay, then, our choices are gps + pills + grenade, or gps + pistol" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "hm. With the discount, can we afford GPS, pistol, and pills?" | |||||
| Fang says, "oh, oops" | |||||
| Fang says, "unless we can make some extra cash" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about pills" | |||||
Floyd | "Tell me about the radiation pills." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you're familiar with these by now. Each dose will give you Floyd | about twenty minutes of protection from dangerous doses of radiation. Floyd | Cost: $190." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about gps" | |||||
Floyd | "Got any details on that GPS unit?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you've used a GPS before, right? Got to, in your line of Floyd | work. Leads you to preprogrammed coordinates, and lets you save Floyd | locations into memory. I know the $475 price is a little steep, but Floyd | it's hard to find working pre-war models nowadays and the corps don't Floyd | make them as well. This particular one is a Pathfinder model 2200." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about pistol" | |||||
Floyd | "What's this pistol?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods at you. "A SIG P239. Nice, huh? Good and compact. Floyd | Holds eight 9mm rounds. Pretty reliable too. Nice thing about this Floyd | one is that it comes with not only a silencer, but a set of night Floyd | sights too. Gonna set you back $285 if you want it." He shrugs Floyd | apologetically. "It's fully loaded, but that's all the ammo for it Floyd | I've got." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "do you think charlie can be trusted with info about the piece of paper?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. 50 dollars short." | |||||
| DavidW says, "No, don't show it to Charlie." | |||||
| inky says, "well, we can undo" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show paper to charlie" | |||||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the scrap of paper, or the newspaper? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "scrap" | |||||
Floyd | You'd rather not. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x newspaper" | |||||
Floyd | One of the city rags. They're pretty much all the same, only Floyd | difference is which corp prints it. Charlie's arm is covering some of Floyd | it, but most of it is visible if you want to read it. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok then!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We haven't seen what's in the compound to the east. Maybe we can make $50 somehow." | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read newspaper" | |||||
Floyd | You glance down at the paper Charlie's reading. "The Daily Events - Floyd | Mar. 12, 2160" it says at the top. This is the Vortex Incorporated Floyd | daily paper. "Raiders Strike City Fringe" reads the main headline. Floyd | Scanning down the page, you look at some of the other headlines: Floyd | "Violent Criminal Ring Broken Up By Arcadian Security" "Unknown Floyd | Assailants Infiltrate CyTek Compound" "Cowardly Assassin Kills Security Floyd | Commissioner" The rest of the print is too small and too far away to Floyd | read upside down. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask charlie for paper" | |||||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the scrap of paper, or the newspaper? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask charlie for newspaper" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie mutters, "Buy something or don't. Just don't give me orders, Floyd | okay?" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about newspaper" | |||||
Floyd | You ask, "What's going on in the world?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie mutters, "Same shit, different day." Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "aw, come on, charlie" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about cytek" | |||||
Floyd | "What do you think of the corps?" Floyd | Floyd | "Criminals," he mutters crossly. "Everyone knows it. They just go by Floyd | the moniker 'corporation' to appear legitimate. It's just organized Floyd | crime. The city council is just their puppet government." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe we should buy the pistol and gps now" | ||||
| Fang says, "and come back later if we need anything" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about selling" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "selling". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about sell" | |||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sell flashlight to charlie" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie shakes his head. "I'm not buying any new merchandise until the Floyd | end of the month. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "my recollection is you end up with a choice of three items" | ||||
| inky asks, "but you said it's possible to get the grenade and the pills?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The geiger counter ought to help us avoid radiation, but I guess that also means no running in and out quickly in a hot zone." | |||||
| Fang says, "I think so" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "buy gps" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the GPS unit from the Floyd | display case. "Just remember, there's no warranty on that." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "clearly we need this one" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf1" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "buy gps" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the GPS unit from the Floyd | display case. "Enjoy." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | Lucea says, "I wonder if he'll sell us that newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, a survival Floyd | pack (being worn), and a GPS unit. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $425. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "buy newspaper" | Lucea says, "the rest of the story seems important" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | Charlie isn't selling that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "guess not" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x grenade" | |||||
Floyd | An M81 fragmentation grenade, according to the white lettering on the Floyd | side. Must pack quite a punch. It has a pin at the top holding tight Floyd | the "spoon", or safety lever. When the pin is pulled and the grenade Floyd | dropped or thrown, the safety lever separates from the grenade and its Floyd | fuse is armed. A price tag indicates $220. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x pills" | |||||
Floyd | Anti-radiation pills. A vital necessity for any scavenger who's Floyd | feeling bold enough to explore radiated areas. This packet of pills Floyd | contains several doses, each of which will protect the user from lethal Floyd | radiation for about 20 minutes. However, you know that the pills work Floyd | as a preventative measure: not a cure. There are 12 pills left. The Floyd | box has a price tag of $200. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "so, pills and grenade?" | ||||
| inky says, "sure" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "buy pills" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the radiation pills Floyd | from the display case. "The radiation pills of champions, my friend." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "buy grenade" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the hand grenade from Floyd | the display case. "Enjoy." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "let's do it" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a rifle, a silenced pistol, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Maybe when you have something to offer the corporation. Until then, Floyd | it's probably a good idea just to leave it be. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x gps" | |||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "turn on gps" | |||||
Floyd | You won't need to use it until you begin your journey. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'd have chosen the pistol, but whatever." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "begin journey" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "begin". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | You can't head back now; your journey is just beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn on geiger counter" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x enforcers" | |||||
Floyd | There are almost a dozen of the well-armed, well-armored members of the Floyd | Arcadia Security Force. Four are located atop the walls, inside of the Floyd | elevated outposts. These Enforcers, you've been told, are armed with Floyd | powerful long-range rifles, either conventional or the new laser Floyd | versions. The rest of the men are manning the two squat bunkers that Floyd | flank Howe Street as it approaches the city's south gate. This group Floyd | is more heavily armed, with autolasers, pulse rifles, automatic Floyd | shotguns, and tripod-mounted machine guns. The Enforcers here are Floyd | tasked with keeping watch on the areas both inside and outside of the Floyd | south gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "er, what about the compound?" | ||||
| Fang asks, "the cytek one?" | |||||
| Fang says, "we couldn't go in" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what it was." | |||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't see it." | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "looks like we're gonna have to distract the enforcers somehow" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shifting your pack, you approach the massive gate. As the Enforcers Floyd | swing open the door, you take your last breath of city air for the Floyd | foreseeable future and head out on your way. Floyd | Floyd | The journey takes you several days east of Arcadia, across the blasted Floyd | plains of the wasteland. It likely would have been shorter except for Floyd | the wide detours around radioactive hot-spots exposed by your Geiger Floyd | counter. But finally, with the help of your global positioning system, Floyd | you arrive at the coordinates specified on the scrap of paper. It's Floyd | about midnight when you arrive at... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "you mean e from starting location?" | ||||
| Lucea says, "huh, or not" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "Yes." | |||||
| Fang | You say (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Fang | Floyd | Maybe when you have something to offer the corporation. Until then, Fang | Floyd | it's probably a good idea just to leave it be. Fang | Floyd | Fang | Floyd | > | Lucea says (to floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Who's out there? I can see your light. I'll start shooting if Floyd | you don't answer me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "man, hello" | |||||
Floyd | You shout out to the distant man... and are greeted with a hail of Floyd | gunfire! Bullets slam into the ground and trees around you, narrowly Floyd | missing your fragile self. Whoever's out there doesn't appear too Floyd | friendly. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get in bushes" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to get on the bush. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea asks, "maybe we needed the flashlight on to hide?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of his lantern, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 52 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | inky says, "dang" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | It's too dark to see. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, Floyd | flickering light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "se" | |||||
Floyd | You move down the path and come face-to-face with the surprised face of Floyd | an unkempt man carrying a large rifle. Without a word he fires. The Floyd | world spins and goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 52 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | It's too dark to see. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, Floyd | flickering light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | It's too dark to see. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, Floyd | flickering light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "ugh" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch exclaims, "grenade him!" | ||||
| Lucea says, "guess the verb" | |||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "attack man" | |||||
Floyd | You are gunned down before you even get close. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 53 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | Fang says, "we probably need to save the grenade" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I assume no pistol." | ||||
| Fang says, "yeah" | |||||
| DavidW says, "oh well." | |||||
| Fang says, "lemme try sneaking behind him" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | DavidW says, "Maybe you can hit him with something." | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees your light, bringing up his Floyd | automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The bullets tear through Floyd | you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 52 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "switch off light" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x man" | |||||
Floyd | The illumination from his lantern shows an unshaved man of about Floyd | average height. He appears to be wearing a pair of raggedy jeans, Floyd | boots, and a patchwork coat of alternating colors. You think you Floyd | recognize them as raider markings. His left hand helps support the Floyd | large rifle he carries while also holding onto the handle of his Floyd | electric lamp. Floyd | Floyd | The man frowns and scratches his head as he peers around the area. "I Floyd | could've sworn..." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf2" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | |||||
Floyd | You dash out from behind the bush, sprinting down the path. "Ah ha!" Floyd | shouts the guard from behind you. You may be fast, but his bullets are Floyd | much faster. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 54 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea asks, "can we wait him out?" | ||||
| Fang says, "guess we just did" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see anything nearby. To the southeast, you can make Floyd | out a bright, flickering light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of the campfire, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 56 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | It's too dark to see. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, Floyd | flickering light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea asks, "Is there any sort of camouflage?" | ||||
| Fang says, "well, um, there seems to be a lot of instant deaths here" | |||||
| Lucea says, "or are we just not supposed to be in this area right now" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "switch on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "I said who's out there?!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Lucea), "The only camouflage I've seen so far is what the raider is wearing." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I wonder if we were supposed to use the grenade after all" | ||||
| Fang says, "okay, let's just do this again and again until he gets pissed off" | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get rifle" | |||||
Floyd | You doubt it would be that easy to wrestle it away from him. Floyd | Floyd | The man frowns and scratches his head as he peers around the area. Floyd | "Bastard must've run off." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, and a Floyd | flashlight. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think it would be a waste of the grenade." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. | djfletch says, "maybe we can throw it se" | ||||
Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw flashlight at man" | |||||
Floyd | That would probably just irritate him. Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "turn off flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "snigger" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "snigger". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| RonN goes home. | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man on the path prods the underbrush with his rifle as he searches. Floyd | "I know you're out here somewhere, vermin. I'll find you eventually." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get rifle" | |||||
Floyd | You doubt it would be that easy to wrestle it away from him. Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dangit" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sneak se" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sneak". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I doubt he ever runs out of bullets" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hmm" | ||||
| Fang says, "if we do this enough" | |||||
| inky says, "stuff is changing, so I think we're on the right track" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "turn on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm wondering if I should get a sandwich and come back later to see if you guys are still butting heads against the wall." | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "turn off light" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it is always time for a sandwich" | ||||
| Lucea says, "why do I get the feeling this will be pointless" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
| Lucea says (to flooyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "yeah, he's out of quips" | ||||
| inky says, "ok, so now it's done" | |||||
| Lucea says, "I wonder if we can throw the grenade se" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I'll point out, we didn't have to go south from the Clearing. Perhaps there's stuff in other directions." | |||||
| Fang says, "I just get the feeling grenading him will be screwing us later" | |||||
| Lucea says, "I'm grenade-happy today." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Have you tried throwing the GPS at him yet?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I wonder" | ||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "we can't go anyone but sw with our light on" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "turn on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a series of gunshots ring out far to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "will he chase us" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A bobbing light appears further down the southern path. You can hear Floyd | faint sounds of movement. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "guess not" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "guess he's just a door" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "yeah" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pretend to be a ghost" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pretend". Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe we can check out the village" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a series of gunshots ring out far to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A bobbing light appears further down the southern path. You can hear Floyd | faint sounds of movement. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The light down the southern path waves and dances about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The bobbing light to the south dims and finally disappears. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search debris" | |||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "there's got to be something around somewhere" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x gps" | |||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. According to this, the clearing Floyd | you arrived at matched the coordinates from the scrap of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x furniture" | |||||
Floyd | Bits of chairs, tables, benches. Nothing useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "whoa" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x skeletons" | |||||
Floyd | There are strips of sinew and flesh hanging from some of the bones. Floyd | One of the skeletons is visibly larger in stature than the other, and Floyd | the larger body has a near perfect hole in the front of its skull. A Floyd | closer look at the bones reveals that most are covered with gouges and Floyd | scratches that look suspiciously like bite marks. Several of the bones Floyd | have been dragged away from the main cluster. As you move your Floyd | flashlight among the carnage, something glints in the illumination. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x glint" | |||||
Floyd | Turns out it's nothing more than a quartz crystal hanging from a Floyd | leather cord. It sparkles nicely, but you wouldn't get more than a Floyd | couple bucks for it at the Arcadia market. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get it" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe we can try dropping stuff to distract the guy" | ||||
| inky says, "nom nom nom" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x houses" | |||||
Floyd | The buildings are fairly crude structures, even by the standards of an Floyd | Arcadian slum. Built from irregular wooden planks, most of them lean Floyd | precariously in their foundations. As near as you can figure, this Floyd | tiny community sprang up sometime after the war and simply made do with Floyd | whatever materials they could find. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x underbrush" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any underbrush here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x underbrush" | |||||
Floyd | The thick underbrush impedes all movement to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search it" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "bah" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | A sound from the east causes you to spin about and aim your flashlight Floyd | in that direction. From between two of the buildings, a pair of Floyd | emaciated coyotes slink into the street, their eyes glowing in the beam Floyd | of your light. They immediately turn their attention towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh crap" | ||||
| Fang says, "maybe we can lead these coyotes to the guy" | |||||
| Lucea says, "can we blind them" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf3" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "which way back to the guard?" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "north, west, south, a lot of rigmarole" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lot". Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "n, w, s, rigmarole" | ||||
| djfletch says, "probably you can go west" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "or 5hq5" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "this is not gonna work" | ||||
| Fang asks, "I guess the coyotes don't follow us?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf3" | |||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open survival pack" | |||||
Floyd | The survival pack is already open! Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "nothing chases you, apparently" | ||||
| Fang says, "these are awfully non-tenacious coyotes" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x coyote" | |||||
Floyd | A pair of mangy, scraggly coyotes. Their coats are filthy, matted Floyd | together, and beneath you can clearly see the outlines of their bones. Floyd | They glare at you with a disturbing mix of hunger and hatred. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "feed coyotes" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "feed". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take ration" | |||||
Floyd | There are too many packets to juggle. They're best left in your pack. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "give food to coyotes" | |||||
Floyd | The coyotes seem a lot more interested in you. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes are almost on top of you! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "give ration to coyote?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give ration to coyote" | |||||
Floyd | The coyotes seem a lot more interested in you. Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the coyotes leap into the air and slam against your Floyd | chest. Your throat is quickly torn out by the ravenous beasts. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 126 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "maybe we can kill the ranger" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "does it let us go south?" | |||||
| Lucea says, "and feed him to the coyotes" | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x tracks" | |||||
Floyd | The tracks trail all over the road here. They seem to be in greatest Floyd | concentration in front of the old shack to the east. You're not sure, Floyd | but they appear to be dog tracks. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | The snarling coyotes block your way. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes are almost on top of you! Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "ok, so we know where we want to go" | ||||
| Fang says, "oh, I guess the coyotes are another door" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop survival pack" | |||||
Floyd | (Taking off the survival pack first) Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw survival pack at coyotes" | |||||
Floyd | You're not carrying the survival pack. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Among the clods of dirt, you see a survival pack. The survival pack Floyd | contains your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw survival pack at coyotes" | |||||
Floyd | The coyotes move with surprising quickness, darting out of the way. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "y'know, you should get the coyotes to attack the raider" | ||||
| Lucea says, "they don't move" | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "the coyotes don't follow us" | |||||
| DavidW says, "darn" | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "just checking it was the same" | ||||
| Fang asks, "so, go back and nade the raider? And hopefully steal his rifle?" | |||||
| inky says, "I guess" | |||||
| djfletch says, "or grenade the coyotes instead" | |||||
| inky says, "or you could use the grenade on the coyotes" | |||||
| djfletch says, "tricky ethical decision" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, if we nade the raider, we'd have a rifle to use on the coyotes, I think" | |||||
| Fang says (to djfletch), "heh" | |||||
| Lucea says, "but" | |||||
| Lucea says, "it depends on what's in that shack" | |||||
| Lucea says, "I say grenade the raider, you can do it from a distance" | |||||
| Fang asks, "anyone wanna do it?" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "You think the raider is alone? That the grenade noise won't awaken his buddies?" | |||||
| Lucea says, "sure, we have saves" | |||||
| Lucea says, "can't hurt" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to DavidW), "he's been shooting at us for ages" | ||||
| djfletch says, "if we can throw it into their camp maybe it will get them all" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "save" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "cf4" | |||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "and that hasn't alerted his buddies" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I'm gonna do it" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "throw grenade se" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade sails throw the air to the southeast. Almost Floyd | immediately, a burst of gun fire originating from that direction tears Floyd | into your unprotected body. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 137 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | Lucea says, "well." | ||||
| Lucea says, "that didn't work" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "maybe if we hide first" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade at man" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near the raider guard. Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | You can just make out a hand grenade partially concealed behind the Floyd | bush. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x grenade" | |||||
Floyd | An M81 fragmentation grenade, according to the white lettering on the Floyd | side. Must pack quite a punch. It has a pin at the top holding tight Floyd | the "spoon", or safety lever. When the pin is pulled and the grenade Floyd | dropped or thrown, the safety lever separates from the grenade and its Floyd | fuse is armed. Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "did we pull the pin" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "pull pin" | |||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "whoops, sorry" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "oh, I get it" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "oh". Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh, I get it. pull pin, throw it se" | ||||
| Lucea says, "it didn't work before because we didn't pull the pin" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "pull pin" | |||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "throw grenade se" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade sails throw the air to the southeast. The grenade Floyd | arms as its safety lever goes flying. Almost immediately, a burst of Floyd | gun fire originating from that direction tears into your unprotected Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 138 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | Lucea says, "or not" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "this guy is very good at dodging grenades" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x grenade" | |||||
Floyd | An M81 fragmentation grenade, according to the white lettering on the Floyd | side. Must pack quite a punch. When the pin is pulled and the grenade Floyd | dropped or thrown, the safety lever separates from the grenade and its Floyd | fuse is armed. The pin on this grenade has been pulled. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees your light, bringing up his Floyd | automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The bullets tear through Floyd | you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 139 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "turn off flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | It's already turned off! Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "throw grenade at man" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near the raider guard. The Floyd | grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "bah, timing" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | You can just make out a hand grenade partially concealed behind the Floyd | bush. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight, Floyd | a necklace, and a grenade pin. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | The guard shakes his head. "I must be seeing things." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade sw" | |||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade se" | |||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "light flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "turn on flashlight" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade se" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade sails throw the air to the southeast. The grenade Floyd | arms as its safety lever goes flying. Almost immediately, a burst of Floyd | gun fire originating from that direction tears into your unprotected Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 144 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | Lucea says, "ugh" | ||||
| Lucea says, "its safety lever already went flying" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | The hand grenade explodes, blasting everything in the area with Floyd | hundreds of tungsten ball bearings. Unfortunately, the bush doesn't Floyd | provide a bit of protection. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 147 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade lying among the weeds. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "well, we have ther right idea" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | A bobbing light appears further down the southern path. You can hear Floyd | faint sounds of movement. Floyd | Floyd | You hear an explosion from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | You see a man's body lying among the weeds. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "woo" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search body" | |||||
Floyd | The only thing you can find worth taking is a shabby coat. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "fuck" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "se" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "no rifle, huh" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search chasm" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | You can head along the path to the northwest or down the steps to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I saved before all this" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a flashlight (providing Floyd | light), a necklace, and a grenade pin. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we should take the coat" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get coat" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any coat here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a flashlight (providing Floyd | light), a necklace, and a grenade pin. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "nw" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | You see a man's body lying among the weeds. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get coat" | |||||
Floyd | You strip the coat off of the body and try to wipe off as much blood as Floyd | you can. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search crater" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear coat" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the shabby coat. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search coat" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "se" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "disguise?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bedroll" | |||||
Floyd | A dingy, grimy thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search bedroll" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search campfire" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bedroll" | |||||
Floyd | There's nothing under the bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I hope the fact we didn't get any points for killing the man doesn't mean anything" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "winnable" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "winnable". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get bedroll" | |||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the bedroll isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "just don't save to cf4 I guess" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps a torch can be used vs the coyotes." | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get torch" | |||||
Floyd | You already have the flashlight! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "shall we go down" | ||||
| Fang says, "why not" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh hey, points" | ||||
| Lucea says, "I bet we can find a weapon in here" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel" | |||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | |||||
Floyd | What do you want to unscrew it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read graffiti" | |||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | Randall fuks dogs Floyd | Floyd | blood and guts all the way Floyd | kweee has RABIeS Floyd | THE VAULT DWELLER WAS HERE Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "should we go back and try nading the coyotes just as a test/" | ||||
| Fang asks, "?" | |||||
| Lucea says, "can't hurt" | |||||
| inky says, "(the last line is a fallout joke)" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "save" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "cf5" | |||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "restore" | |||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "cf4" | |||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | The brambles block your way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to Lucea), "you could just Push restore" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "ah, sorry" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | |||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "drop grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear an explosion from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "e" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Among the clods of dirt, you see a pair of coyote corpses. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (Opening the shack door) Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded on the ground you find a small plastic tub. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Among the clods of dirt, you see a pair of coyote corpses. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search corpses" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded on the ground you find a small plastic tub. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x tub" | |||||
Floyd | It appears to be a small tub, maybe three inches in diameter, made of Floyd | yellowish-orange plastic. Whatever lettering was on the side or lid Floyd | has long since worn away. The tub is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open tub" | |||||
Floyd | Opening the small plastic tub reveals a lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | There's a quiet thud from the corner of the shack, followed by a Floyd | whispered, "Ow!" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x corner" | |||||
Floyd | Pieces of lumber in various sizes and shapes. This shack may have Floyd | served as a storage shed for the village's construction materials. The Floyd | large pile is stacked in one corner of the shack, leaning against the Floyd | wall. There is a considerable pocket of deep shadow behind the boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "huh" | ||||
| Lucea says, "this is not leading" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shine torch at shadow" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shine". Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point torch at shadow" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "point". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x shadow" | |||||
Floyd | Pieces of lumber in various sizes and shapes. This shack may have Floyd | served as a storage shed for the village's construction materials. The Floyd | large pile is stacked in one corner of the shack, leaning against the Floyd | wall. There is a considerable pocket of deep shadow behind the boards. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint rustling noise coming from behind the boards. It Floyd | lasts for only a brief moment and then all is quiet again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search it" | |||||
Floyd | You angle the boards away from the wall to peer behind them. With a Floyd | sudden cry, a small figure scrambles out from behind them. The Floyd | diminutive shape dashes across the shack and huddles in the opposite Floyd | corner. You turn the beam of your flashlight toward it and see that it Floyd | is an emaciated little girl, covered in grime. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x clay" | |||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "girl, hello" | |||||
Floyd | The little girl seems too afraid of you to respond. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "give ration to girl" | |||||
Floyd | You unwrap one of the small packages and hand it to her. Tentatively Floyd | she leans forward and accepts it, quickly pulling back. She takes a Floyd | tiny bite... and a huge grin spreads across her face. She wolfs the Floyd | remainder down. Floyd | Floyd | "What's your name, little girl?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Iona," the little girl whispers. You smile at her and she smiles Floyd | back. She doesn't seem quite so afraid of you anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "hrm. should I be saving" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf4" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oops" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Her last name's Chevy-Pickup" | |||||
| Lucea says, "we have cf5 for the base" | |||||
| inky says (to DavidW), "har" | |||||
| Fang says (to Lucea), "we will overwrite cf5 next" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask iona about iona" | |||||
Floyd | "Where are you from?" Floyd | Floyd | She blinks, confused. "Here." Floyd | Floyd | "Were you born here?" Iona merely shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask iona about coyotes" | |||||
Floyd | "The coyotes have been after you?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, the doggies are very mean. I think they want to eat me." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "tell iona about coyotes" | |||||
Floyd | Iona simply looks up at you with wide eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask iona about grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Iona simply looks up at you with wide eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask iona about parents" | |||||
Floyd | "Where is your family?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona's eyes well up with tears. "Dead," she says in a barely audible Floyd | whisper. "The bad men killed them. They killed everyone." Tears Floyd | leave muddy tracks as they run down her face. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask iona about bad men" | Fang says, "I guess djfletch wasn't kidding about this being a moral decision with the grenade" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the raiders?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona wipes her hand across her nose. "The bad men came... a bunch of Floyd | days ago. They moved into the base near here. Then they killed Floyd | everyone." She starts to cry. "They had guns and knives and everyone Floyd | was screaming and there was blood everywhere...." She sobs, unable to Floyd | continue. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "comfort iona" | |||||
Floyd | You lean down and embrace Iona. She hugs you back tightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask iona about base" | |||||
Floyd | "What do you know about this base that's nearby?" Floyd | Floyd | "It's a building under the ground," Iona says. "That's where the bad Floyd | men live. My parents couldn't open the door, but the bad men could when Floyd | they came. Then they came here and...." She swallows, then continues. Floyd | "There's a bad man guarding the door, but I think I know a secret way." Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh hey" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask iona about secret" | |||||
Floyd | "You know a secret way into the base?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona nods. "I found it. I was playing and I found it. In the bushes. Floyd | I can show you where it is. But... I lost my dolly and I can't reach Floyd | it. Can you get it for me? I miss it so much." She blinks back Floyd | tears. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask iona about family" | |||||
Floyd | "Where is your family?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona's eyes well up with tears. "Dead," she says in a barely audible Floyd | whisper. "The bad men killed them. They killed everyone." Tears Floyd | leave muddy tracks as they run down her face. Floyd | Floyd | Iona hums tunelessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh no." | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask iona about dolly" | |||||
Floyd | "Where is your doll?" Floyd | Floyd | "I dropped it. I was in the building and the doggies came and scared Floyd | me and I dropped it down in the hole. I can't reach it and the ladder Floyd | is broken. It's too far down. Will you get it for me?" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask iona about putty" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "putty". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x hole" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any hole here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take tub" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x pile" | |||||
Floyd | Pieces of lumber in various sizes and shapes. This shack may have Floyd | served as a storage shed for the village's construction materials. The Floyd | large pile is stacked in one corner of the shack, leaning against the Floyd | wall. There is a considerable pocket of deep shadow behind the boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search it" | |||||
Floyd | You look behind the pile of boards but find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask iona about hole" | |||||
Floyd | "Do you know who the skeletons were?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona rubs teary eyes. "My mommy and daddy." Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "so I guess we were suppposed to use the grenade on the coyotes after all" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give necklace to iona" | |||||
Floyd | Iona shakes her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I think" | ||||
| Lucea says, "now where's this hole" | |||||
| inky says, "man, creepy" | |||||
| two-star says (to floyd), "x shadow" | |||||
Floyd | Pieces of lumber in various sizes and shapes. This shack may have Floyd | served as a storage shed for the village's construction materials. The Floyd | large pile is stacked in one corner of the shack, leaning against the Floyd | wall. There is a considerable pocket of deep shadow behind the boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think there's multiple solutions." | ||||
| Fang says, "I guess there's only one main building" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Like, there has to be." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, yes" | |||||
Floyd | Iona smiles up at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, follow us" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "us". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, follow me" | |||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe we should take her back to the city first" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "And sell her to Charlie?" | |||||
| Fang says, "AND FIND HER A LOVING HOME, DAVIDW" | |||||
| Lucea says, "heh" | |||||
| Lucea says, "who said Charlie isn't loving" | |||||
| DavidW says, "oh well. Good luck on that being implemented." | |||||
| djfletch says, "he runs an adoption agency on the side" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | The only exit lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Among the clods of dirt, you see a pair of coyote corpses. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| two-star says (to floyd), "point flashlight at shadow" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "point". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask iona about hoelk" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hoelk". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask iona about hole" | |||||
Floyd | "Do you know who the skeletons were?" | DavidW asks, "So, where's this hole with the doll?" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Iona rubs teary eyes. "My mommy and daddy." Floyd | Floyd | Iona scratches her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. She seems to position herself so that you Floyd | stand between her and the skeletons. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x hole" | |||||
Floyd | There are strips of sinew and flesh hanging from some of the bones. Floyd | One of the skeletons is visibly larger in stature than the other, and Floyd | the larger body has a near perfect hole in the front of its skull. A Floyd | closer look at the bones reveals that most are covered with gouges and Floyd | scratches that look suspiciously like bite marks. Several of the bones Floyd | have been dragged away from the main cluster. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "bury skeletons" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bury". Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "...you're kidding me." | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search hole" | |||||
Floyd | You can't find anything else of value amidst the pair of skeletons. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona looks down into the basement. "I'm not going down there," she Floyd | whispers, her face pale with fear. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | You carefully lower yourself down into the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | A discarded rag doll lies among the carnage. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "success!" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get doll" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "u" | |||||
Floyd | You can't quite reach the next floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "...failure!" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "udo" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "udo". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | A discarded rag doll lies among the carnage. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "CHAIR" | ||||
| Lucea says, "I thought we needed a ladder" | |||||
| DavidW says, "There was a CHAIR amongst the corpses." | |||||
| Fang asks, "can I overwrite the base save?" | |||||
| Fang says, "we didn't get very far from here" | |||||
| inky says, "sure" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf5" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | You carefully lower yourself down into the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | A discarded rag doll lies among the carnage. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | There are no exits save up. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get doll" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get chair" | |||||
Floyd | The chair is too heavy to be carrying around. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x doll" | |||||
Floyd | A moth-eaten rag doll with only the slightest resemblance to a human Floyd | shape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "stand on it" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the rag doll. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "stand on chair" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the chair. It wobbles slightly under your Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "u" | |||||
Floyd | You manage to grab one of the timbers above and pull yourself out of Floyd | the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I am a puzzle idiot" | ||||
| Fang says, "we could have searched the bodies" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement, on the chair Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search bodies" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search bodies" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Yes. We could've." | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "off" | |||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get off" | |||||
Floyd | (the chair) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search bodies" | |||||
Floyd | Gingerly, you sift through the rotting bodies but come up empty handed. Floyd | It looks like they've already been stripped of anything remotely useful Floyd | or valuable. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search splinters" | |||||
Floyd | You root around the splintered wood and discover a screwdriver, which Floyd | you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we're a scavenger. Not looting is a sin" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search timbers" | |||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the debris. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says (to Lucea), "yay" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Screwdriver will help with the security panel." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x chair" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get on chair" | |||||
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair. One leg is plainly shorter than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get off" | |||||
Floyd | (the chair) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "stand on chair" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the chair. It wobbles slightly under your Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "u" | |||||
Floyd | You manage to grab one of the timbers above and pull yourself out of Floyd | the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x legs" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any legs here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give doll to iona" | |||||
Floyd | Iona's face immediately brightens. "My dolly!" she squeals in delight Floyd | as she hugs the rag doll. She grabs your hand and pulls you towards Floyd | the door. "Let me show you the secret way past the bad men." She Floyd | leads you back to the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | Iona leads you over to the brambles. "Down here," she says, getting Floyd | down on her hands and knees. As you do the same, she points to a Floyd | well-hidden gap in the brambles to the southwest. "Back there. You Floyd | can crawl to the secret way in." Giggling, she stands up. She skips Floyd | back to the shack, hugging her rag doll close and waving to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "so should we surrender dollothy now" | ||||
| inky says (to Lucea), "ha ha" | |||||
| Fang asks, "is she just going to stay in that shack forever?" | |||||
| Lucea says, "why do I suddenly distrust her" | |||||
| Fang says, "she's a spunky little girl" | |||||
| Fang says, "spunky little girls are ALWAYS trustworthy" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Among the clods of dirt, you see a pair of coyote corpses. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, follow me" | |||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Among the clods of dirt, you see a pair of coyote corpses. Floyd | Floyd | It appears that there's been an explosion in this area. There's a Floyd | small crater in the ground, surrounded by blackened scorch marks that Floyd | radiate outwards. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona hums tunelessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, go west" | |||||
Floyd | Iona shakes her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | If you really want to head back empty-handed... Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "should we just go southwest" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||||
Floyd | You manage to crawl along the trail through the brambles with only Floyd | minor scratches. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Path Floyd | This is the end of a very convoluted and twisted path through several Floyd | hundred feet of frighteningly thorny briar patch. The track is Floyd | extremely difficult to see, especially at night, and you know you never Floyd | would have found your way without help. It heads back into the thicket Floyd | to your northeast, the only footpath leading from this small open field Floyd | among the brambles. In the middle of the small clearing is a square Floyd | metal structure, about two feet long on each side and protruding a Floyd | couple of inches from the ground. This box is topped by a metal Floyd | grating held on by rusty latches. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona looks down into the air vent. "I'm not going down there," she Floyd | whispers, her face pale with fear. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "and risk a platoon of attacking things" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x latches" | |||||
Floyd | It appears to be the top end of some sort of chimney or air vent. Floyd | About two feet long on each side, it's constructed out of sheet metal. Floyd | A metal grating is attached to the top by a set of rusty hinges. If Floyd | there was originally a lock on it, it's long since disintegrated. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unscrew latches" | |||||
Floyd | You see no way to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove hinges" | |||||
Floyd | The metal grating won't budge. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open grating" | |||||
Floyd | With neglected hinges screeching in protest, the grating swings open, Floyd | revealing a wide shaft that disappears down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. heh." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, wait here" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "here". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, go home" | |||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, hide" | |||||
Floyd | Iona shakes her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf6" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "shall we go in?" | ||||
| Lucea says, "let's do it" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | You lower yourself carefully into the shaft and squirm along as it Floyd | turns horizontal. After several feet of crawling, the duct turns Floyd | vertical again. Shimmying along its length, you drop down into the Floyd | room beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the pole is a frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take jacket" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | |||||
Floyd | A frayed jacket with alternating bands of red and green that you Floyd | recognize as the wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear it" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x boxes" | |||||
Floyd | A bunch of warped and water-damaged cardboard boxes. Most have only a Floyd | scattering of broken electronics, dead batteries, corroded wires, and Floyd | other completely useless junk. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "We're wearing a jacket AND a coat?" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "sesarch boxes" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sesarch". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search boxes" | |||||
Floyd | Searching among all the useless trash in the boxes, you come across a Floyd | circuit breaker in reasonable condition, which you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take pole" | |||||
Floyd | (putting a Geiger counter and a GPS unit into the survival pack to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a necklace, a grenade pin, a Floyd | small plastic tub, a screwdriver, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations, a Geiger counter, and a GPS unit. The small plastic Floyd | tub contains a lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear necklace" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the necklace. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x necklace" | |||||
Floyd | Worthless, really. It's nothing more than a quartz crystal hanging Floyd | from leather cord. It sparkles nicely, but you wouldn't more than a Floyd | couple bucks for it at the Arcadia market. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x pole" | |||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open pole" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x pole ends" | |||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Not a breathing tube, then." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read messages" | |||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | we rool the wasteland Floyd | YOU STNK Floyd | Floyd | reds mom was a mutent Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read messages" | |||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | we rool the wasteland Floyd | YOU STNK Floyd | Floyd | reds mom was a mutent Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x doors" | |||||
Floyd | north door: The door to the north is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | south door: The door to the south is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | west door: The door to the west is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "is anyone mapping?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I haven't. I'm rather lost." | |||||
| djfletch says, "I think we're just west of where we got in last time" | |||||
| DavidW says, "All the saves and undos made me realize that mapping was pointless." | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well, just s, actually" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | That door appears to have been jammed shut for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | |||||
Floyd | This is a bulky office desk built from some kind of dark hardwood. Its Floyd | appearance is particularly ugly and utilitarian. The top is covered Floyd | with dust except for a few outlines of items that have probably been Floyd | recently removed. The left side consists of a large sliding drawer and Floyd | the desk's very short legs keep it only about an inch off the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x outlines" | |||||
Floyd | The outlines in the dust merely reveal the shapes of objects that used Floyd | to reside upon this table. Nothing more. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | |||||
Floyd | You slide the desk drawer open and find it empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | |||||
Floyd | You peer under the desk and see the glint of something metallic. Floyd | Unfortunately, the desk is too low to the ground to reach it. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x legs" | |||||
Floyd | This is a bulky office desk built from some kind of dark hardwood. Its Floyd | appearance is particularly ugly and utilitarian. The top is covered Floyd | with dust except for a few outlines of items that have probably been Floyd | recently removed. The left side consists of a large sliding drawer and Floyd | the desk's very short legs keep it only about an inch off the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search desk" | |||||
Floyd | Searching the top of the desk, you find nothing except dust. The Floyd | drawer is empty. You peer under the desk and see the glint of Floyd | something metallic. Unfortunately, the desk is too low to the ground Floyd | to reach it. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x glint" | |||||
Floyd | It's difficult to tell what it is, even with your flashlight. All you Floyd | can see is the glinting of light off of some metallic object. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "get it" | |||||
Floyd | Your arm is too large to fit under the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "top desk" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "top". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push glint with pole" | |||||
Floyd | That would just push it closer to the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "we need a magnet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tip desk" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tip". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "push desk" | |||||
Floyd | There's no way you're moving this monster of a desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get glint with pole" | |||||
Floyd | You crouch down and try to snag the metallic object under the desk with Floyd | the metal pole. You can't seem to catch it, though, and after a minute Floyd | you give up. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. Maybe the pole into a magnet." | ||||
| DavidW says, "er, Make" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a necklace (being worn), a Floyd | grenade pin, a small plastic tub, a screwdriver, a frayed jacket (being Floyd | worn), a circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a Geiger counter, and a Floyd | GPS unit. The small plastic tub contains a lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "the magnet is just a guess" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put clay on pole" | |||||
Floyd | You attempt to stick the lump of clay to the end of the pole, but it Floyd | keeps sliding off. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or add a hook on the pole." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get flint with screwdriver" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "flint". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The magnet idea is a decent guess." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get glint with screwdriver" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see how that would help. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "The screwdriver, it's not a magnetic one?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screwdriver" | |||||
Floyd | Much of the metal on the screwdriver shaft is pitted and rusted. The Floyd | handle, what there is of it, is wrapped in a ragged black tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove tape" | |||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the ragged black tape isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tape" | |||||
Floyd | The handle of the screwdriver is wound in a ragged black tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topple desk" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "topple". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move desk" | |||||
Floyd | There's no way you're moving this monster of a desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "lever desk" | |||||
Floyd | (with the metal pole) Floyd | You can't find any way to pry the wooden desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says (to floyd), "break desk" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "break desk" | |||||
Floyd | You'll have to specify how exactly you want to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "come back later?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "putting the clay on the pole seemed to be implemented so maybe there is something else stickier" | |||||
| Lucea asks, "like coyote guts?" | |||||
| Lucea says, "please don't try that." | |||||
| DavidW says, "I think we need either an attachment to the pole or make the pole into a magnet." | |||||
| DavidW says, "Explore more elsewhere." | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x messages" | |||||
Floyd | Crudely scrawled (and spelled) inquiries about people's mothers, sexual Floyd | preferences, appearance, odors, and a few rough drawings of genitalia. Floyd | In other words, the typical kind of thing you see every day back home Floyd | in Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "careful" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x graffiti" | |||||
Floyd | Crudely scrawled (and spelled) inquiries about people's mothers, sexual Floyd | preferences, appearance, odors, and a few rough drawings of genitalia. Floyd | In other words, the typical kind of thing you see every day back home Floyd | in Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | |||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | Jones is 1 ugly bastard Floyd | BRING ON THE WIMIN!!!! Floyd | Floyd | Keep an open mind... bash your brains out Floyd | Floyd | Over the sound of voices to the east, you can just make out what sounds Floyd | like footsteps and voices approaching the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh crap" | ||||
| djfletch says, "uh oh" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | You slip past the bookcase into the northern alcove. From this Floyd | location, you are almost completely hidden from the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | From behind the bookcase, you hear what sounds like two men enter the Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we better go." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ooh nice" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | "Boss is pissed," you hear a voice say. Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah?" a second voice replies. "Why's that?" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | The first voice says, "He thinks Jones is working to take over. Boss Floyd | changed the password early." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh? What is it now?" Floyd | Floyd | "Mutant." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "haha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | There's a pause. "Is it true?" the second voice asks. "Is Jones?" Floyd | Floyd | "I doubt it," says the first voice. "He's just been...." The voices Floyd | trail off as the men move out of earshot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "you fail password security" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East, in the north alcove Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | |||||
Floyd | Reaches about six feet tall and spans around three feet across. The Floyd | wood is extremely old, and probably has only survived this long because Floyd | it's been in the dry, sterile air of the base. Most of the shelves are Floyd | missing, possibly used for firewood. The majority of the backing still Floyd | remains, however, obscuring the view of the northern alcove from the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You step out from behind the bookcase, back into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search bookcase" | |||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||||
Floyd | There are a lot of voices coming from the room to your east. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we can try fixing the door to the west" | ||||
| Fang says, "since we have a screwdriver and circuit breaker" | |||||
| Fang says, "or maybe we can try bluffing our way in with the new password" | |||||
| djfletch says, "we could save and then see if going east kills us" | |||||
| Fang says, "or just undo" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf7" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or worse, we might get KP duty." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the stainless steel panel is a map and a note being held Floyd | on by a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hello, magnet!" | ||||
| Lucea says, "knew it" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" | |||||
Floyd | The note reads: Floyd | Floyd | Okay, maggots, this is the last time I'm gonna tell you. You don't Floyd | bother me unless it is something important. Otherwise you talk to Ertz Floyd | or Randall. The next person to bother me without a very good reason Floyd | ends up in a shallow grave next to Sulz. Floyd | Floyd | Those of you that can read, make sure the rest of the troops understand Floyd | this. Floyd | Floyd | Randall managed to scrounge up a pack of explosives on his last trip Floyd | out. If we can't get that damn door open any other way, we'll blast Floyd | the fucking thing. Floyd | Floyd | Remember: the wasteland belongs to us. Floyd | Floyd | Boss Floyd | Floyd | With a knife, a raider tries to slice a cut in the wall. He examines Floyd | the wall with a puzzled look as his weapon fails to make even a mark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x map" | |||||
Floyd | It appears to be an old, faded map of the countryside. After all your Floyd | travels, you do have a certain familiarity with the terrain. The Floyd | location of Arcadia is marked in red, as is the location of this base. Floyd | Floyd | You are roughly jostled by a careless raider as he walks by. "Watch Floyd | where you're going," he snarls at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take magnet" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. The papers being held by the magnet flutter to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | A group of the men begin arguing with several others about the proper Floyd | way to scalp a person: some of the men insist that the best way is to Floyd | start at the front and the others disagree. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x magnet" | |||||
Floyd | A small black disc, about an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch Floyd | thick. Floyd | Floyd | A small crowd forms around a raider holding up a yellowed girly Floyd | magazine. The men hoot and grunt at the centerfold. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take map" | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x panel" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The metal panel is a stainless steel rectangle, about a foot wide and a Floyd | foot-and-a-half tall. It's set into the wall, completely flush against Floyd | the surface, about four feet off the floor. There's nothing on the Floyd | stainless steel panel. Floyd | Floyd | Several of the men begin playing a raucous game of cards. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take paper" | |||||
Floyd | You already have the scrap of paper! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take note" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A group of raiders clear off a makeshift table. Two of them sit at Floyd | opposite ends and begin arm wrestling. The rest of the men crowd Floyd | around the two challengers, yelling and cheering. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take note" | |||||
Floyd | You already have the note! Floyd | Floyd | A handful of rifle cartridges drops to the floor and the rounds scatter Floyd | across the room. The man who dropped them swears as he chases after Floyd | them. A couple of the other raiders snort and laugh. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open panel" | |||||
Floyd | If the stainless steel panel opens, it's not clear how. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunks" | |||||
Floyd | Rather filthy. But then, you've slept on worse. Floyd | Floyd | One of the men begins bragging loudly about how many villagers he Floyd | killed. The rest of the raiders appear unimpressed by his boasts. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x guards" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any guards here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "wish we had a grenade now, eh?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get cartridges" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cartridges". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "good focused or bad focused" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x guard" | |||||
Floyd | A little less scruffy than the rest of the raiders, but not by much. Floyd | He's wearing a brown leather jacket, torn in a couple of places, with Floyd | the same green and red bands as the rest of the raiders. The raider is Floyd | sitting in the chair beside the door, a mean looking black submachine Floyd | gun cradled in his hands. His feet are propped up on the table in the Floyd | center of the room. Dangling from a cord around the man's neck is what Floyd | appears to be a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and reflects Floyd | the light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "purty" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "guard, I'm here to relieve you" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "i'm". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x prism" | |||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "purty and smart" | ||||
| Fang says, "wonder if our necklace is the same" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "ask man about prism" | |||||
Floyd | "That's an interesting medallion you're wearing." Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard looks down. "Yeah. I take it off when we go on a Floyd | raid. Reflections can give our position away. But otherwise I think Floyd | it looks good on me. But I'm always looking if you are interested in Floyd | trading." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| crumple fidgets | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask about trading" | |||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "Interested in trading me that prism?" Floyd | Floyd | The guard nods. "Sure, if you've got anything worth it." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show necklace to guard" | |||||
Floyd | You lift the quartz crystal necklace up and show it to the guard. He Floyd | raises an eyebrow, then fingers the prism hanging around his neck. Floyd | "Hey, wow, that's pretty nice. A lot better than this old thing here. Floyd | Let me know if you're interested in a trade." He raises an eyebrow. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "wait wait wait" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We could swap our necklace, yes" | |||||
| Lucea says, "why do we want to trade" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Datacube, dear." | |||||
| Lucea says, "ah" | |||||
| Fang says, "because it's a datacube and he doesn't realise" | |||||
| Lucea says, "right" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "go for it" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give necklace to guard" | |||||
Floyd | The guard nods and hands you the prism in exchange for the quartz Floyd | crystal necklace. He loops the leather strap around his neck and holds Floyd | the crystal in front of his face, marveling at its sparkle. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask guard about gun" | |||||
Floyd | Which gun do you mean, the rifle, the silenced pistol, the laser gun, Floyd | or the submachine gun? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask guard about submachine gun" | |||||
Floyd | "Where'd you get that gun?" Floyd | Floyd | He peers at you suspiciously. "That's a perk of rank. It'll take you Floyd | a long time to earn something this good." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask guard about door" | |||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, the west door, or the security door? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man's jacket" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any man's jacket here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask guard about west door" | |||||
Floyd | "What's behind this door?" Floyd | Floyd | "That's the boss's office. That's where he meets with people. The Floyd | room behind that is his own personal room." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's also the room where the boss is." | ||||
| Fang says, "endboss" | |||||
| Fang asks, "well, go back and fix the broken door?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "This guy is probably Randall or Ertz." | |||||
| djfletch says, "try going west to see what happens" | |||||
| DavidW says, "You die, of course." | |||||
| djfletch exclaims, "but we know the secret password!" | |||||
| DavidW says, "uh, that's not what the password is for." | |||||
| Fang says, "I'm sure the boss knows who works for him" | |||||
| Fang says, "and our disguise is probably not enough" | |||||
| djfletch says, "you may be right" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I think we should get the key (or whatever) from under the desk next." | |||||
| Fang says, "oh yeah" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put magnet on pole" | |||||
Floyd | The magnet is now firmly attached to the end of the metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get glint with pole" | |||||
Floyd | You crouch down and slide the pole under the desk towards the metallic Floyd | object beneath. Whatever it is sticks to the magnet at the end of the Floyd | pole, and you pull the pole out to find a security badge dangling from Floyd | the end, its belt clip stuck to the magnet. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x badge" | |||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Lieutenant James Floyd | Walsh. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh. Do we even need to bother with the panel now?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x photo" | |||||
Floyd | A man's face looks back at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I assume we need to fix the panel" | ||||
| Fang says, "for the badge to work" | |||||
| Lucea says, "yeah" | |||||
| Lucea asks, "is it the password?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe not. The panel might be for if you have no badge." | |||||
| djfletch says, "there was another door in the south alcove - try it on that" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | That door appears to have been jammed shut for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "nah, I'm thinking it has to be this door" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open panel with screwdriver" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "looks like it" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | |||||
Floyd | (with the screwdriver) Floyd | The screws each resist at first, but with some effort, you manage to Floyd | loosen them all. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open panel" | |||||
Floyd | The panel swings open on tiny hinges. On the inside back of the panel, Floyd | there is a metal-lined socket. A bundle of wires ending in a metal Floyd | prong runs out of the wall and dangles loosely in the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put circuit breaker in socket" | |||||
Floyd | That won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show badge to sensor" | |||||
Floyd | Oddly enough, you get no response. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x socket" | |||||
Floyd | The socket is nothing more than a metal-encircled hole in the panel's Floyd | interior. It is about an eighth of an inch in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x circuit breaker" | |||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sensor" | |||||
Floyd | The scanning grid is a dark piece of glass, four inches square. There Floyd | are a number of white lines etched into the glass's surface, forming a Floyd | pattern of squares. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put badge on sensor" | |||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x socket" | |||||
Floyd | The socket is nothing more than a metal-encircled hole in the panel's Floyd | interior. It is about an eighth of an inch in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put breaker on prong" | |||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the prong. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put prong in socket" | |||||
Floyd | You plug the metal prong into the socket. The scanner grid on the face Floyd | of the panel immediately lights up. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "hmm so what's the circuit breaker for?" | ||||
| Fang says, "I guess somewhere else" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch panel with badge" | |||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open door" | |||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keypad" | |||||
Floyd | You can see it's a pretty standard numeric keypad. There are ten Floyd | off-white plastic buttons, numbered 0 through 9. The keys on the panel Floyd | are currently glowing faintly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x badge" | |||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Lieutenant James Floyd | Walsh. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "wait, we still need a code?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel" | |||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | a brightly illuminated scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're Floyd | designed to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When Floyd | the badge is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's Floyd | identity is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad with glowing Floyd | number keys. In each of the right two corners is a single screw, and Floyd | you see a pair of hinges along the left side. The panel is currently Floyd | open. On the inside back of the panel, there is a metal-lined socket. Floyd | A bundle of wires ending in a metal prong runs out of the wall and into Floyd | the socket. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So, what's Walsh's code number?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "remove prong" | |||||
Floyd | The prong is attached to the panel by a bundle of wires. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oh wait, maybe we need to read the datacube" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x datacube" | |||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "read it" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to read the yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "we need to find a place to plug it in" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "we". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| two-star took 30,500 buckets -- why? | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x socket" | |||||
Floyd | The socket is nothing more than a metal-encircled hole in the panel's Floyd | interior. It is about an eighth of an inch in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x grating" | |||||
Floyd | You don't recall ever seeing a floor like this and you aren't sure what Floyd | the original purpose was. The gaps in the grating are small, no more Floyd | than a quarter of an inch wide. If there's a subflooring underneath, Floyd | you can't tell how far beneath it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put datacube in socket" | |||||
Floyd | That won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x prong" | |||||
Floyd | The prong is a piece of metal about a half-inch long and an eighth-inch Floyd | in diameter. One end is attached to a bundle of thin wires that Floyd | connect to the inside of the panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take prong" | |||||
Floyd | The prong is attached to the panel by a bundle of wires. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grating" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lift grating" | |||||
Floyd | You can't lift the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "maybe the datacube reader is in the boss's office" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Have we explored everywhere else?" | |||||
| djfletch says, "I think so." | |||||
| Fang says, "yeah" | |||||
| DavidW says, "perhaps the code is hiding in one the graffiti messages." | |||||
| DavidW says, "or look under the open drawer of the desk." | |||||
| Lucea says, "they seem random to me" | |||||
| Lucea says, "have we tried the password "mutant" though" | |||||
| Lucea says, "they did mention the guy changing it and things not working because of that" | |||||
| DavidW says, "If you can spell mutant with the digits 0 to 9, fine." | |||||
| Lucea says, "heh" | |||||
| Lucea says, "it might be coded somehow" | |||||
| Fang asks, "shall we use a hint?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The password is for the raiders. This door is before the raiders' time." | |||||
| Fang asks, "or try to get in the boss's offices?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf8" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If we use a hint, I'm leaving." | ||||
| Fang says, "okay, I'm going to see the boss then" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask guard about boss" | |||||
Floyd | "Tell me about the leader." Floyd | Floyd | "You've seen him, haven't you? Biggest guy I've ever met. Smart and Floyd | ruthless. Practically indestructible in that combat armor of his. Floyd | Known him for years, so he trusts me, ya know? Doesn't trust all the Floyd | new recruits, so he has me stand guard here. Doesn't trust all the Floyd | vets either. Thinks some of them might be out to get him. If you've Floyd | gotten this week's password, then you've gotten permission to go in and Floyd | see him." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "say mutant to guard" | |||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "guard, mutant" | |||||
Floyd | You say, "The password is 'mutant.'" Floyd | Floyd | The guard nods. "That's it. Go on in. Just don't mess with anything Floyd | in there. Understand? If you do, I got to kill you." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | The raider guard waves you in. Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well, that was easy" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x grenade launcher" | |||||
Floyd | A formidable looking weapon. Built mostly from black plastic and Floyd | steel. The muzzle seems so wide you could practically fall into it. Floyd | You notice that the grip seems to have some kind of electronic sensor Floyd | on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes. I'm surprised." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x screens" | |||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "it's almost suspicious - oh hey, grenade launcher" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x sensor" | |||||
Floyd | There is some kind of faintly glowing grid along the backstrap of the Floyd | grenade launcher's grip. You're not sure exactly what it is. Some Floyd | kind of sensor, perhaps? Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "alas" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x computer" | |||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is off. (You can type on the keyboard by entering a Floyd | command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | LOGIN Floyd | Floyd | ENTER LAST NAME: Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x badge" | |||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Lieutenant James Floyd | Walsh. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | |||||
Floyd | Some new text appears: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type "cancel" on keyboard" | |||||
Floyd | The screen clears and then shows:LOGIN Floyd | Floyd | ENTER LAST NAME: Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x computer" | |||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is on and displaying text. (You can type on the Floyd | keyboard by entering a command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put datacube in computer" | |||||
Floyd | You can't put anything into the security console. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| K-Y arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Fang asks, "shall we go deeper in?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'd rather play more with the computer first." | |||||
| Fang says, "okay, then" | |||||
| Fang says, "but it seems we have no clues about the password" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Also, the graffiti probably holds a clue." | |||||
| Fang says, "I assume the graffiti is postwar" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Walsh might've chosen a stupid password, like Walsh, Hslaw, or James." | |||||
| Fang says, "while the computer and walsh are pre-war" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | |||||
Floyd | Some new text appears: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type "james" on keyboard" | |||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | |||||
Floyd | The screen clears and a menu appears: Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "type "mutant" on keyboard" | |||||
Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | |||||
| inky does not, unlike many other thixotropic liquids, recover his lost viscosity over time. | Lucea says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Fang says, "hmm" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, this computer has terrible security" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | The logs go on for page after page. After skimming through the dry, Floyd | boring text, you reach the last several entries: Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LOGS Floyd | Floyd | 2060-08-25 Corporal Jacob Floyd | A civilian penetrated the base perimeter before being spotted by a Floyd | passing tech and reported to security. Colonel Miles has had Floyd | Lieutenant Leach reassigned for this failure in security. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-09-20 Sergeant Herbert Floyd | A company of renegade troops passing nearby caught sight of the base Floyd | perimeter and advanced on the base. The 83rd Armored engaged them and Floyd | drove them back, but took heavy casualties. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-10-11 Sergeant Herbert Floyd | Official word's come in that another base in NM has fallen to the Floyd | rebels. Rumors have it that their base commander went over to the Floyd | other side. The Colonel has ordered now that speech even somewhat Floyd | sympathetic to the rebel cause is grounds for court martial and Floyd | immediate execution for treason. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-10-20 Major Tuco Floyd | The owrd just came ocver the radio. Edgar gave THE ORDER. oh god I Floyd | camn't bleieve this oh god oh god oh god Floyd | Floyd | 2060-12-09 Captain Ramirez Floyd | We're out of food and supplies. Major Tuco has vanished. Colonel Floyd | Miles is dead. Private Robinson went crazy when the Colonel refused to Floyd | discuss the idea of leaving the base. Shot him right in front of Floyd | everyone. The others killed her right after she did it. Now we have Floyd | no choice. We hve to leave and see if there's anything left. Can Floyd | there be? Can there be anything left? Anyone alive? The radio's been Floyd | dead since it all happened. We will be too if we don't leave soon. Floyd | Mother of God. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | Lucea asks, "what is this order?" | ||||
| K-Y says, "weird, I can't remember whether I played this or not" | |||||
| Lucea says, "it's obviously bad" | |||||
| Fang says, "maybe the order to launch the nukes" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "2" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | Floyd | MONDAY: Corporal Wilson, Private Paris, Private Grant Floyd | TUESDAY: Sergeant Herbert, Corporal Jacob, Private Robinson Floyd | WEDNESDAY: Corporal Fredericks, Corporal Lee, Private James Floyd | THURSDAY: Sergeant Goldburg, Private LaBarbara, Private Roy Floyd | FRIDAY: Corporal Carson, Private Charles, Private Boyne Floyd | SATURDAY: Corporal Steele, Corporal Greene, Private Nagagta Floyd | SUNDAY: Sergeant Hale, Private Ivanova, Private Morris Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | djfletch says, "ooh can we set the access code to 1111" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "4" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | Floyd | LEVEL 4: STANDARD Floyd | LEVEL 3: DUTY SHIFTS DOUBLED Floyd | LEVEL 2: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED Floyd | LEVEL 1: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED, AUTOMATED DEFENSES ACTIVE Floyd | Floyd | CURRENT LEVEL: 2 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO SET SECURITY LEVEL Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "3" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | ACCESS CODES: Floyd | Floyd | Sergeant Lince Herbert: 69105 Floyd | Dr. Colleen Hill: 83122 Floyd | Corporal Robert Jacob: 98674 Floyd | Dr. Kevin Rock: 83321 Floyd | Private Tonya Robinson: 32768 Floyd | Lieutenant James Walsh: 38823 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO UPDATE CODES Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | DavidW says, "heh Herbert's code" | ||||
| Fang says, "this is the most insecure military base ever" | |||||
| djfletch says, "nice" | |||||
| Fang asks (of DavidW), "?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "You don't recognize the number 69105? For shame." | |||||
| Fang looks it up on wikipedia. Ah. | |||||
| DavidW says, "There's a page for 69,105 on ifwiki as well." | |||||
| djfletch says, "so now we can go back to the door, or mess with the grenade launcher, or visit the boss" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "q" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I assume the latter two equals death" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf9" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take grenade launcher" | |||||
Floyd | (putting a metal pole and a circuit breaker into the survival pack to Floyd | make room) Floyd | Taken. When you pick up the grenade launcher, the weapon lets out a Floyd | loud, angry buzz. A grid on the weapon's grip flashes red. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think, we can use Walsh's code to reach a part of the base the rebels haven't reached, getting info to gain us clearance to ..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh fine, kill us." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x grenade launcher" | |||||
Floyd | A formidable looking weapon. Built mostly from black plastic and Floyd | steel. The muzzle seems so wide you could practically fall into it. Floyd | You notice that the grip seems to have some kind of electronic sensor Floyd | on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | The door is locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open door" | |||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, the west door, or the east door? Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well, looks like I can't actually kill us" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You don't see any e door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | "Fucking thief!" the raider guard shouts as he turns his gun toward Floyd | you and pulls the trigger. As you fall to the ground, the grenade Floyd | launcher slips from your grasp and clatters to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 358 turns, you have achieved a score of 6 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Scrounger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | Fang says, "or not." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf9" | |||||
Floyd | File to restore > Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "well that wasn't good" | ||||
| Fang asks, "well looks like we only have the one choice, right?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think if we can find Herbert's password, we can change the base security." | ||||
| Fang asks, "shall we go in, for now?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The elevator? Yes." | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "the automated security systems are off for now, surely" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch panel with badge" | |||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Okay, I'll stop explaining." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type 38823 on keypad" | |||||
Floyd | The door slides open, revealing a stairway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press button" | |||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x lamp" | |||||
Floyd | The lamp is a simple dome light, set in the wall above the door. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel" | |||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before; they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch panel with badge" | |||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | |||||
Floyd | These screws are stripped beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Here's where the grenade might've been useful." | ||||
| Fang says, "well, let's look for some archaic tech, then" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | In one corner of the room, you notice an aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Maybe there's a hole downwards, then." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x breaker box" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open box" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box swings open, revealing a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x slots" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | open, showing ribbons of metal behind a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put circuit breaker in box" | |||||
Floyd | You slide the circuit breaker into the breaker box and switch it on. Floyd | Almost immediately, the overhead lights begin to glow. In a moment, Floyd | they are at full strength. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | |||||
Floyd | (putting a metal pole into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "nice. Maybe that was the problem at the door?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "no power?" | |||||
| Fang says, "man, the pole fits in the pack" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | |||||
Floyd | A basic aluminum A-frame folding ladder. This particular one opens up Floyd | to a height of about six feet. The ladder is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Magic satchel." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x grating" | |||||
Floyd | You don't recall ever seeing a floor like this and you aren't sure what Floyd | the original purpose was. The gaps in the grating are small, no more Floyd | than a quarter of an inch wide. If there's a subflooring underneath, Floyd | you can't tell how far beneath it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search gaps" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "gaps". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "sorry if I repeat things, in about 5 tabs" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x window" | |||||
Floyd | A small square window, about a foot wide, but blocked by a wide mesh Floyd | wire screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x scren" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "scren". Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "what is a commissary?" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x screen" | |||||
Floyd | A small square window, about a foot wide, but blocked by a wide mesh Floyd | wire screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Lunch hall." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Food court" | |||||
| Fang says, "is it something to do with soviet style politi... okay" | |||||
| Lucea says, "Wikipedia says a provisions store" | |||||
| Fang presses the large red button on the FREE DONUTS machine. Within seconds, the room is flooded with a thousand tiny, happy donuts, running about your feet in an exuberant dance of freedom. They then disappear as quickly as they had arrived. | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press button" | |||||
Floyd | You get a nasty electric shock. The door, however, stays closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open window" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the commissary window. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x button" | |||||
Floyd | A simple button beside the door outside the commissary. The color, in Floyd | case you were wondering, is green. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "overhead vent - try the ladder" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x vent" | |||||
Floyd | An air conditioner vent in the ceiling of the hallway. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" | |||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open vent" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach it from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open ladder" | |||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get on ladder" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open vent" | |||||
Floyd | The vent swings open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "in" | |||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | |||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | The east end of a narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth Floyd | galvanized steel. The duct runs back to the west. You notice that the Floyd | ceiling panel beneath you is loose. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "nice" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open panel" | |||||
Floyd | You slide the panel out of the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims, "let's steal food!" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look down" | |||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, perhaps there's more than food." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | Commissary Floyd | You see a room that was probably once a busy storage center, but is now Floyd | little more than an empty room. Though the numerous shelves remain, Floyd | their contents were probably removed several decades before you were Floyd | born. Against the back wall a lonely control console remains the only Floyd | other feature inside this room. Up above, the fluorescent lights are Floyd | brightly glowing. In the midst of the overhead lights is an open Floyd | ceiling panel. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you see a radiation suit. Sitting on the control console Floyd | is a water bottle. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well... this makes our pills kinda pointless" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suit" | |||||
Floyd | A full body suit with a tinted plexiglass mask and respiratory filters. Floyd | The suit is made out of some kind of shiny fabric you can't immediately Floyd | identify. While it has an almost mirror-like surface, it's also very Floyd | flexible. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "wait, chittering?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x geiger" | |||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "this might not be good" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x display" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any display here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x geiger display" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any geiger display here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take suit" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | |||||
Floyd | A clear plastic bottle large enough to carry a liter of liquid. The Floyd | bottle appears to be about half full of filthy water. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take bottle" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Is there more here?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x console" | |||||
Floyd | It's primarily a smooth, flat black surface. There are various Floyd | unlabeled controls and a single large switch. There's nothing on the Floyd | control console. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x switch" | |||||
Floyd | The large switch on the console is the only control you can see with an Floyd | obvious function. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw switch" | |||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push switch" | |||||
Floyd | The door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Commissary Floyd | You see a room that was probably once a busy storage center, but is now Floyd | little more than an empty room. Though the numerous shelves remain, Floyd | their contents were probably removed several decades before you were Floyd | born. Against the back wall a lonely control console remains the only Floyd | other feature inside this room. Up above, the fluorescent lights are Floyd | brightly glowing. In the midst of the overhead lights is an open Floyd | ceiling panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up. up" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get on ladder" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | |||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. The Floyd | cramped passage continues to the east, but to the west it angles Floyd | sharply upwards in an unclimbable shaft. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | |||||
Floyd | (Closing it first) Floyd | (putting a radiation suit and a water bottle into the survival pack to Floyd | make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "okay, we've looted everything on this floor, right?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I doubt it." | |||||
| DavidW says, "I haven't been mapping." | |||||
| djfletch asks, "did we try the panel again with the power on?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "no" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, I mean, we can go downstairs now" | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "I've been mapping" | |||||
| Fang says, "but I might have missed something" | |||||
| djfletch says, "I don't have any other exits" | |||||
| Fang asks, "so, down?" | |||||
| djfletch says, "yeah try it" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "touch badge with panel" | |||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear radiation suit" | |||||
Floyd | The radiation suit won't fit over the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take off jacket" | |||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear radiation suit" | |||||
Floyd | (First taking the radiation suit) Floyd | (putting some radiation pills, a small plastic tub, a screwdriver, a Floyd | yellow datacube, and a security badge into the survival pack to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. Okay, you're now wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take jacket" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | You enter the security code and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oh, nice" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x geiger" | |||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | |||||
Floyd | You can't detect any appreciable odors. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||||
Floyd | There's a deep resonance in the air. It seems to be coming from all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Pick a direction, I guess." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You approach the door but it does not open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You approach the door but it does not open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x console" | |||||
Floyd | This large control console is fastened to the floor right in front of Floyd | the fusion generator. Along the left side are a number of screens, Floyd | displaying information about the status of the power plant. To the Floyd | right of these are a series of switches and buttons, only a few of Floyd | which are clearly labeled. At the top is a red button marked "CYCLE", Floyd | followed by a white one with "START UP" written beside it. Below them, Floyd | a black button labeled "SHUTDOWN", a blue one marked "VENT", and a Floyd | green button indicated as "SHUNT". The rest of the controls are beyond Floyd | your comprehension. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x breaker" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open breaker" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box swings open, revealing a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x slots" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | open, showing ribbons of metal behind a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we need another breaker, it seems. And we need to fix the power plant" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press vent" | |||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x pills" | |||||
Floyd | Anti-radiation pills. A vital necessity for any scavenger who's Floyd | feeling bold enough to explore radiated areas. This packet of pills Floyd | contains several doses, each of which will protect the user from lethal Floyd | radiation for about 20 minutes. However, you know that the pills work Floyd | as a preventative measure: not a cure. There are 12 pills left. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, maybe we can block the door with the ladder and retrieve the breaker box that way." | ||||
| Fang says, "it seems 12 pills should be plenty" | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "try it" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | |||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | |||||
Floyd | You already have the aluminum ladder! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | |||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ladder in door" | |||||
Floyd | That's too large to brace the door open. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | |||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pole in door" | |||||
Floyd | You wedge the metal pole into the door, preventing it from closing. Floyd | Floyd | The door at the top of the stairs bangs against the metal pole laying Floyd | in its track, but stays open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "nice" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" | |||||
Floyd | The breaker box is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off breaker" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, the circuit breaker is now switched off. The lights above go Floyd | dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take breaker" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "of course, we dare not take the pole back. That would trap us." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put breaker in box" | |||||
Floyd | You slide the circuit breaker into the breaker box and switch it on. Floyd | Almost immediately, the overhead lights begin to glow. In a moment, Floyd | they are at full strength. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe the door is openable from this direction without power" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "can I push save?" | |||||
| Fang says, "go ahead" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf10" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "let's check out the other doors first" | ||||
| Fang says, "before going into the rad place. Maybe there's a manual for the power plant" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x east door" | |||||
Floyd | The door to the east is your standard automatic sensor type. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" | |||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Nitku became a household name in 2008, when a malignant meat sack full of liquid Viagra and barely-sublimated hostility towards women and Asians chose him as its running mate. | DavidW says, "Now I wish we had the pole back." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | |||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "explore s?" | ||||
| Lucea says, "can't hurt" | |||||
| Lucea says, "well, it can" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I guess." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says (to floyd), "x pipes" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x pipes" | |||||
Floyd | Three of the thick pipes here have developed cracks. From these Floyd | fissures emanate wispy clouds of steam that swirl upward into a ceiling Floyd | vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "putty" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put putty on pipes" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "putty". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "open tub" | |||||
Floyd | The small plastic tub is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put clay on pipes" | |||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the thick pipes isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put clay on cracks" | |||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the thick pipes isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh sure, now we realize" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x cracks" | |||||
Floyd | Three of the thick pipes here have developed cracks. From these Floyd | fissures emanate wispy clouds of steam that swirl upward into a ceiling Floyd | vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea asks, "this pill isn't gonna wear off, is it?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes" | |||||
| Fang says, "20 mins" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "udo" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "udo". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "udo" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "udo". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "isn't the suit good enough?" | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "g" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We are wearing the suit, though" | ||||
| Fang says, "we are wearing a rad suit as well" | |||||
| Fang says, "and we have 12 pills" | |||||
| Lucea says, "let's just go east" | |||||
| Fang says, "so probably we have more protection than we need" | |||||
| Fang says, "we could go in the vents as well" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | lab. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on one of the tables is a heavy wrench. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Ceiling vent, if we need it." | ||||
| DavidW says, "tmg" | |||||
| Fang says, "oops sorry" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, we are safe here" | |||||
| Lucea says, "what's in that tank" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Mutants. :)" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a grenade pin, a map, a note, an aluminum ladder, a Floyd | radiation suit (being worn), and a frayed jacket. The survival pack Floyd | contains your travel rations, a Geiger counter, a GPS unit, a water Floyd | bottle, some radiation pills, a small plastic tub, a screwdriver, a Floyd | yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read scrap" | |||||
Floyd | The only pieces of the message that you've been able to make out so far Floyd | are: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...IEFS OF STAFF ...NERAL ARTH...NALDS ...ROJECT DISTANT PATH Floyd | Floyd | DUE TO THE INCREASED INS...ITY FROM INSURGENT FORC...ITARY RESEARCH Floyd | COM...ADO SPRINGS, ALL PERSONN...RMATION RELATED TO PROJE...NT PATH ARE Floyd | BEIN... COMPLETED HAVEN RESEAR... UNDER THE HEA...ES FROM 83RD Floyd | ARMORED INFANTRY REASSI... TO OVERSEE TRANSFER OF MATERIALS. GPS C... Floyd | 33-28-19.158N / 111-57-49.524W. LOCATION CLASSIFIE... SECRET Floyd | CLEARANCE AND BE AP... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You'd probably be able to get a little more with a highly detailed Floyd | scan, but you don't have the necessary equipment and you simply can't Floyd | entrust this information to anyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That $26 will be so helpful." | ||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x tank" | |||||
Floyd | A very large steel cylinder, measuring about five feet high and a foot Floyd | in diameter. At the top of the tank is a regulator valve designed to Floyd | control the flow of gas. It looks particularly corroded. The surface Floyd | of the tank is green paint, peeling in several places. A large sign is Floyd | affixed to the front of the tank, a diamond with red edges and the word Floyd | "FLAMMABLE" written in block letters. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "wanna dump some stuff so we have room for the wrench?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we can carry as much as we want. I see no inventory limit." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take wrench" | |||||
Floyd | (putting a frayed jacket into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "As long as we have the pack." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x wrench" | |||||
Floyd | A chrome-plated wrench about a eighteen inches long. It looks rather Floyd | heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | |||||
Floyd | Way out of your league. Well, most of it, anyway. You do notice one Floyd | particularly simple piece of equipment: a log player. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ooh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x player" | |||||
Floyd | A fairly basic piece of electronics. It has a square receptacle, about Floyd | an inch wide, on the top for inserting datacubes. Beside it is a Floyd | button marked 'Play' and another button marked 'Stop'. Within the Floyd | receptacle you see a green datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press play" | |||||
Floyd | A male voice from the log player greets you: "Doctor Kevin Rock, Floyd | personal log, fourteenth cube. Floyd | Floyd | "November eighteenth. Situation's only getting worse. This is sure Floyd | something they didn't cover in all my psych classes. How exactly are Floyd | people supposed to react to the possible end of the world? What use is Floyd | anything I say? The Colonel seems to be holding up well, but I'd say Floyd | he's also in denial over the food and supplies situation. A lot of Floyd | good keeping everyone nice and orderly is going to be when my stomach Floyd | is digesting itself." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The voice continues: "November twenty-third. I caught one of the damn Floyd | grunts fooling around with the prototype. Who gave these fucking Floyd | idiots the access code anyway? I imagine it's only going to get worse, Floyd | too, what with all of us cooped up in here. But this nonsense has got Floyd | to stop. What we've made here, it's... it's not something... I don't Floyd | know. It was like a wondrous miracle, but all seems so pointless now. Floyd | It can't feed us. It can't protect us from radiation. But maybe it'll Floyd | do some good... some day. I'm going to just lock the vault and change Floyd | the code. I'll give it to Colleen, in case she wants to continue to Floyd | work. Keep her mind busy. I'll need to make it something she'll Floyd | remember though. She's been understandably preoccupied lately. Maybe Floyd | her birthday." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I think this is after 'the order'" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man goes on: "December first. Does that jackass Miles really Floyd | expect things to magically change? We have a limited supply of food. Floyd | It is running out. What's he waiting for, deus ex machina? The Floyd | nearest town is... was? Is about a day's walk from here, maybe a Floyd | little longer. We should send someone, or a group, out there, armed, Floyd | in suits. See what we can barter or... scavenge, if it's as bad out Floyd | there as they say. But he refuses to listen. Just tells us to hold Floyd | tight. Fucking military." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | The log player beeps and then falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take green cube" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put yellow cube in player" | |||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press play" | |||||
Floyd | You hear a trembling female voice come from the log player: "The Floyd | personal log of Doctor Colleen Hill, cube twelve. Floyd | Floyd | "October twenty-first. Colonel Miles ordered the top two floors Floyd | evacuated during all of this... insanity. Lord Christ, I can't Floyd | believe it came to this. Major Tuco said he believed it was probably Floyd | all over already, since nuclear war isn't something that can really Floyd | drag on. Is it? How long will we be safe down here? No one seems to Floyd | know. Some of the soldiers say that all military facilities like this Floyd | are designed to provide years of comfortable living in the event of Floyd | such a 'contingency'. This is not a contingency! It's the death of Floyd | the whole damn world!" The speaker pauses and takes a breath. "In any Floyd | event, the problem is that no one was exactly expecting this. Maybe we Floyd | could stay down here for years, if the base was fully stocked. Problem Floyd | is, no one was anticipating a nuclear war this month." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | The speaker continues: "October twenty-eighth. No contact on the Floyd | radio for over a week. Everyone believes the bombs have stopped, but Floyd | does it matter? The world is poison now. Still, the base life support Floyd | systems seem up to the task and we've all returned to the first two Floyd | floors. No one's gone outside though. We were told that this new Floyd | self-maintaining reactor design might well last over a hundred years Floyd | without maintenance. As long as no one screws up and shunts the Floyd | plasma." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "remind me to pop a pill before leaving this place" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The voice begins again: "November thirteenth. Radio's still got Floyd | nothing but static. Fredericks, Lee, and James suited up and went Floyd | above ground. Fredericks says all of the vehicles are gone and that Floyd | the soldiers who were trapped outside when the base went on lock down Floyd | must have taken them and fled. Can they still be alive up there? Lee Floyd | says the radiation level is dangerously high, but can't be sure how Floyd | long it'll stay that way. Maybe for the next ten thousand years?" Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The female voice continues, the strain clearly evident: "December Floyd | eighth. We're all falling apart. There's no food left and Tonya Floyd | finally went over the edge today. My God, she shot the Colonel right Floyd | in front of everyone! There were just these deafening booms and Floyd | Colonel Miles just collapsed and there was all this blood, he was just Floyd | bleeding so much." She draws a shaky breath. "Then before I think Floyd | even Tonya realized what she'd done, Bobby and Walsh shot her dead too. Floyd | The Major went absolutely white, though I don't know if it was because Floyd | of the murder or that he's now in charge." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The speaker again, this time in a flat and emotionless voice: Floyd | "December ninth. We're leaving. The Captain decided, since the Major Floyd | is gone. No one knows where he went. Lince thinks Tuco went topside Floyd | and shot himself with his pistol, though so far no one has gone to Floyd | check. I guess we'll find out soon enough. We've emptied the Floyd | commissary of nearly everything. Everything except for Tuco's rad Floyd | suit. Corporal Wilson did some radiation checks this morning and found Floyd | that levels were low enough to allow travel. To where? I don't know. Floyd | Maybe Tuco had the right idea." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | The log player beeps and then falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x vault" | |||||
Floyd | A fairly large door of brightly polished steel. Formidable in Floyd | appearance, it looks quite secure. On the left side is a numeric Floyd | keypad and on the right side are the door's large discolored hinges. Floyd | The door is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So the vault password is 1102 or 0211, I guess." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "type 1102 on keypad" | |||||
Floyd | A brief klaxon sounds and from within the vault door comes the sound of Floyd | bolts retracting. Then the entire metal slab swings outwards shakily Floyd | on its hinges, revealing a small brightly-lit room beyond. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "oh hey" | ||||
| Fang says, "okay, let's see what this miracle is" | |||||
| Lucea says, "something tells me we should save first" | |||||
| Fang asks, "GECK or water chip?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf11" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Before you can move, a booming voice from behind stops you in your Floyd | tracks. "Hello, little thief. Some of my men commented to me on the Floyd | odd new guy. Only, we haven't had any new recruits for over two Floyd | months." A quick look over your shoulder reveals a huge form standing Floyd | in front of the sliding glass doors. The figure is at least seven feet Floyd | tall with a massive, imposing build. Only after a moment do you Floyd | realize that this superhuman shape is in truth a man clad in a suit of Floyd | military combat armor, a grenade launcher in his hand. "You have done Floyd | me one favor, though," the titan continues in the voice of the Floyd | wasteland itself. "I've been meaning to get down into these lower Floyd | levels for a while and you kindly made it easier. You're still going Floyd | to have to die." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "well, fuck" | ||||
| Lucea says, "...shit" | |||||
| Taleslinger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | |||||
| Lucea says, "oh hey, just in time for our impending doom" | Fang says, "let's jump in the vault and hope it's a new suit of power armour in there" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I was worried about leaving the 2nd door open like that." | |||||
| Fang says, "or a tank or something" | |||||
| Taleslinger asks, "What are you kids playing?" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "Scavenger" | |||||
| Fang says, "Fallout^H^H^H^HScavenger" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "What are our options?" | |||||
| Fang says, "also, if we get in the vault, maybe he'd be too scared to use the grenade launcher" | |||||
| Lucea says, "don't be silly, all we need to do is hide in a bush and he'll look confused and run away" | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "get in the vault, or charge him with the wrench, or use the explosive barrel somehow" | |||||
| Fang says, "but maybe we should have done that beforehand" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The explosive gas would kill us as well as him." | |||||
| Fang says, "he's standing right by it" | |||||
| djfletch says, "maybe we could have shut down the reactor so all the power was off" | |||||
| Fang asks, "well, try getting in the vault?" | |||||
| Fang says, "at least we'll know what's in it" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I doubt we'll guess right the first time. Try anything." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You turn and dash towards the open vault door. "Not so fast," the Floyd | raider says, and you hear the hollow 'fwump' of his grenade launcher Floyd | from behind. The explosive strikes the doorway of the vault before you Floyd | can take cover inside, and the shrapnel and concussive force deliver Floyd | you unto an untimely end. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 480 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a grenade pin, a map, a note, an aluminum ladder, a Floyd | radiation suit (being worn), a heavy wrench, and a green datacube. The Floyd | survival pack contains your travel rations, a Geiger counter, a GPS Floyd | unit, a water bottle, some radiation pills, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | screwdriver, a security badge, and a frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | "Arcadia and its thieves," the raider boss growls. "Coming out here Floyd | and stealing what's rightfully ours? You must have some kind of death Floyd | wish." As his left fist shakes in your direction, his other hand Floyd | angles the grenade launcher up in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open valve" | |||||
Floyd | The gas tank's regulator valve seems frozen shut. Floyd | Floyd | The armored behemoth takes a step forward. "I hope you don't mind if I Floyd | enjoy the moment. This is the first time I've gotten the chance to Floyd | kill one of you fuckers myself." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open valve with wrench" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the regulator valve. Floyd | Floyd | The leader continues: "And after I take care of you, we're moving on Floyd | to your little city. We'll be the ones taking from Arcadia... and Floyd | enjoying every minute of it. These pathetic wretches out here in the Floyd | waste don't have shit worth stealing. Your little city, I've heard, Floyd | might actually have something of value." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit valve with wrench" | |||||
Floyd | You can't get close enough with the raider standing there beside it. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade whistles past you, striking against the wall to your rear Floyd | and detonating with considerable force. Your not entirely sure which Floyd | kills you first: the concussive blast or the spray of shrapnel. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 484 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "throw wrench at tank?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw wrench at tank" | |||||
Floyd | Your aim goes a little high, knocking the regulator off of the top of Floyd | the gas tank and releasing a jet of pressurized gas. The heavy wrench Floyd | must have sparked as it ricocheted off of the steel of the canister, Floyd | because the plume of gas almost instantly transforms into a roaring Floyd | gout of flame. Floyd | Floyd | "You missed--" begins the raider, then seems to notice the burning gas Floyd | tank beside him and turns towards it. "What the?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "woo" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "now east?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You turn and dash towards the open vault door. "Not so fast," the Floyd | raider says, and you hear the hollow 'fwump' of his grenade launcher Floyd | from behind. The explosive strikes the doorway of the vault before you Floyd | can take cover inside, and the shrapnel and concussive force deliver Floyd | you unto an untimely end. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 484 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. There is a huge sheet of flame pouring Floyd | from the top of the tank. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "kick him" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "kick". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push him" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit boss" | |||||
Floyd | Leaping forward, you make a desperate attack. Unfortunately, the armor Floyd | proves impervious to your makeshift weapon. The bandit leader hurls Floyd | you backwards across the room with a laugh. "Shit!" shouts the Floyd | armored giant and he turns to rush away from the burning tank of Floyd | flammable gas. But he's too late. Floyd | Floyd | BOOM! The tank explodes in a deafening thunderclap, flames washing Floyd | over the room. A blinding wall of radiance slams into you... needless Floyd | to say, you don't survive. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 485 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. There is a huge sheet of flame pouring Floyd | from the top of the tank. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "duck" | |||||
Floyd | (behind one of the tables) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind one of the tables. "Shit!" shouts the Floyd | armored giant and he turns to rush away from the burning tank of Floyd | flammable gas. But he's too late. Floyd | Floyd | BOOM! The tank explodes in a deafening thunderclap, flames washing Floyd | over the room. You throw yourself down behind the table. Fortunately, Floyd | it manages to protect from the brunt of the fiery shockwave. A wave of Floyd | flame washes over the top of the desk and dissipates upwards, warming Floyd | your suit but otherwise leaving you relatively unharmed. The bandit Floyd | leader, however, was not quite so lucky. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "woot!" | ||||
| Lucea says, "warming the suit" | |||||
| Lucea says, "that can't be good" | |||||
| Fang says, "it's a radiation suit" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Laboratory, behind the tables Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boss" | |||||
Floyd | The force of the explosion appears to have torn his right arm off. The Floyd | combat armor around the shoulder joint is shattered, with blackened, Floyd | jagged edges. His grenade launcher is nothing more than a charred Floyd | twisted lump of slag. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search boss" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from behind one of the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | |||||
Floyd | The only doors out are to the east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search boss" | |||||
Floyd | You quickly look over the body. The armor is a complete loss, as is Floyd | the grenade launcher. He doesn't seem to be carrying anything else. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "now east?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "say one liner" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "one". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Fang), "HA" | ||||
| DavidW says, "'Too hot for you?'" | |||||
| Lucea says, "heh" | |||||
| Fang says, ""All fired up!"" | |||||
| DavidW says, "'I always did like a good roast.'" | |||||
| Lucea says, "you're fired." | |||||
| Fang says, ""duck and cover, bitches"" | |||||
| djfletch says, "he died of terminal gas" | |||||
| Fang says, "okay, east" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is an odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "I guess he couldn't stand the heat" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" | |||||
Floyd | The pedestal is made of a smooth metal and is perfectly round. Its Floyd | base is slightly wider than the top surface. Scorch marks radiate Floyd | outwards from the center of the pedestal's surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says, "...floyd x helmet" | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "x helmet" | |||||
Floyd | Judging by the overall shape and contours, it sure looks like a helmet. Floyd | Just not like anything you've ever seen before. On the inside, there Floyd | are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of tiny little black circles laid across Floyd | a surface of very smooth bright gray plastic. Each of these circles Floyd | has little specks of silver inside that catch and sparkle in the light. Floyd | On the outside is a chaos of integrated circuits, wires, and thin Floyd | plastic tubes. They twist and coil among each other in convoluted Floyd | patterns across the entire surface of this bizarre headgear. You can Floyd | find no recognizable power switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Teaching machine?" | ||||
| Fang says, "well, lets put it on" | |||||
| DavidW says, "This might be our 'manual'." | |||||
| Fang says, "or put it on Iona" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take helmet" | |||||
Floyd | (putting a heavy wrench into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf12" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | |||||
Floyd | The odd-looking helmet won't fit over the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take off radiation suit" | |||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | |||||
Floyd | Tentatively, you hoist the helmet up above you and ease it down atop Floyd | your head. It must have some kind of hidden switch or sensor because Floyd | once in place, there are a few faint beeps followed by a quiet Floyd | whirring. You don't notice anything else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hmm" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||||
Floyd | You don't hear anything. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | wall to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oh wait" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "think". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sit down" | |||||
Floyd | What do you want to sit on? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "floor" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, you become aware of strange sensation, unlike anything you've Floyd | ever experienced before. Amidst your swirling emotions, you feel a Floyd | sense of anger building. Rage. Hatred. Loathing. The bizarre thing Floyd | is how detached you find yourself from this bubble of seething Floyd | animosity floating within your consciousness. You shudder as a wave of Floyd | nausea overtakes you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "telepathy machine?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I dunno." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Focusing on the ball of rage adrift within your psyche, you come to the Floyd | sudden realization that the sensation isn't internal at all. You look Floyd | upwards and gape. The wrathful emotions emanate from above. And as Floyd | you blink in shock, information streams into your mind like a Floyd | unstoppable tidal wave. Names and images. The ceiling before you is Floyd | overlaid with the scene of two raiders arguing, one of them stalking Floyd | away and the other left seething. It loops, going faster and faster Floyd | before fading away. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Now your consciousness seems to expand. More oily recesses of emotion, Floyd | thought, and knowledge slip into your growing perception. Just when Floyd | the terrible flood of awareness seems about to overwhelm you, it dies Floyd | down to a dull and manageable array of distant auras just on the Floyd | fringes of your mind. To your amazement, you find that by Floyd | concentrating on a particular shard of emotion, you are able to Floyd | actually scan the thoughts of a single raider. Feelings, images, and Floyd | words slither like slimy worms through your brain. Floyd | Floyd | The idea that you've discovered a device to read minds from a distance Floyd | leaves you stunned. The possibilities dance in your mind, a dizzying Floyd | galaxy of futures. For now, though, the only thing you know for sure Floyd | is that it's time to leave this place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "is there a special command to use this?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read iona" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any iona here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "remove helmet" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read jones" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any jones here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | |||||
Floyd | As you place the strange device upon your head, it activates with a few Floyd | beeps and the same gentle whirring. Slowly, the distant motes of Floyd | consciousness dance into your awareness, raging tempests of emotion and Floyd | thought. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concentrate on fear" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fear". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | |||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear suit" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concentrate on jones" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any jones here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get up" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear suit" | |||||
Floyd | (First taking the radiation suit) Floyd | (putting a green datacube into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Okay, you're now wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a grenade pin, a map, a note, an aluminum ladder, an Floyd | odd-looking helmet (being worn), and a radiation suit (being worn). Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a Geiger counter, a GPS Floyd | unit, a water bottle, some radiation pills, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | screwdriver, a security badge, a frayed jacket, a heavy wrench, and a Floyd | green datacube. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $26. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "okay, we can wear the helmet inside the suit" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about iona" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "think". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "read iona" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any iona here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "ugh" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | |||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Has our brain been rewired, or do we need the helmet still?" | ||||
| Fang says, "no, I think we still need the helmet" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "Also, how do we use the helmet's gift?" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "What phrase?" | |||||
| Fang asks, "shall we explore a bit more on this floor?" | |||||
| Lucea says, "can't hurt" | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "I dunno. Maybe it'll be obvious later" | |||||
| DavidW says, "We might be able to use the wrench on the doors that wouldn't open." | |||||
| Fang says, "there's still the vent" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take wrench" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" | |||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open it" | |||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get on ladder" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open vent" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | |||||
Floyd | There's nowhere to go. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x vent" | |||||
Floyd | It's nothing more than a slotted metal vent in the ceiling. The clouds Floyd | of steam drift up and into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "open it" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "search it" | |||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "guess not" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Not all vents are enterable, I suppose." | |||||
| Lucea says, "but that's like an IF rule" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get off" | |||||
Floyd | (the aluminum ladder) Floyd | While you're standing on it? I kind of doubt it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lucea says, "there's always something in the vent" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | |||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | |||||
Floyd | (Closing it first) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "do we want to mess with the reactor?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf13" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "the log said don't shunt the plasma" | ||||
| Fang says, "maybe shunting the plasma will flood the base with it" | |||||
| Fang says, "and kill all the raiders" | |||||
| Fang says, "or maybe that's vent" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x console" | |||||
Floyd | This large control console is fastened to the floor right in front of Floyd | the fusion generator. Along the left side are a number of screens, Floyd | displaying information about the status of the power plant. To the Floyd | right of these are a series of switches and buttons, only a few of Floyd | which are clearly labeled. At the top is a red button marked "CYCLE", Floyd | followed by a white one with "START UP" written beside it. Below them, Floyd | a black button labeled "SHUTDOWN", a blue one marked "VENT", and a Floyd | green button indicated as "SHUNT". The rest of the controls are beyond Floyd | your comprehension. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "shall I try?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think shunting the plasma wouldn't kill anyone. Just make the base unusable by anyone." | |||||
| DavidW says, "We might even get trapped because doors won't open." | |||||
| Fang asks, "shall I experiment with the nuclear reactor?" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "Can we try to open the other doors on this level first?" | |||||
| Fang says, "maybe with the helmet, we'd know what the effects are in the rest of the base" | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "go ahead, but I don't really see how" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x door" | |||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, the east door, or the south door? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open east door with wrench" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the east door. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "east" | |||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pry door" | |||||
Floyd | What do you want to pry it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry east door with wrench" | |||||
Floyd | You can't pry anything with the heavy wrench. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x east dooe" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dooe". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x east door" | |||||
Floyd | The door to the east is your standard automatic sensor type. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pry east door with screwdriver" | |||||
Floyd | You can't pry anything with the screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Maybe the pole, or maybe we just can't open these." | ||||
| Fang says, "can I play with the nuclear reactor now" | |||||
| DavidW says, "ok" | |||||
| Fang says, "yay atomic energy" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I am disheartened, though" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf14" | |||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wanted info for the computer upstairs." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | |||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press vent" | |||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press vent" | |||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x console" | |||||
Floyd | This large control console is fastened to the floor right in front of Floyd | the fusion generator. Along the left side are a number of screens, Floyd | displaying information about the status of the power plant. To the Floyd | right of these are a series of switches and buttons, only a few of Floyd | which are clearly labeled. At the top is a red button marked "CYCLE", Floyd | followed by a white one with "START UP" written beside it. Below them, Floyd | a black button labeled "SHUTDOWN", a blue one marked "VENT", and a Floyd | green button indicated as "SHUNT". The rest of the controls are beyond Floyd | your comprehension. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, an alarm klaxon sounds. Cleverly hidden red lights in Floyd | the ceiling come to life, bathing the room in an eerie crimson glow. Floyd | The information displayed on the screens changes, flashing in a frantic Floyd | pattern. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x screen" | |||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:38 Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, you never read the screens, did you?" | ||||
| Fang says, "oops" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cf14" | |||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x screen" | |||||
Floyd | This fusion generator has been running for over a hundred years, though Floyd | it doesn't look like it will last much longer. You're no nuclear Floyd | physicist, but judging by these warnings in big red letters, the lack Floyd | of regular maintenance has taken its toll on the mechanisms of the Floyd | plant. While the fuel reservoirs are still in the green, the coolant Floyd | levels are practically empty, there are an alarming number of shorted Floyd | circuits across the facility, and the electromagnetic bottle containing Floyd | the superheated plasma is on the verge of collapsing. However, the Floyd | readings don't give you any indication of when a failure might occur. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push cycle" | |||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push cycle" | |||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x screen" | |||||
Floyd | This fusion generator has been running for over a hundred years, though Floyd | it doesn't look like it will last much longer. You're no nuclear Floyd | physicist, but judging by these warnings in big red letters, the lack Floyd | of regular maintenance has taken its toll on the mechanisms of the Floyd | plant. While the fuel reservoirs are still in the green, the coolant Floyd | levels are practically empty, there are an alarming number of shorted Floyd | circuits across the facility, and the electromagnetic bottle containing Floyd | the superheated plasma is on the verge of collapsing. However, the Floyd | readings don't give you any indication of when a failure might occur. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "looks like it's shunt or shutdown" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | |||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 532 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | |||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x screen" | |||||
Floyd | This fusion generator has been running for over a hundred years, though Floyd | it doesn't look like it will last much longer. You're no nuclear Floyd | physicist, but judging by these warnings in big red letters, the lack Floyd | of regular maintenance has taken its toll on the mechanisms of the Floyd | plant. While the fuel reservoirs are still in the green, the coolant Floyd | levels are practically empty, there are an alarming number of shorted Floyd | circuits across the facility, and the electromagnetic bottle containing Floyd | the superheated plasma is on the verge of collapsing. However, the Floyd | readings don't give you any indication of when a failure might occur. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | |||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I guess vent is the only thing we can do" | ||||
| Fang asks, "shall I?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "sigh. I don't think this is helpful, but you did save." | |||||
| djfletch says, "yes we could vent then leave, hopefully killing all the raiders" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press vent" | |||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "press vent" | |||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, an alarm klaxon sounds. Cleverly hidden red lights in Floyd | the ceiling come to life, bathing the room in an eerie crimson glow. Floyd | The information displayed on the screens changes, flashing in a frantic Floyd | pattern. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x screen" | |||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:38 Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims, "let's run!" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | A cloud of panic and confusion hovers above you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | A cloud of panic and confusion hovers above you. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | A cloud of panic and confusion hovers above you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | DavidW asks, "That cloud, is it readable?" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read panic" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "panic". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concentrate on panic" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "panic". Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I'm guessing this thing is passive" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concentrate on cloud" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any cloud here. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloud" | |||||
Floyd | I don't see any cloud here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "because it doesn't seem like we are provided with any verbs" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x confusion" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "confusion". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| mds arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "hm" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, keep running away, I guess." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| mds disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x lantern" | |||||
Floyd | An electric lantern of green metal and clear glass. The glass is Floyd | cracked, the base badly scuffed, and the bulb inside is quite dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. You probably had the option to visit Boss's room. Especially since we know he's not there." | ||||
| Fang asks, "hmm, you think so?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | You pause for a moment, the voices giving you a sense of dread. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concentrate on dread" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dread". Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I get the feeling this helmet gives us a certain death sensor" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. Embedded in the western wall, beside one Floyd | of the bunks, is a lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The Floyd | doorway west leads back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the room. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "or not" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the room. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the room. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | The door is locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "doesn't look like there's anything else" | ||||
| Fang asks, "does anyone remember where Iona is waiting for us?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the room. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We must've made a mistake." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. Embedded in the western wall, beside one Floyd | of the bunks, is a lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The Floyd | doorway west leads back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the room. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | This room reeks of panic and confusion. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "But then, I really wanted info for the computer." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks (of DavidW), "to do what?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | You can head along the path to the northwest or down the steps to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||||
Floyd | You manage to crawl along the trail through the brambles with only Floyd | minor scratches. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Path Floyd | This is the end of a very convoluted and twisted path through several Floyd | hundred feet of frighteningly thorny briar patch. The track is Floyd | extremely difficult to see, especially at night, and you know you never Floyd | would have found your way without help. It heads back into the thicket Floyd | to your northeast, the only footpath leading from this small open field Floyd | among the brambles. In the middle of the small clearing is a square Floyd | metal structure, about two feet long on each side and protruding a Floyd | couple of inches from the ground. This box is topped by a metal Floyd | grating held on by rusty latches. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There was security codes to be set or something. Walsh didn't have the clearance, but others would." | ||||
| Fang says, "oh yeah" | |||||
| Fang says, "but it seems like we couldn't have gotten to the console again without venting" | |||||
| DavidW says, "well, perhaps we were to find the info first, then vent, then use the console." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "iona, follow me" | |||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "score" | |||||
Floyd | In a total of 561 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hmm" | ||||
| Fang asks, "shall I complete the game, and we'll see if we have a full score?" | |||||
| Fang says, "we've saved before we vented" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "what, go back to town?" | |||||
| Fang says, "yeah" | |||||
| Fang says, "I guess" | |||||
| Fang says, "I suppose the main thing is that we've never used the putty" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I dunno. A rad suit, a ladder, a girl." | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "a telepathy helmet" | |||||
| djfletch says, "yes I think the helmet is the important treasure" | |||||
| DavidW says, "The helmet hasn't done us much good yet." | |||||
| djfletch says, "try and see if we win by taking it back and maybe selling it to Charlie" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, maybe we can set up an awesome magic act" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | The path twists off to the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | Iona pokes you in the leg and grins when you look down at her. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | You hurriedly begin the arduous journey back home, Iona in tow. You Floyd | are amazed to find that she hardly slows you down. She obviously comes Floyd | from tough stock. The helmet you keep tucked safely within your Floyd | survival pack. Moving as quickly as you can, you rush from the base in Floyd | search of shelter. When you come across a series of cliffs you waste Floyd | no time in taking refuge behind them. And not a moment too soon. The Floyd | sky erupts in dazzling light, followed quickly by thunderous shockwave. Floyd | A brilliant mushroom cloud rises up over the location of the research Floyd | facility as its reactor goes critical. The two of you spend several Floyd | hours in the shadow, then make your way towards the awaiting city of Floyd | Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | The return trip takes slightly longer than the first leg of the Floyd | journey, though you soon find yourself gazing upon the Cyclopean Floyd | structures of your home city. The guards scrutinize yourself and young Floyd | Iona, but within no time you find yourself once again walking Arcadia's Floyd | decaying streets. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "we can give the helmet to cytek, or keep it, or sell it to charlie, I guess" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It was your call to return to town. The choice here is also yours." | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Your journey has come full circle, now with your final decision made. Floyd | The technology of a century past will remain in your hands. You and Floyd | Iona return to your meager dwelling, where you place the helmet on the Floyd | bed, and simply stare at it. Your mission was a success, and though Floyd | you did not find the riches you'd hoped by selling the device to a Floyd | corporation, you begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, you'll be Floyd | able to do better on your own: just you and your newly adopted Floyd | daughter Iona. You aren't sure what comes next, but the one thing you Floyd | are sure about is that your life as a scavenger is over. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 565 turns, you have achieved a score of 14 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | Fang says, "well, I guess we got full points" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. yes" | |||||
| DavidW says, "hooray" | |||||
| DavidW says, "go you" | |||||
| djfletch says, "it looks like there might be a different ending if you go to Cytek" | |||||
| Fang says, "undo" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to djfletch), "I'm sure there is." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | With some trepidation, you head down the cross street towards CyTek, Floyd | Iona trailing closely behind you. The process is familiar to you and Floyd | every other scavenger. The pitch. The demonstration. The Floyd | negotiation. And, finally, the sale. The only real difference this Floyd | time is the expression of shock on the agent's face... and the size of Floyd | the purse. With some effort, you put out of your mind thoughts of what Floyd | exactly CyTek plans to do with the technology you've delivered to them. Floyd | That's none of your concern, is it? All you know is that with this Floyd | money, Iona and yourself will live quite comfortably for some time. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 565 turns, you have achieved a score of 14 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | The door has a closed sign hanging on it. It doesn't look like Charlie Floyd | has opened yet today. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Your journey has come full circle, now with your final decision made. Floyd | The technology of a century past will remain in your hands. You and Floyd | Iona return to your meager dwelling, where you place the helmet on the Floyd | bed, and simply stare at it. Your mission was a success, and though Floyd | you did not find the riches you'd hoped by selling the device to a Floyd | corporation, you begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, you'll be Floyd | able to do better on your own: just you and your newly adopted Floyd | daughter Iona. You aren't sure what comes next, but the one thing you Floyd | are sure about is that your life as a scavenger is over. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 566 turns, you have achieved a score of 14 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | Fang says, "looks like there's the two endings, then" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "full" | |||||
Floyd | You have earned the following: Floyd | Floyd | 1 point for getting the store discount Floyd | 1 point for buying the GPS Floyd | 1 point for infiltrating the base Floyd | 1 point for finding the security badge Floyd | 1 point for repairing the security door panel Floyd | 1 point for finding the security code Floyd | 1 point for activating the second floor power Floyd | 1 point for activating the third floor power Floyd | 1 point for bypassing the radiation Floyd | 1 point for opening the containment vault Floyd | 1 point for killing the bandit leader Floyd | 1 point for rescuing Iona Floyd | 1 point for destroying the raider stronghold Floyd | 1 point for keeping the device for yourself Floyd | Floyd | Total score: 14 points out of 14 Floyd | Floyd | This gives you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Lucea says (to floyd), "amusing" | |||||
Floyd | Have you tried... Floyd | ...winning without buying anything but the GPS? Floyd | ...winning with each of the extra items from the shop? Floyd | ...getting all 14 points? Floyd | ...asking Charlie about various famous IF authors? Floyd | ...attacking Charlie with your flashlight? Floyd | ...dropping a live grenade in Charlie's shop? Floyd | ...dropping a live grenade in the crumbling building? Floyd | ...spending a full 40 turns in the barracks? Floyd | ...shooting Charlie? Floyd | ...shooting yourself? Floyd | ...eating the grenade? Floyd | ...smelling bandits? Floyd | ...drinking the screwdriver? Floyd | ...pushing all of the various buttons on the generator? Floyd | ...walking through the radiation without a rad suit? Floyd | ...and then dropping the radiation poisoning? Floyd | ...typing "cheat"? Floyd | ...typing "xyzzy"? Floyd | ...typing it more than once? Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | Fang says, "hmm, that implies there's a way around the guard without a grenade" | ||||
| Lucea says, "I want to go back and ask Charlie about famous IF authors, at least" | |||||
| K-Y says, "hmm, I think I did play this all the way through after all" | |||||
| djfletch says, "or past the coyotes instead" | |||||
| DavidW says, "We never used the bottle of dirty water either, now that I think of it." | |||||
| K-Y says, "no recollections apart from having seen the ending though" | |||||
| Fang says, "well, looks like lots of these things are red herrings, maybe" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "notes" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | As I stated in my readme file, Scavenger grew out of an idea for a Floyd | short story I had. The game itself was not meant to be particularly Floyd | focused on any one particular style, but a mix of puzzles, exploration, Floyd | and atmosphere. I began working on the game in September of 2002 while Floyd | waiting for the release of the 2002 IF Competition games. Most of the Floyd | code was finished by November, and the next several months were spent Floyd | polishing and reacting to the input from testers. Floyd | Floyd | The Infocom game that probably made the biggest impression on me in my Floyd | youth was Planetfall, which probably comes as no surprise now that Floyd | you've played Scavenger. There are likely more parallels than even I Floyd | realize. Floyd | Floyd | As I play through various "modern" IF from the past 10 years, I'm Floyd | learning how some ideas repeat themselves. While playing the well-made Floyd | game "Babel", I was rather sadly surprised to find a Floyd | block-door-with-pole puzzle nearly identical to my own, and at a point Floyd | where my game was effectively finished. Not relishing the thought of Floyd | rewriting of one of the few major puzzles, I decided to simply leave it Floyd | (and the Babel-ish corroded door hinges) in and throw myself on the Floyd | mercy of the court. Great minds think alike and all that, right? Floyd | Ironically, I then found a review of "Babel" that criticized it for Floyd | duplicating a central idea found in the game "Delusions". I guess it's Floyd | just the nature of the beast. There are so many amateur works of Floyd | interactive fiction now floating around the internet that no author can Floyd | be expected to have played them all. I'm sure as I play though the Floyd | archive of games I'll come across one that's pretty much identical to Floyd | the idea for my next game, forcing me to smash my computer with a Floyd | crowbar. Ah well. Floyd | Floyd | Quintin Stone 5/3/03 Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | DavidW says, "oh. Maybe the 'water' is acid." | ||||
| Fang says, "hmm, yes" | |||||
| Fang says, "I thought it was just a Fallout reference" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe it is. I don't know anything about Fallout." | |||||
| Fang says (to DavidW), "Fallout 2 starts with you looking for the vault of your ancestors with just a water bottle as a guide" | |||||
| DavidW says, "oh" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose we should try to visit Charlie's and ask about authors." | |||||
| Fang says (to DW), "go ahead" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I haven't kept track of which save is which." | |||||
| Fang says, "you can probably just restart for that" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | |||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score. Floyd | Floyd | Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches Floyd | beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into Floyd | the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D Floyd | facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of Floyd | course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. Floyd | While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really Floyd | expects it to happen. That included you. Floyd | Floyd | Until you found the scrap of paper, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scavenger Floyd | Night's Edge interactive fiction Floyd | By Quintin Stone Floyd | Version 1.2 (post-comp) Floyd | Build Date: Apr 06 2005 Floyd | Type CREDITS or HELP for more information about this game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods in your direction. "Welcome back." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about zarf" | |||||
Floyd | "Do you know Andrew Plotkin?" Floyd | Floyd | "Know him? Hell, I was him!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hah" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about emily short" | |||||
Floyd | "Ever heard of Emily Short?" Floyd | Floyd | "Nah, I'm a pretty simple NPC." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about graham nelson" | |||||
Floyd | "Familiar with a guy named Graham Nelson?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, I'm pretty well-informed." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about adam cadre" | |||||
Floyd | "Hey, Charlie, you ever met Adam Cadre?" Floyd | Floyd | "I had a photopia around here once that had his name on it. I think I Floyd | dropped it. Doesn't work anymore." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about baf" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "baf". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about mjr" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mjr". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about jota" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "jota". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about quentin stone" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "quentin". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about if" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "if". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about david welbourn" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "david". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about michael roberts" | |||||
Floyd | "Charlie, do you know Mike Roberts?" Floyd | Floyd | "A tad." Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "heh" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cheat" | |||||
Floyd | You're feeling much more prosperous. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $1900. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "wow" | ||||
| djfletch says, "hehe" | |||||
| DavidW says, "money!" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "cheat" | |||||
Floyd | You're feeling much more prosperous. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $2900. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | You weren't really expecting anything, were you? It just doesn't fit Floyd | in with the genre. Floyd | Floyd | Oh come on, don't tell me you're disappointed. I know, I know, you Floyd | were expecting some hilarious little blip, or the Spanish Inquisition, Floyd | or something. Well, no, not the Spanish Inquisition, because no one Floyd | ever expects them. But I'm sitting here as I write this, watching Floyd | television and stuffing barbeque potato chips into my mouth, and Floyd | absolutely nothing humorous is coming to mind. So... hey, maybe next Floyd | time. Okay? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Nothing happens... again. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Again... nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Still nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Stop doing that. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Please stop doing that. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Okay, fine. I'm disabling the command now. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "haha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "disbelieve" | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | I really don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Well, that didn't work. Look, here's 5 dollars. Just... take it and Floyd | promise to stop typing that. Nothing is going to happen! Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "hahaha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $2905. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Oh, I see. Okay, fine. If that's the way you want to be.... In a Floyd | total of 19 turns, you have achieved a score of -5 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||||
Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| K-Y says (to Floyd), "full" | |||||
Floyd | You have earned the following: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Total score: -5 points out of 14 Floyd | Floyd | This gives you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "buy rifle" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the rifle from the Floyd | display case. "Enjoy." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy charlie" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | Charlie may be cheap, but he isn't for sale. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "buy pistol" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the silenced pistol Floyd | from the display case. "I'm sure you won't be disappointed." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy shop" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | Charlie isn't selling that. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "buy pills" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the radiation pills Floyd | from the display case. "A pleasure doing business with you." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "buy gps" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the GPS unit from the Floyd | display case. "A pleasure doing business with you." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "buy grenade" | |||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the hand grenade from Floyd | the display case. "Just remember, there's no warranty on that." Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, a survival Floyd | pack (being worn), a rifle, a silenced pistol, some radiation pills, a Floyd | GPS unit, and a hand grenade. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $685. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | |||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Charlie's eyes widen. "Holy Floyd | SHIT! What the hell are you doing? Put the pin back in!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. "Hit the Floyd | deck!" Charlie shouts, and leaps through the doorway. The door slams Floyd | closed behind him. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take laser" | |||||
Floyd | You'll have to open the display case first. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oho" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Uh, you didn't know you can't put the pin back in the grenade once it's Floyd | armed? You may be in trouble. Floyd | Floyd | The hand grenade explodes, blasting everything in the area with Floyd | hundreds of tungsten ball bearings. Unfortunately, that includes you. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 31 turns, you have achieved a score of -4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | Fang says, "haha" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "So it might be possible to kill Charlie and take the rest of the stuff?" | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. The only exit, to the east, is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. The only exit, to the east, is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade lying on the floor. The display case contains a Floyd | laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. The only exit, to the east, is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade lying on the floor. The display case contains a Floyd | laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | |||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, a survival Floyd | pack (being worn), a rifle, a silenced pistol, some radiation pills, a Floyd | GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a grenade pin. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $685. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open display case" | |||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x display case" | |||||
Floyd | A wide glass display case about eight feet long, two and a half feet Floyd | tall, and two feet deep. It is currently closed. Inside you see a Floyd | laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shoot display case" | |||||
Floyd | What do you want to shoot it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "rifle" | |||||
Floyd | The bullet careens off of the display case and imbeds itself into the Floyd | wall. Apparently it's not glass after all. "SHIT!" Charlie screams Floyd | at you. "Be careful with that thing! It's not a damn toy!" He glares Floyd | at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shoot charlie with rifle" | |||||
Floyd | You hesitate, realizing that such a course of action may not be Floyd | entirely wise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang exclaims, "let's do it anyway!" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shoot charlie with rifle" | |||||
Floyd | Charlie's look of surprise is quickly replaced by a grimace of pain as Floyd | the bullet tears into him. He falls back behind the case, and you hear Floyd | a distinct 'click!' as he disappears from view. Suddenly a wall of Floyd | iron bars falls across the doorway, accompanied by a deafening alarm. Floyd | You have no choice but to wait for the Regulators to arrive. If you're Floyd | lucky, you'll live long enough to be executed. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have failed **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 33 turns, you have achieved a score of -4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. "Hit the Floyd | deck!" Charlie shouts, and leaps through the doorway. The door slams Floyd | closed behind him. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | The door is closed and, more importantly, locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Charlie's more clever than he realizes." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. The only exit, to the east, is closed. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade lying on the floor. The display case contains a Floyd | laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | |||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade w" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade sails throw the air to the west. The grenade arms as Floyd | its safety lever goes flying. A moment later, the grenade bounces back Floyd | into the area and lays to rest on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | |||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hand grenade lying on the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a hand grenade lying on the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade e" | |||||
Floyd | You can't throw the hand grenade in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | |||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw grenade at enforcers" | |||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near The Enforcers. The grenade Floyd | arms as its safety lever goes flying. Floyd | Floyd | Those bright flashes coming from the openings in the bunkers can only Floyd | be muzzle flashes. The thunderous weapon reports seem oddly distant, Floyd | though, as you crumple to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 36 turns, you have achieved a score of -4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | |||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "oh well" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "oh". Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "oh well" | ||||
| Fang asks, "shall we go in all guns blazing, or call it a day?" | |||||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to call it a day. It's almost been 4 hours." | |||||
| djfletch says, "I'm ready to stop I think" | |||||
| K-Y has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shoot me" | |||||
Floyd | What do you want to shoot it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shoot me with rifle" | |||||
Floyd | Waves of despair overcome you. You'll never succeed, you're a failure, Floyd | nobody loves you, everybody hates you, etc. You place the end of the Floyd | short barrel into your mouth and pull the trigger. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 37 turns, you have achieved a score of -4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | DavidW says, "aw" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Yum. Tastes pineappley. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | |||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | Those bright flashes coming from the openings in the bunkers can only Floyd | be muzzle flashes. The thunderous weapon reports seem oddly distant, Floyd | though, as you crumple to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 37 turns, you have achieved a score of -4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | |||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | |||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat greande" | |||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "greande". Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat grenade" | |||||
Floyd | Yum. Tastes pineappley. Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "z" | |||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "aw" | ||||
| Fang says, "guess that's it" | |||||
| Fang's last breath is also his mintiest. | |||||
| Fang arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | |||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "quit" | |||||
Floyd | In a total of 43 turns, you have achieved a score of 1 point out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (YES or NO) > | Fang asks, "yeah?" | ||||
| Fang asks, "who's in charge of perrysimm?" | |||||
| DavidW asks, "I am. Are we done?" | |||||
| Fang says, "seems like it" | |||||
| DavidW says, "Okay. Yay us. See you all next week. And think up what we'll play next." | |||||
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