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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. |
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load roofed" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | You hear it clear across the rooftop. Or more, you feel the cold metal Floyd | sound in your chest, and it quickly drops down to settle in your Floyd | belly. Floyd | Floyd | Roofed Floyd | A Karrento Brothers Adventure by Jim Munroe Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 100223 / Inform 7 build 5Z71 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Type CREDITS for the full credits, HELP if you need it, and QUIT to Floyd | exit the game. Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, halfway up the chimney Floyd | You're clinging to the side of the chimney. From here you can go down Floyd | to the rooftop or attempt to climb further up the top of the chimney. Floyd | Floyd | And below you, looking up -- instead of standing by the access door to Floyd | make sure it doesn't close, like you told him to about six times -- is Floyd | your older brother Anton. Floyd | Floyd | Anton notices your frozen posture halfway up the chimney. "What's the Floyd | holdup?" he says. "Silk's not gonna collect itself, you know." Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says (to Emacs), "'f' abbreviates to ..floyd, also" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Silk?" | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're wearing a striped sleeveless top, identical to your brother's Floyd | except for the bush of chest hair he has coming out the top of his. Floyd | Your chin has also refused to sprout anything that isn't embarrassing. Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Anton yells some climbing tips from below, which you ignore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x chimney" | ||||
Floyd | The brick chimney looks to be the oldest part of the building. On the Floyd | upper part of the chimney there's a faded graffiti tag -- a circle Floyd | with a cross within it. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to f), "x Anton" | ||||
Mick arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Gerynar says, "just type "f command" (without the quotes)" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x Anton" | ||||
Floyd | Your brother Anton is a broad shouldered, bearded fellow with long Floyd | tangled brown hair and eyes with a tendency to wander. His features Floyd | are relaxed and calm. Like you, he's wearing the typical clothes of a Floyd | silk collector, including the identical striped sleeveless top. He has Floyd | the Claw and the containment unit. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Touchy arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Mick asks, "Have I missed much?" | |||
Gerynar says, "nope...just started...we're halfway up a chimney, appearently we are here to collect some silk" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "We're on a chimney looking for silk. All we've done is x stuff." | ||||
Mick says, "great" | ||||
Trumgottist arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Gerynar asks, "so, shall we try climbing up?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You try to climb further up, but you can't find any more suitable Floyd | finger and toe holds. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "anton, climb the chimney" | ||||
Floyd | You're not really close enough to Anton to do that. Might want to call Floyd | him over first, or follow him. Floyd | Floyd | Anton yells some climbing tips from below, which you ignore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "call Anton" | ||||
Floyd | Anton sees where you are and points to the ground, indicating that Floyd | he'll be staying right where he is, thanks. Floyd | Floyd | Anton slaps a drumbeat on the chimney that you find distracting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x tag" | ||||
Floyd | You stare at it and realize it's the symbol the Bad Seeds use in their Floyd | revolutionary communiques. Floyd | Floyd | Apparently this rooftop is their territory. One more reason to get the Floyd | hell out of here. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x access door" | ||||
Floyd | The access door is across the rooftop. You can't tell for sure that Floyd | it's closed from here, but that click sound does not make you hopeful. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x anton" | ||||
Floyd | Your brother Anton is a broad shouldered, bearded fellow with long Floyd | tangled brown hair and eyes with a tendency to wander. His features Floyd | are relaxed and calm. Like you, he's wearing the typical clothes of a Floyd | silk collector, including the identical striped sleeveless top. He has Floyd | the Claw and the containment unit. Floyd | Floyd | Anton slaps a drumbeat on the chimney that you find distracting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're wearing a striped sleeveless top, identical to your brother's Floyd | except for the bush of chest hair he has coming out the top of his. Floyd | Your chin has also refused to sprout anything that isn't embarrassing. Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | Anton yells some climbing tips from below, which you ignore. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Ah, so were stuck on the roof as [LINK] predicts." | |||
Gerynar says, "I think we ought to get the Claw from Anton" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "anton, give me claw" | ||||
Floyd | You're not really close enough to Anton to do that. Might want to call Floyd | him over first, or follow him. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "climb down?" | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You climb down, dropping the last couple of feet to... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, at the base of the chimney Floyd | A brick chimney looms above you. You're at the southeast corner of the Floyd | square rooftop -- the door you came out of is to the west, an Floyd | overgrown garden patch is to the northwest. You can also go north, Floyd | though there's nothing that interesting there. Floyd | Floyd | Your brother Anton is here, plucking at his red-and-white striped Floyd | sleeveless top. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
olethros arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "anton, give me the claw" | Mick asks, "Have we been here yet?" | |||
djfletch says, "I wonder if it is spider silk or silkworm silk" | ||||
Floyd | Anton gives the Claw to you. Floyd | Floyd | Anton mumbles something about exploring and sets off towards the Floyd | garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x claw" | ||||
Floyd | An ingeniously crafted brass pole with pincers on one end, for those Floyd | hard-to-get caches of spider silk, or as Anton insists on calling it, Floyd | spizz. Adds another three feet to your reach. Floyd | Floyd | Over a bit, Anton pretends to shovel some dirt in his attempt at Floyd | anti-farmer satire. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "my question is answered" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x containment unit" | ||||
Floyd | A reinforced silk containment unit made by Harry's pal Rudi. It Floyd | matches the Claw, which is a nice touch. It also has straps so you can Floyd | wear it on your . Floyd | Floyd | Across the rooftop, Anton is kicking the foliage, making a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick exclaims, "Wear it on your what?!" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "wear containment unit" | ||||
Floyd | Not from here, you can't. Floyd | Floyd | Anton comes over, looking bored. "Remember, if you need any big Floyd | brother advice on anything you can always ask Anton about silk or Floyd | whatever." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask anton about silk" | ||||
Floyd | Anton nods. "Oh yeah, we should totally get some silk before we get Floyd | out of here, otherwise we're gonna be awful hungry tonight." He points Floyd | at the chimney. "And I bet you there's some in there. I can smell the Floyd | sweet sweet spizz a mile off." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask anton about access door" | ||||
Floyd | Anton rolls his eyes. "Don't worry, Toph, I used the bag to prop the Floyd | door open." He doesn't look over at the obviously closed door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "slap anton" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "anton, give me the containment unit" | ||||
Floyd | Anton gives the containment unit to you. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is leaning against the chimney, trying to look cool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||||
Floyd | You put on the containment unit. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is making a sad attempt to climb the chimney, but stops when he Floyd | sees you watching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "look down" | ||||
Floyd | (downward) Floyd | There's nothing remarkable about the black surface of the rooftop. You Floyd | just hope you don't end up having to sleep on it tonight. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is hiding behind the smokestack. Why, or from whom, you couldn't Floyd | say. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick asks, "Should we explore the other parts of the roof first?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Rooftop, at the base of the chimney Floyd | A brick chimney looms above you. You're at the southeast corner of the Floyd | square rooftop -- the door you came out of is to the west, an Floyd | overgrown garden patch is to the northwest. You can also go north, Floyd | though there's nothing that interesting there. Floyd | Floyd | Big brother Anton is here, his beefy arms crossed as he gazes at the Floyd | city. Floyd | Floyd | Anton mumbles something about exploring and sets off towards the Floyd | northeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "I think we should try to get the silk first, we started halfway up" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Ok." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Near the base, the cracked brick provides enough finger and toe holds Floyd | to climb to... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, halfway up the chimney Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take silk" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "what command to use the claw?" | |||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look up" | ||||
Floyd | (upward) Floyd | A darkish sky, a few clouds here and there. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x chimney" | ||||
Floyd | The brick chimney looks to be the oldest part of the building. On the Floyd | upper part of the chimney there's a faded graffiti tag -- a circle Floyd | with a cross within it. Floyd | Floyd | Anton yells some climbing tips from below, which you ignore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You try to climb further up, but you can't find any more suitable Floyd | finger and toe holds. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "use claw" | ||||
Floyd | You will have to be more specific about what you want to use the Claw Floyd | with. Floyd | Floyd | Anton yells some climbing tips from below, which you ignore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "push tag" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "erase tag" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "use claw on chimney" | ||||
Floyd | Your attempt to take the chimney with the Claw makes you look as silly Floyd | as Anton. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Oh, this one. Pretty fun!" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Exploring the roof then?" | ||||
Gerynar says, "sounds good to me" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You climb down, dropping the last couple of feet to... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, at the base of the chimney Floyd | You can see Anton here, hitching up his pants. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is hiding behind the smokestack. Why, or from whom, you couldn't Floyd | say. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The visible exits are north, northwest, west and up (to rooftop, Floyd | halfway up the chimney). Floyd | Floyd | Anton is leaning against the chimney, trying to look cool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, garden patch Floyd | Like a lot of buildings renovated in the 1990s, it's got a small Floyd | garden patch. Fifty years later, it's still doing its best to hide the Floyd | grey concrete and metal beneath. But it comes off as a bit of a green Floyd | toupee in comparison to the entirely organic, silk-lined wooden Floyd | skyscrapers they're building today in Mumbai and Shanghai. Floyd | Floyd | Judging by the rows of unruly plants, it's been a while since this Floyd | garden was actively farmed. The access door is to the south, the Floyd | chimney is to the southeast and there's an empty corner to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Off in the distance, Anton is making a sad attempt to climb the Floyd | chimney, but stops when he sees you watching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x garden" | ||||
Floyd | You move some the dense foliage out of the way, revealing two rows of Floyd | short, bulbous vegetables separated by a plank. Floyd | Floyd | Over a bit, Anton is leaning against the chimney, trying to look cool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x vegetables" | ||||
Floyd | There's a lot of the squat shiny cucumbers. Floyd | Floyd | Across the rooftop, Anton is hiding behind the smokestack. Why, or Floyd | from whom, you couldn't say. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "x plank" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take cucumbers" | ||||
Floyd | Half-submerged in the ground, the plank is about a dozen feet long. Floyd | Floyd | Off in the distance, Anton is making a sad attempt to climb the Floyd | chimney, but stops when he sees you watching. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You take one of the vegetables. It's heavier than you would have Floyd | expected, and sits comfortably in the palm of your hand like it was Floyd | designed to do so. Floyd | Floyd | Over a bit, Anton is leaning against the chimney, trying to look cool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "take plank" | ||||
Floyd | You try, but the plank is stuck too solidly in the ground for your Floyd | skinny arms to move. Floyd | Floyd | Across the rooftop, Anton is making a sad attempt to climb the Floyd | chimney, but stops when he sees you watching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "call anton" | ||||
Floyd | Anton hears you and trots over. "What? Did you find some silk?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "anton, take plank" | ||||
Floyd | Anton leans over and pulls at the edge of the plank. It moves a bit, Floyd | but then he gives up with a shrug. It's irritating, because you know Floyd | he's strong enough. When he's angry he's liable to break everything in Floyd | sight -- you saw him uproot a tree once. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks at you like you're joking, but when you're not smiling he Floyd | gets flustered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | Anton leans over and pulls at the edge of the plank. It moves a bit, Floyd | but then he gives up with a shrug. It's irritating, because you know Floyd | he's strong enough. When he's angry he's liable to break everything in Floyd | sight -- you saw him uproot a tree once. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks at you like you're joking, but when you're not smiling he Floyd | gets flustered. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh, no change." | |||
olethros has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x cucumber" | ||||
Floyd | (the vegetable) Floyd | It looks like a hand-sized football-shaped cucumber. The skin is a bit Floyd | shiny, and as you tilt it in the light you see it's got a hologo of Floyd | some sort -- a circle with a cross design -- you recognize it as Floyd | being the same one from the chimney. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's mouth is moving and his eyes are glassy. Suddenly he throws Floyd | his arms into the air and runs in a victory circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, northeast corner Floyd | There's a great view of the city from here -- from this distance, if Floyd | you squint, you can't really tell most of the buildings have been Floyd | stripped and abandoned. You know that's why Anton's always trying to Floyd | get you guys to collect up on the rooftops, even though they've mostly Floyd | been picked clean years ago -- so he can stare at his precious Tower. Floyd | Floyd | At the northernmost edge of the building you can see the street below, Floyd | which you recognize as the place where you entered the building. The Floyd | garden patch is to the west, the chimney is to the south and the exit Floyd | door is southwest. Floyd | Floyd | Off in the distance, Anton thinks he sees a bug in the dirt, but it's Floyd | just a pebble. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "eat cucumber" | ||||
Floyd | You're about to, but at the last minute something stops you from Floyd | biting into the taut green skin. There's something... weird about it. Floyd | Floyd | Across the rooftop, Anton pretends to shovel some dirt in his attempt Floyd | at anti-farmer satire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||||
Floyd | The city looks prettier at twilight, when you can't see the busted Floyd | windows and the fireblackened walls. The Tower, aside from the Floyd | structural damage, is pretty well off, since the windows at the top Floyd | are intact -- high enough to ward off the most determined looters. So Floyd | far. Floyd | Floyd | For some reason, the arachnoids tended to nest in high areas, and Floyd | there's nowhere higher than the Tower. Even twenty years after the Floyd | giant mutant spiders died out silk collectors like your brother are Floyd | still hell-bent on getting the legendary deposits they left on top of Floyd | the pod. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "What does ``pod'' refer to?" | |||
djfletch says, "seems like it must mean the Tower" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x pod" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Sound's like a good guess." | |||
EmacsUser asks, "sw?" | ||||
Alex says (to EmacsUser), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that SW is Star Wars." | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, by the exit Floyd | To the west you can see a nearby building, about the same height as Floyd | the one you're on. Floyd | Floyd | The garden patch is north, the chimney is east and the empty corner is Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | The concrete stairwell exit is a rectangle protruding at least fifteen Floyd | feet from the rooftop, its only feature a closed metal door. Floyd | Floyd | For (probably ill-advised) reasons of his own, Anton heads to the Floyd | garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It's a rectangular cube sticking up out of the tarmac like a big white Floyd | robot tooth. It's featureless except for the outline of a door, and Floyd | the door is handleless. Floyd | Floyd | Anton comes by, patting his belly. He notices you looking at the door. Floyd | Floyd | "Don't worry, Toph," he says. "I put the bag --" Floyd | Floyd | His face falls when he looks at the door. Floyd | Floyd | "I..." He stares at the handleless door. "Toph, you gotta believe me, Floyd | I wedged the bag in there real good. I don't..." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Well we are in the territory of this group called ``Bad Seeds.''" | |||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | There's no handle on this side. Floyd | Floyd | Anton pounds the locked door and yells for help, even though the two Floyd | of you had walked up the six flights of stairs without seeing another Floyd | soul. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "x building" | ||||
Floyd | It's similar to the one you're on, except that the exit door is Floyd | hanging off its hinges. Instead of a garden there's a faded billboard Floyd | for a long forgotten movie. Given its alphanumeric website address Floyd | it's a few decades old at least. Floyd | Floyd | There's probably a ten foot gap between the buildings. Floyd | Floyd | "I bet I could jump that," Anton says, doing some leg stretches. Floyd | Floyd | "You bet your life?" you say, pointing to the ground below. Floyd | Floyd | Anton stops doing leg stretches. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's slumped down on the ground. "OK. We need a plan." He looks at Floyd | you hopefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "The building to the west sounds promising, especially since we have a plank available." | |||
djfletch says, "yup" | ||||
Gerynar says, "good thinking" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "Anton take plank" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "Anton, take plank" | ||||
Floyd | Anton nods, but clearly he wasn't listening. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's still nervous, his eyes wide and his nostrils occasionally Floyd | flaring. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "You need a comma after Anton." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "Anton, follow" | ||||
Floyd | (the access door) Floyd | Anton seems less freaked out. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Oh." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "Anton, follow me" | ||||
Floyd | Anton punches the door and then immediately regrets it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, garden patch Floyd | There's a plank between the rows of plants. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a row of vegetables here. Floyd | Floyd | For (probably ill-advised) reasons of his own, Anton heads to the exit Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "Anton, take plank" | ||||
Floyd | You're not really close enough to Anton to do that. Might want to call Floyd | him over first, or follow him. Floyd | Floyd | Over a bit, Anton is sitting on the ground. He's discovered that the Floyd | tarmac is slightly soft and is pressing his hand into it to make a Floyd | print. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick asks, "Do you think it's important to get the silk first?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "call Anton" | ||||
Floyd | Anton hears you and trots over. "What? Did you think of a plan?" Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I don't know." | |||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "anton, get the plank" | ||||
Floyd | Anton leans over and pulls at the edge of the plank. It moves a bit, Floyd | but then he gives up with a shrug. It's irritating, because you know Floyd | he's strong enough. When he's angry he's liable to break everything in Floyd | sight -- you saw him uproot a tree once. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks at you like you're joking, but when you're not smiling he Floyd | gets flustered. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks (of Mick), "You want to give it a go?" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "tell anton about plank" | ||||
Floyd | "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Anton says. "We can chop it up and Floyd | sell it on the chopstick market!" Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "My thoughts exactly." | |||
Mick says, "Maybe we need to get him angry" | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "dig garden" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig the plants with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "dig plants with claw" | ||||
Floyd | That's a precision instrument -- you shudder to think what Harry would Floyd | say if you got it all clogged up with dirt. Floyd | Your attempt to dig the garden with the Claw makes Anton snicker. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is kicking the foliage, making a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x foliage" | ||||
Floyd | It makes you think about that girl at the market who's always Floyd | encouraging you to come down to help out on their farm. But no, Anton Floyd | would never go for that. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's mouth is moving and his eyes are glassy. Suddenly he throws Floyd | his arms into the air and runs in a victory circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask anton aout victory" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to ask Anton. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick says, "So what do we know? We have a plank? a fruit, claw and container, possible silk (unreachable)" | |||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're wearing a striped sleeveless top, identical to your brother's Floyd | except for the bush of chest hair he has coming out the top of his. Floyd | Your chin has also refused to sprout anything that isn't embarrassing. Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying a vegetable, the containment unit (being worn and Floyd | empty) and the Claw. Floyd | Floyd | Anton thinks he sees a bug in the dirt, but it's just a pebble. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "it does seem like it might be a hint about making Anton angry" | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "hit Anton" | ||||
Floyd | Knocking some sense into your brother is tempting, but you know from Floyd | experience that it's a waste of time. Floyd | Floyd | Anton pretends to shovel some dirt in his attempt at anti-farmer Floyd | satire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw cucumber at anton" | ||||
Floyd | (the vegetable at Anton) Floyd | Convincing yourself that an old fashioned food fight will let off some Floyd | steam, you throw the veggie at Anton. It smashes into his chest, and Floyd | -- disturbingly -- grey-green vines burst forth from the mess at a Floyd | shocking speed to encircle your brother. Floyd | Floyd | There's a moment where he's tied up as effectively as if with rope, Floyd | and then his stunned expression starts to darken. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's arms strain. "No... trap... from a stupid FARMER," bursting Floyd | through the tendrils, "...can hold a Karrento!" Floyd | Floyd | The vines fall off of him into a pile at his feet and begin to rot. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's still mad, kicking at the tarmac. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Nice." | |||
djfletch says, "yikes" | ||||
Mick asks, "Maybe create vines on the chimney?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "anton, get the plank" | ||||
Floyd | He funnels his rage into pulling the plank free of the dirt in a cloud Floyd | of dust! Floyd | Floyd | Anton picks up the plank. Floyd | Floyd | Anton seems to have cooled down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take cucumber" | ||||
Floyd | You grab another of the cucumbery vegetables. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's mouth is moving and his eyes are glassy. Suddenly he throws Floyd | his arms into the air and runs in a victory circle. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "So will we ignore the silk or still try for it?" | |||
Mick says, "I say we try my vine idea" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Dang, I would have never thought of throwing the cucumber at Anton. Genius!" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Mick), "You drive." | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, at the base of the chimney Floyd | Off in the distance, Anton is kicking the foliage, making a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "throw cucumber at chimney" | ||||
Floyd | Leaving your hand like a green oblong snowball, it smacks into the Floyd | chimney and sends out its viney tendrils around and around the Floyd | structure until the tough vines cover the surface. Floyd | Floyd | Anton strolls by and lets out a low whistle. "Those farmers are Floyd | getting trickier every year." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Near the base, the cracked brick provides enough finger and toe holds Floyd | to climb to... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, halfway up the chimney Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The latticework of vines helps you scale the surface... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, top of the chimney Floyd | You're on the lip of the chimney, the inside of which has been mostly Floyd | bricked up. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the whole rooftop from here. Floyd | Floyd | Inside an alcove you spot a small amount of spider silk. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "x silk" | ||||
Floyd | It's white, with just a tiny bit of a shimmer in certain lights. Weird Floyd | to think it'll end up in some organic skyscraper in Asia somewhere, Floyd | reinforcing a wooden beam or strut. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | Silk's reactive with organic substances, which is why it's so valuable Floyd | for reinforcing building materials. If you're wondering how reactive, Floyd | you only have to look at Harry's friend Two-Fingers Nancy. Floyd | Floyd | "Toph, you see any of the white stuff up there? We gotta get us some Floyd | spizz..." Anton calls from below. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay silk!" | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "take silk with claw" | ||||
Floyd | Carefully you pinch the silk with the Claw and gently wind the strands Floyd | around. Harry gives you a slightly better price for it when it's in Floyd | one piece and free of debris. Floyd | Floyd | You put it into the containment unit and engage the lock. Success! Floyd | Floyd | "Toph, you see any of the white stuff up there? We gotta get us some Floyd | spizz..." Anton calls from below. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to appreciate the view before you climb down, to Floyd | appreciate the lack of Anton's inane chatter that fills every moment Floyd | of every day. Floyd | Floyd | Something about the top of the access door cube across the rooftop Floyd | catches your eye. It seems to have a bulge. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "What's this bulge?" | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "x bulge" | ||||
Floyd | You have to squint to see it across the rooftop -- it's easy to miss, Floyd | being white-on-white, but you realize that the top of the access door Floyd | cube has a lump of spider silk. Floyd | Floyd | You've never seen a deposit that big. It's like, good-ol-days big. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, halfway up the chimney Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "More vine slinging?" | |||
Mick says, "Might as well try" | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | The visible exits are up (to rooftop, top of the chimney) and down (to Floyd | rooftop, at the base of the chimney). Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You climb down, dropping the last couple of feet to... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, at the base of the chimney Floyd | Anton is here. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is hiding behind the smokestack. Why, or from whom, you couldn't Floyd | say. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, garden patch Floyd | You can see a rotting mess and a row of vegetables here. Floyd | Floyd | For (probably ill-advised) reasons of his own, Anton heads to the exit Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "take cucumber" | ||||
Floyd | As you grab another veggie Anton gives you a poke in the bum and you Floyd | drop it into the patch. Floyd | Floyd | It explodes, and the vegetable it hit explodes, and so on around the Floyd | patch until all the vegetables are gone. Floyd | Floyd | Anton shakes his head and wanders off. "Smooth as silk, Toph. Smooth. Floyd | As. Silk." Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick says, "So much for that idea." | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "tell anton about bulge" | ||||
Floyd | You're not really close enough to Anton to do that. Might want to call Floyd | him over first, or follow him. Floyd | Floyd | Over a bit, Anton is examining the exit door minutely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "call anton. Tell anton about bulge" | ||||
Floyd | Anton hears you and trots over. "What? Did you think of a plan?" Floyd | Floyd | Anton squeezes you on the shoulder. "Nice grab!" You go on to tell him Floyd | about the much larger cache you've spotted. His eyes grow bigger and Floyd | bigger until you think they might pop out of his head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're wearing a striped sleeveless top, identical to your brother's Floyd | except for the bush of chest hair he has coming out the top of his. Floyd | Your chin has also refused to sprout anything that isn't embarrassing. Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying the Claw and the containment unit (being worn), Floyd | inside which is a small amount of spider silk. Floyd | Floyd | Anton points off to another point of the rooftop. "Gonna see what I Floyd | can see," he says as he walks away. "Just give a call when you need Floyd | me." Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick asks, "Is Anton holding the plank?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x Anton" | ||||
Floyd | Your brother Anton is a broad shouldered, bearded fellow with long Floyd | tangled brown hair and eyes with a tendency to wander. His features Floyd | are relaxed and calm. Like you, he's wearing the typical clothes of a Floyd | silk collector, including the identical striped sleeveless top. He has Floyd | a plank. Floyd | Floyd | Across the rooftop, Anton appears to be negotiating with the door, but Floyd | it doesn't seem to be going well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x plank" | ||||
Floyd | It's about a dozen feet long. Floyd | Floyd | Off in the distance, Anton appears to be negotiating with the door, Floyd | but it doesn't seem to be going well. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Not sure. But maybe we can climb this unaided." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, by the exit Floyd | Anton is here. Floyd | Floyd | The concrete stairwell exit is a rectangle protruding at least fifteen Floyd | feet from the rooftop, its only feature a closed metal door. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is examining the exit door minutely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | It's too high to jump to, and the cube's surface has no climbable Floyd | nooks and crannies. Floyd | Floyd | Anton punches the door and then immediately regrets it. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "nope" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask anton for plank" | ||||
Floyd | Anton gives the plank to you. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is sitting on the ground. He's discovered that the tarmac is Floyd | slightly soft and is pressing his hand into it to make a print. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "lean plank on cube" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "climb plank" | ||||
Floyd | You like climbing for climbing's sake, but even so you don't see the Floyd | point of that. Floyd | Floyd | Anton farts, pretends you did it, and then heads off, shooting back Floyd | disgusted looks from the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put plank on cube" | ||||
Floyd | You do your best, leaning the plank against the wall of the fifteen Floyd | foot cube. Then Anton wanders by and notices what you're up to. "You Floyd | could just climb me, Toph, I'm way more useful than that stupid Floyd | farmer's plank." Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick says, "I don't think that would work anyway, the plank is only 12 feet long." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "climb anton" | ||||
Floyd | To free your hands for climbing a bit, you drop the plank. Floyd | With ease that you've had since childhood, you scramble up your Floyd | brother's body and end up standing on his shoulders. The body memory Floyd | makes you recall, with a twinge, how proud your parents were of this Floyd | ability when you were a toddler. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the exit cube is now only a few inches from your Floyd | fingertips. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take silk with claw" | ||||
Floyd | You'd rather leave it in the containment unit, unless you have some Floyd | specific idea of what you'd like to do with it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take bulge with claw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get on cube" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | Anton shifts and looks up with a pained look, and since you're not Floyd | doing anything you decide to climb down off his shoulders. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "climb anton" | ||||
Floyd | You climb Anton, amazed at his pungent smell given that you'd bathed Floyd | just yesterday. One of his many mysteries. Floyd | Floyd | The top of the exit cube is now only a few inches from your Floyd | fingertips. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You bend your knees and with a jump you get your fingers hooked around Floyd | the ridge of the roof. Anton goes sprawling, but a few seconds later Floyd | you've pulled yourself up to... Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, on top of the exit cube Floyd | The top of the access door structure is a bit weathered but solid, Floyd | holding you easily. You can go down from here. Floyd | Floyd | You half-think the silk is a trick of the light, but no. Here it is. A Floyd | big sticky lump of spider silk. Floyd | Floyd | Down below you, Anton shades his eyes and watches you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take silk with claw" | ||||
Floyd | (the large amount of spider silk with the Claw) Floyd | You use the Claw to stuff the container full of silk. You've never Floyd | filled the container before. You can't wait to see the look on Harry's Floyd | face -- you'll be able to eat for weeks on this. You close the Floyd | container. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks up, arms folded and nodding approvingly like he's your Floyd | supervisor or something. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Now to make our getaway?" | |||
Mick says, "This seems TOO easy" | ||||
Mick says, "Yes, let's" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, by the exit Floyd | Anton is here. Floyd | Floyd | The concrete stairwell exit is a rectangle protruding at least fifteen Floyd | feet from the rooftop, its only feature a closed metal door. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a plank here. Floyd | Floyd | Anton appears to be negotiating with the door, but it doesn't seem to Floyd | be going well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take plank" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is examining the exit door minutely. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Was it here or the corner north of us that the building could be seen from?" | |||
Mick says, "I thought it was here" | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "x building" | ||||
Floyd | It's similar to the one you're on, except that the exit door is Floyd | hanging off its hinges. Instead of a garden there's a faded billboard Floyd | for a long forgotten movie. Given its alphanumeric website address Floyd | it's a few decades old at least. Floyd | Floyd | There's probably a ten foot gap between the buildings. Floyd | Floyd | Anton wanders off to the northeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "put plank on gap" | ||||
Floyd | The plank now provides a very narrow escape route to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Off in the distance, Anton is staring at the sky, a goofy grin on his Floyd | face. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I say we make Anton go first." | |||
Mick says, "good call" | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "anton, go west" | ||||
Floyd | Anton arrives at Rooftop, garden patch from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Channelling your tightrope-walking ancestors, you place one foot in Floyd | front of the other, trying not to think about-- Floyd | Floyd | CRACK Floyd | Floyd | --you've never backstepped this fast but it might not be fast enough Floyd | but then Anton grabs you in a big bear hug and pulls you to safety. Floyd | Floyd | Rooftop, by the exit (in Anton's bear hug) Floyd | To the west you can see a nearby building, about the same height as Floyd | the one you're on. Floyd | Floyd | The garden patch is north, the chimney is east and the empty corner is Floyd | northeast. Floyd | Floyd | On the nearby building is a plank. Floyd | Floyd | The concrete stairwell exit is a rectangle protruding at least fifteen Floyd | feet from the rooftop, its only feature a closed metal door. Floyd | Floyd | "TOPH!" At first you think you're shaking, but then you realize it's Floyd | Anton. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Huh?" | |||
Mick asks, "How is the plank over there?" | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "x plank" | ||||
Floyd | It's about a dozen feet long with a crack in the middle. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's eyes are darting around fearfully, he's muttering "Careful, Floyd | careful careful..." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I guess Anton wasn't supposed to go first." | |||
Mick says, "He didn't go first" | ||||
Mick says, "When I gave the command, he wasn't in the area." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Ah, I didn't read carefully." | ||||
Mick says, "I'm trying to figure out how the plank breaks, but then ends up on the other side." | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Undo and try again, or keep this situation?" | ||||
Mick says, "I think this situation is fine." | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "x billboard" | ||||
Floyd | What hasn't been bleached by the sun has been soaked through by the Floyd | rain. But you can just make out the URL: www.ghostswithshitjobs.com. Floyd | Floyd | You give your brother a squeeze and a pat on the back and the Floyd | catatonic look leaves his face. He looks at you happily and then Floyd | shakes you, pushes you away. Floyd | Floyd | The plank is still in one piece, barely. You lean over to pull it in Floyd | but seeing the pavement below gives you a sick fantasy of having your Floyd | brains spread over them. You take a few stumbling steps back from the Floyd | edge and sit on the tarmac. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick says, "Maybe I'm just dense, but I'm really not understanding the physics of this plank." | |||
Gerynar says, "are there any vine-cucumbers left, maybe throw one of them on the plank to have it tied together" | ||||
Mick says, "Anton destroyed them all." | ||||
Gerynar says, "that's right" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Claw?" | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "pull plank with claw" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to pull the plank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "get plank with claw" | ||||
Floyd | It's too lightweight a tool for that. Floyd | Floyd | Anton sees what you're trying to do and pulls in the plank himself. Floyd | Floyd | "That was a close one, Toph. Geez. The closest." Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick says, "hah" | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "anton, w" | ||||
Floyd | Anton nods. "I could make that jump easy, Toph. But then where would Floyd | that leave you?" Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks at you like you're joking, but when you're not smiling he Floyd | gets flustered. Floyd | Floyd | The plank sticks up where it's cracked and Anton stomps it flat. Floyd | Floyd | "You shoulda tied off. Collectors die every day from being stupid." Floyd | Floyd | "Tied off?" you say, "With the rope in the bag YOU LOST?!" The Floyd | familiar rage you feel at your brother burns away the last of nausea Floyd | in your belly. Floyd | Floyd | "No," he says with a sullen kick at the tarmac. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "maybe Anton can throw us across" | |||
Mick exclaims, "We need to bind it using the silk!" | ||||
EmacsUser! | ||||
EmacsUser. o O (!) | ||||
djfletch says, "yeah, I bet that's it" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "open containment unit" | ||||
Floyd | Don't fiddle about with the SCU. It's for spider silk-related things Floyd | only. Floyd | Floyd | Anton's still nervous, his eyes wide and his nostrils occasionally Floyd | flaring. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "put silk on plate" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the large amount of spider silk or the small amount Floyd | of spider silk? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "put small amount of silk on plank" | ||||
Floyd | You lay it over the length of the wood, making sure to cover the Floyd | crack. It hisses and smokes dramatically, the wood blackening wherever Floyd | the white fibre makes contact. Floyd | Floyd | Blinking the smoke from your eyes, you panic that it's the wrong kind Floyd | of wood -- but the hissing has stopped. Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks at the board and at you with a baffled look on his face. Floyd | Floyd | Anton seems less freaked out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x Anton" | ||||
Floyd | Your brother Anton is a broad shouldered, bearded fellow with long Floyd | tangled brown hair and eyes with a tendency to wander. His features Floyd | are relaxed and calm. Floyd | Floyd | Anton punches the door and then immediately regrets it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x plank" | ||||
Floyd | It's about a dozen feet long with a crack in the middle and shiny Floyd | black veins where the silk has reacted with it. Floyd | Floyd | Anton wanders off to the exit door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | There's a ten foot gap. You could always climb pretty much anything, Floyd | but long jump was never your strong suit. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is sitting on the ground. He's discovered that the tarmac is Floyd | slightly soft and is pressing his hand into it to make a print. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "put plank on gap" | ||||
Floyd | You need to be holding the plank before you can put it on top of Floyd | something else. Floyd | Floyd | Anton appears to be negotiating with the door, but it doesn't seem to Floyd | be going well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "take plank" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is sitting on the ground. He's discovered that the tarmac is Floyd | slightly soft and is pressing his hand into it to make a print. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "put plank on gap" | ||||
Floyd | The plank now provides a very narrow escape route to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Anton is examining the exit door minutely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You look back at your brother. "OK, Anton. I'll go across first to Floyd | make sure it's safe. Then you." Floyd | Floyd | Anton looks anxious. "I don't think so, Toph. I mean, you almost got Floyd | turned into sidewalk jam the last time. Can't you just go down and Floyd | open the the door from the inside?" Floyd | Floyd | It's a bad idea to leave your brother alone. The last time you left Floyd | Anton by himself he got his pinky finger stuck in a pipe so bad he Floyd | ended up sleeping with it for a week. But it's obvious he's not going Floyd | to go across in this nervous state. You need to get his mind off the Floyd | danger. Floyd | Floyd | Anton punches the door and then immediately regrets it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | Mick asks, "So we have to calm him down?" | |||
Floyd | You've gotta show Anton something that'll take his mind off the very Floyd | real chance of death first. Floyd | Floyd | Anton farts, pretends you did it, and then heads off, shooting back Floyd | disgusted looks from the northeast corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "show silk to anton" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the large amount of spider silk or the small amount Floyd | of spider silk? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "large amount" | ||||
Floyd | Anton flips open the container and his eyes bug out of his head when Floyd | he sees how much silk there is. "Wha--" Floyd | Floyd | Anton is blazing with excitement, all anxieties forgotten. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Before you step out onto the plank, you look back at your brother. Floyd | "Now we gotta be extremely careful with--" Floyd | Floyd | Anton makes a contemptuous sound. "Careful!?! If we were careful we Floyd | never would have gotten trapped on a roof and made the score of the Floyd | century," Anton raves, his face beaming. "Let's go! I can't wait to Floyd | see Harry's face!" Floyd | Floyd | He pushes you to the side and strides out onto the plank. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Good move." | |||
Mick says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Half way across, right on the crack, he turns around and looks at you Floyd | with his big, puppy-dog eyes. Floyd | Floyd | He raises his arms in the air. "Take that, Pachenkos! You can't trap Floyd | the Karrento Brothers!" Floyd | Floyd | Not wanting to draw attention to the incredible danger he's in, you Floyd | just raise your arms and try to smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Anton throws his head back and guffaws, then walks safely to the other Floyd | end of the plank. Floyd | Floyd | "C'mon Toph, let's go blow Harry's mind!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You cross the plank -- still totally stable, the spizz really works -- Floyd | and join your brother. Floyd | Floyd | Arm in arm, you head down the stairs, chanting "KAR-REN-TO!" Floyd | Floyd | Heading to Harry's to cash in your silk, you pass the alley between Floyd | the buildings where you could have fallen to your death. You look Floyd | away, not willing to face what could have happened, and instead Floyd | clamber up on your brother's shoulders. You grab his thick mane of Floyd | hair as he starts to gallop like a horse, just like when you were Floyd | kids. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have won *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Mick says, "wow" | |||
Gerynar says, "yay" | ||||
djfletch says, "hurrah" | ||||
Jacqueline says, "Well done." | ||||
Mick says, "I didn't expect it to end there" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Me neither." | ||||
Touchy says, "now I neither played nor watched the song contest" | ||||
Touchy says, "tsk" | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Touchy), "heh" | ||||
djfletch says, "I was sure we were going to get attacked by giant spiders sometime." | ||||
Mick says, "I liked it" | ||||
djfletch says, "The game said they were extinct but I didn't believe it." | ||||
Jacqueline says (to djf), "heh" | ||||
Jacqueline says, "Well, wow. That was quick." | ||||
Jacqueline asks, "Anything else you guys want to try, or shall I wrap up the transcript?" | ||||
Mick says, "I'm game for something else." | ||||
EmacsUser wouldn't mind another. | ||||
Gerynar says, "I'll watch, but I'm gonna work on my "wrist speed-if" version of my WIP, it should be (hopefully) done by this evening" | ||||
Jacqueline says, "Well, hrm. I like to invite authors of newer games. But if you have something older you want to play..." | ||||
Jacqueline says, "(ie I hate to play something new quite unexpectedly in case the author would have liked to have had the opportunity to come watch.)" | ||||
Mick asks, "Hmm, well what's something old and shortish?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "racks his brain for titles that ClubFloyd hasn't played yet." | ||||
Jacqueline says, "Well, we could have a look at the suggestions list (what hasn't been updated in forever, but still)" | ||||
Jacqueline says, "The other option would be to play something by an author who's here right now, because we could give that person the instant heads up." | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Has the club ever played All Roads?" | ||||
Jacqueline asks, "No, not yet. That's kind of longish, though, isn't it?" | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Mick says, "It's not too long, It's kinda on rails." | |||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Jacqueline asks, "That's by ... Jon?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "We can choose something else too. It's just one that came to mind." | ||||
Jacqueline asks, "Is that right? Jon Ingold?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Yes." | ||||
Mick says, "Yes" | ||||
Jacqueline says, "Or am I misr- oh, okay." | ||||
Jacqueline says, "I kinda doubt Jon would show up even if we invited him." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "I'm up for another game" | ||||
Jacqueline says, "So yeah, I'd be okay with that." | ||||
Jacqueline says, "I've played that one as well, way back, but sure, why not play that? (I'm reading the new edition of SPAG right now, anyway...)" | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load allroads" | Mick says, "I've played it, but I don't mind watching" | |||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [pausing to show unread error message] | ||||
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Display Help Menu : M Floyd | Start Game - : [SPACE] Floyd | - from Saved : R Floyd | Exit Game : Q | ||||
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hm" | |||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Conciousness is slowly returning... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Something inside is telling you to wake up. Part of your mind says Floyd | "Sunrise approaches." Floyd | Floyd | Underneath your dream you feel a deep shiver... It is a chime, the Floyd | bell of a clock-tower. Another follows, and another. You count them, Floyd | fully awake suddenly, counting them down. Six. Five. Four. Three. Floyd | Floyd | Your eyes close, and your stomach tightens in anticipation. The sheets Floyd | around you feel very safe. Floyd | Floyd | Two. One. Floyd | Floyd | The first ray of sunlight lances through the slats in the Floyd | window-blind. It strikes your eyes, and you feel yourself go. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay." | |||
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Press any key] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [Please press SPACE to begin.] | Mick says, "I think there is a lot of space-pressing in this." | |||
Jacqueline says, "Man, I'll let you guys press space once you're done reading." | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Just to check, is there anyone who hasn't played?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Me" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Wait, you mean this game? I haven't played Allroads before" | ||||
Touchy says, "DavidW and I started alien abduction last week or so" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Cheddarius), "You'd better be the driver then." | ||||
Touchy says, "That seemed like fun..." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Is it possible to load ClubFloyd from MUSHclient? If so, how?" | ||||
EmacsUser waits for a consensus on All Roads/Alien Abduction, as he is notoriously indecisive. | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Never mind, got it" | ||||
Touchy says, "Or replay something CF has played before, like escapades or whatever..." | ||||
Jacqueline says, "Wait, sorry, I had to step away." | ||||
Jacqueline says, "I had to sign for a package." | ||||
Jacqueline asks, "We've decided not to play All Roads?" | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Cheddarius), "And yes, I'm mudding from a MUSHclient." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Maybe. It's up for debate again." | ||||
Mick says, "People seem pretty indifferent about All Roads." | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Standing on tip-toes. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scaffold in the City Square Floyd | Your head is pulled back, held by the rope pressing on your throat. Floyd | Your toes pivot on a rickety stool, which shakes as your legs shake. Floyd | The crowd filling the square are chattering like monkeys, but they are Floyd | just flits of colour in the corners of your eyes. You cannot look Floyd | round - instead you gaze straight across the Square, to the great dial Floyd | of the Clock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit? | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Cheddarius says, "I don't know what Allroads is, but I'm fine with it, being that I haven't played it" | |||
EmacsUser softly chants: @switch(@rand("3"),"0","All Roads","1",Alien Abduction","Other"). | ||||
A booming voice does not reply. EmacsUser looks a little embarassed. | ||||
EmacsUser softly chants: @switch(@rand("3"),"0","All Roads","1","Alien Abduction","Other"). | ||||
A booming voice replies: Alien Abduction. | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "list al" | ||||
Floyd says (to EmacsUser), "aisle curses ditch down f209 fourin1 frozen gna ground gumshoe i-0 kirby kissing kitchen kooku library limp lostny14 memory mulldoon muse night ofd parade pcu pesach photopia promoted pspy5 reverb savannah saveprinceton20 slackerx sludge speed5 spypants sutwin the_one tow11 tube under underoos veritas22 vindaloo wedding" | Jacqueline asks, "So, um, you want to load which one?" | |||
Jacqueline asks, "Alien Abduction?" | ||||
EmacsUser decides to be decisive and say ``Sure.'' | ||||
Jacqueline asks, "Others? Same opinion?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Alien Abduction sounds nice" | ||||
djfletch says, "ok by me" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "But I haven't played either, so I don't know" | ||||
Mick says, "Sounds good" | ||||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load alienabduct" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Useful information about the game is contained in the "hint" menu. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Coming over the crest of the thickly wooded hill, you see the Floyd | decrepit shack that has always been your home. Your long walks Floyd | through the Appalachian hills usually help clear your mind. You had Floyd | hoped that the throbbing, insistent pain behind your eyes would go Floyd | away with this one. You still don't want to admit it, but this pain Floyd | is exactly how it felt the last two times. You better get your Floyd | camera. After all, this is why you bought it. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, standing Floyd | ankle deep in autumn leaves. The path you are walking on leads to the Floyd | south. Your trusty thinking stump is right beside the path here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says (to Jacq), "There is an abductv2." | |||
Touchy says, "Not sure if that's necessary though." | ||||
Trumgottist goes home. | Cheddarius says, "I think we should examine that stump." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x stump" | ||||
Floyd | You have many fond memories of sitting on this stump in the dappled Floyd | shade and contemplating life. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "sit on stump" | ||||
Floyd | You sit, but all of your thoughts focus on the pain in your head and Floyd | how much worse that pain will get if you don't get out to the clearing Floyd | soon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take valium" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "valium". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Mick says (to Floyd), "count leaves" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "count". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Like ``count keys?''" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "think about camera" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "think". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, poo - I didn't notice the v2." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "get camera" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any camera here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the stump. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | You push to your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Door Floyd | The peeling paint reveals the low quality lumber used to build this Floyd | house. You've noticed that the house groans and protests more every Floyd | winter. In many ways, you're amazed it has survived this long. The Floyd | screen door leans against the house, having pulled free of the rotting Floyd | door frame several months ago. There is a huge patch of weeds to the Floyd | northwest that used to be a garden. The back door is to the north, Floyd | and the path back over the hill leads south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Are you guys cool with this v?" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "We've not gone far; can we load v2?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pull weeds" | ||||
Floyd | It's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks (of Jacq), ""poo" Seriously?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 7 turns, you have achieved a score of 0 points out of a Floyd | possible 200. Floyd | Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (YES or NO) > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "YES" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Watch the skies! | ||||
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "What" | ||||
Floyd says (to Cheddarius), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "load abductv2" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Useful information about the game is contained in the "hint" menu. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Coming over the crest of the thickly wooded hill, you see the Floyd | decrepit shack that has always been your home. Your long walks Floyd | through the Appalachian hills usually help clear your mind. You had Floyd | hoped that the throbbing, insistent pain behind your eyes would go Floyd | away with this one. You still don't want to admit it, but this pain Floyd | is exactly how it felt the last two times. You better get your Floyd | camera. After all, this is why you bought it. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, standing Floyd | ankle deep in autumn leaves. The path you are walking on leads to the Floyd | south. Your trusty thinking stump is right beside the path here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "What" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Oh." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Door Floyd | The peeling paint reveals the low quality lumber used to build this Floyd | house. You've noticed that the house groans and protests more every Floyd | winter. In many ways, you're amazed it has survived this long. The Floyd | screen door leans against the house, having pulled free of the rotting Floyd | door frame several months ago. There is a huge patch of weeds to the Floyd | northwest that used to be a garden. The back door is to the north, Floyd | and the path back over the hill leads south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | You dread going past what's left of your garden in order to get to Floyd | your well. The weeds stand tall in the cool fall air, mocking you. Floyd | Floyd | The pain in your head gets much worse, whether from getting a closer Floyd | look at you garden or from the impending 'visit', you aren't sure. It Floyd | goes away when you return to the back door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "Pull weeds" | ||||
Floyd | It's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Belated, you guys feel free to load up whatever version you want." | |||
Jacqueline says, "And yes, I said 'poo'" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Pffft, fine, we'll get the camera then" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||||
Floyd | You and Maybel planted the garden together in the spring, before your Floyd | headaches started. After the headaches and the visits started, you Floyd | picked what you could and let the rest go to seed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "mock weeds" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mock". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Your house is to the north, and the path is to the south. There's no Floyd | sense in plundering through the woods until it's absolutely necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Anyone else playing?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | As you grab the doorknob, the pain in your head gets worse. You rub Floyd | the bridge of your nose, hoping that will help. It doesn't. You Floyd | don't have much time now, so you press into the house. Floyd | Floyd | "Is your headache gone?" Maybel turns from the sink to look at you. Floyd | Soapy water drips from the ends of her fingers as she looks at you Floyd | carefully, taking in your shaking hands, the wild look in your eyes. Floyd | Her fingers clench. "When you asked me to move in with you, we made Floyd | some ground rules. I don't talk about your dad, and you don't act Floyd | like him. No you-ef-ohs and no skits-o-frenia, right? I've been Floyd | holdin' up my end. Where the hell is yours?" She swears and turns Floyd | back to the sink. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Your tiny kitchen barely has room for you and Maybel, let alone Floyd | your small appliances. The living room is to the north, and the back Floyd | door is south. Floyd | Maybel is washing dishes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | This is really the only room in your house that seems somewhat Floyd | homey. The plywood floor is mostly covered by a large throw rug. The Floyd | wood-burning stove casts a cheery glow on the sagging couch and the Floyd | coffee table overflowing with books. The front door leads north, your Floyd | bedroom is to the west, and the kitchen is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This is the only bedroom in the house. Once you shared it with Floyd | your parents. Then you had it to yourself when your mom moved out and Floyd | your dad went to the asylum. Now you share it with Maybel. Clothes Floyd | and the old mattress that you use as a bed mostly cover the dirty Floyd | plywood floor. There is one meticulously clean spot near the bed, Floyd | reserved for the camera and the pictures. The living room is back Floyd | east. Floyd | You see a Polaroid camera, a photo, and a set of grainy pictures Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Yeah, I'm playing, but slow at the reading." | |||
djfletch says, "yeah just catching up" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Oh, okay then. I'll wait, sorry" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "camera GET!!!!!" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Fecal matter!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "get camera" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x photo" | ||||
Floyd | This is the one photo that you managed to take the last time this Floyd | happened. You couldn't take pictures when "it" was overhead because Floyd | of all of the wild, incomprehensible thoughts they sent screaming Floyd | through your brain. They let go of your mind only when you were Floyd | almost unconscious. The ship started moving off over the tree-tops. Floyd | You managed to get the polaroid up to snap a picture of the receding Floyd | light through the branches of the trees. It's not enough to convince Floyd | anyone else, but it might be enough for you. Something to help you Floyd | believe that you're not as crazy as your father-- if your father Floyd | really is crazy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x pictures" | ||||
Floyd | Every time you look at these pictures you think of your father giving Floyd | the film to you. He was home just to pick up some clothes before the Floyd | sheriff drove him out to the asylum. He pulled the undeveloped roll Floyd | out from under the mattress and pressed it into your hand, saying, Floyd | "Believe. You're my son. They'll come for you too." That was ten Floyd | years ago. The developed pictures are blurred and grainy, but Floyd | unmistakably the same thing that has already visited you twice. Floyd | Judging from the pain in your head, a third visit is on the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mick says, "I'm a bit too distracted to participate at the moment, so I'm going to bail. Have fun everyone." | |||
Cheddarius asks, "How about we give the camera to Maybel?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "She can photograph the aliens without being mind-blasted" | ||||
djfletch says, "makes sense" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Maybel is washing dishes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Anyone mind if I put verbose on?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "nope" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode. Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Your tiny kitchen barely has room for you and Maybel, let alone Floyd | your small appliances. The living room is to the north, and the back Floyd | door is south. Floyd | Maybel is washing dishes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "give camera to maybel" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh, go take yer pictures in the woods," Mabel spits the words at you, Floyd | "Maybe you can sell 'em to the Nah-shun-el En-choir-er!" She snorts. Floyd | "Wouldn't that be funny. You makin' money off this. Ha!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Drat." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Assuming you haven't lost your grip on reality, you are Isaiah Knott, Floyd | a twenty-seven year old man from the Appalachian mountains. You are Floyd | wearing your comfortable jeans, a thick flannel shirt, and hiking Floyd | boots. Floyd | Floyd | You have a hellishly bad headache that's threatening to get worse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x camera" | ||||
Floyd | This is your treasured camera, the thing that will (hopefully) prove Floyd | your sanity-- at least to yourself. You had to save up for a month Floyd | before you could buy it. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Mind if we go look at those books?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Or... maybe put a timer on the camera?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Go ahead" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | This is really the only room in your house that seems somewhat Floyd | homey. The plywood floor is mostly covered by a large throw rug. The Floyd | wood-burning stove casts a cheery glow on the sagging couch and the Floyd | coffee table overflowing with books. The front door leads north, your Floyd | bedroom is to the west, and the kitchen is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||||
Floyd | Looking at the books reminds you of meeting Maybel at the library. Floyd | When you first started dating her you were both reading every trashy Floyd | thriller and spy novel you could get your hands on, often over the Floyd | other's shoulder. Recently, though, you've started getting more and Floyd | more books about UFO's and mental health. Your reading material has Floyd | slowly diverged until now you have two completely separate piles of Floyd | books, encamped on opposite ends of the coffee table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "read books" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up one of the mental health books and open it. The letters Floyd | are blurred, and trying to push your eyes into focus aggravates the Floyd | pain behind your nose. The best thing for your mental health right Floyd | now is to get you camera and get out to the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take books" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up one of the mental health books and open it. The letters Floyd | are blurred, and trying to push your eyes into focus aggravates the Floyd | pain behind your nose. The best thing for your mental health right Floyd | now is to get you camera and get out to the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Out to the clearing then?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "Yup" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "yup". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Yup" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Your tiny kitchen barely has room for you and Maybel, let alone Floyd | your small appliances. The living room is to the north, and the back Floyd | door is south. Floyd | Maybel is washing dishes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Door Floyd | The peeling paint reveals the low quality lumber used to build this Floyd | house. You've noticed that the house groans and protests more every Floyd | winter. In many ways, you're amazed it has survived this long. The Floyd | screen door leans against the house, having pulled free of the rotting Floyd | door frame several months ago. There is a huge patch of weeds to the Floyd | northwest that used to be a garden. The back door is to the north, Floyd | and the path back over the hill leads south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, standing Floyd | ankle deep in autumn leaves. The path you are walking on leads to the Floyd | south. Your trusty thinking stump is right beside the path here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Floyd | This is the path that most of your walks follow. In general, your Floyd | walks are more pleasant than this one is turning out to be. The path Floyd | curves off to the southwest, but you know that if you don't head for Floyd | the clearing to the southeast, the pain will start making you throw Floyd | up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Southeast" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You plunge off of the beaten path through the underbrush. The pain Floyd | in your head pushes you through a blur of brambles and branches. Your Floyd | body presses on even after your will has given up, as if it were Floyd | possible to outrun this spike of pain. Droplets of water spattering Floyd | your face bring you around long enough to realize that you've just Floyd | splashed through a wide, shallow stream. There isn't one within miles Floyd | of your house. Floyd | Floyd | It's only when your legs give out completely and you end up Floyd | sprawled on a grassy clearing that you realize the pain has stopped: Floyd | you've arrived. The "ship" is already here, hovering about 30 feet up Floyd | and quietly humming. Amazingly, they aren't clouding your thoughts Floyd | like they did the last two times. You roll onto your back, bring the Floyd | polaroid up, and start photographing the ship between labored breaths. Floyd | The mechanical whine of your Polaroid drowns out the gentle hum of the Floyd | ship. Picture after picture comes spewing out of the camera's mouth. Floyd | Floyd | The fatigue from running catches up with you, forcing your head Floyd | back into the thick grass. Once your head is relaxed, there isn't Floyd | much keeping your eyelids open. You find yourself relaxing into Floyd | darkness. As your conciousness recedes, you start to feel things Floyd | crawling into your hair, crawling in and you need to lift your head, Floyd | lift your head up right now and push out of the darkness, get away Floyd | from the things crawling in your hair, lift your head and Floyd | Floyd | wake up. Floyd | Floyd | You blink your eyes, and see that you're in a hospital ward. Even Floyd | after getting up, it takes you several moments to realize that this Floyd | can't possibly be a hospital. There's no bed, no instruments-- no Floyd | doors, for that matter. There is only blinding whiteness and Floyd | sterility all around you. Floyd | Floyd | White Room Floyd | The room is of uniform whiteness, and far too bright. The air Floyd | tastes odd; perhaps it is the lack of any detectable odors that makes Floyd | it strange. Floyd | Floyd | A deep breath brings in a faint hint of nervous sweat-- your own. At Floyd | least you can smell something. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "do eet" | |||
Mick disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | EmacsUser exclaims, ""Aah! Text!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "smell me" | ||||
Floyd | There is just the faintest hint of nervous sweat about you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "exits". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Dangit they took our photos" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Or we dropped them, or they weren't teleported with us." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | You're already standing! Floyd | Floyd | A section of one wall turns to a thick white mist. An alien steps Floyd | through the mist, which becomes seamless wall again. The alien raises Floyd | its slender hand, palm toward you. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, ""Shall we make the ``live long and prosper'' sign?" | |||
Cheddarius says, "That's what the government wants you to think, Emacs" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Re: photos, I mean" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Yes." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "raise hand" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "raise". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "I say we punch the alien menace" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "hit alien" | ||||
Floyd | You strike at the alien, but your blows are stopped by an invisible Floyd | force. The alien shakes its head and steps through the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | White Room Floyd | The room is of uniform whiteness, and far too bright. The air Floyd | tastes odd; perhaps it is the lack of any detectable odors that makes Floyd | it strange. Floyd | Floyd | An alien is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "wave" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wave". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "scream in rage" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "scream". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say live long and prosper" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "live". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "alien, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The alien stands and blinks its large eyes for a few seconds. Finally Floyd | you see its mouth curl into a tiny smile and its head bobs politely. Floyd | Floyd | The alien gestures to its right, and a yellow square slides out of the Floyd | wall and hovers by its hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x square" | ||||
Floyd | If ever there were a perfectly two dimensional object, this would be Floyd | it. It looks like someone has found a way to apply yellow paint Floyd | directly onto a square swatch of thin air. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | yellow square, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "eat square?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "eat square" | ||||
Floyd | The yellow square doesn't appear appetizing. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | yellow square, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "feed alien with square" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "feed". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "Hello" to square" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "alien, square" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "lick square" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lick". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "kiss square" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "say square" | ||||
Floyd | You should say what you want to say in double quotes, for example, SAY Floyd | "HELLO". Floyd | Floyd | The alien moves toward you and gently pushes your jaw up and down Floyd | before retreating again and pointing at the square. It seems the Floyd | alien wants you to say something. Something about the square, Floyd | probably. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "talk to square" | ||||
Floyd | I suppose you can talk to it, but it can't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | yellow square, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "yellow"" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as the word 'yellow' leaves your mouth, you can feel the flesh Floyd | on your scalp tingle and crawl in lazy waves down to the nape of your Floyd | neck. The alien gently turns the yellow square around an invisible Floyd | vertical axis. The other side is red. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | red square, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "say "SQUARE"" | ||||
Floyd | The alien cocks its head as though listening. It shakes its head. Floyd | Apparently, you didn't say what it wanted to hear. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | red square, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "red"" | ||||
Floyd | The same tingling sensation washes over your head. The alien turns Floyd | the square again, but now the other side is blue. Odd. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | blue square, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Eureka!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "blue"" | ||||
Floyd | It feels like an army of millipedes is wending through your hair. The Floyd | colored square slips silently back into the wall, and a gray sphere Floyd | slides out in its place. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | gray sphere, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "man, can't they work this stuff out from our radio transmissions?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "sphere"" | ||||
Floyd | You can't decide whether the tingling on your scalp is relaxing or Floyd | annoying. It certainly makes you think that there's something on your Floyd | head besides your hair. The alien pushes down on the sphere, which Floyd | sprouts points and becomes a pyramid. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | gray pyramid, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "pyramid"" | ||||
Floyd | The prickles spread out on your head. The alien pushes on the Floyd | pyramid, causing its top point to flattens and spread, turning it into Floyd | a cube. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | gray cube, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "your mother"" | ||||
Floyd | The alien cocks its head as though listening. It shakes its head. Floyd | Apparently, you didn't say what it wanted to hear. Floyd | Floyd | The alien is repeatedly opening and closing its tiny mouth and Floyd | patiently gesturing with its delicate arms. First it points to the Floyd | gray cube, then it points to its own mouth, and repeats. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "say "cube"" | ||||
Floyd | As the final mass of tingles complete their journey across your scalp, Floyd | the alien politely bows toward you. The gray shape vanishes the same Floyd | way that it came. Floyd | Floyd | Three colored shapes rise up out of the floor and hover in front of Floyd | you. A large green button blossoms at your feet. The alien holds up Floyd | its hand, as if to say 'Patience'. It presses the green button, and Floyd | looks at the three multi-colored spots that briefly spin around its Floyd | head. Then the alien gets lost in a bizarre sequence of pushing and Floyd | turning the shapes, making them change shape and color. Every now and Floyd | then it presses the green button again and looks thoughtfully at the Floyd | spots that momentarily appear. Floyd | Floyd | It turns one last shape with a decisive flair, and pushes the green Floyd | button. The three spots that appear are all green, and a part of the Floyd | wall dissolves into mist. The alien makes a final bow towards you and Floyd | walks through the misty doorway, which solidifies behind it. Floyd | Floyd | The three shapes buck and spin, resetting themselves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sapes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sapes". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x shapes" | ||||
Floyd | Which shapes do you mean, the red cube on the left, the yellow sphere Floyd | in the middle, or the blue pyramid on the right? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | A soft red light effuses from the floating cube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | White Room Floyd | The room is of uniform whiteness, and far too bright. The air Floyd | tastes odd; perhaps it is the lack of any detectable odors that makes Floyd | it strange. Floyd | Floyd | There are three floating shapes and a large green button in the floor. Floyd | You see a red cube on the left, a yellow sphere in the middle, and Floyd | a blue pyramid on the right here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | It is a sturdy green button set in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | A green spot, a yellow spot and a black spot twirl into existence. Floyd | They dance about your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "feel square" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any square here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "f poke cube" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "feel cube" | ||||
Floyd | You tug on the cube, trying to pull it out of its appointed spot. It Floyd | refuses to budge, although it seems like you could turn it or push it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "poke cube" | ||||
Floyd | Poking the red cube on the left doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "push cube" | ||||
Floyd | As you push down on the cube, its sides bulge and its corners vanish. Floyd | When you let up it settles back into place as a sphere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "turn sphere" | Cheddarius says, "Trippy." | |||
Floyd | Which sphere do you mean, the red sphere on the left, or the yellow Floyd | sphere in the middle? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "red" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from red to yellow. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Hey, I think I've got it?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Okay, we can change shape and color." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We have to turn it so it's the colors needed" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Do we match the key from the botton?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "green, yellow, black" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "I think so" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | White Room Floyd | The room is of uniform whiteness, and far too bright. The air Floyd | tastes odd; perhaps it is the lack of any detectable odors that makes Floyd | it strange. Floyd | Floyd | There are three floating shapes and a large green button in the floor. Floyd | You see a yellow sphere on the left, a yellow sphere in the middle, Floyd | and a blue pyramid on the right here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Might be spheres, because they were spots" | |||
djfletch asks, "do the spots stay the same?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "turn yellow on left" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn left" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from yellow to blue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "turn left" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn left" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from blue to red. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from red to yellow. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We need a driver" | |||
EmacsUser says, "You drive." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Okay" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn left" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from yellow to blue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn left" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from blue to red. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Uh..." | |||
EmacsUser says, "My thought also." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Now what?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Look around some more." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Maybe blend?" | ||||
djfletch says, "try pressing the button - I think the spots may change" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Green = yellow + blue" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | A green spot, a red spot, and a black spot twirl into existence. They Floyd | dance about your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | A green spot, a red spot, and a black spot twirl into existence. They Floyd | dance about your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "the alien made all the spots green" | |||
Touchy says, "bah" | ||||
Touchy says, "took david and me a million years to figure out we could turn them" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "So this is what I'm thinking" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Green-yellow-black: Green is yellow plus blue, and yellow is just yellow, right?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "So, the things would be blue, yellow, something or other" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Depends if it's addative or subtractive..." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "But I don't know how to get black" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Maybe it's cumulative?" | ||||
djfletch asks, "maybe green just means correct?" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Genius!" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "It's a game of Mastermind, maybe?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x shape" | ||||
Floyd | Which shape do you mean, the red sphere on the left, the yellow sphere Floyd | in the middle, or the blue pyramid on the right? Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "k, I'm taking notes now." | |||
Cheddarius says, "Green = correct, red = correct shape/color but not other, black = wrongity wrong, you fail" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn blue" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating pyramid and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from blue to red. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | A green spot and two yellow spots twirl into existence. They dance Floyd | about your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Oho! Yellow = right color, red = right shape" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn mid" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mid". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn middle" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from yellow to blue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | A yellow spot, a red spot, and a black spot twirl into existence. Floyd | They dance about your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn middle" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from blue to red. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn middle" | ||||
Floyd | You grab the floating sphere and turn it. It seems to click into Floyd | place, changing the color from red to yellow. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Okay, the middle one is correct, I think. Now to change the shapes of the other ones" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Everyone fine with this?" | ||||
djfletch says, "push the button to check it" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | A green spot and two yellow spots twirl into existence. They dance Floyd | about your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Yep, middle seems to be right; that's the only time we get a green spot" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push left" | ||||
Floyd | As you push down on the sphere, four points start growing out of its Floyd | smooth surface. When you let up it settles back into place as a Floyd | pyramid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Two green spots and a red spot twirl into existence. They dance about Floyd | your head for a moment, and then spin out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Excellent!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push right" | ||||
Floyd | As you push down on the pyramid, its edges begin to flow and multiply. Floyd | When you let up it settles back into place as a cube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Three green spots twirl into existence. They dance about your head Floyd | for a moment, and then spin out of sight. The tingles are Floyd | particularly intense and cover your entire skull before fading. A Floyd | part of the wall dissolves into mist, forming a doorway out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "say "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | You step through the door, which promptly disappears. It takes you a Floyd | few seconds to adjust to the scene around you. Eventually, the Floyd | message gets through to your brain that something is terribly, Floyd | terribly wrong. Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. Floyd | There's something subtly wrong with the whole situation, but you can't Floyd | quite put your finger on it-- something about the trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hurrah" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | You stare at the trees for a long time before you realize what's Floyd | wrong. Even though the surface of the trees looks rough, their edges Floyd | are perfectly smooth. It's as though someone took a smooth cylinder Floyd | and pasted a picture of rough bark on top of it. Floyd | Floyd | As you get caught up in this discovery, you almost fail to notice the Floyd | initials carved into one of the prominent trees near the path. A tree Floyd | that you don't remember at all. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x initials" | ||||
Floyd | This tree stands precisely on the spot where your thinking stump Floyd | should be. As you look at the tree, and the initials carved in it, Floyd | you can almost feel a glimmer of recognition in the back of your mind, Floyd | but you're still too befuddled by the loss of your stump. Worse yet, Floyd | there's no good place to sit and think about this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "lean on tree" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lean". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "We have lost our thinking stump!" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "read initials" | ||||
Floyd | The initials are the classic lovers pair, wrapped in a heart: Floyd | Floyd | P. K. Floyd | + Floyd | E. M. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Peter Knott and Esther Minnow. Mom and Dad. The ten year old memory Floyd | pushes its way to the front of your mind: Mom tearfully packing her Floyd | few things, Dad alternately yelling at her and pleading with her. It Floyd | wasn't until Aunt Betty picked her up and they drove out of sight that Floyd | it really hit Dad. He took an axe out the back door and attacked the Floyd | tree that had witnessed his proposal to her. It was a thick tree. Floyd | Curses and saliva kept flying out of his mouth in an almost constant Floyd | stream as he kept chopping. You couldn't bear to watch him and took a Floyd | long walk through the woods, but it didn't help. The relentless Floyd | chopping echoed off of the hilltop like rifle fire. It was a couple Floyd | hours later that you heard the tree fall. Floyd | Floyd | After he went to the asylum, you sawed off all of the splinters and Floyd | turned the stump into a seat. Now, amazingly, it's a tree once Floyd | again-- initials and all. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "WE'RE DOOMED" | |||
djfletch says, "damn you, aliens" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Okay, so... the aliens sent us into a poor reconstruction of the past?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I think so." | ||||
Ellison asks, "what is this- Janitor?" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Why did mom leave? A UFO-crazed dad?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Alien Abduction" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Or did the UFOs come later" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "I think she left him because of the UFOs" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "remember dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "remember". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "weep tearfully" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "weep". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You stand still and carefully listen to the woods. No birds are Floyd | singing, no leaves are rustling. The trees are still and silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Well, might as well look around, eh?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Go for it." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | You see a broken hoe here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pick flowers" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x hoe" | ||||
Floyd | It is painfully obvious that the hoe is broken beyond repair. The Floyd | break in the middle of the handle is completely smooth; it looks sawed Floyd | through, not broken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take flowers" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "tke hoe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tke". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take hoe" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "You're not the boss of me!" | |||
Cheddarius exclaims, "I'll take the garden if I feel like it, darnit!" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "You're not my real dad!" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The screen door doesn't even squeak. Amazing. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your eyes try to take stock of the familiar-yet-not living room, but Floyd | they are instead immediately drawn to the figure on the couch, who Floyd | rises and walks toward you, hand extended. "Isaiah! You're here! Floyd | Let me have a look at you!" Floyd | Floyd | Your brain reels. It's your father, looking exactly like he did Floyd | before he went insane ten years ago. Floyd | Floyd | "You've really grown up, huh? Having to take care of your mom these Floyd | past couple months? Well, now that they've got you too, maybe this Floyd | testing will go faster. They'll take us home soon. Have a seat." He Floyd | resumes his place on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "So, not quite the past?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "talk to dad" | ||||
Floyd | You try to make a little polite conversation, but with a ten-year gulf Floyd | and who knows what else between you, awkward silences dominate your Floyd | conversation. Soon you give up. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Indeed" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "What is that clicking?" | ||||
EmacsUser notes ominous clicks. | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about this" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "this". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about place" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You listen carefully for the noise, and eventually determine that it's Floyd | coming from your dad. You watch him attentively, and see that the Floyd | noise happens when he blinks. It's kind of like the clicking of a Floyd | camera shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad where we are" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "where". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Fake dad?" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Yes, perhaps" | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "blink" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "blink". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your father's face is a memory come true. He is almost precisely the Floyd | man taken to the asylum ten years ago-- except his eyes have lost Floyd | their spark. He looks complacent and lifeless. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x eyes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "eyes". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x dad's eyes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dad's". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x hoe" | ||||
Floyd | It is painfully obvious that the hoe is broken beyond repair. The Floyd | break in the middle of the handle is completely smooth; it looks sawed Floyd | through, not broken. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Shall we explore the rest of the house?" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Sure" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | With all the other changes, it really shouldn't bother you that the Floyd | front door works and leads down nice concrete steps to the yard and Floyd | driveway. It gives you the willies anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x Pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | The old, familiar Pontiac sits in the driveway. It looks to be in Floyd | pretty good shape, considering you sold it to the scrap yard four Floyd | years ago. The keys are in the ignition. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "I'd try to stab the robot in the eyes with the hoe, but if it turns out to be our real dad that would be a massive mistake" | |||
EmacsUser says, "We have undo." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Heh." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "kill dad with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | You grapple with your father, who pushes who back with incredible Floyd | strength. "What the hell was that for?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Hmmmmmm" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Yep. Fake." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Try to car?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Run him over with the car? Drive away?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Sure" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the big, blue Pontiac first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You begin to follow the gravel road towards town simply because Floyd | that seems like the best place to go. It doesn't take long for you to Floyd | realize that you don't have a choice. The view of the road in front Floyd | of you is unobstructed, but about fifty feet off the road on either Floyd | side is a thick, opaque fog. You turn off on one of the side streets, Floyd | thinking, "It's only fog." When the car pushes into the fog, you Floyd | literally cannot see anything beyond the car itself. You nudge the Floyd | car forward at about five miles per hour, and eventually see a trace Floyd | of road in front of you. With your eyes fixed on the line down the Floyd | middle of the road, you slowly accelerate until the fog starts to Floyd | lift. Looking up, you see that you're back on the road heading into Floyd | town. Floyd | Floyd | Resignedly, you follow the road into town. If you were expecting Floyd | to be comforted by the sight of other people, you remain unconsoled. Floyd | No one else is driving on the streets, no one is out walking. The few Floyd | houses brave enough to stick out of the fog are all dark and silent. Floyd | The marked path of road comes to a stop right in front of Pop's Floyd | market. You park in the prime two-hour spot right in front of the Floyd | store. There doesn't seem to be a lot of competition for it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's, in the big, blue Pontiac Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter storee" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "storee". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter store" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter store" | ||||
Floyd | The Pop's isn't important. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter library" | ||||
Floyd | It's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You head towards the library, not quite sure what you're looking for, Floyd | but hopeful that you'll find something useful. You stride up the Floyd | steps, pull the door open, and come up against a wall of fog, just Floyd | beyond the doorway. Holding your arms out in front of you, you press Floyd | into the fog, but you still end up coming back out of the library. Floyd | You retreat to Pop's stoop. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Well then." | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Pop looks at you and grins. "Howdy, Isaiah! Looks like you got on Floyd | board okay." He takes in your slack-jawed expression for a moment. Floyd | "I 'spose you're wonderin' how old Pop got himself on board this ship Floyd | when you probably saw him just a couple of days ago in town, lookin' a Floyd | lot older. The answer is that I ain't Pop, just a robot that looks Floyd | and acts a lot like him. Floyd | "I'm tellin' you this up front so you won't think I'm trying to Floyd | hide stuff from you. We tried not telling your dad right away, but Floyd | when he figured it out, boy was he sore! He still won't come into Floyd | town. Floyd | "Anyhow, I'm here to help you out. I'll tell you everything I Floyd | know, but I warn you now that I don't know everything. If anything Floyd | breaks, bring it to me and I'll try to fix it. 'Kay?" Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "give hoe to po" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "po". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "give hoe to pop" | ||||
Floyd | Pop takes the pieces of the broken hoe and looks them over. "Broke Floyd | again, eh? That's only the fourth time this month. I think our hosts Floyd | are finally startin' to realize that they just can't make good tools Floyd | with their fields. Lucky for you, they picked up an actual hoe when Floyd | they got you. Only costs a crystal duck." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Gosh, only a crystal duck? What a deal!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about world" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "world". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about dad" | ||||
Floyd | "To tell you the truth, our hosts are gettin' a bit worried about him. Floyd | When he first looked like he was down in the dumps, they figured it Floyd | was just the stress of the asylum and what-not. They figured out how Floyd | to make him forget all about that, but he still doesn't seem up to his Floyd | old self, you know? That's one of the big reasons they started Floyd | talkin' to you. Maybe you can snap him out of it." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about ufo" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ufo". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully watch Pop to make sure. Yep, he clicks when he blinks. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about aliens" | ||||
Floyd | "A little curious about your 'hosts', eh? Well, it seems to me Floyd | they're a pretty friendly bunch, but that they can't figure out how we Floyd | think. I think all this abduction nonsense is designed to get us Floyd | where they can figure us out. They've got more of a hive mind, if you Floyd | know what I mean." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "So they're benign, then." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Dude stole our hoe!" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take hoe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any hoe here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | EmacsUser says, "Yep." | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Where to now?" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Or more questions?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Hmmmm" | ||||
djfletch says, "to the crystal duckpond to catch a crystal duck" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Where can we get a duck?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask about robot" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "robot". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask pop about duck" | ||||
Floyd | "Haven't seen the duck yet? Well, it's at the fork in the path behind Floyd | your house. Of course you'll have to figure out how to get it on your Floyd | own." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Excellent!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Drive back?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter Pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south here. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Sorry." | |||
Cheddarius says, "At the fork, he said" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "No problem" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Hmmm" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "So, southeast, or southwest?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Let's try sw." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x contraption" | ||||
Floyd | The large metal contraption is fairly straightforward in design. It Floyd | has a platform that comes up to your chest, supporting a hollow, Floyd | transparent cylinder. It also has an axe, connected to a large, Floyd | tightly wound spring arm, ready to sweep horizontally across the top Floyd | of the cylinder. Presumably, the purpose of the axe is to discourage Floyd | the theft of the beautiful crystalline duck, resting serenely in the Floyd | cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Seems a bit low-tech for aliens." | |||
Cheddarius says, "We'll probably have to undo this" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "steal duck" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "steal". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take duck" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the cylinder, wondering how good of an idea this is. Floyd | You lift the duck, and you simultaneously hear a mechanical chuff and Floyd | feel your forearm explode in pain. You grab at the axe with your Floyd | other hand, and pull it back far enough to let your arm escape with Floyd | the duck. The bruise is already becoming visible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "redo" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "redo". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take duck" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the cylinder, wondering how good of an idea this is. Floyd | You lift the duck, and you simultaneously hear a mechanical chuff and Floyd | feel your forearm explode in pain. You grab at the axe with your Floyd | other hand, and pull it back far enough to let your arm escape with Floyd | the duck. The bruise is already becoming visible. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Oh, I guess we don't" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "don't...?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Don't have to undo" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Because we have the duck and we're not dead" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x arm" | ||||
Floyd | Which arm do you mean, the spring arm, or the bruise on your arm? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x bruise" | ||||
Floyd | Every time you look at it, the bruise on your arm seems to have spread Floyd | a little more. The yellowish edge grows more pronounced, and the Floyd | blacks, blues and purples have deepened. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Er... are we going to die?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "I think we could have been more clever." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "So, undo?" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "How about undo, save, and then continue to see if we die?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sure" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sure". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Sure." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks (of Jacqueline), "If we'd like to save, what filename may we use?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "usually use the save button I think" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser exclaims (at djfletch), "Thanks!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take duck" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the cylinder, wondering how good of an idea this is. Floyd | You lift the duck, and you simultaneously hear a mechanical chuff and Floyd | feel your forearm explode in pain. You grab at the axe with your Floyd | other hand, and pull it back far enough to let your arm escape with Floyd | the duck. The bruise is already becoming visible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x bruise" | ||||
Floyd | Every time you look at it, the bruise on your arm seems to have spread Floyd | a little more. The yellowish edge grows more pronounced, and the Floyd | blacks, blues and purples have deepened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x bruise" | ||||
Floyd | Every time you look at it, the bruise on your arm seems to have spread Floyd | a little more. The yellowish edge grows more pronounced, and the Floyd | blacks, blues and purples have deepened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x duck" | ||||
Floyd | The duck is made from clear crystal that looks exactly like a rush of Floyd | spring water, frozen in time. Its curves are unblemished, and its Floyd | form is serene and beautiful. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We seem to be fine" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Should we try a more clever way?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Let's keep going with this." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah, probably. I don't really see why there would be a clever way to do it when the normal way is perfectly fine" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "back to town?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You start heading back up the path toward your house. As the trail Floyd | curves around a large tree, you are startled to find an alien standing Floyd | in the middle of the path, shaking its head. Floyd | Floyd | There's a sharp prick in your neck, and you slap at the pain and spin Floyd | around to see what it was. You are dismayed to find that the world Floyd | continues spinning past you even though you are sure your body has Floyd | stopped. You slump to the ground... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | and awaken in the woods near the contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "What" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "They want us to be clever." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x contraption" | ||||
Floyd | The large metal contraption is fairly straightforward in design. It Floyd | has a platform that comes up to your chest, supporting a hollow, Floyd | transparent cylinder. It also has an axe, connected to a large, Floyd | tightly wound spring arm, ready to sweep horizontally across the top Floyd | of the cylinder. Presumably, the purpose of the axe is to discourage Floyd | the theft of the beautiful crystalline duck, resting serenely in the Floyd | cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x bruise" | ||||
Floyd | Every time you look at it, the bruise on your arm seems to have spread Floyd | a little more. The yellowish edge grows more pronounced, and the Floyd | blacks, blues and purples have deepened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x spring" | ||||
Floyd | The torsional spring about the axis of this arm looks very strong and Floyd | very strained. Practically anything could set it off. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Can I try taking the duck again to see if we die or something?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "That's fine. But I don't think it will work." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take duck" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the cylinder, wondering how good of an idea this is. Floyd | You lift the duck, and are knocked to the ground by explosive noise Floyd | and pain. Floyd | Floyd | Shortly before you go into shock, you realize that your arm is missing Floyd | below the elbow. Shortly after, you stop caring. Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 130 turns, you have achieved a score of 80 points out of Floyd | a possible 200. You also received 5 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | Cheddarius says, "Hah, interesting" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "I think we should get an item first" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Then drop it, then grab the axe" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Or wedge it or something" | ||||
djfletch says, "wonder if the hoe has been returned to the garden" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The gravel road into town is long and boring. It would be a lot Floyd | easier to drive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Nope, it's not there" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "I think maybe search the places that are near that fork?" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "think". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Oops" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask dad about duck" | ||||
Floyd | "They had me solve that duck puzzle too. Huh. Guess they're seeing Floyd | if we work the same way. After I got the duck, I wondered what would Floyd | have happened if I had just grabbed the duck without..." He looks at Floyd | you, realizing that he's about to give too much away. "...solving it Floyd | first." He finishes lamely. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Anyway, it said that the fork lead south and west" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Okay. Lead on." | ||||
djfletch says, "oh wait I was thinking we had still tried the duck once but the save was before that wasn't it" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "It's our real dad, I think!" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah, it was" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I don't think it is our dad; he goes ``Click.''" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Hmmm" | ||||
djfletch says, "anyway, keep looking around if we haven't been everywhere yet" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "On the other hand, he acts like our real dad, and doesn't say he's a robot" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "And he talked about solving the puzzle" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Oh, could we look at the microwave?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Should we go back to the fork and explore that?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Yeah, sorry" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "open microwave" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x microwave" | ||||
Floyd | The appliances aren't important. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | All of the appliances look new and spotless. In fact, they look quite Floyd | unused. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh." | |||
Cheddarius says, "Drat" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Your turn." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "All right" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south-west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south-west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk about twenty feet before coming to a wall of dense fog. You Floyd | press into it, but come out right where you entered, even though you Floyd | never felt yourself turn around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You walk about twenty feet before coming to a wall of dense fog. You Floyd | press into it, but come out right where you entered, even though you Floyd | never felt yourself turn around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take axe" | ||||
Floyd | You pull on it, but you can't seem to work it free from the spring Floyd | arm, and frankly, it's a little frightening to try to remove it with Floyd | the spring arm so tightly wound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "poke spring" | ||||
Floyd | Poking the spring arm doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "If only we had a decoy!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Assuming you haven't lost your grip on reality, you are Isaiah Knott, Floyd | a twenty-seven year old man from the Appalachian mountains. You are Floyd | wearing your comfortable jeans, a thick flannel shirt, and hiking Floyd | boots. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "remove boots" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "boots". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Darn" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "What about the Bedroom?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Oh, yes, I'd forgotten about htat" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "*that" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Lead the way, my good man!" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Or woman, as it may be" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Oh. Ok. (Man)" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "A... brass bed?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x cylinder. x pad" | ||||
Floyd | In many of the abduction stories that you read, there were cylinders Floyd | like this one that contained other abductees. This one is certainly Floyd | large enough. Floyd | Floyd | A keypad protrudes from the cylinder's side and has nine keys, each Floyd | with a different alien symbol on it. Floyd | Floyd | Since you stand little chance of deciphering the nine different alien Floyd | symbols, you decide to treat the three by three grid of buttons as a Floyd | touch-tone phone and mentally number it that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "type 123456789" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. The keypad buzzes sharply at you when you Floyd | finish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "type 8888888888888888" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. The keypad buzzes sharply at you when you Floyd | finish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x pad" | Jacqueline says, "Play on, folks. I'm stepping outside for a bit. I'll check back in later and if you're done I'll wrap up the transcript. :)" | |||
Floyd | Since you stand little chance of deciphering the nine different alien Floyd | symbols, you decide to treat the three by three grid of buttons as a Floyd | touch-tone phone and mentally number it that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Okay, so we don't know the length of the code" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "type 5" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. The keypad buzzes sharply at you when you Floyd | finish. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser exclaims (at Jacqueline), "Thanks Jacqueline!" | |||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Thanks Jacqueline!" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Sorry. It took me a bit to parse ``pad'' as keypad rather than pillowy thing." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask dad about pad" | ||||
Floyd | "Never heard of it. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask dad about cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | "You noticed that too, huh? When I first got here, I was real Floyd | suspicious about that thing, so I hung around the bedroom a lot. An Floyd | alien came in and punched in a code, and a window opened up in it. Floyd | The code was 5222." He types on an imaginary keypad in front of him. Floyd | "I guess my watching made them suspicious. That night, when I tried Floyd | to look through the window, they snuck up and hit me with one o' those Floyd | hypos-- took me right out. I woke up in my bed the next morning. I Floyd | went back and looked through the window again, but it was empty." He Floyd | stops and thinks for a minute. "I think that was when they took the Floyd | wires out of my head, too." He reaches over and gives one of the Floyd | wires on your head a playful tweak. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser exclaims, "Wires!" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x wires" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any wires here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x head" | ||||
Floyd | You run your fingers back over your head, and are shocked to discover Floyd | four wires (tubes? It's hard to tell from touching them) coming out Floyd | of the top of your head and re-entering your skull at the base of your Floyd | neck. What have they done to you? Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "feel wires" | ||||
Floyd | Without a mirror, it's really difficult to examine them. Just from Floyd | touch, all four wires are about a quarter-inch thick, and they Floyd | seamlessly attach to your attach to your skull. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Let's hope this doesn't kill us" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pull wires" | ||||
Floyd | You firmly pull on one of the wires. It's like pulling on a large Floyd | clump of your own hair. It might come free, but how much will it Floyd | hurt? Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pull out wires" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pull wires" | ||||
Floyd | You firmly pull on one of the wires. It's like pulling on a large Floyd | clump of your own hair. It might come free, but how much will it Floyd | hurt? Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Eh, guess it doesn't work" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "type 5222" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. When you finish with the sequence, a Floyd | large section of the metal cylinder slowly becomes transparent. The Floyd | keypad chimes when the process completes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | In many of the abduction stories that you read, there were cylinders Floyd | like this one that contained other abductees. This one is certainly Floyd | large enough. Floyd | Floyd | Now you have a chance to see what is inside the enigmatic cylinder. A Floyd | large rectangle of the cylinder has become a dark window to the Floyd | interior. Floyd | Floyd | A keypad protrudes from the cylinder's side and has nine keys, each Floyd | with a different alien symbol on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "look inside cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "look in cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the metal cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | Without any light coming from within the cylinder, you are forced to Floyd | press your face up against the window and cup your hands around your Floyd | eyes. At first you can see nothing but a small ball of faintly Floyd | glowing blue light. As your eyes adjust to the darkness within, you Floyd | can tell that the faint glow is like a turbulent lightning storm; Floyd | there are localized pockets of activity which occasionally leap across Floyd | the length of the ball, lighting up new regions in a chaotic pattern. Floyd | Floyd | You continue to watch, fascinated, until you realize that the blue Floyd | glow is faintly illuminating what's beneath it: your face. Somehow, Floyd | you are looking at your own body inside of the cylinder, except that Floyd | your head is open and there is a glowing ball where your brain should Floyd | be. Floyd | Floyd | Tingles slide down your scalp, and the faintly glowing brain within Floyd | the cylinder explodes with arcs of color and flashes of light. As the Floyd | shock passes, the tingles on your scalp recede, and the glowing brain Floyd | dims to its previous state. Floyd | Floyd | Your heart crawls into your throat as you wait for what you think Floyd | might happen. Finally, you see your alternate self blink, and hear a Floyd | faint 'tik' through the skin of the cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "...what." | |||
EmacsUser says, "Fake us." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Fake-us maybe could get the duck." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "So the dad is fake after all?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Wait, maybe it's not truly "fake"" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Maybe it's a robot that's controlled by us, see?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Maybe." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "When we were shocked, the brain lit up" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "It seems to be connected to us in some way" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "How to test this hypothesis?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Hmmmm" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "smile" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smile". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We need to do something that will let us see the other self" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x clone" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "clone". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Assuming you haven't lost your grip on reality, you are Isaiah Knott, Floyd | a twenty-seven year old man from the Appalachian mountains. You are Floyd | wearing your comfortable jeans, a thick flannel shirt, and hiking Floyd | boots. Floyd | Floyd | There are four wires protruding out of your head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x body" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "body". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | You press against the window again, grotesquely fascinated with your Floyd | doppleganger inside. The chaotic lightshow emanating from its open Floyd | skull is fascinating and disconcerting. The faint, regular ticks Floyd | float out to you as your other self blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x doppleganger" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "doppleganger". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pull wire" | ||||
Floyd | You firmly pull on one of the wires. It's like pulling on a large Floyd | clump of your own hair. It might come free, but how much will it Floyd | hurt? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "knock on window" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "knock". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take other me" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "other". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take bod" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bod". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take body" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "body". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Should be ask dad about the wires to see if we can learn more?" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Yes, that sounds good" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "dad about wires" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask dad about wires" | ||||
Floyd | "Aw, don't worry about those. They'll take 'em out after a couple Floyd | days." He proffers the top of his slightly balding head for your Floyd | inspection. "See?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about me" | ||||
Floyd | "I told ya' they'd come for you." His forehead creases a notch. "I Floyd | thought they'd give you more than a couple o' months, though." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about doppleganger" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "doppleganger". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "tell dad about cylinder" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "dad, w" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm tellin' you, it's empty. Code's 5222, go look yourself." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "I just don't feel like doin' much of anything." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "so, he thinks they took out his wires but actually that was when they replaced him with a robot. Maybe." | |||
EmacsUser says, "I think you're right." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Okay, so if we're in there, maybe flailing around will break the cylinder?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Or, rather, if the doppleganger does the same thing as what we do" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Maybe. My guess is this is more for literary effect than a puzzle. But I'm bad at guesses as the last game showed." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Hmmm" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "I dunno what to do, really" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Oh! We can ask Pop about it!" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "We can always ask the guy in town about---yes." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | "That big cylinder in your room? It's just monitoring stuff. Don't Floyd | worry about it." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about 5222" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to ask anything about the number 5222. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "tell pop about cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look as though Pop is interested. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask pop about wires" | ||||
Floyd | "Aw, don't worry about those. Once the aliens get all their stuff set Floyd | up right, they'll take those out again." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Not helpful." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about axe" | ||||
Floyd | Pop scratches his chin. "I'm afraid I wasn't told 'bout any axe. Floyd | Maybe if you showed me." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about contraption" | ||||
Floyd | "Reckon I don't know too much about that." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about camera" | ||||
Floyd | "Reckon I don't know too much about that." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "curse gods" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "curse". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "bother" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bother". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Okay. Explore the trail then?" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Sure" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter Pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Maybe... maybe if we tried to take the duck, got the bruise, and showed the bruise to Pop?" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "So, get a bruise?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "It's saved. Go ahead." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take duck" | ||||
Floyd | You reach into the cylinder, wondering how good of an idea this is. Floyd | You lift the duck, and you simultaneously hear a mechanical chuff and Floyd | feel your forearm explode in pain. You grab at the axe with your Floyd | other hand, and pull it back far enough to let your arm escape with Floyd | the duck. The bruise is already becoming visible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You start heading back up the path toward your house. As the trail Floyd | curves around a large tree, you are startled to find an alien standing Floyd | in the middle of the path, shaking its head. Floyd | Floyd | There's a sharp prick in your neck, and you slap at the pain and spin Floyd | around to see what it was. You are dismayed to find that the world Floyd | continues spinning past you even though you are sure your body has Floyd | stopped. You slump to the ground... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | and awaken in the woods near the contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show bruise to pop" | ||||
Floyd | "Hoo! That's a doozy!" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about bruise" | ||||
Floyd | "Hoo! That's a doozy!" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Dangit" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Restore?" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "How about the other dad first?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Sure" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter Pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "show bruise to dad" | ||||
Floyd | "Huh! Helluva bruise, son." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "tell dad about bruise" | ||||
Floyd | "Huh! Helluva bruise, son." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about axe" | ||||
Floyd | "Never heard of it. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about contraption" | ||||
Floyd | "Never heard of it. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "punch dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "punch". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Dangiiiit" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask dad about duck" | ||||
Floyd | "They had me solve that duck puzzle too. Huh. Guess they're seeing Floyd | if we work the same way. After I got the duck, I wondered what would Floyd | have happened if I had just grabbed the duck without..." He looks at Floyd | you, realizing that he's about to give too much away. "...solving it Floyd | first." He finishes lamely. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | "They had me solve that duck puzzle too. Huh. Guess they're seeing Floyd | if we work the same way. After I got the duck, I wondered what would Floyd | have happened if I had just grabbed the duck without..." He looks at Floyd | you, realizing that he's about to give too much away. "...solving it Floyd | first." He finishes lamely. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "If we had one thing! One inventory item, anything, a rock, even" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x well" | ||||
Floyd | This well, like the wood-burning stove inside of the house, was one of Floyd | the few things of quality you've always had. For as long as you can Floyd | remember, it has always provided clear, sweet water. It's about two Floyd | and a half feet in diameter and lined with white stones. A board is Floyd | mortared into the top of it as an anchor for the rope. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take stones" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stones". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "use well" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "use". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x board" | ||||
Floyd | This board is firmly attached to the top of the well. Its purpose is Floyd | simply to stop the rope from falling in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||||
Floyd | The rope is tied to the board at the top of the well, the rest dangles Floyd | down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "turn crank" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "crank". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take rope" | ||||
Floyd | You haul the bucket up out of the darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | ||||
Floyd | The tall, narrow bucket is cool to the touch. It is full of water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You untie it from the rope and carry it with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "YES" | |||
Cheddarius says, "VICTORY IS OURS" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "untie rope" | ||||
Floyd | The knot connecting the rope to the board is so stiff and weathered Floyd | that it cannot be untied. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Just checking." | |||
EmacsUser says, "Water also, huh." | ||||
djfletch asks, "we can float the duck?" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Okay, let's try pouring it in the contraption?" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Or shorting out Dad?" | ||||
EmacsUser laughs | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
Cheddarius arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "throw water at dad" | ||||
Floyd | You miss. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Ugh" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water on dad" | ||||
Floyd | Just as you are about to tip the bucket out onto onto your father, he Floyd | catches your hand. "Not on me! I'm real! You can pour water on Floyd | anything else, though. Won't bother me a bit." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I'm saving a lot because Baf's guide says you can get stuck by solving a puzzle too early." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "Ah" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ah". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "It recognizes the verb pour." | |||
Cheddarius says, "He... claims he's real..." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "He might be mistaken, though" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a bucket. The bucket seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Anyway. Short out Pops for awesome, or go to duck?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Duck please." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "Yeah" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "yeah". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Yeah" | |||
EmacsUser ducks. | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Oh, you drive I guess" | |||
EmacsUser says, "You can; sorry." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I was just speeding up the southward journey." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Oh" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Thanks!" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water in contraption" | ||||
Floyd | The contraption isn't important. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "What?" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Cylinder?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "This is ridiculous" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water in cylinde" | ||||
Floyd | The water fills the cylinder, covering the duck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take duck" | ||||
Floyd | You gently reach into the water and lift the crystalline duck out. Floyd | Once you get the duck past the sweep of the axe, you realize that you Floyd | had been holding your breath. You let it explode out of your mouth Floyd | with a gust of relief. A fresh wave of tingles crawls across your Floyd | scalp. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "YESSSSS" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Huh?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pump fist" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pump". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "I think it acts on weight" | |||
EmacsUser exclaims, "Ah!" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We put weight in the cylinder that equaled the duck, so it didn't trigger" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a bucket and a duck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south-west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "To new horizons!" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We should tell Dad" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "show duck to dad" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "tell dad about duck" | ||||
Floyd | "They had me solve that duck puzzle too. Huh. Guess they're seeing Floyd | if we work the same way. After I got the duck, I wondered what would Floyd | have happened if I had just grabbed the duck without..." He looks at Floyd | you, realizing that he's about to give too much away. "...solving it Floyd | first." He finishes lamely. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "They had me solve that duck puzzle too. Huh. Guess they're seeing Floyd | if we work the same way. After I got the duck, I wondered what would Floyd | have happened if I had just grabbed the duck without..." He looks at Floyd | you, realizing that he's about to give too much away. "...solving it Floyd | first." He finishes lamely. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "No congratulations? No "I'm proud of you"? Not even a "Good work, son"? I'm starting to see why Mom left him" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "show duck to pop" | ||||
Floyd | Pop lifts the crystal duck out of your hands and admires it. "Well, Floyd | didn't take you too long to get that, did it?" He grins and stashes Floyd | the duck behind the counter. "I'll go get that new hoe." He wanders Floyd | into the back room and emerges with a brand new hoe, which he gives to Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Dig up the garden?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Become estranged from Dad and attack him in a fit of rage?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Ok. The former option please." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dig garden" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dig garden with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "dig ground with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dig with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dig with hoe in garden" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dig flowers with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "This must be the wrong place to dig at." | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "hoe vegetables" | ||||
Floyd | Although the garden itself doesn't need hoeing, you would like to hack Floyd | out that unsightly clod of dirt. With a couple of well placed swings, Floyd | you sever the roots clinging to the clod. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Yes, perhaps" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Ah" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x clod" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary clod of dirt to me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | You see a clod of dirt here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take clod" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "search clod" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "eat clod" | ||||
Floyd | The clod of dirt doesn't appear appetizing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "poke clod" | ||||
Floyd | Poking the clod of dirt doesn't seem to have any effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "What can we do with a clod of dirt?" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "What is our current objective? Escape?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 283 turns, you have achieved a score of 120 points out Floyd | of a possible 200. You also received 15 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We have no objective, I thik" | |||
Cheddarius says, "I think" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Because we don't have any leads" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "full". Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we could smash open the robot container with our hoe" | |||
djfletch says, "no idea what the clod is good for" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Sounds worth a try." | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "get vegetables" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit cylinder with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the metal cylinder doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "throw clod at cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | You miss. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take clod" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "microwave clod" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "put clod in microwave" | ||||
Floyd | The appliances aren't important. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a bucket, a hoe, and a clod of dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "put dirt in bucket" | ||||
Floyd | That won't fit into the bucket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "rub clod" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rub". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Ugh!" | |||
EmacsUser says, "We could put the clod in water. What good that would do, I don't know." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah, I was thinking about making mud, but we can't put it in the bucket" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Maybe save, then throw it in the well?" | ||||
djfletch asks, "pour water on it?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah, that could work" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Water is the available inventory item we don't have." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "tie bucket to rope" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully tie the rope to the bucket, and drop the bucket into the Floyd | well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take rope" | ||||
Floyd | You haul the bucket up out of the darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | ||||
Floyd | You untie it from the rope and carry it with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour bucket on clod" | ||||
Floyd | You can't pour a bucket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water on clod" | ||||
Floyd | The water flows smoothly off of the clod of dirt, leaving it as dry as Floyd | if it had never been there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Show everything we have to everyone we know?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "We need somehow to determine our objective." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Hmmm" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about escape" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "escape". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about leave" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about goal" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "goal". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about escaping" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "escaping". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x stove" | ||||
Floyd | This stove was the one thing of quality in your house. It's Floyd | comforting to see that it hasn't changed. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "open stove" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in it. It's too warm outside. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "turn on stove" | ||||
Floyd | The stove isn't important. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "put clod in stove" | ||||
Floyd | The stove isn't important. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Drat" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "show clod to dad" | ||||
Floyd | "You got that pulled up, huh? I was trying to pry it up when I Floyd | snapped the hoe in two." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask dad about clod" | ||||
Floyd | "Never heard of it. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask dad about hoe" | ||||
Floyd | "Never heard of it. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "show hoe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | "You always bring garden implements inside with you?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show bucket to dad" | ||||
Floyd | "Are you nuts, bringin' a full bucket of water inside, you'll ruin..." Floyd | He looks around. "What am I saying? Everything's made out o' that Floyd | electric field stuff. You couldn't ruin anything if you tried. Hell, Floyd | you can't even make anything wet. Go for it. Pour away." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Is there someway to obtain the axe, perhaps?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water on floor" | ||||
Floyd | The water flows smoothly off of the ground, leaving it as dry as if it Floyd | had never been there. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "When in doubt, acquire more stuff." | |||
Cheddarius says, "Yes, let's try for that axe then" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | The cylinder seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "get axe" | ||||
Floyd | You pull on it, but you can't seem to work it free from the spring Floyd | arm, and frankly, it's a little frightening to try to remove it with Floyd | the spring arm so tightly wound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water in cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | The water spills over the top of the already full cylinder and onto Floyd | the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | The cylinder seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | It is a hollow cylinder, made of a clear material that you don't Floyd | recognize. It is about nine inches in diameter, a foot high, and its Floyd | walls are about a half an inch thick. It is full of clear water, and Floyd | there is an axe poised to sweep across the top of it. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "How about s and w from here?" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Tried that" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Fog" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "wedge axe with dirt" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wedge". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk about twenty feet before coming to a wall of dense fog. You Floyd | press into it, but come out right where you entered, even though you Floyd | never felt yourself turn around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You walk about twenty feet before coming to a wall of dense fog. You Floyd | press into it, but come out right where you entered, even though you Floyd | never felt yourself turn around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe, a clod of dirt, and a bucket. The bucket seems to Floyd | contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Ok." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit axe with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the axe doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "put dirt on axe" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the axe. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, "Oho!" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Based on the previous puzzles, there should be a good indication of goal somewhere." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We can put the dirt on things" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "But what?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south-west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit tree with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the initialed tree doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Maybe cut down the tree?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take tulips" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have the garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser thinks. | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | In many of the abduction stories that you read, there were cylinders Floyd | like this one that contained other abductees. This one is certainly Floyd | large enough. Floyd | Floyd | Now you have a chance to see what is inside the enigmatic cylinder. A Floyd | large rectangle of the cylinder has become a dark window to the Floyd | interior. Floyd | Floyd | A keypad protrudes from the cylinder's side and has nine keys, each Floyd | with a different alien symbol on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | You press against the window again, grotesquely fascinated with your Floyd | doppleganger inside. The chaotic lightshow emanating from its open Floyd | skull is fascinating and disconcerting. The faint, regular ticks Floyd | float out to you as your other self blinks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "put dirt on cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the metal cylinder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "I think the only lead we have left is to go tell Pop about everything we have. What do you think?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Okay." | ||||
djfletch says, "I don't have any better ideas" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The rest of the house is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show dirt to pop" | ||||
Floyd | "You got some nice topsoil there." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show hoe to pop" | ||||
Floyd | "Fine piece o' work, innit? That won't break on ya', I'll bet." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show bucket to pop" | ||||
Floyd | Pop grins and starts singing, "There's a hole in the bucket, dear Floyd | Eliza..." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about escape" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "escape". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You head towards the library, not quite sure what you're looking for, Floyd | but hopeful that you'll find something useful. You stride up the Floyd | steps, pull the door open, and come up against a wall of fog, just Floyd | beyond the doorway. Holding your arms out in front of you, you press Floyd | into the fog, but you still end up coming back out of the library. Floyd | You retreat to Pop's stoop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You try to walk to the store next door, but the wall of fog covers the Floyd | doorway. Groping for the handle, you pull the door open, step inside Floyd | and proceed to walk through the fog, which eventually clears, leaving Floyd | you on the sidewalk in front of Pop's. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You try to walk to the store next door, but the wall of fog covers the Floyd | doorway. Groping for the handle, you pull the door open, step inside Floyd | and proceed to walk through the fog, which eventually clears, leaving Floyd | you on the sidewalk in front of Pop's. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about fog" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fog". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wall". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Rrrrrgh" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "pour water on pop" | ||||
Floyd | Just as you are about to tip the bucket ontp Pop, he catches your Floyd | hand. "Whoa there, Isaiah. Water 'n robots don't mix too good, if Floyd | you know what I mean." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Cheddarius says, "Hey Automaton" | |||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "Am I late?" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "And hey there" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yes, by a few hours" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "But we're stuck on our second game" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "Ka or roofed?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Alien Abduction" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Oh" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x library" | ||||
Floyd | You look across the street at your old familiar haunt, the library. Floyd | It is a welcome sight, a possible sanctuary from your madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You head towards the library, not quite sure what you're looking for, Floyd | but hopeful that you'll find something useful. You stride up the Floyd | steps, pull the door open, and come up against a wall of fog, just Floyd | beyond the doorway. Holding your arms out in front of you, you press Floyd | into the fog, but you still end up coming back out of the library. Floyd | You retreat to Pop's stoop. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Nope." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I want to know what the library is for then." | |||
EmacsUser asks, "pop about library" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask pop about library" | ||||
Floyd | Pop scratches his head. "Ya know, I don't think your dad ever went Floyd | into the library here on the ship. Our hosts prolly never fleshed out Floyd | the inside of it." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser:( | |||
Cheddarius says, "ask pop about house" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask pop about house" | ||||
Floyd | "Reckon I don't know too much about that." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about house" | ||||
Floyd | "Reckon I don't know too much about that." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Creative excuse" | |||
Cheddarius says, "We're in a simulation designed by aliens" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about me" | ||||
Floyd | "You wanna know why yer here?" Pop shrugs. "Mostly just 'cause our Floyd | hosts want to learn more about people. That, and they wanted to see Floyd | if you could cheer up yer old man. He hasn't been too cooperative Floyd | recently." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Do we need to cheer him up then?" | |||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Oho!" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "ask pop about himself" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "himself". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "oops pop" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask pop about pop" | ||||
Floyd | "Wonderin' how our hosts got me to act so much like Pop? Well, I Floyd | reckon' not too many people in town knew that Pop went on some serious Floyd | weekend benders. About once a month he'd close down for a weekend-- Floyd | he'd always say he was goin' to buy more supplies-- and head on over Floyd | to Cedarsburg, check into a flophouse and get roarin' drunk. If he Floyd | thought he saw aliens pokin' and proddin' him when he was drunk, well, Floyd | I reckon' he just kept his mouth shut about it. Kinda puts him one up Floyd | on your dad, don't it? Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "Wonderin' how our hosts got me to act so much like Pop? Well, I Floyd | reckon' not too many people in town knew that Pop went on some serious Floyd | weekend benders. About once a month he'd close down for a weekend-- Floyd | he'd always say he was goin' to buy more supplies-- and head on over Floyd | to Cedarsburg, check into a flophouse and get roarin' drunk. If he Floyd | thought he saw aliens pokin' and proddin' him when he was drunk, well, Floyd | I reckon' he just kept his mouth shut about it. Kinda puts him one up Floyd | on your dad, don't it? Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter Pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "By the way, Auto, Pop is actually a robot designed to act like Pop" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "cheer up dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cheer". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "play with dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "play". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "throw clod at dad" | ||||
Floyd | You miss. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take clod" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about dad" | ||||
Floyd | "Aw, I'm fine, Isaiah. Let's just get all this testing over with so's Floyd | we can get back home and prove we weren't nuts." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about pop" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh, you mean that..." You watch him frown as he gropes for a Floyd | distasteful enough word. "...thing that they've set up to make us Floyd | feel all homey? Yeah, I've seen him. I was fooled by him for a Floyd | while, but not any more. I'll take my own company over a robot's any Floyd | day. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "talk with dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "We don't know why there's a library, and that seems like a way to cheer up pop." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad abot library" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "inv" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "abot". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "inv". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about library" | ||||
Floyd | "The Library? Yeah, I remember going to the library. Before they Floyd | started visiting me. I always liked it there." He starts drifting Floyd | away, lost in old memories. "But then I started reading all the books Floyd | about the government conspiracies to keep the aliens a secret. I read Floyd | about all of the abductees, and saw their stories had to be true. I Floyd | knew I wasn't nuts, but your mom decided that if I stopped reading the Floyd | books, I'd stop hallucinating the ship that was visiting me." He Floyd | shakes his head. "I wonder where she thinks I've been for the past Floyd | couple months? Inside my own mind?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask dad about library" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | "The Library? Yeah, I remember going to the library. Before they Floyd | started visiting me. I always liked it there." He starts drifting Floyd | away, lost in old memories. "But then I started reading all the books Floyd | about the government conspiracies to keep the aliens a secret. I read Floyd | about all of the abductees, and saw their stories had to be true. I Floyd | knew I wasn't nuts, but your mom decided that if I stopped reading the Floyd | books, I'd stop hallucinating the ship that was visiting me." He Floyd | shakes his head. "I wonder where she thinks I've been for the past Floyd | couple months? Inside my own mind?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You have a hoe, a bucket, and a clod of dirt. The bucket seems to Floyd | contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 asks, "Inv is not recognized?" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "How can we get him to go there?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to AutomatonZX27), "No, I guess not." | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "dad, follow me" | ||||
Floyd | "I just don't feel like doin' much of anything." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south-west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | The cylinder seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Some description" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | The paths lead north-east, south and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "fill bucket with water" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fill". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "put clod in cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | You drop the clod into water, and the water turns murky. The axe Floyd | whistles past the cylinder and swings around the spring arm several Floyd | times before coming to rest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "YESSSS" | |||
Cheddarius says, "DJ, you are a god among men" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x axe" | ||||
Floyd | You examine the axe, carefully feeling the cool metal of its head, Floyd | brushing its cutting edge with the ball of your thumb. It's real. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "I prostrate myself before your genius" | |||
EmacsUser exclaims, "Oooh!" | ||||
djfletch says, "have to say I didn't really expect that to work" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "get axe" | ||||
Floyd | You pull on it, but you can't seem to work it free from the spring Floyd | arm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pry axe" | ||||
Floyd | (with the hoe) Floyd | After working the blade of the hoe underneath the handle of the axe Floyd | and levering it a couple of times, the axe comes free. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "cut tree with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cut". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit tree with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any axe here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "axe tree" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 asks, "Did you actually take the axe?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe and a bucket. The bucket seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | The path leads north and south-west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Woods Floyd | This is the major hub of this path. It splits to the south and Floyd | west, and taking either fork will eventually get you back here from Floyd | from the other direction. Right at the forking of the path is a huge, Floyd | menacing contraption. Floyd | You see an axe here. The cylinder seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take axe" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | Path Bend Floyd | The wooded path curves to the southwest here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit tree with axe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the initialed tree doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "stumpify tree with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stumpify". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine initials" | ||||
Floyd | This tree stands precisely on the spot where your thinking stump Floyd | should be. As you look at the tree, and the initials carved in it, Floyd | you can almost feel a glimmer of recognition in the back of your mind, Floyd | but you're still too befuddled by the loss of your stump. Worse yet, Floyd | there's no good place to sit and think about this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "defoliate land with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "defoliate". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Right, then." | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Show axe to Dad?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Cheddarius), "Ok." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show axe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your dad raises his eyebrow. "Do I need this?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit dad with axe" | ||||
Floyd | You grapple with your father, who pushes who back with incredible Floyd | strength. "What the hell was that for?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "give axe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your dad raises his eyebrow. "Do I need this?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Interesting" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dad, cheer up" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cheer". Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 asks, "What's with the background clicking?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dad, be happy or I will hit you with the axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "be". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Okay... let's think." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You watch your father carefully, just to be sure. Yep, he clicks when Floyd | he blinks. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Dad and Pops click when they blink" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Aha" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit window with axe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the window doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Dad is (we think) a robot who still thinks that he's dad." | |||
Cheddarius says, "Or, possibly, Dad is controlling this robot" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Like a mech" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit me with axe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking yourself doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Slow down a bit." | |||
Cheddarius says, "Okay" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Do we think we need to cheer dad up?" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "I guess that's the goal" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "So what are our options along that line?" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "Maybe he wants a familiar item or something?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "He likes the library" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "He may also be cheered up by destroying the tree" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Right, but last time we just got fog at the library." | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "So I guess we need a book for him, one about aliens" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Most of all he wants to escape" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "The fog reminds me of losing your grip" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "But we have no leads there" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "The library thing bothers me. Why is it mentioned if not implemented?" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Maybe it IS implemented" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "I don't think the fog is a metaphor or whatnot. It's just that the aliens didn't fill it" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "Oh and, what's the point of the car?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to AutomatonZX27), "Then how do we get inside? Like pop said, the aliens didn't ever fill it." | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Ehe... I didn't really think about the getting in part" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to AutomatonZX27), "Ah, that lets us go between here and town. I'll show you." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter Pontiac" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "So far that's all we know it to be good for." | |||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Try searching the car" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "search car" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the big, blue Pontiac first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "search car" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Bah" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine car" | ||||
Floyd | The old, familiar Pontiac sits in the driveway. It looks to be in Floyd | pretty good shape, considering you sold it to the scrap yard four Floyd | years ago. The keys are in the ignition. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "take keys" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "keys". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "trunk". Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Hm" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "open car" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "look under car" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe, a bucket, and an axe. The bucket seems to contain Floyd | some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show axe to pop" | ||||
Floyd | "And just what are you plannin' to do with that?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "hit car with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any car here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine aisles" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "aisles". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit car with axe" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the big, blue Pontiac doesn't appear productive. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "The axe is real they say, so it can do actual damage." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit pop with axe" | ||||
Floyd | You grapple with Pop, who pushes you back with incredible strength. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Ugh." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x library" | ||||
Floyd | You look across the street at your old familiar haunt, the library. Floyd | It is a welcome sight, a possible sanctuary from your madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine library" | ||||
Floyd | You look across the street at your old familiar haunt, the library. Floyd | It is a welcome sight, a possible sanctuary from your madness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine store" | ||||
Floyd | Every detail about Pop's store is perfect: the green canopy awning Floyd | that got cranked in at night, the huge Jingle bell hanging on the Floyd | inside of the door, even the finger smudges on the window right in Floyd | front of the candy display. You can remember making some smudges of Floyd | your own when you were in grade school and your dad brought you into Floyd | town. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine bell" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bell". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Back to the farm?" | |||
djfletch says, "what did we try with the tree? Seems like such a good use for the axe." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Sure" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Public Library Floyd | The interior of the library is filled with dense fog, but you can Floyd | just barely make out the outline of the front desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We tried a lot of things, but none worked" | |||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Holy geez what?!" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I tried to go back to the car." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "How'd we get in!?" | ||||
djfletch says, "woah" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | You focus your mind on that outline of the desk. What should it look Floyd | like? You close your eyes and remember the light pine base, the Floyd | speckled formica on top. You feel a tric kle of sensation down your Floyd | scalp. You open your eyes and see that the fog has thinned out Floyd | somewhat: the desk is now only partially obscured. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 exclaims, "There we go!" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Wait, what happened to our car?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "It's to the south" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Public Library Floyd | The interior of the library is filled with dense fog, but the front Floyd | desk is almost visible through it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | You continue to look at the desk, and start thinking about little Floyd | details: the thunk of the mechanical card puncher, printing the date Floyd | on your library cards. The line of tickling down your head starts up Floyd | again, and the fog starts blowing away from the desk. Soon you find Floyd | yourself remembering the aisles of gold carpet that led to the shelves Floyd | behind the front desk, and the small windows up by the vaulted Floyd | ceiling. As the details begin pouring into your head, the trickle on Floyd | your scalp becomes a torrent of tingling, and the fog seems to retreat Floyd | at the speed of thought. Soon you are standing in the library you Floyd | remember. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "look behind desk" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing behind the front desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Public Library Floyd | This is the library that you remember, the desk, the carpeting, the Floyd | walls, they all feel right to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Tell Dad about library, then?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine carpeting" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "carpeting". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Guys, should we tell Dad that we fixed the library?" | |||
EmacsUser has his bearning now and tries to catch up. | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Why not" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "out then s" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "tell dad about library" | ||||
Floyd | "The Library? Yeah, I remember going to the library. Before they Floyd | started visiting me. I always liked it there." He starts drifting Floyd | away, lost in old memories. "But then I started reading all the books Floyd | about the government conspiracies to keep the aliens a secret. I read Floyd | about all of the abductees, and saw their stories had to be true. I Floyd | knew I wasn't nuts, but your mom decided that if I stopped reading the Floyd | books, I'd stop hallucinating the ship that was visiting me." He Floyd | shakes his head. "I wonder where she thinks I've been for the past Floyd | couple months? Inside my own mind?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show library to dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any library here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We need a book." | |||
EmacsUser frowns. | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | You have to get in the car before you can drive it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Public Library Floyd | This is the library that you remember, the desk, the carpeting, the Floyd | walls, they all feel right to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any book here. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "I suggested the bookk thing already" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | It's not until you step towards the desk that you realize what you had Floyd | been subconsciously hoping to find here. Laying on the desk are the Floyd | two newspaper articles that might convince your dad of what's Floyd | happened. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Oh" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Book*" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | These are the two articles that you always come back to in the Floyd | library's newspaper archives. One is yellowed and stiff, the other is Floyd | only a few weeks old. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine articles" | ||||
Floyd | These are the two articles that you always come back to in the Floyd | library's newspaper archives. One is yellowed and stiff, the other is Floyd | only a few weeks old. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take papers" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "papers". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "take newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "read newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | You must have read each of these articles hundreds of times, perhaps Floyd | trying to glean some deeper meaning out of them, maybe just to make Floyd | yourself numb to the implications. Every detail of these articles has Floyd | been pressed into your being. You know every word before you read it. Floyd | The first is from ten years ago: Floyd | Floyd | Springfield -- A man police have identified as Floyd | Peter Knott walked into a restaurant with an Floyd | illegal handgun and opened fire yesterday, Floyd | killing one and critically injuring two Floyd | others before employees managed to wrestle Floyd | him to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | According to witnesses, he was screaming Floyd | "Wife-stealers!" repeatedly. We talked to Floyd | his neighbors, and learned that Knott is Floyd | convinced that aliens have been abducting Floyd | him for the past several months, and the Floyd | stress of his claims caused his wife to move Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | At the urgings of his lawyer, Knott Floyd | pleaded no contest at his hearing and has Floyd | been committed to an institution for the Floyd | criminally insane. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The other is from just two weeks ago: Floyd | Floyd | Springfield -- Although ten years have passed Floyd | since Peter Knott went on his murderous Floyd | rampage, the people of Springfield have not Floyd | forgotten. Floyd | Floyd | Upon hearing that the home considered him Floyd | rehabilitated and was considering releasing Floyd | him early, a large crowd gathered around the Floyd | Mayor's office and staged a loud protest on Floyd | his lawn. Floyd | Floyd | The mayor promised to do his best to stop Floyd | Knott's release, but unless the county comes Floyd | up with more money for the facility, they Floyd | will have to release twenty patients and lay Floyd | off several staff members in order to remain Floyd | operational. Floyd | Floyd | A spokesman for the complex said: "We are Floyd | only thinking of releasing those individuals Floyd | that have responded completely to their Floyd | therapy and that we believe pose no threat Floyd | to themselves or to others." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "read newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | You must have read each of these articles hundreds of times, perhaps Floyd | trying to glean some deeper meaning out of them, maybe just to make Floyd | yourself numb to the implications. Every detail of these articles has Floyd | been pressed into your being. You know every word before you read it. Floyd | The first is from ten years ago: Floyd | Floyd | Springfield -- A man police have identified as Floyd | Peter Knott walked into a restaurant with an Floyd | illegal handgun and opened fire yesterday, Floyd | killing one and critically injuring two Floyd | others before employees managed to wrestle Floyd | him to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | According to witnesses, he was screaming Floyd | "Wife-stealers!" repeatedly. We talked to Floyd | his neighbors, and learned that Knott is Floyd | convinced that aliens have been abducting Floyd | him for the past several months, and the Floyd | stress of his claims caused his wife to move Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | At the urgings of his lawyer, Knott Floyd | pleaded no contest at his hearing and has Floyd | been committed to an institution for the Floyd | criminally insane. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The other is from just two weeks ago: Floyd | Floyd | Springfield -- Although ten years have passed Floyd | since Peter Knott went on his murderous Floyd | rampage, the people of Springfield have not Floyd | forgotten. Floyd | Floyd | Upon hearing that the home considered him Floyd | rehabilitated and was considering releasing Floyd | him early, a large crowd gathered around the Floyd | Mayor's office and staged a loud protest on Floyd | his lawn. Floyd | Floyd | The mayor promised to do his best to stop Floyd | Knott's release, but unless the county comes Floyd | up with more money for the facility, they Floyd | will have to release twenty patients and lay Floyd | off several staff members in order to remain Floyd | operational. Floyd | Floyd | A spokesman for the complex said: "We are Floyd | only thinking of releasing those individuals Floyd | that have responded completely to their Floyd | therapy and that we believe pose no threat Floyd | to themselves or to others." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, ""More text!"" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Whoa." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Whooooooaaaaaaa." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Just for context..." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Assuming you haven't lost your grip on reality, you are Isaiah Knott, Floyd | a twenty-seven year old man from the Appalachian mountains. You are Floyd | wearing your comfortable jeans, a thick flannel shirt, and hiking Floyd | boots. Floyd | Floyd | There are four wires protruding out of your head, and a large, painful Floyd | bruise spreading across your arm. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Our last name is Knott." | |||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "So the murderer is...*drumroll* DAD?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I think so." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We didn't even know there was a murderer" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Murders have never been mentioned" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 exclaims, "The plot thickens!" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We assumed that Dad went to an asylum because he thought he was abducted by aliens" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Tell Dad about the papers? Show them to pop?" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Do we still want to cheer robot-maybe-less-homocidal-than-the-real-dad up?" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "Show papers to dad?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "The papers are probably more depressing the cheery." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Nah, I think we discovered the real purpose of the game" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Save first, maybe" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside Pop's Floyd | The comforting familiarity of Pop's storefront vanishes when you Floyd | enter. All of the aisles are barren and empty. The candy display Floyd | visible from outside is conspicuously absent. The only reason you Floyd | have to think that this is actually Pop's store is a young-looking Pop Floyd | standing behind the counter. Floyd | Pop is standing behind the counter. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show papers to pop" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "papers". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show newspaper to pop" | ||||
Floyd | Pop takes the articles and briefly glances at them before handing them Floyd | back. "These are entirely outside of my program. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "show newspaper to dad" | ||||
Floyd | You watch your father's lips move as he scans down the articles. His Floyd | brow furrows and he shakes his head several times as he reads. Floyd | Finally, he looks up at you quizzically. "I don't know where you got Floyd | these, but they aren't real. First of all, I've only been here a Floyd | couple of months, so this one from..." He checks the date again, "ten Floyd | years from now is just a plain lie." He shakes his head. "They're Floyd | both lies! I've been here the whole time, I couldn't have killed Floyd | anybody. Unless these aliens are body snatchers, and it was my evil Floyd | twin that done it." His agitation fades as he puts the articles on Floyd | the coffee table. "Ain't no way those are real." When you look back Floyd | to the coffee table to retrieve the articles, they're gone. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Huh." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe, a bucket, and an axe. The bucket seems to contain Floyd | some water. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Hmmm" | |||
EmacsUser says, "(dis)Belief seems to create and destroy." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about murder" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "murder". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about gun" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "gun". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "ask dad about axe" | ||||
Floyd | "Never heard of it. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "give axe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your dad raises his eyebrow. "Do I need this?" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | As you drive into town, you carefully scan the oppressive fog for any Floyd | weakness. Occasionally you drive down one of the other side roads, but Floyd | you always end up heading toward town. You roll to a stop in front of Floyd | Pop's market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Public Library Floyd | This is the library that you remember, the desk, the carpeting, the Floyd | walls, they all feel right to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | The old, familiar library desk is a welcome sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wall". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "carpet". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Pop's Floyd | Now that you're at the end of the road, the fog has spread out just Floyd | enough to give you a taste of town. What you can see is exactly like Floyd | you remember it, perhaps a little cleaner, a bit newer. Pop's store Floyd | stands before you to the south, and the library sits regally to the Floyd | north, the two real landmarks of Springfield. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "There's no handy computer terminal in this library" | |||
EmacsUser says, "We could prove to dad that they took his body if he'd go look at the 5222 cylinder." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You try to walk to the store next door, but the wall of fog covers the Floyd | doorway. Groping for the handle, you pull the door open, step inside Floyd | and proceed to walk through the fog, which eventually clears, leaving Floyd | you on the sidewalk in front of Pop's. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Hmm" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "How about we go take a look south of the house again?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Fine by me." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the big, blue Pontiac. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | It's a relief to be driving out of town. There usually aren't a lot Floyd | of people at your house, so at least you can pretend that things are Floyd | normal when you don't see any. Floyd | Floyd | Eventually you pull in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The lawn is freshly mowed, the north side of the house looks just Floyd | as good as the south side, and off to the southwest, the garden is a Floyd | prize winner. Floyd | You see a big, blue Pontiac here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Why don't we look WEST of house" | |||
Cheddarius says, "That's the garden" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Nothing interesting there" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "We could check again. The library changed." | |||
AutomatonZX27 exclaims, "It's still...west of house!" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x well" | ||||
Floyd | This well, like the wood-burning stove inside of the house, was one of Floyd | the few things of quality you've always had. For as long as you can Floyd | remember, it has always provided clear, sweet water. It's about two Floyd | and a half feet in diameter and lined with white stones. A board is Floyd | mortared into the top of it as an anchor for the rope. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 asks, "You know, West of House?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Huh?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Oh" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "enter well" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter the well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Like in Zork?" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to climb the rope. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Yep" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Anyway, you can get water from the well" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "But other than that, I don't think it's good for anything" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe, a bucket, and an axe. The bucket seems to contain Floyd | some water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Shall we continue?" | |||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "What's the hoe for?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "Digging up the clod of dirt" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "digging". Floyd | | AutomatonZX27 says, "Oh wait, we got the axe with it" | |||
Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "And the axe, yeah" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Yeah, we used it to get other things. It's had no purpose of its own yet." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Garden Floyd | The garden that you let go to weed is flourishing here. Tulips add Floyd | color to the first greens of the vegetables pushing up through the Floyd | ground. The well is here, surrounded by flowers. The front of the Floyd | house is to the northeast and the back is to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "cut tree with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cut". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | This tree stands precisely on the spot where your thinking stump Floyd | should be. As you look at the tree, and the initials carved in it, Floyd | you can almost feel a glimmer of recognition in the back of your mind, Floyd | but you're still too befuddled by the loss of your stump. Worse yet, Floyd | there's no good place to sit and think about this. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop tree" | ||||
Floyd | You swing the axe and strike the initialed tree. There is a loud Floyd | thunk and the impact jolts your arms. You pull the axe away and Floyd | inspect the initialed tree. It appears undamaged. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius exclaims, ""Chop"! That's it!" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Hm" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop tree" | ||||
Floyd | You swing the axe and strike the initialed tree. There is a loud Floyd | thunk and the impact jolts your arms. You pull the axe away and Floyd | inspect the initialed tree. It appears undamaged. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop tree" | ||||
Floyd | You swing the axe and strike the initialed tree. There is a loud Floyd | thunk and the impact jolts your arms. You pull the axe away and Floyd | inspect the initialed tree. It appears undamaged. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "What can we chop" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Tree seems like the only reasonable option" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Oh, got it" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop window" | ||||
Floyd | You swing the axe and strike the window. There is a loud thunk and Floyd | the impact jolts your arms. You pull the axe away and inspect the Floyd | window. It appears undamaged. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Right, but they're not real. Only the hoe and axe are known to be real." | |||
Cheddarius says, "Huh." | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "chop cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | The metal of the cylinder appears to be much stronger than the blade Floyd | of the axe. Aside from a faint scratch on the cylinder, all you have Floyd | accomplished is severely dulling your axe blade. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, ">CHOP DAD" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop dad" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | [TADS-1026: wrong number of arguments to user function "<NO SYMBOL Floyd | TABLE>.<NO SYMBOL TABLE>"] Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "I say." | |||
EmacsUser says, "Oops." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "I'm a fantastic beta-tester/homicidal maniac" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Nope, it's good" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Thought I had destroyed the game there for a while" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | The bedroom has also learned of the wonders of carpeting, and your Floyd | shoddy mattress has been replaced with a beautiful brass bed. In the Floyd | south-west corner of the room is a giant metal cylinder with rounded Floyd | ends. It stands well over eight feet tall, and comes close to Floyd | brushing the ceiling. The only break in the seamless metal is a pad Floyd | protruding out of its side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop bed" | ||||
Floyd | You swing the axe and strike the brass bed. There is a loud thunk and Floyd | the impact jolts your arms. You pull the axe away and inspect the Floyd | brass bed. It appears undamaged. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "type 52222" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. The keypad buzzes sharply at you when you Floyd | finish. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The metal of the cylinder appears to be much stronger than the blade Floyd | of the axe. Aside from a faint scratch on the cylinder, all you have Floyd | accomplished is severely dulling your axe blade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | The metal of the cylinder appears to be much stronger than the blade Floyd | of the axe. Aside from a faint scratch on the cylinder, all you have Floyd | accomplished is severely dulling your axe blade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "type 5222" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. The keypad buzzes sharply at you when you Floyd | finish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "type 2225" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | You start pressing buttons. The keypad buzzes sharply at you when you Floyd | finish. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "examine cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | In many of the abduction stories that you read, there were cylinders Floyd | like this one that contained other abductees. This one is certainly Floyd | large enough. Floyd | Floyd | Now you have a chance to see what is inside the enigmatic cylinder. A Floyd | large rectangle of the cylinder has become a dark window to the Floyd | interior. Floyd | Floyd | A keypad protrudes from the cylinder's side and has nine keys, each Floyd | with a different alien symbol on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh, so we can't enter the code again." | |||
AutomatonZX27 says (to Floyd), "type 1026" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | There are only nine keys. (You can't use zero.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We already figured out the code" | |||
Cheddarius says, "Dad told us, it's 5222" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad is sitting on the couch. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "dad, w" | ||||
Floyd | "I just don't feel like doin' much of anything." Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "tell dad about cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | "Okay, okay, I'll go look at it." He gets up and wanders into the Floyd | bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "aha" | |||
EmacsUser exclaims, "Aha!" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe, a bucket, and an axe. The bucket seems to contain Floyd | some water. Floyd | Floyd | You wait for some noise from the bedroom, some sign that your dad is Floyd | still functioning. Eventually you hear him say, "Bastards lied to me. Floyd | They lied." There is a short pause, and then the harsh phrase Floyd | "Bastards'll pay." He storms into the living room, obviously on his Floyd | way towards the back door. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 exclaims, "Progress!" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "Uh, what now?" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Your dad strides angrily off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Your dad strides angrily off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, ">FOLLOW DAD" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "follow dad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any dad here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Your dad strides angrily off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | Your dad keeps running his hand over the tree with the initials carved Floyd | in it, and muttering. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Ah." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "give axe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your father looks at you for a long moment before it registers what Floyd | you are offering. He accepts the axe grimly. Your dad looks at the Floyd | axe solemnly for a moment, and a tear streams down his cheek. "Too Floyd | many damn lies." are the only words he says before beginning to swing Floyd | the axe at the tree with all of his might. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of hollow thuds fills the air. You can't see any visible Floyd | damage on the tree, but your father continues chopping with demented Floyd | ferocity. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "What did we do in the memory?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "We went to the forest, correct?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Just as you are about to give up hope that the tree can be damaged, Floyd | you see sparks of electricity shooting off of it, and smoke starting Floyd | to rise off of its branches. Your father continues striking it with Floyd | the axe, and there is a loud crackle as the tree simply winks out of Floyd | existence, revealing a tall, seamless metal tower inside the spot the Floyd | tree had been. Your father, unfazed at this transformation from wood Floyd | to metal, starts striking up sparks and horribly denting the side of Floyd | the tower with his axe. Floyd | Floyd | An alien hurries down the path. Its gaze is locked on your father, Floyd | and it's holding a metal prod. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "in the memory?" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "We remembered Dad chopping down the tree" | |||
EmacsUser says, "Oh. We ran away and eventually heard it fall." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We went to the forest to try and get away, but the chopping echoed like the crack of a rifle, it said" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "So, wait?" | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Should we save?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I think the alien is going to stop him though." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Already saved." | ||||
Cheddarius asks, "Should we attack the alien with water or hoe?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Just as you are about to give up hope that the tree can be damaged, Floyd | you see sparks of electricity shooting off of it, and smoke starting Floyd | to rise off of its branches. Your father continues striking it with Floyd | the axe, and there is a loud crackle as the tree simply winks out of Floyd | existence, revealing a tall, seamless metal tower inside the spot the Floyd | tree had been. Your father, unfazed at this transformation from wood Floyd | to metal, starts striking up sparks and horribly denting the side of Floyd | the tower with his axe. Floyd | Floyd | An alien hurries down the path. Its gaze is locked on your father, Floyd | and it's holding a metal prod. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Or just let the alien stop him?" | |||
EmacsUser asks, "x prod?" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x prod" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "prod". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "x alien" | ||||
Floyd | The alien is wielding a metal prod at your father. Floyd | Floyd | You watch the alien as it approaches your father and touches the metal Floyd | prod to the base of his skull. Your father stiffens and falls to the Floyd | ground. The alien turns to you and holds your gaze as the ground Floyd | beneath it becomes foggy and it and your father are swallowed into the Floyd | hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | You see an alien here. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Attack him?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "The alien, I mean?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I guess." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit alien with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | As you rush the alien, you can feel that you are stepping over some Floyd | internal boundary. The madness rises within you, but the only way out Floyd | of it seems to be through it. You strike at the alien with the hoe, Floyd | and experience what feels like an eternal moment of fear and rage. Floyd | Your hand comes over your head in slow motion, yet with all of your Floyd | strength behind it. You can hear your father's axe bite into the Floyd | tower just as the hoe reaches the alien's face. You hear the metal of Floyd | the tower yielding: a slow, tortured squeal of anguish. Floyd | Floyd | The world around you begins to melt away-- the alien, your father, the Floyd | hoe-- they all fade into nothing. It is only the screaming: the Floyd | shrill, metallic squealing that accompanies you all the way into Floyd | unconsciousness. Floyd | Floyd | Your eyes come into focus on a slate-gray sky. Your arms are firmly Floyd | gripped by two guards on either side of you, who are firmly escorting Floyd | you towards the gates of Juniper Hill asylum. The same asylum that Floyd | your father was taken to. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "....Ohhhhhhhhh." | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | You see an alien here. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Uh-oh" | |||
Cheddarius says, "We are hallucinating." | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Were the outcomes the same?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "I don't know" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "We only went one command into each path" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "But they were different" | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "Which path do we want then?" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "The alien is the guards" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Yes, and they were checking our recognition of concepts like color and shape. I think you're right." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 537 turns, you have achieved a score of 160 points out Floyd | of a possible 200. You also received 15 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Still some ways to go it seems." | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Okay, let's try the crazy way?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I'm okay with that." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit alien with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | As you rush the alien, you can feel that you are stepping over some Floyd | internal boundary. The madness rises within you, but the only way out Floyd | of it seems to be through it. You strike at the alien with the hoe, Floyd | and experience what feels like an eternal moment of fear and rage. Floyd | Your hand comes over your head in slow motion, yet with all of your Floyd | strength behind it. You can hear your father's axe bite into the Floyd | tower just as the hoe reaches the alien's face. You hear the metal of Floyd | the tower yielding: a slow, tortured squeal of anguish. Floyd | Floyd | The world around you begins to melt away-- the alien, your father, the Floyd | hoe-- they all fade into nothing. It is only the screaming: the Floyd | shrill, metallic squealing that accompanies you all the way into Floyd | unconsciousness. Floyd | Floyd | Your eyes come into focus on a slate-gray sky. Your arms are firmly Floyd | gripped by two guards on either side of you, who are firmly escorting Floyd | you towards the gates of Juniper Hill asylum. The same asylum that Floyd | your father was taken to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Gates of Asylum Floyd | You've only been to Juniper Hill once before, when you had to go Floyd | sign the paperwork as your father's legal guardian-- your mom couldn't Floyd | be found. It looks the same as it did then: serene, quiet, dead. Floyd | Through the closed outer gates you can see the plush, well-tended lawn Floyd | where the less violent inmates are allowed to go. Floyd | You see your bruise here. Floyd | The guards are gripping your arms. Floyd | Floyd | Through the pain and confusion, your mind relives that instant of Floyd | striking the alien over and over. Was there really an alien there to Floyd | hit? If you were hallucinating, isn't it possible that what you saw Floyd | as an alien was just an ordinary person? The possibilities of what Floyd | you may have done start to sink in. When your dad went on his shooting Floyd | spree in the restaurant ten years ago, was he seeing people, or alien Floyd | faces conjured up by his own fevered imagination? Floyd | Floyd | Maybe Juniper Hill is where you belong-- you and your father. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You close the last twenty feet to the gate. The guard on your right Floyd | releases your arm to go talk to the gate-keeper. The other guard Floyd | clamps down painfully on your left arm. The scene around you seems to Floyd | blur; is it just your eyes tearing up from the pain? You feel an Floyd | all-too-familiar tingling sensation along your scalp, and the world Floyd | comes into focus again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The guard continues conferring with the gate-keeper for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Oh god, this game took a weird turn" | |||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The gate-keeper pushes a button, and the heavy, wrought-iron fence is Floyd | hydraulically pushed open. The guard returns to your side and grabs Floyd | your arm again. They escort you across the plush lawn into the Floyd | freshly whitewashed building. They force you into a small room where Floyd | they wrestle you into a straight-jacket, and then they take you to a Floyd | classic padded cell, and put you inside. Any doubts you may have had Floyd | about the reality of your situation are quickly dispelled as you rub Floyd | your face against the rough canvas padding on your walls. The cell is Floyd | real. Floyd | Floyd | Real enough, anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 542 turns, you have achieved a score of 175 points out Floyd | of a possible 200. You also received 15 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | Cheddarius asks, "Which file was the most recent?" | |||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Cf7, I believe" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "cf9" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Your dad strides angrily off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Your dad strides angrily off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Your dad strides angrily off to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | Your dad keeps running his hand over the tree with the initials carved Floyd | in it, and muttering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop dad with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to chop Dad. Floyd | Floyd | Your dad's murmuring gets louder, you can hear snatches of it. Floyd | "...need an axe ... where? ... Think!" His mumbles trail off Floyd | again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "hit dad with axe" | ||||
Floyd | You grapple with your father, who pushes who back with incredible Floyd | strength. "What the hell was that for?" Floyd | Floyd | Your dad keeps running his hand over the tree with the initials carved Floyd | in it, and muttering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Your dad's murmuring gets louder, you can hear snatches of it. Floyd | "...need an axe ... where? ... Think!" His mumbles trail off Floyd | again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "give axe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your father looks at you for a long moment before it registers what Floyd | you are offering. He accepts the axe grimly. Your dad looks at the Floyd | axe solemnly for a moment, and a tear streams down his cheek. "Too Floyd | many damn lies." are the only words he says before beginning to swing Floyd | the axe at the tree with all of his might. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of hollow thuds fills the air. You can't see any visible Floyd | damage on the tree, but your father continues chopping with demented Floyd | ferocity. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "Now what? Just wait?" | |||
EmacsUser says, "I guess." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Just as you are about to give up hope that the tree can be damaged, Floyd | you see sparks of electricity shooting off of it, and smoke starting Floyd | to rise off of its branches. Your father continues striking it with Floyd | the axe, and there is a loud crackle as the tree simply winks out of Floyd | existence, revealing a tall, seamless metal tower inside the spot the Floyd | tree had been. Your father, unfazed at this transformation from wood Floyd | to metal, starts striking up sparks and horribly denting the side of Floyd | the tower with his axe. Floyd | Floyd | An alien hurries down the path. Its gaze is locked on your father, Floyd | and it's holding a metal prod. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You watch the alien as it approaches your father and touches the metal Floyd | prod to the base of his skull. Your father stiffens and falls to the Floyd | ground. The alien turns to you and holds your gaze as the ground Floyd | beneath it becomes foggy and it and your father are swallowed into the Floyd | hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | You wander aimlessly for a while, but eventually the aliens give you Floyd | other puzzles to work on. You do so listlessly, thinking back to the Floyd | bizarre opportunity you had with your father, and wondering what you Floyd | could have done differently. Eventually, you crawl into bed, tired Floyd | and confused. Floyd | Floyd | When you awake the next morning, you feel a little odd. You sit up Floyd | and rub your face, running your hands back over your head. Ah, that Floyd | must be why you feel odd, they took the wires out last night. You Floyd | yawn, stretch, and blink to clear your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 543 turns, you have achieved a score of 160 points out Floyd | of a possible 200. You also received 15 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "restore cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "restore" | AutomatonZX27 says, "Eep." | |||
Floyd | File to restore > | Cheddarius says, "What" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Assuming you haven't lost your grip on reality, you are Isaiah Knott, Floyd | a twenty-seven year old man from the Appalachian mountains. You are Floyd | wearing your comfortable jeans, a thick flannel shirt, and hiking Floyd | boots. Floyd | Floyd | There are four wires protruding out of your head, and a large, painful Floyd | bruise spreading across your arm. Your dad strides angrily off to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "feel wires" | ||||
Floyd | Without a mirror, it's really difficult to examine them. Just from Floyd | touch, all four wires are about a quarter-inch thick, and they Floyd | seamlessly attach to your attach to your skull. Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius asks, "What are the wires?" | |||
Cheddarius asks, "Are they real?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Don't know if you saw that, AutomatonZX27." | ||||
EmacsUser says, "We might cut them." | ||||
AutomatonZX27 asks, "Saw what?" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "The response to feel wires." | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "cut wires" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cut". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "chop wires with axe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to chop the wires. Floyd | Floyd | > | AutomatonZX27 says, "Nope, I didn;t" | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pull wires" | ||||
Floyd | You firmly pull on one of the wires. It's like pulling on a large Floyd | clump of your own hair. It might come free, but how much will it Floyd | hurt? Floyd | Floyd | > | Cheddarius says, "Yes, because chopping vaguely at your head with an axe is the sign of a sane mind." | |||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Didn't*" | ||||
Cheddarius P | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Also, the wires are EVIL PENTAGRAM SOUL SUCK HORROR" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Don't forget the double colon for :P." | ||||
EmacsUser asks, "So where are the remaining points?" | ||||
EmacsUser reviews the endings we've seen. | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Argh" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "I have to go guys" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 says, "Enjoy the game" | ||||
EmacsUser waves goodbye. | ||||
AutomatonZX27 exclaims, "Bye!" | ||||
AutomatonZX27 disappears in a flash of glaring white light. | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Living Room Floyd | The living room is tastefully decorated. Plush wall-to-wall Floyd | carpeting soothes your feet while your eyes marvel at the new sofa and Floyd | coffee table. The wood-burning stove is the only real reminder of the Floyd | house you live in. The front door to the north opens out on the Floyd | driveway, the sparkly new kitchen is to the south, and the bedroom is Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is just as small as you remember, but completely Floyd | renovated, just like the outside of the house. The appliances and the Floyd | linolium on the floor are new. There's a space-saving microwave oven Floyd | installed above the range. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The building to the north looks far too good to be your house. It Floyd | sports new aluminum siding and shingles; the screen door is in place Floyd | and freshly painted. Off to the northwest, the garden is an explosion Floyd | of color. The path through the woods leads back south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | Your dad keeps running his hand over the tree with the initials carved Floyd | in it, and muttering. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I want to check something." | |||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "give axe to dad" | ||||
Floyd | Your father looks at you for a long moment before it registers what Floyd | you are offering. He accepts the axe grimly. Your dad looks at the Floyd | axe solemnly for a moment, and a tear streams down his cheek. "Too Floyd | many damn lies." are the only words he says before beginning to swing Floyd | the axe at the tree with all of his might. Floyd | Floyd | The sound of hollow thuds fills the air. You can't see any visible Floyd | damage on the tree, but your father continues chopping with demented Floyd | ferocity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a hoe and a bucket. The bucket seems to contain some water. Floyd | Floyd | Just as you are about to give up hope that the tree can be damaged, Floyd | you see sparks of electricity shooting off of it, and smoke starting Floyd | to rise off of its branches. Your father continues striking it with Floyd | the axe, and there is a loud crackle as the tree simply winks out of Floyd | existence, revealing a tall, seamless metal tower inside the spot the Floyd | tree had been. Your father, unfazed at this transformation from wood Floyd | to metal, starts striking up sparks and horribly denting the side of Floyd | the tower with his axe. Floyd | Floyd | An alien hurries down the path. Its gaze is locked on your father, Floyd | and it's holding a metal prod. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "hit alien" | ||||
Floyd | It feels dangerous to go after the alien with nothing but your bare Floyd | hands, but you go for it anyway. The element of surprise is on your Floyd | side, at least: the alien is completely focused on your father. As Floyd | you close the final few steps to the alien, it sees you out of the Floyd | corner of its eye and reflexively jerks its arm. The metal prod Floyd | grazes your temple and sends a jolt of electricity through your body, Floyd | hurling you to the ground, momentarily as helpless as a newborn. Floyd | Floyd | You watch the alien as it approaches your father and touches the metal Floyd | prod to the base of his skull. Your father stiffens and falls to the Floyd | ground. The alien turns to you and holds your gaze as the ground Floyd | beneath it becomes foggy and it and your father are swallowed into the Floyd | hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Hill Top Floyd | You are on the top of the hill just south of your house, surrounded Floyd | by trees and spring-time air. The familiar path beneath your feet Floyd | leads south, just like it always has. A thick fog in the distance Floyd | obscures a normally beautiful view of the surrounding hilltops. You Floyd | are surrounded by artificial trees. One of them has initials carved Floyd | into it. Floyd | You see an alien here. Floyd | Your dad is here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "hit alien with hoe" | ||||
Floyd | As you rush the alien, you can feel that you are stepping over some Floyd | internal boundary. The madness rises within you, but the only way out Floyd | of it seems to be through it. You strike at the alien with the hoe, Floyd | and experience what feels like an eternal moment of fear and rage. Floyd | Your hand comes over your head in slow motion, yet with all of your Floyd | strength behind it. You can hear your father's axe bite into the Floyd | tower just as the hoe reaches the alien's face. You hear the metal of Floyd | the tower yielding: a slow, tortured squeal of anguish. Floyd | Floyd | The world around you begins to melt away-- the alien, your father, the Floyd | hoe-- they all fade into nothing. It is only the screaming: the Floyd | shrill, metallic squealing that accompanies you all the way into Floyd | unconsciousness. Floyd | Floyd | Your eyes come into focus on a slate-gray sky. Your arms are firmly Floyd | gripped by two guards on either side of you, who are firmly escorting Floyd | you towards the gates of Juniper Hill asylum. The same asylum that Floyd | your father was taken to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "feel wires" | ||||
Floyd | The guards have your arms firmly pinioned to your sides. Floyd | Floyd | Through the pain and confusion, your mind relives that instant of Floyd | striking the alien over and over. Was there really an alien there to Floyd | hit? If you were hallucinating, isn't it possible that what you saw Floyd | as an alien was just an ordinary person? The possibilities of what Floyd | you may have done start to sink in. When your dad went on his shooting Floyd | spree in the restaurant ten years ago, was he seeing people, or alien Floyd | faces conjured up by his own fevered imagination? Floyd | Floyd | Maybe Juniper Hill is where you belong-- you and your father. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Drat. I wanted to know if we still had wires in our head." | |||
EmacsUser reviews the endings some more. | ||||
djfletch says, "wonder if we can escape here" | ||||
djfletch says, "it was quite specific about how one guard lets go of us" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "I would bet so then." | ||||
EmacsUser says (to djfletch), "Have a try." | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "What are you playing right now?" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | You close the last twenty feet to the gate. The guard on your right Floyd | releases your arm to go talk to the gate-keeper. The other guard Floyd | clamps down painfully on your left arm. The scene around you seems to Floyd | blur; is it just your eyes tearing up from the pain? You feel an Floyd | all-too-familiar tingling sensation along your scalp, and the world Floyd | comes into focus again. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Alien Abduction" | |||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "punch guard" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "punch". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
djfletch says (to Floyd), "hit guard" | ||||
Floyd | You flail with your free arm at the one guard still holding you, but Floyd | to no avail. Even one-handed, his grip is stronger than your arm, Floyd | leaving his other hand free to rebuff your attacks and get some good Floyd | jabs in of his own. The other guard glances over, unconcerned. Floyd | Floyd | The guard continues conferring with the gate-keeper for a moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh well" | |||
EmacsUser exclaims, "Wait!" | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "run" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "run". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "feel wires" | ||||
Floyd | Without a mirror, it's really difficult to examine them. Just from Floyd | touch, all four wires are about a quarter-inch thick, and they Floyd | seamlessly attach to your attach to your skull. Floyd | Floyd | The gate-keeper pushes a button, and the heavy, wrought-iron fence is Floyd | hydraulically pushed open. The guard returns to your side and grabs Floyd | your arm again. They escort you across the plush lawn into the Floyd | freshly whitewashed building. They force you into a small room where Floyd | they wrestle you into a straight-jacket, and then they take you to a Floyd | classic padded cell, and put you inside. Any doubts you may have had Floyd | about the reality of your situation are quickly dispelled as you rub Floyd | your face against the rough canvas padding on your walls. The cell is Floyd | real. Floyd | Floyd | Real enough, anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 544 turns, you have achieved a score of 175 points out Floyd | of a possible 200. You also received 15 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | ||||
Cheddarius says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | Cheddarius says, "Time for walkthrough? I think we've won the game all we can..." | |||
EmacsUser exclaims, "So we still do have wires!" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "It could be a bug in the game" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "The creator might have just forgotten to remove it, or figured it didn't matter" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "We've been playing a long time. I'd be okay with a walkthrough, except that I've never seen one used in a CF transcript." | ||||
EmacsUser looks up walkthrough on the ifdb. | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "restore cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Gates of Asylum Floyd | You've only been to Juniper Hill once before, when you had to go Floyd | sign the paperwork as your father's legal guardian-- your mom couldn't Floyd | be found. It looks the same as it did then: serene, quiet, dead. Floyd | Through the closed outer gates you can see the plush, well-tended lawn Floyd | where the less violent inmates are allowed to go. Floyd | You see your bruise here. Floyd | The guards are gripping your arms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You close the last twenty feet to the gate. The guard on your right Floyd | releases your arm to go talk to the gate-keeper. The other guard Floyd | clamps down painfully on your left arm. The scene around you seems to Floyd | blur; is it just your eyes tearing up from the pain? You feel an Floyd | all-too-familiar tingling sensation along your scalp, and the world Floyd | comes into focus again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pull wire" | ||||
Floyd | You sense that this is probably your only chance to do anything, and Floyd | so you seize on the one possibility that offers you hope. You reach Floyd | up with your free hand and pull on one of the wires with all of your Floyd | strength. The pain is incredible. The guard realizes something is Floyd | wrong when your knees give out from under you. You can hear them Floyd | frantically shouting something, but the words are lost behind a fine Floyd | red mist of pain. As the pain pushes you to the limits of your very Floyd | being, you feel a moist ripping and the wire starts to pull free. Floyd | Then, you thankfully lose consciousness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You awaken on the ground in the clearing where you saw the ship. The Floyd | morning is growing bright in the east. Stiff joints protest your Floyd | weight as you stand up amongst the litter of pictures on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "get pictures" | ||||
Floyd | Gathering the pictures up off of the ground, you try not to look at Floyd | them, being terrified of what they may show, yet insanely curious as Floyd | to what's on them. Once you have them piled in your hands, you take a Floyd | deep breath and try to still your nervous heart. Floyd | Floyd | Clammy fingertips far too distant and removed to be yours reach out Floyd | and start flipping through the pictures. All of them seem to be Floyd | identical. All of them capture bare tree branches carefully Floyd | silhouetted against the full moon and the clear, starry sky. Numb Floyd | fingers slowly flip identical pictures past unseeing eyes. Floyd | Floyd | Your mind focuses on one part of that scene, and the more you think Floyd | about it, the more clearly you see it-- the gentle face of the moon, Floyd | not only looking down at you, but winking at you conspiratorially, as Floyd | if it knows something that you don't. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 543 turns, you have achieved a score of 200 points out Floyd | of a possible 200. You also received 15 bonus points. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, or undo the current Floyd | command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, or UNDO: > | EmacsUser says, "I'm done for the day." | |||
Cheddarius exclaims, "I say~!" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Oh" | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Right, then" | ||||
Cheddarius exclaims, "Thanks!" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "That took a lot longer than I thought it would." | ||||
Cheddarius says, "Yeah" | ||||
EmacsUser says, "Hopefully next time we'll have some more club members present." | ||||
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