  
 
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 Slap That Fish, written by Peter Nepstad. Slap That Fish was originally released as part of the 2007 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took nineteenth place. It went on to be nominated for Xyzzy Awards for Best NPCs, Best Individual Puzzle, and Best Use of Medium 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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| Jacqueline asks, "So, shall I push the magical button of fun?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "only if the fun is guaranteed" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load slapfishpcr" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | It was a mistake to go outside again, you know that now. But it was a Floyd | celebration, and you really wanted a nice pie. You were right outside Floyd | the bakery when you realized they had found you; and you caught them Floyd | staring with their wide, unblinking eyes; and the whole walk home, Floyd | they were always there, swimming up alongside, darting ahead, looking Floyd | behind. Finally you couldn't stand it any more and ducked into this Floyd | alley, where whatever happens next, at least there won't be any Floyd | witnesses to shake their heads and frown and pretend to be shocked, Floyd | like the last time. No, this time, those fishy bastards are finally Floyd | going to get what's coming to them. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Slap That Fish Floyd | An interactive adventure in anger mismanagement by Peter Nepstad. Floyd | Illuminated Lantern Publishing Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Release 1.1 (112007). Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [Type ABOUT for more information.] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sure enough, here comes that cocky trout that's been following you Floyd | since you crossed Fifth Avenue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | Slap that Fish is copyright (c) Peter Nepstad, All Rights Reserved, Floyd | 9/29/07. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks to everyone who fired up this game and gave it a try, despite Floyd | its utterly bizarre premise, for which I have no excuse. If you Floyd | enjoyed this game, why not visit my website, at Floyd | [LINK], where there are additional Floyd | games, news items, and a designer's journal where you can read more Floyd | about the development and distribution of Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | - Peter Nepstad, September 29, 2007 Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm. The original game had the non-HTML at the start." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But Peter told me to use this one. Hrm." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Let me glance at his email again." | ||||
| Taleslinger asks, "Is slap that fish an euphemism for ... y'know?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I do not think so, no." | ||||
| Jacqueline logs into her e-mail. | ||||
| Gerynar quickly logs out of Jacqueline's email | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "I thought maybe that inspired the game." | ||||
| DavidW says, "'112007' doesn't look like a recent date." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, but it's the post-comp release." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, here's what his e-mail says:" | ||||
| Jacqueline | I hope SLAP THAT FISH will work with Floyd, since the status bar hack is key, giving a constant indicator of your energy, etc. I think choosing the non-HTML option renders this information at the end of each move, which is admittedly a bit distracting/annoying, but it works. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And then he goes on to say:" | ||||
| Jacqueline | I have also often wondered if anyone got a perfect score in the game, as if you do, there is a pretty large "easter egg" (in the form of being able basically to replay, with a twist), but I didn't see that in anyone's review. This was probably because the comp version made it almost completely impossible to get the max score. Now, its just difficult. Anyway, something to aim for, if someone in the group is something of a SLAP THAT FISH expert from the comp. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, to me that says, play the post-comp release because it's easier, but use the non-HTML version." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We could, admittedly, just do the other release." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "no". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | When in doubt, SLAP THAT FISH!!! Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "I wonder why his tag line is "I remember it so you don't have to" when he makes us remember by the review you're about to see." | |||
| Taleslinger says, "ilac" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | The trout eyes you with contempt. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Rainbow Trout: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh - maybe it just recognized it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | The red stripe on the trout's side flushes to a deep crimson from the Floyd | forceful blow of your open palm. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Rainbow Trout: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry for all that confusion" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | You land a satisfyingly crisp slap, like a fly swatter hitting glass. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Rainbow Trout: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | You are too tired to give the rainbow trout another slap just yet. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Rainbow Trout: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "dodge" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dodge". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "kick that fish" | ||||
Floyd | You don't have the stamina to boot that rainbow trout right now, you Floyd | need to rest. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Rainbow Trout: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "duck" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "duck". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Rainbow Trout: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Rainbow Trout: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! The trout is beginning to realize you aren't just some easily Floyd | evaded fly fisherman, here. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Rainbow Trout: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "I think we need a driver" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Rainbow Trout: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Rainbow Trout: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar nominates Taleslinger | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! The trout is beginning to realize you aren't just some easily Floyd | evaded fly fisherman, here. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Rainbow Trout: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Rainbow Trout: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Rainbow Trout: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | That fish is filleted, with a side of chips. Floyd | Floyd | You have Defeated the rainbow trout in 14 turns and 5 attacks, for a Floyd | score of 10 out of a possible 20 points. Floyd | Floyd | Good Job! If you want to improve your score, consider that it is Floyd | based on how quickly you defeat your opponent, as well as how Floyd | efficiently. Floyd | Floyd | Looks like you have a moment to rest before the next one gets what's Floyd | coming. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I was inefficient at beating up a fish. Typical." | |||
| DavidW says, "I suck at combat games." | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "Maybe try different attcks" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "reading the reviews at ifdb, other "attack" words will work as well" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | There are more fish coming, you can sense it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | Here comes a nosy largemouth bass, to see what the trouble is, its Floyd | mouth gaping open in a look of slack-jawed stupidity that makes your Floyd | blood boil. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 13 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "bitchslap bass" | ||||
Floyd | You slap that bass, and scream in pain. You quickly draw back your Floyd | hand, only to find a fish hook stuck in your palm! Probably it was Floyd | stuck in the bass' mouth since the last catch and release. The hook Floyd | tears the side of the bass' mouth when it comes out. The bass makes a Floyd | rude gesture at you with its tail. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | |||
| Taleslinger says, "Maybe we need to find a different synonym each time or something" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "maul bass" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hook sticking out of your palm. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "maul". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hook" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully pull the hook out of your hand, wincing in pain, and Floyd | throw it away. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "try kicking" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "dropkick bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dropkick". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick bass" | ||||
Floyd | You don't have the stamina to boot that largemouth bass right now, you Floyd | need to rest. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter bullettime" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bullettime". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "this is one of those games where "what's-his-name" can say "Kill it" all he likes" | |||
| DavidW says, "This 'rest' business bothers me." | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kick bass" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Why's that?" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | No way you're running from no damn fish. It ends here, one way or Floyd | another. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "poke bass" | ||||
Floyd | Poking the largemouth bass doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "eat?" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "roundhouse bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "roundhouse". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kill bass" | ||||
Floyd | That's the general idea. But how? Punch? Kick? Or then there is Floyd | the primally satisfying Slap, and its counterpart, the Backhand. Floyd | Decisions, decisions. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Largemouth Bass: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "If efficiency is important, resting is obviously very slow." | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "backhand bass" | ||||
Floyd | Something sharp pierces your flesh when you try to backhand the Floyd | moronic bass. You draw back your hand, wincing in pain, and there, Floyd | between two of your knuckles, is an old, barbed fish hook. The bass Floyd | hums a little Bobby McFerrin in pleasure, despite the cut made by the Floyd | hook on its way out. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smack bass" | ||||
Floyd | You are too tired to give the largemouth bass another slap just yet. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smack bass" | ||||
Floyd | You are too tired to give the largemouth bass another slap just yet. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Efficient resting? I doubt there are any energy drinks in this game." | |||
| Taleslinger asks, "Sorry, I AM driving, er right?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Actually, I see no reason why there shouldn't be." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "yes, you can drive" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You might want to get rid of that second hook in your hand." | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "bop bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bop". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "chop bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "chop". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kick bass" | ||||
Floyd | You don't have the stamina to boot that largemouth bass right now, you Floyd | need to rest. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "slap bass" | ||||
Floyd | You are too tired to give the largemouth bass another slap just yet. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "remove hook" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully pull the hook out of your hand, wincing in pain, and Floyd | throw it away. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says (to dw), "I'm just as terrible at this!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 34 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 240, entitling you to the honorary rank of Bobber Tosser. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I wonder if a hook in your hand slows you from increasing your stamina, yeah." | |||
| Taleslinger says, "I thought it might deal more damage" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Taleslinger), "I doubt I'll be much better" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "eat the bass?" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "slap bass" | ||||
Floyd | You are too tired to give the largemouth bass another slap just yet. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm not sure why we threw away a potential weapon either." | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 7 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "slap bass" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! The bass looks stunned, groggy, in a fog -- but then again, it Floyd | pretty much always does. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Largemouth Bass: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bass" | ||||
Floyd | The bass is looking frantically around for some grass, or brush or Floyd | something to hide in. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Largemouth Bass: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "kick bass" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Its mouth hangs open like a frozen scream. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smack bass" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! The bass looks stunned, groggy, in a fog -- but then again, it Floyd | pretty much always does. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Largemouth Bass: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Largemouth Bass: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "headbutt bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "headbutt". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump on bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask bass about fishing" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fishing". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ask bass about bass" | ||||
Floyd | Surely, you can't think the largemouth bass knows anything about it! Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Largemouth Bass: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug bass" | ||||
Floyd | Erm, that's a different game, I think. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Largemouth Bass: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "finish him" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "finish". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha" | |||
| Gerynar asks, "bite?" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "bite bass" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bite". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "bite". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bass" | ||||
Floyd | The largemouth bass evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a Floyd | simple catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, Floyd | once and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Largemouth Bass: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smash bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smash". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "murder bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "murder". Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "Man, this game lacks synonyms" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "truncuate bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "truncuate". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "waylay bass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "waylay". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You invoke the magic word of prayer your grandfather once taught you. Floyd | But nothing happens. Some secrets are not passed down from generation Floyd | to generation, but are simply lost. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Largemouth Bass: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Actually, the point is that the synonyms aren't synonyms this time." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch bass" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! The bass looks stunned, groggy, in a fog -- but then again, it Floyd | pretty much always does. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Largemouth Bass: 1 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "hit bass" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch bass" | ||||
Floyd | You send the Bass to Bass Hell, where it will be stuffed, nailed to a Floyd | board, and forced to sing "Don't Worry, Be Happy" for all eternity. Floyd | Floyd | You have Defeated the largemouth bass in 34 turns and 5 attacks, for a Floyd | score of 8 out of a possible 20 points. Floyd | Floyd | You've sent a message: No matter how long it takes, no matter how Floyd | much flailing around you do, you will stand your ground and fight to Floyd | the end. Floyd | Floyd | Looks like you have a moment to rest before the next one gets what's Floyd | coming. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 ] Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't see any bass here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "Someone else drive" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | There are more fish coming, you can sense it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | It had to happen. Here comes the clownfish, arriving as if it thinks Floyd | it is the comic relief for the freakshow of your life. The audience Floyd | can laugh, it suggests, because now the star has arrived. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Clownfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clownfish" | ||||
Floyd | The bright orange sides of the clownfish are ostentatious, like a Floyd | tranny dressed like a showgirl. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Clownfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick clownfish" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Clownfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch it" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! Looks like this clownfish is finally getting a red nose. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Clownfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar exclaims, "NO! don't hurt Nemo!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Clownfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch it" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! The clowfish does a pratfall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Clownfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Clownfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Clownfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "Are we carrying anything?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think, to succeed at this game, I'd want to track the effectiveness of attack/opponent combos." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Gerynar), "I believe not." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The bright orange sides of the clownfish are ostentatious, like a Floyd | tranny dressed like a showgirl. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Clownfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a lemon meringue pie. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Clownfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, wtf" | |||
| DavidW says, "That wasn't there before." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "clown ... pie" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pie clownfish" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw pie at clownfish" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the clownfish full in the face with the lemon meringue pie, Floyd | and you can just imagine the soundtrack erupting with laughter. The Floyd | clownfish, beaten at its own game and its face white with meringue, Floyd | slinks off in humiliated defeat. The clownfish has taken its final Floyd | bow. Floyd | Floyd | You have Defeated the clownfish in 10 turns and 3 attacks, for a score Floyd | of 8 out of a possible 20 points. Floyd | Floyd | You've sent a message: No matter how long it takes, no matter how Floyd | much flailing around you do, you will stand your ground and fight to Floyd | the end. Floyd | Floyd | Looks like you have a moment to rest before the next one gets what's Floyd | coming. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | Now is not the time for rest. Now is the time for action! Floyd | Floyd | There are more fish coming, you can sense it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | Now is not the time for rest. Now is the time for action! Floyd | Floyd | Any activity of any level of excitement is sure to gather some Floyd | bottom-feeders, and here comes one now, a bullhead catfish with a lazy Floyd | eye and a shiftless demeanor. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bullhead Catfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "Inventory now?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "uh, why wasn't 'rest' working?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bullhead Catfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "I was wondering that myself" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eye" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "eye". Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "maybe because we weren't in a battle situation" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But resting between rounds seems intuitively okay." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Any red objects nearby?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The bullhead's whiskers twitch. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bullhead Catfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull whiskers" | ||||
Floyd | The bullhead evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple catch Floyd | and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once and for Floyd | all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bullhead Catfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch bullhead" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! The catfish reels from the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bullhead Catfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Bullhead Catfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick bullhead" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bullhead Catfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap it" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! The catfish reels from the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bullhead Catfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Bullhead Catfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The bullhead has a guilty look, like it just stole some old lady's Floyd | wallet, which in fact it probably had. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bullhead Catfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whack! The shiftless bottom-feeder gets a little sense knocked into Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bullhead Catfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show red to fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any red here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whack! The shiftless bottom-feeder gets a little sense knocked into Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bullhead Catfish: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bullhead Catfish: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish" | ||||
Floyd | Smack! The catfish reels from the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Bullhead Catfish: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bullhead Catfish: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bullhead Catfish: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish" | ||||
Floyd | That bottom-feeder is mulch. Floyd | Floyd | You have Defeated the bullhead in 16 turns and 7 attacks, for a score Floyd | of 12 out of a possible 20 points. Floyd | Floyd | Good Job! If you want to improve your score, consider that it is Floyd | based on how quickly you defeat your opponent, as well as how Floyd | efficiently. Floyd | Floyd | You have gained a level!!! You feel stronger than ever. Floyd | Floyd | Looks like you have a moment to rest before the next one gets what's Floyd | coming. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | There are more fish coming, you can sense it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | Like an oversized car crowding into the alley, a really enormous Floyd | bluefin tuna drifts in. Over six feet long, bloated with muscle and Floyd | fat, the tuna swims up to you and stares threateningly, like a Floyd | schoolyard bully. If escape was ever on your mind, which it never is, Floyd | it would be impossible now, the large body of the tuna blocking the Floyd | only exit. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 40 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "that's one strong fish" | |||
| Taleslinger says, "Mmm, tuna" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for Floyd | lunch money. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 40 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "I guess kicking works now" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 40 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "I guess wrong" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 40 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "attack tuna" | ||||
Floyd | That's the general idea. But how? Punch? Kick? Or then there is Floyd | the primally satisfying Slap, and its counterpart, the Backhand. Floyd | Decisions, decisions. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 40 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "backhand tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Thud! The solid body of the tuna shakes a little under the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. This is gonna take time at this rate." | |||
| DavidW says, "I feel like I'm missing something essential about this game." | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "Me too" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Surely we're not meant to kick this fish 20 times and rest 40 times." | ||||
| Rob says, "omega-3 fatty acids" | ||||
| Rob says, "I seem to recall that each fish had a trick" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Rob), "Like the pie for the clownfish." | ||||
| DavidW says, "So instead of brute force, we need to find the finesse." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for Floyd | lunch money. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "but if you didn't figure out the trick it was a lot of random guessing that took a while" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for Floyd | lunch money. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "from ifdb review | And the fish are more like videogame boss monsters than generic RPG mobs: with the exception of the first one, they all have gimmicks. Some of the fish require puzzle-solving. Even when puzzle-solving isn?t required, it?s often the key to trouncing the fish quickly." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake funa" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shake". Floyd | Floyd | > | Rob says, "I also vaguely remember that I had more trouble earlier on than in later ones when I was more actively looking for the trick each time" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under tuna" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under the bluefin tuna. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tuna" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | No way you're running from no damn fish. It ends here, one way or Floyd | another. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ride". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to get on the bluefin tuna. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cut tuna" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to cut it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter the bluefin tuna. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't appear appetizing. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tuna" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "net tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "net". Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "Lie! Tuna is AWLAYS appetizing" | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "tall tuna about sushi" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "poke tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tall". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Poking the bluefin tuna doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see no obvious tools to work with." | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "tell tuna about sushi" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sushi". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "can tuna" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slice tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "can". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | What do you want to cut it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't appear appetizing. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for Floyd | lunch money. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 38 ] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell tuna" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "smell". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "meow" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "meow". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "shake tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shake". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "summon cat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "summon". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Erm, that's a different game, I think. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "take tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't back down. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't back down. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull buna" | ||||
| Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "pull tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "buna". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The bluefin tuna evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "say "sorry charlie" to tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | This bluefin is the type to hide in a pod of dolphins, nevermind the Floyd | consequences. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeak" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "squeak". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeal" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "squeal". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know what to do expect hit the thing, and that sucks." | |||
| DavidW says, "er except" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't have a net or trident." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't know how to imitate a fishing crew." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't have cats or mayo." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | This bluefin is the type to hide in a pod of dolphins, nevermind the Floyd | consequences. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "I guess a cat sandwich is out of the question" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fin" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fin" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for Floyd | lunch money. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull fin" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shred tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shred". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "capture tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "capture". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 36 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Your hand stings from the force of the slap. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "bah. That hurts us as badly as it hurts the fish." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hand" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about your hands. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x feet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "feet". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are sick of fish and the way they look at you. You have had Floyd | enough. Now, it is payback time. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x alley" | ||||
Floyd | The alley walls are bright red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Taleslinger says, "Okay, good luck Clubbers!" | |||
| Taleslinger says (to Ellison) "Doom III rocks" (and disappears) | ||||
| Taleslinger has disconnected. | DavidW says (to Gerynar), "argh." | |||
| DavidW says, "That would've helped earlier." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I TRIED TO LOOK" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brick" | ||||
Floyd | The alley walls are bright red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" | ||||
Floyd | It isn't a particularly well constructed brick wall, but you cannot Floyd | pry it apart with your fingers. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "and it seems it assumed we wanted to look at the current fish" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to kick the wall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb brick" | ||||
Floyd | There are no good handholds on the wall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hit wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to hit the wall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point to brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "point". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "slap wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to slap the wall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wave". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave at fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wave". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "squeeze". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "filet fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "filet". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "bite fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bite". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "eat fish" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't appear appetizing. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "It's Ellison's turn to drive" | |||
| DavidW says, "I knew I'd suck horribly at this game." | ||||
| Ellison says, "I was horrible at this game" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smell". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't appear appetizing. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sing". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||||
Floyd | You invoke the magic word of prayer your grandfather once taught you. Floyd | But nothing happens. Some secrets are not passed down from generation Floyd | to generation, but are simply lost. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] | Ellison says, "I never got further than two or three fish in, I think" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | Slap that Fish is copyright (c) Peter Nepstad, All Rights Reserved, Floyd | 9/29/07. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks to everyone who fired up this game and gave it a try, despite Floyd | its utterly bizarre premise, for which I have no excuse. If you Floyd | enjoyed this game, why not visit my website, at Floyd | [LINK], where there are additional Floyd | games, news items, and a designer's journal where you can read more Floyd | about the development and distribution of Interactive Fiction. Floyd | Floyd | - Peter Nepstad, September 29, 2007 Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "who chose this game?" | |||
| DavidW says, "me, I think" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I wanted assistance." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bearhug tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bearhug". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wrestle tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wrestle". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "beat up tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "beat". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "beat tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "beat". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "batter tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "batter". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "fry tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fry". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Has it gotten to that point? The point of 'man, who CHOSE this?' heh" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll share one other part of Pete's note:" | ||||
| Jacqueline | While I'm still happy that in a momentary lapse of sanity I coded and released this game almost directly from some weird corner of my brain, I do feel I need to finish some of my WIPs soon -- not sure if it's the right capstone for my IF career!!! | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hit tuna with DavidW" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "davidw". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "grill tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "grill". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "noogie tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "noogie". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "catch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 34 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "backhand tuna" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tuna a swirlie" | ||||
Floyd | Thud! The solid body of the tuna shakes a little under the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 32 ] Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "swirlie". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, I'm feeling that my usual toolbox of skills is empty with this one." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "What have you done thus far? How many fish?" | ||||
| Gerynar asks, "this is the fourth?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "uh, this might be the 4th one? I haven't been keeping count and scrollback only goes back so far." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I seem to remember fighting a shark." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Have you fought a shark yet?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We're at bluefin tuna" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Between this an Olympic curling... lots of competition to watch this morning." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give lunch money to tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna looks like it is going to try and shake you down for Floyd | lunch money. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 32 ] Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "lunch". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(I am in a hotel, with the novelty of television...)" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "bully tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bully". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tuna down" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shake". Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "I thought they had TVs in Alaska" | |||
| Ellison says, "I never figured out if the proper verb is hinted at in any way" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If it is, I missed it." | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hint". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | When in doubt, SLAP THAT FISH!!! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "SLAP THAT FISH!!!" | ||||
Floyd | Thud! The solid body of the tuna shakes a little under the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Bluefin Tuna: 30 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose we could slap it 16 times and get onto the next one" | |||
| DavidW says, "But it makes for sucky gameplay." | ||||
| Gerynar agrees | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bluefin Tuna: 28 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bluefin Tuna: 26 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | Thud! The solid body of the tuna shakes a little under the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | Jacqueline says (to Gerynar), "I'm still in Alaska, but no, I don't have TV at home. A conscious choice. But it's kinda fun to watch a few times a year if there's actually something on worth watching (which, incidentally, is usually not the case)." | |||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | This bluefin is the type to hide in a pod of dolphins, nevermind the Floyd | consequences. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are sick of fish and the way they look at you. You have had Floyd | enough. Now, it is payback time. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Bluefin Tuna: 24 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "That's why I don't have cable" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | You slap the tuna hard, but it almost feels like a pat to the side of Floyd | a horse for all the good it does. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 22 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | Thud! The solid body of the tuna shakes a little under the blow. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Bluefin Tuna: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | The bullying tuna advances on you, forcing you to take a step back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "poke tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Poking the bluefin tuna doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Bluefin Tuna: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | The big thuggish brute pushes forward further, staring at you sternly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "push tuna" | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "push fish" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin tuna doesn't back down. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Bluefin Tuna: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | The tuna continues to advance on you, forcing you further back into Floyd | the alley. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "net tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "net". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Bluefin Tuna: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | You can feel the cold, foul breath of the tuna on your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "did our stamina just go up when I pushed the fish?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Bluefin Tuna: 18 ] Floyd | Floyd | The tuna threateningly moves closer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! Another solid hit, using your off hand. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bluefin Tuna: 16 ] Floyd | Floyd | The bluefin's beady eyes stare at you malevolently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! And again, with your strong arm, so fast that in a moment, this Floyd | tuna is going to be chicken of more than just the sea. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | The tuna flaps its tail threateningly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "encroach tuna" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "encroach". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The tuna doesn't look hurt, it looks angry. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | The tuna advances again, and you step back again, until you feel the Floyd | back wall of the alley right behind you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||||
Floyd | The alley walls are bright red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bluefin Tuna: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | The tuna threatens to crush you under its bulky body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | Wheeee! Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Bluefin Tuna: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | The tuna gloats triumphantly at your cowardly retreat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The fish sees your boot coming a mile away and easily evades your Floyd | kick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bluefin Tuna: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Bluefin Tuna: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alley" | ||||
Floyd | The alley walls are bright red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The tuna doesn't seem to realize it is bound for Tsukiji, yet. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "so unhelpful" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Bluefin Tuna: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Bluefin Tuna: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Whap! You hit the tuna like it is a punching bag. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Bluefin Tuna: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tuna" | ||||
Floyd | The bluefin looks like a bull that has seen red. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Bluefin Tuna: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh you are almost there!" | |||
| K-Y arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "but the wrong way" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, USA won over Sweden on the very last stone." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "backhand tuna" | ||||
Floyd | Your hand stings from the force of the slap. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Bluefin Tuna: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Bluefin Tuna: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "backhand tuna" | ||||
Floyd | WHAM!!! The tuna flies back, smashing against the alley wall. The Floyd | force of its fall causes a brick to dislodge, revealing a dark Floyd | opening. That tuna is sushi. Floyd | Floyd | You have Defeated the bluefin tuna in 93 turns and 24 attacks, for a Floyd | score of 0 out of a possible 20 points. Floyd | Floyd | This victory was well earned. Hemingway said it best: "A man can be Floyd | destroyed but not defeated". You have won, but you'll need Floyd | considerably more finesse next time if you want to hold your head up Floyd | high. Floyd | Floyd | You look for a moment at the fallen bluefin, before it floats away Floyd | with the rest of the trash. Its defeat will not go unnoticed. You Floyd | had better prepare yourself as best you can, because this isn't just a Floyd | back alley fistfight anymore. This is war. Your eye lingers on the Floyd | dislodged brick, and the opening it revealed. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "You mean you're whittling him down and you think there's a better way?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "er, whittled, past tense?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Whittling down seemed way wrong." | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "examine opening" | ||||
Floyd | There is a small opening in the brick wall where a brick has been Floyd | dislodged, large enough to reach into, but too dark to see inside. Floyd | Floyd | There are more fish coming, you can sense it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "reach in opening" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the dark opening. It is a narrow fit. Feeling around, Floyd | the first thing you find is a piece of paper, which you take and pull Floyd | out into the light. Floyd | Floyd | Outside of the shelter of your small alley, there is a gathering Floyd | storm. A news helicopter circles overhead. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | The last date was quite some time ago. Apparently cleaning Floyd | requirements have become lax under the new management, not Floyd | surprisingly. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 ] Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A single sheet of greasy paper, titled "Men's Bathroom", followed by Floyd | grid of dates and times and handwritten initials. The page is Floyd | difficult to straighten out as it curls up at the edges. Floyd | Floyd | You see a few pilot fish peek around the corner and peer down the Floyd | alley, then disappear just as quickly. Scouts. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in opening" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the opening again, and this time you find what feels Floyd | like a wooden pole. You lay the pole down, and pull it out by its Floyd | end, until it gets stuck at what you recognize as a mop head. It is Floyd | detachable, though, so a moment later you have unscrewed the mop head Floyd | and let it drop back in the opening, while you have the handle, which Floyd | you prefer to think of as a staff. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in opening" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the opening again. You feel the mop head. Feeling Floyd | around a bit more, your hand hits something metal -- after a moment Floyd | you realize you are feeling the edge of a bucket. The bucket is much Floyd | too large to get through the opening, though. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the blade-like snout of the swordfish long before you see Floyd | it, then it turns, and approaches you slowly. Make no mistake, this Floyd | is an assassin, pure and simple, sent to finish you off, once and for Floyd | all. By its sinister looks, it appears to be close cousins to the Floyd | swordfish that pulled your brother overboard during that fatal fishing Floyd | trip so many years ago, dragged him under the water for several miles, Floyd | then left his corpse to drift in the ocean as food for the many sea Floyd | creatures who prey on the dead. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clear save" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "clear". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push save" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "ooh...are we about to do something dangerous" | |||
| DavidW says, "So we have a brick, paper, and staff vs a swordfish." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "See? I told you some of your normal IF skillz would come into play!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "except I don't know what to do." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't play combat games normally." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with staff" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish parries your strike, but for a moment, at least, your Floyd | staff is pressed up against its bill, exposing the left side of its Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "backhand fish" | ||||
Floyd | The long sword of the swordfish is in your way, you'll have to Floyd | concentrate on only one side of this murderous fish. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 20 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "backhand left side of fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "left". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit left side with brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "left". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit body with brick" | ||||
Floyd | Whack! The swordfish gets a little tenderized. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Swordfish: 18 ] Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish pushes away your staff and swims back a couple paces. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "parry swordfish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "parry". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "lunge" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lunge". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "we probably should have one person drive." | |||
| Ellison says, "sorry, I'll stop" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no, you can drive first" | ||||
| Ellison says, "nah, nothing I want to do works" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I think we have to keep knocking his sword away with the staff, then hit the body with the brick?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with staff" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish parries your strike, but for a moment, at least, your Floyd | staff is pressed up against its bill, exposing the left side of its Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Swordfish: 18 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick body" | ||||
Floyd | You give the swordfish a good kick to the belly. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Swordfish: 16 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You give the swordfish a good kick to the belly. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Swordfish: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish pushes away your staff and swims back a couple paces. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Swordfish: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Swordfish: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Swordfish: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Swordfish: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lunge with staff" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lunge". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "thrust staff" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "thrust". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with staff" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish parries your strike, but for a moment, at least, your Floyd | staff is pressed up against its bill, exposing the left side of its Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Swordfish: 14 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | You give the swordfish a good kick to the belly. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish pushes away your staff and swims back a couple paces. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with staff" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish parries your strike, but for a moment, at least, your Floyd | staff is pressed up against its bill, exposing the left side of its Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 12 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | You give the swordfish a good kick to the belly. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Swordfish: 10 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | You give the swordfish a good kick to the belly. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Swordfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish pushes away your staff and strikes at you, drawing blood Floyd | in a thin line across the bridge of your nose. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with staff" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish parries your strike, but for a moment, at least, your Floyd | staff is pressed up against its bill, exposing the left side of its Floyd | body. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Swordfish: 8 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | You give the swordfish a good kick to the belly. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 0 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "brb" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish pushes away your staff and strikes at the mop handle, Floyd | hard, splintering it into a thousand tiny pieces, one of which lodges Floyd | in your forearm. You are left holding a small baton, no more than 18 Floyd | inches long. The swordfish grins in pleasure. You pull the splinter Floyd | out of your arm. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ugh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 2 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 4 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rest" | ||||
Floyd | You rest for a moment to regain your strength... Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a brick, a piece of paper, a broken mop handle, and a Floyd | needle-like splinter. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "poke swordfish with splinter" | ||||
Floyd | You can't get close enough to use it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with brick" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish knocks the brick out of your hands with a deft flick of Floyd | its bill. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with handle" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish easily evades the short handle and gives you a cut to Floyd | the arm to remember it by. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The cocky swordfish chooses this moment to reveal that it is Floyd | left-handed, but as it isn't holding a sword, but swinging at you with Floyd | its bill, the revelation is less than impressive. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "heh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in opening" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the opening again. You can feel a mop head, and the Floyd | rim of a large bucket, but nothing else. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the bucket and feel around. You feel something soft Floyd | and wet and smooth. You pull it out of the opening and take a look: Floyd | it's a rubber glove. Which is not at all what it felt like, but Floyd | you've never been very good at that sort of thing. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glove" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary rubber glove to me. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the rubber glove. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the bucket, but don't feel anything in particular. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit sword" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick sword" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw brick at fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish deflects the brick, sending it crashing into your Floyd | temple. Blood trickles into your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 3 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is starting to look a bit pale and tired. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "ideas?" | |||
| Ellison asks, "sing lullaby?" | ||||
| Gerynar asks, "stick the paper on the swordfish's snout?" | ||||
| Ellison says, "nice" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing lullaby" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sing". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paper on sword" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the swordfish. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab sword" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "grab". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "we lost our staff, I take it?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw splinter at fish" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the swordfish with the needle, but it doesn't penetrate, and Floyd | falls harmlessly to the ground. You need some way to shoot the Floyd | splinter much faster if you hope to make it a dangerous projectile. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a piece of paper, a broken mop handle, a needle-like Floyd | splinter, a brick, and a rubber glove (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll paper" | ||||
Floyd | You roll the paper into a tight tube, almost like a pipe or something. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put splinter in paper" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully load the needle into the rolled up sheet of paper, Floyd | making a deadly blowgun. (To use the blowgun, simply SHOOT [TARGET].) Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot fish" | ||||
Floyd | You put your makeshift blowgun up to your mouth and blow. The needle Floyd | shoots out, but the swordfish easily deflects it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take needle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess that attack is for later." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break opening" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to tell me how to do that. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "remove glove" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the rubber glove. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "put glove on handle" | ||||
Floyd | There is no good surface on the broken mop handle. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, I hope you have an idea" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put brick in glove" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put anything into the rubber glove. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "was going to try to slap the fish with the stick instead of our hand" | |||
| DavidW says, "I expect the glove is to let us electrocute a fish with live wires later on." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Rubber gloves are often used to handle live wires in IF." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "notes that if he includes any rubber gloves in his games, that they are to be used for doing the dishes" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put handle in tube" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tube". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a tightly rolled sheet of paper, a broken mop handle, a Floyd | brick, a rubber glove, and a needle-like splinter. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put handle in paper" | ||||
Floyd | You can't fit that in the tightly rolled sheet of paper. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put splinter in paper" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully load the needle into the rolled up sheet of paper, Floyd | making a deadly blowgun. (To use the blowgun, simply SHOOT [TARGET].) Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||||
Floyd | There is only about a foot and a half left of the mop handle. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are sick of fish and the way they look at you. You have had Floyd | enough. Now, it is payback time. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "does the mop-head fit through the hole?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fish" | ||||
Floyd | The cocky swordfish chooses this moment to reveal that it is Floyd | left-handed, but as it isn't holding a sword, but swinging at you with Floyd | its bill, the revelation is less than impressive. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I believe we threw the mop-head away automatically." | |||
| Gerynar says, "ah" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the bucket, but don't feel anything in particular. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the opening and fiddle around with the bucket, to no Floyd | effect. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move mop-head" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mop-head". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move head" | ||||
Floyd | Which head do you mean, the mop head, or the swordfish? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mop" | ||||
Floyd | You don't see any mop head here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | The paper isn't really readable in its current configuration. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "fold paper?" | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask fish "How are you breathing out of water?"" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open paper" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know how to open the blowgun. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unfold paper" | ||||
Floyd | The paper isn't folded, it is rolled. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "oh yeah, forgot we rolled it" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unroll paper" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully take the splinter out of the tube, and unroll the paper Floyd | and flatten it out as best you can. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold paper" | ||||
Floyd | You fold the paper into a neat square. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "paper" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | A single sheet of greasy paper, neatly folded. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw it at fish" | ||||
Floyd | You are in no mood for a game of catch. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold paper" | ||||
Floyd | You have already folded the paper. Further folding would get Floyd | dangerously close to origami. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold paper into plane" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "plane". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll paper" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to unfold it, first. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "unroll paper" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully take the splinter out of the tube, and unroll the paper Floyd | and flatten it out as best you can. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I'm not sure if the folded configuration has a use or not." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jeans" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "jeans". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "spit on fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "spit". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with brick" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish knocks the brick out of your hands with a deft flick of Floyd | its bill. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mouth" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any mouth here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bill" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bill". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a piece of paper, a broken mop handle, a rubber glove, a Floyd | needle-like splinter, and a brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alley" | ||||
Floyd | The alley walls are bright red brick. There is a small opening in the Floyd | brick wall where a brick has been dislodged, large enough to reach Floyd | into, but too dark to see inside. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb wall" | ||||
Floyd | There are no good handholds on the wall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "climb fish" | ||||
Floyd | Whoa. Settle down there, Aquaman. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. That might've helped elsewhere." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taunt swordfish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "taunt". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | Wheeee! Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Back. Still on the swordfish." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "backslap fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "backslap". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline kicks back with her smoothie and watches again. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "backhand fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "if this were another game, the password would be swordfish" | |||
| DavidW says, "We're flounder-ing" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hit fish with glove" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You strike a glancing blow at the swordfish with the rubber glove. Floyd | "Shall we say pistols at dawn?" Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish does not respond. Looks like you're going to have to Floyd | take care of this the old fashioned way, with your fist, foot, and, Floyd | whenever possible, open palm. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "har" | |||
| DavidW says (to Gerynar), "That's why I wanted to put the brick in the glove." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "That's what I thought" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab fish with handle" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish easily evades the short handle and gives you a cut to Floyd | the arm to remember it by. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hit fish with handle and glove" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use multiple indirect objects. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch fish with brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb opening" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to climb the dark opening. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You invoke the magic word of prayer your grandfather once taught you. Floyd | But nothing happens. Some secrets are not passed down from generation Floyd | to generation, but are simply lost. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break sword" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to tell me how to do that. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x alley" | ||||
Floyd | The alley walls are bright red brick. There is a small opening in the Floyd | brick wall where a brick has been dislodged, large enough to reach Floyd | into, but too dark to see inside. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "ask swordfish about password" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "password". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yarrr, the password be always "swordfish"" | |||
| Ellison says, "yup, an opportunity was lost there. I have to believe there's a password joke somewhere in here." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dance". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "afk for a bit." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Gerynar?" | ||||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that gerynar is Spartacus." | ||||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "I'm thinking" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave wand" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wave". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub handle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rub". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a piece of paper, a broken mop handle, a rubber glove, a Floyd | needle-like splinter, and a brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(Sometimes when you rub a handle, it gets bigger.)" | |||
| Gerynar says, "I shall leave that up to you" | ||||
| Jacqueline gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. | ||||
| Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says, "Sorry, had to reboot." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie glove to brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tie". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hit fish with paper" | ||||
Floyd | It's not very effective to attack with the piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we don't construct our own mace." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach in hole" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the opening again. You can feel a mop head, and the Floyd | rim of a large bucket, but nothing else. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mop head" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get mop head" | ||||
Floyd | You can't get the mop head out of the small opening. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "hit fish with handle" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish easily evades the short handle and gives you a cut to Floyd | the arm to remember it by. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know what even to try now." | |||
| Gerynar says, "Wish we had a shotgun" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose we can try the blowgun more than once." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll paper" | ||||
Floyd | You roll the paper into a tight tube, almost like a pipe or something. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put splinter in paper" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully load the needle into the rolled up sheet of paper, Floyd | making a deadly blowgun. (To use the blowgun, simply SHOOT [TARGET].) Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot eye" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "eye". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot body" | ||||
Floyd | You put your makeshift blowgun up to your mouth and blow. The needle Floyd | shoots out, but the swordfish easily deflects it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take needle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put needle in paper" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully load the needle into the rolled up sheet of paper, Floyd | making a deadly blowgun. (To use the blowgun, simply SHOOT [TARGET].) Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fish" | ||||
Floyd | The cocky swordfish chooses this moment to reveal that it is Floyd | left-handed, but as it isn't holding a sword, but swinging at you with Floyd | its bill, the revelation is less than impressive. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | No way you're running from no damn fish. It ends here, one way or Floyd | another. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under fish" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under the swordfish. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| K-Y's helipad, made of swiss cheese and connected to the second floor of his house, was not sufficiently "outdoors"-like to warrant inclusion. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break brick" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to tell me how to do that. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look over fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw brick at wall" | ||||
Floyd | You are in no mood for a game of catch. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look above fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "above". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break wall with brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push wall" | ||||
Floyd | Pushing the wall doesn't do anything. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to kick the wall. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick bucket" | ||||
Floyd | Not today. Not if you can help it. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "backhand fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleeve" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sleeve". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "punch fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "step on fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "step". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stomp fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stomp". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on sword" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the swordfish. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(one thing these transcripts fail to show is the very long pauses between attempts)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubble" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rubble". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see what you're referring to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take debris" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "debris". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pistol" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pistol". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "contruct harpoon out of spit and tinfoil." | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "contruct". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "oops construct" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "construct". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop piano on swordfish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "piano". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw banana peel at fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "banana". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||||
Floyd | There is only about a foot and a half left of the mop handle. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull handle" | ||||
Floyd | Pulling the broken mop handle doesn't have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "poison fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "poison". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The handle isn't telescopic." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brick" | ||||
Floyd | A crumbling red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "crumble brick" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "crumble". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dust" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dust". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm thinking if we should obscure the fish's vision, the blowgun might have a better chance." | |||
| DavidW says, "er if we could" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rocks". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stones". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pebbles" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pebbles". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glass" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "glass". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Anyone? Any ideas at all?" | |||
| Gerynar says, "I can't think of anything that hasn't been tried." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw brick at fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish deflects the brick, sending it crashing into your Floyd | temple. Blood trickles into your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 5 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brick" | ||||
Floyd | A crumbling red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit fish with brick" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish knocks the brick out of your hands with a deft flick of Floyd | its bill. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take brick" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x brick" | ||||
Floyd | A crumbling red brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "attach brick to handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's no obvious way to do that. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab brick with handle" | ||||
Floyd | You take out your frustrations on the brick. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bore brick with handle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bore". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "make hammer" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "make". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "stab fish with handle" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish easily evades the short handle and gives you a cut to Floyd | the arm to remember it by. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "fix handle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fix". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "tie glove to handle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tie". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Tried to stab about 200 turns ago." | |||
| DavidW says, "Tried tie about 150 turns ago." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Admittedly, I never tried 'fix'." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in glove" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the rubber glove. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn glove inside out" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "inside". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "poke fish with handle" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish easily evades the short handle and gives you a cut to Floyd | the arm to remember it by. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is starting to look a bit pale and tired. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "poke brick" | ||||
Floyd | Poking the brick doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw handle at fish" | ||||
Floyd | You are in no mood for a game of catch. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "concede defeat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "concede". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cover me with tartar sauce" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cover". Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "grab fish's snout and stick it in the opening" | |||
| DavidW says, "I tried to grab the sword earlier." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snout" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "snout". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fish in opening" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put the swordfish anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sword in opening" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put the swordfish anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing handle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "swing". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "juggle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "juggle". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a blowgun, a broken mop handle, a rubber glove, and a brick. Floyd | The blowgun seems to contain a needle-like splinter. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw brick over fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hook" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any hook here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sorry, I'm stumped." | |||
| Gerynar says, "me too" | ||||
| Gerynar looks to Jacqueline | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn sword" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish evades your grasp. You won't stop them by a simple Floyd | catch and release program, anyway. It is time to settle this, once Floyd | and for all. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "take off pants" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pants". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "parry sword" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "parry". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "strip" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "strip". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fly" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fly". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pray". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "prey" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "prey". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dodge" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dodge". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "slap that fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sigh. I was hoping that I'd be able to pick up some pointers on how to play a game like this, but it didn't happen." | |||
| Gerynar says, "story-driven games are more my style" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I like exploration-with-puzzle games." | ||||
| DavidW says, "This is more like an arcade game where I can't even see what buttons are on the console." | ||||
| Gerynar agrees | ||||
| DavidW says, "And I've never played an arcade one-on-one fighting game ever. So I don't know what's standard." | ||||
| DavidW says, "jumpkick fish" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "I usually whaled on my brother until he beat me" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jumpkick fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "jumpkick". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cry" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cry". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "backhand me" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to backhand yourself. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home. | Gerynar says, "OK, I think we scared Jacqueline away" | |||
| Ellison has disconnected. | ||||
| Ellison has connected. | ||||
| Ellison has disconnected. | ||||
| Ellison has connected. | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x swordfish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||||
Floyd | There is only about a foot and a half left of the mop handle. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "blind swordfish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "blind". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sticker" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sticker". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "reach in bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the bucket, but don't feel anything in particular. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "I've 100%ed this, but I can only be around for like 15 minutes" | |||
| McMartin arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "We've been stuck for hours." | |||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "LOOK" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish is starting to look a bit pale and tired. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "INVENTORY" | ||||
Floyd | You have a blowgun, a broken mop handle, a rubber glove, and a brick. Floyd | The blowgun seems to contain a needle-like splinter. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "Rats, this is one of the ones I don't remember" | |||
| McMartin says, "I assume you hit it with a stick until it broke" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||||
| McMartin says, "At which point it will aggressively parry your punches and kicks, doing you damage instead" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We hit the sword with the staff, then kicked the body" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, we can't touch it now." | ||||
| DavidW says, "hence the stuckness" | ||||
| McMartin says, "I have this memory of you getting his sword stuck in your body and then beating him to death while he's stuck" | ||||
| McMartin says, "Now I'm going to have to go check" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "that sounds painful" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "push fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish doesn't back down. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We can't find new tools, nor make new tools with what we have (blowgun excepted), nor guess the verb (if that's what it is)." | |||
| McMartin says, "Right." | ||||
| McMartin says, "I recognize all these tools as needed for later fights, which are noticably puzzlier." | ||||
| DavidW says, "If we need to shoot the blowgun at some better target than 'fish', we haven't discovered it." | ||||
| Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man, wireless keeps needing to be reset." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Still on the swordfish, thoughm I see." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "we are very very stuck" | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to FLoyd), "kick blade" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "blade". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "kick sword" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "slip fish" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "slip". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "slap fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish slashes at your arm, cutting your sleeve to ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The cocky swordfish chooses this moment to reveal that it is Floyd | left-handed, but as it isn't holding a sword, but swinging at you with Floyd | its bill, the revelation is less than impressive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "This puzzle has changed or not triggered or something" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slap fish with left hand" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "left". Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "Given that I just checked the walkthrough and it says that KICK FISH is the actual solution here, producing an effect like what I described" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The effect seems to be poor." | |||
| McMartin says, "Yeah, it's supposed to get stuck in your leg" | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "hit fish with mop handle" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish easily evades the short handle and gives you a cut to Floyd | the arm to remember it by. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 6 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "parry sword with leg" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "parry". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "throw brick at fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish deflects the brick, sending it crashing into your Floyd | temple. Blood trickles into your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 1 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is starting to look a bit pale and tired. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The cocky swordfish chooses this moment to reveal that it is Floyd | left-handed, but as it isn't holding a sword, but swinging at you with Floyd | its bill, the revelation is less than impressive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The cocky swordfish chooses this moment to reveal that it is Floyd | left-handed, but as it isn't holding a sword, but swinging at you with Floyd | its bill, the revelation is less than impressive. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 10 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "This looks like it's been wedged, to be honest" | |||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "block sword with leg" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "block". Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "kick fish" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leg" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "leg". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 9 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin says (to Floyd), "kick fish" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish nods its head down and slashes at your leg, slicing into Floyd | your pant leg. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 7 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "Nope, not repeated" | |||
| McMartin says, "I remember having to sourcedive to deal with the Pirahna" | ||||
| McMartin says, "But now I actually have to go, I'm afraid" | ||||
| McMartin says, "This offends me; I will study it later tonight." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "hrm" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I think we'll have to concede defeat on this one." | ||||
| McMartin says, "My current theory is that you got bugzapped" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of McM), "Have their other solutions jived with your memory?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My train of thought: load up the other version, plow back through to the swordfish." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And thus avoid the bug." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The comp version is also loaded on Floyd." | ||||
| McMartin says, "My memory is that the swordfish is the first fight you can fail" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Who all is playing at this point?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My connection keeps crapping out, so I've lost track." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The only players have been me, Gerynar, and Ellison." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Right, but you seem to be the only one here, or am I missing something?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Taleslinger left ages ago, and McMartin only recently peeked in to help." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | The swordfish is putting up a few "Give Swordfish a Break" bumper Floyd | stickers, but you aren't buying. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your Stamina: 8 Swordfish: 6 ] Floyd | | Gerynar says, "It's about time for me to leave for a bit...need dinner" | |||
Floyd | > | DavidW says, "As far as I can see, we're done." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, why don't we take a hiatus, and if we feel like it later today... an hour or two... try the first version." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll leave Perry logging." | ||||
| McMartin says, "If I discover anything later I'll try it out" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Unless you want to just call it, of course." | ||||
| McMartin says, "The comp version had some randomization" | ||||
| McMartin says, "I have a party to go to" | ||||
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| McMartin has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "Nepstad will be sad, but he will understand. :)" | |||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "Looks like that's calling it." | |||
| McMartin says, "I loved this game, so I feel the need to find out what has gone wrong" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I was not in tune with this game." | ||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| DavidW says, "I felt like I was playing rather blindly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to McM), "Well, if you figure it out later, I'be be interested in hearing what happened." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "If anyone picks it back up and I'm not around, could you email me a transcript?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "it just didn't capture my imagination" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Please?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to McM), "I'm looking at you, mostly." | ||||
| McMartin says, "Noted" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Cool. Thanks." | ||||
| McMartin says, "Experimenting offline first, though" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Hm. With which version?" | ||||
| McMartin says, "Post-comp" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, I think Nepstad will be interested." | ||||
| McMartin says, "So, 1.1" | ||||
| McMartin says, "Yeah" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Any reason for not experimenting on here?" | ||||
| McMartin asks, "Are the logs-so-far up somewhere?" | ||||
| McMartin says, "Responsiveness, mainly. Working out optimum combos takes a *lot* of undoing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There actually is, but I'm not sure it's in a real accessible spot. I can send you a raw log by e-mail asap, though." | ||||
| McMartin says, "Please do" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to McM), "Okay. I'll do that. My thought it... if you do hack on it, at least keep a transcript for Peter. He seemed pretty keen on seeing how things went. He seems interested in the process." | ||||
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