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| Jacqueline asks, "What's our desire today? I guess we're going to play a Boxing Day game, and then... ?" | ||||
| zarf says, "NAP" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "You are in Full Blown Holiday Mode, then." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Napping Andrew Plotkin" | ||||
| zarf says, "hell yes" | ||||
| zarf says, "it is centerday of my vacation" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, some have played this, some have not. I recommend you take a moment to set your client to fixed-width font, if it's not already set that way." | ||||
| Touchy gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. | ||||
| Touchy arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Touchy says, "I have no idea what's going on." | |||
| DavidW says, "I like this game." | ||||
| Touchy says, "But I'm thrilled to play with you guys again." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Thanks, David." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load invisargo" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Ah! The life of an Argonaut! Floyd | Floyd | Adventure on the high seas! The quest for the Golden Fleece! Floyd | Floyd | Of course, you get queasy just visiting the baths, and you really Floyd | don't think you and the boys have a shot in Hades of ever laying eyes Floyd | on that Fleece, but it was either this or stay home and continue to Floyd | herd sheep, so you signed up. Floyd | Floyd | Once you got over the initial sea sickness, it wasn't all that bad. Floyd | Your first stop, at Lemnos, lasted a year, and there were some major Floyd | smoochies during that tenure. You were just beginning to think you'd Floyd | made the right choice when the boss went and uprooted everybody for Floyd | the next port. Floyd | Floyd | The boss, Jason... enh. He's a good enough guy. He means well and Floyd | all, and it's not exactly like he *chose* to come on this stupid quest Floyd | any more than you did, but after having some of your buddies Floyd | slaughtered in the night on the island of the Mount of Bears and Floyd | Hercules losing his little lover boy at Mysia, you're beginning to Floyd | have second thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | Then came this latest port: the land of the Bebrycians. The ruler Floyd | here, King Amycus, seems to think he's the Heavyweight Champion of Mt. Floyd | Olympus or something. He won't let any of you leave the island before Floyd | you have a little boxing match with him. You were really thinking Floyd | that your buddy Polydeuces the Argonaut would take him on, but Floyd | Polydeuces had some business off in the bushes and the King just Floyd | wouldn't wait... the next thing you knew, a couple of pretty little Floyd | ladies were strapping ox-hide boxing gloves on your hands and you were Floyd | in the ring with Mohammed Aliamycus. Floyd | Floyd | You never thought you'd say this, but you're starting to miss those Floyd | sheep. Floyd | Floyd | The Invisible Argonaut Floyd | An Interactive Tussle Floyd | Copyright (c) 2003 by Jacqueline A. Lott Floyd | (Who can't believe she's claiming authorship) Floyd | Floyd | Part of SpeedIF: ASCII and the ARGONAUTS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 030310 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10 SD Floyd | Floyd | In the Ring Floyd | It's really lovely here on the beach, what with the waves and the sand Floyd | and all the lovely ladies in the crowd this afternoon and - Floyd | Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | !%%%% GREAT GLAUCUS %%%%! Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | Floyd | A fist (or was that a rock?) surprises you from nowhere, making Floyd | contact with your nose and cheek. Hrm... that's probably gonna leave Floyd | a mark. Floyd | Floyd | The king raises his gloves in the air and squints his eyes at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "'Boxing' day, eh?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I've played this. Someone else have a go." | ||||
| djfletch sings Eye of the Tiger | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x king" | ||||
Floyd | The king may not be quite as tall as you are, but he more than makes Floyd | up for that in strength. He has muscles in places you didn't even Floyd | realize you *could* have muscles, which is really all you can focus on Floyd | at this moment. Floyd | Floyd | The king throws a couple of fake jabs, but the very sight of his Floyd | flexing muscles nearly makes you faint. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Yeah, it was Nitku's idea. Where is Nitku, anyway?" | |||
| DavidW says, "mmm, kingly muscle flexing" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | My, what a nice loincloth you're wearing... but those legs are a Floyd | ghastly white. Maybe if you got off the boat more. Well, you can tan Floyd | later. Right now there's a very anxious, very large man wearing Floyd | ox-hide boxing gloves here, and he has his eye on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch man" | ||||
Floyd | "Leapin' Lamiai!" you scream, pointing into the distance. The king Floyd | foolishly turns to see what you're pointing at, and you take the Floyd | opportunity to throw a nice hard punch to his right kidney. Floyd | Floyd | ****** **** *** *** *** ** Floyd | ******* ****** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | ****** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** ****** ***** ***** Floyd | *** **** ** ** ** Floyd | That doesn't seem to faze him. He simply turns around and executes a Floyd | rather nice (for the spectators) uppercut to your jaw. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha! I haven't seen that one!" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "run away" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | If you leave, Jason and the team will at best abandon you, and at Floyd | worst kill you for being such a pathetic coward. If you stay, you'll Floyd | probably get knocked clear out of your loincloth. Either way, the Floyd | options aren't good, but since this is ancient Greece and there's Floyd | probably somebody writing this down, you should stay and try to do Floyd | your best for history. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "kick man" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ladies" | ||||
Floyd | You'd best just focus on the fight for now... maybe later you can site Floyd | see. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The ancient papyrussati are everywhere." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x jason" | ||||
Floyd | You'd best just focus on the fight for now... maybe later you can site Floyd | see. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I feel like my knowledge of greek mythology is lacking to fully enjoy this..." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch man" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh Sweet Zeus!" you cry. "It's Kraken the sea monster!" you scream, Floyd | pointing off the beach. The king, never one to expect something low Floyd | like this, turns to see what you're pointing at. Quick on your toes, Floyd | you use the moment to jump on the king from behind. Floyd | Floyd | You're able to stay on his back for a fraction of a second before he Floyd | (not so) playfully flings your body into the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "It does make it maybe a touch funnier, but it's not a big deal." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x king" | ||||
Floyd | The king may not be quite as tall as you are, but he more than makes Floyd | up for that in strength. He has muscles in places you didn't even Floyd | realize you *could* have muscles, which is really all you can focus on Floyd | at this moment. Floyd | Floyd | The king throws a couple of fake jabs, but the very sight of his Floyd | flexing muscles nearly makes you faint. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x muscles" | ||||
Floyd | The king may not be quite as tall as you are, but he more than makes Floyd | up for that in strength. He has muscles in places you didn't even Floyd | realize you *could* have muscles, which is really all you can focus on Floyd | at this moment. Floyd | Floyd | "MWUHAHAHA!" The king laughs at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Bass Rutten says after a kidney punch you should just beat on peoples blocks because they will wear out quickly..." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "diagnose" | ||||
Floyd | Who do I look like, Hippocrates??? Floyd | Floyd | The king takes another punch, just for good measure. "Crazy Crommyon Floyd | Sow!" you cry. Alas, you are unable to dodge the blow, and it hits Floyd | home, right between your eyes. Alarmingly, your vision tunnels - Floyd | real, honest-to-goodness tunnel vision - and all you can see is the Floyd | king. He leans forward, takes in a deep breath, and blows a light Floyd | puff of air in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | You feel yourself falling, hurtling toward the beach with alarming Floyd | speed, and yet time starts to draw itself out. Fractions of a second Floyd | seem to take minutes. You reflect for a moment on what your life has Floyd | become. "Invisible Argonaut? Why would they call me an Invisible Floyd | Argonaut?" you think to yourself... and then you realize. You're not Floyd | making it into the history books. You are a wimp. You signed up to Floyd | be an Argonaut for the adventure and the women and the glory. Well, Floyd | at least - for a time - you had two out of three. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have achieved your destiny! *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Nitku exclaims, "I'm here!" | |||
| DavidW says, "restart!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Well, you're here in time for us to play one more time." | ||||
| Nitku says, "...oh, you finished already" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Ah! The life of an Argonaut! Floyd | Floyd | Adventure on the high seas! The quest for the Golden Fleece! Floyd | Floyd | Of course, you get queasy just visiting the baths, and you really Floyd | don't think you and the boys have a shot in Hades of ever laying eyes Floyd | on that Fleece, but it was either this or stay home and continue to Floyd | herd sheep, so you signed up. Floyd | Floyd | Once you got over the initial sea sickness, it wasn't all that bad. Floyd | Your first stop, at Lemnos, lasted a year, and there were some major Floyd | smoochies during that tenure. You were just beginning to think you'd Floyd | made the right choice when the boss went and uprooted everybody for Floyd | the next port. Floyd | Floyd | The boss, Jason... enh. He's a good enough guy. He means well and Floyd | all, and it's not exactly like he *chose* to come on this stupid quest Floyd | any more than you did, but after having some of your buddies Floyd | slaughtered in the night on the island of the Mount of Bears and Floyd | Hercules losing his little lover boy at Mysia, you're beginning to Floyd | have second thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | Then came this latest port: the land of the Bebrycians. The ruler Floyd | here, King Amycus, seems to think he's the Heavyweight Champion of Mt. Floyd | Olympus or something. He won't let any of you leave the island before Floyd | you have a little boxing match with him. You were really thinking Floyd | that your buddy Polydeuces the Argonaut would take him on, but Floyd | Polydeuces had some business off in the bushes and the King just Floyd | wouldn't wait... the next thing you knew, a couple of pretty little Floyd | ladies were strapping ox-hide boxing gloves on your hands and you were Floyd | in the ring with Mohammed Aliamycus. Floyd | Floyd | You never thought you'd say this, but you're starting to miss those Floyd | sheep. Floyd | Floyd | The Invisible Argonaut Floyd | An Interactive Tussle Floyd | Copyright (c) 2003 by Jacqueline A. Lott Floyd | (Who can't believe she's claiming authorship) Floyd | Floyd | Part of SpeedIF: ASCII and the ARGONAUTS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 030310 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10 SD Floyd | Floyd | In the Ring Floyd | It's really lovely here on the beach, what with the waves and the sand Floyd | and all the lovely ladies in the crowd this afternoon and - Floyd | Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | !%%%% HOLY HERA %%%%! Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | Floyd | You're knocked nearly senseless, spinning for a moment before landing Floyd | face-first in the sand. Fortunately, you brush yourself off and turn Floyd | to face your attacker before he sits on you. Floyd | Floyd | The king throws a couple of fake jabs, but the very sight of his Floyd | flexing muscles nearly makes you faint. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "I told you it was short! But we can play one more time." | |||
| Touchy says, "This time throw a right hook and then roundhouse him in the prick..." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | There's nowhere at all to hide! Come on out and fight like a man, Floyd | chicken pants! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hehe" | |||
| DavidW says, "hee hee" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "kick king" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "duck" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "scream" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "aw, kick shoulda done something." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | You feel a little closer to your maker, but nothing immediately Floyd | obvious results from your prayer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, kick should have worked, sorry." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I literally programmed this in a couple of hours, you realize." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's not a standard verb." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I usually make it synonym to attack, though." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "headbutt king" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "push king" | ||||
Floyd | "Leapin' Lamiai!" you scream, pointing into the distance. The king Floyd | foolishly turns to see what you're pointing at, and you take the Floyd | opportunity to throw a nice hard punch to his right kidney. Floyd | Floyd | ****** **** *** *** *** ** Floyd | ******* ****** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | ****** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** ****** ***** ***** Floyd | *** **** ** ** ** Floyd | That doesn't seem to faze him. He simply turns around and executes a Floyd | rather nice (for the spectators) uppercut to your jaw. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get sand" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x beach" | ||||
Floyd | You'd best just focus on the fight for now... maybe later you can site Floyd | see. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "talk to king" | ||||
Floyd | I'm thinking hit first, talk later. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "mock king" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Ring Floyd | It's really lovely here on the beach, what with the waves and the sand Floyd | and all the lovely ladies in the crowd this afternoon and - Floyd | Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | !%%%% HOLY HERA %%%%! Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | Floyd | You're knocked nearly senseless, spinning for a moment before landing Floyd | face-first in the sand. Fortunately, you brush yourself off and turn Floyd | to face your attacker before he sits on you. Floyd | Floyd | The king throws a couple of fake jabs, but the very sight of his Floyd | flexing muscles nearly makes you faint. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x muscles" | ||||
Floyd | The king may not be quite as tall as you are, but he more than makes Floyd | up for that in strength. He has muscles in places you didn't even Floyd | realize you *could* have muscles, which is really all you can focus on Floyd | at this moment. Floyd | Floyd | "MWUHAHAHA!" The king laughs at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cry" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "aw" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "draw sword" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "laugh" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That should work, too." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Cry, that is." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "beg for mercy" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "kiss king" | ||||
Floyd | I'm thinking this would be a bad time to start flirting with the King Floyd | of Bebrycians. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You stand defiantly, look the king straight in the eye and say, Floyd | "XYZZY!" Floyd | Floyd | There is a brief pause. Then he punches you in the stomach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "bite king" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "take loin cloth off" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I haven't played for too long." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "This would almost be fun to do a rerelease of, except that it sort of flies in the face of all that is SpeedIF." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "You guys are almost there... keep at it!" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch king" | ||||
Floyd | You get the determination to strike, but suddenly fear grips you. Floyd | "Blessed Boreas!" you cry, and run between the King's legs. Floyd | Floyd | He reaches through, grabs you by the ankles, and drags you through the Floyd | sand for awhile. Floyd | Floyd | The king takes another punch, just for good measure. "Crazy Crommyon Floyd | Sow!" you cry. Alas, you are unable to dodge the blow, and it hits Floyd | home, right between your eyes. Alarmingly, your vision tunnels - Floyd | real, honest-to-goodness tunnel vision - and all you can see is the Floyd | king. He leans forward, takes in a deep breath, and blows a light Floyd | puff of air in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | You feel yourself falling, hurtling toward the beach with alarming Floyd | speed, and yet time starts to draw itself out. Fractions of a second Floyd | seem to take minutes. You reflect for a moment on what your life has Floyd | become. "Invisible Argonaut? Why would they call me an Invisible Floyd | Argonaut?" you think to yourself... and then you realize. You're not Floyd | making it into the history books. You are a wimp. You signed up to Floyd | be an Argonaut for the adventure and the women and the glory. Well, Floyd | at least - for a time - you had two out of three. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have achieved your destiny! *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | In the Ring Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | If you leave, Jason and the team will at best abandon you, and at Floyd | worst kill you for being such a pathetic coward. If you stay, you'll Floyd | probably get knocked clear out of your loincloth. Either way, the Floyd | options aren't good, but since this is ancient Greece and there's Floyd | probably somebody writing this down, you should stay and try to do Floyd | your best for history. Floyd | Floyd | The king takes another punch, just for good measure. "Crazy Crommyon Floyd | Sow!" you cry. Alas, you are unable to dodge the blow, and it hits Floyd | home, right between your eyes. Alarmingly, your vision tunnels - Floyd | real, honest-to-goodness tunnel vision - and all you can see is the Floyd | king. He leans forward, takes in a deep breath, and blows a light Floyd | puff of air in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | You feel yourself falling, hurtling toward the beach with alarming Floyd | speed, and yet time starts to draw itself out. Fractions of a second Floyd | seem to take minutes. You reflect for a moment on what your life has Floyd | become. "Invisible Argonaut? Why would they call me an Invisible Floyd | Argonaut?" you think to yourself... and then you realize. You're not Floyd | making it into the history books. You are a wimp. You signed up to Floyd | be an Argonaut for the adventure and the women and the glory. Well, Floyd | at least - for a time - you had two out of three. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have achieved your destiny! *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to djf), "Undo, um, doesn't really help in this game." | |||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, before you guys beat yourselves up too much, I can give you the hint that everyone wonders about." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If you want it." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | In the Ring Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "And I would sort of recommend you take it, as this game is sort of a one trick pony." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "hit yourself" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "hit me" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to bother hurting yourself, there's already someone Floyd | here trying to do that for you! Floyd | Floyd | The king takes another punch, just for good measure. "Crazy Crommyon Floyd | Sow!" you cry. Alas, you are unable to dodge the blow, and it hits Floyd | home, right between your eyes. Alarmingly, your vision tunnels - Floyd | real, honest-to-goodness tunnel vision - and all you can see is the Floyd | king. He leans forward, takes in a deep breath, and blows a light Floyd | puff of air in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | You feel yourself falling, hurtling toward the beach with alarming Floyd | speed, and yet time starts to draw itself out. Fractions of a second Floyd | seem to take minutes. You reflect for a moment on what your life has Floyd | become. "Invisible Argonaut? Why would they call me an Invisible Floyd | Argonaut?" you think to yourself... and then you realize. You're not Floyd | making it into the history books. You are a wimp. You signed up to Floyd | be an Argonaut for the adventure and the women and the glory. Well, Floyd | at least - for a time - you had two out of three. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have achieved your destiny! *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I assume there's no way to 'win', that this is the only ending." | |||
| Nitku says, "Ok, go ahead" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Ah! The life of an Argonaut! Floyd | Floyd | Adventure on the high seas! The quest for the Golden Fleece! Floyd | Floyd | Of course, you get queasy just visiting the baths, and you really Floyd | don't think you and the boys have a shot in Hades of ever laying eyes Floyd | on that Fleece, but it was either this or stay home and continue to Floyd | herd sheep, so you signed up. Floyd | Floyd | Once you got over the initial sea sickness, it wasn't all that bad. Floyd | Your first stop, at Lemnos, lasted a year, and there were some major Floyd | smoochies during that tenure. You were just beginning to think you'd Floyd | made the right choice when the boss went and uprooted everybody for Floyd | the next port. Floyd | Floyd | The boss, Jason... enh. He's a good enough guy. He means well and Floyd | all, and it's not exactly like he *chose* to come on this stupid quest Floyd | any more than you did, but after having some of your buddies Floyd | slaughtered in the night on the island of the Mount of Bears and Floyd | Hercules losing his little lover boy at Mysia, you're beginning to Floyd | have second thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | Then came this latest port: the land of the Bebrycians. The ruler Floyd | here, King Amycus, seems to think he's the Heavyweight Champion of Mt. Floyd | Olympus or something. He won't let any of you leave the island before Floyd | you have a little boxing match with him. You were really thinking Floyd | that your buddy Polydeuces the Argonaut would take him on, but Floyd | Polydeuces had some business off in the bushes and the King just Floyd | wouldn't wait... the next thing you knew, a couple of pretty little Floyd | ladies were strapping ox-hide boxing gloves on your hands and you were Floyd | in the ring with Mohammed Aliamycus. Floyd | Floyd | You never thought you'd say this, but you're starting to miss those Floyd | sheep. Floyd | Floyd | The Invisible Argonaut Floyd | An Interactive Tussle Floyd | Copyright (c) 2003 by Jacqueline A. Lott Floyd | (Who can't believe she's claiming authorship) Floyd | Floyd | Part of SpeedIF: ASCII and the ARGONAUTS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 030310 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10 SD Floyd | Floyd | In the Ring Floyd | It's really lovely here on the beach, what with the waves and the sand Floyd | and all the lovely ladies in the crowd this afternoon and - Floyd | Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | !%%%% GREAT GLAUCUS %%%%! Floyd | !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%! Floyd | Floyd | A fist (or was that a rock?) surprises you from nowhere, making Floyd | contact with your nose and cheek. Hrm... that's probably gonna leave Floyd | a mark. Floyd | Floyd | The king dances back and forth, light on his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||
Floyd | Hmmm... what to sing? Floyd | Floyd | Before you can think logically about it, the following escapes your Floyd | lips... "Na na-na na-naaaa na!" you mock, sticking out your tongue Floyd | afterwards for good measure. Floyd | Floyd | ****** **** *** *** *** ** Floyd | ******* ****** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** *** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | ****** ** ** *** *** *** ** Floyd | *** ****** ***** ***** Floyd | *** **** ** ** ** Floyd | Floyd | Perhaps this isn't the best time to take up singing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes, it is the only ending." | |||
| Touchy says, "hahaha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The game was coded so quickly because it's basically a ten turn timer." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "bury head in sand" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "at least I got to mock the king" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HISTORY, PEOPLE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But yes, that is my cute boxing game." | ||||
| Touchy says, "ok, now I want a new version with spartans from space" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Happy Boxing Day, peeps." | ||||
| Touchy says, "in THE FUTURE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Wow, that actually took up 20 minutes." | ||||
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