  
 
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 Awakening, written by Pete Gardner. Awakening was originally released as part of the 2009 Saugus.net Halloween Ghost Story Contest, where it tied for first place. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| DavidW asks, "Awakening next?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "load awakening" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | An ear-shattering crash shocks you into wakefulness as a bolt of Floyd | lightning splits the dark sky in two. The downpour begins abruptly, Floyd | pelting exposed soil with enough force to create pockmarks resembling Floyd | the surface of the moon. You realize that your eyes are open and the Floyd | fat raindrops strike them relentlessly. Another searing bolt assaults Floyd | your senses, followed again by the thunderclap, but less quickly now, Floyd | as the center of the storm moves away from your location. Floyd | Floyd | Something deep inside you begins to grow restless. Perhaps, at last, Floyd | it is time to move. Your tongue slithers dryly in your mouth. You Floyd | are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | Awakening Floyd | An interactive Halloween trick-or-treat by Pete Gardner Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 091102 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Graveside Floyd | Loose, muddy soil covers most of the ground and the air is heavy with Floyd | the deep, fertile smell of freshly-turned earth. Nearby, a large hole Floyd | gapes darkly, the depths of which are hidden in shadow. Floyd | Floyd | A bleak churchyard stretches into darkness in all directions, the only Floyd | recognizable exodus lying to the south, where a path winds down the Floyd | slope of a hill. Floyd | Floyd | (TIP: Type "help" to display the Help Menu.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "geez. Still raining." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You look down at yourself. Covered with moldy filth, it is hard to Floyd | make out what part of you is flesh and what is caked earth. Even the Floyd | downpour has not washed enough away to make a difference. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Awakening Floyd | Instructions for Play | Jacqueline says, "See, I live in a rainforest, so I didn't even dial into that bit." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Awakening Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Awakening Floyd | > Instructions for Play | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Awakening Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Awakening Floyd | Instructions for Play | Jacqueline says, "We have, sadly, decided to not have waffles." | |||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In Awakening, you play the role of someone who finds himself in a Floyd | strange situation and is unable to remember anything. As the game Floyd | progresses, it becomes more and more apparent what may be going on. Floyd | Floyd | This game is not meant to be taken seriously. It is a light-hearted Floyd | attempt at spookiness -- the sort of thing many of us may be looking Floyd | for around Halloween time. Floyd | Floyd | If you have never played interactive fiction before, you may want to Floyd | explore the help available in these menus to get you started. There Floyd | is, however, a few things about Awakening that you should know from Floyd | the start: Floyd | Floyd | If you encounter any characters in the game, you can talk with them by Floyd | typing "talk to " and then the name of the character. For example, Floyd | were you to encounter someone who was a doctor, you would say: "talk Floyd | to doctor" to begin a conversation. Doing this more than once in a Floyd | row may get additional responses from him. Floyd | Floyd | Another thing you can do with other characters in the game, is get Floyd | them to do the same things you might do yourself. For example, if the Floyd | doctor was willing to obey you, you could type: "doctor, go north" and Floyd | he would walk out of the room (assuming there really was an exit Floyd | leading north). Or, you could say "doctor, take the scalpel", Floyd | "doctor, go north", "doctor, drop the scalpel" and so on. Just Floyd | remember that if you were to tell the doctor to go out of the room you Floyd | are in, you may have to follow him into the new location to continue Floyd | telling him what to do. This may not be necessary, however, in a Floyd | collection of rooms that are grouped together in one large, open Floyd | space. Floyd | Floyd | That should be enough to get you started. Here's hoping you enjoy the Floyd | ride! Floyd | Floyd | -- "Snacky" Pete Gardner Floyd | Floyd | (Press SPACE to continue) Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "We've been eating pretty healthily. Plus, we'd just be hungry again in half an hour, so." | |||
| Nitku says, "The first paragraph could be applied to many, many games" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | Gerynar asks, "chinese waffles?" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Awakening Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Awakening Floyd | Instructions for Play | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Graveside Floyd | Loose, muddy soil covers most of the ground and the air is heavy with Floyd | the deep, fertile smell of freshly-turned earth. Nearby, a large hole Floyd | gapes darkly, the depths of which are hidden in shadow. Floyd | Floyd | A bleak churchyard stretches into darkness in all directions, the only Floyd | recognizable exodus lying to the south, where a path winds down the Floyd | slope of a hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to descend into the earth rather deeply, more than the eye Floyd | can address. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Our choices seem to be down and south." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gravestone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x church" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gerynar), "No, waffles wrapped around raw fish." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm for down." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Although it would be simple to head off in any direction, you are Floyd | hesitant. It is entirely possible you may become lost. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to descend into the earth rather deeply, more than the eye Floyd | can address. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Although it would be simple to head off in any direction, you are Floyd | hesitant. It is entirely possible you may become lost. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get in hole" | ||||
Floyd | The thought repels you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dirt" | ||||
Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dirt" | ||||
Floyd | It is scattered in loose heaps around the large hole by which you Floyd | awoke. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in hole" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search dirt" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| DavidW asks, "oho?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think... okay, I suspect something, but I've already suspected two things, so I'll be quiet for a bit yet." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think I might know what we are, but at first I thought we might be something else, so." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess we can only go south." | ||||
| Nitku says, "I'm thinking of something too" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" | ||||
Floyd | What a good idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remember" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Let's go south" | |||
| DavidW says (to Nitku), "go for it" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Gateway Floyd | An iron-wrought gate lies askew on rusted hinges, no longer able to Floyd | prevent external access to the churchyard during late hours. The Floyd | muddy path leading past them and southwards into the church grounds is Floyd | being churned by the heavy rain, but not quite enough to completely Floyd | obscure a faint impression therein. Floyd | Floyd | Standing alone a little to the west is a small gatehouse, its narrow Floyd | entrance and a pane-less window little more than dark smudges in the Floyd | prevailing gloom. Floyd | Floyd | After taking a few steps, you are overcome with nausea and drop to Floyd | your knees in a dry retch. Your head spins for several fevered Floyd | moments. You need to drink badly... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "BLOOD" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Just kidding." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we drink rain water?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "BOOZE" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Try" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink rain" | ||||
Floyd | You throw your head back and allow the water pelting down on your face Floyd | to enter your mouth. Once enough has gathered, you swallow Floyd | desperately. Instead of satisfying your thirst, even minutely, your Floyd | insides begin to boil and you are forced to bend over and spew it back Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woohoo" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "oh wait" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "okay, blood then." | ||||
| DavidW says, "See if there's a dead guard in the guardhouse, I guess." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I have been reading too many vampire books, it would appear." | ||||
| Nitku says, "There might be some wine and holy water in the church" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Although I don't think we can hold holy water any better" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Holy water would, I think, kill us. But I'm up for finding one of the cool game endings, so." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Go fer it." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Grounds Floyd | The gravel path you are on passes by a plot of manicured land upon Floyd | which resides a small church building. It is fashioned of dark river Floyd | stone, stained all the darker from the downpour. Its steeple rises Floyd | suddenly into the gloom, so that the belfry up top is partially Floyd | obscured. Through the barred windows a glimmer of yellow light Floyd | issues, flickering like candlelight. The front entrance is to the Floyd | east, while the path continues south. Floyd | Floyd | Some unexplainable attraction pulls your attention to the old church Floyd | building to the east... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x glimmer" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x steeple" | ||||
Floyd | It is run down and badly in need of repair. Like everything else Floyd | about the church building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "look through windows" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||||
Floyd | Marvelous works of stained glass, they depict several famous Floyd | individuals from scripture, namely Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, Joseph, Floyd | Issac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Daniel and finally Christ Himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We are drawn to the church, so that's a good sign." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front Steps Floyd | The heavy oaken doors of the church loom before you, presenting a Floyd | sensation of disorientation that you did not experience from a Floyd | distance. Great brass handles present you with a means of access to Floyd | shelter from the torrential weather. There are curious inscriptions Floyd | and bas-relief carvings worked into the wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hey look, Bible Celebrities!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" | ||||
Floyd | They are a crude native rendering of something that appears to be a Floyd | Kraken swallowing a dinghy. Or perhaps that is a larger vessel. It Floyd | is difficult to tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "woo kraken" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "hooray kraken" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now let's go inside and find the astrolabe." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handles" | ||||
Floyd | Massive and shaped from solid brass, they are sculpted into the shape Floyd | of a lion's head. Floyd | Floyd | Your throat feels as though it were on fire, so desperate is your need Floyd | to find something to drink. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | They seem to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | You rap loudly on the church doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read inscriptions" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing legible on the bas-relief carvings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Front Steps Floyd | The heavy oaken doors of the church loom before you, presenting a Floyd | sensation of disorientation that you did not experience from a Floyd | distance. Great brass handles present you with a means of access to Floyd | shelter from the torrential weather. There are curious inscriptions Floyd | and bas-relief carvings worked into the wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "pull handles" | ||||
Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn handles" | ||||
Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "push handles" | ||||
Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | A cold shudder runs up and down your back. Your insides feel as Floyd | though they are curling inward upon themselves, crumbling and Floyd | withering for lack of moisture. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(Eating breakfast, but still following along...)" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "break door" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suspect we should've not overlooked the guardhouse." | |||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps the key was there." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull handle" | ||||
Floyd | Those are fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Let's go find out" | |||
| smartgenes says, "oh yeh you already did that while i was reading back" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Grounds Floyd | The gravel path you are on passes by a plot of manicured land upon Floyd | which resides a small church building. It is fashioned of dark river Floyd | stone, stained all the darker from the downpour. Its steeple rises Floyd | suddenly into the gloom, so that the belfry up top is partially Floyd | obscured. Through the barred windows a glimmer of yellow light Floyd | issues, flickering like candlelight. The front entrance is to the Floyd | east, while the path continues south. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "windows?" | |||
| Alex says (to smartgenes), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Windows is what we deserve." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "break windows" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "but barred" | |||
| Nitku says, "They're barred so we probably won't... right" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | Here is where parishioners must have parked their vehicles, be they Floyd | wagon or automobile, before proceeding north to the church building. Floyd | A gravel road leads north past the front of the church. To the south, Floyd | a rain-slicked road leads off into the dark distance. East of here is Floyd | a wooden coach house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Coach House Floyd | The coach house is quite old, and indeed once served to house a Floyd | horse-driven coach. It has since been converted for use by Floyd | automobiles. There are shelves lining the walls containing various Floyd | items one would expect to find in a garage. Against the north wall is Floyd | a rubber tire. Access to the driveway is to the west, through the Floyd | main entrance, and a small exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "lol mmmm parishioners" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x tire" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to have been punctured and is now unable to perform its Floyd | intended use. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take tire" | ||||
Floyd | A lug wrench hidden behind the rubber tire is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | Coach House Floyd | The coach house is quite old, and indeed once served to house a Floyd | horse-driven coach. It has since been converted for use by Floyd | automobiles. There are shelves lining the walls containing various Floyd | items one would expect to find in a garage. Access to the driveway is Floyd | to the west, through the main entrance, and a small exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a lug wrench here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take wrench" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x wrench" | ||||
Floyd | It is a cross-shaped tool for removing the lug bolts on an automobile Floyd | tire. It is quite sturdy and heavy. Something about it makes you Floyd | uneasy... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a lug wrench Floyd | a rubber tire Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "not keen on that puzzle" | |||
| Fang says, "our paranoid fear of automobiles" | ||||
| DavidW says, ">think about killing amanda with the lug wrench in the conservatory" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "it's a cross...we're gonna meet a vampire, I bet" | ||||
| Fang says, "I assume we are the vampire here" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x items" | ||||
Floyd | Useless. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku asks, "east?" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Winding Path Floyd | Running between the coach house and a small shack to the east, this Floyd | path is lined on both sides by tall brush and bracken, which block Floyd | your view elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Shack Floyd | A small shack rises out of the overgrowth in a clearing at the end of Floyd | the winding path. It looks quite old, but has not fallen into Floyd | disrepair, as has the coach house and the other small buildings on the Floyd | church grounds. Along the front is a wooden door, and a small square Floyd | window to its right, which flickers with a pale yellow light issuing Floyd | from within. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a wooden door here. Floyd | Floyd | Something within the shack seems to call out to you and every fiber of Floyd | your withered flesh cries back in reply. Somehow there is no doubt Floyd | that relief to your torment lies within the little structure standing Floyd | before you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | It looks rather cheery. All things being relative, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "knock" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to knock? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | There is some shuffling behind the door. Its knob turns slowly and it Floyd | opens a crack. A bloodshot eye peers at you, assessing you quietly. Floyd | Then, the door opens a little further and framed there, his back to Floyd | the crackling flames of a fire within the shack, stands an old man, Floyd | probably the caretaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to old man" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "talk to caretaker" | ||||
Floyd | "You're a strange one," he says. "What is it you're wantin"?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "brains" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Given 'im a little kiss." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "The kiss of DEATH" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait, we said no KILL HIM KILL HIM, didn't we?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "It's just the genre, y'know?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I was kind of hoping for a white-necked virgin instead of this guy" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "bite caretaker with savour" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to bite the caretaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe we should ask him to find a phone" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "bite me" | ||||
Floyd | Not here... Not like this. You feel as though you must first gain his Floyd | trust. Floyd | Floyd | You are momentarily overtaken by a coughing spell, your lungs rattling Floyd | dryly deep inside your chest... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to djfletch), "Dammit, I was eating and nearly choked on my eggs." | |||
| Gerynar says, "like I could stop you, I'm the neophyte, you folks are the old ones" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "eww gain his trust" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You look down at yourself. Covered with moldy filth, it is hard to Floyd | make out what part of you is flesh and what is caked earth. Even the Floyd | downpour has not washed enough away to make a difference. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask man about church" | ||||
Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "'talk to '" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't know ye, sir. Perhaps it's best ye be on yer way." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you have something for me?" he asks shakily. "Is this a Floyd | delivery?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "seduce caretaker" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gerynar), "David and I both have birthdays coming up. Please do not call us 'the old ones.'" | |||
| Jacqueline smiles. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show him the tire" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "tell caretaker i have two naked girls in my bedroom" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "seeings how my physical age is probably greater than yours, I shall endevor to do so." | |||
| Nitku says, "Graveyard caretakers always seem to be retired pirates" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "caretaker, follow me" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker has better things to do. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "give tire to caretaker" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "probably need to find something better to give him" | |||
| Gerynar says, "but that was more of a getting into a more lovecraftian frame of thought" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | "If you've nothing to tell me, then I'll be telling you something. Floyd | Good day!" Floyd | Floyd | You stagger and drop to your knees, the strength fleeing your body. Floyd | For several long moments, your body shudders in silent spasms before Floyd | you are finally able to collect your wits and struggle back to your Floyd | feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "my" | |||
| DavidW says, "I suspect we *still* want the guardhouse" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "can't we hit him with the wrench" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can't we just bite him?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "We cannot. Savoir-faire." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I can't believe that gentle ol' me is the one who keeps calling for bloodshed today." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "can't we all just get along...oh wrong genre" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "we haven't loved him up yet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | "If you've nothing to tell me, then I'll be telling you something. Floyd | Good day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, did we try to bite him and I missed it? I was eating breakfast, so perhaps I missed that." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite man" | ||||
Floyd | Not here... Not like this. You feel as though you must first gain his Floyd | trust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit man" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "hit man with wrench" | ||||
Floyd | That won't quite work the way you expect it to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "show wrench to man" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "the way we expect it to?" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "enter shed" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "guardhouse guardhouse" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "enter door" | ||||
Floyd | Somehow, you cannot bring yourself to enter the shack without the Floyd | caretaker's invitation. It would be...impolite. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks (of Jacq), "sooo, what have you done with maga?" | |||
| ParserGirl arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | Why knock when the resident of this fine home stands before you? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a lug wrench Floyd | a rubber tire Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Woah. Just happened to log on today." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show wrench to man" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask man about entry" | ||||
Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We are not into that sort of kink, thankyouverymuch, Fang." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show me to man" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking yourself) Floyd | You are always self-possessed. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i think we need another location" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Small Shack Floyd | A small shack rises out of the overgrowth in a clearing at the end of Floyd | the winding path. It looks quite old, but has not fallen into Floyd | disrepair, as has the coach house and the other small buildings on the Floyd | church grounds. Along the front is a wooden door, and a small square Floyd | window to its right, which flickers with a pale yellow light issuing Floyd | from within. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker is here, looking uncertain. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a wooden door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "maybe we should steal a car or something" | |||
| DavidW says, "you guys are wasting time. We need something from somewhere else. Such as, maybe in the guardhouse." | ||||
| Fang says, "chicks love cars" | ||||
| Fang asks (of DW), "wanna drive?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker nods and says, "Goodbye, then." Floyd | (Press SPACE to continue) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Winding Path Floyd | Running between the coach house and a small shack to the east, this Floyd | path is lined on both sides by tall brush and bracken, which block Floyd | your view elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brush" | ||||
Floyd | Tall grasses and shrubs that have been allowed to grow quite high, but Floyd | they do not appear to be as wild and unkempt as the other areas of the Floyd | church yard you have encountered so far. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search brush" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Coach House Floyd | The coach house is quite old, and indeed once served to house a Floyd | horse-driven coach. It has since been converted for use by Floyd | automobiles. There are shelves lining the walls containing various Floyd | items one would expect to find in a garage. Access to the driveway is Floyd | to the west, through the main entrance, and a small exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cars" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | They are covered with years of grime and debris. The items on them Floyd | are useless to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | Here is where parishioners must have parked their vehicles, be they Floyd | wagon or automobile, before proceeding north to the church building. Floyd | A gravel road leads north past the front of the church. To the south, Floyd | a rain-slicked road leads off into the dark distance. East of here is Floyd | a wooden coach house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Grounds Floyd | The gravel path you are on passes by a plot of manicured land upon Floyd | which resides a small church building. It is fashioned of dark river Floyd | stone, stained all the darker from the downpour. Its steeple rises Floyd | suddenly into the gloom, so that the belfry up top is partially Floyd | obscured. Through the barred windows a glimmer of yellow light Floyd | issues, flickering like candlelight. The front entrance is to the Floyd | east, while the path continues south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Gateway Floyd | An iron-wrought gate lies askew on rusted hinges, no longer able to Floyd | prevent external access to the churchyard during late hours. The Floyd | muddy path leading past them and southwards into the church grounds is Floyd | being churned by the heavy rain, but not quite enough to completely Floyd | obscure a faint impression therein. Floyd | Floyd | Standing alone a little to the west is a small gatehouse, its narrow Floyd | entrance and a pane-less window little more than dark smudges in the Floyd | prevailing gloom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Gatehouse Floyd | There is just enough room in this tiny hut to sit and keep watch--were Floyd | there still a chair upon which to sit. Presently, nothing remains but Floyd | a cramped space to stand while one gains a moment's respite from the Floyd | ceaseless downpour outside. The exit leads east to the gateway. Floyd | Floyd | A shallow desk is built into the wall under the window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | It must have been used by the attendant for whatever paperwork might Floyd | have been required of him. Just what sort of paperwork that might be Floyd | escapes you. And for that matter, the need for a cemetery attendant Floyd | at all gives rise to question. There is a small drawer set into the Floyd | desk, which appears locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "(what's the game today?)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drawer" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the drawer is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | The small drawer is thoroughly locked, however a determined tug on Floyd | your part wrenches the locking mechanism completely free of the Floyd | splintering wood. There is a brass key within. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to PG), "This one is 'Awakening'." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Gatehouse Floyd | There is just enough room in this tiny hut to sit and keep watch--were Floyd | there still a chair upon which to sit. Presently, nothing remains but Floyd | a cramped space to stand while one gains a moment's respite from the Floyd | ceaseless downpour outside. The exit leads east to the gateway. Floyd | Floyd | A shallow desk is built into the wall under the window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get lock" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Gateway Floyd | An iron-wrought gate lies askew on rusted hinges, no longer able to Floyd | prevent external access to the churchyard during late hours. The Floyd | muddy path leading past them and southwards into the church grounds is Floyd | being churned by the heavy rain, but not quite enough to completely Floyd | obscure a faint impression therein. Floyd | Floyd | Standing alone a little to the west is a small gatehouse, its narrow Floyd | entrance and a pane-less window little more than dark smudges in the Floyd | prevailing gloom. Floyd | Floyd | You reach up to the back of your head and you scratch fiercely, trying Floyd | to attend to a sudden and intense itch. As you bring your hand away, Floyd | you discover a clump of dry, withered hair clenched in your claw-like Floyd | fist. Shuddering inwardly, you cast it away, not wanting to look at Floyd | it any longer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Grounds Floyd | The gravel path you are on passes by a plot of manicured land upon Floyd | which resides a small church building. It is fashioned of dark river Floyd | stone, stained all the darker from the downpour. Its steeple rises Floyd | suddenly into the gloom, so that the belfry up top is partially Floyd | obscured. Through the barred windows a glimmer of yellow light Floyd | issues, flickering like candlelight. The front entrance is to the Floyd | east, while the path continues south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | Jacqueline says (to PG), "These are Halloween-type games. We're on the second of three. I think you would have quite enjoyed the last one." | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Front Steps Floyd | The heavy oaken doors of the church loom before you, presenting a Floyd | sensation of disorientation that you did not experience from a Floyd | distance. Great brass handles present you with a means of access to Floyd | shelter from the torrential weather. There are curious inscriptions Floyd | and bas-relief carvings worked into the wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with key" | ||||
Floyd | You unlock the church doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the church doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entryway Floyd | The entryway to the church leads north to the nave. You can see the Floyd | entire ground floor of the church from here: North of the nave is the Floyd | chancel and east of the nave is an alcove. Floyd | Floyd | You are distracted by a maddening itch in your throat, your mouth, Floyd | your tongue. This thirst...if only you could quench it... Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "the priest is gonna get it" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl asks (of Jacqueline), "ooh, what was it? Did it involve zombies?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "is it bad that i'm visualising the local church" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Peegee), "We were supposed to play some SpeedIFs today, but we postponed - we'll do that next week, if you want to write a game by Thursday." Jacqueline then smiles at ParserGirl in an encouraging sort of way. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x organ" | ||||
Floyd | A heavily scaled-down version of the "Mighty Wurlitzer," circa 1924. Floyd | Covered with dust, it has not seen active duty for a long time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ParserGirl says, "Yipes!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm visualizing the semi-run down cemetery near the old church in the village in England where maga's parents live." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x altar" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be made of gopher wood. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty...so very thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Alcove Floyd | A small recess where the church organ is kept. It affords a clear Floyd | view of the nave and the chancel. The nave is west of the alcove, and Floyd | a small exit leads north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to PG), "Well, we have other games. But only two. More might be nice." | |||
| ParserGirl says, "Well, now I will sit back and watch and wait for the next one." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x organ" | ||||
Floyd | A heavily scaled-down version of the "Mighty Wurlitzer," circa 1924. Floyd | Covered with dust, it has not seen active duty for a long time. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we have one more after this." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play organ" | ||||
Floyd | You cautiously press Middle C. Nothing happens. Not surprising, Floyd | really. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove dust" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search organ" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play chopsticks" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar thinks he might have time to finish his SloMo-IF by Thu | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I have seen the Mighty Wurlitzer. It's crazy big." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Corridor Floyd | This tall, narrow hallway extends from the alcove and ends in a creaky Floyd | set of steps leading upwards. The walls are painted white, and Floyd | somewhat smudged. The floor is covered with a red carpet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gerynar), "woo" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I may code something up as well." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Upper Landing Floyd | This small area is rather featureless and dark. The bare floorboards Floyd | creak under your weight. A set of stairs leads down to the narrow Floyd | hallway and a white door leads north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a white door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "carpet was downstairs" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the white door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | That's already open. Floyd | Floyd | Everything around you begins to blur as your eyesight fades. You are Floyd | desperately thirsty and your flesh is crying out for replenishment. Floyd | With a vicious shake of your head, you manage to coerce your vision to Floyd | return. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Office Floyd | A large desk standing against the west wall furnishes this otherwise Floyd | empty room. The bare floor is in good condition, suggesting that this Floyd | office was not used very often. A window in the north wall looks out Floyd | into the wet darkness beyond. Above the desk against the western wall Floyd | is a portrait. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a white door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x floorboards" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "I hope there isn't a thirst daemon" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oops. When we go back through, maybe look for a loose floorboard." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portrait" | ||||
Floyd | A rendition of an elderly man, perhaps the founder of this church. It Floyd | is dusty and covered in cobwebs. Floyd | Floyd | Your stomach begins to cramp badly and you are forced to pause as you Floyd | double over in pain. After some time, the pain fades and you are able Floyd | to move again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "lift portrait" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind it" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look behind portrait" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Fang), "I sort of get the impression the game is doing that for drive, but not actually going to kill us for thirst, though I could be wrong." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move portrait" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | That's already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean portrait" | ||||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | You notice that you need to turn your head to look to the left or the Floyd | right. It seems that your eyeballs will not turn in their sockets, as Floyd | though they have been sealed in place due to a lack of moisture. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "yes we have been cravin blood a long time" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the white door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the white door. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty...so very thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | You open the white door. Floyd | Floyd | You reach up to the back of your head and you scratch fiercely, trying Floyd | to attend to a sudden and intense itch. As you bring your hand away, Floyd | you discover a clump of dry, withered hair clenched in your claw-like Floyd | fist. Shuddering inwardly, you cast it away, not wanting to look at Floyd | it any longer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | Fashioned of rich cherry wood, it sports a broad desktop and a number Floyd | of drawers. Where its legs meet the floor there appears to be a few Floyd | scratch marks on the otherwise polished surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawers" | ||||
Floyd | There's no need to open the desk drawers. They are all sitting open, Floyd | revealing their stark emptiness. Floyd | Floyd | Your stomach begins to cramp badly and you are forced to pause as you Floyd | double over in pain. After some time, the pain fades and you are able Floyd | to move again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search drawers" | ||||
Floyd | The desk drawers are empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push desk" | ||||
Floyd | You give it a heave and it slides across the floor, coming up hard Floyd | against the corner of the room. Now revealed is a small wooden panel Floyd | set into the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "well done fang" | |||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "Just about to push it, yeah." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | Set flush into the surface of the wall, it has a small emblem in the Floyd | shape of a griffin embossed onto its surface. Compared to the Floyd | polished finish of the rest of the panel, the griffin seems a little Floyd | dull. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Woo" | |||
| Fang says, "heh" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "push panel" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | You notice that you need to turn your head to look to the left or the Floyd | right. It seems that your eyeballs will not turn in their sockets, as Floyd | though they have been sealed in place due to a lack of moisture. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | You are momentarily overtaken by a coughing spell, your lungs rattling Floyd | dryly deep inside your chest... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub griffin" | ||||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | A cold shudder runs up and down your back. Your insides feel as Floyd | though they are curling inward upon themselves, crumbling and Floyd | withering for lack of moisture. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x griffin" | ||||
Floyd | It seems a little worn, as if through use. Floyd | Floyd | You are distracted by a maddening itch in your throat, your mouth, Floyd | your tongue. This thirst...if only you could quench it... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push griffin" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a faint "click." The portrait fixed into the wall above the Floyd | panel springs open silently, revealing a safe behind it. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x safe" | ||||
Floyd | A standard gray metal faceplate with a numbered dial squarely in the Floyd | center. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "yay" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a brass key Floyd | a lug wrench Floyd | a rubber tire Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "push it real good" | |||
| Fang asks, "do we know a code?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to sg), "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "nope." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open safe" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "forty-two" | |||
| smartgenes says, "surprise eh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We didn't check out the altar though." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dial" | ||||
Floyd | It is a standard combination lock. In order to open it you have to Floyd | turn the dial to three different numbers: first to the right, then to Floyd | the left, and then to the right again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "roll rubber tire down the church" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | Fashioned of rich cherry wood, it sports a broad desktop and a number Floyd | of drawers. Where its legs meet the floor there appears to be a few Floyd | scratch marks on the otherwise polished surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "sorry i so wanted that to work" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desktop" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look in drawers" | ||||
Floyd | Fashioned of rich cherry wood, it sports a broad desktop and a number Floyd | of drawers. Where its legs meet the floor there appears to be a few Floyd | scratch marks on the otherwise polished surface. Floyd | Floyd | Your throat feels as though it were on fire, so desperate is your need Floyd | to find something to drink. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The desk drawers are empty. Floyd | Floyd | Everything around you begins to blur as your eyesight fades. You are Floyd | desperately thirsty and your flesh is crying out for replenishment. Floyd | With a vicious shake of your head, you manage to coerce your vision to Floyd | return. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You see nothing special about the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You stagger and drop to your knees, the strength fleeing your body. Floyd | For several long moments, your body shudders in silent spasms before Floyd | you are finally able to collect your wits and struggle back to your Floyd | feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to go downstairs." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | It looks down onto the cemetery. From here, during an occasional Floyd | flash of lightning, you can see outlined in stark relief the open Floyd | grave by which you awoke. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Office Floyd | A large desk pushed into the northwest corner furnishes this otherwise Floyd | empty room. The bare floor is in good condition, suggesting that this Floyd | office was not used very often. A window in the north wall looks out Floyd | into the wet darkness beyond. Above the desk against the western wall Floyd | is a portrait. Floyd | Floyd | A small wooden panel is fixed onto the west wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a safe (closed) and a white door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "okay" | |||
| djfletch says, "yes, explore the rest of the place" | ||||
| DavidW says, "That floorboard idea might work too." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Upper Landing Floyd | This small area is rather featureless and dark. The bare floorboards Floyd | creak under your weight. A set of stairs leads down to the narrow Floyd | hallway and a white door leads north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a white door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "go window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floorboards" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floorboards" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bare floorboards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Corridor Floyd | This tall, narrow hallway extends from the alcove and ends in a creaky Floyd | set of steps leading upwards. The walls are painted white, and Floyd | somewhat smudged. The floor is covered with a red carpet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open floor" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "examine carpet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||||
Floyd | A faint, narrow strip of wear down its center shows that although this Floyd | rug had been trodden often throughout its history, it has seen Floyd | comparatively little wear next to the rest of the outfittings of this Floyd | building. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A faint, narrow strip of wear down its center shows that although this Floyd | rug had been trodden often throughout its history, it has seen Floyd | comparatively little wear next to the rest of the outfittings of this Floyd | building. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move carpet" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove carpet" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the red carpet) Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | You stagger and drop to your knees, the strength fleeing your body. Floyd | For several long moments, your body shudders in silent spasms before Floyd | you are finally able to collect your wits and struggle back to your Floyd | feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Alcove Floyd | A small recess where the church organ is kept. It affords a clear Floyd | view of the nave and the chancel. The nave is west of the alcove, and Floyd | a small exit leads north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Your stomach begins to cramp badly and you are forced to pause as you Floyd | double over in pain. After some time, the pain fades and you are able Floyd | to move again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This spacious area still sports a richly woven carpet and a heavy Floyd | mahogany desk installed against the north wall. The rest of the Floyd | articles that may have decorated this room have been long since Floyd | removed, as evidenced by the fade marks on the walls where portraits Floyd | and other adornments once hung. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a closet (closed) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "open closet" | ||||
Floyd | You open the closet, revealing a tweed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look behind desk" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | ||||
Floyd | In the tweed jacket is a faded slip of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "dapper" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "the code" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||||
Floyd | You put on the tweed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the faded slip of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ooh - yeah" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | 78 29 47 Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | 78 29 47 Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Indeed. Bing!" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a tweed jacket (being worn) Floyd | a faded slip of paper Floyd | a brass key Floyd | a lug wrench Floyd | a rubber tire Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "you see nothing special - but it has the code on it...cheeky" | |||
| DavidW says (to Fang), "drive" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Study Floyd | This spacious area still sports a richly woven carpet and a heavy Floyd | mahogany desk installed against the north wall. The rest of the Floyd | articles that may have decorated this room have been long since Floyd | removed, as evidenced by the fade marks on the walls where portraits Floyd | and other adornments once hung. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a closet (empty) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang says, "er, I'm a little lost" | |||
| DavidW says, "se" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | You notice that you need to turn your head to look to the left or the Floyd | right. It seems that your eyeballs will not turn in their sockets, as Floyd | though they have been sealed in place due to a lack of moisture. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x altar" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be made of gopher wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove eyes" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks, "isn't gopher a type of animal?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to SG), "Well, it's not uncommon for papers or other readable things to have separate descriptions for >READ vs >EXAMINE" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | This spacious area still sports a richly woven carpet and a heavy Floyd | mahogany desk installed against the north wall. The rest of the Floyd | articles that may have decorated this room have been long since Floyd | removed, as evidenced by the fade marks on the walls where portraits Floyd | and other adornments once hung. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a closet (empty) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes, but gopher wood is real too." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Nave Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Alcove Floyd | A small recess where the church organ is kept. It affords a clear Floyd | view of the nave and the chancel. The nave is west of the alcove, and Floyd | a small exit leads north. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "yes but it should say there is something written on it or such" | |||
| DavidW says, "n. u. n." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Corridor Floyd | This tall, narrow hallway extends from the alcove and ends in a creaky Floyd | set of steps leading upwards. The walls are painted white, and Floyd | somewhat smudged. The floor is covered with a red carpet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Upper Landing Floyd | This small area is rather featureless and dark. The bare floorboards Floyd | creak under your weight. A set of stairs leads down to the narrow Floyd | hallway and a white door leads north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a white door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Office Floyd | A large desk pushed into the northwest corner furnishes this otherwise Floyd | empty room. The bare floor is in good condition, suggesting that this Floyd | office was not used very often. A window in the north wall looks out Floyd | into the wet darkness beyond. Above the desk against the western wall Floyd | is a portrait. Floyd | Floyd | A small wooden panel is fixed onto the west wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a white door and a safe (closed) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x safe" | ||||
Floyd | A standard gray metal faceplate with a numbered dial squarely in the Floyd | center. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "turn it remember" | |||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn dial" | ||||
Floyd | You need to specify whether you are turning it to the left or the Floyd | right, and also what number you are turning it to. For example: "turn Floyd | dial left to 98". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn dial left to 78" | ||||
Floyd | You turn the numbered dial left to 78 and ... nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "RIGHT first" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn dial right to 78" | ||||
Floyd | You turn the numbered dial right to 78 and hear a faint click of the Floyd | tumblers deep within the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn dial left to 29" | ||||
Floyd | You turn the numbered dial left to 29 and hear a faint click of the Floyd | tumblers deep within the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn dial right to 47" | ||||
Floyd | You turn the numbered dial right to 47 and hear a faint click of the Floyd | tumblers deep within the lock. With a faint creak, the safe swings Floyd | open wide! Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "chalice?" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "look in safe" | ||||
Floyd | In the safe is a bottle of moonshine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take moonshine" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty...so very thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "drink it" | ||||
Floyd | You pop the bottle open and bring it to your lips...but the Floyd | overpowering fumes of its contents turns your stomach and you dare not Floyd | continue. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang:-( | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drink it anyway" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to drink the bottle of Floyd | moonshine. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "It's a pressie for the caretaker, izznt it?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But! But! MOONSHINE!" | ||||
| Fang says, "probably" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "oh, yeah. Good point." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "seriously, who keeps their moonshine in a safe?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x moonshine" | ||||
Floyd | It is filled with an amber liquid and seems quite innocent. It is Floyd | sealed with a cork. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "cuz he'z our bestest frien'. hic." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "You've obviously never had good moonshine." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Remember to ask the caretaker the key question first." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That being..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We oughta check out the altar too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Want some rye? 'Course ya do!" | ||||
| Fang says (to DW), "gopher wood, remember" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe there's candy and flowers." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or even nylons." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a bottle of moonshine Floyd | a tweed jacket (being worn) Floyd | a faded slip of paper Floyd | a brass key Floyd | a lug wrench Floyd | a rubber tire Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Upper Landing Floyd | This small area is rather featureless and dark. The bare floorboards Floyd | creak under your weight. A set of stairs leads down to the narrow Floyd | hallway and a white door leads north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a white door here. Floyd | Floyd | You are momentarily overtaken by a coughing spell, your lungs rattling Floyd | dryly deep inside your chest... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Corridor Floyd | This tall, narrow hallway extends from the alcove and ends in a creaky Floyd | set of steps leading upwards. The walls are painted white, and Floyd | somewhat smudged. The floor is covered with a red carpet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Alcove Floyd | A small recess where the church organ is kept. It affords a clear Floyd | view of the nave and the chancel. The nave is west of the alcove, and Floyd | a small exit leads north. Floyd | Floyd | A cold shudder runs up and down your back. Your insides feel as Floyd | though they are curling inward upon themselves, crumbling and Floyd | withering for lack of moisture. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chancel Floyd | A raised area providing a clear, elevated view of all of the pews in Floyd | the nave and the stained glass windows lining the walls. A threadbare Floyd | rug covers part of the chancel floor. Floyd | Floyd | A cruciform stands by the pulpit. Floyd | Floyd | You cannot bear to be in close proximity to the cruciform. You Floyd | desperately retreat from its presence. Floyd | (Press SPACE to continue) Floyd | | smartgenes says, "nice touch" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pews" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the pews. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "was there a room east from the entryway?" | |||
| Ellison asks, "is this one of those several-smaller-games days?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think, maybe the caretaker would like a present. Unless there's more to world south of Driveway." | ||||
| Fang says, "aye" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "kill buffy with bad acting" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Fang asks (of DW), "drive?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Ell), "Yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entryway Floyd | The entryway to the church leads north to the nave. You can see the Floyd | entire ground floor of the church from here: North of the nave is the Floyd | chancel and east of the nave is an alcove. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front Steps Floyd | The heavy oaken doors of the church loom before you, presenting a Floyd | sensation of disorientation that you did not experience from a Floyd | distance. Great brass handles present you with a means of access to Floyd | shelter from the torrential weather. There are curious inscriptions Floyd | and bas-relief carvings worked into the wood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Grounds Floyd | The gravel path you are on passes by a plot of manicured land upon Floyd | which resides a small church building. It is fashioned of dark river Floyd | stone, stained all the darker from the downpour. Its steeple rises Floyd | suddenly into the gloom, so that the belfry up top is partially Floyd | obscured. Through the barred windows a glimmer of yellow light Floyd | issues, flickering like candlelight. The front entrance is to the Floyd | east, while the path continues south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | Here is where parishioners must have parked their vehicles, be they Floyd | wagon or automobile, before proceeding north to the church building. Floyd | A gravel road leads north past the front of the church. To the south, Floyd | a rain-slicked road leads off into the dark distance. East of here is Floyd | a wooden coach house. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "I think I've beaten this game then forgotten it completely and then beaten it again several times" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Who knows where that long road would take you? Best keep around here Floyd | until you have a better idea of where you are. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | Jacqueline says, "Though we're going on an hour and a half total, so... not sure about the third game. But maybe." | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Coach House Floyd | The coach house is quite old, and indeed once served to house a Floyd | horse-driven coach. It has since been converted for use by Floyd | automobiles. There are shelves lining the walls containing various Floyd | items one would expect to find in a garage. Access to the driveway is Floyd | to the west, through the main entrance, and a small exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Everything around you begins to blur as your eyesight fades. You are Floyd | desperately thirsty and your flesh is crying out for replenishment. Floyd | With a vicious shake of your head, you manage to coerce your vision to Floyd | return. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Winding Path Floyd | Running between the coach house and a small shack to the east, this Floyd | path is lined on both sides by tall brush and bracken, which block Floyd | your view elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Shack Floyd | A small shack rises out of the overgrowth in a clearing at the end of Floyd | the winding path. It looks quite old, but has not fallen into Floyd | disrepair, as has the coach house and the other small buildings on the Floyd | church grounds. Along the front is a wooden door, and a small square Floyd | window to its right, which flickers with a pale yellow light issuing Floyd | from within. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a wooden door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | After some more shuffling, the caretaker returns to the door and opens Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | "You again," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show moonshine to man" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker's vacant eyes light up at the sight of the bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Ell), "I thought this was from this past Oct/" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is it older than that?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | "If you've nothing to tell me, then I'll be telling you something. Floyd | Good day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give moonshine to man" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker's vacant eyes light up at the sight of the bottle. He Floyd | accepts it eagerly from you. He glances at you again, and with a Floyd | shrug of his shoulders, invites you into his home before disappearing Floyd | inside himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shack Interior Floyd | The interior of the shack is plain, but orderly. It comprises a Floyd | single front room and an adjoining bathroom. A fire crackles Floyd | pleasantly in the earth of a fireplace built into the northern wall. Floyd | On the other side of the room is a cot, a table and a single chair. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker is sitting in the chair with an open bottle in his lap. Floyd | He looks up at you with rheumy eyes. Despite this, he looks Floyd | absolutely beautiful to you: an oasis in a desert of ghastly torment. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a wooden door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask caretaker about vampires" | ||||
Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "bare fangs" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| DavidW says, "It's still 'talk to' not 'ask'." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "caretaker, who am i" | ||||
Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||||
Floyd | He looks to be about seventy, has sparse white hair hidden under a Floyd | worn out cap, and his eyes are those of a man in desperate need--a Floyd | need almost as severe as your own. His body virtually glows, so full Floyd | of life it seems, in comparison with your own. Floyd | Floyd | You reach up to the back of your head and you scratch fiercely, trying Floyd | to attend to a sudden and intense itch. As you bring your hand away, Floyd | you discover a clump of dry, withered hair clenched in your claw-like Floyd | fist. Shuddering inwardly, you cast it away, not wanting to look at Floyd | it any longer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "huh, no, I'm almost certain this game has been around for much longer" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite man" | ||||
Floyd | Overcome by the maddening thirst, you bend towards the caretaker, Floyd | ignoring the look of sudden shock in his red-rimmed eyes and the smell Floyd | of hard liquor on his breath. You see the water of life surging Floyd | through his flesh, casting a bright and glorious illumination so that Floyd | his earthly body seems no more than a delicate weave of glowing veins Floyd | and infinite blood vessels. You dive into that flow, and without Floyd | thinking drink your fill.... Floyd | Floyd | ...You feel the life surging back into your veins, renewing your Floyd | withered flesh. Your eyes grow stronger...colors grow brighter, more Floyd | vivid...the darkness is no longer so dark. And strength pulses Floyd | through you now...your body flows with power... Floyd | Floyd | Much later you rise and look down at the caretaker. Despite your Floyd | ravenous need for life, you managed to refrain from draining him dry. Floyd | Yes, he will live. And he will do your bidding, for he has become Floyd | enslaved to you. Merely command him, and certainly he will do as he Floyd | is told to the best of his ability. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker looks around blankly. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "[LINK]" | |||
| Fang says, "ah, the joys of a good old drink" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "huh, that isn't the end?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "This is very similar to some other game I've played long time ago, I don't remember what it was" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It seems not." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We now have a slave." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That was really well written." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i played a few games in churches etc but not as a vampire" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suggest: get him to move the cruciform out of the way." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I can't think what to do except go back to our grave and sleep" | ||||
| djfletch says, "oh, that's an idea" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | A plain wooden table, showing signs of regular use. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker whimpers slightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, follow me" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker says, "I will follow, master." Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker staggers a little, but regains his balance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Small Shack Floyd | A small shack rises out of the overgrowth in a clearing at the end of Floyd | the winding path. It looks quite old, but has not fallen into Floyd | disrepair, as has the coach house and the other small buildings on the Floyd | church grounds. Along the front is a wooden door, and a small square Floyd | window to its right, which flickers with a pale yellow light issuing Floyd | from within. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a wooden door here. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the east. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker coughs halfheartedly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | Jacqueline asks, "He'll be as adverse to the crucifix as we are, though, won't he?" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Winding Path Floyd | Running between the coach house and a small shack to the east, this Floyd | path is lined on both sides by tall brush and bracken, which block Floyd | your view elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the east. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker giggles quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "He's not a vampire" | |||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "not necessarily." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker watches you expectantly. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker gets distracted by a fly buzzing around his head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Coach House Floyd | The coach house is quite old, and indeed once served to house a Floyd | horse-driven coach. It has since been converted for use by Floyd | automobiles. There are shelves lining the walls containing various Floyd | items one would expect to find in a garage. Access to the driveway is Floyd | to the west, through the main entrance, and a small exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker grabs the buzzing fly out of the air and pops it into Floyd | his mouth surreptitiously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | Here is where parishioners must have parked their vehicles, be they Floyd | wagon or automobile, before proceeding north to the church building. Floyd | A gravel road leads north past the front of the church. To the south, Floyd | a rain-slicked road leads off into the dark distance. East of here is Floyd | a wooden coach house. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Now I see why there was all the detailed instruction on how to direct people to do things in the About text." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Church Grounds Floyd | The gravel path you are on passes by a plot of manicured land upon Floyd | which resides a small church building. It is fashioned of dark river Floyd | stone, stained all the darker from the downpour. Its steeple rises Floyd | suddenly into the gloom, so that the belfry up top is partially Floyd | obscured. Through the barred windows a glimmer of yellow light Floyd | issues, flickering like candlelight. The front entrance is to the Floyd | east, while the path continues south. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Front Steps Floyd | The heavy oaken doors of the church loom before you, presenting a Floyd | sensation of disorientation that you did not experience from a Floyd | distance. Great brass handles present you with a means of access to Floyd | shelter from the torrential weather. There are curious inscriptions Floyd | and bas-relief carvings worked into the wood. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, read inscriptions" | ||||
Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Entryway Floyd | The entryway to the church leads north to the nave. You can see the Floyd | entire ground floor of the church from here: North of the nave is the Floyd | chancel and east of the nave is an alcove. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the west. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker looks like he is going to sneeze, but then it fades Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, move cruciform" | ||||
Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, north" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker stops following you. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker goes north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take cruciform" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker picks up the cruciform. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, s" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the north. Floyd | Floyd | You cannot bear to be in close proximity to the cruciform. You Floyd | desperately retreat from its presence. Floyd | (Press SPACE to continue) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Entryway Floyd | The entryway to the church leads north to the nave. You can see the Floyd | entire ground floor of the church from here: North of the nave is the Floyd | chancel and east of the nave is an alcove. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, south" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the north. Floyd | Floyd | You cannot bear to be in close proximity to the cruciform. You Floyd | desperately retreat from its presence. Floyd | (Press SPACE to continue) Floyd | | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "man, throw cruciform through window" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
| Nitku pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, east" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker is unable to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "man, throw cruciform throgh window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach into the Entryway. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "wait" | |||
| DavidW says, "f***" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "caretaker, break cruciform" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker is unable to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I almost had it" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "man, put cruciform in pocket" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach into the Entryway. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "NO" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Undo a couple." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Smartgenes), "Hold up, please." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "where is everything now?" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "why would it make a difference?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I had a plan!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He probably didn't realize, since we had no designated driver." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, south" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker is unable to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Try out your plan./" | |||
| Nitku says, "We are in the nave and the man is in the entryway." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe use /undo if need be." | ||||
| DavidW says, "agrh" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "he has the tweed?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Where is the cruciform now?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "The caretaker has it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, north" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker arrives from the south. Floyd | Floyd | You cannot bear to be in close proximity to the cruciform. You Floyd | desperately retreat from its presence. Floyd | (Press SPACE to continue) Floyd | | smartgenes asks, "he could wrap it in tweed or put in pocket?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "what?" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Entryway Floyd | The entryway to the church leads north to the nave. You can see the Floyd | entire ground floor of the church from here: North of the nave is the Floyd | chancel and east of the nave is an alcove. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm lost now. I don't know what you guys did." | |||
| Nitku says, "Nobody did anything." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, east" | ||||
Floyd | The caretaker arrives at the Alcove from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "he has to come back towards us that's all" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Nave Floyd | The nave is where parishioners would gather to sit in the pews and Floyd | hear the preached message. The walls are paneled with aged cedar and Floyd | the high, vaulted ceiling fades away into darkness above. An altar Floyd | stands at the front of the room, before a raised area called the Floyd | chancel. Arched stained-glass windows line the east and west walls. Floyd | Access to the chancel is north of the nave and south leads to the Floyd | entryway. To the east is a small alcove containing an organ. A Floyd | narrow doorway up by the chancel leads to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Chancel Floyd | A raised area providing a clear, elevated view of all of the pews in Floyd | the nave and the stained glass windows lining the walls. A threadbare Floyd | rug covers part of the chancel floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "finally" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||||
Floyd | Marvelous works of stained glass, they depict several famous Floyd | individuals from scripture, namely Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, Joseph, Floyd | Issac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Daniel and finally Christ Himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||||
Floyd | It is faded and threadbare, having seen a lot of use. There was a Floyd | pattern on it, but it is so faded now as to be indistinguishable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rug" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the rug, revealing a trapdoor beneath! Floyd | Floyd | Chancel Floyd | A raised area providing a clear, elevated view of all of the pews in Floyd | the nave and the stained glass windows lining the walls. In the Floyd | absence of the threadbare rug, a trapdoor has been revealed in the Floyd | chancel floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock trapdoor with key" | ||||
Floyd | You might want to try prying it with something, instead. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "your plan was to move the rug?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry trapdoor with wrench." | ||||
Floyd | Using the lug wrench as a crowbar, you jam it under the latch and Floyd | wrench it apart. The latch is thoroughly destroyed and springs open. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "My plan was to have the man take the cruciform to the alcove." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | You open the trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Dark Chamber Floyd | Illuminated only by the dim light issuing through the trapdoor, this Floyd | unexpected chamber is bare, damp and cold. The walls and the floor Floyd | are fashioned of black stone. Your ears detect the scratch and scurry Floyd | of vermin hidden from sight in the dank and dingy corners of this Floyd | place. In other words, you feel right at home. Floyd | Floyd | Situated squarely in the center of the room, upon a moldering velvet Floyd | rug, is a large, black coffin. The lid stands open and the silk Floyd | interior beckons to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "home sweet home" | |||
| Ellison says, "huh, ok, maybe this is a new-to-2009 game (he says after looking it up). still, it's a very similar plot as the 1998 'The Awakening' by Dennis Matheson, it seems" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter coffin" | ||||
Floyd | You crawl slowly into the black coffin, feeling the silk interior Floyd | against your skin. Yes, this will do. This is right. You can feel Floyd | sleep tugging at you--blessed sleep. Floyd | Floyd | The caretaker comes into view over you. He looks down, with mindless Floyd | love in his red-rimmed eyes. "I will look after you while you sleep, Floyd | Master. Please don't worry." Floyd | Floyd | With that, he reaches for the lid and cautiously, respectfully, closes Floyd | it over you. At last you feel a strange peace begin to settle in. Floyd | Your mind begns to drift...questions arise as sleep takes you over. Floyd | Why was this coffin here? Why even this dark chamber, for that Floyd | matter? And more importantly, who are you? What is going on? Floyd | Floyd | But those are questions to be answered at another time. You will Floyd | sleep now. You will gather strength. This is not finished. In fact, Floyd | it has only begun.... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Ellison), "I haven't played the earlier one, but if they're very similar,... I guess I should check it out." | |||
| smartgenes says, "we have wonm eternal life as a vampire" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. Pretty cool." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Good job, you guys." | ||||
| Nitku says, "This was good, too" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I suspect that, unlike the last game, that's probably the only ending." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I suspect that also." | ||||
| Ellison says (to DavidW), "well, you start off in a graveyard and there's a church, and I'm pretty sure you do something with a caretaker" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So I'm up for the next one, unless people aren't up for running long, in which case we could save the third for another time. Up to you guys." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'll check out the other Awakening, see what it's like." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "And it has the same name. huh" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "wow it's really fast with all these minds" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "we were trying to make it more complicated with the cross thing" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to sg), "Yeah, if it weren't for CF I wouldn't see nearly so much IF." | ||||
| Nitku says, "I'd like to play the last one too" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. It's not identical. The other game has a dog on long leash puzzle." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "I think I remember that one." | ||||
| DavidW says, "And a belfry. A red book." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "We played it here." | ||||
| Nitku says, "Oh yeah, I remember that. We played that on CF." | ||||
| DavidW says, "They have similiarities because of setup and locale, but they aren't the same game." | ||||
| Ellison says, "actually, this doesn't seem to be the game I'm thinking of. I guess I'm wrong. maybe I *did* play the new one at some point. huh! there I go, assuming I never play any newer games again..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Ellison), "Some tropes do repeat themselves." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
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