  
 
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 The One That Got Away, written by Leon Lin. The One That Got Away was originally released as part of the 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took third place in the TADS division. 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 says (to Floyd), "load the_one" | ||||
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 | Do you want to read the introduction? (YES or NO) > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On an ancient, crumbling clay tablet lie the words writ by a wise Floyd | Assyrian scribe some 4000 years ago: "The gods do not subtract from Floyd | the alloted span of men's lives the hours spent on fishing." It is in Floyd | the spirit of these words that you have gone into your garage, Floyd | unearthed the fishing equipment passed down to you by your father, and Floyd | called in sick for several days so that you may seek the pleasure of Floyd | one of the oldest sports known to humanity. Floyd | Floyd | You drive into a national park well known for its fishing, and, Floyd | parking your vehicle and yourself by a crowded lake, proceed to bring Floyd | in a haul as large as your permit allows you. But as the days go by, Floyd | you feel that the challenge of rod and reel has left. You find Floyd | yourself limply tossing back the fish you so easily hooked upon your Floyd | line. You look within that part of your soul that has to do with Floyd | fishing, and come up with void. Floyd | Floyd | In frustration, you somehow wander into an old general store by the Floyd | lake. A century ago it was owned by a man whose name is now nearly Floyd | illegible on the sign; today it is a concession stand for fast food. Floyd | Still, mingling with the smell of hamburgers and fries are a group of Floyd | graybeards, sitting on the porch and talking about days gone by. Floyd | Floyd | You find yourself engrossed in their conversation, about catches of Floyd | yesteryear, and struggles against the mighty fish of the past. And, Floyd | always mentioned in hushed whispers, is a legendary fish called only Floyd | "The Old One." Fifty, perhaps a hundred or two hundred pounds, long Floyd | as the tallest pine and wilder than the savage bear of the forest, and Floyd | appearing only once every thirty years, The Old One has defied the Floyd | fishing poles of men for centuries. "They even say," says one man, Floyd | "The Old One even carried away the bride-to-be of ol' Bob of the bait Floyd | store, though he never really believed it. That I heard when I was a Floyd | boy of five, that I did!" There are chuckles all around. Floyd | Floyd | After an awkward silence, one of the men says, "But The Old One Floyd | only appears once every thirty years, don't it?" "Uh-huh," replies Floyd | another. "In fact, it's appearing this year, ain't it?" There are Floyd | more chuckles all around as you quietly excuse yourself from their Floyd | company. Floyd | Floyd | That night you toss and turn in your tent as visions of The Old One Floyd | swim in your mind. You are almost out of bait and money, but perhaps, Floyd | just perhaps, you might have a chance. And so, at five o'clock in the Floyd | morning, you slip away from camp, with only a rod, tackle box and Floyd | thermos of coffee in hand, down the trail the old men told you about. Floyd | You feel the thrill of fishing return to you as you make your way down Floyd | to Lake Highwater. Somehow, you think, you will succeed where others Floyd | have failed. You are sure that The Old One will not be... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The One That Got Away Floyd | Interactive Fiction Floyd | Version 1.1 (Release 2) Floyd | Developed with TADS, the Text Adventure Development System. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1995 by Leon Lin, All Rights Reserved Floyd | Floyd | (Type "info" for information about this release.) Floyd | Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | This ancient dirt path, no doubt trod on by generations of stalwart Floyd | anglers, leads north to Lake Highwater. The path is surrounded by Floyd | lush green grass and tall pine trees which fill your welcoming eyes Floyd | with green. In the distance, small birds chirp and the occasional Floyd | deer can be seen scampering through the woods. The only anomaly in Floyd | the landscape is the large, unsightly mound of dirt sitting next to a Floyd | pile of rocks. To the west is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax grumps | |||
| Ellison says, "oh, we're being all timely" | ||||
| Limax says, "Hee hee" | ||||
| Limax says, "The problem is that the birthday banner is all the way in teh lounge, and I can't see it from here" | ||||
| Limax says, "Or maybe I can...." | ||||
| Tale says, "We should save often." | ||||
| Ellison asks, "the birthday banner has birth years on it?" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x mound" | ||||
Floyd | This is a mound of dirt which was obviously formed when someone tried Floyd | to dig a well here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "I can't remember" | |||
| Ellison says (to Tale), "I thought this game was short enough that saving wasn't important" | ||||
| Limax says, "Yup, it does. I'm actully 9 years older than you... not 90" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x well" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "well". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says, "Hi, everybody." | Limax says (to Ellison), "We" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x pile" | ||||
Floyd | Which pile do you mean, the mound of dirt, or the pile of rocks? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "rocks" | ||||
Floyd | This looks like an old pile of stones. They're quite heavy, and have Floyd | irregular shapes. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says (to Ellison), "We're playing on Floyd. Saving is important" | |||
| Tale says, "I think you can loose and die" | ||||
| Limax loosens up | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "dig in dirt" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a small pamphlet, a fishing pole, a dollar bill, a tackle Floyd | box, and a thermos. The fishing line seems to contain a hook. The Floyd | tackle box seems to contain a fishing knife, a cheese ball, a small Floyd | weight, a medium weight, and a large weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "what's a little losing and dying among friends?" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Does anybody know what a tackle box is?" | ||||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | Gerynar says, "it's what you keep your fishing doo-dads in" | |||
| Gerynar says, "hooks, bait, etc..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's a box where you keep fishing tackle." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Touchy), "it's what a fisherman keeps his fishing lures and hooks in" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's like a toolbox." | ||||
| Touchy says, "Alright." | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "read pamphlet" | ||||
Floyd | "Fishing Pole Instructions" Floyd | Floyd | The following transcript is probably not exactly like your own Floyd | fishing experience, but gives you an idea of what you can do with your Floyd | new fishing pole. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Foredeck Floyd | Floyd | This is the foredeck of the USS Tuna Melt, a fishing boat off the Floyd | Baja California coast. The deck is wet with the waters of the sea and Floyd | the air has its distinctive salt taste. You can go aft. Floyd | Floyd | > INVENTORY Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying a fishing pole and a tackle box. The fishing line Floyd | seems to contain a hook. The tackle box seems to contain a shrimp and Floyd | a plastic bobber. Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK AT LINE Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook. On the hook you see nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > TIE BOBBER TO LINE Floyd | Floyd | You tie the bobber securely to the line. Floyd | Floyd | Old Man Pete, your captain on this voyage, wanders on deck. He is Floyd | smoking a pipe agitatedly. Floyd | Floyd | > PETE, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | "Avast, and shiver me timbers!" growls Pete, who flexes his Floyd | grotesquely oversized biceps restlessly. "Aar, keep fishing! I'll Floyd | give you this gold doubloon to you if you catch the infamous fish, Floyd | Doby the Mackrel!" Floyd | Floyd | > PUT THE SHRUMP ON THE HOOK Floyd | Floyd | Sorry, I don't know the word 'shrump'. Floyd | Floyd | > OOPS SHRIMP Floyd | Floyd | You slide the shrimp easily onto the hook. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden wave splashes onto deck, drenching everyone. The water Floyd | extinguishes Pete's pipe. "%#&@$*( sea," he yells angrily as he Floyd | plucks a sardine from the pipe. "Can't a man get a decent smoke Floyd | anymore?" Floyd | Floyd | > ASK PETE ABOUT SHRIMP Floyd | Floyd | "Aar, if ye don't catch Doby soon you'll be eatin' yer bait instead of Floyd | returning it to the sea," warns Pete. Floyd | Floyd | > CAST LINE Floyd | Floyd | You swing the line back a long way, nearly snagging Pete with the Floyd | line. "Watch where ye put that line, ye landlubber!" With a strong Floyd | snap of the wrist, you launch the line and its contents into the sea. Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | "Aar, where's me lighter?" growls Pete. Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | You feel a tug at the line! It's weak, yet persistent, and getting Floyd | stronger by the second! Floyd | Floyd | > REEL IN LINE Floyd | Floyd | You start reeling in the line when it snags! You pull, and pull, but Floyd | it won't come up! Floyd | Floyd | > REEL IN LINE Floyd | Floyd | Your pole bends so much from your effort that you think it's going to Floyd | snap. And suddenly, with a "Whoosh!", your line comes screaming back Floyd | at you, knocking you to the deck! Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK AT HOOK Floyd | Floyd | You see a mackrel on the hook. Floyd | Floyd | "That's not Doby the Mackrel," says Pete angrily. "You incompetent Floyd | landlubber, when will you learn! Get below and get more shrimp! I Floyd | won't rest until Doby the Mackrel is caught!" "Curse you, Doby the Floyd | Mackrel, curse you!" Pete exclaims, shaking his fist at the sea. Floyd | "From Hell's heart I stab at thee...for hate's sake I spit my last Floyd | breath at thee!" You involuntarily twist your body to avoid his Floyd | flying saliva... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You look about the same as always. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "dig dirt mound" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | This ancient dirt path, no doubt trod on by generations of stalwart Floyd | anglers, leads north to Lake Highwater. The path is surrounded by Floyd | lush green grass and tall pine trees which fill your welcoming eyes Floyd | with green. In the distance, small birds chirp and the occasional Floyd | deer can be seen scampering through the woods. The only anomaly in Floyd | the landscape is the large, unsightly mound of dirt sitting next to a Floyd | pile of rocks. To the west is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Oops, I forgot that giving a non-library response to X ME wasn't yet invented in the 90s" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Interesting intro. Is it from a different game?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "It worked..." | ||||
| Limax asks, "Wait, are we playing already?" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Limax), "yes" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "for the past 8 minutes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Sigh - yes. Top of the hour, sharp." | ||||
| Touchy says, "But we barely did anything." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "No. Infocom used to do the same thing with transcripts of fake games similar to the one you're playing, to demonstrate what's possible." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Jacqueline), "That's the standard TADS response" | ||||
| Limax says (to Jacqueline), "Oh. It came and went without me noticing" | ||||
| Touchy says, "hmhm" | ||||
| Limax asks, "Why don't we just wait until the top of the next hour, then?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Ah" | ||||
| Touchy asks (of Limax), "What's so bad about right now?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "examine me" | ||||
Floyd | You look about the same as always. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "He's just doing that." | |||
| Touchy says, "And what's everybody doing? Nobody is entering commands.." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He likes to be like that." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've played this one already. I'm waiting to see what the rest of you do." | ||||
| Limax says (to Jacqueline), "Oh come on now... tell me how you really feel about me" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store Floyd | Floyd | This weathered structure is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store, the oldest Floyd | bait shop at Lake Highwater. Except for the sign on the counter that Floyd | declares "Cameras, worms $1.00" the entire store has an air of rustic Floyd | antiquity as well as a distinctly robust fishy odor. On the west wall | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take cheese" | ||||
Floyd | there is a curtain behind the counter leading into some back room, and Floyd | upon the counter there is an old wooden bucket as well as a plastic Floyd | receptacle. By the entrance of the store, to the east, is a small Floyd | collection of old photos, depicting champion fishermen. Floyd | On the counter sits a camera. Floyd | Bob is here, minding the store. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline smiles. | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x bob" | ||||
Floyd | Old Bob has run this store for (if those old men are to be believed) Floyd | 103 years. While you doubt that particular claim (for after all Floyd | Willard Scott never wished him a happy birthday on the "Today" show) Floyd | you sense there is truth to the claim that Bob is the best damn bait Floyd | seller at Lake Highwater. You could ask this man anything and he'll Floyd | have an answer. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "mkay...what did we just take?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a small pamphlet, a fishing pole, a dollar bill, a tackle Floyd | box, a thermos, and a cheese ball. The fishing line seems to contain Floyd | a hook. The tackle box seems to contain a fishing knife, a small Floyd | weight, a medium weight, and a large weight. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | two-star says, "The cheese" | |||
| DavidW says, "That monologue about the tea looks like a hint." | ||||
| Limax says, "Ha ha ha" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about worms" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, worms been hard to find recently," says Bob. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask bob about cheese" | ||||
Floyd | "New-fangled artificial polysorbic, monosodium, dipeptide 3,3,4, Floyd | whatever stuff!" sneers Bob. "I don't know what that Floyd | radioactive-looking thing is made of, but I can tell you, it ain't Floyd | going to catch The Old One. You're gonna need *real* bait for that!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear what sounds like a sigh. Bob is gazing at the large picture Floyd | on the wall of the woman, whispering, "Nellie, Nellie." Then he Floyd | notices you looking at him funny. You quickly avert your gaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax asks, "Wait... am I the only one who hasn't played this before?" | |||
| Nitku says, "I haven't" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "I haven't" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I haven't." | ||||
| Limax says, "Okay" | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "ask bob about inform" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "inform". Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "I haven't." | |||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "ask bob about nelson" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "nelson". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about tea" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tea". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "ask bob about xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "I saw Tale driving, so I assumed that everyone had played it before" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You speak the ancient word of power. When you realize that it does Floyd | jack diddly, you slap your hand to your forehead and exclaim, "D'OH!" Floyd | Floyd | "When we were kids those magic words really meant something!" snorts Floyd | Bob. Floyd | Floyd | You hear what sounds like a sigh. Bob is gazing at the large picture Floyd | on the wall of the woman, whispering, "Nellie, Nellie." Then he Floyd | notices you looking at him funny. You quickly avert your gaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "I just looked at the pamphlet because I knew it was important" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bob about nellie" | ||||
Floyd | The normally locquacious Bob falls silent. Finally, with an effort, Floyd | he says, "Yes, that was my beloved Nellie. She loved fishing as much Floyd | as I did; we were perfect together.I didn't make that much money, only Floyd | being a humble seller of bait, but I even managed to scrape together Floyd | enough to buy her a gold bracelet with her name engraved on it. Floyd | Finally, on her sixteenth birthday, her father finally gave consent Floyd | for us to get married, and I was the happiest man on the earth. Floyd | Floyd | However, the day of our wedding, I was all dressed up and ready for Floyd | the ceremony, but Nellie didn't show up. We searched all around but Floyd | couldn't find her.That's when I remembered there was some rich Floyd | European guy who'd been also wooing Nellie, and it dawned on me that Floyd | even my little gold bracelet wouldn't be enough to compete with the Floyd | expensive trinkets he could buy without a second thought.My friends Floyd | tried to console me; they said, 'Nellie's like Lake Highwater! She's Floyd | not so shallow she would follow riches instead of her heart!' But as Floyd | the day ended and there was no sign of Nellie, I was forced to Floyd | conclude she had left me for the European. Floyd | Floyd | At midnight, when I was drinking myself silly, my friend Zeke came up Floyd | to me and said some guy saw Nellie that day, and that she'd been Floyd | fishing on the pier and was pulled under by The Old One! I didn't Floyd | believe Zeke.Even at 14 I'd told many a tall tale about fishing, and I Floyd | figured Zeke made that up to make me feel better. Never did hear from Floyd | Nellie again. Her father died of heartbreak shortly thereafter. I Floyd | always thought Nellie might come back, and I've waited, just minding Floyd | this store, but I guess it'll never be." Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask bob about nellie" | ||||
Floyd | The normally locquacious Bob falls silent. Finally, with an effort, Floyd | he says, "Yes, that was my beloved Nellie. She loved fishing as much Floyd | as I did; we were perfect together.I didn't make that much money, only Floyd | being a humble seller of bait, but I even managed to scrape together Floyd | enough to buy her a gold bracelet with her name engraved on it. Floyd | Finally, on her sixteenth birthday, her father finally gave consent Floyd | for us to get married, and I was the happiest man on the earth. Floyd | Floyd | However, the day of our wedding, I was all dressed up and ready for Floyd | the ceremony, but Nellie didn't show up. We searched all around but Floyd | couldn't find her.That's when I remembered there was some rich Floyd | European guy who'd been also wooing Nellie, and it dawned on me that Floyd | even my little gold bracelet wouldn't be enough to compete with the Floyd | expensive trinkets he could buy without a second thought.My friends Floyd | tried to console me; they said, 'Nellie's like Lake Highwater! She's Floyd | not so shallow she would follow riches instead of her heart!' But as Floyd | the day ended and there was no sign of Nellie, I was forced to Floyd | conclude she had left me for the European. Floyd | Floyd | At midnight, when I was drinking myself silly, my friend Zeke came up Floyd | to me and said some guy saw Nellie that day, and that she'd been Floyd | fishing on the pier and was pulled under by The Old One! I didn't Floyd | believe Zeke.Even at 14 I'd told many a tall tale about fishing, and I Floyd | figured Zeke made that up to make me feel better. Never did hear from Floyd | Nellie again. Her father died of heartbreak shortly thereafter. I Floyd | always thought Nellie might come back, and I've waited, just minding Floyd | this store, but I guess it'll never be." Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ha - good Xyzzy response." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store Floyd | Floyd | This weathered structure is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store, the oldest Floyd | bait shop at Lake Highwater. Except for the sign on the counter that Floyd | declares "Cameras, worms $1.00" the entire store has an air of rustic Floyd | antiquity as well as a distinctly robust fishy odor. On the west wall Floyd | there is a curtain behind the counter leading into some back room, and Floyd | upon the counter there is an old wooden bucket as well as a plastic Floyd | receptacle. By the entrance of the store, to the east, is a small Floyd | collection of old photos, depicting champion fishermen. Floyd | On the counter sits a camera. Floyd | Bob is here, minding the store. Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about big mouth" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mouth". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask bob about bob" | ||||
Floyd | "What's that, kid?" demands Bob indignantly. "I don't understand ya, Floyd | speak up!" Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about fishing" | ||||
Floyd | "I've picked my teeth with larger," says Bob nonchalantly. Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | ||||
Floyd | This bucket is normally used to hold worms. At the moment, it's quite Floyd | empty. Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask bob about old one" | ||||
Floyd | Bob starts to say something, probably one of his long winded stories, Floyd | but suddenly falls silent and looks at the picture of the woman on the Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x picture" | ||||
Floyd | Which picture do you mean, the first photo, the second photo, the Floyd | third photo, the fourth photo, the fifth photo, or the sixth photo? Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hahaha" | |||
| Touchy asks, "Yeah Gerynar, which one?" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x picture" | ||||
Floyd | Which picture do you mean, the first photo, the second photo, the Floyd | third photo, the fourth photo, the fifth photo, or the sixth photo? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "first" | ||||
Floyd | This is a picture of "Bass-ackwards" Joe Bob Thorpe, in 1955. He's Floyd | holding up a large bass. Next to it, in pen, is the notation "20 Floyd | lbs". Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask bob about camera" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't know much about those new-fangled Japanese gadgets," says Bob. Floyd | "They say just point the camera at the target and press the button. I Floyd | dunno." Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "buy camera" | ||||
Floyd | Bob takes your dollar and hands you the camera. "I don't know why, Floyd | but it's only got one shot in it," he warns. "Make it count, kid!" Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "show the camera to bob" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't know much about those new-fangled Japanese gadgets," says Bob. Floyd | "They say just point the camera at the target and press the button. I Floyd | dunno." Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "say 'screw you' to Bob." | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x second picture" | ||||
Floyd | This yellowing, aged photo, the largest of the lot, depicts a one Floyd | Nellie Carpenter in 1894. She's holding up a large bass which has the Floyd | notation "16 lbs" next to it. Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Something wrong with his short-term memory" | |||
| DavidW says, "Make sure you save before using the camera, I guess, if there's only one shot in it." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x third picture" | ||||
Floyd | According to the caption on this photo, the young man standing in the Floyd | photo with the bass is Robert Stanowski. The bass is labeled "13 lbs" Floyd | and the year is 1962. Floyd | Floyd | You hear what sounds like a sigh. Bob is gazing at the large picture Floyd | on the wall of the woman, whispering, "Nellie, Nellie." Then he Floyd | notices you looking at him funny. You quickly avert your gaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I cleared the save counter; we're good to go there." | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x fourth picture" | ||||
Floyd | In the black and white photo stands a man wearing what looks like a Floyd | World War I military uniform, complete with rifle and bayonet. Stuck Floyd | to the end of the bayonet is a large perch, next to which is the Floyd | notation "15 lbs". A caption identifies the person as Roger Peterson; Floyd | the year as 1918. Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x fifth picture" | ||||
Floyd | This photo stands out as the only color picture in the collection. A Floyd | grizzled old man, in plaid shirt and faded brown trousers, grins Floyd | through a thick white beard as he holds above his head a surprisingly Floyd | large bass. The notation next to the fish is "35 lbs" followed by a Floyd | number of exclamation points. The person is identified as 'Zeke Floyd | Wilder, and the year is 19xx--you can't quiet make out the last two Floyd | digits. Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick bucket" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "kick". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x sixth picture" | ||||
Floyd | This grainy black and white photo, obviously taken during the twilight Floyd | hours, is a shot of Lake Highwater. In the middle of the photo is a Floyd | large but fuzzy black splotch. With a bit of imagination, you think Floyd | it might possibly be fish-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about sixth picture" | ||||
Floyd | "Yessir," says Bob, "that's the *only* known picture of The Old One Floyd | that's known to man." He shakes his head and sighs. "Folks been Floyd | seeing The Old One since the Cru-sades, but no one's ever caught him Floyd | on film until 1935. The man who can snag that fish will be hailed as Floyd | Lake Highwater's greatest angler, you can bet on that." Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about second picture" | ||||
Floyd | The normally locquacious Bob falls silent. Finally, with an effort, Floyd | he says, "Yes, that was my beloved Nellie. She loved fishing as much Floyd | as I did; we were perfect together.I didn't make that much money, only Floyd | being a humble seller of bait, but I even managed to scrape together Floyd | enough to buy her a gold bracelet with her name engraved on it. Floyd | Finally, on her sixteenth birthday, her father finally gave consent Floyd | for us to get married, and I was the happiest man on the earth. Floyd | Floyd | However, the day of our wedding, I was all dressed up and ready for Floyd | the ceremony, but Nellie didn't show up. We searched all around but Floyd | couldn't find her.That's when I remembered there was some rich Floyd | European guy who'd been also wooing Nellie, and it dawned on me that Floyd | even my little gold bracelet wouldn't be enough to compete with the Floyd | expensive trinkets he could buy without a second thought.My friends Floyd | tried to console me; they said, 'Nellie's like Lake Highwater! She's Floyd | not so shallow she would follow riches instead of her heart!' But as Floyd | the day ended and there was no sign of Nellie, I was forced to Floyd | conclude she had left me for the European. Floyd | Floyd | At midnight, when I was drinking myself silly, my friend Zeke came up Floyd | to me and said some guy saw Nellie that day, and that she'd been Floyd | fishing on the pier and was pulled under by The Old One! I didn't Floyd | believe Zeke.Even at 14 I'd told many a tall tale about fishing, and I Floyd | figured Zeke made that up to make me feel better. Never did hear from Floyd | Nellie again. Her father died of heartbreak shortly thereafter. I Floyd | always thought Nellie might come back, and I've waited, just minding Floyd | this store, but I guess it'll never be." Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "The writing here is nice. I must check out his other game one day." | |||
| Fang says, "this author sure likes his textdumps" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask bob about back room" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "back". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask bob about curtain" | ||||
Floyd | "What's that, kid?" demands Bob indignantly. "I don't understand ya, Floyd | speak up!" Floyd | Floyd | You hear what sounds like a sigh. Bob is gazing at the large picture Floyd | on the wall of the woman, whispering, "Nellie, Nellie." Then he Floyd | notices you looking at him funny. You quickly avert your gaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Tale), ""Fear"? yeah, that's a good one. CF played it early on." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bob says, "Sorry, kid, can't you let you in there. Authorized Floyd | personelle only." Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." | Jacqueline says, "heh. But yes, he's a good writer. Albeit longwinded (like me!)." | |||
Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "should we try going fishing?" | |||
| Johnny says (to DavidW), "No, Kissing the Buddha's Feet." | ||||
| Bert says, "That seems in line with the theme of the piece." | ||||
| Tale says (to bert), "hehe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Johnny), "ah. Also good." | ||||
| Nitku asks, "Are we ready with the shop?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Silent agreement" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode. Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | This ancient dirt path, no doubt trod on by generations of stalwart Floyd | anglers, leads north to Lake Highwater. The path is surrounded by Floyd | lush green grass and tall pine trees which fill your welcoming eyes Floyd | with green. In the distance, small birds chirp and the occasional Floyd | deer can be seen scampering through the woods. The only anomaly in Floyd | the landscape is the large, unsightly mound of dirt sitting next to a Floyd | pile of rocks. To the west is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Highwater's Beauteous Shore Floyd | Floyd | Ahhhh, Lake Highwater! This world-famous fishing hole is this Floyd | state's best kept secret. Nearly a mile around, Highwater shines a Floyd | perfect blue in the early morning sun. Ducks calmly fly over its Floyd | edge, and pine trees crown the circumfrence of this majestic lake. Floyd | The only sign of the hand of man is the short pier on which you now Floyd | stand that points north towards the lake. A well-worn path leads Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Huh. That's weak. Hurray for glulx, then." | |||
| Johnny says, "ILAC" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x ducks" | ||||
Floyd | The flock of ducks fly lazily over the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x lake" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Highwater sits as peacefully as it has since the Ice Age, when Floyd | the great glaciers retreated to reveal this regal body of water in all Floyd | of its splendor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "swim". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x tackle box" | ||||
Floyd | The tackle box is open. In the tackle box you see a fishing knife, a Floyd | small weight, a medium weight, and a large weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x rod" | ||||
Floyd | This is your trusty fishing pole, which belonged to your father and Floyd | his father, and his father before him, and probably every first-born Floyd | male in your family line back to the Stone Age. It's made of strong, Floyd | but flexible wood, and has a titanium reel around which is wound a Floyd | line of nearly unbreakable catgut. Attached to the end of the line is Floyd | a hook. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "put bait on hook" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any bait here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "yummy catgut" | |||
| Nitku says, "Titanium reel from the Stone Age" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x tackle box" | ||||
Floyd | The tackle box is open. In the tackle box you see a fishing knife, a Floyd | small weight, a medium weight, and a large weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "do we need to go back to the dirt mound to get a worm?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we can smell the cheese." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think that would be an excellent idea." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "smell cheese" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smell". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "aw" | |||
| DavidW says, "getting the worm, I mean." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | This ancient dirt path, no doubt trod on by generations of stalwart Floyd | anglers, leads north to Lake Highwater. The path is surrounded by Floyd | lush green grass and tall pine trees which fill your welcoming eyes Floyd | with green. In the distance, small birds chirp and the occasional Floyd | deer can be seen scampering through the woods. The only anomaly in Floyd | the landscape is the large, unsightly mound of dirt sitting next to a Floyd | pile of rocks. To the west is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "dirt" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "hand" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hand". Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Ha ha ha... stalwart anglers" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "dig in dirt with pamphlet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get worm" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any worm here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Time for explosives" | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get mound" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||||
Floyd | This looks like an old pile of stones. They're quite heavy, and have Floyd | irregular shapes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||
Floyd | You sift through the pile of rocks. Though you're no rock hound, you Floyd | do see one odd, heavy rock that looks interesting. You take it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "dig in dirt with rock" | ||||
Floyd | Which rock do you mean, the heavy rock, or the pile of rocks? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "heavy rock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | Which rock do you mean, the heavy rock, or the pile of rocks? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "heavy" | ||||
Floyd | This is one dang heavy rock. It has many strange protrustions and Floyd | irregularities sticking out from its surface. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "dig in dirt with heavy rock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x protrusions" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "protrusions". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "search dirt pile" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "drop heavy rock on dirt" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a small pamphlet, a fishing pole, a tackle box, a thermos, a Floyd | cheese ball, a disposble camera, and a heavy rock. The fishing line Floyd | seems to contain a hook. The tackle box seems to contain a fishing Floyd | knife, a small weight, a medium weight, and a large weight. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "smooth dirt with heavy rock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smooth". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x thermos" | ||||
Floyd | Your trusty bright orange thermos is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "dig in dirt with knife" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "open thermos" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x thermos" | ||||
Floyd | Your trusty bright orange thermos is filled with coffee. Floyd | Floyd | You see something move in the dirt pile! It's slimy, soft, and Floyd | segmented--an earthworm! Before you can even move, the worm Floyd | disappears beneath the surface of the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says (to nitku), "nice idea" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put heavy rock on dirt" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the mound of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "I thought we'd get the lid" | |||
| Cathy asks, "try pouring coffee on dirt?" | ||||
| Fang was killed when the Heinkel He 111 which was shuttling him to Berlin crashed shortly after takeoff in Salzburg at Ainring on 21 April 1944. Only his black metal hand was recovered from the wreckage. It received a full state funeral. | Cathy says, "that might make the worm come out" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "pour coffee on dirt" | ||||
Floyd | You pour the entire contents of the thermos onto the dirt pile (and Floyd | not without a bit of tearful remorse). However, your noble sacrifice Floyd | does not go unnoticed by the fishing gods. A fat earthworm, moving Floyd | faster than any other worm you've ever seen in your life, comes Floyd | barrelling out of the hole in the dirtpile and flops onto the ground. Floyd | Then it abruptly slows down, and lies on the ground, twitching Floyd | spasmodically. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "hey hey" | |||
| Touchy says, "Good." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "woo" | ||||
| DavidW says, "heh, coffee jitter worm." | ||||
| Cathy high fives Nitku | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "get worm" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "back to fishing?" | |||
| Nitku high fives Cathy back, misses, stumbles on the ground, makes an ass of himself | ||||
| Cathy says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Cathy says, "my theory is that we'll need to experiment with different (combos of) weights on the fishing line" | ||||
| Cathy says, "we'll want to save before that since we only have 1 worm..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy exclaims, "let's go catch a fish before jacq turns into a pumpkin!" | |||
| Touchy says, "hehe" | ||||
| Gerynar wanders off in search of next week's winning lottery numbers. | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Highwater's Beauteous Shore Floyd | Floyd | Ahhhh, Lake Highwater! This world-famous fishing hole is this Floyd | state's best kept secret. Nearly a mile around, Highwater shines a Floyd | perfect blue in the early morning sun. Ducks calmly fly over its Floyd | edge, and pine trees crown the circumfrence of this majestic lake. Floyd | The only sign of the hand of man is the short pier on which you now Floyd | stand that points north towards the lake. A well-worn path leads Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You came here to fish, not to swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "swim". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "drink" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to drink? Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "oh, sorry; we're already on the pier" | |||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | You drink deeply of Lake Highwater. Clear, refreshing water flows Floyd | into your mouth and down your throat, calming the inner thirst within. Floyd | You pull your head out of the water. Then you proceed to upchuck all Floyd | over the place. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Also, looks like his plane is delayed a touch, so." | |||
Floyd | > | Tale says, "I guess upchuck isn't something nice." | |||
| Cathy says, "eww, gross" | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "put weight on line" | ||||
Floyd | Which weight do you mean, the small weight, the medium weight, or the Floyd | large weight? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "small" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the fishing line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "tie weight to line" | ||||
Floyd | Which weight do you mean, the small weight, the medium weight, or the Floyd | large weight? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "small" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the weight to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Tale), "upchuck means to vomit." | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x medium weight" | ||||
Floyd | This medium weight can be attached to fishing lines. It'll bring your Floyd | line down to a fairly deep depth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x large weight" | ||||
Floyd | This large weight can be attached to fishing lines. It'll sink your Floyd | line down to a very deep depth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "A great opportunity for a "what's upchuck" joke" | |||
| Cathy asks, "I'm guessing our big fish will be pretty deep... should we add more weight?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, good idea." | ||||
| Touchy says, "yeah" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tie large weight to line" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the weight to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a small weight, and a large Floyd | weight. On the hook you see nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "should we add medium weight, too? what does everyone think?" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "put worm on hook" | ||||
Floyd | You bait the hook with the worm, which wriggles pathetically. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm. This might be a trial-and-error-by-save thing" | |||
| Tale says, "I don't remember how I solved this" | ||||
| Cathy asks, "so, try like this so we've got space in either direction?" | ||||
| Cathy asks, "save first?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "We have, what, nine possibilities?" | |||
| Cathy says, "well, probably 7" | ||||
| Tale says, "Hm, I think there are some hints" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Probably, but yes." | ||||
| Touchy asks, "2^3 = 8?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "each can be on or off, for 8, but probably 0 weights won't work" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "What about all three?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "So should we run around and look for clues?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That was the ninth one I was thinking of." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "enh" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Jacqueline), "that's one of the 7" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, yes. Seven." | ||||
| Cathy says, "hopefully we'll get an indication of too deep / too shallow so we won't have to try all 7..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "ANYWAY" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Cathy asks, "ready to cast?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sounds good. Somewhere in the middle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, cast away." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | You feel a slight vibration on the pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "ack! pull? wait? help... anyone here fish?" | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "reeeel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "reeeel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | You reel in the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I doubt it's set." | |||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | Since you haven't cast the line out, you can't reel it in. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Oh." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "A vibration does not mean a hit." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a small weight, and a large Floyd | weight. On the hook you see an earthworm and a dilapidated rubber Floyd | boot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "heh" | |||
| Touchy says, "It doesn't? I don't know the first thing about fishing..." | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "get boot" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "RTFP" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Cool, we still have our worm." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Tale), "heh" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | You sense nothing on the line. Perhaps you should reel it in. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "rtfwhat?" | |||
| Tale says, "Pamphlet" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "hehe" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | You reel in the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a small weight, and a large Floyd | weight. On the hook you see an earthworm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | You feel a slight vibration on the pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "the pamphlet had us reel after feeling vibration" | |||
| Touchy asks, "more boots?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "although the example was a stronger pull..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, it talks about a week but persistent thing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Cathy), "right" | ||||
| Cathy asks, "save?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Enh, we saved not too long ago." | |||
| Touchy says, "Maybe we need to change weights..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "(I was thinking we could save, then try reeling)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, maybe." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of Touchy), "What weights were you thinking?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "ok, let's reel it in and add more weight (after removing a tire or something)" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "The ones on the line?" | ||||
| Touchy asks, "Were there others?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "we still have a medium weight" | ||||
| Ellison asks, "did Bob say anything about our weights?" | ||||
| Limax says, "He's bobbing" | ||||
| Cathy says (to ellison), "no, but I don't think we asked him" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, don't reckon I recall that, Ellison." | ||||
| Tale says, "Be gentle. Bob is very concious about his weights." | ||||
| Cathy says, "of course, no one's caught it before, so it's not like they can give us *useful* advice" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Tale), "groan" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | You reel in the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a small weight, and a large Floyd | weight. On the hook you see an earthworm and a tire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "get tire" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "whee; let's make a swing" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Cathy), "That is a good point about the no prior expertise thing." | ||||
| Limax walks slowly out of the room and into the sunset. | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tie medium weight to line" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the weight to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "try with all of 'em?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I like that idea, yes." | ||||
| Cathy says, "no objections, so here I go..." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | You feel a slight vibration on the pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline leans in. | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wiggle line" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wiggle". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "bah" | |||
| Cathy says, "I think we can take him if we work together :-)" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | You reel in the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a small weight, a large weight, Floyd | and a medium weight. On the hook you see an earthworm and a vax. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x vax" | ||||
Floyd | It's an ancient piece of machinery. You can't tell much more than Floyd | that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "new theory: we get junk at the wrong depths" | |||
| Cathy says, "it's how the game tells us it's the wrong weight combo without us losing the worm" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "get vax" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x boot" | ||||
Floyd | This rubber boot has seen better days, as it's all ragged and filled Floyd | with holes. Then again, judging from its shoddy construction and poor Floyd | workmanship, it probably hasn't. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "untie large weight" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "untie". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "remove large weight from line" | ||||
Floyd | You've already got your hands full. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "fun fun" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "drop tire" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "drop boot" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "drop vax" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "remove large weight from line" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a small weight, and a medium Floyd | weight. On the hook you see an earthworm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | You sense nothing on the line. Perhaps you should reel it in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | You reel in the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "3 down, 4 to go..." | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "remove small weight from line" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "btw, did you guys use the cheese for anything?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "If this doesn't work, perhaps we should consider the cheese." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tie large weight to line" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the weight to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Timing" | |||
| Cathy says, "ok" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a medium weight, and a large Floyd | weight. On the hook you see an earthworm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | You sense nothing on the line. Perhaps you should reel it in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | You reel in the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "ok, someone want to play with cheese?" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "smell cheese" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smell". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "taste cheese" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "taste". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "ew" | Jacqueline says, "er, ew" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cut sheese" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sheese". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "oops cheese" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to cut it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Have you ever seen/smelled one of those cheese balls?" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "knife" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to cut the cheese ball. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "not a fishing one; an edible one -- yum" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x cheese" | ||||
Floyd | This is one of those cheese balls fishermen sometimes use as bait. It Floyd | seems to glow faintly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Is it a lightsource?" | |||
| Cathy asks, "try crushing it with the heavy rock?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "I'm trying to figure out whether the rock is useful for something..." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Why are you trying to cut the cheese? Do you think there's a baby cheese chick inside, struggling to get out?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "I figured it was too big to bait the hook whole" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "yay" | ||||
| Cathy says, "but I realize that I have no logical reason for that assumption" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "What about adding the rock somehow to the line?" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | This is one dang heavy rock. It has many strange protrustions and Floyd | irregularities sticking out from its surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "nice idea; looks like it could work..." | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tie rick to line" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rick". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tie rock to line" | ||||
Floyd | You spend a few minutes tying the rock to the line. It takes some Floyd | effort, and the creative use of various protrusions on the rock, but Floyd | you do it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oooh" | |||
| Cathy says, "yay" | ||||
| Cathy asks, "add back the small weight, too?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's play a Very Deep Game" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tie small weight to line" | ||||
Floyd | You tie the weight to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x line" | ||||
Floyd | This is a fishing line, made of nearly indestructible catgut. Woe be Floyd | to any member of the fish persuasion that should find itself snared by Floyd | this, this line of doom. Floyd | Floyd | You see attached to the line a hook, a medium weight, a large weight, Floyd | a heavy rock, and a small weight. On the hook you see an earthworm. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "should we add the cheese, too; sort of a 2-course meal offering?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "heh. Sure, why not?" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "put cheese on hook" | ||||
Floyd | You bait the hook with the cheese, which sits there like a dead Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or so the worm can be seen? yes, I'd try it." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We should perhaps also consider a kitchen sink." | ||||
| Cathy says, "heh" | ||||
| Cathy asks, "or saving?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy asks, "ready to cast?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Cathy), "You can save by typing (not to Floyd, just in the room): press save" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Cathy), "Sure" | ||||
| Cathy says, "cool; thanks for the directions" | ||||
| Cathy asks, "anyone else want to drive?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think you are doing a swell job." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cast line" | ||||
Floyd | You swing your fishing pole back, way, way, back, and with a strength Floyd | honed by years of angling you cast the line beautifully into the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Jumping Jehosaphat! The line starts like a race horse threatened with Floyd | with milk wagon. You spot, for a brief instant, great mounds of froth Floyd | break upon the surface of the lake, and the flash of silvery fins Floyd | shines brightly through the water. The pole bends, almost to the Floyd | breaking point which you never thought reachable. You strain to keep Floyd | your quarry under control, but even your powerful arms must struggle Floyd | greatly. You feel your feet scraping desperately against the wood of Floyd | the pier, slipping, slipping... until finally, you're pulled straight Floyd | into the depths of Lake Highwater! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "sorry, lag got me..." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Could that be Nessie's bracelet?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "I'm betting it is" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Also, you're drowning. Maybe 'z' should be undone." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "good idea; thanks" | |||
| Cathy says, "I was panicking, what with the drowning and all" | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hrm" | |||
| Cathy asks, "I'm thinking we can try to reel to get closer, maybe grab the bracelet? take a picture? use the knife?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "All those are good ideas." | ||||
| Cathy says, "I'll reel if there are no other preferences..." | ||||
| Tale says, "Go ahead." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "reel in line" | ||||
Floyd | Not too likely in this circumstance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "grab bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "grab". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "hold bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hold". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "try a normal get or take" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "get bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the bracelet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "stab fish with knife" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stab". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cut fish with knife" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to cut The Old One. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "take picture" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any picture here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is one of those "disposable" cameras in which you simply point Floyd | the camera, press the button, and deposit the camera with an Floyd | authorized film developer. This looks like one of those new models Floyd | that can even be used underwater. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "attack fish" | Cathy says, "sweet" | |||
Floyd | What do you want to attack it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "knife" | ||||
Floyd | Your attack bounces off The Old One's scales, which have ostensibly Floyd | hardened into an impenetrable shell. Floyd | Floyd | Your oxygen gives out, and shortly thereafter, so do you. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have gone to that great fishing hole in the sky *** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 145 turns, you have achieved a score of 20 points out of Floyd | a possible 20. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, or (U)NDO: > | Jacqueline says, "moo" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate | Jacqueline says, "Good try, Cathy!" | |||
Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "*ahem*" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "press camera button" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Take a photo - right" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | [TADS-1010: object value required] Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is one of those "disposable" cameras in which you simply point Floyd | the camera, press the button, and deposit the camera with an Floyd | authorized film developer. This looks like one of those new models Floyd | that can even be used underwater. Floyd | Floyd | Your oxygen gives out, and shortly thereafter, so do you. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have gone to that great fishing hole in the sky *** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 145 turns, you have achieved a score of 20 points out of Floyd | a possible 20. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, or (U)NDO: > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait, why two undos?" | |||
| Cathy says, "I spent one looking a the camera" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "ok, now I think we're in the original high water" | |||
| Cathy asks, "try taking a picture, then cutting the line so we can get back to the surface?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes. I'd point the camera at either the fish or the bracelet first." | ||||
| Cathy says, "I think Tale showed that killing the fish isn't possible" | ||||
| Cathy says (to DavidW), "good idea" | ||||
| Tale says, "Always glad to help by failing" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Tale), "no, it was a good attempt" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "aim camera at bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "aim". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "point camera at bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | You point the camera at the gold bracelet. Floyd | Floyd | Your oxygen gives out, and shortly thereafter, so do you. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have gone to that great fishing hole in the sky *** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 145 turns, you have achieved a score of 20 points out of Floyd | a possible 20. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, or (U)NDO: > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You need 3 turns of underwater activity, I think." | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cathy says, "we should be out now..." | |||
| Cathy says, "maybe we should go back to the most recent save" | ||||
| Cathy says, "just before we cast" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "point camera at bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | You point the camera at the gold bracelet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cut line" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to cut it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "knife" | ||||
Floyd | Your knife bounces off the indestructible line. So much for Floyd | guarantees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate | Jacqueline says, "OH CRAP CATGUT" | |||
Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "drop rod" | Jacqueline says, "I fergot about the catgut issue." | |||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With a push against the lake bottom, you swim back up to the lake Floyd | shore. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Highwater's Beauteous Shore Floyd | Floyd | Ahhhh, Lake Highwater! This world-famous fishing hole is this Floyd | state's best kept secret. Nearly a mile around, Highwater shines a Floyd | perfect blue in the early morning sun. Ducks calmly fly over its Floyd | edge, and pine trees crown the circumfrence of this majestic lake. Floyd | The only sign of the hand of man is the short pier on which you now Floyd | stand that points north towards the lake. A well-worn path leads Floyd | south. Floyd | You see a tire, a dilapidated rubber boot, and a vax here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "Maybe just let go=" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is one of those "disposable" cameras in which you simply point Floyd | the camera, press the button, and deposit the camera with an Floyd | authorized film developer. This looks like one of those new models Floyd | that can even be used underwater. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Tale), "True" | |||
| Cathy asks, "where do we get film developed? head back to Bob?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe. That back room of his might be a darkroom." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | This ancient dirt path, no doubt trod on by generations of stalwart Floyd | anglers, leads north to Lake Highwater. The path is surrounded by Floyd | lush green grass and tall pine trees which fill your welcoming eyes Floyd | with green. In the distance, small birds chirp and the occasional Floyd | deer can be seen scampering through the woods. The only anomaly in Floyd | the landscape is the large, unsightly mound of dirt sitting next to a Floyd | pile of rocks. To the west is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store Floyd | Floyd | This weathered structure is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store, the oldest Floyd | bait shop at Lake Highwater. Except for the sign on the counter that Floyd | declares "Cameras, worms $1.00" the entire store has an air of rustic Floyd | antiquity as well as a distinctly robust fishy odor. On the west wall Floyd | there is a curtain behind the counter leading into some back room, and Floyd | upon the counter there is an old wooden bucket as well as a plastic Floyd | receptacle. By the entrance of the store, to the east, is a small Floyd | collection of old photos, depicting champion fishermen. Floyd | Bob is here, minding the store. Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tell bob about bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look as though Bob is interested. Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about camera" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't know much about those new-fangled Japanese gadgets," says Bob. Floyd | "They say just point the camera at the target and press the button. I Floyd | dunno." Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try give camera to Bob" | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "give camera to bob" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, kid," says Bob. "I don't particularly need a disposble Floyd | camera." Floyd | Floyd | You hear what sounds like a sigh. Bob is gazing at the large picture Floyd | on the wall of the woman, whispering, "Nellie, Nellie." Then he Floyd | notices you looking at him funny. You quickly avert your gaze. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "tell bob about camera" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look as though Bob is interested. Floyd | Floyd | Bob scratches his beard abstractly, thinking about the old days when Floyd | he could wrestle a great white shark to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about film" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "film". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell bob about bracelet" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look as though Bob is interested. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "Maybe you can open it" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a small pamphlet, a tackle box, a thermos, and a disposble Floyd | camera. The tackle box seems to contain a fishing knife. Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "open camera" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the disposble camera. Floyd | Floyd | Bob scratches his beard abstractly, thinking about the old days when Floyd | he could wrestle a great white shark to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is one of those "disposable" cameras in which you simply point Floyd | the camera, press the button, and deposit the camera with an Floyd | authorized film developer. This looks like one of those new models Floyd | that can even be used underwater. Floyd | Floyd | Bob scratches his beard abstractly, thinking about the old days when Floyd | he could wrestle a great white shark to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "ask bob about developer" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "developer". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store Floyd | Floyd | This weathered structure is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store, the oldest Floyd | bait shop at Lake Highwater. Except for the sign on the counter that Floyd | declares "Cameras, worms $1.00" the entire store has an air of rustic Floyd | antiquity as well as a distinctly robust fishy odor. On the west wall Floyd | there is a curtain behind the counter leading into some back room, and Floyd | upon the counter there is an old wooden bucket as well as a plastic Floyd | receptacle. By the entrance of the store, to the east, is a small Floyd | collection of old photos, depicting champion fishermen. Floyd | Bob is here, minding the store. Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plastic receptacle" | ||||
Floyd | This is the receptacle into which you place disposable cameras so Floyd | their film can be developed. Floyd | Floyd | "Kid," says Bob irritably, "you just going to stand there or are you Floyd | going to buy something? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bob says, "Sorry, kid, can't you let you in there. Authorized Floyd | personelle only." Floyd | Floyd | Bob licks his finger and holds it up in the air. "Feels like rain," Floyd | he remarks. He licks his finger and holds it up again. "Or, maybe Floyd | not." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ah. Put camera in receptacle." | |||
| Cathy says, "go for it" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put camera in receptacle" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | "I ever tell you about the time I caught ol' Big Mouth up at Lake Floyd | Shawnee?" asks Bob. "Boy, was he a wild one! I waded down into that Floyd | lake and pummelled him good with my bare fists. That I did!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Bob takes the camera out of the receptacle and mutters something about Floyd | the troubles of modern photo development. He saunters into the back Floyd | room, where you hear him trying to set up developing equipment. There Floyd | are lots of clanks and swearing as pans come tumbling down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Developing liquids are being poured in the back room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear Bob humming to himself as he sets some timers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The sounds of Bob removing a photo from the back room can be heard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Bob emerges from the back room with a photo in his hands.He's shaking Floyd | his head. "Those dang-blasted cameras," he says. "Even the young'uns Floyd | can't figure them out!" He tosses a photo into your hands. The Floyd | picture is a confusing jumble of several pictures, all crammed into Floyd | the same space simultaneously. Floyd | Floyd | "Couldn't even get a picture of The Old One," he says sadly. "I guess Floyd | you young people are as feeble as I thought! Better luck in thirty Floyd | years!"In a total of 164 turns, you have achieved a score of 20 points Floyd | out of a possible 20. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, or (U)NDO: > | ||||
| Bert goes home. | ||||
| Bert has disconnected. | Cathy says, "so, let's restore, then try winding the camera before we take the picture" | |||
| DavidW says, "darn. I guess you have to do 'point camera at fish' not the bracelet." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "bah" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Cathy), "Good point, yes." | ||||
| two-star took 30,500 buckets -- why? | DavidW says, "The error message seems to suggest that more than one picture was taken, though." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Possible." | ||||
| Cathy says, "maybe need diff syntax there..." | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | Jacqueline says, "Sometimes, though, we just get weird messages on Floyd." | |||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | In Lake Highwater Floyd | Floyd | Somehow, you have found your way into this lake. As you breathe Floyd | using lungs and not gills, you feel that perhaps you should vacate Floyd | this area before you drown. Floyd | A humongous fish, which is without a doubt The Old One, struggles Floyd | to free itself from your line. A gold bracelet, around its tail, Floyd | flashes in the feeble light. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wasn't watching the restore numbers. I was making/eating lunch." | |||
| Cathy says, "this should be when we first entered" | ||||
| Cathy says, "I still like the bracelet idea" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "wind camera" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wind". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Was the button pushed more than once, though?" | |||
| Cathy says, "not by us, but the camera had been used before we got it" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | No more undo information is available. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I shall have to depart quite soonish." | |||
| Cathy asks, "would you like to drive for a bit? try your ideas?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No no not me" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I am happy to observe - we are close, peeps. Close." | ||||
| Cathy says, "hmmm... maybe the camera is a decoy..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "no, I'll try" | ||||
| Cathy says, "wonder if we could have anchored ourselves to the pier with the vax/etc..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point camera at fish" | ||||
Floyd | You point the camera at The Old One. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop rod" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With a push against the lake bottom, you swim back up to the lake Floyd | shore. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Highwater's Beauteous Shore Floyd | Floyd | Ahhhh, Lake Highwater! This world-famous fishing hole is this Floyd | state's best kept secret. Nearly a mile around, Highwater shines a Floyd | perfect blue in the early morning sun. Ducks calmly fly over its Floyd | edge, and pine trees crown the circumfrence of this majestic lake. Floyd | The only sign of the hand of man is the short pier on which you now Floyd | stand that points north towards the lake. A well-worn path leads Floyd | south. Floyd | You see a tire, a dilapidated rubber boot, and a vax here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vax" | ||||
Floyd | It's an ancient piece of machinery. You can't tell much more than Floyd | that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I bet either the vax or the tackle box could've been used for weight as well." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path to Lake Floyd | Floyd | This ancient dirt path, no doubt trod on by generations of stalwart Floyd | anglers, leads north to Lake Highwater. The path is surrounded by Floyd | lush green grass and tall pine trees which fill your welcoming eyes Floyd | with green. In the distance, small birds chirp and the occasional Floyd | deer can be seen scampering through the woods. The only anomaly in Floyd | the landscape is the large, unsightly mound of dirt sitting next to a Floyd | pile of rocks. To the west is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store Floyd | Floyd | This weathered structure is Bob's Fish 'N Bait Store, the oldest Floyd | bait shop at Lake Highwater. Except for the sign on the counter that Floyd | declares "Cameras, worms $1.00" the entire store has an air of rustic Floyd | antiquity as well as a distinctly robust fishy odor. On the west wall Floyd | there is a curtain behind the counter leading into some back room, and Floyd | upon the counter there is an old wooden bucket as well as a plastic Floyd | receptacle. By the entrance of the store, to the east, is a small Floyd | collection of old photos, depicting champion fishermen. Floyd | Bob is here, minding the store. Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put camera in receptacle" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | Bob launches into an extended monologue about the time he and Zeke Floyd | flushed out a bunch of worms in his mother's vegetable garden with tea Floyd | and drove the excited nightcrawlers into the pantry, scaring some Floyd | guests. He rubs his behind wistfully, as if remembering the results Floyd | of his action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z.z.z." | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Bob takes the camera out of the receptacle and mutters something about Floyd | the troubles of modern photo development. He saunters into the back Floyd | room, where you hear him trying to set up developing equipment. There Floyd | are lots of clanks and swearing as pans come tumbling down. Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Developing liquids are being poured in the back room. Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear Bob humming to himself as he sets some timers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The sounds of Bob removing a photo from the back room can be heard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Bob emerges from the back room with a photo in his hands.Bob is Floyd | handing you the photo when he takes a closer glance at it. "Why, Floyd | why..." he stammers. Suddenly he turns white and looks as if he's Floyd | about to collapse. You rush behind the counter to help him, but he Floyd | recovers enough to thump himself several times in the chest. Shaking Floyd | his head as if to clear his mind, he stares at the photo again. Floyd | Floyd | "It's The Old One!" he gasps. "Look at it! That's the largest Floyd | bluegill I ever saw!" Floyd | Floyd | "Um, a bluegill?" you ask."Yeah," says Bob, pointing out some Floyd | features on the fish. "you can tell by the..." His voice trails off, Floyd | and you realize that a biology lesson is right now not the most Floyd | important thing about the moment. Floyd | Floyd | "Nellie," says Bob with a sigh. "I know that's The Old One, Floyd | because..." He points to the golden bracelet around The Old One's Floyd | tail. "Because that's Nellie's bracelet. It was just like Zeke said. Floyd | I guess...she didn't really leave me for that rich guy after all. She Floyd | never intended to." Floyd | Floyd | "Um, I'm sorry," you say, not knowing what to say. Floyd | Floyd | "You should be!" Bob snorts, life coming back to him. "You have The Floyd | Old One *that* close, and ya let it get away! Young whippersnappers Floyd | nowadays, they're as feeble as I thought." Floyd | Floyd | But Bob's tone cheers up as he slips the photo under the counter. Floyd | "Still, I have to congratulate you on what ya did. Before 1935, no Floyd | one had a better picture of The Old One than this. I always wanted ta Floyd | see The Old One with my own eyes, and I didn't want to die before I Floyd | did." Floyd | Floyd | "Wait a second," you say. "This doesn't mean you're not going to..." Floyd | Floyd | "Of course not!" says Bob. "Just because I done near had a heart Floyd | attack when I saw that picture doesn't mean I'm going to keel over and Floyd | die after I've achieved my ambition of seeing that blasted fish! I'm Floyd | gonna wait, right here, until someday someone brings in The Old One, Floyd | straight from the water, to this here bait shop! Maybe I'll even try Floyd | it myself!" You find yourself in awe at the old man's grim Floyd | determination. "Besides," he says, shoulders slumping a fraction of Floyd | an inch, "if I don't live, who's gonna take care of poor Zeke's 170 Floyd | year-old great-grandmother when he dies?" Floyd | Floyd | And so your fishing odyssey at Lake Highwater comes to an end. Out of Floyd | bait (as your cheese ball has dissipated into its component gases) and Floyd | money, you pack your belongings and get ready to leave. As you amble Floyd | happily out of the bait store, ready for the long hike home, you cast Floyd | one more glance at the beautiful blue surface of Lake Highwater. You Floyd | spot a shape in the middle, and strain for a second to take a look. Floyd | Floyd | It's The Old One, leaping high into the air, as if to bid you Floyd | farewell, the golden bracelet around its tail gleaming in the Floyd | sunlight. You smile and nod, and find yourself saluting this rugged Floyd | fish, all the while, thinking, "In thirty years! I'll be back!" Floyd | Floyd | As if to acknowledge the receipt of your challenge, The Old One waves Floyd | its shiny tail at you and disappears beneath the surface of Lake Floyd | Highwater. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 153 turns, you have achieved a score of 20 points out of Floyd | a possible 20. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, undo the current Floyd | command, or see a list of things to do in this game for your Floyd | amusement. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, (U)NDO, or (A)MUSEMENT: > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusement" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Have you tried... Floyd | Floyd | Swearing? Swearing in front of Bob? Floyd | XYZZY? (And in front of Bob?) Floyd | Going east from the Path to Lake? Floyd | Asking Bob about the pictures? Taking a picture of Bob? Floyd | Kissing, killing, giving objects, showing objects to Bob or The Old Floyd | One? Floyd | Ordering Bob or The Old One to do something? Saying hello to Bob or Floyd | The Old One? Floyd | Fishing with the cheese ball? Floyd | Fishing without bait? (Try several times.) At different depths? Floyd | (Use different weights, instead of the rock) Floyd | Drinking the coffee? The lake? Floyd | Eating the cheese ball? the worm? the birds? the deer? the ducks? Floyd | Cutting the line with the knife? Floyd | Casting the line in front of Bob? Floyd | Taking a picture of something other than The Old One? Taking more Floyd | than one picture? Floyd | Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, (U)NDO, or (A)MUSEMENT: > | Tale says, "Yay!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Huzzah!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And now I must go to the airport!" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Jacqueline), "bye" | ||||
| Tale says (to Jacqueline), "Drive safe" | ||||
| Cathy says (to Jacqueline), "glad you got to stay for the end" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Eating the deer? the ducks?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I shall leave Perry logging. Play around the amusing stuff..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, next week: Fragile Shells!" | ||||
| Tale says, "I hope there'll be a follow-up" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Have fun, folks!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "bye Jacqueline" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "good travels!" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Tale), "The author gave himself 30 years to write a sequel. How long has it been now?" | ||||
| Tale says, "Ha ha" | ||||
| Cathy says, "speaking of eating... it's lunch time" | ||||
| Tale says, "Good poinnt" | ||||
| Cathy says, "hey, 'amusement' is new; didn't get that before we solved it" | ||||
| Tale says, "It's usually at the end" | ||||
| DavidW says, "right. You have to win the game before getting access to that command." | ||||
| Cathy says, "ah, of course..." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Tale), "man, beating that game has made you age dramatically" | ||||
| Tale asks (of Ellison), "?" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Tale), "you're an old IF geezer now" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Talegeezer" | ||||
| Tale says, "I'm playing Phoenix games, you whippersnappers" | ||||
| Ellison says, "good point" | ||||
| Tale asks, "So, another small game?" | ||||
| Cathy says, "I'm in if we can wait 15-20 mintes to start" | ||||
| Cathy says, "15 would be the top of the hour..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, a break would be nice." | ||||
| Cathy asks, "I'm back... anyone else?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I just put the kettle on." | ||||
Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, (U)NDO, or (A)MUSEMENT: > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "a" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Have you tried... Floyd | Floyd | Swearing? Swearing in front of Bob? Floyd | XYZZY? (And in front of Bob?) Floyd | Going east from the Path to Lake? Floyd | Asking Bob about the pictures? Taking a picture of Bob? Floyd | Kissing, killing, giving objects, showing objects to Bob or The Old Floyd | One? Floyd | Ordering Bob or The Old One to do something? Saying hello to Bob or Floyd | The Old One? Floyd | Fishing with the cheese ball? Floyd | Fishing without bait? (Try several times.) At different depths? Floyd | (Use different weights, instead of the rock) Floyd | Drinking the coffee? The lake? Floyd | Eating the cheese ball? the worm? the birds? the deer? the ducks? Floyd | Cutting the line with the knife? Floyd | Casting the line in front of Bob? Floyd | Taking a picture of something other than The Old One? Taking more Floyd | than one picture? Floyd | Floyd | Please enter (R)ESTORE, RE(S)TART, (Q)UIT, (U)NDO, or (A)MUSEMENT: > | ||||
| Nitku has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "I imagine we'd have to restart to do most of these." | |||
| Cathy says, "anyone want to play with amusements? suggestions for another game? (or are we calling it a day?)" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards calling it a day, actually, but I can be persuaded otherwise." | ||||
| Cathy says, "I'm fine stopping for now" | ||||
| Cathy says, "it's just rare that I'm available on Saturday, so I was going to play again if there was interest in another game" | ||||
| Tale has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Cathy asks, "shall we quit & free up Floyd?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I suppose we should." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
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