  
 
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. Below is a transcript of Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret, written by Jim Aikin and Eric Eve. Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret was originally released in two competitions which ran concurrently: the IF Beginner's Comp and the Interactive Short Fiction Competition. The game took first place in both of these competitions. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load pepper" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Walking home from school is mostly okay, except for one big problem: Floyd | Every day you have to pass right by Mrs. Pepper's house. She may not Floyd | actually be a witch, but she sure acts like one. She's ugly and Floyd | crabby, and she seems to go out of her way to cause trouble for you. Floyd | The time she came at you with the garden rake, swinging it like it was Floyd | a giant claw ... you still shudder when you think of it. Floyd | Floyd | Last Friday was a new low. You would never, ever skateboard in her Floyd | driveway -- that would be practically suicidal. But somehow when you Floyd | got to the driveway your skateboard swerved, all by itself, as if Floyd | somebody had put a spell on it. And then you fell off. Floyd | Floyd | While you were picking grit out of the ugly scrape on your skinned Floyd | elbow, Mrs. Pepper appeared out of nowhere and snatched up your Floyd | skateboard! She screeched something about rowdy children, Floyd | trespassing, and needing to be taught a lesson. She swung the Floyd | skateboard at you like it was a bat, and then ran off with it, Floyd | cackling. Afterward you rang her doorbell for what seemed like an Floyd | hour, begging her to give the skateboard back, and she wouldn't even Floyd | come to the door. Floyd | Floyd | And now it's Monday afternoon, and here you are, on your way home from Floyd | school as usual (but with no skateboard). Just up ahead is Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's driveway.... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret Floyd | Floyd | An after-school adventure Floyd | Floyd | By Jim Aikin and Eric Eve Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [First-time players may want to type ABOUT; don't forget to press the Floyd | ENTER (or RETURN) key to execute your command after typing it. If Floyd | you're new to Interactive Fiction and would like to read a few extra Floyd | hints and tips that will pop up here and there as you explore the Floyd | story, type EXTRA ON. If you decide you don't want any more of these Floyd | bonus tips, simply type EXTRA OFF.] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Sidewalk Floyd | This stretch of sidewalk runs more or less east-west between the busy Floyd | street to the south and a tall, water-stained fence to the north. Floyd | Just a few yards further west the fence ends where Mrs. Pepper's Floyd | driveway thrusts into the roadway. Unfortunately there's no option Floyd | but to cross that driveway if you want to get home. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Wait, let me logout-login" | |||
| Johnny is more fun than a box of crayons. | Nitku says, "I suggest we add a rule that you shouldn't give multiple commands at the same time unless we're replaying after a restore" | |||
| Nitku arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Sure." | |||
| Nitku says, "Because Floyd's response is really confusing after that." | ||||
| Johnny arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline asks (of Nitku), "We just started, but I think you can get a recap of the room, right?" | |||
| Nitku says, "I've played this" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "mmkay" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "better make a map last time was so confusing" | ||||
| Tale says, "IIRC it helped me to make one" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Um, can we have a volunteer to map for us?" | ||||
| Jacqueline takes one step backward. | ||||
| Gerynar says, "takes two steps back" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Take two more steps back." | ||||
| Tale says, "I'm a terrible mapper" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Cowards." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So am I, kinda." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "my cousin lived next to this woman" | ||||
| Tale says, "Even worse than a mopper" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, okay, I can map, I guess." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "what's iirc?" | ||||
| Alex says (to smartgenes), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that IIRC is If I Recall Correctly." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "I have graph paper and pencil... I could map" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says (to smartgenes), "Yeah, Alex is helpful for acronyms" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I've begun the map." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're not wearing anything special today -- just a shirt, jeans, and Floyd | a pair of sneakers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x jeans" | ||||
Floyd | Just your regular school clothes, nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "We should have >NO SKATEBOARD" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x jeans" | ||||
Floyd | Just your regular school clothes, nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | The word "pray" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing Floyd | OOPS followed by the corrected word now. Any time the story points Floyd | out an unknown word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your Floyd | next command.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "x sneakers" | ||||
Floyd | Just your regular school clothes, nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search pockets" | ||||
Floyd | The word "pockets" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump up and down a few times. It doesn't achieve anything, but Floyd | the exercise can't have done you any harm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are empty-handed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk Floyd | This stretch of sidewalk runs more or less east-west between the busy Floyd | street to the south and a tall, water-stained fence to the north. Floyd | Just a few yards further west the fence ends where Mrs. Pepper's Floyd | driveway thrusts into the roadway. Unfortunately there's no option Floyd | but to cross that driveway if you want to get home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "climb fence" | ||||
Floyd | On any other day, you might consider it. Today you have more Floyd | important things on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale has disconnected. | ||||
| Tale has connected. | ||||
| Tale disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x fence" | ||||
Floyd | The fence is tall, and made of solid vertical boards. Once they were Floyd | painted white, but by now they're gray and a bit water-stained. Floyd | Floyd | You don't seem to be making much progress. If you feel you could use Floyd | a little help, enter the command HELP. Floyd | Floyd | Bonus Tip: To move around the map use compass directions: NORTH, Floyd | SOUTH, EAST, WEST, NORTHEAST etc. (which can be abbreviated to N, S, Floyd | E, W, NE etc.), or UP, DOWN, IN or OUT. Try going WEST now. Floyd | Floyd | [To turn these bonus tips off, use the command EXTRA OFF] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | smartgenes says, "cheeky git" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, judgemental... we're just taking stock of things. Give us a sec." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to sg), "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The game is meant to help new players." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "extra off" | ||||
Floyd | Okay; extra hints are now off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk Floyd | This stretch of sidewalk runs more or less east-west between the busy Floyd | street to the south and a tall, water-stained fence to the north. Floyd | Just a few yards further west the fence ends where Mrs. Pepper's Floyd | driveway thrusts into the roadway. Unfortunately there's no option Floyd | but to cross that driveway if you want to get home. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I realize." | |||
| Johnny says, "It was written for IF Beginner's Comp." | ||||
| DB says, "The extra help was a good idea, though." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "south?" | ||||
| Alex says (to smartgenes), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that the South is the greatest region in the whole world." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to sg), "Sure." | ||||
| Johnny says (to alex), "yay" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "Alex says go south" | ||||
| Alex exclaims (at Johnny), "Awwwk! You're a great crowd! I'll be here all night -- try the tarte au chocolat aux cork nuts!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | There's too much traffic for you to consider crossing the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The game suggested WEST" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "But we want to try to avoid the old hag, even though we know it to be inevitable!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You step gingerly off the sidewalk into the mouth of Mrs. Pepper's Floyd | driveway. There's no way of avoiding it, but that doesn't make it any Floyd | less hazardous. More than once the nasty old woman has backed her car Floyd | out quite rapidly just as you were crossing, as if bent on running you Floyd | over, so this step across Mrs. Pepper's driveway is the part of your Floyd | daily walk home that you've most come to dread.... Floyd | Floyd | But today you're in luck. Her car isn't moving, and she's not in it. Floyd | Floyd | At the End of the Driveway Floyd | You're at the outer end of Mrs. Pepper's driveway, which extends to Floyd | the north alongside her house. Her old gray car is parked beside the Floyd | house, and before the house is a square of sadly neglected lawn. The Floyd | sidewalk runs east and west from here, and the street is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x car" | ||||
Floyd | The car is an Oldsmobile, a boxy model that's at least 20 years old. Floyd | It's slate-gray, and the rear fender droops at one side, as if perhaps Floyd | Mrs. Pepper has succeeded in hitting something -- or someone -- with Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Tale says, "I want to write an AIF spoof called "Mrs. peppers other nasty secret."" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Let's keep going? I know we won't make it, but let's try?" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "You were hoping to avoid Mrs Pepper by going to the mall instead?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Tale), "har" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x lawn" | ||||
Floyd | The lawn is patchy and mostly dead, mottled with patches of bare dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | The car is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x driveway" | ||||
Floyd | (the driveway) Floyd | The driveway runs northward along the right side of Mrs. Pepper's Floyd | house. Standing in the drive next to the house is Mrs. Pepper's old Floyd | gray car. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to sg), "That way lies craziness, man." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "She'll kill us." | ||||
| Johnny says, "with our own board" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can you tell they've done a good job freaking me out about this woman?" | ||||
| Tale asks, "But how else are we gonna get to the mall?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we run across the driveway and win the game. (har)" | ||||
| DavidW says, "She won't *kill* you. Just turn you into a newt." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "the game's pretty tight so far" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Will we get better?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i mean running smoothly" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "um." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk by the Front Yard Floyd | To the north, across a sadly dried-up and decrepit yard, stands Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's house. You can also go east or west along the sidewalk. The Floyd | busy street is to the south. A telephone pole plastered with the Floyd | scraps of old posters stands here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "So are we gonna bust into her house and steal her car keys or something?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x posters" | ||||
Floyd | Many are faded, many are torn, and many are both. The ones that Floyd | remain legible advertise everything from last year's flower show to Floyd | the merits of the Independent Candidate in some long-forgotten Floyd | election. Amongst this mass of posters well past their read-by date Floyd | is an advertising flyer that looks crisp and new. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x advertising flyer" | ||||
Floyd | The flyer is crisp, new, and colorful. In big bright letters it Floyd | advertises a special sale at Flogg & Grabby's Stufftown, a shopping Floyd | mall that lies just half a mile down the road. If the flyer is to be Floyd | believed, the sale ends this very afternoon. "INCREDIBLY LOW PRICES Floyd | ON GORGEOUS LADIES' WIGS!!!" it promises. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Pepper is not your idea of a gorgeous lady (if anything, just the Floyd | opposite). But she certainly is fond of wigs. Every time you see Floyd | her, it seems, her wig is a different color and style, each more Floyd | outlandish and ill-fitting than the last. What they all have in Floyd | common is that they look as if she bought them in a thrift shop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "read new flyer" | ||||
Floyd | The flyer is crisp, new, and colorful. In big bright letters it Floyd | advertises a special sale at Flogg & Grabby's Stufftown, a shopping Floyd | mall that lies just half a mile down the road. If the flyer is to be Floyd | believed, the sale ends this very afternoon. "INCREDIBLY LOW PRICES Floyd | ON GORGEOUS LADIES' WIGS!!!" it promises. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Pepper is not your idea of a gorgeous lady (if anything, just the Floyd | opposite). But she certainly is fond of wigs. Every time you see Floyd | her, it seems, her wig is a different color and style, each more Floyd | outlandish and ill-fitting than the last. What they all have in Floyd | common is that they look as if she bought them in a thrift shop. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DB), "You guys are... brave. Or stupid. Or something. Can't we just try to get home? Or are we trying to get our skateboard back, too? I guess we should try that." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get flyer" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the advertising flyer. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | (If you'd prefer not to be notified about score changes in the future, Floyd | type NOTIFY OFF.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar asks, "is Mrs Pepper really Mrs Slokum?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Gerynar), "Or really Mr. Pepper." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "info" | ||||
Floyd | The word "info" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Gerynar), "GASP! Are you saying Mrs Slokum wore _wigs_?!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x house" | ||||
Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house is two stories tall, and narrow. It hasn't been Floyd | painted in a long time. A small covered porch is attached to the Floyd | front, and the driveway runs along the right side. A short flight of Floyd | steps leads up from the yard to the porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "yes, and I am unanimous in that" | |||
| smartgenes says, "the driveway is the location east isn't it" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm of the 'let us just try to get out of here the first run-through' opinion, but if you all want to explore and find our skateboard, it's your funerals." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I can get us to the driveway, sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to go screw with her car or her house?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i mean go driveway wouldn't work, it wold be east then north" | ||||
| DB says, "Car." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, okay, I'll take us to her car." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | At the End of the Driveway Floyd | You're at the outer end of Mrs. Pepper's driveway, which extends to Floyd | the north alongside her house. Her old gray car is parked beside the Floyd | house, and before the house is a square of sadly neglected lawn. The Floyd | sidewalk runs east and west from here, and the street is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cautious step onto Mrs. Pepper's property. When nothing Floyd | terrible happens, you take another, your curiosity overcoming your Floyd | apprehension of the batty old woman. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, where an Floyd | old gray car is parked, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it Floyd | the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "open car" | ||||
Floyd | The car is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "North again?" | |||
| DB asks, "Still too far away?" | ||||
| DB says, "S'pose so." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | A trash can is standing in the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | A battered old car is parked in the drive, just under an open window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x can" | ||||
Floyd | The old, dented trash can is made of gray metal, and has a sturdy lid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open can" | ||||
Floyd | You remove the lid from the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x can" | ||||
Floyd | The old, dented trash can is made of gray metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "look in can" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "open car" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't; it's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Dang, locked." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search can" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pick up can" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x car" | ||||
Floyd | The car is an Oldsmobile, a boxy model that's at least 20 years old. Floyd | It's slate-gray, and the rear fender droops at one side, as if perhaps Floyd | Mrs. Pepper has succeeded in hitting something -- or someone -- with Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "hide in trashcan" | ||||
Floyd | The word "hide" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "An Oldsmobile. That's so perfect." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "hit car with trashcan" | ||||
Floyd | You can't attack anything with the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i like the notion of a locked trashcan" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We had one of those when I was growing up." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "drop trash" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "A boxy old Olds, that is, not a locked trashcan." | |||
| Tale says, "Maybe i's our carry-all." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh wait." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "enter trashcan" | ||||
Floyd | Tossing yourself into the wastebin at such a young age? You Floyd | contemplate the idea for a moment, and reject it with a shudder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's the car that's locked, not the can. Sorry." | |||
| DB says, "Oh, maybe." | ||||
| DB asks, "Should we pick it back up?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "summon oscar the grouch" | ||||
Floyd | The word "oscar" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So. We have the path, the garage, and the... house." | |||
| Gerynar says, "and the yard" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter car" | ||||
Floyd | You rattle the car's door handle, but the door is securely locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "and a locked car" | |||
| DB asks, "Maybe we could just go knock on her door?" | ||||
| DB says, "I mean, if breaking into her car won't work." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "look under car" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing interesting under the car, not even those odd patches Floyd | of liquid your parents worry might mean there's something wrong with Floyd | theirs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smash window" | ||||
Floyd | Painful experience has taught you that breaking things quite often Floyd | gets you into trouble. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look through window" | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
Floyd | You can't see much through the window from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We could just go ask for our freakin' skateboard, but that didn't work too well last time, it sounds like." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | The window is standing open, and doesn't appear to have a screen. Floyd | It's six or seven feet up the wall from the paved surface of the Floyd | driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "stand on car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the car. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "climb window" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can climb. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You jump off the car and land back on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "oh yeah! car looked like can" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "climb car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the car. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "sorry" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | From atop the car, the window is almost close enough for you to reach Floyd | -- but not quite. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Hm..." | |||
| smartgenes says, "not surprised she nicks your skateboard when you dance on her car" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now I'm thinking of Mystery of Chimney Rock, where Jane went in on a dare and Mrs. Bigley turned her into a mouse." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Stand on can, on car?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "could throw the can through the window.. but that's not very nice" | ||||
| DB asks, "How about this path around the house to the NW?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "let's try this" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (off of the car) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the car. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get can" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "yeah, what about that path?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on car" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the car. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drop can" | DB asks, "I guess we'll try it after this, 'ey?" | |||
Floyd | You set down the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get on can" | ||||
Floyd | You can't stand on the can after removing the lid. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "hmm" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "get lid" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the trash can lid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "close can" | ||||
Floyd | You put the lid back on the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on can" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look very stable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stabilise can" | ||||
Floyd | The word "stabilise" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "balance can" | ||||
Floyd | The word "balance" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "throw can through window" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm all for the path." | |||
| DB asks, "I think it's about time we give up on the window, 'ey?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "well that was kind of a sandbox idea" | ||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is her garage unlocked?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Mind if I check?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get can" | Jacqueline says, "That's where I'd stash the skateboard." | |||
Floyd | You pick up the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (off of the car) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the car. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "May I" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "emote nods" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the garage door) Floyd | It seems to have been shut for so long that the most recent layer of Floyd | paint has sealed it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hm." | |||
| DB asks, "So, the path or the door?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "turn can upside down" | ||||
Floyd | The word "upside" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to have been shut for so long that the most recent layer of Floyd | paint has sealed it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "House? I know it sounds like crazytalk, but I say we confront her if we're going to be loitering like this." | |||
| DB says, "Agreed." | ||||
| DB asks, "West, right?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was all for running across her lawn to get out of here just to see if she'd magically appear and snatch us up by our ear, but if we're here, let's confront." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "Yeah." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the window from where you're standing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | There are no visible entrances to caves in the vicinity. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh, let's try this. May I?" | |||
| DB asks, "Er... I thought it was west?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, where an Floyd | old gray car is parked, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it Floyd | the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | As you're crossing the front yard, a momentary lull in the traffic Floyd | noise allows you to hear something very odd. Weakly, somewhere in the Floyd | near distance, a voice is crying, "Help me! Oh, please, help me!" The Floyd | voice is high-pitched and very hoarse, as if whoever is calling for Floyd | help can barely speak at all. Floyd | Floyd | You stop dead in your tracks, looking around to see where the voice Floyd | might be coming from. It seems to be coming from the upstairs window Floyd | in Mrs. Pepper's house. You stare hard at the window, and for a Floyd | moment it seems something might be moving there -- but you can't make Floyd | out what it might be. After a moment the movement stops, and the Floyd | voice falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | Could it have been your imagination? No, you're certain you heard Floyd | something. And it was coming from inside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Now from here it'll be n." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, eep. Maybe the ol' gal's in trouble." | ||||
| DB asks, "Should I wait for everyone to finish reading?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Doubt we can get in, but let's go north. I'm finished reading, and I'm pretty slow." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i'm ready to go" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "baby" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Front Porch Floyd | The front door lies immediately to the north; the front yard is to the Floyd | south. There's a doorbell button just by the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "She's fallen and she can't get up^TM?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Perhaps, yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push doorbell" | ||||
Floyd | Do you really want Mrs. Pepper to come to the door and see that you've Floyd | been playing with her trash can? That might not be so smart. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Do you really want Mrs. Pepper to come to the door and see that you've Floyd | been playing with her trash can? That might not be so smart. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an advertising flyer and a trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh puhleeze." | |||
| smartgenes says, "lol" | ||||
| DB says, "Ha ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess we probably can't just drop it here." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'll try." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop can" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "good authoring" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Do you really want Mrs. Pepper to come to the door and see that you've Floyd | been playing with her trash can? That might not be so smart. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take can" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, where an Floyd | old gray car is parked, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it Floyd | the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | A battered old car is parked in the drive, just under an open window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop can" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, where an Floyd | old gray car is parked, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it Floyd | the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "let's check the path then?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Nah, let's try the bell first." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Front Porch Floyd | The front door lies immediately to the north; the front yard is to the Floyd | south. There's a doorbell button just by the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You thumb the doorbell. Within the house a rather discordant chime Floyd | sounds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "xz" | ||||
Floyd | (z) Floyd | (You can use the TYPO command to disable the typo-correction feature.) Floyd | Floyd | Precious time slips by, never to be recovered. Floyd | Floyd | The door flies open, and Mrs. Pepper glares down at you. "You again!" Floyd | she says with a sneer. "Why don't you go play in the street, Floyd | good-for-nothing brat?" Mrs. Pepper is wearing one of her outlandish Floyd | wigs, as usual. This one is fire-engine red, and the hair is crimped Floyd | from scalp to tip in tiny waves, like a very bad imitation of a Floyd | waterfall. Also, it's on a bit crooked. Floyd | Floyd | You try to ask her if maybe you can have your skateboard back, but Floyd | before you can get more than two words out, she laughs nastily and Floyd | slams the door in your face. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "er," | |||
| DB asks, "Now we wait?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Wow, she answered." | ||||
| DB says, "Whoa." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "take doorbell" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "That's a crazy evil wig she has on." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm envisioning that old lady off of Three's Company from the seventies for some reason." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ring bell" | ||||
Floyd | You thumb the doorbell. Within the house a rather discordant chime Floyd | sounds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Precious time slips by, never to be recovered. Floyd | Floyd | After a somewhat longer delay than the first time, the door flies Floyd | open. Mrs. Pepper snarls at you. "Why are you bothering me? Do you Floyd | want me to call the police?" The door slams again, leaving you on the Floyd | outside and Mrs. Pepper on the inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, um, I guess that's not going to work." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "put flyer on door" | ||||
Floyd | The front door doeesn't look much good for putting things on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ghogg arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says (to DB), "haha - good idea, sad it didn't work." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "How about the path?" | ||||
| DB says, "Well, let's try the path, then." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Shall I dry us there, Miss Daisy?" | ||||
| DB says, "hehe" | ||||
| DB says, "Sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, where an Floyd | old gray car is parked, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it Floyd | the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "At least you know Mrs Pepper isn't going to kill you instantly." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | A battered old car is parked in the drive, just under an open window. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I wonder if that tree in the front yard will be important." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A neighbor is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "True" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x birdbath" | ||||
Floyd | The gray concrete birdbath is thick and ugly, and looks as if it Floyd | hasn't held water for a long time. The bottom of the basin is coated Floyd | with a thin layer of grime. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "And remember, this game was designed to be for beginners, not be evil and kill the player for experimenting." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x neighbor" | ||||
Floyd | She's tall and thin, and is wearing a big floppy hat of straw. She Floyd | has rather a kindly look. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
Floyd | Holes of various sizes have been dug across the lawn, seemingly at Floyd | random, as if some demented fortune-seeker were desperately seeking Floyd | buried treasure. The more prosaic explanation, given the state of the Floyd | back yard, is that the holes are due to energetic but incompetent Floyd | gardening efforts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove grime" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the grime. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x porch" | ||||
Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The crawl space beneath it is deep in shadow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "search crawl space" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the crawl space. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB exclaims, "Ooh, crawl space!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I am eating. I am watching, and still mapping, but you all take it." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "enter crawl space" | ||||
Floyd | It's a very small crawl space -- there isn't even enough room for you Floyd | to crawl into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Aw..." | |||
| Tale says, "Yeah, I am mostly watching and waiting for Werewolf-" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "talk to the nighbor?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "talk to neighbour" | ||||
Floyd | "Hi," you say. "Who are you?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm Mrs. Dogwood, Mrs. Pepper's neighbor," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about Mr. Pepper, gardening, Mrs. Pepper's old car, Floyd | herself, or Mrs. Pepper. You could also ask or tell her about various Floyd | other things that might occur to you.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DB), "Dude, I'm still here." | |||
| Johnny says, "Looks like Tale just was eaten." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Just eating soup for a few." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about pepper" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you know Mrs. Pepper well?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "As well as I want to!" Mrs. Dogwood replies. Lowering her voice, she Floyd | adds in a near whisper, "I don't normally go in for tittle-tattle, but Floyd | she really is the meanest.... Well, I dropped a fine gold brooch one Floyd | day when I was working near the fence. At least, I don't know where Floyd | else I could have dropped it. A few minutes later I'm sure I saw her Floyd | arm snaking right through the fence, down near the ground. By the Floyd | time I put down my shears and came to take a closer look, she was Floyd | trotting into the house. I never did find that brooch. I'm sure she Floyd | took it, but when I asked, quite politely, if she might have seen it Floyd | or know where it could be, she got all huffy and claimed not to know Floyd | what I was talking about. Swears she never saw it, she does!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, right-o." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Worry not. :)_" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, :)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure what :)_ signifies." | ||||
| Johnny says, "You had to wipe up some soup." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But it was unintentional." | ||||
| inky says, "drooling" | ||||
| inky says (to Johnny), "ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You spilled soup down your cheek." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "haha" | ||||
| DB says, "ha ha" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about gardening" | ||||
Floyd | "I was just admiring your wonderful garden," you tell Mrs. Dogwood Floyd | politely. Floyd | Floyd | "Why, thank you, dear!" she replies. Floyd | Floyd | "It's much nicer than Mrs. Pepper's," you add. Floyd | Floyd | "I don't like to speak ill of anyone," Mrs. Dogwood says piously, "but Floyd | I think it's fair to say Mrs. Pepper doesn't have a green thumb." Floyd | Floyd | A fat toad that you hadn't noticed before hops away under the back Floyd | porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "catch toaf" | ||||
Floyd | The word "catch" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "catch toad" | ||||
Floyd | The word "catch" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take toad" | ||||
Floyd | The toad is gone -- it hopped away under the porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get toad" | ||||
Floyd | The toad is gone -- it hopped away under the porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look under porch" | ||||
Floyd | Deep in the shadows beneath the porch, you spy your skateboard! Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DB exclaims, "Whoa!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "WOO" | ||||
| smartgenes exclaims, "we got it back. game over!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | It's clear back against the wall of the house. Even when you stretch Floyd | your arm as far as you can, the skateboard is still at least three Floyd | feet out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood returns to her gardening. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Magical guide toad ftw." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Not so fast... what about this nice lady's broach??" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Bet you can't... quite... reach it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, also, yeah, what DW said." | ||||
| DB says, "Hmm..." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about car" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an advertising flyer. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "Hello again," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Hi there, youngster," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | "I saw Mrs. Pepper's old car in her driveway," you remark. "Is it Floyd | always there?" Floyd | Floyd | "If she's home, it is," Mrs. Dogwood replies promptly. "Sometimes in Floyd | the afternoon she goes out driving, if there's a special sale on at Floyd | the mall. You know, Flogg & Grabby's, down the road?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Hmm. Maybe we can tutor the toad just enough to ride the skateboard out from under the porch." | |||
| smartgenes says, "post the flyer" | ||||
| DB exclaims, "ha ha... I wanna see a skateboarding toad!" | ||||
| DB says, "But I doubt it's implemented..." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about mr pepper" | ||||
Floyd | "What happened to Mrs. Pepper's husband," you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Such a tragic accident," the neighbor replies. "If it was an Floyd | accident. I've always wondered about that. But really, I mustn't Floyd | gossip." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about herself" | ||||
Floyd | "You seem to be quite a fine gardener," you venture. "Have you lived Floyd | in that house for a long time?" Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, long enough," she replies vaguely. "I daresay I'm not a very Floyd | interesting person." Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "my" | |||
Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about skateboarding toad" | ||||
Floyd | "Some other time, perhaps," she suggests, with a lopsided smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "hehe" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "ask about dr pepper" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask about toad" | ||||
Floyd | She bends over a little bush to inspect it, and then straightens up Floyd | when you start to speak. "I'm sorry, dear, I didn't quite catch that. Floyd | I thought I saw an aphid. Horrid things, aphids." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "Do you know anything about frogs and toads?" you ask Mrs. Dogwood. Floyd | Floyd | "My goodness, what a question! Not so very much, no. I've noticed a Floyd | fat old toad hopping about from time to time. I believe he lives Floyd | under Mrs. Pepper's back porch. If you find him, I do hope you won't Floyd | catch him in a jar or anything. That would be very cruel." Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I think we need to find something to reach with." | |||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Johnny asks, "Branch from dead tree?" | |||
| DB says, "But I doubt if we could make a rope out of our shirt with a shoe attached on one end." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 exclaims, "the trash can!" | ||||
| DB exclaims, "Oh, a branch might work!" | ||||
| DB says, "Let's try that." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Need driving?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Front yard, then?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood returns to her gardening. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | A battered old car is parked in the drive, just under an open window. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I believe, so." | |||
| smartgenes asks, "can we go east?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, where an Floyd | old gray car is parked, and leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it Floyd | the street. On the east the driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's front yard lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | A few green leaves cling to the crooked branches of the tree, but Floyd | really it looks more dead than alive. Mrs. Pepper calls it her orange Floyd | tree -- in fact, one of your more memorable run-ins with her occurred Floyd | when she accused you of stealing oranges from the tree. But in truth Floyd | you've never seen an orange growing on the tree. The idea that it's Floyd | an orange tree is purely a theory, as far as you're concerned. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||
Floyd | As sickly as the orange tree looks, its branches are still firmly Floyd | attached to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "take orange" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look too healthy, but it's probably best left where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "break branch" | ||||
Floyd | Painful experience has taught you that breaking things quite often Floyd | gets you into trouble. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did you see a branch somewhere else?" | |||
| DB asks, "Can we climb the tree?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, you're not equipped with wings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | The tree is too spindly to support your weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Hm." | |||
| Johnny says, "I saw no other branch." | ||||
| DB says, "I wonder if we need to get Mrs. Pepper out of the house." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "post the flyer then?" | ||||
| DB says, "Then we could rush in and grab a broom or something." | ||||
| DB says, "Or a toilet plunger." | ||||
| DB says, "Yeah, something with the flyer. We need her to see it somehow." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Can we put the flyer in the window?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or rescue the princess." | ||||
| Johnny says, "(Keep in mind, I keep having ideas that don't pan out.)" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "definitely post the flyer and she'll go buy her wig" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x flyer" | smartgenes says, "(hopefully)" | |||
Floyd | The flyer is crisp, new, and colorful. In big bright letters it Floyd | advertises a special sale at Flogg & Grabby's Stufftown, a shopping Floyd | mall that lies just half a mile down the road. If the flyer is to be Floyd | believed, the sale ends this very afternoon. "INCREDIBLY LOW PRICES Floyd | ON GORGEOUS LADIES' WIGS!!!" it promises. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Pepper is not your idea of a gorgeous lady (if anything, just the Floyd | opposite). But she certainly is fond of wigs. Every time you see Floyd | her, it seems, her wig is a different color and style, each more Floyd | outlandish and ill-fitting than the last. What they all have in Floyd | common is that they look as if she bought them in a thrift shop. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, find a way to make Mrs Pepper see the flyer." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "(phone call)" | ||||
| DB says, "Hm... I don't see anything in here about syntax for >post flyer, but I'll bet we could just put it on something." | ||||
| DB asks, "Or maybe we could slide it under her front door?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "drop flyer, ring doorbell, run away" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "whats wrong with the traditional letterbox approach?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I don't think there's even a mailbox." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Front Porch Floyd | The front door lies immediately to the north; the front yard is to the Floyd | south. There's a doorbell button just by the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "We only seem able to get her to come to the door." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The door is of solid wood, except for a tiny peephole covered with a Floyd | filigree of wrought iron. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "hmm" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "post flyer" | ||||
Floyd | The word "post" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "put flyer under door" | |||
| smartgenes asks, "the drop idea then?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "put flyer under door" | ||||
Floyd | The door is tightly fitted to its frame. There's not even a tiny gap Floyd | at the bottom. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Okay, time for the doorbell ditch option..." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "make paper airplane" | ||||
Floyd | The word "airplane" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "fold paper" | ||||
Floyd | The word "fold" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x peephole" | ||||
Floyd | The peephole would be used by someone on the inside to see who's at Floyd | the door. At the moment, it's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "drop flyer" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the advertising flyer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ring doorbell" | ||||
Floyd | You thumb the doorbell. Within the house a rather discordant chime Floyd | sounds. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "This is where you ..." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "run south" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | After a brief pause, the front door opens. Mrs. Pepper ventures out Floyd | on the porch, looks around to make sure no one is close enough to Floyd | sneak past her into the house, and then bends to retrieve the flyer. Floyd | For long seconds, she peers at it closely, holding it in both hands. Floyd | Maybe it's only your imagination, but it looks as if her hands are Floyd | actually trembling with desire. Then she turns on her heel and dives Floyd | back into the house. Floyd | Floyd | A moment later she bursts out again, a large purse over her arm. Floyd | After carefully locking the door, she strides off in the direction of Floyd | the driveway. You hear her car coughing to life, and in a squeal of Floyd | tires it backs down the driveway, careens into the street, reverses Floyd | direction, and roars away in a cloud of blue exhaust vapors. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by four points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I had to scroll back to see which direction we needed to run in." | |||
| Johnny says, "woo" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Okay, but she locked the door." | |||
| DavidW says, "Hooray. She's gone. Now you can do stuff without worrying she'll interfere." | ||||
| DB asks, "So how do we get in?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Any plans?" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "the trashcan smash?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You guys were close to figuring that out." | ||||
| DB says, "I'm willing to let someone take the reins with whatever idea they have." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've already played the game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Off phone)" | ||||
| DB says, "I realise. I'm just sort of... tossin' it out there to the whole group." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "you've played every game, you bloomin bugger ;-)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "...and it looks like I need to scroll back." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "But if the front door is locked, your options are to use the window, the back door, or find the spare keys." | |||
| DavidW says, "or the garage door." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the window from where you're standing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, right. Let's check out that back door." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get can" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "put can against window" | ||||
Floyd | You see no can against window here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "throw can" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "at window" | ||||
Floyd | The trash can hits the window without any obvious effect, and falls to Floyd | the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "That looks like a default response." | |||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Mmkay... caught up now." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "we weren't meant to wedge the door with the skateboard were we? ... i don't think so as she "carefully locked it"" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sweet job on the flier, guys." | ||||
| DB asks, "Anyone else wanna try the porch, then?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "smash window" | ||||
Floyd | Painful experience has taught you that breaking things quite often Floyd | gets you into trouble. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "examine window" | ||||
Floyd | The window is standing open, and doesn't appear to have a screen. Floyd | It's six or seven feet up the wall from the paved surface of the Floyd | driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "go window" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drop can" | ||||
Floyd | You're not carrying that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get can" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drop can" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the window from where you're standing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on can" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the window from where you're standing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push can" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting off of the trash can) Floyd | You push the trash can around aimlessly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push can to window" | ||||
Floyd | You push the trash can under the window. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "ha" | |||
| smartgenes says, "yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy" | ||||
| DB says, "Did not expect that." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Really? Napubeurnq does it." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't stand on that. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "oops" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on can" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the trash can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to clamber through the window -- but as you do so, you Floyd | accidentally knock the lid off the can. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | You glance nervously around as your feet land on the floor, but so far Floyd | as you can tell the house really is empty now -- at least, you can't Floyd | hear anybody about. Floyd | Floyd | Compared to your parents' kitchen, Mrs. Pepper's seems, well, a bit Floyd | mean and cramped, just like its owner. Most of the space is taken up Floyd | by the old wooden table standing right in the middle. Beneath the lip Floyd | of the table is a wide, shallow drawer. Completing the furnishings Floyd | are a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator. The back door Floyd | leads out to the north, while to the south is an open doorway, its Floyd | door long since removed. The window through which you've just climbed Floyd | is set in the east wall, and on the opposite side of the room a flight Floyd | of steps leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by three points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oops - can't get back out that way now, I guess." | |||
| DB says, "Okay, eyes peeled for something worth reaching with." | ||||
| DavidW says, "That's right. You is trapped." | ||||
| Tale has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x drawer" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a plain wooden drawer. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the drawer reveals a small flashlight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have that; it's part of the kitchen table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get torch" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the small flashlight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | It's a big square wooden table, old and scratched. Beneath one edge Floyd | is a single drawer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||||
Floyd | The only thing under the table is its drawer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open cupboard" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the cabinet reveals a glass and a butter knife. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x glass" | ||||
Floyd | It's chipped on one edge. It's currently empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | fridge: You can't take that. Floyd | kitchen table: The kitchen table is too heavy. Floyd | glass: You pick up the glass. Floyd | butter knife: You pick up the butter knife. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "fill glass" | ||||
Floyd | (from the faucet) Floyd | (first turning on the faucet, then putting the glass under it) Floyd | You hold the glass under the faucet until it fills up with water. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Shall we venture into the westward darkness?" | |||
| DB says, "It seems ominous enough." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open fridge" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the fridge reveals a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of Floyd | blue cheese. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x cheese" | ||||
Floyd | The cheese is runny in some spots and dried and crusty in other spots, Floyd | all at the same time. Its odor is remarkable: If it gets much riper, Floyd | it'll probably come when you call it. Phewww! It smells horrible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get cheese and bread" | ||||
Floyd | large wedge of blue cheese: You'd rather leave it where it is. Floyd | stale loaf of bread: You'd rather not touch it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x bread" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like one of your more successful school biology experiments Floyd | -- the one where you're meant to grow a culture of mold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "smell cheese" | ||||
Floyd | Phewww! It smells horrible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x stove" | ||||
Floyd | The stove is not as nice as the one your family has, and not as clean Floyd | either. Bits of this and that have dribbled down the front and dried Floyd | there. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open stove, examine it" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | The stove is not as nice as the one your family has, and not as clean Floyd | either. Bits of this and that have dribbled down the front and dried Floyd | there. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||||
Floyd | The large porcelain sink is built against the east wall, near the Floyd | window. A faucet is mounted above the sink. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Surprised the comma worked there. TADS must be extra clever." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | You thumb the switch, but the flashlight fails to turn on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | The flashlight is slim, and about four inches long. There's a switch Floyd | on one side, and an opening in the end through which a battery can be Floyd | inserted. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I think iTHEN" | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Light puzzle!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "How delightful." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I think it is parsed asTHEN" | ||||
| DB asks, "So we need to find batteries?" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "south?" | ||||
| Alex says (to smartgenes), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that the South is the greatest region in the whole world." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh, Alex, who has indoctrinated you?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Dang." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | It's an ordinary black button, set in a little brass plate. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "you're of the push button brigade" | |||
| smartgenes says, "i always leave it till last to push buttons hehe" | ||||
| DB says, "Well, I figured it might do something." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x plate" | ||||
Floyd | It's an ordinary black button, set in a little brass plate. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "upstairs to get batteries?" | |||
| DB says, "Now I'm confused as to what kind of button it is." | ||||
| DB asks, "Am I looking at a sewing button set in a little brass saucer?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's a pushbutton on the wall." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take button" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "knock on bedroom door" | ||||
Floyd | You think you hear a faint answering croak on the other side of the Floyd | door, but you can't be quite sure. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ack. I'm supposed to be mapping. I keep forgetting." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "One sec..." | ||||
| DB says, "I pretty much figured. But the polysemy in that phrase is boggling." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i never thought of there being someone in there" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Bedroom Floyd | This small, square room is furnished in a plain, unattractive style. Floyd | Opposite the bed stands a dressing table, on which is a row of Floyd | styrofoam heads. Arranged on the heads are some rather ugly wigs. Floyd | The way out is to the south, and there's a bathroom to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(Map updated)" | |||
| smartgenes says, "i kept a map too" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x wigs" | ||||
Floyd | green wig: The green wig is a mass of greasy green ringlets. Attached Floyd | to the elastic band at the back is a little hand-lettered cardboard Floyd | tag, which reads: TGPXH XKHHW. Floyd | Floyd | auburn wig: The auburn wig is short and balloon-shaped. Attached to Floyd | the elastic band at the back is a little hand-lettered cardboard tag, Floyd | which reads: ZGBH YAHHKHU EHAQTKHX XYHFEH. Floyd | Floyd | blond wig: The hair of the blond wig sticks straight out, as if it's Floyd | made of clumps of straw. Attached to the elastic band at the back is Floyd | a little hand-lettered cardboard tag, which reads: XPZZDS FGQS. Floyd | Floyd | black wig: The black wig is very long, and the curls are tangled. Floyd | Attached to the elastic band at the back is a little hand-lettered Floyd | cardboard tag, which reads: ZGOQTGK KDTBQSO. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oh my" | |||
| DB asks, "Uh?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Not rot13." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "You beat me to it." | ||||
| DB says, "I was gonna ask." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm... letter replacement" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe there's a sekrit dekoder ring somewhere." | ||||
| DB asks, "Maybe it's just the alphabet backwards?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "Check and see." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "There might be some help elsewhere, yes." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take wigs" | ||||
Floyd | green wig: You pick up the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You pick up the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You pick up the blond wig. Floyd | black wig: You pick up the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | The dressing table is unusually large. A mirror is mounted above it, Floyd | and a single drawer is tucked away beneath. A row of white styrofoam Floyd | heads stands on the table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the dressing table reveals a brush and a musical score. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x score" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be the score for an opera called Die Zauberokarina by Floyd | A.W. Trazom. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "the magic karina?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "'Trazom', eh?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x brush" | ||||
Floyd | Judging from the multi-colored strands caught in its bristles, Mrs. Floyd | Pepper uses this cheap black plastic brush on her wigs. There's some Floyd | kind of emblem on the back of the brush. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't think it's alphabet backwards." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x emblem" | ||||
Floyd | It's fairly schematic, but it looks like a scarlet fish. Underneath Floyd | it is some tiny lettering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x emblem" | ||||
Floyd | It's fairly schematic, but it looks like a scarlet fish. Underneath Floyd | it is some tiny lettering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "read lettering" | ||||
Floyd | You can't make it out. It appears to be in Arabic or some other Floyd | alphabet you have no idea how to read. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Hm... probably not." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Given that under that, FGQS = UTJH, yeah" | ||||
| DB says, "Interestingly, though, ZGBH comes out to ATYS using that code." | ||||
| Johnny says, "A.A. Mozart" | ||||
| DB says, "For a while I was all 'Rats in the Walls' about it." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Er, W.A. Mozart. The Magic Flute?" | ||||
| DB asks, "I must've missed something while I was doing that code, huh?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "is this the code then" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "hm" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "but not zauberflote zauberokarina" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "as in ocerina(sp?)" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "a type of flute" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "is it?" | ||||
| Gerynar asks, "can we hold the brush up to a mirror to read the lettering?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "yes, popular in south america" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "it said scarlet fish tho (red herring)" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "there is that" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of sg), "srsly?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||||
Floyd | The king-size bed is covered with a brown comforter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x comforter" | ||||
Floyd | It's a brown quilted coverlet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get it" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to encumber yourself with the thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | You peer under the bed and see nothing but the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "So we still need batteries and a reachy object." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass (full of water), a butter Floyd | knife, and four wigs (one green, one auburn, one blond, and one Floyd | black). Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Are we going to start trying on her wigs?" | |||
| smartgenes says, "there is the door with the croaking" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Even more toads." | ||||
| DB says, "Toads lead to success." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | The way out is to the west. The normal bathroom stuff is here, Floyd | including a bath, a washbasin and a toilet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x bath" | ||||
Floyd | It's a plain white enamel bath, matching the sink; at least, it was Floyd | white once, it's now mostly off-white with a number of distinctly Floyd | brown stains. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of DB), "I'm not judging you, but why do you want to try on her wigs?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x basin" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a plain white enamel basin, matching the bath. A faucet is Floyd | mounted above it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x toilet" | ||||
Floyd | It's a standard enough model. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get toilet roll" | ||||
Floyd | You see no toilet roll here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Well, while we're just standing around... we *did* just swipe all of her wiggery." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look behind toilet" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use it right now, and you're not so sure of Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's standards of hygiene that you want to mess with this part of Floyd | her plumbing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" | ||||
Floyd | The word "flush" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get toilet paper" | ||||
Floyd | You see no toilet paper here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x faucet" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get toilet brush" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about it. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You see no toilet brush here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I'm not convinced there's much useful in here." | |||
| smartgenes says, "doesn't seem it" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Back Bedroom Floyd | This small, square room is furnished in a plain, unattractive style. Floyd | Opposite the bed stands a dressing table, on which is a row of Floyd | styrofoam heads. The way out is to the south, and there's a bathroom Floyd | to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The dressing table contains a brush and a musical score. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x heads" | ||||
Floyd | The four white styrofoam heads stand stiffly on the dressing table. Floyd | They look rather ominously ghostly, as they have no faces. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push heads" | ||||
Floyd | You consider rearranging the styrofoam heads, but the dressing table Floyd | doesn't really have room for any pattern apart from the row they're Floyd | already in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get brush" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the brush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get score" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the musical score. Moving the musical score reveals an Floyd | ocarina underneath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the ocarina. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "get ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | The plastic ocarina is about the shape and color of a potato. There Floyd | are a few holes across the top, and a sort of mouthpiece at one side Floyd | for blowing into. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You are already carrying the ocarina. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play score" | ||||
Floyd | The score is far too complex for you to cope with -- Floyd | hemisemidemiquavers by the bushel! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "play ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Front bedroom?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "brush hair" | ||||
Floyd | You give your hair a good brush. Maybe it ends up just a little Floyd | tidier. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x steel door" | ||||
Floyd | The door has no visible knob or handle. It's recessed slightly in the Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "save?" | |||
| smartgenes asks, "what happened to the skateboard?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Under th eporch." | |||
| DB says, "The skateboard is under the porch." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The skateboard is still under the back porch." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | (the bedroom door) Floyd | The bedroom door won't budge; it resists your attempts to open it with Floyd | almost supernatural determination. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I still reckon we need to get batteries, first." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "barge door" | ||||
Floyd | The word "barge" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open brush" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "What the heck? Who lives alone and locks their own bedroom? I'll tell you who... NPCs, that's who." | |||
| DB says, "ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "NPCs with Nasty Secrets." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "a colletion of frogs?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, the title does suggest that, yes. That's true." | ||||
| inky asks, "have you determined what her nasty secret is?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x score" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be the score for an opera called Die Zauberokarina by Floyd | A.W. Trazom. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "They have not." | |||
| DB says, "Well, we already found her nasty wigs. They weren't much of a secret, though." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "play score" | ||||
Floyd | The score is far too complex for you to cope with -- Floyd | hemisemidemiquavers by the bushel! Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "What rooms have we searched already?" | |||
| smartgenes says, "i think there's just the north door left which should lead outside" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "and two button-doors" | ||||
Floyd | The word "button-doors" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play okerina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. You fancy you detect a Floyd | momentary shimmering across the surface of the bedroom door, but Floyd | possibly your eyes are playing tricks on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "We've already been out the back door, I think." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to sg), "If you're mapping, I'm going to leave that task to you." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Assuming it's to the backyard, yeah" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | (the bedroom door) Floyd | You think you hear a faint answering croak on the other side of the Floyd | door, but you can't be quite sure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Bedroom Floyd | This small, square room is furnished in a plain, unattractive style. Floyd | Opposite the bed stands a dressing table, on which is a row of Floyd | styrofoam heads. The way out is to the south, and there's a bathroom Floyd | to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "examine brush in mirror" | ||||
Floyd | You see no brush in the mirror. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" | ||||
Floyd | You look almost exactly the same as the last time you looked in a Floyd | mirror. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Whoa! It's vampiric." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter mirror" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "hold brush" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the brush. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "reflect brush" | ||||
Floyd | The word "reflect" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ghogg goes home. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x knife" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small knife, made of stainless steel. It looks as if it should Floyd | cut through butter readily enough, but it probably wouldn't make much Floyd | of an impression on a rump steak. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Maybe we should just start putting her wigs in the toilet." | |||
| DavidW says, "uh, no." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "they have four colours" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "put green wig on DavidW" | ||||
Floyd | The word "DavidW" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "ha ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I was thinking about shoving them in the toilet and trying to block it. I'm not sure why." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Oh no, and now I want to put a wig each on four frogs, and play makeshift Simon." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I hate to mention this, but there are other items a woman might have to block a toilet with." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I am kind of missing the direct reference between Simon and frogs but we've only seen a toad and just one, right?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "You're not hinting, me hopes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And this woman is old and needn't have those things around." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "and croaking behind hte door" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And I'm not sure why we want to be--oh, true." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, what's the plan, Stans?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "well we could still go down without the light" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead south, back to the landing; Floyd | and east, to the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the kitchen; Floyd | south; west; and up, back to the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You tiptoe down the stairs into the cellar. It certainly is dark down Floyd | here.... Floyd | Floyd | Cellar (in pitch darkness) Floyd | You can't see anything in here, apart from the dim outline of the Floyd | stairs leading back up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | This boxy little room is furnished in a fussy, old-fashioned style. Floyd | The one modern touch is a wide-screen TV, with a couch facing it. A Floyd | low coffee table sits in front of the couch, and a fireplace is set in Floyd | another wall. There's a door to the south, and the open doorway to Floyd | the hall is on the north. Floyd | Floyd | On the mantel is a framed photo. On the coffee table are a yellow Floyd | book and a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x control" | ||||
Floyd | The remote is studded with buttons, but two of them are especially Floyd | large and appear well-thumbed. One is red, the other blue. Around Floyd | the back is a sort of plastic hatch cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | The fireplace has an artificial gas log in it, and a mantel above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x log" | ||||
Floyd | The gas log is gray. Its bark is wrinkled in an unconvincing way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get log" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the gas log. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look under couch" | ||||
Floyd | You get down on your hands and knees to peer under the couch but see Floyd | nothing apart from the floor and a whole lot of dust and fluff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x buttons" | ||||
Floyd | The main buttons of interest are the red button marked ON and the blue Floyd | button marked CHAN. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Maybe I missed this, but can't we get the batteries here?" | |||
| Johnny asks, "Why did we leave the fridge open?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | The coffee table is made of dark wood. On the coffee table are a Floyd | yellow book and a remote control. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "For the light, I think." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | The book is a thick paperback with a yellow cover. It's entitled Floyd | Spell-Casting for Dummies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take remote" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the remote control. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB exclaims, "Oh, batteries from the remote, yes!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open remote" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the remote control reveals an AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the yellow book) Floyd | As you open the book, a piece of paper falls out and flutters to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take battery" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Sweet." | |||
| smartgenes asks, "could we try turning on tv anyway?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put battery in flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | You put the battery in the flashlight and close it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB exclaims, "Good thinking!" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | framed photo: You pick up the framed photo. Floyd | wide-screen TV: The wide-screen TV is too heavy. Floyd | couch: The couch is too heavy. Floyd | coffee table: The coffee table is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to sg), "oops, sorry, got excited." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x couch" | ||||
Floyd | The couch, which is easily long enough for you to lie on, is set Floyd | facing the wide-screen TV. It's covered in a rather depressing shade Floyd | of brown leather, which has become more than a little shiny in some Floyd | places, and scuffed in others. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn on torch" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the small flashlight is now on. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "If you want, we can undo or whatnot." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry. I saw a puzzle solution and I just went crazy." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under couch" | ||||
Floyd | You get down on your hands and knees to peer under the couch but see Floyd | nothing apart from the floor and a whole lot of dust and fluff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||||
Floyd | You can see at a glance that there's nothing under the coffee table, Floyd | unless you count the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like you have to use the remote to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But I suspect the battery might be on a timer..." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the small flashlight reveals an AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Okay, let's head into the dark, then." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to sg), "take us there, please." | |||
| smartgenes says, "nearly missed that paper" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get paper" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | On the piece of paper someone has written, in block capitals with a Floyd | stubby pencil, the phrase "THE MIND POWER OF GLAMOROUS HAIR CLUSTERS." Floyd | Below this is another phrase, which oddly enough is total gibberish: Floyd | "JAH ZQSU WDYHF DI OKGZDFDPX AGQF TKPXJHFX." Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Okay, that's our decoder." | |||
| DavidW says, "By the way, I've almost cracked the code on the wigs." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Cool." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Blond is 'SUMMON RAIN'. Black is 'MAGICAL LOCKING'." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DB), "You want to work on it, or shall I?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Or... DW maybe has them." | ||||
| DB says, "I can do it, if you wish." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x green wig" | ||||
Floyd | The green wig is a mass of greasy green ringlets. Attached to the Floyd | elastic band at the back is a little hand-lettered cardboard tag, Floyd | which reads: TGPXH XKHHW. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "mmkay, please." | |||
| DavidW says, "Green is CAUSE SLEEP." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "how does the code work?" | ||||
| DB says, "Each letter stands for another." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Auburn is MAKE WHEELED VEHICLES SWERVE." | ||||
| DavidW says, "(Which is probably how she got our skateboard in the first place.)" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "but i came out with JOWXA" | ||||
| DB says, "Nope. It's CAUSE." | ||||
| DavidW says (to smartgenes), "I guess you were doing it the wrong way." | ||||
| DB says, "T in the top row does not translate the same as T in the bottom row." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's a simple substitution cipher." | ||||
| DB says, "Er, considering you've arranged the two phrases in rows to compare them." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight (providing light), a glass (full Floyd | of water), a butter knife, four wigs (one green, one auburn, one Floyd | blond, and one black), a brush, a musical score, an ocarina, a remote Floyd | control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, and a framed photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says, "bt with a few letters difference as well" | smartgenes says, "but with a few letters differnce aswell" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | The book is a thick paperback with a yellow cover. It's entitled Floyd | Spell-Casting for Dummies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||||
Floyd | There's an index at the back of the book, where you might be able to Floyd | look up specific topics if any interest you. Ignoring the index for Floyd | the moment, you flip through the book at random, and encounter a Floyd | recipe for a love potion, the principle ingredients of which seem to Floyd | be onions and vacuum cleaner lint. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "So her nasty secret is that her wigs are magical? She's a wig enchantress?" | |||
| DavidW says (to DB), "Actually, that's not the *nasty* secret." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "look up toads" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | The yellow book doesn't seem to have much to say on that subject -- Floyd | nothing you can find in the index, at any rate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "read index" | ||||
Floyd | There's an index at the back of the book, where you might be able to Floyd | look up specific topics if any interest you. Ignoring the index for Floyd | the moment, you flip through the book at random, and encounter a Floyd | numbingly complex description of Polynesian astrology, complete with Floyd | pages of smudgy diagrams. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "look up wig" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index. There's nothing under "wigs," but purely Floyd | by chance you spot an entry for "garments, magical, uses of." This Floyd | section of the book proves to be devoted almost entirely to full-page, Floyd | exotically lighted photos of pointed black hats with wide brims -- but Floyd | a short paragraph reveals that the working of a spell usually requires Floyd | both the wearing of a magically enhanced garment and the performance Floyd | of some other action, such as shooting off firecrackers or plucking Floyd | the feathers from a recently deceased chicken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "I think her nasty secret is she's a bad witch (as in, not good at witching)" | |||
| Johnny says (to Gerynar), "But she got our skateboard." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "look up sleep" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "sleep, inducing." Floyd | On the indicated page, the book explains that to put someone to sleep, Floyd | you need to be wearing a magically prepared garment or head-covering Floyd | and chant a brief incantation while wielding the Sign of the Scarlet Floyd | Fish. Unfortunately, the incantation is written in an alphabet you've Floyd | never seen before, although it may be in the same script as the Floyd | writing on the hairbrush. It looks rather like Arabic, but with a lot Floyd | more squiggles. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You haven't seen enough of the game yet to deduce the secret." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "look up wheeled vehicles" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and after hunting for a bit, find a Floyd | listing for "vehicles, wheeled, causing to swerve." The indicated page Floyd | seems to have been torn out, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look up vehicles" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and after hunting for a bit, find a Floyd | listing for "vehicles, wheeled, causing to swerve." The indicated page Floyd | seems to have been torn out, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look up rain" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "rain, summoning." Floyd | On that page, the book explains that rain can be induced to fall by Floyd | wearing a garment or head-covering imbued with the proper power while Floyd | pouring water on the ground and holding a bamboo stick. The spell for Floyd | adding this power to an ordinary garment is quite intimidatingly Floyd | complex, sad to say, and requires several ingredients that you not Floyd | only don't have but have never even heard of. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "The causing vehicles to swerve thing is just in there as nice backstory, I suspect." | |||
| smartgenes says, "oh i get it you had to write the code backwards" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The code wasn't backwards." | ||||
| DB says, "I was thinking we could make her car swerve if she came back." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Actually, there's more to it. Continue playing the game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm." | ||||
| Johnny says (to DB), "eeagh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "I was thinking the same thing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'm not sure I like knowing when my suppositions are off-base." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So we have rain and sleep." | ||||
| DavidW says, "AND" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, and driving." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But still nothing to reach our stupid skateboard." | ||||
| DavidW says, "A N D" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "yes the code was backwards" | DB asks, "And magic-looking?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "No offence, but you're kind of hinting." | ||||
| DavidW says, "sorry" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Which I'm all for, if we need it." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "THE = JAH = HAJ" | Mathnerd314 says, "we need the items for those; we have fish, but not the other 2" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But I don't think we're at that stage just yet." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "THE = JAH = HAJ" | ||||
| DavidW says, "There were 4 wigs, not 3." | ||||
| DB asks, "Oh, hold on, guys. What if it's not just magical-looking, but if it can be used for magical sight?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Magical locking." | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, locking." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't say looking. LOCKING." | ||||
| DB says, "Okay, that's different." | ||||
| DB says, "Dang." | ||||
| DB says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "Heh. I was trying to follow your logic there for a sec, too." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we reverse the spells?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, that's probably the spell that's on the door." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we reverse it?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Or look them up in the book?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up locking" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "locks, magical." Floyd | On that page is printed the following verse: Floyd | Floyd | Behold I stand at the door and play Floyd | A melody it must obey Floyd | To free the lock that I was glad Floyd | To conjure up when rightly clad. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline puts some duct tape over DW's mouth. Just for now. | |||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait, the music?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Didn't you guys have some music earlier (I was on the phone)?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Maybe if we wear the wig we can play the song on the ocarina?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "yeah...full of hemidemisemiquavers" | ||||
| DB asks, "But if we're wearing the wig?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "right" | ||||
| DB asks, "We weren't rightly clad before, no?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "yeh but we can't play it" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "we have the brush which is the fish for one spell" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of sg), "Could we play it if wearing the wig, like DB suggests?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x blond wig" | ||||
Floyd | The hair of the blond wig sticks straight out, as if it's made of Floyd | clumps of straw. Attached to the elastic band at the back is a little Floyd | hand-lettered cardboard tag, which reads: XPZZDS FGQS. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "so that is SUMMON RAIN" | |||
| DB asks, "It was the blond wig, wasn't it?" | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, wait." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight (providing light), a glass (full Floyd | of water), a butter knife, four wigs (one green, one auburn, one Floyd | blond, and one black), a brush, a musical score, an ocarina, a remote Floyd | control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, and a framed photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x auburn wig" | ||||
Floyd | The auburn wig is short and balloon-shaped. Attached to the elastic Floyd | band at the back is a little hand-lettered cardboard tag, which reads: Floyd | ZGBH YAHHKHU EHAQTKHX XYHFEH. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "for RAIN we need a bamboo stick" | |||
| smartgenes says, "and some miscellaneous ingredients" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "I think that was for imbuing an object with the power for making it rain" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "well you would think that wouldn't you" | ||||
| DB asks, "Which was for magical locking?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x green" | ||||
Floyd | The green wig is a mass of greasy green ringlets. Attached to the Floyd | elastic band at the back is a little hand-lettered cardboard tag, Floyd | which reads: TGPXH XKHHW. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Green causes sleep." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x black" | ||||
Floyd | The black wig is very long, and the curls are tangled. Attached to Floyd | the elastic band at the back is a little hand-lettered cardboard tag, Floyd | which reads: ZGOQTGK KDTBQSO. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, right." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "wear black wig" | ||||
Floyd | After a quick glance in all directions to make sure no one is watching Floyd | while you make such a fool of yourself, you don the wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "play score" | ||||
Floyd | The score is far too complex for you to cope with -- Floyd | hemisemidemiquavers by the bushel! Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "but how can we play play it rightly" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Green = sleep, blonde = rain, black = lock, auburn = vehicle." | ||||
| DB says, "Hm. I thought trying with the wig on would make the difference." | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph! mmph! mmph!" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "the room with the door is north" | ||||
| DB says, "Let's try there, then." | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "play ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The front door vibrates Floyd | for a moment in a dull, heavy way, as if it's becoming darker and more Floyd | massive. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sorry, David. It'd just hurt if I ripped the tape off, and it's better this way." | |||
| smartgenes says, "we can still go down the trapdoor" | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, let's try that." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "was there anything on tv?" | ||||
| DB says, "That's probably where she keeps her brooms, anyway." | ||||
| Johnny says (to sg), "we didn't look" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "and her cane" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look up sleep" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "sleep, inducing." Floyd | On the indicated page, the book explains that to put someone to sleep, Floyd | you need to be wearing a magically prepared garment or head-covering Floyd | and chant a brief incantation while wielding the Sign of the Scarlet Floyd | Fish. Unfortunately, the incantation is written in an alphabet you've Floyd | never seen before, although it may be in the same script as the Floyd | writing on the hairbrush. It looks rather like Arabic, but with a lot Floyd | more squiggles. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "we can't speak the language also" | |||
| DB asks, "So, downstairs, right?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "oh we just translate the letters i think" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "maybe" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "actually not" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'd like to see downstairs, yeah" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "let's get down" | ||||
| Jacqueline gets down. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the kitchen; Floyd | south, back to the sitting room; west; and up, to the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | A battered old wheelchair slumps in one corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pull chain" | ||||
Floyd | You pull the chain, and the cellar is illuminated by a bare lightbulb Floyd | mounted on a rafter at the upper end of the chain. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "lol" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the small flashlight is now off. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So much for me being worried about a timer on the light." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chari" | ||||
Floyd | (x chair) Floyd | Floyd | It may still be functional, but it has clearly seen better days, and Floyd | has hardly been treated with tender loving care. Part of the fabric Floyd | is torn, and several spots of rust are appearing, not least on the Floyd | brake lever. Floyd | Floyd | You recall your mother telling you how poor Mr. Pepper was found dead Floyd | at the foot of the cellar stairs following a tragic accident involving Floyd | his wheelchair. After your various encounters with his widow, you Floyd | find yourself wondering just how accidental his accident actually was. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | It may still be functional, but it has clearly seen better days, and Floyd | has hardly been treated with tender loving care. Part of the fabric Floyd | is torn, and several spots of rust are appearing, not least on the Floyd | brake lever. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oops. Keep forgetting it corrects." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x lever" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a short lever with a worn rubber grip at the end. The Floyd | exposed metal part is beginning to look a bit rusty. Apparently the Floyd | brake is on. It looks as if something may be jamming the lever from Floyd | underneath, but you can't quite see what's back there without looking Floyd | behind the lever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "sit in chair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting in the wheelchair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look behind lever" | ||||
Floyd | Behind the brake lever is a bunch of keys. It looks like they must Floyd | have fallen there from the owner's pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get keys" | ||||
Floyd | The keys seem to be stuck behind the lever; you'll need something to Floyd | move them with, something thin enough to fit behind the lever but Floyd | sturdy enough to dislodge the keys. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oHO" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "dislodge keys with knife" | ||||
Floyd | The word "dislodge" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get keys with knife" | ||||
Floyd | You poke the knife behind the brake lever, and manage to dislodge the Floyd | bunch of keys, which promptly falls onto the ground. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Oh, perhaps we can unlock some doors with these, 'ey?" | |||
| DB says, "Splendid." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "there's the garage" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought the garage was painted shut." | ||||
| DB says, "Painted shut." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "oh" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "too bad we don't have something like a butter knife to try to unstick the painted door" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take keys" | ||||
Floyd | (first standing up) Floyd | You pick up the bunch of keys. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x shelf" | Jacqueline says, "I mean, there's her door, but it's prolly enchanted." | |||
Floyd | The shelf is built high against one wall. On the shelf is a glass jar Floyd | (which contains a small metallic object). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x jar" | ||||
Floyd | The glass jar seems to have been used at one time to hold paint. The Floyd | interior surface is splattered with flecks of white, and a few Floyd | dribbles have flowed down the outside and dried. The jar is quite Floyd | dusty on the outside. It contains a small metallic object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get jar" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the glass jar because the shelf is too high. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the wheelchair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get jar" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting off of the wheelchair) Floyd | You can't reach the glass jar because the shelf is too high. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push wheelchair to wall" | ||||
Floyd | (the north wall) Floyd | Something is stopping the wheelchair from moving -- probably the Floyd | brake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||||
Floyd | You pull the brake lever to its stop. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Take off the brake." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push lever" | ||||
Floyd | You push the brake lever to its stop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove brake" | ||||
Floyd | (from the wheelchair) Floyd | You can't have that; it's part of the wheelchair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | Something is stopping the wheelchair from moving -- probably the Floyd | brake. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i think the answer is the trashcan now we have the front door keys" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The lower end of the Floyd | wire swings free not far from a screw that protrudes from the top of Floyd | the machine. Mounted in the north wall just behind the machine is a Floyd | small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You pull the brake lever to its stop. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | You'll need to be more specific about where you want to push it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push wheelchair to wall" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push wheelchair to shelf" | ||||
Floyd | (the north wall) Floyd | You manage to push the wheelchair over to the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You manage to push the wheelchair over to the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "oh well" | |||
| smartgenes says, "between us we got there" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | The wheelchair starts to roll away as soon as you try to stand on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push lever" | ||||
Floyd | You push the brake lever to its stop. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "ha ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "stand on wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the wheelchair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get jar" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the glass jar. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by three points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I saw that one coming." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x jr" | ||||
Floyd | (x jar) Floyd | Floyd | The glass jar seems to have been used at one time to hold paint. The Floyd | interior surface is splattered with flecks of white, and a few Floyd | dribbles have flowed down the outside and dried. The jar is quite Floyd | dusty on the outside. It contains a small metallic object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get object" | ||||
Floyd | That would be difficult, since the jar isn't open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open jar" | ||||
Floyd | The lid seems to be stuck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open lid with knife" | ||||
Floyd | The jar's lid proves too stubborn for that to work. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take jar" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the glass jar. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "could smash it" | |||
| DB asks, "I'll bet it won't let us break the jar, huh?" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "save and smash?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "drop jar" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The jar plummets to the floor and breaks. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, good." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar (standing on the wheelchair) Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | You see a glass jar (broken) (which contains a small metallic object) Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get jar" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting off of the wheelchair) Floyd | You pick up the glass jar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take object" | DB says, "I was going to say throw it out the window, but a regular drop works just as well." | |||
Floyd | You pick up the small metallic object. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x object" | ||||
Floyd | It's an antique gold brooch, roughly round and about an inch and a Floyd | half in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "YAY" | |||
| DB says, "Oh, sweet." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That silly old bint. How mean of her." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "what is that machine" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "that's the brooch we needed?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Methinks yes." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The lower end of the Floyd | wire swings free not far from a screw that protrudes from the top of Floyd | the machine. Mounted in the north wall just behind the machine is a Floyd | small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small, gray, metal door set into the north wall. A thick cable Floyd | runs up from the door to the ceiling. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "is it a lift?" | |||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the metal door reveals a small box containing a large red Floyd | switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull wire" | ||||
Floyd | Touching the wire gives you a severe shock, so you let go of it at Floyd | once. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "lol" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "hit switch" | ||||
Floyd | Which switch do you mean, the large red switch, or the small Floyd | flashlight? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "red switch" | ||||
Floyd | (the large red switch) Floyd | You cannot attack that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | Which red do you mean, the red button, or the large red switch? Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, pfft." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "flip red switch" | Mathnerd314 says, "the big red button..." | |||
Floyd | Okay, the large red switch is now off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull wire" | ||||
Floyd | You grip the end of the wire between two fingers and give it a little Floyd | tug. It seems to be securely attached to something up in the ceiling, Floyd | but this end is dangling loose -- not the usual situation, with Floyd | electrical wires. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "wasn't expecteing it to be the electrical power switch" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "climb wire" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "attach wire to screw" | ||||
Floyd | To do that, you'll need a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x screw" | ||||
Floyd | The screw protrudes from the top plate of the machine housing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" | ||||
Floyd | It proves to be too stiff to turn by hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "screw" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to screw? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "turn screw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't budge it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "screw you" | ||||
Floyd | I'd really rather not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "screw screw with knife" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to screw the screw. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x red button" | ||||
Floyd | The red button says "ON" in large square letters. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Maybe we should ask the neighbour about the ocarina?" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says, "I don't think we can go outside" | ||||
| DB says, "Why not? We should be able to go right out the back door." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "because the witch will return..." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Maybe Mrs Pepper's nasty secret is why she doesn't have phone." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, it'd be nice to give her back her broach." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass (full of water), a butter Floyd | knife, three wigs (one green, one auburn, and one blond), a brush, a Floyd | musical score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of Floyd | paper, a framed photo, a bunch of keys, a glass jar (broken), and a Floyd | gold brooch. You're wearing a black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Well, we've got her keys, right? Or at least some keys." | |||
| smartgenes says, "i think to go to neighbours" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm down with that, yeah" | ||||
| DB asks, "What would it take to put her to sleep again?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "maybe she speaks brush-arabic-language" | ||||
| DB says, "hah" | ||||
| DB says, "Maybe." | ||||
| DB says, "Let's try it." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "remove wig" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 asks, "map-person? get us out?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the back door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x ramp" | ||||
Floyd | The ramp ascends smoothly from the ground to the porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "give brooch to dogwood" | ||||
Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood doesn't appear to hear you. Perhaps if you were closer Floyd | to her.... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "give brooch to dogwood" | ||||
Floyd | "Hello again," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Hi there, youngster," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | "Do you recognize this brooch, by any chance, Mrs. Dogwood?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Yes! That's it! It's mine! I thought it was gone forever. Thank Floyd | you so much for finding it for me." She takes the brooch and pins it Floyd | to her jacket. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Tale arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask about ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | "My, but you're inquisitive!" she exclaims. "Just a regular little Floyd | chatterbox." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood about spells" | ||||
Floyd | "You don't believe in magic, do you?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | She titters. "Magic? You mean like spells and witchcraft and such Floyd | muck? Certainly not! I'm a sensible modern woman. All the same, one Floyd | hears tales...." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh - guess that's a no" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood about music" | ||||
Floyd | "I hardly know what to say!" she declares. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask about wigs" | ||||
Floyd | "Can you tell me anything about Mrs. Pepper's wigs?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Hideous, aren't they?" Mrs. Dogwood responds promptly. "I don't know Floyd | why she's so fond of them, or where she buys them, but I daresay Floyd | there's no accounting for taste." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood about financial crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a bit complicated to go into right now, dear," she tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "ha ha" | |||
| Jacqueline cackles. | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask about writing on brush" | ||||
Floyd | "Well..." she begins, then shakes her head, "No, I don't have time to Floyd | explain all that now." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask about mozart" | ||||
Floyd | "To tell you the truth," she begins, and then goes off into a rambling Floyd | explanation you lose the thread of somewhere in the middle of the Floyd | third sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask about brush" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a bit complicated to go into right now, dear," she tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "give ocarina to dogwood" | Jacqueline pats David on the head. "There, there, dear." | |||
Floyd | You show the ocarina to Mrs. Dogwood, and her face wrinkles in a Floyd | disgusted frown. "That awful thing? I've heard Mrs. Pepper tootling Floyd | on it, though I don't think she could carry a tune in a basket. She Floyd | only plays it inside the house, thank goodness -- and I fancy the Floyd | noise comes from upstairs." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood to play ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You suspect that trying to boss Mrs. Dogwood around may not be the Floyd | best way to secure her friendly co-operation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're not wearing anything special today -- just a shirt, jeans, and Floyd | a pair of sneakers. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I thought we were wearing a wig still. :(" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "given brush to dogwood" | ||||
Floyd | (give brush to dogwood) Floyd | Floyd | "I'm afraid I'm not all that interested in that right now, dear," she Floyd | replies, with a quick glance at the brush. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "aha! I had foresight and took it off before entering the public." | |||
| DB asks, "Have we tried playing with the wig on in front of the locked door?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "cast sleep" | ||||
Floyd | The word "cast" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "trouble is we cant plat the ocarina" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "wear green wig" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the green wig. Floyd | Floyd | "My goodness," Mrs. Dogwood exclaims. "What's that on your head? It Floyd | looks just like one of Mrs. Pepper's awful wigs. It looks rather Floyd | silly on you, I must say, but I suppose young people's sense of what's Floyd | fashionable or trendy is not quite the same as mine." Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "play" | |||
| DB says, "Nor can Mrs. Pepper, according to Mrs. Dogwood." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "cause sleep" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline laughs at Mrs. Dogwood. | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "look up sleep" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "sleep, inducing." Floyd | On the indicated page, the book explains that to put someone to sleep, Floyd | you need to be wearing a magically prepared garment or head-covering Floyd | and chant a brief incantation while wielding the Sign of the Scarlet Floyd | Fish. Unfortunately, the incantation is written in an alphabet you've Floyd | never seen before, although it may be in the same script as the Floyd | writing on the hairbrush. It looks rather like Arabic, but with a lot Floyd | more squiggles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "read incantation" | ||||
Floyd | The word "incantation" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Did we try playing it just in front of the fireplace, or did we try in front of the locked door, too?" | |||
| DB says, "I can't recall." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "read squiggles on brush" | ||||
Floyd | The word "squiggles" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "say xpzzds fgqs" | ||||
Floyd | The word "xpzzds" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "say sdzzpx sqgf" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "give book to Dogwood" | ||||
Floyd | The word "sdzzpx" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "I'm afraid I'm not all that interested in that right now, dear," she Floyd | replies, with a quick glance at the yellow book. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't think we've tried it in front of the door." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood returns to her gardening. Floyd | Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear black wig" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking off the green wig) Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "this is the wrong door isnt it" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press button" | Mathnerd314 asks, "how about finding the screwdriver?" | |||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i'll just try this" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking we need to understand the music, but we need to be in the landing in any case, I think." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the back porch; Floyd | south, back to the hall; east, to the section of driveway beside the Floyd | house; and down, to the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You can smell the cheese." | |||
| DB says, "It smells horrible." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The bedroom door shimmers Floyd | pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of light is passing across Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | (the bedroom door) Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Yay." | |||
| smartgenes says, "just needed the wig on" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "well done who ever said that Mrs whatshername couldn't play either" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | A pamphlet is lying on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by three points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "I wonder if the cheese is supposed to be Stilton?" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "read pamphlet" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the pamphlet) Floyd | You flip through the pamphlet. A lot of it is both boring and Floyd | unlikely, but you manage to pick up one or two tidbits of information Floyd | that might somehow be useful. First, the odd-looking little man in Floyd | the pot is undoubtedly a garden elf, and not a pixie, leprechaun, or Floyd | hobbit. The illustrations, though crudely drawn, make that pretty Floyd | clear. Second, garden elves are reputed to be a type of plant, not an Floyd | animal at all, though they look like little people. In the wild Floyd | they're quite mobile: They can pop up out of the soil, duck down, and Floyd | pop up again a hundred yards away in the blink of an eye -- but they Floyd | can never venture more than a step or two away from the soil, as they Floyd | have roots, not feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get planter" | ||||
Floyd | To pick up the pot, you'll need both hands free. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | The window is narrow, consisting of a single pane of glass in a wooden Floyd | frame. Curtains hang beside it. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "draw curtains" | ||||
Floyd | The word "draw" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull curtains" | ||||
Floyd | You pull the curtains closed, thereby shutting out much of the light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the curtains) Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Hm... garden elf. Not what I was expecting." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x window" | DavidW says, "mmph!" | |||
Floyd | The window is narrow, consisting of a single pane of glass in a wooden Floyd | frame. Curtains hang beside it. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||||
Floyd | The window affords a view over the front yard and the busy street Floyd | beyond. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh hush. You like that tape, I know it." | |||
| DB says, "ha ha... you guys..." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "talk to garden elf" | DB says, "Crazy times at ClubFloyd." | |||
Floyd | "Hi there!" you say. Floyd | Floyd | In reply, the elf makes soft croaking, choking noises. With an Floyd | effort, he finally manages to force out a few intelligible words: Floyd | "Water -- thirsty. Need water...." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Poor thing." | |||
| DB asks, "We have water, don't we?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "i" | Jacqueline says, "We should help it." | |||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass (full of water), a butter Floyd | knife, three wigs (one green, one auburn, and one blond), a brush, a Floyd | musical score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of Floyd | paper, a framed photo, a bunch of keys, a glass jar (broken), and a Floyd | pamphlet. You're wearing a black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hmph!" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "I dunno, do we?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pour water on elf" | ||||
Floyd | When you lean over the pot and start to tip the glass of tap water Floyd | into it, the elf writhes and convulses as if an electrical current Floyd | were shooting through him. "Nooooo!" he cries in a quivering little Floyd | voice. "Nasty chemicals! Nooo, please. Need nice fresh water, not Floyd | nasty chemical water." He falls back, sobbing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "pour water on elf". Floyd | Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Whoops." | |||
| DB asks, "Well, where can we find fresh water?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Kitchen or bathroom?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "we tried the kitchen already" | ||||
| DB asks, "Was there a garden hose out back?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| DB says, "We could try toilet water." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ties a feather boa around David's neck and pats him on the head again." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "that would be the same water supply surely?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "@emote, darn it. @emote." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The elf looks at you regretfully. Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Bedroom Floyd | This small, square room is furnished in a plain, unattractive style. Floyd | Opposite the bed stands a dressing table, on which is a row of Floyd | styrofoam heads. The way out is to the south, and there's a bathroom Floyd | to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead south, back to the landing; Floyd | and east, to the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, by chem water it means city water." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | The way out is to the west. The normal bathroom stuff is here, Floyd | including a bath, a washbasin and a toilet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "The bird bath?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass (full of water), a butter Floyd | knife, three wigs (one green, one auburn, and one blond), a brush, a Floyd | musical score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of Floyd | paper, a framed photo, a bunch of keys, a glass jar (broken), and a Floyd | pamphlet. You're wearing a black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Birdbath was all dried up." | |||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "empty glass" | ||||
Floyd | Emptying the glass here would only make a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | You drink all the water in the glass; it tastes stale, flat, and Floyd | rather bitter. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Blugh." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "fill glass with toilet water" | ||||
Floyd | You see no toilet water here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "fill glass" | ||||
Floyd | (from the faucet) Floyd | (first turning on the faucet, then putting the glass under it) Floyd | You hold the glass under the faucet until it fills up with water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. The only obvious exit leads west, back to the Floyd | back bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. The only obvious exit leads west, back to the Floyd | back bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Back Bedroom Floyd | This small, square room is furnished in a plain, unattractive style. Floyd | Opposite the bed stands a dressing table, on which is a row of Floyd | styrofoam heads. The way out is to the south, and there's a bathroom Floyd | to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You could easily break an ankle jumping out the window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "fill glass from toilet" | ||||
Floyd | You see no toilet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Oh, man... will we have to mess around with the toilet like in [spoiler]?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pour water" | ||||
Floyd | Emptying the glass here would only make a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "give water to elf" | ||||
Floyd | "Hi there!" you say. Floyd | Floyd | When you lean over the pot and start to tip the glass of tap water Floyd | into it, the elf writhes and convulses as if an electrical current Floyd | were shooting through him. "Nooooo!" he cries in a quivering little Floyd | voice. "Nasty chemicals! Nooo, please. Need nice fresh water, not Floyd | nasty chemical water." He falls back, sobbing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "give water to elf". Floyd | Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i think the bird bath may be the answer" | |||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| DB says, "Let's try it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Make it rain." | ||||
| DB says, "Ooh, right." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "oh yeah" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Then collect from the bath." | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| DB says, "Hey, that's fresh." | ||||
| Jacqueline smiles at David. | ||||
| smartgenes says, "we need to be in the bathroom then" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "wear green wig" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking off the black wig) Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the green wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "well it would just rain on him wouldnt it" | |||
| smartgenes says, "green is sleep" | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, whoops." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear blond" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking off the green wig) Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh, you mean make it rain in here rather than outside?" | |||
| smartgenes says, "but we need a stick" | ||||
| Jacqueline shrugs. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look up rain" | DB says, "Blondes have more fun, anyways." | |||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "rain, summoning." Floyd | On that page, the book explains that rain can be induced to fall by Floyd | wearing a garment or head-covering imbued with the proper power while Floyd | pouring water on the ground and holding a bamboo stick. The spell for Floyd | adding this power to an ordinary garment is quite intimidatingly Floyd | complex, sad to say, and requires several ingredients that you not Floyd | only don't have but have never even heard of. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Bamboo." | |||
| smartgenes says, "oh the ingredients are only if you dont have a wig" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "use the brush? but we should be outside" | ||||
| DB asks, "Anybody seen a bamboo stick around?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we take the little man outside?" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "what is that machine in the cellar?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or do we need to bring the water to him?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or can we do the spell inside?" | ||||
| DB says, "I think we can carry the pot if we drop all." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass (full of water), a butter Floyd | knife, three wigs (one green, one auburn, and one black), a brush, a Floyd | musical score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of Floyd | paper, a framed photo, a bunch of keys, a glass jar (broken), and a Floyd | pamphlet. You're wearing a blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "wave brush" | ||||
Floyd | The word "wave" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "could try the tc maybe for a clue" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "tv not tc" | ||||
Floyd | The word "tc" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "pour water" | ||||
Floyd | Emptying the glass here would only make a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "talk to elf" | ||||
Floyd | "Hi there!" you say. Floyd | Floyd | In reply, the elf makes soft croaking, choking noises. With an Floyd | effort, he finally manages to force out a few intelligible words: Floyd | "Water -- thirsty. Need water...." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask elf about bamboo" | ||||
Floyd | In reply, the elf makes soft croaking, choking noises. With an Floyd | effort, he finally manages to force out a few intelligible words: Floyd | "Water -- thirsty. Need water...." Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "I think we have to be outside" | |||
| smartgenes says, "can't.... speak... at ... nor.. mal.. rate" | ||||
| DB says, "Yeah, we have to pour water on the ground." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take elf" | ||||
Floyd | His legs seem to be firmly rooted in the soil in the pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take pot" | ||||
Floyd | To pick up the pot, you'll need both hands free. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "drop all" | Mathnerd314 says, "so... drop stuff" | |||
Floyd | small flashlight: You set down the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You put the glass down carefully. Floyd | butter knife: You set down the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You set down the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You set down the auburn wig. Floyd | Floyd | blond wig: Floyd | (first taking off the blond wig) Floyd | You set down the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | black wig: You set down the black wig. Floyd | brush: You set down the brush. Floyd | musical score: You set down the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You set down the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You set down the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You set down the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You set down the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You set down the framed photo. Floyd | bunch of keys: You set down the bunch of keys. Floyd | glass jar: You set down the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You set down the pamphlet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get pot" | smartgenes says, "we may need the keys" | |||
Floyd | You pick up the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get keys" | ||||
Floyd | You find that it's impossible to carry anything else while holding the Floyd | heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | The elf looks at you regretfully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The pot is far too heavy for you to carry any distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The pot is far too heavy for you to carry any distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Let's just move the elf out first. We can come back for our stuff." | |||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "2 trips?" | ||||
| DB says, "Oh." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drop elf" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Hm. Can't move 'im around, 'ey?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot" | ||||
Floyd | You push and tug at the pot, but it fails to scoot more than an inch Floyd | or so across the floor. It's too heavy to slide so easily. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get all" | Jacqueline says, "Bring the water to him." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask elf to go outside" | ||||
Floyd | small flashlight: You pick up the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You pick up the glass. Floyd | butter knife: You pick up the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You pick up the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You pick up the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You pick up the blond wig. Floyd | black wig: You pick up the black wig. Floyd | brush: You pick up the brush. Floyd | musical score: You pick up the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You pick up the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You pick up the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You pick up the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You pick up the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You pick up the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You pick up the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You pick up the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You pick up the bunch of keys. Floyd | Floyd | heavy pot: To pick up the pot, you'll need both hands free. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Please use ASK ACTOR ABOUT Floyd | TOPIC (or just A TOPIC). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "throw pot out window" | ||||
Floyd | You see no out window here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "haha" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "jump out window" | ||||
Floyd | You see no out window here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x curtains" | ||||
Floyd | The curtains are made of some thin material printed in a predominantly Floyd | blue chintzy pattern. They're open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "close curtains" | ||||
Floyd | You pull the curtains closed, thereby shutting out much of the light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x curtains" | ||||
Floyd | The curtains are made of some thin material printed in a predominantly Floyd | blue chintzy pattern. They're closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x pot" | ||||
Floyd | The fat brown pot looks to be made of earthenware. It's full of dirt, Floyd | and a small, wrinkled, brownish-green person is lying curled up in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "no difference?" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says, "just go outside and cast the spelll" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "no stick" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "maybe it works anyway" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x wood" | ||||
Floyd | You see no wood here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "mmph!" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x garden" | ||||
Floyd | Over the fence you can see that the garden next door is very well Floyd | tended. Growing in one corner is a spectacular patch of bamboo Floyd | shoots. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | Your skateboard is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "MMPH!" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get bamboo" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get shoot" | ||||
Floyd | The patch of bamboo shoots is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (get short) Floyd | Floyd | You have better things to do than mess with your hair right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x ramp" | ||||
Floyd | The ramp ascends smoothly from the ground to the porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Mrs. Dogwood is working in the garden next door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood about bamboo" | ||||
Floyd | "Hello again," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Hi there, youngster," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | "That's a very impressive patch of bamboo you have there, Mrs. Floyd | Dogwood," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, you like my bamboo," she replies. "I'm quite proud of it. It's Floyd | not as easy to grow in this climate as you might suppose." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get shoot" | ||||
Floyd | (get short) Floyd | Floyd | You have better things to do than mess with your hair right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get bamboo" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Hm..." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood about bamboo" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a very impressive patch of bamboo you have there, Mrs. Floyd | Dogwood," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, you like my bamboo," she replies. "I'm quite proud of it. It's Floyd | not as easy to grow in this climate as you might suppose." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask dogwood for bamboo" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a very impressive patch of bamboo you have there, Mrs. Floyd | Dogwood," you say. "I've always thought it would be fun to have a Floyd | walking cane made of bamboo. I don't suppose there's any chance you Floyd | could cut off one of the pieces for me? You'd hardly miss it!" Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, you like my bamboo," she replies. "I'm quite proud of it. Floyd | Normally I dislike cutting it, but..." She pauses. Floyd | Floyd | "One good turn deserves another!" she adds with a grin. "Now that Floyd | you've returned my brooch, I'd be happy to cut you a piece of bamboo!" Floyd | Floyd | She crosses her garden and returns a few moments later bearing a stick Floyd | of bamboo, which she hands to you over the fence. "Well, I believe Floyd | I've done enough gardening for this afternoon," she finishes. "I'm Floyd | going to go inside now and phone Gladys to tell her all about how a Floyd | nice young person found my brooch and returned it to me." With that, Floyd | she strips off her gardening gloves and trots off toward her back Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by three points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "we need to put her to sleep then nick it?" | |||
| DB exclaims, "Excellent!" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "oh no u got it" | ||||
| smartgenes -) | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're not wearing anything special today -- just a shirt, jeans, and Floyd | a pair of sneakers. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Do we not have the wig on?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get gloves" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "pour water on ground" | ||||
Floyd | The word "gloves" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You pour all the water from the glass onto the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, spellcasting now?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "pour water on ground". Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear blond wig" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pour water" | ||||
Floyd | You pour all the water from the glass onto the ground. Within moments Floyd | after the water splashes onto the ground, a very small but dense gray Floyd | cloud gathers over your head. The brief rumble of thunder sounds more Floyd | like the rattling of a sheet of tin in a cheap theatrical production Floyd | than like real thunder -- but all the same, the cloud dumps a downpour Floyd | of rain onto the ground for about ten seconds before dissipating as Floyd | abruptly as it gathered. As the day is warm, the water on the ground Floyd | swiftly evaporates in tendrils of steam. A good bit of water has Floyd | fallen into the birdbath, however -- so much that it's in no danger of Floyd | evaporating. The birdbath is now full of fresh rainwater. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "yaay jacq was right" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "fill glass with water" | ||||
Floyd | You fill the glass with fresh rainwater from the birdbath. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "fill glass" | ||||
Floyd | (from the birdbath) Floyd | The glass is already full. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Sometimes I can be smart!" | |||
| DB exclaims, "Right on!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drink glass" | ||||
Floyd | You drink all the water in the glass; it tastes nice and fresh. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But only sometimes." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "fill glass" | ||||
Floyd | (from the birdbath) Floyd | You dip the glass in the birdbath and fill it with fresh rainwater. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "give water" | ||||
Floyd | (to the elf) Floyd | "Hi there!" you say. Floyd | Floyd | As the fresh rainwater trickles into the soil of the pot, the elf Floyd | begins to uncurl and stretch. No longer a shriveled ball cowering in Floyd | the pot, he stands up straight, his eyes bright. "Ahh ... ahh! You Floyd | don't know how wonderful that feels! I think maybe I won't die today Floyd | after all. I'd hug you if I could, but --" He bends his knees as if Floyd | trying to lift his feet free of the soil in the pot. "-- I've been Floyd | rather planted, you see. I'm an elf, by the way, in case you hadn't Floyd | guessed." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by four points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "brb" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "talk to elf" | ||||
Floyd | You already have the elf's attention. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, Mrs. Pepper, your skateboard, or the Floyd | pot, or tell him about your skateboard. You could also ask or tell Floyd | him about various other things that might occur to you.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask elf about skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | "Can you tell me how I might be able to get my skateboard out from Floyd | under the porch?" you ask. "I think the space under there is just too Floyd | small for me to crawl in." Floyd | Floyd | "If you could get me downstairs and outdoors, I could certainly Floyd | retrieve it for you," the elf replies. "I did notice that beneath the Floyd | porch is only bare soil, not pavement, so I could go there. But how Floyd | you'll be able to get me downstairs I don't know. This pot looks Floyd | awfully heavy!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "f ask elf for page" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask elf for page" | ||||
Floyd | "Could you give me...?" you begin. Floyd | Floyd | "I doubt it," the elf replies, before you can even complete your Floyd | request. "My powers are very limited, you see." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "back" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look up sleep" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and find a listing for "sleep, inducing." Floyd | On the indicated page, the book explains that to put someone to sleep, Floyd | you need to be wearing a magically prepared garment or head-covering Floyd | and chant a brief incantation while wielding the Sign of the Scarlet Floyd | Fish. Unfortunately, the incantation is written in an alphabet you've Floyd | never seen before, although it may be in the same script as the Floyd | writing on the hairbrush. It looks rather like Arabic, but with a lot Floyd | more squiggles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask elf for page" | ||||
Floyd | "Could you give me...?" you begin. Floyd | Floyd | "I doubt it," the elf replies, before you can even complete your Floyd | request. "My powers are very limited, you see." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask elf to read script" | ||||
Floyd | The elf sees no script. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask elf about writing" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm more concerned about how I might be returned to my native soil," Floyd | the elf says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "break pot" | ||||
Floyd | Painful experience has taught you that breaking things quite often Floyd | gets you into trouble. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "give brush to elf" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't have any use for that, I'm afraid," the elf says. "Thank you Floyd | for showing it to me, though." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask elf to read transcription" | ||||
Floyd | The word "transcription" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look up swerve" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | You thumb through the index and after hunting for a bit, find a Floyd | listing for "vehicles, wheeled, causing to swerve." The indicated page Floyd | seems to have been torn out, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "well what next" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask about car" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm not much of a conversationalist," he admits. "You've stumped me Floyd | ... if you'll forgive the term." Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "I wonder what her red wig was for?" | |||
| smartgenes says, "auburn = swerve" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask elf about black button" | ||||
Floyd | "That's not something I know very much about," he responds. "I'm very Floyd | sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask elf about locked door" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't know what to tell you about that," the elf says, shaking his Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh... I thought auburn was brownish." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ask elf about machine" | ||||
Floyd | "You humans must lead such interesting lives," the elf says. "You're Floyd | just bursting with questions and comments!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask elf about bamboo" | ||||
Floyd | "Have you noticed the beautiful bamboo plant growing in the neighbor's Floyd | yard?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, yes," the elf replies. "From time to time I've seen humans using Floyd | bamboo sticks for magical purposes, but I really don't know anything Floyd | about how that might work. Perhaps you could look it up in the | DB says, "Wikipedia says it's a colour between brown and red." | |||
Floyd | Encyclopedia Enchantica, if you can find a copy." Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I see." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, can we transplant him?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "give book to elf" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't have any use for that, I'm afraid," the elf says. "Thank you Floyd | for showing it to me, though." Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, but wikipedia also distinguishes between auburn (brown) and vivid auburn (quite red)." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "ask elf about screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm more concerned about how I might be returned to my native soil," Floyd | the elf says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "dig soil" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the dirt in the pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "move pot" | ||||
Floyd | You push and tug at the pot, but it fails to scoot more than an inch Floyd | or so across the floor. It's too heavy to slide so easily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take soil" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have that; it's part of the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat dirt" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the dirt in the pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "put elf in glass" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to take the elf) Floyd | His legs seem to be firmly rooted in the soil in the pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Hm... so maybe we need to figure out that machine?" | |||
| Johnny asks, "Could we loosen the soil by pouring water in the pot?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "put soil in glass" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put that anywhere; it's part of the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "there is the window" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | small flashlight: You set down the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You put the glass down carefully. Floyd | butter knife: You set down the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You set down the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You set down the auburn wig. Floyd | Floyd | blond wig: Floyd | (first taking off the blond wig) Floyd | You set down the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | black wig: You set down the black wig. Floyd | brush: You set down the brush. Floyd | musical score: You set down the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You set down the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You set down the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You set down the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You set down the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You set down the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You set down the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You set down the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You set down the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You set down the bamboo stick. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "and that weird machine" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take pot" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "drop pot" | ||||
Floyd | You set down the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline maga says, "So, how close are you to being done so we can play werewolf?" | |||
| Jacqueline | Jacqueline says, "I dunno, but I think we're close. We found the elf and the elf says he can help us get our skateboard but we might have to figure out how to transplant him to different soil." | ||||
| Jacqueline maga looks at me quizzically. | ||||
| Jacqueline | Jacqueline says, "What, doesn't it make perfect sense out of context?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 exclaims, "it should break!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Pretend there were some more pipes in there." | ||||
| DB says, "I hope we're almost done. I need to leave for Lansing in about half an hour." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | small flashlight: You pick up the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You pick up the glass. Floyd | butter knife: You pick up the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You pick up the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You pick up the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You pick up the blond wig. Floyd | black wig: You pick up the black wig. Floyd | brush: You pick up the brush. Floyd | musical score: You pick up the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You pick up the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You pick up the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You pick up the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You pick up the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You pick up the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You pick up the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You pick up the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You pick up the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You pick up the bamboo stick. Floyd | Floyd | heavy pot: To pick up the pot, you'll need both hands free. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "could the machine be picked up?" | |||
| DB says, "Maybe it'll work if we can just fix that wire." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "IRTA 'lancing' as in you had a sword lesson." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "does dogwood have a screwdriver?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She's gone." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She went to call Gladys." | ||||
| Johnny says, "She'll be on the phone all night." | ||||
| Tale says, "Okay, sleep" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "find screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | (in the yellow book) Floyd | The yellow book doesn't seem to have much to say on that subject -- Floyd | nothing you can find in the index, at any rate. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "hehe... nope, heading out to the actual city Lansing." | |||
| Tale slowly fades out of existence. | ||||
| Tale has disconnected. | DB says, "Sword lessons are long over." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "aw" | ||||
| Jacqueline rips the tape off DavidW's mouth. | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are we close to the end?" | ||||
| DB says, "hah" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He's probably fallen asleep. Hope he's not been asfixiated." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Asphyxiated, even." | ||||
| DB says, "I certainly hope not." | ||||
| DB asks, "Should we head back to the machine and attempt to tinker with it?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm pretty sure I kept the duct tape away from his nostrils." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "someone else want to drive while i watch BigBrother" | ||||
| smartgenes reddens | Jacqueline exclaims, "Ack you have the map!" | |||
| DB asks, "What if he had a sinus infection?" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "we never played with the TV" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But we can probably figure it out." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DB), "I probably should have asked him about current medications and such first, but he was spewing out hints and I felt like it was an emergency." | |||
| Johnny says, "The pain is probably still whipping around DavidW's brain." | ||||
| DB says, "ha ha ha" | ||||
| DB says, "She did warn ripping the tape off would hurt." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "That must've been some industrial strength adhesive on there." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I think the black button will only work once we've fixed the machine." | |||
| DB says, "Something tells me they're inter-related, somehow." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x steel door" | ||||
Floyd | The door has no visible knob or handle. It's recessed slightly in the Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x open steel door" | ||||
Floyd | You see no open steel door here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "wear black" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "play ocarina" | ||||
Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The bedroom door slams Floyd | shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "look". Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "play ocarina". Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm with you on the black button, but I'm not much on the fiddly machine puzzles." | |||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "steel door is opened by black button?" | ||||
| DB says, "Think so." | ||||
| DB says, "But we're also thinking machine has to be fixed somehow before button will work." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "any clues on that machine" | ||||
| DB says, "No idea. Let's go look at it." | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| DB says, "hah... he's gotten so used to the tape he thinks it's still on." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "should check what's on tv in case it gives a clue" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x machine" | Jacqueline says (to DW), "We removed your tape because we had a question." | |||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The lower end of the Floyd | wire swings free not far from a screw that protrudes from the top of Floyd | the machine. Mounted in the north wall just behind the machine is a Floyd | small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Is there adhesive stuck between your lips?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We want to know if we're close to the end yet." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Sorry, I completely missed the tape removal. I did visit the washroom." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Duncan has a sword lesson soon." | ||||
| DB says, "Jousting, even." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My bad." | ||||
| DB says, "No prob." | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "is this tape thing in the game?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think you need to solve the machine, move the elf, and I'm sure there's something else outside, and stuff with the skateboard, even." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I forget if there's a room you've missed or not." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x screw" | ||||
Floyd | The screw protrudes from the top plate of the machine housing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So, you're not quite at the end yet." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "remove top plate" | ||||
Floyd | You see no top plate here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x wire" | ||||
Floyd | The wire dangles down from the ceiling. It's covered with black Floyd | insulating material, except for an inch or so at the lower end, which Floyd | has the gleam of bare metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline puts the tape back in place. | |||
| DavidW says, "2/3rds or 3/4ths." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, David." | ||||
| DB says, "hehe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, you mechanically minded puzzle fiends need to fix this machine before Duncan's jousting lesson." | ||||
| DB says, "Yikes." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "put wire on screw" | ||||
Floyd | To do that, you'll need a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Well, I need to close the office in about ten minutes." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Guess that means you need to fix it in under ten minutes, then." | |||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "which way's the TV?" | ||||
| Jacqueline sets her watch. | ||||
| DB says, "I can always play the rest later if I don't get to see the end of it on CF." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "So you can't do it, then." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(I have no idea why I'm in this kind of mood all of the sudden.)" | ||||
| DB says, "Well, probably won't be able to make it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That's not the American spirit." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Where is your American Can Do Attitude(TM)?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to DB), "Well as far as 'wolf goes, I'm generally up for it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If you don't solve it, I'm going to have to, and I suck at these thigns." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, things, even," | ||||
| DB asks, "Will you guys be on later?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Where's this machine? Downstairs?" | ||||
| DB says, "Downstairs." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We probably will be, yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I think you need a screwdriver." | |||
| Gerynar has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline asks, "hrm, right. Forgot about that. We haven't seen one, have we?" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says, "I wanted to turn on the TV..." | ||||
| DB says, "And probably have to remove the screw and connect the wire to something inside the top panel." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DB), "Would you want to reconvene later?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "And if so, when?" | ||||
| DB says, "Well, I wouldn't want to hold everyone up. But I can be back on by probably 9:30ish." | ||||
| DB says, "Jousting takes some time, y'know." | ||||
| DB asks, "Thoughts?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmph!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I'm okay with that." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "9:30 what time zone?" | ||||
| Jacqueline removes the tape again, gentler this time. | ||||
| DB says, "Eastern. It's almost 3 minutes to 7 where I am." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with that." | ||||
| DB says, "Okay." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've been invited to go out later tonight." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "You and your new social life!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But you've also already played this, so." | ||||
| DB asks, "Aw, dang! Who's going to go 'mmph!' at us?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ha. Well, there is that." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I haven't found my notes on this game; they aren't in the binders." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But yeah, Johnny and Duncan and I at 5:30 Alaska time." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And David if his date falls through." | ||||
| DB says, "Okay. So hopefully I'll be back on by around that time and I'll see you guys then." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's not a date, per se. Just an invite to go drinking downtown." | ||||
| DB asks, "Have fun, okay?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photo" | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, one can never predict how these things will turn out." | |||
Floyd | The photo is of Mrs. Pepper and a man you've never seen. She is Floyd | standing with her hand on his shoulder; he is sitting in a wheelchair, Floyd | gazing up at her with an expression that's hard to read -- something Floyd | between fondness and brave dread. She's grimacing at the camera, Floyd | showing her teeth in a way that was probably meant to be a smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, have a good time." | |||
| Ellison says, "later DB" | ||||
| DB says, "I'll see you guys later." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB goes home. | Jacqueline exclaims, "See you after a bit. Knock 'em off their horses!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Darn, he's gone." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Anyway, wolf?" | ||||
| Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline asks, "Or should we save that for after Floyd resumes and finishes?" | |||
| DavidW says, "No wolf for me, thanks." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So as to not have the bot tied up when the time comes?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "You're just in time ... for our hiatus." | ||||
| Ellison says, "WAIT is my favorite command!" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "can I turn on the TV? ..." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "More Guiness and meat pies this evening?" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "whats the score" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Mathnerd), "Probably, but they never tried." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Mathner), "Yes. You can watch Big Brother now." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 485 moves, you have scored 33 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | (To see a detailed accounting of your score, type FULL SCORE.) Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i usually start typing swear words when i get bored" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||||
Floyd | In 485 moves, you have scored 33 of a possible 50 points. Your score Floyd | consists of: Floyd | 1 point for taking the flyer from the telephone pole Floyd | 2 points for locating your skateboard Floyd | 4 points for getting Mrs. Pepper to leave the house Floyd | 2 points for moving the trash can underneath the window Floyd | 3 points for climbing through the window Floyd | 2 points for getting the small flashlight to work Floyd | 2 points for recovering the bunch of keys Floyd | 3 points for getting the glass jar down from the shelf Floyd | 2 points for giving Mrs. Dogwood back her brooch Floyd | 3 points for getting into the front bedroom Floyd | 3 points for getting the bamboo stick from Mrs. Dogwood Floyd | 2 points for filling the glass from the birdbath Floyd | 4 points for watering the elf Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "It's some place I've never been to before. Called 'The Warehouse'." | |||
| smartgenes says, "mathner, Big Bro is awesome this year isnt it" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wait, though... don't do anything that'll drive the plot." | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "I thought you meant the TV in real life!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "He wants to check out the TV." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | This boxy little room is furnished in a fussy, old-fashioned style. Floyd | The one modern touch is a wide-screen TV, with a couch facing it. A Floyd | low coffee table sits in front of the couch, and a fireplace is set in Floyd | another wall. There's a door to the south, and the open doorway to Floyd | the hall is on the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I guess just watching the TV is okay." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says, "I have no real life :-)" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "watch big brother" | ||||
Floyd | The word "watch" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "open flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the small flashlight reveals an AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You'll need to put the battery back." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "put battery in remote" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the AA battery from the small flashlight) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like you have to use the remote to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push on button" | ||||
Floyd | The TV comes on, showing the weather forecast. It seems that the fine Floyd | weather is set to continue for several days, with no immediate Floyd | prospect of rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "well we got that clue already" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "watch tv" | ||||
Floyd | The word "watch" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "whats on the other channel?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" | DavidW says, "yeah. Try the channels." | |||
Floyd | It's already on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "change channel" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show an episode of the long-running Floyd | sitcom "Fiends," about a flat-sharing coven of witches. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The word "change" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show a news broadcast. Apparently Floyd | the President wants to invade Liechtenstein as the next step in the Floyd | War on Error, but no one in the administration knows where it is. Or Floyd | at least, that's the impression you're left with. Naturally, they Floyd | claim to know precisely where it is, and the newscaster is too Floyd | cowardly or too oblivious to point out that they obviously don't. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I don't think we really need the flashlight anymore." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show some boring reality TV show: Floyd | Celebrity Gardeners' Cooking Song Contest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show a badly colorized movie from the Floyd | 1930s, in which W. C. Fields is chasing Mae West around the room with Floyd | a pool cue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show a commercial for a new Floyd | automobile fueled entirely by wind power -- the Ford Gasbag. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "I want that car" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'm going to step away until the appointed time. See you all in 2.5 hours or so." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show the quarter-finals of the Floyd | International Paint-Drying contest; so far as you can tell the red Floyd | emulsion from Canada looks like beating the Chilean white gloss by as Floyd | much as thirty minutes (or so the commentators reckon), but it may be Floyd | another hour or two until a certain result is achieved. You find it Floyd | difficult to tear your eyes away from this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ha ha" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show the latest episode of your Floyd | favorite sci-fi show; too bad you don't have time to stay and watch Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show a current affairs program all Floyd | about the politics of waste disposal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push chan button" | ||||
Floyd | The display on the TV changes to show the weather forecast. It seems Floyd | that the fine weather is set to continue for several days, with no Floyd | immediate prospect of rain. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "aw, no more TV" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search couch" | ||||
Floyd | Searching your settee at home can frequently prove rewarding, since Floyd | there's often the odd dime or quarter or lost bunch of keys fallen Floyd | behind the cushions, but Mrs. Pepper's couch proves obstinately devoid Floyd | of such interesting finds. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "waste disposal?" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | This boxy little room is furnished in a fussy, old-fashioned style. Floyd | The one modern touch is a wide-screen TV, with a couch facing it. A Floyd | low coffee table sits in front of the couch, and a fireplace is set in Floyd | another wall. There's a door to the south, and the open doorway to Floyd | the hall is on the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "y'know. Garbage and recycling." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "search couch" | ||||
Floyd | Searching your settee at home can frequently prove rewarding, since Floyd | there's often the odd dime or quarter or lost bunch of keys fallen Floyd | behind the cushions, but Mrs. Pepper's couch proves obstinately devoid Floyd | of such interesting finds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | The fireplace has an artificial gas log in it, and a mantel above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mantel" | ||||
Floyd | The mantel is a shelf about four feet long, which runs along the wall Floyd | above the fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "search fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look on mantel" | ||||
Floyd | The mantel is a shelf about four feet long, which runs along the wall Floyd | above the fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "x log" | ||||
Floyd | The gas log is gray. Its bark is wrinkled in an unconvincing way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "take log" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the gas log. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "was wondering if the waste disposal was a clue" | |||
| smartgenes says, "pull mantel" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull mantel" | ||||
Floyd | It's firmly fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Just the weather report, I think." | |||
| smartgenes says, "we still have a trashcan" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass, a butter knife, three Floyd | wigs (one green, one auburn, and one blond), a brush, a musical score, Floyd | an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, a Floyd | framed photo, a glass jar (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, and a Floyd | bamboo stick. You're wearing a black wig. The remote control Floyd | contains an AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "and the report on "Fiends"" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "start fire" | ||||
Floyd | The word "start" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "light fire" | ||||
Floyd | It's quite warm enough in here, and you're a bit wary of gas fires. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up bamboo in book" | ||||
Floyd | The yellow book doesn't seem to have much to say on that subject -- Floyd | nothing you can find in the index, at any rate. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "w.c.fields and gardeners were pointers to the garden aswell" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says, "holler if you find something" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "I'll be eating" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | This boxy little room is furnished in a fussy, old-fashioned style. Floyd | The one modern touch is a wide-screen TV, with a couch facing it. A Floyd | low coffee table sits in front of the couch, and a fireplace is set in Floyd | another wall. There's a door to the south, and the open doorway to Floyd | the hall is on the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't remember where the screwdriver is, but I have a guess." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the front door, then trying to open it) Floyd | The front door won't budge; it resists your attempts to open it with Floyd | almost supernatural determination. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, you guys magically locked this door earlier when you didn't know what you were doing." | |||
| Johnny says, "yay" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear black" | ||||
Floyd | You're already wearing it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play okarina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The front door shimmers Floyd | pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of light is passing across Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the front door) Floyd | Floyd | Front Porch Floyd | The front door lies immediately to the north; the front yard is to the Floyd | south. There's a doorbell button just by the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i noted the things down, otherwise it would be hard to remember" | |||
| smartgenes says, "what about getting into the garage" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up orange in book" | ||||
Floyd | The yellow book doesn't seem to have much to say on that subject -- Floyd | nothing you can find in the index, at any rate. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to smartgenes), "yes, I'm curious if the garage can be opened now." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, back to the sitting Floyd | room; and south, to the front yard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||||
Floyd | The weeds look parched and withered. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull weeds" | ||||
Floyd | You've never had any time for weeds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "climb fence" | ||||
Floyd | On any other day, you might consider it. Today you have more Floyd | important things on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The fence looks to be quite solid, and there's no gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garage" | ||||
Floyd | You see no garage here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can and a trash can lid here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the garage door) Floyd | It seems to have been shut for so long that the most recent layer of Floyd | paint has sealed it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garage door" | ||||
Floyd | It's wide enough for a car to be driven through, but it seems to have Floyd | been shut for so long that the most recent layer of paint has sealed Floyd | it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "cut door with knife" | ||||
Floyd | The butter knife doesn't have much of an edge to it. You'd probably Floyd | have a hard time cutting butter with it, let alone the garage door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "lever door" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry door" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push door" | ||||
Floyd | The garage door cannot be moved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "locking spell" | |||
| DavidW says, "Worth a try." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play okarina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. You hear something slam Floyd | shut nearby. The window slams shut. The garage door vibrates for a Floyd | moment in a dull, heavy way, as if it's becoming darker and more Floyd | massive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play okarina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The garage door and the Floyd | windowboth shimmer pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of light Floyd | is passing across them. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes asks, "darker and more massive?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "climb on garage" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look a particularly easy climb, and there's nothing up Floyd | there you want. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It means they became magically locked." | |||
| smartgenes says, "i wish i had an ocarina" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock garage door with keys" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to have been shut for so long that the most recent layer of Floyd | paint has sealed it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove paint" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the layer of paint. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass, a butter knife, three Floyd | wigs (one green, one auburn, and one blond), a brush, a musical score, Floyd | an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, a Floyd | framed photo, a glass jar (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, and a Floyd | bamboo stick. You're wearing a black wig. The remote control Floyd | contains an AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "kick door" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot attack that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open garage door with stick" | ||||
Floyd | The garage door cannot be moved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | On the piece of paper someone has written, in block capitals with a Floyd | stubby pencil, the phrase "THE MIND POWER OF GLAMOROUS HAIR CLUSTERS." Floyd | Below this is another phrase, which oddly enough is total gibberish: Floyd | "JAH ZQSU WDYHF DI OKGZDFDPX AGQF TKPXJHFX." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "knock on garage door" | ||||
Floyd | You knock on the garage door, but nobody answers. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can and a trash can lid here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garage" | ||||
Floyd | The single-car garage is built of weathered planks, which are painted Floyd | an unlikely shade of avocado green. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garage" | ||||
Floyd | The garage is pretty much just a wooden shed. It's painted green, and Floyd | there's a plain wooden door on this side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
Floyd | Which holes do you mean, the excavations, or the ocarina? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the garage door) Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "damm" | |||
| DavidW says, "tada!" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Garage Floyd | The interior of the garage smells dank and musty. A little sunlight Floyd | leaks in through cracks and knotholes, and a pile of clutter occupies Floyd | one corner. A workbench runs along the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A long-handled rake leans against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the workbench is a toolbox. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "got all this way missing a location" | |||
| DavidW says, "okay, we're found new stuff. We probably want to stop." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x cracks" | ||||
Floyd | Sunlight leaks into the garage in streaks and spots through the cracks Floyd | and knotholes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look through knothole" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the cracks and knotholes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x clutter" | ||||
Floyd | The pile of clutter in the corner seems to consist mostly of discarded Floyd | cardboard cartons, which are covered with dust and cobwebs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search cartons" | ||||
Floyd | You poke around among the cartons for a minute, but there seems to be Floyd | nothing of any interest lurking there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get spider" | ||||
Floyd | (get side) Floyd | Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "remove cobwebs" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the junk. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Bet you that there's a screwdriver in the toolbox." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear cardboard box on head" | ||||
Floyd | You see no cardboard box on head here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get toolbox" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the toolbox. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the toolbox reveals a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "screw me" | ||||
Floyd | I'd really rather not. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Garage Floyd | The interior of the garage smells dank and musty. A little sunlight Floyd | leaks in through cracks and knotholes, and a pile of clutter occupies Floyd | one corner. A workbench runs along the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A long-handled rake leans against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x workbench" | ||||
Floyd | The workbench is built along one wall of the garage. It's rather Floyd | stained and nicked, as if someone used it at one time, but now it's Floyd | entirely bare of tools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get rake" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under workbench" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the workbench. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||||
Floyd | (the north wall) Floyd | You see nothing unusual about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "garage door" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open workbench" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garage door" | ||||
Floyd | (the garage side door) Floyd | It's an ordinary door. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "wonder what the rake could be fo" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, that's not obvious?" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "unscrew screw" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to unscrew the screw. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "attach wire to screw" | ||||
Floyd | To do that, you'll need a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i don't really understand the mechanism" | |||
| DavidW says, "The screwdriver is still in the toolbox." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get screwd" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "attach wire" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to attach it to? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "to wire" | ||||
Floyd | You can't attach the wire to that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm sure Jacqueline would like you to stop." | |||
| smartgenes says, "has she got the way" | ||||
| DavidW says, "what? rephrase, please." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "attach wire" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to attach it to? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "to screw" | ||||
Floyd | It appears you'll need both hands. Trying to hold anything other than Floyd | the screwdriver while doing that is just too awkward. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "oops my misteak" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drop all except screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | small flashlight: You set down the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You put the glass down carefully. Floyd | butter knife: You set down the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You set down the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You set down the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You set down the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | black wig: Floyd | (first taking off the black wig) Floyd | You set down the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | brush: You set down the brush. Floyd | musical score: You set down the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You set down the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You set down the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You set down the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You set down the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You set down the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You set down the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You set down the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You set down the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You set down the bamboo stick. Floyd | toolbox: You set down the toolbox. Floyd | rake: You set down the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "attach wire to screw" | ||||
Floyd | Using the screwdriver, you attach the bare metal end of the wire to Floyd | the screw on the top of the machine. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by five points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The wire is attached Floyd | to a screw on the top of the machine. Mounted in the north wall just Floyd | behind the machine is a small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull wheel" | ||||
Floyd | It proves to be too stiff to turn by hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull wire" | ||||
Floyd | There's no reason to disconnect the wire from the machine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press switch" | ||||
Floyd | (the large red switch) Floyd | A low humming sound starts coming from the machinery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The wire is attached Floyd | to a screw on the top of the machine. Mounted in the north wall just Floyd | behind the machine is a small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull wheel" | ||||
Floyd | It proves to be too stiff to turn by hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Are you trying to pull the wheelchair?" | |||
| smartgenes says, "unless this activates the buttons" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "no turn wheel" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" | ||||
Floyd | It proves to be too stiff to turn by hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, I see. You can't turn that wheel by hand." | |||
| smartgenes says, "yeh i noticed" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's not a hand crank. More like a giant pulley." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "enter machine" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "unlockng spell..." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear black" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can wear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | You see a small flashlight, a glass, a butter knife, four wigs (one Floyd | green, one auburn, one blond, and one black), a brush, a musical Floyd | score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, Floyd | a framed photo, a glass jar (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, a Floyd | bamboo stick, a toolbox, and a rake here. The remote control contains Floyd | an AA battery. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | wheelchair: The old wheelchair would be far too awkward to carry. Floyd | small flashlight: You pick up the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You pick up the glass. Floyd | butter knife: You pick up the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You pick up the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You pick up the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You pick up the blond wig. Floyd | black wig: You pick up the black wig. Floyd | brush: You pick up the brush. Floyd | musical score: You pick up the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You pick up the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You pick up the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You pick up the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You pick up the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You pick up the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You pick up the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You pick up the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You pick up the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You pick up the bamboo stick. Floyd | toolbox: You pick up the toolbox. Floyd | rake: You pick up the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wear black" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play flute thingamijig" | ||||
Floyd | The word "flute" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okarina" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play okarna" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The toolbox slams shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play okarina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The toolbox shimmers Floyd | pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of light is passing across Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "bang on door and scream let me in" | ||||
Floyd | The word "bang" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think you must've missed a step." | |||
| smartgenes says, "ok.." | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says, "cast it on the machine wheel" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "only thing i can think is to lever the wheel with the rake" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | DavidW says, "I think you've basically plugged the machine in so it has power, but not turned it on." | |||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "no it's on, it was humming" | |||
| DavidW says, "Yes, it has power. But still." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play okarina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The small metal box slams Floyd | shut. The toolbox vibrates for a moment in a dull, heavy way, as if Floyd | it's becoming darker and more massive. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think you missed an ON button." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "play okarina" | ||||
Floyd | (play ocarina) Floyd | Floyd | You tootle a few sour notes on the ocarina. The small metal door and Floyd | the toolboxboth shimmer pleasantly for a moment, as if a rainbow of Floyd | light is passing across them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The wire is attached Floyd | to a screw on the top of the machine. Mounted in the north wall just Floyd | behind the machine is a small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x housing" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The wire is attached Floyd | to a screw on the top of the machine. Mounted in the north wall just Floyd | behind the machine is a small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x wheel" | ||||
Floyd | You push the red button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The wheel is mounted vertically on the side of the machine. A thick Floyd | metal cable loops around it, extending upward through the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | Which box do you mean, the small metal door, or the toolbox? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "where is the switch described. I don't see that." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "the small metal door of course" | ||||
Floyd | The word "course" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x metal door" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small, gray, metal door set into the north wall. A thick cable Floyd | runs up from the door to the ceiling. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the metal door reveals a small box containing a large red Floyd | switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku leaves. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull switch" | ||||
Floyd | (the large red switch) Floyd | The machinery falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pull switch" | ||||
Floyd | (the large red switch) Floyd | A low humming sound starts coming from the machinery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "feel machine" | ||||
Floyd | It feels pretty solid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "walk inside" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "climb onto machine" | ||||
Floyd | Although you probably could clamber up on top of the machine, it Floyd | doesn't look a particularly secure perch, let alone a comfortable one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "lever wheel with rake" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "rake garden" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "use rake" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize the command USE, because it's a bit too vague; Floyd | please be more specific about what you want to do. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
Floyd | Which holes do you mean, the excavations, or the ocarina? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "excavation" | ||||
Floyd | Holes of various sizes have been dug across the lawn, seemingly at Floyd | random, as if some demented fortune-seeker were desperately seeking Floyd | buried treasure. The more prosaic explanation, given the state of the Floyd | back yard, is that the holes are due to energetic but incompetent Floyd | gardening efforts. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "find the tree" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "search holes" | ||||
Floyd | Which holes do you mean, the excavations, or the ocarina? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "excavation" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing of interest in any of the holes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | This boxy little room is furnished in a fussy, old-fashioned style. Floyd | The one modern touch is a wide-screen TV, with a couch facing it. A Floyd | low coffee table sits in front of the couch, and a fireplace is set in Floyd | another wall. There's a door to the south, and the open doorway to Floyd | the hall is on the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Porch Floyd | The front door lies immediately to the north; the front yard is to the Floyd | south. There's a doorbell button just by the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | A few green leaves cling to the crooked branches of the tree, but Floyd | really it looks more dead than alive. Mrs. Pepper calls it her orange Floyd | tree -- in fact, one of your more memorable run-ins with her occurred Floyd | when she accused you of stealing oranges from the tree. But in truth Floyd | you've never seen an orange growing on the tree. The idea that it's Floyd | an orange tree is purely a theory, as far as you're concerned. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get orange" | ||||
Floyd | It doesn't look too healthy, but it's probably best left where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get branch" | ||||
Floyd | As sickly as the orange tree looks, its branches are still firmly Floyd | attached to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "rake tree" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "hit branch with rake" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot attack those. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "poke tree" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "throw rake at the nutter" | ||||
Floyd | (throw rake at the outer) Floyd | Floyd | The rake falls to the lawn well short of the at the end of the Floyd | driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 exclaims, "skateboard!" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get rake" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x fence" | ||||
Floyd | The fence is tall, and made of solid vertical boards. Once they were Floyd | painted white, but by now they're gray and a bit water-stained. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "go driveway" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can and a trash can lid here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get skateboard with rake" | ||||
Floyd | You see no skateboard here. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "where was it" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x fence" | ||||
Floyd | The fence is tall, and made of solid vertical boards. Once they were Floyd | painted white, but by now they're gray and a bit water-stained. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to stand on the trash can) Floyd | You can't stand on the can after removing the lid. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x fence" | ||||
Floyd | The fence to the north is tall and solid. The fence to the west is Floyd | somewhat lower, allowing you to look over it into the adjoining yard, Floyd | where a neighbor is at work in her garden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get skateboard with rake" | ||||
Floyd | By groping with the rake under the porch, you manage to drag your Floyd | skateboard close enough to get your hands on it -- and then you pick Floyd | it up. Success! Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by four points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "x skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | The flame decals are starting to peel off, but that's because you've Floyd | spent so many happy hours zipping around town on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "zip around" | ||||
Floyd | The word "zip" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "skate" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "now i'm stumped" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 640 moves, you have scored 42 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "he was a skater boi she said see you later boi" | ||||
Floyd | If the game is not understanding you, try issuing your commands in the Floyd | imperative: e.g., THROW THE KNIFE, but not I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO Floyd | THROW THE KNIFE. Chatty sentences such as YOU ARE A VERY STUPID GAME Floyd | will only prove themselves true. Floyd | Floyd | If you really feel that the game is looking for a word that is not a Floyd | verb (as the solution to a riddle, eg.) try some variations, such as Floyd | SAY FLOOBLE. Floyd | Floyd | If you need more help, try the HELP command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "get gnome with skateboard" | |||
| smartgenes says, "oh ye wheel him down" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, back to the back Floyd | porch; south, to the hall; east, to the section of driveway beside the Floyd | house; and down, to the cellar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | screwdriver: You set down the screwdriver. Floyd | small flashlight: You set down the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You put the glass down carefully. Floyd | butter knife: You set down the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You set down the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You set down the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You set down the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | black wig: Floyd | (first taking off the black wig) Floyd | You set down the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | brush: You set down the brush. Floyd | musical score: You set down the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You set down the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You set down the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You set down the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You set down the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You set down the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You set down the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You set down the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You set down the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You set down the bamboo stick. Floyd | toolbox: You set down the toolbox. Floyd | rake: You set down the rake. Floyd | your skateboard: You set down your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get pot" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "put pot on skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "wheel skateboard outside" | ||||
Floyd | The word "outside" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "push" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot north" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot down" | ||||
Floyd | It's not safe to try pushing your skateboard down the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "ah" | |||
| smartgenes says, "hope he survives the crash through the window" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get machine" | ||||
Floyd | It looks impossible to move the machinery and unwise to try. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard is lying on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, c'mon. You must know what the machine is by now." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | There's a short hum and then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "yes it's a lift" | |||
| smartgenes says, "i got it just then" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot in lift" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard out of the landing. Floyd | Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the small compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | The steel door slides shut; a few moments later there is a brief Floyd | humming noise, accompanied by a momentary sensation of lightness. Floyd | Then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pout out" | ||||
Floyd | (push pot out) Floyd | Floyd | You push your skateboard through the steel door. Floyd | Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "now does he like the north garden or the south garden" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot n" | DavidW says, "Holes are in the south." | |||
Floyd | You push your skateboard out of the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot n" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard through the back door. Floyd | Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the back porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot n" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard down the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the back yard. Floyd | Floyd | Moving rather carefully, the elf lifts one foot out of the soil of the Floyd | pot and extends his leg until the foot (it doesn't really look much Floyd | like a foot, but you don't get a very good glimpse) touches the soil. Floyd | In the blink of an eye, his leg takes root. He repeats the procedure Floyd | with the other foot, and then stands before you quite proudly in the Floyd | rocky soil of the yard. Floyd | Floyd | "You've saved me!" he cries. "I'm free from that horrible woman's Floyd | schemes! It was my own fault," he says, looking chagrined. "Her Floyd | garden is such a disaster, so dreadful and dismal and abysmal. Day Floyd | after day I would see her out there raking, and nothing to rake but Floyd | rocks! Finally, one day it was too much for me. I popped up and told Floyd | her in no uncertain terms what a shameful mess she'd made of it. Floyd | Floyd | "She asked for my help. Demanded it, truth be told. I told her, Floyd | there's not much I can do with a garden so decrepit. I can encourage Floyd | a seed to sprout, or perhaps coax a tree to bring forth a few extra Floyd | blossoms, but fill a garden of gravel with flowers and vegetables? It Floyd | would take a hundred elves a hundred days to do it. Floyd | Floyd | "She listened to me, nodding all the while. I thought she understood. Floyd | But then she did -- something, I'm not sure what, except that I think Floyd | it was a magic spell that came from the absurd thing she was wearing Floyd | on her head. I felt myself getting sleepy, and when I awoke I was in Floyd | that lonely room, in this pot, completely cut off from the soil of the Floyd | Earth. Floyd | Floyd | "And then she told me if I wouldn't promise to make her garden grow, Floyd | she would never let me go! I told her it was beyond my poor powers, Floyd | but she didn't want to believe me. Lately she's begun tormenting me Floyd | by not watering me. As if that would convince me to promise something Floyd | I can't possibly achieve. We elves know better than to make promises Floyd | we can't keep. If you hadn't come along, I'm sure I would have dried Floyd | up and blown away before another day had gone by. I'd like to give you Floyd | a reward -- but sad to say, I'm not a leprechaun. I haven't any gold. Floyd | I'm just a common garden elf, with only a tiny bit of vegetable magic Floyd | at my disposal. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, I know what I could do. Let's go to the front yard." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Once he's in a hole, he can move on his own." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't pick up your skateboard while the pot's on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push n" | ||||
Floyd | The north wall is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot n" | ||||
Floyd | The fence looks to be quite solid, and there's no gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot s" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard up the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | "No! No! Not that way!" the elf stops you, his voice strangely Floyd | compelling, "We must go that way!" He nods towards the section of Floyd | driveway beside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot into driveway" | ||||
Floyd | You see no driveway here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot e" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy pot is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard is lying on the floor in the back porch. Floyd | Floyd | On your skateboard is a heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is waiting for you to follow him to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot se" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy pot is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The fence looks to be quite solid, and there's no gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "push pot s" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy pot is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Mathnerd314 says, "you can take the pot off the skateboard..." | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "but i couldn't lift it before" | ||||
| DavidW says, "And just take the skatboard" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You can lift it and put it down." | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "take skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | Your skateboard is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "he said let's go north" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "bury plant" | ||||
Floyd | The word "bury" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "i mean south" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "take pot" | DavidW says, "The plant is already in the soil." | |||
Floyd | The heavy pot is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | Your skateboard is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | "No! No! Not that way!" the elf stops you, his voice strangely Floyd | compelling, "We must go that way!" He nods towards the section of Floyd | driveway beside the house. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | The elf leads the way to the side of the house. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can and a trash can lid here. Floyd | Floyd | The elf beckons you to follow him south along the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "he's out of his body i get it" | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The elf strides ahead of you into the drive. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | The elf nods towards the front yard, indicating that you are to follow Floyd | him westwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The elf accompanies you into the front yard. Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | The elf stops in the middle of the front yard and nods towards the Floyd | tree. "Do you see that poor bedraggled orange tree there? It hasn't Floyd | borne fruit in years, and may never again, unless someone else buys Floyd | this house and nurtures it back to health. But it's not quite dead, Floyd | no indeed. Watch closely now." Floyd | Floyd | He gestures at the nearest branch with his long, slim, gnarled Floyd | fingers. As you watch, a single bud bursts forth at the end of the Floyd | branch. At first no more than a tiny green nub, it swells rapidly. Floyd | In a few seconds a plump, ripe orange is hanging from the branch. Floyd | Floyd | "Go ahead," says the elf. "Pick the orange and enjoy it. It's yours. Floyd | Oh," he adds, handing you your skateboard, "you nearly forgot this." Floyd | Before you can stammer your thanks -- before you can blurt out the Floyd | dozen questions jostling in your head about what it's like being an Floyd | elf, and where he came from, and whether you'll ever see him again -- Floyd | the elf has somehow folded himself inward, like a fast-motion film of Floyd | a growing plant when the film is run backwards. He shrinks and runs Floyd | downward into the soil, and he's gone. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by six points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ah. That's handy. Must be the endgame." | |||
| Mathnerd314 says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||||
Floyd | In 681 moves, you have scored 50 of a possible 50 points. Your score Floyd | consists of: Floyd | 1 point for taking the flyer from the telephone pole Floyd | 2 points for locating your skateboard Floyd | 4 points for getting Mrs. Pepper to leave the house Floyd | 2 points for moving the trash can underneath the window Floyd | 3 points for climbing through the window Floyd | 2 points for getting the small flashlight to work Floyd | 2 points for recovering the bunch of keys Floyd | 3 points for getting the glass jar down from the shelf Floyd | 2 points for giving Mrs. Dogwood back her brooch Floyd | 3 points for getting into the front bedroom Floyd | 3 points for getting the bamboo stick from Mrs. Dogwood Floyd | 2 points for filling the glass from the birdbath Floyd | 4 points for watering the elf Floyd | 5 points for attaching the wire to the machine Floyd | 4 points for retrieving your skateboard from under the porch Floyd | 2 points for using the elevator Floyd | 6 points for freeing the elf from the pot Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "hang on i havent read it" | |||
| Mathnerd314 says, "so, one thing left (to win)" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "skate away" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "ride skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | The word "ride" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The fence looks to be quite solid, and there's no gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | At the End of the Driveway Floyd | You're at the outer end of Mrs. Pepper's driveway, which extends to Floyd | the north alongside her house. Before the house is a square of sadly Floyd | neglected lawn. The sidewalk runs east and west from here, and the Floyd | street is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk Floyd | This stretch of sidewalk runs more or less east-west between the busy Floyd | street to the south and a tall, water-stained fence to the north. Floyd | Just a few yards further west the fence ends where Mrs. Pepper's Floyd | driveway thrusts into the roadway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You've just finished school for the day -- you don't want to go back Floyd | there now! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | There's too much traffic for you to consider crossing the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | At the End of the Driveway Floyd | You're at the outer end of Mrs. Pepper's driveway, which extends to Floyd | the north alongside her house. Before the house is a square of sadly Floyd | neglected lawn. The sidewalk runs east and west from here, and the Floyd | street is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk by the Front Yard Floyd | To the north, across a sadly dried-up and decrepit yard, stands Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's house. You can also go east or west along the sidewalk. The Floyd | busy street is to the south. A telephone pole plastered with the Floyd | scraps of old posters stands here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | After taking a hurried detour to put Mrs. Pepper's possessions back Floyd | where you found them, lock her house and garage, and toss the keys Floyd | under the back porch, you head home, happy as can be: Not only did you Floyd | meet an elf and save him from certain death, but you got your Floyd | skateboard back too. Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVE WON *** Floyd | Floyd | In 691 moves, you have scored 50 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says, "yaay" | Johnny says, "What!" | |||
| smartgenes says, "i enjoyed that" | smartgenes says, "just that confusion at the end when the elf said let's go south, but he could move outside his plant body so that makes sense" | |||
| Johnny says, "Oh, it tied into Ellison's much better joke." | ||||
| Johnny says, "ILAC" | ||||
| Mathnerd314 asks, "save the game?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no, Jacqueline saved the game earlier." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "the buttons that were red herrings were a distraction from the lift" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "seemed a very tight game, it understood most entries" | ||||
| smartgenes asks, "what was it called?" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "credits" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't one of the options. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret" | |||
| DavidW says, "You have to deduce what the secret is." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "that was the toad.. that was her ex-husband" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "escaping" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm, no, I think the toad was just to get you to look under the back porch." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "just running away with the stpry" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "story" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "author" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't one of the options. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | smartgenes says, "wow i'm tired now" | |||
| DavidW says, "You never took the orange, I noticed." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "i did think of that" | ||||
| smartgenes says, "was gonna knock it with the rake" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think once it's grown, you can just take it." | ||||
| smartgenes says, "when someone said one thing to win i knew it was to ride my skateboard away" | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "w". Floyd | Floyd | On the Sidewalk by the Front Yard Floyd | To the north, across a sadly dried-up and decrepit yard, stands Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's house. You can also go east or west along the sidewalk. The Floyd | busy street is to the south. A telephone pole plastered with the Floyd | scraps of old posters stands here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "pick orange" | ||||
Floyd | The orange tree is not something you can pick. Possibly you meant to Floyd | type 'pick up'. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get orange" | ||||
Floyd | The orange tree is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | At the End of the Driveway Floyd | You're at the outer end of Mrs. Pepper's driveway, which extends to Floyd | the north alongside her house. Before the house is a square of sadly Floyd | neglected lawn. The sidewalk runs east and west from here, and the Floyd | street is to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get orange" | ||||
Floyd | The orange tree is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "get orange" | ||||
Floyd | You pick the orange. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "eat it" | ||||
Floyd | You peel the orange carefully, remove a section, and bite into it. Floyd | Quite possibly it's the best-tasting orange you've ever had in your Floyd | life! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "savour that orange" | ||||
Floyd | The word "savour" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "squirt juice" | ||||
Floyd | The word "squirt" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "throw orange" | ||||
Floyd | (at Mrs. Pepper's house) Floyd | The orange hits Mrs. Pepper's house without any obvious effect, and Floyd | falls to the lawn. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The fence looks to be quite solid, and there's no gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The fence looks to be quite solid, and there's no gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk by the Front Yard Floyd | To the north, across a sadly dried-up and decrepit yard, stands Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's house. You can also go east or west along the sidewalk. The Floyd | busy street is to the south. A telephone pole plastered with the Floyd | scraps of old posters stands here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | After taking a hurried detour to put Mrs. Pepper's possessions back Floyd | where you found them, lock her house and garage, and toss the keys Floyd | under the back porch, you head home, happy as can be: Not only did you Floyd | meet an elf and save him from certain death, but you got your Floyd | skateboard back too. Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVE WON *** Floyd | Floyd | In 703 moves, you have scored 50 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | Thanks for playing -- we hope you enjoyed it! Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| *** THEN, THE NEXT DAY *** | ||||
| DB says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I was going to say... do we need to find more duct tapoe?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, tape, even." | ||||
| DB asks, "Did you never tape the tape off?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "Yeah, I'm not *that* mean." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmkay, here we go." | |||
| DavidW says, "If you fill my mouth with tapas instead of tape, it would be tastier." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DB asks, "Alright... did we ever figure out what we need to with this machine?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, we need to fix this machine, and need a screwdriver to do it, is that the plan?" | ||||
| DB says, "I think so." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a small flashlight, a glass, a butter knife, three Floyd | wigs (one green, one auburn, and one blond), a brush, a musical score, Floyd | an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, a Floyd | framed photo, a glass jar (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, and a Floyd | bamboo stick. You're wearing a black wig. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Perhaps we can find a screwdriver in the garage?" | |||
| DB asks, "Or use the knife like a screwdriver?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Do we need a phillips or a flathead?" | ||||
| DB says, "I mean, uh..." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x screw" | ||||
Floyd | The screw protrudes from the top plate of the machine housing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Guess it doesn't say." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "unscrew screw" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to unscrew the screw. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "unscrew screw with knife" | Jacqueline asks, "Did we ever see a screwdriver?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think you're already tried to use the knife as a screwdriver (which didn't work) and it doesn't say what type of screw it is." | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to unscrew the screw. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Right." | |||
| DB says, "Have not seen one." | ||||
| DavidW says, "You haven't seen one." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn screw with key" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot turn anything with that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Where would a screwdriver live? The couch cushions?" | |||
| DavidW says, "The couch has been checked." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Darn" | ||||
| DB says, "I was thinking the garage if there's any way to get it open." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, point." | ||||
| DB asks, "Do you still have the map?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Unfortunately, someone else started mapping, so I kind of quit, but I have part of it here and a generally good idea of the layout." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Where do you want to head, the garage?" | ||||
| DB says, "Well, let's see if we can do anything there, anyway." | ||||
| DavidW says, "If you head outside, you should be able to find the garage. :)" | ||||
| DB says, "Indeed." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, I was looking at the window entrance." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can and a trash can lid here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Perhaps I should have tried just plain east there." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was thinking of the garage door." | ||||
| DB asks, "Hold on, garage was east?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But perhaps there's another entrance." | ||||
| DB says, "Maybe there's a side door." | ||||
| DB says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right." | ||||
| DB exclaims, "Let's try!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the garage door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Garage Floyd | The interior of the garage smells dank and musty. A little sunlight Floyd | leaks in through cracks and knotholes, and a pile of clutter occupies Floyd | one corner. A workbench runs along the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A long-handled rake leans against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the workbench is a toolbox. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oHO" | |||
| DavidW says, "hooray!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Duh" | ||||
| DB says, "Sweet." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "open toolbox" | ||||
Floyd | The word "debris" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Opening the toolbox reveals a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | The toolbox is made of metal, and has a hinged lid. Except for a few Floyd | dents and dribbles of paint, it appears to be in good condition. It's Floyd | open, and contains a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Behold, the only object ever in a toolbox." | |||
| DavidW says, "Not true." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x clutter" | ||||
Floyd | The pile of clutter in the corner seems to consist mostly of discarded Floyd | cardboard cartons, which are covered with dust and cobwebs. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DB), "heehee" | |||
| DavidW says, "I've found other things in toolboxes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search clutter" | ||||
Floyd | You poke around among the cartons for a minute, but there seems to be Floyd | nothing of any interest lurking there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x workbench" | ||||
Floyd | The workbench is built along one wall of the garage. It's rather Floyd | stained and nicked, as if someone used it at one time, but now it's Floyd | mostly bare of tools. On the workbench is a toolbox. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Rake? Need a rake?" | |||
| DB says, "Oh, hold on." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "What if we need to count 69,105 leaves?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Maybe we can reach our skateboard with the rake?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "oHOOOO" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hee hee" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get rake" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take rake" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x rake" | ||||
Floyd | This is the long-handled rake that Mrs. Pepper tried to claw you with. Floyd | Its long metal tines are filthy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Okay, to the back porch?" | |||
| DB exclaims, "Away!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under porch" | ||||
Floyd | Deep in the shadows beneath the porch, you spy your skateboard! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get skateboard with rake" | ||||
Floyd | By groping with the rake under the porch, you manage to drag your Floyd | skateboard close enough to get your hands on it -- and then you pick Floyd | it up. Success! Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by four points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "There it is..." | |||
| Jacqueline high-fives DB. | ||||
| DB exclaims, "Awesome!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | The flame decals are starting to peel off, but that's because you've Floyd | spent so many happy hours zipping around town on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Does that mean we win?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "One would think, but obviously there's something more." | ||||
| DB asks, "What about this nasty secret and the lawn elf?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 511 moves, you have scored 37 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | (To see a detailed accounting of your score, type FULL SCORE.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "There's more to do. Have you forgotten the elf upstairs?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We lack 13 points." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 511 moves, you have scored 37 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Hm..." | |||
| DB asks, "What did he want, again?" | ||||
| DB says, "Let's go talk to him." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Nah, we just don't care about him. We have our skateboard now." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've forgotten what you've done with him so far." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Everyone knows Gen Yers only care about themselves, not garden gnomes or lawn elves." | ||||
| Ellison arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Jacqueline says, "He said he could get our skateboard." | |||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Possibly you can just take the skateboard and go. I haven't tried." | ||||
| DB asks, "Well, we watered him. And he offered to help us get our skateboard?" | ||||
| DB says, "Maybe it's an alternate puzzle solution." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If we somehow got him outside. But now we have our skateboard." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Hi Ellison" | ||||
| DB exclaims, "I knew we needed a reachy thing!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, I'm fine with checking in on the little guy, don't get me wrong." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's go tinker with that machine." | ||||
| DB asks, "Sure, why not?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Even though I hate tinkering with machines." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Well we have the prerequisite screwdriver." | |||
| DB says, "Nothing mechanical should be beyond us now." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "A person with a screwdriver is monarch of its domain, eh?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "You are truly a guy's guy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x machinery" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The lower end of the Floyd | wire swings free not far from a screw that protrudes from the top of Floyd | the machine. Mounted in the north wall just behind the machine is a Floyd | small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "unscrew screw" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to unscrew the screw. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, is this an elevator?" | |||
| DB says, "The mind boggles." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "To a sekrit room, perhaps?" | ||||
| DB says, "It would make sense to have an elevator in the house if Mr. Pepper used a wheelchair." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I mean, how else would the wheelchair have ended up down here?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DB), "Exactly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "screw screw" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to screw the screw. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn screw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't budge it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Also, there are other stairs in the house, aren't there? And the porch. It doesn't seem very accessible." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn screw with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | You give the screw a little twist with the screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "remove screw" | Jacqueline asks, "A little twist. How little a twist?" | |||
Floyd | (from the machinery) Floyd | You can't have that; it's part of the machinery. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn screw with screwdriver" | DB says, "Hm..." | |||
Floyd | You give the screw a little twist with the screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "is her nasty secret that she's handicapped? because that seems kind of able-ist" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "No, her dead husband was in a wheelchair, until he had an 'accident'" | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "That's not the nasty secret." | ||||
| DB says, "No, Mr. Pepper was handicapped. And we think she killed him." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I think it's clear that the nasty secret is that she killed him." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small metal box, recessed into the wall behind a small gray Floyd | door, and containing a large red switch. A thick cable runs up from Floyd | the box to the ceiling. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| inky asks, "is that nasty?" | ||||
| inky says, "maybe she killed and ate him" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's not nice." | ||||
| DB says, "Skateboard search turned murder mystery." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x switch" | ||||
Floyd | Which switch do you mean, the large red switch, or the small Floyd | flashlight? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "large red switch" | ||||
Floyd | (the large red switch) Floyd | It's a large red switch, mounted on the wall in a gray box, and Floyd | currently in the 'down (off)' position. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's understated enough that there's one review on ifdb where the player(s) didn't get what the secret was." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "flick switch" | ||||
Floyd | The word "flick" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "flip red switch" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the large red switch is now on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The lower end of the Floyd | wire swings free not far from a screw that protrudes from the top of Floyd | the machine. Mounted in the north wall just behind the machine is a Floyd | small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "f x cable" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open metal door" | ||||
Floyd | The small metal box is already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x cable" | ||||
Floyd | (the braided metal cable) Floyd | The thick braided metal cable loops around the wheel on the side of Floyd | the machine. From both sides of the wheel, it extends upward through Floyd | small holes in the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter metal door" | ||||
Floyd | (the ocarina) Floyd | The plastic ocarina is about the shape and color of a potato. There Floyd | are a few holes across the top, and a sort of mouthpiece at one side Floyd | for blowing into. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Sometimes, I wonder if pictures would help in situations like this puzzle." | |||
Floyd | > Floyd | You're not an ant! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Likely." | |||
| DB says, "Actually, I think it's part of the mystique... like the old tale of the blind mice that encounter an elephant." | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, sometimes objects hide in plain sight when it's in text." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I don't see why we even do these text adventures anymore, not when there's graphic adventures. Have you guys ever played that Myst game?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I digress." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" | ||||
Floyd | It proves to be too stiff to turn by hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x metal door" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small metal box, recessed into the wall behind a small gray Floyd | door, and containing a large red switch. A thick cable runs up from Floyd | the box to the ceiling. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "well, how likely would you have missed the backdoor to the garage if there was a pic?" | |||
| vimes says, "well, if it's a picture of the front of the garage? pretty darn likely" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, all it said was that the garage was to the east. It didn't say there was a door to the garage to the east, if memory serves." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But yeah." | ||||
| zarf says (to jacq), "Myst? Hum a few bars, I'll see if I can pick it up^H^H^H^H^H^H get Floyd to run it" | ||||
| Alex says (to zarf), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Myst is the best-selling computer game of all time." | ||||
| DavidW says (to vimes), "Well, it wouldn't be from the back of the house." | ||||
| zarf says (to alex), "out of date, bird" | ||||
| Alex exclaims (at zarf), "Awwwk! No parse found!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He told you, z." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Anyway, look at the machine again." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn off switch" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the large red switch is now off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x wire" | ||||
Floyd | The wire dangles down from the ceiling. It's covered with black Floyd | insulating material, except for an inch or so at the lower end, which Floyd | has the gleam of bare metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wasn't there electricity the first time we touched this? We got a shock, iirc." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is it disconnected now, or ?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "touch wire" | ||||
Floyd | The wire fails to shock you. Evidently the switch on the wall is the Floyd | circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. That." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open housing" | ||||
Floyd | You don't have the tools. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB exclaims, "Aw, but we've got the screwdriver!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "This seems pretty straightforward." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "May I?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Of course, I shall be wrong, but still." | ||||
| DB says, "As you please." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tie wire to screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | The word "tie" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wrap wire around screw" | ||||
Floyd | The word "wrap" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I meant screw." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking the wire needs to touch the screwd." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put wire on screw" | ||||
Floyd | It appears you'll need both hands. Trying to hold anything other than | DavidW says, "Try 'attach'" | |||
Floyd | the screwdriver while doing that is just too awkward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | small flashlight: You set down the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You put the glass down carefully. Floyd | butter knife: You set down the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You set down the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You set down the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You set down the blond wig. Floyd | Floyd | black wig: Floyd | (first taking off the black wig) Floyd | You set down the black wig. Floyd | Floyd | brush: You set down the brush. Floyd | musical score: You set down the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You set down the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You set down the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You set down the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You set down the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You set down the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You set down the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You set down the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You set down the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You set down the bamboo stick. Floyd | screwdriver: You set down the screwdriver. Floyd | rake: You set down the rake. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attach wire to screw" | DB says, "I sort of thought it had something to do with opening the panel that the screw holds in." | |||
Floyd | your skateboard: You set down your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | To do that, you'll need a screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take screwdriver" | DB says, "Oh, giggles." | |||
Floyd | You pick up the screwdriver. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attach wire to screw" | ||||
Floyd | Using the screwdriver, you attach the bare metal end of the wire to Floyd | the screw on the top of the machine. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by five points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" | DB says, "Methinks attach is a bit of an obscure verb." | |||
Floyd | wheelchair: The old wheelchair would be far too awkward to carry. Floyd | small flashlight: You pick up the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You pick up the glass. Floyd | butter knife: You pick up the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You pick up the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You pick up the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You pick up the blond wig. Floyd | black wig: You pick up the black wig. Floyd | brush: You pick up the brush. Floyd | musical score: You pick up the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You pick up the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You pick up the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You pick up the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You pick up the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You pick up the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You pick up the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You pick up the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You pick up the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You pick up the bamboo stick. Floyd | rake: You pick up the rake. Floyd | your skateboard: You pick up your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "'put' works too." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn on red switch" | ||||
Floyd | A low humming sound starts coming from the machinery. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oooh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in box" | ||||
Floyd | You can't board that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||||
Floyd | The innards of the machine are concealed by a metal housing. On one Floyd | side is a large vertically mounted wheel, around both sides of which a Floyd | sturdy cable runs up through the ceiling. Not far from the cable a Floyd | black-coated wire dangles down from the ceiling. The wire is attached Floyd | to a screw on the top of the machine. Mounted in the north wall just Floyd | behind the machine is a small metal door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, man. We shoulda tried that." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" | DB says, "Okay, let's go try that black button now." | |||
Floyd | The small metal box is already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, right." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "You lead, DB." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or do you want me to get us there?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the | Jacqueline asks, "It was, um, in the hall?" | |||
Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hall is to the south." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | You push the black button, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |||
| DB says, "Aw, fish crackers." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Watch your mouth." | ||||
| DB says, "hehe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Was there another button somewhere" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It seems like there was." | ||||
| DB says, "Hm... I was pretty sure the workings of the machine related to this button." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "There was another black button upstairs, yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Seems like, though, that if this one doesn't work, that one won't either." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But perhaps we should poke at it just to be certain." | ||||
| DB says, "We could try... if it doesn't work, we'll return to the machine." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | There's a short hum and then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in" | ||||
Floyd | You see no in here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Neat-o." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in door" | ||||
Floyd | (the bedroom door) Floyd | You can't board that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter elevator" | ||||
Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | The steel door slides shut; a few moments later there is a brief Floyd | humming noise, accompanied by a momentary sensation of lightness. Floyd | Then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "whoops" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the steel door) Floyd | The steel door seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "heh... you drive." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, we went down." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "There's just the one button?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Maybe we get in and press the button a few times?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Is it just up and down? That seems... not right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's go ride the elevator. You drive." | ||||
| DB asks, "Was it up from here?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "There's only one button inside the elevator. It goes to two floors." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the back bedroom; Floyd | south, to the front bedroom; west; and down, back to the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to David), "I am tempted to ask you why we would both to fix an elevator that goes to two floors to which we already had access, but instead I'm going to just put some tape over your mouth." | |||
| DavidW says, "You're on the top floor now." | ||||
| Jacqueline puts the tape over his mouth. | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the steel door) Floyd | The steel door seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "He's well intentioned, I realize." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | There's a short hum and then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | (the black button) Floyd | The steel door slides shut; a few moments later there is a brief Floyd | humming noise, accompanied by a momentary sensation of lightness. Floyd | Then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "And... we're in Hall." | |||
| Jacqueline asks (of DB), "Any idea why we did that except to do it for giggles?" | ||||
| DB says, "Well, we were trying to uncover some dastardly secret." | ||||
| DB asks, "Didn't you think it would lead to a lair of some kind?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Or a dungeon?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was kinda hoping it was going to go up another level to where his skellington was stashed." | ||||
| DB says, "I thought just maybe." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Or yeah, down another floor to the underground lair." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 564 moves, you have scored 44 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Close." | |||
| DB says, "Hm..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We need to check out that silly elf." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I really can't think of anything else." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can you?" | ||||
| DB says, "Not really. But we do have our skateboard." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | With some pride, you tell the elf how you got your skateboard out from Floyd | under the porch using the rake. "I'm very happy for you," he says, Floyd | not sounding particularly happy. "I've seen young humans racing down Floyd | the walk on skateboards, and it does look like fun. But I've never Floyd | been on one myself, nor am ever likely to be, since I have roots in Floyd | place of feet." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about elevator" | ||||
Floyd | "Did you know there's an elevator in this house?" you ask the elf. Floyd | Floyd | "What's an elevator?" he replies. "I'm a creature of the Great Floyd | Outdoors, you'll understand. I know very little about what's inside Floyd | houses." Floyd | Floyd | "It's ... well, it's a little room that goes up and down," you Floyd | explain. Floyd | Floyd | "You mean, like a bird?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, no," you admit. "An elevator isn't really very much like a Floyd | bird. It's more like ... oh, never mind." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about elf" | DB asks, "Maybe we could ask Dogwood about it?" | |||
Floyd | "I don't know very much about ... little people," you venture. "Are Floyd | you by any chance an elf?" Floyd | Floyd | "Why, that I am. A good guess. Not a very important elf, though, Floyd | just a common garden elf. My name is Turlix." He bows. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Dogwood? Was that the neighbor?" | |||
| DB says, "Yup." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She went to call Gladys. I'm not sure she's still available." | ||||
| DB says, "But maybe we can talk more to Turlix." | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, right." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Turlix?" | ||||
| DB says, "Tuna wafers." | ||||
| DB says, "Yeah, the elf." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh Turlix." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about me" | ||||
Floyd | "That's not something I know very much about," he responds. "I'm very Floyd | sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask turlix about mr pepper" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm not much of a conversationalist," he admits. "You've stumped me Floyd | ... if you'll forgive the term." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW . o O ( mmm tuna ) | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "What's this about tuna?" | ||||
| DB says, "Nothing, I was using it as a curse word." | ||||
| DavidW | DB says, "Tuna wafers." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. Like fish crackers." | ||||
| DB says, "Indeed, almost exactly like." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "You might spice those up a bit, through in something edgy like a 'poo' or something." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "throw, even" | ||||
| DB says, "No need to be crude about it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about mr pepper" | DB says, "ha ha" | |||
Floyd | "You humans must lead such interesting lives," the elf says. "You're Floyd | just bursting with questions and comments!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, you just asked him that." | |||
| DB says, "Right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I though you asked about her, not him." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "ask elf about wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't know what to tell you about that," the elf says, shaking his Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about elves" | ||||
Floyd | "Do all garden elves live in pots in houses?" you ask. "I mean, I Floyd | wouldn't have guessed." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, no," he says, shaking his head sadly. "I'm being held captive by Floyd | that awful woman. It was my own fault," he says, looking chagrined. Floyd | "Her garden is such a disaster, so dreadful and dismal and abysmal. Floyd | Day after day I would see her out there raking, and nothing to rake Floyd | but rocks! Finally, one day it was too much for me. I popped up and Floyd | told her in no uncertain terms what a shameful mess she'd made of it. Floyd | Floyd | "She asked for my help. Demanded it, truth be told. I told her, Floyd | there's not much I can do with a garden so decrepit. I can encourage Floyd | a seed to sprout, or perhaps coax a tree to bring forth a few extra Floyd | blossoms, but fill a garden of gravel with flowers and vegetables? It Floyd | would take a hundred elves a hundred days to do it. Floyd | Floyd | "She listened to me, nodding all the while. I thought she understood. Floyd | But then she did -- something, I'm not sure what, except that I think Floyd | it was a magic spell that came from the absurd thing she was wearing Floyd | on her head. I felt myself getting sleepy, and when I awoke I was up Floyd | here in this room, in this pot, completely cut off from the soil of Floyd | the Earth. Floyd | Floyd | "And then she told me if I wouldn't promise to make her garden grow, Floyd | she would never let me go! I told her it was beyond my poor powers, Floyd | but she didn't want to believe me. Lately she's begun tormenting me Floyd | by not watering me. As if that would convince me to promise something Floyd | I can't possibly achieve. We elves know better than to make promises Floyd | we can't keep. If you hadn't come along, I'm sure I would have dried Floyd | up and blown away before another day had gone by." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "whoa" | |||
| DB says, "whoa" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we transplant the little bugger?" | ||||
| DB says, "I wonder how... we can't carry the pot around." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right. We'd have to bring something here." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "What do we have, again?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a screwdriver, a small flashlight, a glass, a butter Floyd | knife, four wigs (one green, one auburn, one blond, and one black), a Floyd | brush, a musical score, an ocarina, a remote control, a yellow book, a Floyd | piece of paper, a framed photo, a glass jar (broken), a pamphlet, a Floyd | bunch of keys, a bamboo stick, a rake, and your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "None of that looks useful." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about pot" | ||||
Floyd | "Are you comfortable in that pot?" you ask the elf. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, it's not too bad," he replies. "It will be months before I'm Floyd | root-bound, and if I can't escape from here before then I'm sure I'll Floyd | be dead." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about escape" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm more concerned about how I might be returned to my native soil," Floyd | the elf says. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "So, nasty secret... poor gardening skills and elf kidnapping?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Seems like we need to do the right thing, here, Duncan." | ||||
| DB says, "Right." | ||||
| DB says, "Just... pondering how." | ||||
| DB asks, "Can we get more water from the birdbath and see if he'll grow any bigger?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we could, I suppose." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "On your way out (you'll drive), please check the kitchen for possible make-shift pots." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a large wedge of blue cheese and a stale loaf of Floyd | bread. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x cupboard" | Jacqueline asks, "What's up with the cheese?" | |||
Floyd | It's seen better days, but it still appears functional. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "I don't know, but I'm still of the opinion it could be Stilton." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x cheese" | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
Floyd | The cheese is runny in some spots and dried and crusty in other spots, Floyd | all at the same time. Its odor is remarkable: If it gets much riper, Floyd | it'll probably come when you call it. Phewww! It smells horrible. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmm... Stilton" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take chees" | ||||
Floyd | The word "chees" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga weeps softly | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take cheese" | ||||
Floyd | You'd rather leave it where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "call cheese" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot talk to that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| DB asks (of maga), "Sad for the fate of this cheese?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sad that he can't get Stilton in Alaska." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open fridge" | ||||
Floyd | The fridge is already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in fridge" | ||||
Floyd | The fridge contains a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of blue Floyd | cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in cupboard" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing in the cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "We couldn't transplant him to the glass, right?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "That seems too tiny." | ||||
| DB says, "I don't think so." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Try your watering thing first." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of blue Floyd | cheese. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Oh, I guess the porch does have a ramp." | |||
| DB says, "That's good." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x birdbath" | ||||
Floyd | The gray concrete birdbath is thick and ugly. Its basin is brimming Floyd | with fresh rain water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "fill glass with water" | ||||
Floyd | You fill the glass with fresh rainwater from the birdbath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, cool. You don't even have to wear the wig." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of blue Floyd | cheese. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the back bedroom; Floyd | south, to the front bedroom; west, to the small compartment; and down, Floyd | back to the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pour water on elf" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh, I don't need any more water," the elf assures you. "I'm fine Floyd | now, thanks to your very kind help!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Nuggets." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Fish nuggets?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Poo nuggets." | ||||
| DB says, "Quite possibly fish." | ||||
| DB says, "ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've had fishballs before. Very yummy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about transplanting" | ||||
Floyd | "That's not something I know very much about," he responds. "I'm very Floyd | sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask elf about native soil" | ||||
Floyd | "Where do you usually live?" you ask the elf. "Or grow, or whatever Floyd | it is you do?" Floyd | Floyd | "Almost anywhere there's a bit of soil," he replies. "Even if it's Floyd | gravelly or parched, I don't mind too much." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pot" | ||||
Floyd | The fat brown pot looks to be made of earthenware. It's full of dirt, Floyd | and a small, wrinkled, brownish-green person is standing in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take dirt" | ||||
Floyd | You can't have that; it's part of the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take elf" | ||||
Floyd | His legs seem to be firmly rooted in the soil in the pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dig up elf" | ||||
Floyd | You see no up elf here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "dig elf" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in him with? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Um, rake? Butterknife?" | |||
| DB asks, "Hands?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hands" | ||||
Floyd | You have no reason to dig in him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "dig soil" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't need to mess with the dirt in the pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "transplant elf" | ||||
Floyd | The word "transplant" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get dirt" | Jacqueline says, "Oh oh oh oh" | |||
Floyd | You can't have that; it's part of the heavy pot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oh oh OH OH OH" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "IDEA IDEA IDEA" | ||||
| DB asks, "Yes?" | ||||
| DB says, "It sounds urgent." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Enh, you'll figure it out. I don't want to spoil it for you." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But I think I know how." | ||||
| DB asks, "You do?" | ||||
| DB says, "Hm..." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a screwdriver, a small flashlight, a glass (full of Floyd | water), a butter knife, four wigs (one green, one auburn, one blond, Floyd | and one black), a brush, a musical score, an ocarina, a remote Floyd | control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, a framed photo, a glass jar Floyd | (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, a bamboo stick, a rake, and Floyd | your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "What if we bring the wheelchair up here?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Put him in the chair?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Take him down to the back garden?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That's why we needed to fix the damn lift." | ||||
| DB asks, "Let's see if we can pull the chair up the stairs?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Does the lift go that far down?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Nah - the elvator." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, darn. You're right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "POOO" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, yeah, see if we can carry it up the stairs." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Seems reasonable if it's empty." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the kitchen; Floyd | south, to the sitting room; west, to the small compartment; and up, Floyd | back to the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of blue Floyd | cheese. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is dim and dismal. A flight of stairs leads up. Near the Floyd | foot of the stairs a slim chain dangles from the ceiling. Off to one Floyd | side squats a heavy piece of machinery, and a plank shelf has been Floyd | built into the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | The old wheelchair is resting just by the shelf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get wheelchair" | ||||
Floyd | The old wheelchair would be far too awkward to carry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pull wheelchair e" | ||||
Floyd | Something is stopping the wheelchair from moving -- probably the Floyd | brake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x brake" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a short lever with a worn rubber grip at the end. The Floyd | exposed metal part is beginning to look a bit rusty. Apparently the Floyd | brake is on. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "deeBEE. deeBEE" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push lever" | ||||
Floyd | It's already pushed as far as it will go. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline jumps up and down. | |||
| DB asks, "What's up?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||||
Floyd | You pull the brake lever to its stop. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Nothing. I'm just excited." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x brake" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a short lever with a worn rubber grip at the end. The Floyd | exposed metal part is beginning to look a bit rusty. Apparently the Floyd | brake is off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pull wheelchair e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. The only obvious exit leads up, back to the Floyd | kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "pull wheelchair u" | ||||
Floyd | You can hardly push the wheelchair up the stairs. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "boo" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "We need to make a ramp, maybe?" | ||||
| DB exclaims, "Nooo! C'mon, that's why you pull it!" | ||||
| DB says, "Hm..." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a screwdriver, a small flashlight, a glass (full of Floyd | water), a butter knife, four wigs (one green, one auburn, one blond, Floyd | and one black), a brush, a musical score, an ocarina, a remote Floyd | control, a yellow book, a piece of paper, a framed photo, a glass jar Floyd | (broken), a pamphlet, a bunch of keys, a bamboo stick, a rake, and Floyd | your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, they pulled it somewhere else already to use it to stand on to get something, if memory serves." | |||
| DB says, "Oh, hold on." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "oh?" | ||||
| DB says, "We have something else with wheels." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "DUH" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "OF COURSE WE DO" | ||||
| DB asks, "Maybe we could try that?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That's got to be it." | ||||
| DB says, "Only it's not quite as steerable." | ||||
| DB says, "But, there is a lift." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "right" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, do it to it, DB." | ||||
| DB says, "Okay." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of blue Floyd | cheese. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm even more excited about this plan than the last plan." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "And I was pretty excited about that last plan." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Obvious exits lead north, to the back bedroom; Floyd | south, to the front bedroom; west, to the small compartment; and down, Floyd | back to the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Front Bedroom Floyd | This boxy room is mostly unfurnished. Its most interesting feature is Floyd | a large pot or planter -- the sort of thing you'd expect to see a Floyd | potted palm growing in. In this pot, however, is a small Floyd | brownish-green person. Floyd | Floyd | The door is to the north, and there's a window in the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Why do I always think there's another flight of stairs?" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "drop skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | You set down your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Dunno" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "put pot on skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to take the heavy pot) Floyd | To pick up the pot, you'll need both hands free. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | screwdriver: You set down the screwdriver. Floyd | small flashlight: You set down the small flashlight. Floyd | glass: You put the glass down carefully. Floyd | butter knife: You set down the butter knife. Floyd | green wig: You set down the green wig. Floyd | auburn wig: You set down the auburn wig. Floyd | blond wig: You set down the blond wig. Floyd | black wig: You set down the black wig. Floyd | brush: You set down the brush. Floyd | musical score: You set down the musical score. Floyd | ocarina: You set down the ocarina. Floyd | remote control: You set down the remote control. Floyd | yellow book: You set down the yellow book. Floyd | piece of paper: You set down the piece of paper. Floyd | framed photo: You set down the framed photo. Floyd | glass jar: You set down the glass jar. Floyd | pamphlet: You set down the pamphlet. Floyd | bunch of keys: You set down the bunch of keys. Floyd | bamboo stick: You set down the bamboo stick. Floyd | rake: You set down the rake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "put pot on skateboard" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the heavy pot) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push skateboard n" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard through the door. Floyd | Floyd | Landing Floyd | The landing runs north-south past a steel door to the west. A Floyd | staircase leads down to the floor below, and there's a black button Floyd | low on the west wall. Immediately to the south the bedroom door is Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DB says, "Awesome." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | There's a short hum and then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push skateboard w" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard through the opening. Floyd | Floyd | Small Compartment Floyd | This chamber is not much larger than a closet. The way out is to the Floyd | east, next to a waist-height black button. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the small compartment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW rubs hands gleefully | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | The steel door slides shut; a few moments later there is a brief Floyd | humming noise, accompanied by a momentary sensation of lightness. Floyd | Then the steel door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push skateboard e" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard through the steel door. Floyd | Floyd | Hall Floyd | This hall is little more than a narrow passage connecting the rooms to Floyd | north and south. On the east side a flight of stairs leads up to the Floyd | floor above, and there's an opening to the west, with a black button Floyd | next to it at waist height. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push skateboard n" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard out of the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The kitchen is small, and equipped with the usual appliances, Floyd | including a cupboard, a sink, a stove, and a refrigerator, though most Floyd | of the space is taken up by the unusually bulky wooden table standing Floyd | in the middle of the room. The back door leads north, while to the Floyd | south is an open doorway. A flight of stairs on the west side of the Floyd | room leads down, roughly opposite the window in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | The fridge contains a stale loaf of bread and a large wedge of blue Floyd | cheese. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | There's an overpowering smell of over-ripe cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push skateboard n" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard through the back door. Floyd | Floyd | Back Porch Floyd | The back porch is a plain wooden structure, with no railing or Floyd | decoration. It looks as if it was tacked onto the house as an Floyd | afterthought. It's several feet above the ground, with a ramp leading Floyd | up to one side. The back door leading into the house is just to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the back porch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "push skateboard n" | ||||
Floyd | You push your skateboard down the ramp. Floyd | Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | The back yard is in a dreadful state. Except for a few sorry weeds, Floyd | nothing grows here. Someone has dug holes of various sizes, leaving Floyd | mounds of dirt and gravel everywhere. A concrete birdbath stands in Floyd | the center of the yard. The back porch of the house lies directly to Floyd | the south. Floyd | Floyd | The driveway is off to the southeast, past the corner of the garage. Floyd | The garage itself stands directly to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The elf is standing in the pot that's on your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | Your skateboard comes to rest in the back yard. Floyd | Floyd | Moving rather carefully, the elf lifts one foot out of the soil of the Floyd | pot and extends his leg until the foot (it doesn't really look much Floyd | like a foot, but you don't get a very good glimpse) touches the soil. Floyd | In the blink of an eye, his leg takes root. He repeats the procedure Floyd | with the other foot, and then stands before you quite proudly in the Floyd | rocky soil of the yard. Floyd | Floyd | "You've saved me!" he cries. "I'm free from that horrible woman's Floyd | schemes! I'd like to give you a reward -- but sad to say, I'm not a Floyd | leprechaun. I haven't any gold. I'm just a common garden elf, with Floyd | only a tiny bit of vegetable magic at my disposal. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, I know what I could do. Let's go to the front yard." Floyd | Floyd | > | DB asks, "Okay, so... we just walk to the front yard and he'll follow us, 'ey?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Guess so" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | The elf leads the way to the side of the house. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway by House Floyd | Mrs. Pepper's house lies directly to the west; the drive continues to Floyd | the south, and a gravel path leads around the house to the northwest. Floyd | Standing directly to the north is a detached garage. Floyd | Floyd | You see a trash can and a trash can lid here. Floyd | Floyd | The elf beckons you to follow him south along the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The elf strides ahead of you into the drive. Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | The driveway continues northward along the side of the house, and Floyd | leads south out to sidewalk and beyond it the street. On the east the Floyd | driveway is bordered by a high fence, and Mrs. Pepper's front yard Floyd | lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | The elf nods towards the front yard, indicating that you are to follow Floyd | him westwards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The elf accompanies you into the front yard. Floyd | Floyd | Front Yard Floyd | The front yard is mostly bare dirt and burned-out brown lawn, except Floyd | for a few hardy weeds. A paved walkway crosses it, leading from the Floyd | sidewalk on the south up to the front porch on the north. The Floyd | driveway runs past the yard on the east side, and a tall fence guards Floyd | what must be the neighbors' yard on the west. Growing next to the Floyd | walkway is a scraggly, half-dead tree. Floyd | Floyd | The elf stops in the middle of the front yard and nods towards the Floyd | tree. "Do you see that poor bedraggled orange tree there? It hasn't Floyd | borne fruit in years, and may never again, unless someone else buys Floyd | this house and nurtures it back to health. But it's not quite dead, Floyd | no indeed. Watch closely now." Floyd | Floyd | He gestures at the nearest branch with his long, slim, gnarled Floyd | fingers. As you watch, a single bud bursts forth at the end of the Floyd | branch. At first no more than a tiny green nub, it swells rapidly. Floyd | In a few seconds a plump, ripe orange is hanging from the branch. Floyd | Floyd | "Go ahead," says the elf. "Pick the orange and enjoy it. It's yours. Floyd | Oh," he adds, handing you your skateboard, "you nearly forgot this." Floyd | Before you can stammer your thanks -- before you can blurt out the Floyd | dozen questions jostling in your head about what it's like being an Floyd | elf, and where he came from, and whether you'll ever see him again -- Floyd | the elf has somehow folded himself inward, like a fast-motion film of Floyd | a growing plant when the film is run backwards. He shrinks and runs Floyd | downward into the soil, and he's gone. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by six points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 645 moves, you have scored 50 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "w00t" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying your skateboard. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "645 moves?! wowza" | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "get orange" | ||||
Floyd | You pick the orange. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Head on home?" | |||
| DB says, "Hold on, I wanna eat this orange." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| DB says, "Maybe it's magical." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right" | ||||
| DB says, "... I say that a lot." | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "eat orange" | ||||
Floyd | You peel the orange carefully, remove a section, and bite into it. Floyd | Quite possibly it's the best-tasting orange you've ever had in your Floyd | life! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "x orange" | ||||
Floyd | The orange is round and juicy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "eat orange" | ||||
Floyd | You separate another section of the orange and eat it avidly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "eat orange" | ||||
Floyd | You separate another section of the orange and eat it avidly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh. I missed that the orange can be eaten more than once." | |||
| DB asks, "I wonder how many sections this orange has?" | ||||
| DB says (to Floyd), "eat orange" | ||||
Floyd | You separate another section of the orange and eat it avidly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Perhaps an infinite number." | |||
| DB says (to Floyd), "eat orange" | ||||
Floyd | You finish off the last of the orange, lick your fingers, and toss the Floyd | peel away. Yum! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Maybe it *is* magical." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, guess not." | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, dang." | ||||
| DB says, "Finite, but tasty orange." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, s then w?" | ||||
| DB asks, "Well, time to walk off into the sunset with our skateboard?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | On the Sidewalk by the Front Yard Floyd | To the north, across a sadly dried-up and decrepit yard, stands Mrs. Floyd | Pepper's house. You can also go east or west along the sidewalk. The Floyd | busy street is to the south. A telephone pole plastered with the Floyd | scraps of old posters stands here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | After taking a hurried detour to put Mrs. Pepper's possessions back Floyd | where you found them, lock her house and garage, and toss the keys Floyd | under the back porch, you head home, happy as can be: Not only did you Floyd | meet an elf and save him from certain death, but you got your Floyd | skateboard back too. Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVE WON *** Floyd | Floyd | In 655 moves, you have scored 50 of a possible 50 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hooray! congrats!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well done, Duncan." | ||||
| DB says, "Sweet." | ||||
| DB says, "Thanks." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks for coming back by to finish that." | ||||
| DB says, "That was pretty awesome." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it was." | ||||
| DB says, "Oh, no prob. I was pretty eager to get back to it." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Have we decided on what to play next week?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't know the elf had a name. Looks like he has a lot of topics." | ||||
| DB says, "My apologies I had to leave in the first place, but... jousting." | ||||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I know how hard it is to find a good jousting instructor. Can't keep them waiting." | |||
| DB says, "Well, that was fun." | ||||
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