ClubFloyd Transcript:
Sam Fortune - Private Investigator by Steve Blanding
As played on ifMUD on July 25, 2009

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 Sam Fortune - Private Investigator, written by Steve Blanding. Sam Fortune - Private Investigator is a mystery game presented as a radio play sponsored by Muskrat Cigarettes. It was released in May 2009 and you can visit its homepage here. 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.

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The IBS Radio Network presents...
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam Fortune - Private Investigator
Floyd | A transcribed drama filled with suspense and adventure by Steve
Floyd | Blanding
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090510 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | (You may type "HELP" at any time for hints, credits or just general
Floyd | information about this game.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Tonight's drama: The Case of the Missing Playboy!
Floyd |
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd | And now for Act I of tonight's drama....
Floyd |
Floyd | It was an afternoon much like any other afternoon. I was alone in my
Floyd | office. It seems I was always alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Business had been slow. I was reduced to practicing my witty banter
Floyd | with my friends Jack and Daniel. Unfortunately for me, they weren't
Floyd | very much for conversation. We'd been conversing just long enough that
Floyd | I was beginning to feel that my banter really WAS witty. But not so
Floyd | much that I was beginning to think they'd talk back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam's Office
Floyd | You are Sam Fortune, a private investigator who, at the moment, has
Floyd | very little to investigate. Your office is on the fifth floor of a
Floyd | crummy old office building in the lower east side.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a single dingy window in the west wall, directly opposite the
Floyd | only door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun streaming throught the Venetian blinds traces bars across the
Floyd | desk that sits in the middle of the room.  Bars like the bars of a
Floyd | prison cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden desk are a bottle of whiskey and a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A battered old filing cabinet stands in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old desk chair sits behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain guest chair is strategically placed in front of the desk.
Floyd |

Floyd | Sam Fortune, private investigator and all American sap, is a pretty
Floyd | nice specimen if you do say so yourself. Six feet tall with broad
Floyd | shoulders and a jaw that could have been cut from a block of stone.
Floyd | It's no wonder that the dames go for you. If you were a dame, you would
Floyd | too.
Floyd |

Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |

Floyd | Peering through the filthy grime reveals very little. Just the same old
Floyd | lonely street in the same old lonely part of town.
Floyd |

Floyd | Tennessee's finest. Comfort in a bottle.
Floyd |

Floyd | The obvious exits are east and outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Use EXITS ON to enable the status line exit lister and EXITS OFF to
Floyd | turn it off.)
Floyd |

Floyd | (the wooden desk)
Floyd | It's a very plain wooden desk with a single shabby drawer. Someday
Floyd | perhaps you'll be able to afford mahogany.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the desk drawer)
Floyd | It's locked. Now if only you could remember where you put that key.
Floyd |

Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the wooden desk)
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the filing cabinet)
Floyd | The filing cabinet stands in the corner of the office. It has two
Floyd | drawers: a top drawer, and (you guessed it, pal) a bottom drawer. This
Floyd | is where you keep all your important files. In other words, it's mostly
Floyd | empty.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the top drawer of the filing cabinet, revealing some file
Floyd | folders marked A to M.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see several file folders marked A to M in nearly alphabetical
Floyd | order.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thumbing to the file marked "K" you look inside and retrieve a small
Floyd | key which you place in your pocket.
Floyd |

Floyd | Sam's Office
Floyd | Your office is on the fifth floor of a crummy old office building in
Floyd | the lower east side.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a single dingy window in the west wall, directly opposite the
Floyd | only door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun streaming throught the Venetian blinds traces bars across the
Floyd | desk that sits in the middle of the room.  Bars like the bars of a
Floyd | prison cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden desk are a bottle of whiskey and a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A battered old filing cabinet stands in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old desk chair sits behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain guest chair is strategically placed in front of the desk.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the desk drawer with the small key)
Floyd | You unlock the desk drawer.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the desk drawer)
Floyd | You open the desk drawer, revealing a revolver.
Floyd |

Floyd | Your best friend. It's just a shame that you don't actually have any
Floyd | bullets. Still, it's amazing how people can react to the mere sight of
Floyd | a heater.
Floyd |

Floyd | Just as soon as you pick up the revolver there is a quiet rap at the
Floyd | door.  You quickly put the revolver in your pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. Come on in. The door's unlocked."
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens and in walks a tall redhead with a knockout figure in
Floyd | the kind of outfit that shouts class.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you Sam Fortune?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what it says on my birth certificate, doll. And just who might
Floyd | you be?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Irene Scarlet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a pleasure, sweetheart. Why don't you have a seat?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Mr. Fortune."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | Irene Scarlet is quite a dish. Her red hair cascades about her
Floyd | shoulders in gentle waves. She wears a fashionably cut dress which
Floyd | shows off her delicious figure in a most delightful way.
Floyd |

Floyd | You get onto the desk chair.
Floyd |

Floyd | That's already closed.
Floyd |

Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Turning to Irene you say, "Hello there."
Floyd |
Floyd | She gives you one of those looks that makes you think she likes what
Floyd | she sees.
Floyd |
Floyd | Self-consciously you slide the bottle inside the desk drawer before
Floyd | getting down to business.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask her to have dinner with you.
Floyd | [2] Ask her what she wants.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So, sweetheart, I hope I'm not being too forward but perhaps sometime
Floyd | you and I could get together over a nice hot meal. You interested?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Irene smiles just a little and says, "Perhaps some other time, Mr.
Floyd | Fortune, but just now I'm afraid that I'm here on business."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask her what she wants.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So what brings a nice up-class dame like you to my little office?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're a private investigator aren't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's what it says on my license."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, I was hoping that I might use your services. You see, a friend
Floyd | of mine has gone missing."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask Irene about herself.
Floyd | [2] Ask about her friend.
Floyd | [3] Tell Irene your rates.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So tell me a little about yourself. How do you fit into this picture."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Mr. Fortune, my father is James Scarlet, the founder of Scarlet
Floyd | Herring, one of the more successful fishing operations in this town."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh THAT Irene Scarlet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. That Irene Scarlet. Anyway, I've been friends with Bob for a very
Floyd | long time and when he didn't show up for our lunch appointment today I
Floyd | got worried. That's why I came to see you."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask about her friend.
Floyd | [2] Tell Irene your rates.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Well, Red, tell me about this missing friend of yours."
Floyd |
Floyd | "His name is Bob Watterson. He and I go way back. He's one of the local
Floyd | society set. Anyway, we were out dancing at the Top Cat Club last night
Floyd | with some of our friends. Toward the end of the evening it looked as if
Floyd | something was bothering him but he wouldn't say what it was. I didn't
Floyd | think much of it until today. We had agreed to meet for lunch but,"
Floyd | stifling the merest hint of a sob, "but he never showed up!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, Sam, I know you think I'm probably being silly but I'm worried
Floyd | about him. He never misses a lunch date and I'm just sure something has
Floyd | heppend to him. Say you'll help me find him."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask if she's gone to the police.
Floyd | [2] Tell Irene your rates.
Floyd | [3] Agree to take the case.
Floyd | [4] Decline the case.
Floyd |

Floyd | "I charge $25 a day plus expenses. But I don't suppose that would be a
Floyd | problem for a dame like you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Irene says rather gravely, "No. That will be fine."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask if she's gone to the police.
Floyd | [2] Agree to take the case.
Floyd | [3] Decline the case.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So, sister, something's puzzling me. Why come to me? Why not just go
Floyd | to the cops?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Mr. Fortune, first of all, it's only been a few hours and I was
Floyd | afraid that they wouldn't take me seriously with him only being missing
Floyd | for such a short time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I guess that figures. Go on."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And I was hoping to keep this kind of quiet. My family gets enough
Floyd | exposure as it is. That's what comes from having money. If I were to go
Floyd | to the police, well, I was afraid that the papers might catch wind of
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And you'd find your name plastered all over the society pages...
Floyd | again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Precisely."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Agree to take the case.
Floyd | [2] Decline the case.
Floyd |

Floyd | After considering the matter you decide that you'd rather not get mixed
Floyd | up in all of this. "No dice, Red. I'm afraid that I'm just too busy to
Floyd | get mixed up with the upper crust these days. You see, I'm strictly a
Floyd | meat and potatoes kind of guy and all that champagne and caviar just
Floyd | doesn't agree with me. So if you'll kindly close the door on your way
Floyd | out, I'll return to my business."
Floyd |
Floyd | Irene looks shocked and for a minute a look of panic crosses her face
Floyd | before she...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mother reaches over and switches off the radio. "I think that's
Floyd | enough radio for today. It's bed time and besides, all of that junk
Floyd | just rots your brain anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 1 out of a possible 15, in 27 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Drip.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Sam's Office
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | [You're still in the middle of a conversation. I need some kind of
Floyd | reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a number, or say REPEAT
Floyd | to reacquaint yourself with your options.]
Floyd |

Floyd | The available options are:
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Agree to take the case.
Floyd | [2] Decline the case.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Sure, sweetheart. Don't worry, kid. I'll find him. You run along and
Floyd | I'll be in touch."
Floyd |
Floyd | Irene gets up and says "Thank you so much, Mr. Fortune." before giving
Floyd | you a small wad of bills for expenses and telling you her phone number.
Floyd | Then she gracefully heads for the door. On her way out she pauses and
Floyd | looks over her shoulder for a second, giving you a brief look at her
Floyd | misty blue eyes. Then, she closes the door and she's gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, Sam," you say to yourself. "Looks like you're gonna be dining at
Floyd | the Top Cat Club tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   expense money
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a small key
Floyd |

Floyd | A small roll of money which Irene gave you with which to pay your
Floyd | expenses. It's not a lot but it should be enough for now.
Floyd |

Floyd | Sam's Office (on the desk chair)
Floyd | Your office is on the fifth floor of a crummy old office building in
Floyd | the lower east side.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a single dingy window in the west wall, directly opposite the
Floyd | only door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun streaming throught the Venetian blinds traces bars across the
Floyd | desk that sits in the middle of the room.  Bars like the bars of a
Floyd | prison cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden desk is a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A battered old filing cabinet stands in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain guest chair is strategically placed in front of the desk.
Floyd |

Floyd | You get off the desk chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sam's Office
Floyd | There is a single dingy window in the west wall, directly opposite the
Floyd | only door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun streaming throught the Venetian blinds traces bars across the
Floyd | desk that sits in the middle of the room.  Bars like the bars of a
Floyd | prison cell.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden desk is a telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd | A battered old filing cabinet stands in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old desk chair sits behind the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plain guest chair is strategically placed in front of the desk.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet, revealing some file
Floyd | folders marked N to Z.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a handful of file folders marked N to Z in mostly alphabetical
Floyd | order.
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through a few of the folders but nothing really catches your
Floyd | interest at the moment. Perhaps if you knew what you were looking for
Floyd | this would yield better results.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a handful of file folders marked N to Z in mostly alphabetical
Floyd | order.
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb idly through a few of the folders before deciding that there
Floyd | really isn't anything helpful to your current situation.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a handful of file folders marked N to Z in mostly alphabetical
Floyd | order.
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through a few of the folders but nothing really catches your
Floyd | interest at the moment.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look up.
Floyd |

Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the file folders marked N to Z.
Floyd |

Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the file folders marked N to Z.
Floyd |

Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the file folders marked N to Z.
Floyd |

Floyd | You discover nothing of interest in the file folders marked A to M.
Floyd |

Floyd | Which do you mean, the file folders marked A to M or the file folders
Floyd | marked N to Z?
Floyd |

Floyd | You had better leave those there. It took you nearly a full day the
Floyd | last time you had to sort them and you'd hate to have to do it again.
Floyd |

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to phone the top drawer of the
Floyd | filing cabinet.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | Picking up the telephone you pause to consider your options.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Call Clancy at the 21st precinct.
Floyd | [2] Call the Times.
Floyd | [3] Call Irene.
Floyd | [4] Call the Top Cat Club.
Floyd | [5] Hang up.
Floyd |

Floyd | You pick up the reciever and ask the operator to connect you to the Top
Floyd | Cat Club. In a minute you hear the whiney voice of the French ma?tre
Floyd | d'. "Ziz is zee Top Cat Club. Can eye help you, monsieur?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask when they're open.
Floyd | [2] Ask about a reservation.
Floyd | [3] Hang up.
Floyd |

Floyd | Hey, pal. Can you tell me when you're open tonight?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oui, monsieur. We are open from seven until two am."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask about a reservation.
Floyd | [2] Hang up.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Listen. I'd like to book a table for tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh non, non, non. I am very sorry, monsieur, but we are very busy
Floyd | tonight. We do not take any more reservations for tonight. But if
Floyd | monsieur would care to come to zee club, I am sure zat zere will be
Floyd | space at zee bar."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. I may do that. Thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hang up.
Floyd |

Floyd | You put the receiver back on its cradle.
Floyd |

Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

Floyd | The door is in the east wall, opposite the window.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I left my office, walked down the four flights of stairs, headed
Floyd | outside and hailed a cab. I figured that if I wanted to get to the
Floyd | bottom of this, I'd need to go to where it all started.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few minutes later, the cab pulled up in front of a gleaming white
Floyd | high-rise building with one of those awnings over the revolving door.
Floyd | You know the kind. The kind that makes it seem like you're walking into
Floyd | the snout of an extremely large anteater. I took the elevator up to the
Floyd | 15th floor and found myself standing outside the entrance to Tony
Floyd | Gabriele's famous Top Cat Club, the most upscale dinner club in town.
Floyd |
Floyd | It was time to earn my daily bread.
Floyd |
Floyd | [This might be a good time to save your game.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club Lobby
Floyd | The waiting area is done up in the art deco style, all white and
Floyd | silver. Beside the club entrance is a lectern where the ma?tre d' is
Floyd | greeting customers and checking reservations. On the lectern is a round
Floyd | white logo with the silhouette of a cat wearing a top hat. Peeking
Floyd | through the crowd, it's clear that the joint is jumpin' tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you're ready to leave, the elevator awaits you to the south. The
Floyd | club itself is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some customers, the ma?tre d' and a lectern here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | The ma?tre d' is a snobby-looking bean pole with a wispy mustache. He
Floyd | wears a tuxedo with a small nametag that indicates that he wishes to be
Floyd | called "Jean Claude".
Floyd |

Floyd | Top Cat Club Lobby
Floyd | The waiting area is done up in the art deco style, all white and
Floyd | silver. Beside the club entrance is a lectern where the ma?tre d' is
Floyd | greeting customers and checking reservations. On the lectern is a round
Floyd | white logo with the silhouette of a cat wearing a top hat. Peeking
Floyd | through the crowd, it's clear that the joint is jumpin' tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you're ready to leave, the elevator awaits you to the south. The
Floyd | club itself is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some customers, Jean Claude and a lectern here.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Oui, monsieur. My name is Jean Claude. 'Ow may I 'elp you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask for a table.
Floyd | [2] Ask about Bob Watterson.
Floyd | [3] Say goodbye.
Floyd |

Floyd | You step in close and speak quietly so as not to be overheard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm looking for a man named Bob Watterson. Do you know him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oui, monsieur. I know 'im very well. 'e comes 'ere most frequently."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask for a table.
Floyd | [2] Ask when he saw him last.
Floyd | [3] Ask if he knows anything about him.
Floyd | [4] Say goodbye.
Floyd |

Floyd | "What do you know about this guy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "'e comes 'ere very frequently this last few weeks. Sometimes it is
Floyd | with Miss Scarlet. Sometimes it is alone. I see 'im all ze time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks. Can you tell me any more about him? Do you know where he
Floyd | lives? What he does?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Non. Pardon me. I do not meddle with ze affairs of ze customers."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. I get it. Thanks anyway, bub."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask for a table.
Floyd | [2] Ask when he saw him last.
Floyd | [3] Say goodbye.
Floyd |

Floyd | "When did you last see him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I saw 'im just last night, monsieur. It was with Miss Scarlet I think.
Floyd | Zat is usually who 'e is with."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask for a table.
Floyd | [2] Say goodbye.
Floyd |

Floyd | "I'd like a table for one."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh non, non, non. I am very sorry, monsieur, but we are very busy
Floyd | tonight. We do not 'ave any more tables for tonight. But we do 'ave
Floyd | space at ze bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Say goodbye.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Thanks, bub."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eet is my pleasure, monsieur."
Floyd |

Floyd | Aside from the cat-in-a-top-hat logo, there's really nothing all that
Floyd | interesting about the lectern.
Floyd |

Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |

Floyd | Aside from the cat-in-a-top-hat logo, there's really nothing all that
Floyd | interesting about the lectern.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | You have to admit that this place is pretty swank. Like the lobby, it's
Floyd | all done up in art deco white and gleaming silver. The cavernous room
Floyd | is filled with tables, which in turn are filled with the
Floyd | upper-crustiest crumbs in this crummy city. There are so many tuxedos
Floyd | it looks like a penguin convention, and enough feathers to defrock a
Floyd | flock of ostriches.
Floyd |
Floyd | The central focus of the club is the dance floor, just south of the
Floyd | stage, which fills the entire north wall of the room. There is a small
Floyd | backstage door in the north wall, just to the side of the stage. A guy
Floyd | about the size of Mt. Rushmore guards the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bar is to the east. The lobby is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the backstage door, the stage, some customers, some tables,
Floyd | some dancers and a guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at one of the far tables sings Happy Birthday.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of someone opening the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The band stops playing and the bandleader steps up to the microphone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ladies and gentlemen. Once again, the Top Cat Club is proud to present
Floyd | the star of our show, Miss Ginger Andrews!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd erupts into applause, the lights go down, a spotlight
Floyd | illuminates the stage door and the most stunning blonde you have ever
Floyd | seen steps into the light, sashays over to center stage and proceeds to
Floyd | make love to the microphone.
Floyd |

Floyd | Wow! What a dish! Ginger Andrews is perhaps the most stunning blond you
Floyd | have ever seen. She stands about five foot seven and every inch a
Floyd | woman.  She wears a glittering backless dress with a plunging neckline
Floyd | that barely conceals an ample bosom. Her blue eyes are dazzling. And
Floyd | her shapely legs... Wow!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's voice is heavenly as she sings a number from the Hit Parade.
Floyd |

Floyd | This guy looks like someone cross-bred a gorilla with a pit bull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger holds every man spellbound as she reaches the climax of a
Floyd | devilishly provocative number.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | The place is packed with tuxedo wearing men and glittering women.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brother, that Ginger dame can really sing.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see nothing special about the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger brings the crowd to tears with a steamy love song.
Floyd |
Floyd | When Ginger's act comes to a close the spotlight goes out, the audience
Floyd | applauds, the house lights go back up, and Ginger begins working the
Floyd | room, moving from one fat-cat to another. It's very clear what every
Floyd | man in the room wants and she's all too happy to dangle it in front of
Floyd | them without giving them any of it.
Floyd |

Floyd | You strike up a conversation with some of the customers and try to
Floyd | steer it towards your missing man but it soon becomes apparent that
Floyd | this line is getting you nowhere. These guys aren't regulars.
Floyd |
Floyd | All eyes are on Ginger as she passes between the tables.
Floyd |

Floyd | Prying Ginger away from her adoring public you flash her what you hope
Floyd | is your most charming smile and say, "Hello there, beautiful. My name
Floyd | is Sam. Got a minute?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger looks you over and says "Why not? Shoot, tough guy. What's on
Floyd | your mind? I mean besides that."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Compliment her singing.
Floyd | [2] Compliment her looks.
Floyd | [3] Ask her out.
Floyd | [4] Ask her about Bob.
Floyd | [5] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The band plays something from the Hit Parade.
Floyd |

Floyd | "You have a very healthy set of lungs there, baby. Where'd you learn to
Floyd | sing like that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sunday school, Sam. Sunday school."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well you obviously had a first rate teacher."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's very kind of you to say so, Sam."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Compliment her looks.
Floyd | [2] Ask her out.
Floyd | [3] Ask her about Bob.
Floyd | [4] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the back of the club laughs loudly.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Baby, you are some piece of work. With a face like yours, I bet you
Floyd | have to circle the wagons whenever you so much as step outside."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles and says, "Flattery will get you everywhere, mister. You
Floyd | aren't so bad yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask her out.
Floyd | [2] Ask her about Bob.
Floyd | [3] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the couples in the club starts to argue but it quickly passes.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Hey, sweetheart, I'm looking for a friend of mine. His name's Bob
Floyd | Watterson. You know him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who Bobby? Sure, I know him." She looks a little put off. You can't
Floyd | tell if it's because she's upset that you're not talking about her or
Floyd | if it's because she doesn't want to discuss her relationship with Bob.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Seen him around?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not for a while. Hey, I barely know the guy. Let's talk about you
Floyd | instead."
Floyd |
Floyd | You let her steer the conversation back around to your favorite topic
Floyd | for a while: Sam Fortune. It's plain that she's an expert when it comes
Floyd | to stroking a man's ego.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask her out.
Floyd | [2] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone from the crowd bumps into you and apologizes before continuing
Floyd | on.
Floyd |

Floyd | "What time do you get off? How about you and me go somewhere for a
Floyd | drink?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'd like that, Sam, but tonight's bad for me. Come by tomorrow and ask
Floyd | me again will ya?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, kid. You bet."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brief lull in the music and the dancers return to their
Floyd | seats before the music starts and more take their places.
Floyd |

Floyd | "See you around sweetheart."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh I'm sure you will, Sam. At least I certainly hope so."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger flashes a brilliant smile at a portly man who is old enough to
Floyd | be her father. It looks like he'll go home happy.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't, since the backstage door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | Man-mountain over there doesn't say a word, but he doesn't let you open
Floyd | the door either. If you want to get backstage, you'll have to somehow
Floyd | get rid of the guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | A customer laughs at one of Ginger's jokes.
Floyd |

Floyd | It looks like business is booming. Not a single table remains vacant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger briefly dances with one of the customers before returning him to
Floyd | his previous partner.
Floyd |

Floyd | You attempt to start a conversation with the guard but it quickly
Floyd | becomes obvious that conversation isn't his forte.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's jewelry sparkles as she passes one of the stage lights.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Bar Area
Floyd | On the east side of the club, set back from the main area, is the bar
Floyd | area. It's almost as crowded as the rest of the joint but there's still
Floyd | enough room for you to slide up next to the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the stage, some customers, a bar (on which is a nut bowl
Floyd | (in which are lots of beer nuts)) and the bartender here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger pauses to chat with a customer.
Floyd |

Floyd | You grab a handful of nuts from the bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's jewelry sparkles as she passes one of the stage lights.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Hi friend. Name's Jack. What can I get you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask for a drink.
Floyd | [2] Ask about Bob Watterson.
Floyd | [3] Ask about Tony.
Floyd | [4] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The band is playing some up-tempo dance number.
Floyd |

Floyd | You consider asking Jack for a drink but then you think better of it.
Floyd | The last time you drank on the job you nearly wound up taking out a
Floyd | reservation in the city morgue.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask about Bob Watterson.
Floyd | [2] Ask about Tony.
Floyd | [3] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone from the crowd bumps into you and apologizes before continuing
Floyd | on.
Floyd |

Floyd | "I'm looking for a guy named Bob Watterson. Ever heard of him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. Sure. I know him. Real snooty society guy right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's the one."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask when he saw him last.
Floyd | [2] Ask if he knows anything about him.
Floyd | [3] Ask about Tony.
Floyd | [4] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the couples in the club starts to argue but it quickly passes.
Floyd |

Floyd | "When did you see him last?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He was here last night. He's here a lot actually. He bought a river of
Floyd | drinks for Ginger."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask if he knows anything about him.
Floyd | [2] Ask about Ginger.
Floyd | [3] Ask about Tony.
Floyd | [4] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The band plays something from the Hit Parade.
Floyd |

Floyd | "What do you know about him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see him a lot. He hangs around with the society set. Irene Scarlett
Floyd | and her friends."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So I hear. Can you tell me any details? Do you know where he lives?
Floyd | What he does?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think he has a penthouse apartment downtown somewhere. I don't think
Floyd | he does much of anything other than spend his old man's money."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know who his 'old man' is?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Naw. I just assumed he had one."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. Don't we all? Thanks, Jack."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask about Ginger.
Floyd | [2] Ask about Tony.
Floyd | [3] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brief lull in the music and the dancers return to their
Floyd | seats before the music starts and more take their places.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So what's the story with this Ginger dame?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quite the looker isn't she?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. But can you tell me what she was doing with Bob last night?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Other than accepting the drinks he bought her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, for instance, are they an item?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? Ginger and that guy? That'll be the day. Perhaps he thought so
Floyd | but I don't think she ever did."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask about Tony.
Floyd | [2] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the back of the club laughs loudly.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So you been working here long?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A few months."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Like it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. It's alright. It pays well and I get to enjoy the floor show
Floyd | every night. I can't complain."
Floyd |
Floyd | "This place is owned by Tony Gabriele isn't it? I hear he's a nice guy
Floyd | to work for. That true?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure. Mr. Gabriele is good people. I don't care what anybody says. He
Floyd | might be a little peculiar but he takes care of his own. But look,
Floyd | Mack, what's it to you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just curious. Who knows? I might want to work for him someday myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You thinking of taking up bar tending?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Naw. Don't worry, Jack. You're job's safe."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ask what he means by peculiar.
Floyd | [2] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The band is playing some up-tempo dance number.
Floyd |

Floyd | "When you say Tony's peculiar, just what do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey. You're gettin' awful nosey. Ain'tcha?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm just naturally curious is all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well Mr. Gabriele don't like people meddling in his private affairs.
Floyd | If you get any more nosey, I'm liable to get fired and you're liable to
Floyd | get worse."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay. I get the hint. No need to get sore. Let's talk about something
Floyd | else then."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Make with the small talk.
Floyd | [2] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at one of the far tables sings Happy Birthday.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Busy night tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah. Ginger really packs 'em in."
Floyd |
Floyd | You go on like that for another minute or two before running out of
Floyd | pleasantries.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the back of the club laughs loudly.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Thanks, Jack."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't mention it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger pauses to chat with a customer.
Floyd |

Floyd | Prying Ginger away from her adoring public you flash her what you hope
Floyd | is your most charming smile and say, "Hello there, beautiful. Got a
Floyd | minute?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger looks you over and says "Why not? Shoot, tough guy. What's on
Floyd | your mind? I mean besides that."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The band plays something from the Hit Parade.
Floyd |

Floyd | "See you around sweetheart."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh I'm sure you will, Sam. At least I certainly hope so."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger briefly dances with one of the customers before returning him to
Floyd | his previous partner.
Floyd |

Floyd | In the nut bowl are some beer nuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | All eyes are on Ginger as she passes between the tables.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the beer nuts)
Floyd | Hard, round, and saltier than a sailor. These things are designed for
Floyd | one purpose only: to make you wish you had ordered a drink instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | A customer laughs at one of Ginger's jokes.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | You can see the stage, some customers, Ginger Andrews, the backstage
Floyd | door, some tables, some dancers and a guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger flashes a brilliant smile at a portly man who is old enough to
Floyd | be her father. It looks like he'll go home happy.
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | The guard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at the guard and they scatter
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The nuts get under the feet of the dancers and they begin falling like
Floyd | ten pins. The guard runs over to help them back to their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | A customer laughs at one of Ginger's jokes.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger flashes a brilliant smile at a portly man who is old enough to
Floyd | be her father. It looks like he'll go home happy.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger pauses to chat with a customer.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You're in a narrow hallway that runs behind the stage. Along the north
Floyd | wall is the door to what must be Ginger's dressing room. The small star
Floyd | with the name "Ginger" written on it provides the tip-off. To the east
Floyd | is a door with the word "management" written on it. That door is
Floyd | cracked just enough that you might be able to get a peek inside. The
Floyd | door that leads back to the club is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Which do you mean, the dressing room door, the manager's office door or
Floyd | the backstage door?
Floyd |

Floyd | You close the backstage door.
Floyd |

Floyd | Through the crack in the door you can just make out the shapes of three
Floyd | men. If you listen closely you might just catch bits and snatches of
Floyd | their conversation.
Floyd |

Floyd | Which do you mean, the dressing room door, the manager's office door or
Floyd | the backstage door?
Floyd |

Floyd | You hear the voices of three men. You can't make out everything they
Floyd | say but you are able to hear a few words here and there:
Floyd |
Floyd | "... due early tomorrow morning ... louse this up."
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | This looks like the master electrical switchbox for the club.
Floyd |
Floyd | The switchbox is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's next act is coming up soon. She'll probably be heading back to
Floyd | her dressing room to get ready. You really ought to think about going
Floyd | back to the club soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the dressing room door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't have much time. Get out before you're caught!
Floyd |

Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | You can see the backstage door, the stage, some customers, Ginger
Floyd | Andrews, some tables, some dancers and a guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door and right into the back of the guard. He is
Floyd | none too happy to see you and pushes you back into the manager's office
Floyd | where three more thugs are waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I caught this guy nosin' 'round backstage, boss. Whatdya want I should
Floyd | do wit 'im?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Rocky. You may leave him with us and return to your post."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Duh. OK Boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The boss pulls out a .38 and points it at your chest while one of the
Floyd | other thugs grabs your arms from behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The one with the gun says, "Well look what we have here boys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The one holding your arms says, "Looks like a spy, boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The thin one with a face like a weasel says, "And look what I found in
Floyd | his pocket, boss." He holds your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mickey Boy, I think you better take Mr. Nosey for a ride."
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon you find yourself shoved in the back of a black sedan. Some
Floyd | fifteen minutes later you find yourself on a dark pier being fitted for
Floyd | a new pair of cement overshoes. They're a little tight but it doesn't
Floyd | matter. You won't notice them for long.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then your mother reaches over and shuts off the radio. "Honestly,
Floyd | Junior. I don't know why you bother filling your head with all those
Floyd | silly detective stories. Now get off to bed."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 4 out of a possible 15, in 104 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Radio Fan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at the guard and they scatter
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The nuts get under the feet of the dancers and they begin falling like
Floyd | ten pins. The guard runs over to help them back to their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at Ginger Andrews and they scatter
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The nuts get under the feet of the dancers and they begin falling like
Floyd | ten pins. The guard runs over to help them back to their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at the dancers and they scatter
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The nuts get under the feet of the dancers and they begin falling like
Floyd | ten pins. The guard runs over to help them back to their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's jewelry sparkles as she passes one of the stage lights.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You're in a narrow hallway that runs behind the stage. Along the north
Floyd | wall is the door to what must be Ginger's dressing room. The small star
Floyd | with the name "Ginger" written on it provides the tip-off. To the east
Floyd | is a door with the word "management" written on it. That door is
Floyd | cracked just enough that you might be able to get a peek inside. The
Floyd | door that leads back to the club is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the dressing room door.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | Ginger's dressing room is a certainly a cozy place. It's only a bit
Floyd | bigger than a broom closet. The only entrance is the door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Along the far wall sits an actor's dressing table.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dressing table is a cigarette case (closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner sits a wastepaper basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the dressing room door here.
Floyd |

Floyd | In the wastepaper basket is a bouquet of flowers.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a bouquet of one dozen long stemmed red roses bearing a card
Floyd | which reads, "To Ginger. From your most ardent admirer: Bob."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now ain't that just pretty." You say to yourself. "So Bobby-boy was
Floyd | here all right. I wonder what Miss Ginger could tell me about all of
Floyd | this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a small silver cigarette case. The outside of the case is engraved
Floyd | with a fancy monogrammed B and W. The case is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a small table with a mirror that's surrounded by lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the cigarette case, revealing four Muskrat cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | Firm and shapely, Muskrat cigarettes are tops with smokers everywhere.
Floyd | There simply isn't a finer cigarette! Try one today!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's next act is coming up soon. She'll probably be heading back to
Floyd | her dressing room to get ready. You really ought to think about going
Floyd | back to the club soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't have much time. Get out before you're caught!
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't have much time. Get out before you're caught!
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't have much time. Get out before you're caught!
Floyd |

Floyd | With a big grin on your mug, you pull the switch and the lights go
Floyd | dark. Suddenly you hear shouting from the manager's office. "What the?
Floyd | Who turned off those lights!" Then you hear a door fly open, followed
Floyd | by the sound of running feet. Before you know what's next, three large
Floyd | bodies slam into you like a freight train. You're pinned to the wall
Floyd | and when the lights come back up your arms are held fast behind you and
Floyd | you find yourself staring into the barrel of a .38.
Floyd |
Floyd | The one with the gun says, "Well look what we have here boys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The one holding your arms says, "Looks like a spy, boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The thin one with a face like a weasel says, "And look what I found in
Floyd | his pocket, boss." He holds your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mickey Boy, I think you better take Mr. Nosey for a ride."
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon you find yourself shoved in the back of a black sedan. Some
Floyd | fifteen minutes later you find yourself on a dark pier being fitted for
Floyd | a new pair of cement overshoes. They're a little tight but it doesn't
Floyd | matter. You won't notice them for long.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then your mother reaches over and shuts off the radio. "Honestly,
Floyd | Junior. I don't know why you bother filling your head with all those
Floyd | silly detective stories. Now get off to bed."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 4 out of a possible 15, in 103 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Radio Fan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at the guard and they scatter
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The nuts get under the feet of the dancers and they begin falling like
Floyd | ten pins. The guard runs over to help them back to their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger pauses to chat with a customer.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You're in a narrow hallway that runs behind the stage. Along the north
Floyd | wall is the door to what must be Ginger's dressing room. The small star
Floyd | with the name "Ginger" written on it provides the tip-off. To the east
Floyd | is a door with the word "management" written on it. That door is
Floyd | cracked just enough that you might be able to get a peek inside. The
Floyd | door that leads back to the club is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't, since the dressing room door is in the way.
Floyd |

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the dressing room door.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | Ginger's dressing room is a certainly a cozy place. It's only a bit
Floyd | bigger than a broom closet. The only entrance is the door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Along the far wall sits an actor's dressing table.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dressing table is a cigarette case (closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner sits a wastepaper basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the dressing room door here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | In the wastepaper basket is a bouquet of flowers.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a bouquet of one dozen long stemmed red roses bearing a card
Floyd | which reads, "To Ginger. From your most ardent admirer: Bob."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now ain't that just pretty." You say to yourself. "So Bobby-boy was
Floyd | here all right. I wonder what Miss Ginger could tell me about all of
Floyd | this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Yeah. I know it doesn't have any bullets but it still might come in
Floyd | handy. You better hold on to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | Which do you mean, the dressing room door, the manager's office door or
Floyd | the backstage door?
Floyd |

Floyd | You hear the voices of three men. You can't make out everything they
Floyd | say but you are able to hear a few words here and there:
Floyd |
Floyd | "... due early tomorrow morning ... louse this up."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's next act is coming up soon. She'll probably be heading back to
Floyd | her dressing room to get ready. You really ought to think about going
Floyd | back to the club soon.
Floyd |

Floyd | "Yeah, boss. I understand."
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't have much time. Get out before you're caught!
Floyd |

Floyd | "... see that you don't ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | "... boys in Chicago ..."
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | You're afraid that if you stay here much longer you might be caught
Floyd | eavesdropping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | Along the far wall sits an actor's dressing table.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dressing table is a cigarette case (closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner sits a wastepaper basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the dressing room door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | Yeah. I know it doesn't have any bullets but it still might come in
Floyd | handy. You better hold on to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | With a big grin on your mug, you pull the switch and the lights go
Floyd | dark. Suddenly you hear shouting from the manager's office. "What the?
Floyd | Who turned off those lights!" Then you hear a door fly open, followed
Floyd | by the sound of running feet. Before you know what's next, three large
Floyd | bodies slam into you like a freight train. You're pinned to the wall
Floyd | and when the lights come back up your arms are held fast behind you and
Floyd | you find yourself staring into the barrel of a .38.
Floyd |
Floyd | The one with the gun says, "Well look what we have here boys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The one holding your arms says, "Looks like a spy, boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The thin one with a face like a weasel says, "And look what I found in
Floyd | his pocket, boss." He holds your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mickey Boy, I think you better take Mr. Nosey for a ride."
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon you find yourself shoved in the back of a black sedan. Some
Floyd | fifteen minutes later you find yourself on a dark pier being fitted for
Floyd | a new pair of cement overshoes. They're a little tight but it doesn't
Floyd | matter. You won't notice them for long.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then your mother reaches over and shuts off the radio. "Honestly,
Floyd | Junior. I don't know why you bother filling your head with all those
Floyd | silly detective stories. Now get off to bed."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 4 out of a possible 15, in 107 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Radio Fan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | (the backstage door)
Floyd | You can't, since the backstage door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | (the backstage door)
Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | (the backstage door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | You can see the backstage door, the stage, some customers, Ginger
Floyd | Andrews, some tables, some dancers and a guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step through the door and right into the back of the guard. He is
Floyd | none too happy to see you and pushes you back into the manager's office
Floyd | where three more thugs are waiting.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I caught this guy nosin' 'round backstage, boss. Whatdya want I should
Floyd | do wit 'im?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Rocky. You may leave him with us and return to your post."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Duh. OK Boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The boss pulls out a .38 and points it at your chest while one of the
Floyd | other thugs grabs your arms from behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The one with the gun says, "Well look what we have here boys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The one holding your arms says, "Looks like a spy, boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The thin one with a face like a weasel says, "And look what I found in
Floyd | his pocket, boss." He holds your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mickey Boy, I think you better take Mr. Nosey for a ride."
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon you find yourself shoved in the back of a black sedan. Some
Floyd | fifteen minutes later you find yourself on a dark pier being fitted for
Floyd | a new pair of cement overshoes. They're a little tight but it doesn't
Floyd | matter. You won't notice them for long.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then your mother reaches over and shuts off the radio. "Honestly,
Floyd | Junior. I don't know why you bother filling your head with all those
Floyd | silly detective stories. Now get off to bed."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 5 out of a possible 15, in 108 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Radio Fan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bouquet of flowers
Floyd |   expense money
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a small key
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | Through the crack in the door you can just make out the shapes of three
Floyd | men. If you listen closely you might just catch bits and snatches of
Floyd | their conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | That's already closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger Andrews arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing you backstage, Ginger lets out a shriek. "EEEK! Who are you and
Floyd | just what do you think you are doing back here? This area is off
Floyd | limits!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, sweetheart. I was just leaving."
Floyd |
Floyd | But before you can go, three men rush in from the manager's office. One
Floyd | of them pulls a gun while another grabs you from behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The one with the gun says, "Well look what we have here boys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The one holding your arms says, "Looks like a spy, boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | The thin one with a face like a weasel says, "And look what I found in
Floyd | his pocket, boss." He holds your gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mickey Boy, I think you better take Mr. Nosey for a ride."
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon you find yourself shoved in the back of a black sedan. Some
Floyd | fifteen minutes later you find yourself on a dark pier being fitted for
Floyd | a new pair of cement overshoes. They're a little tight but it doesn't
Floyd | matter. You won't notice them for long.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just then your mother reaches over and shuts off the radio. "Honestly,
Floyd | Junior. I don't know why you bother filling your head with all those
Floyd | silly detective stories. Now get off to bed."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 4 out of a possible 15, in 111 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Radio Fan.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

Floyd | What? And leave yourself without expense money? No way, brother.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Bar Area
Floyd | You can see the stage, some customers, a bar (on which is a nut bowl
Floyd | (in which are some beer nuts)) and Jack Walker here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger briefly dances with one of the customers before returning him to
Floyd | his previous partner.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the beer nuts)
Floyd | You grab another handful of nuts from the bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger flashes a brilliant smile at a portly man who is old enough to
Floyd | be her father. It looks like he'll go home happy.
Floyd |

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   lots of beer nuts
Floyd |   expense money
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a small key
Floyd |
Floyd | All eyes are on Ginger as she passes between the tables.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | You can see the stage, some customers, Ginger Andrews, the backstage
Floyd | door, some tables, some dancers and a guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger pauses to chat with a customer.
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at the guard and they scatter
Floyd | everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The nuts get under the feet of the dancers and they begin falling like
Floyd | ten pins. The guard runs over to help them back to their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every man in the room watches as Ginger moves to another table.
Floyd |

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some beer nuts
Floyd |   expense money
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a small key
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's jewelry sparkles as she passes one of the stage lights.
Floyd |

Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's jewelry sparkles as she passes one of the stage lights.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You're in a narrow hallway that runs behind the stage. Along the north
Floyd | wall is the door to what must be Ginger's dressing room. The small star
Floyd | with the name "Ginger" written on it provides the tip-off. To the east
Floyd | is a door with the word "management" written on it. That door is
Floyd | cracked just enough that you might be able to get a peek inside. The
Floyd | door that leads back to the club is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You probably don't want to get caught back here. You should think about
Floyd | leaving soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the dressing room door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger's next act is coming up soon. She'll probably be heading back to
Floyd | her dressing room to get ready. You really ought to think about going
Floyd | back to the club soon.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | dressing room
Floyd | Ginger's dressing room is a certainly a cozy place. It's only a bit
Floyd | bigger than a broom closet. The only entrance is the door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Along the far wall sits an actor's dressing table.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dressing table is a cigarette case (closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | In the corner sits a wastepaper basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see the dressing room door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You really don't have much time. Get out before you're caught!
Floyd |

Floyd | In the wastepaper basket is a bouquet of flowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a bouquet of one dozen long stemmed red roses bearing a card
Floyd | which reads, "To Ginger. From your most ardent admirer: Bob."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now ain't that just pretty." You say to yourself. "So Bobby-boy was
Floyd | here all right. I wonder what Miss Ginger could tell me about all of
Floyd | this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Backstage
Floyd | You can see the dressing room door, the manager's office door, the
Floyd | backstage door and a switchbox here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | You hear the voices of three men. You can't make out everything they
Floyd | say but you are able to hear a few words here and there:
Floyd |
Floyd | "... due early tomorrow morning ... louse this up."
Floyd |
Floyd | I mean it! You'd better get out now, Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | You throw a handful of beer nuts at the manager's office door and they
Floyd | scatter everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on! Come on!  She'll be back any minute! Wrap it up already bub!
Floyd |

Floyd | With a big grin on your mug, you pull the switch and the lights go
Floyd | dark. Suddenly you hear shouting from the manager's office. "What the?
Floyd | Who turned off those lights!" Then you hear a door fly open, followed
Floyd | by the sound of little round objects flying all around the room and
Floyd | three heavy objects striking the floor and each other. "Get your fat
Floyd | backside off me, Mickey!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, boss."
Floyd |
Floyd | You had better scram quick before they regain their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now pitch dark in here!
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't, since the backstage door is in the way.
Floyd |

Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the backstage door.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | All around you, you can hear the sounds of frightened snobs. Who knew
Floyd | the rich were so afraid of the dark?
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | All around you, you can hear the sounds of frightened snobs. Who knew
Floyd | the rich were so afraid of the dark?
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like Tony and his boys found the switchbox. The lights are back
Floyd | on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club
Floyd | You have to admit that this place is pretty swank. Like the lobby, it's
Floyd | all done up in art deco white and gleaming silver. The cavernous room
Floyd | is filled with tables, which in turn are filled with the
Floyd | upper-crustiest crumbs in this crummy city. There are so many tuxedos
Floyd | it looks like a penguin convention, and enough feathers to defrock a
Floyd | flock of ostriches.
Floyd |
Floyd | The central focus of the club is the dance floor, just south of the
Floyd | stage, which fills the entire north wall of the room. There is a small
Floyd | backstage door in the north wall, just to the side of the stage. A guy
Floyd | about the size of Mt. Rushmore guards the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bar is to the east. The lobby is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the backstage door, the stage, some customers, Ginger
Floyd | Andrews, some tables, some dancers and a guard here.
Floyd |

Floyd | Prying Ginger away from her adoring public you flash her what you hope
Floyd | is your most charming smile and say, "Hello there, beautiful. Got a
Floyd | minute?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger looks you over and says "Why not? Shoot, tough guy. What's on
Floyd | your mind? I mean besides that."
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Confront her about the dressing room.
Floyd | [2] Say goodbye.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finding the backstage door open, the guard closes it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at one of the far tables sings Happy Birthday.
Floyd |

Floyd | "So, are you sure that you barely knew Bob Watterson?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She gives you a slightly annoyed look and says, "That's what I said.
Floyd | Isn't it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's just that I happen to know that he was in your dressing room last
Floyd | night."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you have her attention, "Really? And how would you know that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never mind how. I know. And now he's gone missing and I thought since
Floyd | you were the last one I know who might have seen him perhaps you could
Floyd | help me out. You want to tell me about it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A brief flash of anger crosses her face for just a second before she
Floyd | smiles at you all innocent like and says, "Alright, Sam. Sure. Bob came
Floyd | backstage after the show last night and we had a few laughs. He invited
Floyd | me over to his place after closing time. I went to meet him but when I
Floyd | rang, nobody answered the bell. I assumed I'd been stood up and went
Floyd | home."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Him? Stand up a dish like you? Oh, honey, I don't think that's likely.
Floyd | Tell me, where is this apartment of his?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's the penthouse at the Luxor building on the corner of 5th and
Floyd | Main."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks, sweetheart. You've been a help."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Any time, Sam. Let me know if there's ever anything else, anything at
Floyd | all, that I can help you with."
Floyd |
Floyd | You think to yourself that perhaps it's time to check out Bobby's digs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finding the backstage door open, the guard closes it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A customer laughs at one of Ginger's jokes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ginger Andrews goes north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Top Cat Club Lobby
Floyd | You can see some customers, Jean Claude and a lectern here.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Things were finally starting to get interesting. I still didn't know
Floyd | where this guy was but at least now I had some leads. Ginger said that
Floyd | she was supposed to meet him at his apartment and there was no way that
Floyd | I was about to believe that a mug like Bob Watterson was going to
Floyd | deliberately miss a date with a dame like Ginger Andrews. Clearly
Floyd | something must have happened to him. Perhaps I could find some clues at
Floyd | his penthouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I rode the elevator back down to the street, hailed a cab and soon
Floyd | found myself at the corner of 5th and Main. It's a lovely part of town
Floyd | for lovely people. I took a few more steps and I was standing in the
Floyd | lobby of the Luxor Apartments, home of one Robert Watterson III.
Floyd |
Floyd | [This might be a good time to save your game.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Luxor Apartments Lobby
Floyd | The lobby of the Luxor Apartments is very posh but mostly empty,
Floyd | especially at this late hour. Interesting. It seems like every upscale
Floyd | establishment has a thing for chrome and the color white these days.
Floyd | Why is that? You wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the south. A door blocks your way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a front door and an intercom here.
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | The intercom is a panel set into the wall with a microphone and speaker
Floyd | and a row of four buttons: one for each tenant. It looks like there
Floyd | must be only one tenant on each of the four floors above the lobby
Floyd | because there are only four buttons. They're predictably numbered 2, 3,
Floyd | 4, and 5. You remember that Bob's apartment is the penthouse. His must
Floyd | be button 5.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 5 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | No one answers. Bob must not be home.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 4 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to push the button a couple of times before an old lady's
Floyd | voice crackles through the speaker. It sounds like you woke her up.
Floyd | "Who is it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's me, granny. Can you buzz me in?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I know you? Come back tomorrow."
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 4 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't care who you are, you're not coming up at this hour.  Now
Floyd | please young man, go away before I call the police."
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 3 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have to wait long. "Yeah? Whatdya want?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's me", you reply, "Buzz me in, will ya?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a loud buzzing sound as the front door is unlocked and you
Floyd | push it open.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Ground Floor Entry
Floyd | This small hallway runs north from the front door and ends in a pair of
Floyd | elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a front door, some elevator doors and an elevator call
Floyd | button here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push the button and after a while the doors open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing stops and a soft click announces that the front door is
Floyd | locked again.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the elevator doors)
Floyd |
Floyd | Luxor Apartments Elevator
Floyd | The elevator is clean and plush with a single set of doors along the
Floyd | south wall. Why can't your office be this nice?
Floyd |
Floyd | A small stool stands in the corner, next to the control panel. Usually
Floyd | the operator would sit there but it's so late that he's probably gone
Floyd | home.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a control panel here.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a simple wooden stool for the elevator operator to sit on.
Floyd |

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | The elevator control panel looks simple enough that even a dope like
Floyd | you could use it. It's got five buttons marked Floor 1 through Floor 5
Floyd | on it.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push the fifth floor button and the doors close.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few seconds later they open again.
Floyd |
Floyd |

Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Penthouse Entry
Floyd | You're in a small, tastefully decorated entry room flanked by the
Floyd | elevator to the north and an apartment to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some elevator doors (open), an elevator call button and Bob
Floyd | Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a nice door but you don't notice anything special about it.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the door. It's strange that he should leave it unlocked.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | Nice digs! Bob sure knows how to live. The living room is large and
Floyd | very tastefully decorated. Through an alcove to the west you can see a
Floyd | dining room. To the east must be the bed room. Going south, opposite
Floyd | the front door, will take you to some sort of an open garden area.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long, plush couch sits along one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large painting graces the wall across from the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tropical fish tank sits underneath the painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the couch on a little end table is a radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Bob Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |

Floyd | This is a very attractive tabletop model in a walnut frame.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is currently switched off.
Floyd |

Floyd | You switch the radio on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio station is playing a love song by one of those crooners who
Floyd | are so popular these days.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft music plays over the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | You close Bob Watterson's front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big band number is playing on the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the tropical fish)
Floyd | Pretty little critters. Pity you can't teach them to fetch your
Floyd | slippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio station is playing a love song by one of those crooners who
Floyd | are so popular these days.
Floyd |

Floyd | What do you want to lock Bob Watterson's front door with?
Floyd |

Floyd | At first the painting seems to be just be a jumble of geometric
Floyd | patterns and colors but as you look at it more closely, you realize
Floyd | it's a nude portrait done in the cubist style.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft music plays over the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big band number is playing on the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio station is playing a love song by one of those crooners who
Floyd | are so popular these days.
Floyd |

Floyd | Bob's couch is a lovely piece of furniture upholstered in fine leather.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft music plays over the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bob's couch is a lovely piece of furniture upholstered in fine leather.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big band number is playing on the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see nothing special about the end table.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio station is playing a love song by one of those crooners who
Floyd | are so popular these days.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | Bob's bedroom is not overly large but it's very nice. It's also very
Floyd | clean. You can't help but wonder if he has a maid.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyway, there's a large window on the east wall which leads to the fire
Floyd | escape. The living room is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bed is along the south wall. It's one of those nice mahogany
Floyd | sled-style beds. King-size.
Floyd |

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a nice bed but there's really nothing all that interesting about
Floyd | it.
Floyd |

Floyd | The window opens easily leading to the fire escape beyond.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a nice bed but there's really nothing all that interesting about
Floyd | it.
Floyd |

Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |

Floyd | Sure. But if you're trying to get to the fire escape, you can just go
Floyd | east.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | A long, plush couch sits along one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large painting graces the wall across from the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tropical fish tank sits underneath the painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the couch on a little end table is a radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Bob Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big band number is playing on the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | This room is big enough to hold quite the little soiree. Like
Floyd | everything else in this place, it's clean and expensive.
Floyd |
Floyd | The kitchen lies to the south and the living room is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large oval dining table.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see six dining room chairs here.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a big table and it's pretty nice and all, but other than that it's
Floyd | rather uninteresting.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |

Floyd | The dining room chairs are very nice. They match the table.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A well appointed kitchen is the hallmark of civilization. You can't
Floyd | remember who said that. Perhaps you just made it up yourself. Anyway,
Floyd | Bob's kitchen is neat, and clean, and almost empty. You're guessing
Floyd | that he eats out a lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Along the west wall stands a large white refrigerator, happily humming
Floyd | to itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the fridge, running along the rest of the length of the wall, is
Floyd | a marble counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the marble counter is a knife block (in which are five knives).
Floyd |
Floyd | In the counter is a large marble sink.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a wooden block with slots for holding six knives. At the moment
Floyd | there are five knives in the knife block.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the refrigerator, revealing Chinese takeout.
Floyd |

Floyd | Looks like rice and wontons from a local Chinese place.
Floyd |

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the knife)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's a lovely marble counter top.
Floyd |

Floyd | Looks like rice and wontons from a local Chinese place.
Floyd |

Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |

Floyd | Remembering that you never did get that dinner at the Top Cat Club, you
Floyd | decide to wolf down the Chinese food. It's cold but it's delicious.
Floyd |

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a knife
Floyd |   a stool
Floyd |   expense money
Floyd |   a revolver
Floyd |   a small key
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large oval dining table.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see six dining room chairs here.
Floyd |

Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | This room is big enough to hold quite the little soiree. Like
Floyd | everything else in this place, it's clean and expensive.
Floyd |
Floyd | The kitchen lies to the south and the living room is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the room is a large oval dining table.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see six dining room chairs here.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | A long, plush couch sits along one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large painting graces the wall across from the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tropical fish tank sits underneath the painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the couch on a little end table is a radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Bob Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft music plays over the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see nothing special about the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft music plays over the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't, since Bob Watterson's front door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big band number is playing on the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the Pool
Floyd | One of the fringe benefits of having a penthouse apartment is that part
Floyd | of your living space can be out doors. The south-eastern corner of
Floyd | Bob's apartment is devoted to a rooftop garden and swimming pool
Floyd | surrounded on all sides by a high brick wall. The setting is all quite
Floyd | nice but the thing that immediately attracts your attention is the
Floyd | stiff floating in the middle of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the south side of the pool, attached to the wall is a pool net.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a swimming pool (in which are some water and a dead
Floyd | man) here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a dead man floating face down in the pool. A knife is sticking
Floyd | out of his back. It looks like he hasn't been here for very long. He's
Floyd | wearing a belt, a pair of pants and a dress shirt
Floyd |

Floyd | (the knife)
Floyd | It's a sharp object good for cutting, or stabbing, or sometimes
Floyd | killing.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't reach the body.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's one of those long nets on the end of a pole. It's used for
Floyd | cleaning leaves, dead bugs, and perhaps corpses, from swimming pools.
Floyd |

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | Using the pool net you fish the body out of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | The body is much too heavy to carry.
Floyd |

Floyd | Beside the Pool
Floyd | One of the fringe benefits of having a penthouse apartment is that part
Floyd | of your living space can be out doors. The south-eastern corner of
Floyd | Bob's apartment is devoted to a rooftop garden and swimming pool
Floyd | surrounded on all sides by a high brick wall. The setting is all quite
Floyd | nice but the thing that immediately attracts your attention is the
Floyd | stiff on the side of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dead man and a swimming pool (in which is some water)
Floyd | here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You see a dead man. He is wearing a belt, a pair of pants and a dress
Floyd | shirt A bloody knife is sticking in his back.
Floyd |

Floyd | It looks like a kitchen carving knife. There's blood all over it.
Floyd |

Floyd | It looks like your garden variety brown leather belt.
Floyd |

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | You put on the belt.
Floyd |

Floyd | Dress slacks. There's a back pocket.
Floyd |

Floyd | It looks like it was once a pretty nice silk shirt. Pity it's got blood
Floyd | all over it now.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the back pocket)
Floyd | In the back pocket are a brass key and a wallet.
Floyd |

Floyd | (the brass key)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see inside, since the wallet is closed.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open the wallet, revealing an ID card.
Floyd |

Floyd | Robert Watterson III. It's him all right.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You see nothing special about the brass key.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, you can hear the sound of sirens.
Floyd |

Floyd | It's too late for the flowers to be open but it appears that Bob has a
Floyd | green thumb.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sirens seem to be getting louder.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | A long, plush couch sits along one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large painting graces the wall across from the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tropical fish tank sits underneath the painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the couch on a little end table is a radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Bob Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio station is playing a love song by one of those crooners who
Floyd | are so popular these days.
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you're sure of it now. The cops seem to be surrounding the
Floyd | building! Well, Sam, it looks like you've been set up!
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The bed is along the south wall. It's one of those nice mahogany
Floyd | sled-style beds. King-size.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd better find a way out of here before they find you with Mr.
Floyd | Congeniality here.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Fire Escape
Floyd | Standing in the chill night air on the fire escape, you can see all the
Floyd | way to the center of town. It's quite a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The streets below are illuminated by red and blue flashing lights.
Floyd | Looks like the cops have the place surrounded.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. The sirens have stopped. Perhaps they were going somewhere else.
Floyd |

Floyd | You rush down the fire escape but unfortunately, the cops are at the
Floyd | bottom waiting for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brief struggle as the cops surround you. By the time it's
Floyd | over, a few cops are sporting shiners and you've become intimate with a
Floyd | pair of handcuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cops toss you in the back of a squad car and haul you downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a brief stay as a guest of the local tax payers, you're brought
Floyd | up on charges. The rap is murder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You argue that you were set up but even Clancy can't help you now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on, Clancy. You know me. You don't think that I did this do you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It doesn't matter what I'm thinking, Sam. That's for a jury to
Floyd | decide."
Floyd |
Floyd | Those words don't bring much comfort. Short odds are on a jury's being
Floyd | all too happy to believe that you did it, considering you were found
Floyd | sharing a room with a freshly stabbed corpse.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Off to bed, Junior" your mother says as she turns off the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But ma! I need to know how Sam's going to get out of this one! Can't I
Floyd | please stay up a little longer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry. You have school in the morning. You'll just have to ask your
Floyd | friends about it in the morning."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 8 out of a possible 15, in 199 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Flatfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Fire Escape
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nope. More sirens. They're here all right. You'd better make yourself
Floyd | scarce quick Sam!
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The bed is along the south wall. It's one of those nice mahogany
Floyd | sled-style beds. King-size.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | A long, plush couch sits along one of the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A very large painting graces the wall across from the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tropical fish tank sits underneath the painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside the couch on a little end table is a radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Bob Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soft music plays over the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Still more sirens. It looks like they've called in reinforcements.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't, since Bob Watterson's front door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big band number is playing on the radio.
Floyd |

Floyd | You open Bob Watterson's front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio station is playing a love song by one of those crooners who
Floyd | are so popular these days.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're really starting to get nervous. There has to be a way out of
Floyd | this jam. There just has to be.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Penthouse Entry
Floyd | You can see some elevator doors (open), an elevator call button and Bob
Floyd | Watterson's front door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Darn it! Nothing seems to be working! Quick, Sam! Think!
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Luxor Apartments Elevator
Floyd | You can see a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | They're probably getting ready to storm the building any minute now!
Floyd |

Floyd | You see nothing special about the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of a bull horn. "Alright, Sam! We know you're up
Floyd | there! Give yourself up!" Darn it! Who's the rat that tipped them off?
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push the fourth floor button and the doors close.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few seconds later they open again.
Floyd |
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Fourth Floor Entry
Floyd | You're in a small, tastefully decorated entry room flanked by the
Floyd | elevator to the north and an apartment to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an apartment door, some elevator doors (open) and an
Floyd | elevator call button here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's that bull horn again. "Give it up, Sam! There's no way out.
Floyd | We've got the place surrounded!"
Floyd |

Floyd | You knock on the door. An elderly voice says, "Who is it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never mind, ma'am," you say, "wrong apartment."
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Luxor Apartments Elevator
Floyd | You can see a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's it, Sam! We're coming up!"
Floyd |

Floyd | You push the third floor button and the doors close.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few seconds later they open again.
Floyd |
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Third Floor Entry
Floyd | You're in a small, tastefully decorated entry room flanked by the
Floyd | elevator to the north and an apartment to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an apartment door, some elevator doors (open) and an
Floyd | elevator call button here.
Floyd |
Floyd | They're probably getting ready to burst in right now. If you're going
Floyd | to get out of here, now would be the time to do it!
Floyd |

Floyd | You knock on the door. Some mug in a rumpled dress shirt opens the
Floyd | door, give you one look and says, "Hey! You're not Lenny." Looks like
Floyd | you found an Einstein.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, bud. Wrong apartment" you say as he closes the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Panic starts to set in! They're going to be here any minute now!
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Luxor Apartments Elevator
Floyd | You can see a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a loud banging as the police smash their way in to the
Floyd | building. Soon the apartment building is crawling with armed cops. You
Floyd | try desperately to hide from them but it's no good. It doesn't take
Floyd | them too long to find you.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a brief struggle as the cops surround you. By the time it's
Floyd | over, a few cops are sporting shiners and you've become intimate with a
Floyd | pair of handcuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cops toss you in the back of a squad car and haul you downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd | After a brief stay as a guest of the local tax payers, you're brought
Floyd | up on charges. The rap is murder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You argue that you were set up but even Clancy can't help you now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on, Clancy. You know me. You don't think that I did this do you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It doesn't matter what I'm thinking, Sam. That's for a jury to
Floyd | decide."
Floyd |
Floyd | Those words don't bring much comfort. Short odds are on a jury's being
Floyd | all too happy to believe that you did it, considering you were found
Floyd | sharing a room with a freshly stabbed corpse.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Off to bed, Junior" your mother says as she turns off the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But ma! I need to know how Sam's going to get out of this one! Can't I
Floyd | please stay up a little longer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry. You have school in the morning. You'll just have to ask your
Floyd | friends about it in the morning."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 8 out of a possible 15, in 218 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Flatfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | previous turn?

Floyd | Third Floor Entry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Third Floor Entry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | Luxor Apartments Elevator
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |

Floyd | The elevator control panel looks simple enough that even a dope like
Floyd | you could use it. It's got five buttons marked Floor 1 through Floor 5
Floyd | on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | They're probably getting ready to burst in right now. If you're going
Floyd | to get out of here, now would be the time to do it!
Floyd |

Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |

Floyd | Luxor Apartments Lobby
Floyd | The lobby of the Luxor Apartments is very posh but mostly empty,
Floyd | especially at this late hour. Interesting. It seems like every upscale
Floyd | establishment has a thing for chrome and the color white these days.
Floyd | Why is that? You wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the south. A door blocks your way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a front door and an intercom here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 4 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to push the button a couple of times before an old lady's
Floyd | voice crackles through the speaker. It sounds like you woke her up.
Floyd | "Who is it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's me, granny. Can you buzz me in?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I know you? Come back tomorrow."
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 2 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon there is an angry voice on the other end. "What's the big idea? Do
Floyd | you have any idea how late it is?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's me.", you reply, "Can you buzz me in?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No way, Buster! Now get lost!"
Floyd |

Floyd | You push button 3 and wait for a response.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have to wait long. "Yeah? Whatdya want?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's me", you reply, "Buzz me in, will ya?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a loud buzzing sound as the front door is unlocked and you
Floyd | push it open.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |

Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Ground Floor Entry
Floyd | This small hallway runs north from the front door and ends in a pair of
Floyd | elevator doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a front door, some elevator doors and an elevator call
Floyd | button here.
Floyd |

Floyd | You push the button and after a while the doors open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The buzzing stops and a soft click announces that the front door is
Floyd | locked again.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | Luxor Apartments Elevator
Floyd | The elevator is clean and plush with a single set of doors along the
Floyd | south wall. Why can't your office be this nice?
Floyd |
Floyd | A small stool stands in the corner, next to the control panel. Usually
Floyd | the operator would sit there but it's so late that he's probably gone
Floyd | home.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a control panel here.
Floyd |