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| Jacqueline says, "Good morningafternoonevening (whatever it is where you are) and thank you for coming to this year's IntroComp ceremony." | ||||
| maga claps | ||||
| Flourish cheers | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "This is the ninth year for IntroComp, and we coincidentally had nine entries--the largest field of participants since the original IntroComp in 2002." | ||||
| scramble claps | ||||
| zarf says, "yay" | ||||
| Recchi cheers | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "yay!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'd like to begin today by thanking a few people." | ||||
| Johnny says, "awwwww yeaaaaah" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks to Neil deMause for starting the competition, all those years ago. It was a great idea, and continues to be such, and I'm really pleased that I've been able to be a part of that over the years." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks to Dan Shiovitz for streamlining the process a bit this year and automating things a bit behind the scenes and putting out a few small fires for me." | Bishop says (to Johnny), "I've had that impulse on a few occasions...." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks to Sam Kabo Ashwell for updating the site and RSS feed a few times while I was in the wilderness." | ||||
| dsimon arrives from the west. | Flourish says, "Jacq is the only person who can say that and not have it be some pseudo-religious thing" | |||
| nm says, "most people say that metaphorically" | Flourish says, "JINX" | |||
| Recchi says, "haha" | * dsimon has joined the channel. | |||
| nm says, "mmmmf" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks to the authors who chose this competition as a way to premier their ideas to the interactive fiction community." | Flourish says, "You can talk now" | |||
| nm says, "yay" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yay authors" | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |||
| Johnny YAYS | ||||
| maga says, "woo" | ||||
| inky says, "hooray" | ||||
| EmacsUser applauds excessively to make up for his time AFK. | ||||
| dsimon says, ""huzzah!"" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks to everyone who downloaded, experienced, and voted on entries." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "And, finally, a big thank you to everyone who wrote reviews and provided feedback to authors. Therein lies the best prize from IntroComp, and we couldn't do it without you!" | Johnny says, "Gah. Damn caps lock." | |||
| Johnny says, "woo" | dsimon says, "Happens to the best of us." | |||
| zarf asks, "see?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now, on to the results. As I said, it was a pretty large field of entries, relatively speaking. I read several reviews that said they hoped that every entry is completed eventually, and I would concur." | ||||
| Ellison arrives from the west. | DavidW says, "I sucked this year. Should've found more time for IntroComp." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll announce the Honorable entries frist. The Honorable category includes any game that did not finish in the top three. The first of these authors to complete their entry, so long as it's within one year from today, will receive a $20 prize. This includes the following authors:" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "bigboy--oops, I mean Adrien Saurat--for his game Plan 6 from Inner Earth." | ||||
| DavidW claps | ||||
| EmacsUser cheers. | ||||
| Jacqueline claps. | ||||
| inky applauds | ||||
| scramble claps | ||||
| Johnny claps. | ||||
| Flourish claps | ||||
| Recchi claps | ||||
| Ellison cheers | ||||
| dsimon appluads | ||||
| dsimon also applauds | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Adrian doesn't seem to be here, so I shall move on... if any authors are here and want to speak up when their game comes 'round, feel free to speak up." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Next is Doug Jones, for his long overdue release, For the Love Of Ornery Blue Yaks." | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds. | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay!" | ||||
| dsimon cheers | ||||
| DavidW says, "Flooby dooby doo!" | ||||
| Ellison claps. | ||||
| Recchi applauds | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DavidW), "heehee" | ||||
| Johnny claps. | ||||
| scramble applauds | ||||
| Flourish claps | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Kevin Jackson-Mead, for his intriguing glimpse of a world with a God-King in Waker." | ||||
| Jacqueline claps. | ||||
| Johnny zen claps. | ||||
| zarf says, "woo" | ||||
| EmacsUser cheers. | ||||
| Recchi claps! | ||||
| DavidW applauds. | ||||
| scramble claps | ||||
| Flourish claps! | ||||
| dsimon exclaims, "Three cheers!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I should have put Grue Street and PR-IF in the thank yous..." | ||||
| Ellison applauds. | ||||
| Flourish cheers for us! | inky asks, "grue street?" | |||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay PR-IF!" | Jacqueline says, "Boston IF writing group." | |||
| Flourish says, "the PR-IF writers' group" | ||||
| zarf says, "the PRIF workshop group" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I dunno what Grue Street is either." | ||||
| inky asks, "man, you guys have two groups?" | ||||
| Flourish says, "The joke is about a Boston writers' group, Grub Street" | ||||
| zarf says, "nm likes to name things" | ||||
| Flourish says, "Also, PR-IF doesn't really critique in progress IF, but grue street does" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "One is, I think, for discussing IF, the other for writers, and you have to share a WIP to get in the door." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Next is M. M. Kathrel, for the dark and atmospheric introduction Closed Circles." | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds. | zarf says, "Really, PR-IF is a group; Grue Street is an event" | |||
| dsimon claps | ||||
| EmacsUser applauds! | ||||
| Johnny thunder laps. | ||||
| maga claps | ||||
| DavidW claps | ||||
| scramble claps | ||||
| Recchi claps | ||||
| Ellison cheers. | Johnny says, "Oh man, way to accidentally make the lounge PG-13." | |||
| Johnny says, "Er, Auditorium." | ||||
| nm says, "for brief comic mischief" | ||||
| Jacqueline wiggles her finger in her ear to recover from the thunder clap, then continues... | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Fiadotau and Bychkov for their new parser approach in the multimedia experience Peanut Orchestra." | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds. | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "yay!" | DavidW says, "Couldn't run Peanut Orchestra." | |||
| Ellison says, "yay" | ||||
| Johnny woo-indows. | Jacqueline says, "Aw. It, too, is an event." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Alas, me neither." | ||||
| maga says, "that should be new 'parser' approach" | ||||
| scramble says, "yay" | Jacqueline says (to maga), "har" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But yes." | ||||
| maga claps | ||||
| dsimon exclaims, "Huzzah!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Flourish), "sure, I'd like to see it." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ilaw" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Sorry." | ||||
| Flourish says, "OMFG" | Jacqueline says (to DW), "nm is *right* *here*, too." | |||
| Ellison laughs | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And Oliver Ullmann for his much-anticipated second installment in The Duel That Spanned the Ages, Fang vs Claw." | Johnny says, "Ha ha" | |||
| Flourish says, "it was about beta testing my Hogwarts IF. Honestly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, sure." | ||||
| Johnny says, "yeah!" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Woohoo!" | DavidW says (to Johnny), "see, no one will remember the thunder laps now." | |||
| Jacqueline applauds. | ||||
| inky says, "yay sequels" | ||||
| Recchi yaay | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of scramble), "Any words?" | ||||
| dsimon applauds | ||||
| Gunther says, "I think I speak for all the absent authors when I say "bah, humbug" and stomp off in a huff" | ||||
| scramble says, "thank you" | Nitku says, "Actually, 'beta testing my Hogwarts' sounds even worse" | |||
| Ellison cheers | ||||
| maga claps | Flourish says, "Die in a fire, all of you :P" | |||
| scramble says, "not much more to say other than go play episode 1 if you didn't get the story ;)" | maga says, "take it to #HP-innuendo" | |||
| nm dies in a fire | ||||
| inky says, "I assume that's like creatum inferno or something" | ||||
| Jacqueline nods to scramble. "We're really glad you're working on that sequel, and are looking forward to the full release!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So... those of you with a checklist in front of you now know the top three..." | ||||
| scramble says, "thanks again." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If the third place entry is finished within one year from today's date, the author will receive $40. Third place goes to..." | ||||
| Jacqueline leans forward... | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Lea Albaugh, for her twisted tale entitled A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession, or, Memento Moratori!" | ||||
| maga claps | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Hurrah!" | ||||
| DavidW claps. | ||||
| Johnny claps! | ||||
| zarf cheers | ||||
| dsimon claps | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds enthusiastically. | ||||
| Recchi cheers | ||||
| inky says, "hooray" | ||||
| scramble exclaims, "hurray!" | ||||
| Flourish claps! | ||||
| DavidW says, "That was an interesting one." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Is Lea here? I guess she must not be." | ||||
| Ellison claps, as if controlled by other forces. | ||||
| Recchi says (to Ellison), "Haha" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "heehee" | maga says, "hunh. from the conversation here I sort of expected that to win" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "What conversation? Just general game discussion over the past few weeks?" | ||||
| Jacqueline looks around, but doesn't see Lea. | maga says, "reviews, people I've talked to, yes" | |||
| DavidW asks, "So it's between Iain and Robb now?" | ||||
| maga says, "kilt vs. leather jacket" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Where are they?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks again, Lea -- we're looking forward to seeing how you'll make us think outside the box in the full release." | Johnny asks (of DavidW), "What does your checklist say?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "haha" | ||||
| Recchi exclaims (at maga), "Haha!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay. If the second place entry is finished within one year from today's date, the author will receive $60. Second place goes to..." | ||||
| Jacqueline wonders if this pause is dramatic enough. | ||||
| EmacsUser nods. | ||||
| dsimon schooches to the edge of his seat | ||||
| Ellison presses the green space button. | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Robb Sherwin for the introduction to his long-awaited Cryptozookeeper!" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Bravo!" | ||||
| zarf says, "yay" | ||||
| DavidW says, "wow." | ||||
| maga claps | ||||
| dsimon applauds | ||||
| Ellison says, "woo!" | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds quite enthusiastically. | zarf says, "crap, I didn't see that one at all" | |||
| Johnny leans forward--"Yay" | ||||
| scramble exclaims, "yay!" | ||||
| DavidW claps lots. | ||||
| Recchi exclaims, "Awesome! Thanks everyone. :) Thanks, Jacq!!" | Jacqueline asks, "In what way? Didn't play, or didn't see it as second, or?" | |||
| zarf says, "definitely add to PRIF meetup agenda" | ||||
| Flourish cheers | ||||
| nm claps alot | Flourish exclaims, "alot of claps?!" | |||
| Flourish exclaims, "A very promiscuous and unhealthy alot!" | ||||
| Ellison says, "welp, we know the rest. we can all go home now!" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at Recchi), "You're very welcome--thank you for choosing IntroComp as a way to premier your game. We've all been looking forward to it, and are really looking forward to the full release!" | ||||
| maga shakes up a bottle of Worcester sauce and sidles towards to the stage | ||||
| Recchi says, "I just wanted to thank the people that tested real quick - Greg, Drew, Marshall, Worm, Ben, Alex, Taleslinger, Pinback, Brian and Mike. And, of course, none of it would be possible without Kent. Thanks, Kent. :)" | ||||
| EmacsUser claps wildly. | ||||
| Ellison says, "yay Kent" | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds. | ||||
| inky says, "go hugo renaissance" | ||||
| Johnny says, "woo" | ||||
| DavidW says, "woot Hugoliciousness" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "mmmm" | ||||
| scramble applauds | ||||
| Recchi exclaims (at Johnny), "Oh, and Johnny as well. Whoops. Thanks, Johnny!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "woo" | ||||
| Jacqueline applauds for the forgotten Johnny. | ||||
| Ellison says, "hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And, finally, the first place spot. If the first place entry is finished within one year from today's date, the author will receive one hundred cool, crisp American greenbacks." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Though, more likely, I will transfer the cash via PayPal, it won't be crisp, and there'll be currency conversion fees and stuff subtracted from it, but hey! He'll still have enough money for a celebratory dinner!" | nm says, "as soon as we can find the barrelhead" | |||
| Ellison laughs | ||||
| Jacqueline tries to decide if it's even worth being dramatic at this point, given that people now know who the winner is. | dsimon says, "Drama is its own reason" | |||
| zarf says, "write-in candidate!" | ||||
| DavidW rolls the drum across the stage. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "First place..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "...goes to..." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Iain Merrick, for his tantalizing tale of vieux Paris in Tourist Trap!" | ||||
| zarf says, "woo hoo!" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Bravisimo!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Les woots!" | ||||
| Ellison says, "go Iain!" | ||||
| zarf says, "(oui oui)" | ||||
| BoingBall arrives from the west. | ||||
| Jacqueline really applauds as hard as she can. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "ow" | ||||
| Recchi exclaims, "Yaaaay! Congats, Iain!" | ||||
| nm says, "zut alors!" | ||||
| nm says, "I mean, yay" | ||||
| maga exclaims, "yay!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "yeah, absent Iain" | ||||
| scramble exclaims, "Bravo!" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Fromage! Baguette! All that stuff! Yay!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Let's travel forward in time so we can play the full version!" | ||||
| maga exclaims, "soup du jour!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sadly, Iain is not logged in for an acceptance speech. We shall lecture him about that at a later time..." | ||||
| Flourish cheers | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was hoping to see that kilt, too." | ||||
| Flourish says, "Not about Iain not being logged in... just, uh, in general" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh well. Thanks again, everyone. We shall now adjourn to the Toyshop to play the entries as part of this week's ClubFloyd. We'll start with first place and work our way down, and see how many entries we get through this week." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "To get to ClubFloyd, just type >TOYSHOP, and then be sure to @JOINC CLUBFLOYD. See you there!" | ||||
| EmacsUser gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. | ||||
| DavidW says, "huzzah!" | ||||
| ************************************* | ||||
| Playtime! | ||||
| Toyshop and Floyditorium | ||||
| Bulging toychests make this a child's (or child-at-heart's) dream. Play all day, play all night. A small booth has been erected and is staffed by a friendly robot. The sign over it says, "INFOKOM GAMEZ 5 cents". A small notice on the door reads, "PLEASE RETURN TOYS TO THIS ROOM WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM." | ||||
| You can see: banana machine, faucets, toy catalogue, a crystal ball, cuddly walrus, cloak, tic-tac-toe, thermometer, yellow button, waldo whisper object, checkers board, Werewolf rules, Mike Tyson, IF FLOYD'S DOWN, TELL JOTA -- OR ELSE HE WON'T KNOW, frobozz magic dispenser, fun shiny toy, madlibs, jukebox, dfan's quest, orange door, mind chess, storyharp, save button, specimen jar, Best of Speed?, ClubFloyd Suggestions, basketball, midterm monster, green button, Gene Ray, RPS Bot 3000, colourcoding device, a featureless white cube, monkey guru, soda reading 'Don't drink me!', clicker, plea for Jacq's return, Gak, Photocopier, Pun Police Whistle, A Hobbit, long-stemmed red rose, ice cream cone, miniature ifMUD, IF Programmer Barbie, FREE DONUTS machine, orange, bunny burger, a pair of dice, jellybean | ||||
| Players: Waldo, Floyd, Touchy, EmacsUser | ||||
| Visible Exits: northeast (to the Lounge) | ||||
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Johnny arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| maga arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Nitku arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| inky arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Recchi arrives, ready to play with the toys. | * Recchi has joined the channel. | |||
| Johnny asks, "Will there be a short recess?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I promised entrants that we'd play ALL the games. I had no idea nine people would enter." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Or, some non-court term?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Sure, there could be a short recess." | Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Sure, there could be a short recess." | |||
| maga asks, "also, is it feasible to play CZK on Floyd?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Start at... quarter 'til?" | ||||
| dsimon arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says (to maga), "It is, though there will be no sound / images." | |||
| inky says, "seems like we should play half today and half next week, maybe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Wonder if Recchi would prefer we not try." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yeah, I was thinking we'd just get through what we could, then do the rest next week." | ||||
| BoingBall arrives, ready to play with the toys. | dsimon asks, "What order will we play the games in?" | |||
| dsimon says, "Ah, nevermind, I see you mentioned that already" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We shall start with first, second, third, then plow through in some random order through the Honorables." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I've asked Recchi, and he's cool with us trying Cryptozookeeper on Floyd. Huzzah." | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay!" | ||||
| Gunther arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "I really wanna see the full version of Tourist Trap." | |||
| Ellison says, "I want to see how the rooftop chases are handled" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh wow, ywah." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, even" | ||||
| Jacqueline hollers, "ClubFloyd will commence at quarter 'til the hour (12 minutes from now). Make your tea, then get yourself to the Toyshop!" | ||||
| Gunther says, "actually" | ||||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | * Gunther has left the channel. | |||
| Iain asks, "Er, where's the Auditorium?" | ||||
| Gunther says, "you missed it anyway" | ||||
| Johnny says, "We're in the Toyshop!" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "ARGH you missed it!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Johnny says, "TOYSHOP" | ||||
| Iain arrives, full of fun and funk. | Nitku says, "ha ha yay Iain" | |||
| Iain says, "Summoned by Twitter!" | Jacqueline asks, "But hooray for you! Did you hear?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Iain), "Congrats." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Bah." | ||||
| Iain says, "Somehow I had the idea that this was tomorrow." | Iain says, "About a minute ago!" | |||
| Iain arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Iain says, "Summoned by Twitter!" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Iain), "Cograts." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Bah." | ||||
| Iain says, "Somehow I had the idea that this was tomorrow." | ||||
| Johnny says, "It's not a tie, just a typo." | ||||
| Recchi exclaims (at Iain), "Congratulations!!" | ||||
| Nitku exclaims, "Speech! Speech!" | ||||
| Iain says, "Nooooooo" | ||||
| Iain consults his notes. | * | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "I publically stated that I could lecture you for not being here to give your acceptance speech." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "So, um... naughty! bad!" | ||||
| (From Nitku) Iain says, "I haven't prepared anything, only a couple of pages." | Jacqueline says, "Also, you're here just in time to watch us play your game." | |||
| Iain says, "I'm not late, I'm 108 years early!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "YAY" | ||||
| Iain says, "Awesome." | ||||
| Iain says, "OK, so how about you guys play and I can give some commentary." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "You, um, won, by the way. In case you haven't seen the e-mail from me yet." | ||||
| (from Iain) Iain says, "It'll only take 3 or 4 minutes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "Oooh, like a directors cut." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We are on tea-break. We commence in seven minutes." | ||||
| zarf asks (of Iain), "wait, did you find out just from my twittering?" | ||||
| Iain says, "Yes!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hooray, z." | ||||
| zarf says, "new strategy: twitter everything" | ||||
| Iain says, "That makes up for us finding the IF suite via twitter." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to z), "Twitter is what saved Iain and I at PAX, too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Your twittering." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, during the awards I almost thanked all the folks who missed the PAX opening ceremonies and Wil Wheaton's speech because I was busy announcing IntroComp on a whim." | ||||
| Iain says, "Ha ha." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I feel like I owe you guys." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'm glad I announced it when I did - we had a great turn out this year." | ||||
| Iain says, "Wait, I just realised I have to finish this damned game now." | ||||
| Iain asks, "Too late for a recount?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "HAHA YES YOU DO" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "hehe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Iain), "Please finish it!" | ||||
| Iain asks, "Is there some page or recap with the full results?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "#auditorium" | ||||
| Iain says, "Thanks!" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "In which I made the embarrasing mistake of not realizing that Recchi was present." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Recchi), "Sorry." | ||||
| Iain says, "(If I seem idle, I'm busy recapping)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "I'll post a full transcript later today." | ||||
| Ellison says, "csb... but I will be back" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Question: If we've played an entry before, do we need to stay on #cfspoilers?" | ||||
| Iain says, "Ha, it looks like Recchi was almost the only author who *was* there." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Iain), "Yep, and scramble." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to EmacsU), "You can be on this channel, just don't spoil people, and don't give hints unless they ask." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Yeah, that's what I meant. Thanks." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh gosh, we were supposed to start. Are people back? Johnny? Iain? Me?" | ||||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Jacqueline is isquiesque." | ||||
| Iain says, "Oui." | ||||
| Roger arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| Allen arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's start this thang." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load cf10touristtrap" | ||||
| Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Whoops" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ic10touristtrap" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | There's no rush, but by unspoken agreement you both climb up to the Floyd | highest, fastest-moving tier of the ?lev?. The breeze stiffens as you Floyd | ascend, but the ride is surprisingly smooth and pleasantly quiet. Floyd | Plenty of free seats at the top; Emma carefully chooses one, waves at Floyd | you to join her. You gratefully drop the luggage, fling yourself down, Floyd | and take in the view. Floyd | Floyd | Paris! At this height the people seem like toys, the city an elegantly Floyd | sculpted model. You could easily imagine that your seat is stationary, Floyd | and Paris itself is gliding dreamily past. There's no rush, not any Floyd | more, but your heartbeat refuses to slow... Floyd | Floyd | Must be because you've almost arrived. Floyd | Floyd | Tourist Trap Floyd | An Interactive Intro by Iain Merrick Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 100705 / Inform 7 build 6E59 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Emma pinches your arm. At first you think she's feeling the same rush Floyd | of nervous tension as you, but then you realise that she's amused by Floyd | something. Maybe that man sitting nearby? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Iain asks, "Should I comment here or on channel?" | DavidW says, "?lev? => Eleve." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "On channel, please." | Jacqueline says (to Iain), "Also, will the commentary be spoilery? Hopefully not..." | |||
| Iain says, "So my pet peeve is games with 3 or 4 screens of opening text, and I always wanted to keep it terse." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Who hasn't yet played? Anyone?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Ian), "I loved how you revealed objects without 'this is here and that is there'" | ||||
| Iain says, "I don't know if anyone even noticed that there's no room title." | ||||
| Roger says, "I've not played this game, but don't mind me" | ||||
| Iain says, "Or status bar." | ||||
| Roger says, "Hunh Interesting" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Iain), "I did, at first, notice that." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Well, we need someone who hasn't played it to, um, play." | ||||
| Iain says, "(If they noticed they didn't mention.)" | ||||
| Roger says, "Alright then" | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X MAN" | ||||
Floyd | Kind of a beefy guy, maybe in his early 50s. He's wearing a rather Floyd | striking outfit: pinstripe trousers, bottle-green morning coat, yellow Floyd | waistcoat, deep purple ascot, high stiff collar, and a top hat. Must Floyd | be absolutely sweltering, but he shows no signs of discomfort. Floyd | Floyd | He proudly sports mutton-chop sideburns and a rather magnificent Floyd | moustache. He rests both hands on a fine walking-stick. Floyd | Floyd | Your eyes meet for a second, and he gives you a polite nod. Floyd | Floyd | [Maybe you'd like to say something? If so, type TALK, or T for short.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Iain), "I didn't notice that, no." | |||
| inky says, "slashfic" | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X EMMA" | ||||
Floyd | You've never found quite the right word to describe her appearance. Floyd | Rangy? Gamine? Gawky, even. Sometimes she laughs at your attempts, Floyd | sometimes she scowls. Dark hair, dark eyes, cute by any objective Floyd | standard. Aren't you lucky? Floyd | Floyd | She's wearing a kind of hipster-ish ensemble that looks great on her Floyd | (just don't actually say "hipster" in her hearing). Long loose shirt Floyd | over fitted tee, cut-offs over leggings, canvas shoes, messenger bag, Floyd | chunky specs, and -- you're in Paris, after all -- a beret. Floyd | Floyd | Emma tries not to be too obvious about looking at the Floyd | strangely-dressed man. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Is it wrong to say that I pictured Jason Scott when I read that description? I suppose it is, and I shouldn't mention it." | |||
| EmacsUser says, ""(belated) I also liked that there was a goal immediately." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Somehow I thought of Miseri when I saw the 'x man' response." | ||||
| Iain says, "It isn't him! Although you're not the first to say that." | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X ME" | ||||
Floyd | You're Robbie Teyte, 29 years and some several months old. Never Floyd | really figured out what you want from life; not that you're feeling Floyd | any pressure, but maybe a little bit at a loose end. You wanted to do Floyd | something a bit different, a bit romantic, a bit adventurous. "Dirty Floyd | weekend!" Emma said by way of summary. "I'm so there." Floyd | Floyd | Or maybe you just wanted to know what you look like? You don't have a Floyd | mirror handy, sorry. Don't worry about it, I'm sure you look just Floyd | fine. Floyd | Floyd | The man coughs. "Do pardon my curiosity," he says, "but are you by any Floyd | chance en route to the Hotel Guiraud?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes we are," Emma says cheerfully. "Hotel Guiraud and Old Paris. How Floyd | did you know? I suppose we look like the most awful tourists." Floyd | Floyd | "Not at all, not at all," he replies grandly. "As a matter of fact it Floyd | was your luggage." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm... Mis, yeah. Now I am wondering how many other mudders have mutton-chops." | ||||
| inky asks, "where did 'Teyte' come from as last name?" | ||||
| Iain says, "Probably the hardest bit was figuring out what people should wear, although it's a good excuse to go around looking at well-dressed women." | ||||
| Iain says (to inky), "Aha, good question." | ||||
| maga says, "yeah, Robbie yelled 'Scottish' at me and then Teyte left me at sea a bit" | ||||
| Roger says, "I find myself wondering if we're speaking English or not" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I wondered that, too, Roger." | ||||
| Iain says, "That comes from Maggie Teyte, who was an opera singer in the 1900s." | ||||
| Iain says, "She doesn't have any relevance to the plot -- OR DOES SHE -- except thematically." | ||||
| inky says, "aha" | ||||
| Roger asks, "You go through all the trouble to give eleve accents, but not Hotel?" | ||||
| Iain says, "Heh." | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "TALK TO EMMA" | ||||
Floyd | [In this game, you don't need to specify a person or topic when Floyd | talking. Just type TALK, or T for short, and I'll show a menu of Floyd | things you might want to say.] Floyd | Floyd | [To say something, type a number. Or you can ignore the menu and do Floyd | something else. If at any time you want to talk but there's no menu, Floyd | just type TALK again.] Floyd | Floyd | 1. Introduce yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | "Hey," you say, "I'm Robbie. Pleased to meet you." Floyd | Floyd | "Hi!" Emma says. "Emma." Floyd | Floyd | "Enchanted," the strangely-dressed man says. "The pleasure is mine, I Floyd | assure you. George Austerley, at your service." And he gallantly Floyd | raises his top hat. Floyd | Floyd | "Wow, thank you," Emma says. "Rob, you need a hat like that." | inky says, "ha ha oops" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | 1. "What was that about luggage?" Floyd | 2. "Do you visit Old Paris a lot?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "The Eleve is meant to be kind of an HG Wells / Asimov thing, but maga informed me that it was actually a real thing (albeit briefly)." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh?" | ||||
| Iain says, "[LINK]" | ||||
| Iain says, "Mine is bigger." | ||||
| Roger says, "And has places to sit" | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | "What's wrong with our luggage?" you ask. (You have certain dark Floyd | opinions of your own on the topic.) Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, nothing wrong -- nothing wrong at all -- quite the opposite," Floyd | George says. "In fact it rather resembles my own, as you can see." He Floyd | gestures with his walking-stick, and you suddenly notice that he, too, Floyd | has a massive unwieldy trunk, stowed neatly under the seat next to Floyd | him. "The very thing for a journey to the past." Floyd | Floyd | 1. "Can we actually take luggage with us?" Floyd | 2. "Do you visit Old Paris a lot?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Yeah, I see it as more like bleachers." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "1900, eh? But yours is set to go back to 1902?" | ||||
| Roger says, "A twist in the tale." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now I am all 1900 A Paris Exposition Mystery." | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X LUGGAGE" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, George's luggage or your luggage? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "MINE" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yes!" | |||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X MY LUGGAGE" | ||||
Floyd | Your luggage for this trip is a massive trunk originally belonging to Floyd | Emma's great-grandfather, before being passed down through several Floyd | generations. Emma probably stole it from some aunt or other because it Floyd | looked quirky and interesting, not realising or not caring that it Floyd | also has the approximate weight of a great dane. Floyd | Floyd | It predates such decadent ideas as wheels or comfortable handles, but Floyd | does have the advantage of being more or less indestructible. Kick it Floyd | as you might, you've never managed to make the slightest dent in it. Floyd | Floyd | Emma says she brought it because it'd be a laugh. There's a cruel Floyd | streak to her humour sometimes. Floyd | Floyd | "Before I forget," George says, "perhaps you'd like my card." He Floyd | deftly retrieves a thin silver case from his breast pocket, and from Floyd | the case takes a card. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, I love cards!" Emma says. He hands the card to her with a slight Floyd | flourish. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "So why the card?" | |||
| Roger says, "I'm undecided if I like George pushing the pace like this or not." | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "EMMA, GIVE ME THE CARD" | ||||
Floyd | Emma has better things to do. Floyd | Floyd | "You're an art dealer?" Emma says, inspecting the card. "I can Floyd | certainly see why you like Old Paris. Do you buy paintings there and Floyd | bring them back?" Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, dear me, no," says George. "That's absolutely against the rules. Floyd | Economic exploitation, you know." Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "There's a ref in the game that you may hit to a slightly earlier World's Fair in Paris. The Eiffel tower was built as part of it. It'd be awesome to set a game there but I felt that a World's Fair game has already been done about as well as it can be." | |||
| Roger says, "Jeez, what a salope" | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | "Something tells me you visit Old Paris a lot," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, well, a certain amount," George says modestly. "Perhaps once Floyd | every month or two." Floyd | Floyd | "Every month?" Emma says. "I think you can call that a lot. This is Floyd | our first time." Floyd | Floyd | The ?lev? starts to gain height and slowly swing round to the south. Floyd | You're approaching the Op?ra-Garnier. Floyd | Floyd | 1. "Can we actually take luggage with us?" Floyd | 2. "How long have you been going there?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Man, you're hitting some parse failures too." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I didn't see this line of conversation when I played." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Yes, I played twice and got very different conversations." | ||||
| Iain says, "As Roger says, the game pushes the pace. There's more than you can see in one playthrough, but not *much* more." | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | "How long have you been going over there?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Now there's a question," George says. "Not since the beginning, but a Floyd | fair old time. It's 1902 now, so, let's see... My goodness, almost 10 Floyd | years." Floyd | Floyd | 1. "Can we actually take luggage with us?" Floyd | 2. "You must have seen a lot of changes in 10 years." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X STICK" | ||||
Floyd | It's made of some dark wood, finely polished, brass-tipped, with a Floyd | round head also in brass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | "You must have seen a lot of changes in 10 years," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Astonishing changes," George says. "History books have the facts, but Floyd | not the feel of it. In art especially -- most incredible enthusiasm -- Floyd | bold new directions -- but in everything -- the Grand Palais, the Floyd | ?lev? -- change is the essence of the place." Floyd | Floyd | 1. "Can we actually take luggage with us?" Floyd | 2. "Seen anything that's not in the history books?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Roger says (to floyd), "X OPERA" | ||||
Floyd | An opulent wedding cake -- more layers than anyone could possibly eat Floyd | -- with the ?lev? routes twined around it like decorative ribbons. Floyd | Floyd | The ?lev? completes its turn around the Op?ra, and heads towards the Floyd | Louvre. Your hotel can't be far away now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | (from Iain) Floyd (to Ellison) | You can't go that way. | |||
| Roger says (to floyd), "STAND" | ||||
Floyd | You get up to stretch your legs and enjoy the breeze. That faint Floyd | thrilling vibration feels stronger when you're standing, too. Floyd | Floyd | "We should pick your brains," Emma says, "Is there anything we must do Floyd | while we're there?" Floyd | Floyd | "Hmm," George says, "you put me on the spot. How long are you Floyd | staying?" Floyd | Floyd | "Just the weekend -- three nights," Emma says. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh! Barely enough to scratch the surface, I'm afraid," George says. Floyd | "I suppose my advice should be, don't listen to anyone's advice! Floyd | Follow where chance and instinct lead -- sleep and the morning can be Floyd | safely disregarded -- the left bank, of course, but one must not Floyd | follow a plan." Floyd | Floyd | "We'd better write this down," Emma says. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Ack, real life -- afk. Someone take over." | |||
| DavidW says, "This is neat. I never let Emma and George run the conversation when I played." | ||||
| Iain says, "Gee, this is a wordy game." | ||||
| Iain says, "The same amount of text makes for a short intro, but a long response." | ||||
| maga says, "well, it's broken up into fairly small paragraphs" | ||||
| Iain says (to DW), "It's possibly too random, as I've seen transcripts where Emma just sits around doing nothing." | ||||
| DavidW says, "also heh: 'don't follow a plan' immediately followed with 'we'd better note this'." | ||||
| maga says, "so you never really feel as if you're facing down a giant wall of text" | ||||
| Iain says (to DW), "She's joking!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Emma seems like she'll be a fun character to have around." | ||||
| Ellison says, "pinch her!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pinch Emma" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "yeah" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw" | ||||
| Iain says, "Aww" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "Note it down. :)\" | ||||
| Iain says, "I7 default verbs, you have failed me." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, :) Not sure what :)/ is" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's not a startled face." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks (of Jacqueline), "a beheading?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss george" | ||||
Floyd | That moustache is rather fascinating, isn't it? But even on a summer's Floyd | evening in Paris, he's not really your type. Floyd | Floyd | Emma beckoningly pats the seat next to her. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to EU), "heehee" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "YAY" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Drooling in the wind" | ||||
| Ellison says, ">RUN AWAY WITH MUSTACHE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Emma is jealous but won't admit it, I think." | ||||
| Iain says, "George is partly designed to amuse my brother who was staying with me at the time." | ||||
| Recchi says, "heh" | ||||
| Ellison says, "ah, so he's part hedgehog" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x moustache" | ||||
Floyd | Robustly three-dimensional, almost curvaceous, with perfect bilateral Floyd | symmetry. It glistens. Floyd | Floyd | George sits up and looks keenly to the south. "And here's our stop Floyd | coming up, I believe," he says. Floyd | Floyd | "Already?" Emma says, craning her neck. "I see it! That blue sign -- Floyd | Hotel Guiraud." Floyd | Floyd | George stands. "Well, I'll take my leave now. Like to give myself Floyd | plenty of time to navigate the steps of this monstrosity, you know." Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "He isn't an IF player at all, but as I hoped, he typed EXAMINE MOUSTACHE almost immediately." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Wow. That is quite the moustache description." | ||||
| maga says, "I likewise must congratulate you on that moustache" | ||||
| maga says, "it" | ||||
| EmacsUser nods. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open luggage" | ||||
Floyd | Which do you mean, George's luggage or your luggage? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open George's luggage" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think George would appreciate that. Floyd | Floyd | George stands, doffs his hat and bows elegantly. "Emma, Robbie -- most Floyd | pleasant to make your acquaintance," he says. Floyd | Floyd | "It was lovely to meet you," Emma says. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, I shan't hold you up," George says. "Au revoir and all that -- Floyd | should be delighted to see you on the other side, of course --" And he Floyd | hoists his luggage and starts carefully descending. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "er, it's as if some mysterious and beautiful deep-sea invertebrate crawled onto his face" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "A glistening deep-sea invertebrate." | ||||
| Iain asks, "What, like a spineless mermaid?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It weighs 5kg, has traveled 5km back in time, and has recently fought with a spiny sea urchin." | ||||
| Recchi says, "haha" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(A ref, btw, to [LINK] )" | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | The ?lev? is a huge, terraced moving walkway that curves and swoops Floyd | through the heart of Paris. Perhaps not the most efficient mode of Floyd | transport in the world, but certainly one of the most striking. It's a Floyd | little reminiscent of an ancient Greek amphitheatre, except that the Floyd | rows of steps are moving, each a little faster than the one beneath. Floyd | The only sound is a gentle rumble and the occasional whine from one of Floyd | the motors. Each step whines at its own distinctive pitch, and the Floyd | combined effect is oddly musical. Clever baffles divert most of the Floyd | wind, leaving only a stiff breeze. Perched at the top, you're moving Floyd | at some twenty kilometres per hour. Floyd | Floyd | You're travelling south-east along the Avenue de l'Op?ra, towards the Floyd | Louvre. And there it is, approaching fast -- Hotel Guiraud! Floyd | Floyd | Emma stands looking out over Paris. Floyd | Floyd | Emma waves at George. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Huh, is that the first time anyone typed LOOK? Interesting." | |||
| Iain says, "Don't ask me how the clever baffles work, they're just clever." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Huh. Somehow I never thought to type LOOK." | ||||
| Iain says, "I'm the kind of player who types LOOK almost constantly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't think I ever looked, no." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, non." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's a sign of how the conversation drew us in." | ||||
| Iain says, "So I figured I wouldn't bother describing the room unless you ask." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Iain), "Right, but we're moving so it does make sense to look from time to time." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "Interesting touch. I rather like that." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Why I didn't think to, I don't know, unless DavidW is right." | ||||
| Iain says, "Yeah, there's occasional daemon text, and I think somebody typed X OPERA." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Though it's non-conventional, so people may miss things." | ||||
| Iain says, "Luckily, it's basically all one room! So far." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t" | ||||
Floyd | 1. (to Emma) "He left in a hurry." Floyd | 2. (to Emma) "What a great old man." Floyd | 3. (to Emma) "What a weird old man." Floyd | 4. (to Emma) "What do you think of him, then?" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, hunh, I didn't know you could get this bit" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" | ||||
Floyd | "What do think of him, then?" you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Crazy," Emma says, "but lovely. And maybe not totally crazy at that. Floyd | All that gentlemanly hat-doffing stuff is kind of sexy." Floyd | Floyd | "Sexy? With that moustache? You've got to be kidding." Floyd | Floyd | "You've got to be more open-minded," Emma says. Floyd | Floyd | 1. "We'd better be on our way too." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | [That option isn't available.] Floyd | Floyd | "We'd better be on our way too," Emma says. But she pauses for a Floyd | moment and looks out over Paris, and smiles. She has never looked more Floyd | beautiful. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw" | |||
| Ellison says, "what a great old mustache" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha yay 'All that gentlemanly hat-doffing stuff is kind of sexy.'" | ||||
| maga says, "moustache rides 3 francs" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha ha" | ||||
| Ellison says, "hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline thinks all that gentlemanly hat-doffing stuff is kind of sexy <-- great olounge | Jacqueline says, "ILAC" | |||
| EmacsUser so is ``it's as if some mysterious and beautiful deep-sea invertebrate crawled onto his face'' | ||||
| Iain says, "I think George stands up twice. Either that's a bug or he's very indecisive." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I might ask maga permission to use that." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee - yes, EU, very true." | ||||
| maga says, "please do" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Done!" | ||||
| BoingBall departs. | ||||
| BoingBall has disconnected. | Iain says, "Also, getting the timing the way I wanted for this end section was frickin' hard." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "So there's a lot of randomness going on that I didn't catch, then, Iain?" | ||||
| Iain says, "You should have time for a few last actions, but not left standing around forever." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss emma" | ||||
Floyd | You can't let the moment pass unacknowledged. You put arms around her Floyd | and kiss her deeply, and she kisses you back and holds you tightly. Floyd | Your heartbeat has finally slowed; it's so slow it's painful. And Floyd | you're gliding through the air above Paris. Floyd | | Iain says, "Oho" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I kissed her, too." | ||||
| maga says, "she does have a big neon sign above her head at that moment declaring KISS HER YOU DOPE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "yes" | ||||
| Iain says, "I think most people did but some people seem to have missed it." | ||||
| Ellison says, "I gave my luggage to her" | ||||
| Iain says, "Ha ha" | ||||
| Recchi says, "haha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| maga says (to Ellison), "you old romantic" | ||||
| Iain says, "I believe it's paused, if somebody wants to hit space." | ||||
| EmacsUser pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Okay," Emma says finally, "If we don't get a move on there's a risk Floyd | of the past turning into the present." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | She skips away down the levels of the ?lev?, and you follow, swinging Floyd | the luggage in one hand. With each step the city slows and looms Floyd | larger; it feels like you're acquiring a childlike stature to match Floyd | your childlike glee. Floyd | Floyd | You catch up with her, and hand in hand you walk together towards the Floyd | Hotel Guiraud. Floyd | Floyd | Who knows what the past will hold? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** to be continued *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "afterward" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > | EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay!" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "afterword" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Thanks for playing! I would love to hear your feedback. E-mail Floyd | iain.merrick@gmail.com or just catch me on ifMUD. Floyd | Floyd | This is an entry in IntroComp 2010, so if you'd like to see more, Floyd | please vote for me! You'll get to visit Paris in the 1900s, and I'll Floyd | get to do a ton of research so it actually feels like Old Paris, as it Floyd | was and as it should have been: art, music, style, romance, intrigue, Floyd | scandal, debauchery, intoxication, chases over the rooftops, temporal Floyd | paradoxes, and perhaps a night at the opera. Interested? Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That's a mighty great intro, Iain. Well done." | |||
| Iain says, "Thanks for playing!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oops, I made a typo" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, so that's where the rooftop chases comes from." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Iain), "Consider us very interested in seeing more of Tourist Trap." | ||||
| Iain says, "Several people commented that you don't get a good feeling for what kind of game is coming up, despite those big promises in the afterword, which is fair." | ||||
| Iain says, "So I'll work hard on actually letting you *do* stuff." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I must say I wasn't keen on the title. It seemed a bit ... provincial, or something." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But perhaps it's really a trap, and they're about to eaten by monster baguettes from the past." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess we'll have to wait and see." | ||||
| maga says, "Trappe des Touristes" | ||||
| Iain says, "For the intro, I was working mainly on the setting and story, and figured this part of the game was essentially hypertext with a CLI." | ||||
| Ellison says, "I actually skimmed over the afterword but revised my score when somebody else pointed out there would be rooftop chaseds" | ||||
| Ellison says, "chases" | ||||
| Iain says, "Hee hee." | ||||
| Iain says, "Yeah, and now I've got to work those buggers in somehow." | ||||
| dsimon asks, "vous etes likely a se manger un grue?" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Wow it's been a while since high-school french" | ||||
| maga says (to Iain), "you are also committed to debauchery, I should stress" | ||||
| dsimon says, "and I meant to say 'baguette' instead of 'grue', for the joke" | ||||
| Iain says, "Also, my French is appalling, so that'll be fun." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Iain), "You can have a debauched roof-top chase." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "You should maybe get somebody like JB on your beta testing team." | ||||
| Iain says, "For actual French speakers, does 'eleve' (with accents) have the right ring to it? I was aiming for something akin to 'metro'." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He lives in Paris, afterall." | ||||
| Iain says, "And people in Brooklyn call their railway the L, so." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "Yeah, I thought ?lev? worked well." | ||||
| maga asks (of Jacq), "do you *want* it to be full of beret-wearing garlic-bicyclists?" | ||||
| maga says, "but yes, you should totally invoke the Auld Alliance" | ||||
| Iain says, "I don't know JB! I should look him up." | ||||
| Iain says, "This is a good excuse for a trip to Paris some time in the next year, as long as I can do it for less than $100." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If it is, and then Iain goes on a photojourney with Eric Forgeot, Eric will stop dead on the street, point, and wiggle his eyebrows whenever he sees a beret, garlic, or bicyclists. That was the end result of all my clich?s in Not the Same Old Lang Syne." | ||||
| Iain says, "Heh." | ||||
| Iain says, "I was going to set it in London, but when I went to the V&A museum for research, all the stuff from Paris seemed much cooler." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I swear we saw striped shirts, berets, baguettes... and Eric pointed them all out. It was very amusing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "Agreed. And old London is overdone." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So... Cryptozookeeper?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we need a break, or can we soldier on?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > | Iain says, "Half the reviews I saw were like 'well, this intro is so-so, but... PARIS!'" | |||
| Iain says, "So there's a tip if you want to win the IF comp." | ||||
| maga says, "okay, time to switch a cute girl for a fat bastard and his horrible dog" | ||||
| Iain says, "Yay" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "haha" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Argh, bad trade-in" | ||||
| inky says, "let's move on" | ||||
| Iain says, "Bring on that alien bone jelly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ic10cryptozookeeper" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, QUIT, UNDO the last command, read the Floyd | CREDITS or read the AFTERWORD? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Recchi says (to Jacq), "If it prints the inventory each time, I will send you a build I just made that strips it." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ic10cryptozookeeper" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Start a new game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cryptozookeeper Floyd | Interactive Fiction Floyd | Copyright (c) 2010. Written and programmed by Robb Sherwin Floyd | Type "ABOUT" for game info and conversation conventions Floyd | IntroComp Release / Serial number 100630 / Hugo 3.1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Dusty driveway Floyd | Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here. You're supposed Floyd | to pick up a single jar of alien bone jelly, which of course can't Floyd | exist and doesn't exist, so you've convinced yourself that Floyd | transporting it is no crime. Getting worked up about such nonsense Floyd | would be like fretting about mermaids getting caught in tuna nets, and Floyd | you've got other fur-bearing fish to fry. All this rationalization Floyd | hasn't exactly settled the New York strip steak you inhaled an hour Floyd | ago, though. Floyd | Floyd | It's almost dusk. The sky is waffling between deep blue and indigo, Floyd | but either way it's going to be a beautiful desert night in New Floyd | Mexico. The only blight is the building before you: a grime-smeared Floyd | shack with barred windows, a swatch of tar for a roof and a lawn that Floyd | pretends to be a rock garden xeriscape, but is really just cheap Floyd | chunks of broken cement. Floyd | Floyd | This shanty has a single reinforced door with a peeper slit at eye Floyd | level. The air tonight is quite dry and whisks away some of your Floyd | anxious sweat... but also carries with it the scent of bad oysters. Floyd | Floyd | A few feet from the house is Igor Cytserz's mailbox. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I am in awe of that first sentence." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "'Marrow is delicious but that's not why you're here' is kind of a Little Lyton entry." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Wow, that's a lot of context packed into that first paragraph." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | It's a gunked up and rusted "white" mailbox positioned a few steps Floyd | from the house. It is commonly assumed by other couriers that Igor Floyd | Cytserz placed it so close because walking the full length of the Floyd | driveway was beyond him. In fact, Cytserz can't go into the daytime Floyd | sun for very long because his body begins to greasefire. Some courier Floyd | scrawled the word 'chubs' on the mailbox, after that selfsame courier Floyd | heard that Cytserz got rid of his computer because the @ key made him Floyd | constantly hungry for cheese danish. Floyd | Floyd | It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "yeah, Robb doesn't fuck about" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "open mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | You open the mailbox. Floyd | Inside the mailbox is a glass bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says (to maga), "Not when there's heat all about!" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Done! Floyd | Floyd | The guard reacts to you rifling through Cytserz's mailbox with Floyd | complete disinterest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Recchi says, "I don't know if anyone tried it, but you can look at the mailbox twice." | |||
| Recchi says, "er, and get something" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | It's a gunked up and rusted "white" mailbox positioned a few steps Floyd | from the house. It is commonly assumed by other couriers that Igor Floyd | Cytserz placed it so close because walking the full length of the Floyd | driveway was beyond him. In fact, Cytserz can't go into the daytime Floyd | sun for very long because his body begins to greasefire. Some courier Floyd | scrawled the word 'chubs' on the mailbox, after that selfsame courier Floyd | heard that Cytserz got rid of his computer because the @ key made him Floyd | constantly hungry for cheese danish. Floyd | Floyd | (In the interest of full disclosure, that courier was you.) Floyd | Floyd | It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |||
| dsimon says, "I have that same problem with the at key" | ||||
| Iain says, "I love that the narrator has kind of an attitude." | ||||
| Recchi says (to dsimon), "It's a tasty key." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Now I want a cheese danish." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Also # makes me want a waffle, and % gives me a craving for shishkebab" | ||||
| Recchi says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of Iain), "'kind of an attitude'? 'kind of'?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to dsimon), "haha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | He carries himself with a stubborn ignorance of the world upon a face Floyd | that looks like strips of tank tread. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says (to Jacqueline), "Well, it's not just the voice of the PC, it feels like." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying your vest (being worn), your lip ring (being worn), Floyd | your glasses (being worn), and a glass bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | This is a 12 ounce bottle of Worcester sauce. Clear, with a small, Floyd | brown label glued to it. Very easy to pour. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "So I take it pour is a recognized verb?" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pour" | ||||
Floyd | Be a little more specific about what you'd like to pour. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Yes." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that with the glass bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read label" | ||||
Floyd | "NEW!! SAFEWAY BRAND discount WORCESTER SAUCE est 2015 in association Floyd | with THE CHRISTMAS CITY MOLASSES CORP - You'll want to put it on Floyd | everything! - BEST IF EATEN BY OCTOBER 10 2116." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Er, what year is it?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "what time is it" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "time". Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "1902, so we're fine." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x watch" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't make any sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | Recchi says, "It's 2016, but I don't think the game specifically says." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "heehee" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x vest" | ||||
Floyd | A family heirloom for over three generations, your vest is a Floyd | sleeveless jacket with loads of pockets, compartments and features. Floyd | You usually find yourself carrying an enormous amount of stuff in it, Floyd | without even a second thought. Floyd | Floyd | You were supposed to get a complete oral history of the jacket when Floyd | you became a teenager, but that never happened and you've been winging Floyd | it ever since. Floyd | Floyd | > | Recchi says, "haha" | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, Recchi is still here. Hello, Recchi!" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x pockets" | ||||
Floyd | Your jacket has many little pockets, hardly worth thinking about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "He's been here the whole time!" | |||
| Recchi says, "Hello" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x ring" | ||||
Floyd | It's a stainless steel fixed bead ring. 18 gauge and annealed for easy Floyd | removal. You installed it the day after you were fired from your last Floyd | job. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "For some reason I thought you'd logged off. Glad I'm wrong." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It's an old, sturdy door, appreciated by businessmen that need to Floyd | fortify themselves against society's undesireables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x glasses" | ||||
Floyd | There was a Lost and Found at the community college you attended, and Floyd | they actually had a Lost and Found box. You've been refreshing your Floyd | prescription there for the last decade, as nobody there looks too Floyd | closely at the ID card you flash. These frames are as close as they Floyd | can get to being horn-rimmed without making it seem like you are Floyd | dressed as a Far Side character on Halloween, and not on Halloween. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon sings "If you're wondering how he holds all that stuff, and other science facts, just repeat to yourself, it's just a game, I should really just relax..." | |||
| Recchi says, "haha" | ||||
| Iain says, "Wow, I did not even notice that this game has six billion descriptions of things." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "gaurd, hello" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "gaurd". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "guard, hello" | ||||
Floyd | [Use THINK ABOUT character for a list of topics and TALK TO character Floyd | to converse.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "think about guard" | ||||
Floyd | Thinking of the guard reminds you of the following topics: Floyd | password name job Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | EmacsUser asks (of DavidW), "Suggestions?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "password" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "There's never been a password before. This your first day workin' for Floyd | Cytserz?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yeh," he says. "One sec." The slit closes and you heard the guy yell Floyd | something to Cytserz. He re-opens the viewer. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm supposed to ensure that you're not the police." Floyd | Floyd | "Tell him - hey, tell him William Vest is here. He's expecting me." Floyd | The guard doesn't do anything. "Look, I've got a lip ring. That's as Floyd | much proof as you can possibly expect." Floyd | Floyd | "Why's that?" says the guard. Floyd | Floyd | "Piercings conduct electricity. It interferes with the tasers." Floyd | Floyd | He chews that over for a second. The slit closes and you hear the lock Floyd | on the door slide - this is good, it means you'll be able to get in, Floyd | get the package and have the rest of the evening to work on opening it Floyd | on the sly. You have no idea what 'alien marrow' would look like, but Floyd | your initial suspicions? Green-glowy! Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "(Or anyone else who hasn't played)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz's Office Floyd | Igor Cytserz's office is a fortified lair, characterized by poor air Floyd | circulation, an inexplicable cauldron, and a lack of any kind of Floyd | restroom. Igor almost exclusively rests within a fake leather couch, Floyd | near a pressboard table. Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz and Puzzle are here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I love that the prompt appears after that complete green-glowy non-sequitur." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Cytserz, an eyesore, has his appearance dominated by a thick Unix Floyd | beard. It suffocates other facial characteristics, people. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I like the non-sequitur itself too." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x puzzle" | ||||
Floyd | Puzzle, Cytserz's pet, looks like somebody grabbed hold of a bearskin Floyd | and proceded to cram both a snarling German Shepherd and a hundred Floyd | copies of the Christmas City Spoiler into it. The only two things that Floyd | Puzzle won't eat, given the slightest opportunity, are plain oysters Floyd | in the shell and pleather. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Unix beard?" | |||
| Ellison asks, "is that Molasses Corp thing a sort of weird reference to the Boston Molasses Disaster?" | ||||
| maga says (to Floyd), "x beard" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "beard". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I dunno what a unix beard is" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x cauldron" | ||||
Floyd | It's Cytserz's sole, begrudging nod towards letting some of his Floyd | personality be seen in this place. The cauldron looks lifted straight Floyd | from the foreboding part of a Shakespearian play. It probably holds Floyd | about fifty gallons and is presumably filled with oysters... the same Floyd | batch that you suspect you have been avoiding for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I suppose it makes him look hackery." | |||
| Recchi says, "Oh no! I should have something for beard." | ||||
| Iain says, "Do an image search for Richard Stallman." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Iain), "haha" | ||||
| Iain says, "Or Ken Thompson." | ||||
| dsimon says, "I guess it means the beard of a UNIX guru, the sort of beard a grad student from the 80's who spends all his time looking at a green-text CRT all day would have." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | Rather sizable. Actually, aside from the number of exits and your own Floyd | person, everything in this room is rather sizeable. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the desk are the package and the Anarchist's Cookbook. Floyd | Floyd | > | Recchi says (to Ellison), "I was originally, in a far, far point at the game, going to have the player re-enact the molasses disaster, funnily enough, but I took that out." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cookbook" | ||||
Floyd | You vaugely recall this book being an Internet meme from years ago, Floyd | but you've never seen anyone print it out and get it hardbound. Floyd | Cytserz has previously stated that he uses it as a reference for an Floyd | included recipe on the preparation of oysters. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "wow! heh" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "So oysters are important." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x oysters" | ||||
Floyd | You have no idea how Cytserz eats these things. Literally -- how does Floyd | he get his sizable mass off the couch and obtain them? Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Ha ha." | |||
| dsimon asks, "So these are napalm oysters then?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read cookbook" | ||||
Floyd | You're sure you read it when you were 15. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take oyster" | ||||
Floyd | (Looking in cauldron first) Floyd | Floyd | Inside the cauldron is an oyster. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x couch" | ||||
Floyd | Cytserz's couch only barely fits him and has sort of molded itself to Floyd | his very particular body type. It's pleather. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "give oyster to cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Cytserz totally refuses. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "There's pleather again." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "package" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz has nothing to say on that subject, currently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x package" | ||||
Floyd | About the size of a Rubik's cube. Floyd | Floyd | The package is closed -- taped shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "also, I forgot this game is in New Mexico. new locales, people!" | |||
| inky says, "I think the implication is that puzzle has eaten everything in the room except what you see here" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take package" | ||||
Floyd | "Not yet, Vest," says Cytserz. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "It would be very convenient if 'talk to X' would precede the prompt with the same topic list you get from 'think about X'" | |||
| Recchi says, "Oh - the topics would have shown up in purple in the Hugo terp, I should mention." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to inky), "Yeah, I think so." | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "think about igor" | ||||
Floyd | Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics: Floyd | students puzzle Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Ah, okay" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "talk to cytserz about puzzle" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "puzzle" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Hey," you say, "Isn't it against the city ordinance to have pets? I Floyd | am almost positive it is. No doggies or kitties, especially." Floyd | Floyd | "Exceptions were made, Vest, for those who could demonstrate that they Floyd | were otherwise without friends." You remember this, now. Cytserz had Floyd | asked you to attend a meeting in front of the city council and testify Floyd | that you worked for, and disliked him intensely. You told him your Floyd | aunt was getting married that weekend and had not given it a moment's Floyd | thought since. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh yeah... " you say. "How did that go? My, um, aunt's ceremony was Floyd | beautiful, they honeymooned in Holland, the land of --" Floyd | Floyd | "They felt sufficiently bad for me that they gave me a pet license, Floyd | which I used for Puzzle. I suppose it all worked out." Floyd | Floyd | You beam. "It did! He's a nice doggie, isn't he?" Floyd | Floyd | "No, he hates me with great passion too, he is simply less prone to Floyd | verbalizing it." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah - you really only have to do the THINK thing the first time you want to speak to someone, after that topics are highlighted for you, which I thought worked well." | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "This conversation isn't going so well..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "oyster" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't make any sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "The prose is just stellar" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cy" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "cy". Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Yup." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "oyster" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Igor Cytserz doesn't have anything to say about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Recchi says (to David), "I am adding "cy" as a synonym right now. Thanks. :)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Cool." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "topics". Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "The only thing I can think of that's close is Jeff Noon. Go read Vurt if you haven't already. Though maybe not Recchi, don't want to throw off his rhythm." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "think about cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics: Floyd | students Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I tried to find work arounds, because I kept forgetting how to spell Cytserz." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So yay synonym." | ||||
| Iain says, "Me too!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "students" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, you know I can't stand 'em," Cytserz says with spit coagulating Floyd | in his palate. "I hate kids, generally speaking." Floyd | Floyd | "Really? You're not a family man that comes home to his beautiful, 95 Floyd | pound wife each night? With a couple strapping young boys or Floyd | anything?" In all your years of running packages for Cytserz, this is Floyd | the first time you have ever had anything remotely resembling a Floyd | personal conversation. And it's weird and uncomfortable and you wish Floyd | it would stop, like when your lesbian aunt would give you a surprise Floyd | backrub at family weddings. Floyd | Floyd | "Family has not been well, recently," says Cytserz. "Two of my Floyd | brothers have recently passed away, one from cancer and the other from Floyd | random violence. It has been, yes, a most difficult time." Cytserz Floyd | sniffs the air a bit. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, I could use some hangers if you're dividing up stuff." Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "I think a bunch of misspellings of it are already synonyms" | |||
| Touchy pokes in. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour sauce on couch" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that with the glass bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Inside the bottle is the Safeway-Brand Discount Worcester Floyd | sauce. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "smell sauce" | ||||
Floyd | The scent of old oysters is intense and makes your stomach feel like Floyd | it might erupt at any time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour sauce on cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to put sauce on that, it would create a huge, Floyd | problematic mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "ha ha hangers" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour sauce on oyster" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to put sauce on that, it would create a huge, Floyd | problematic mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Yeah. Our PC fails at conversation." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste sauce" | ||||
Floyd | You can't eat the Safeway-Brand Discount Worcester sauce. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "taste oyster" | ||||
Floyd | Whether an attempt to bond with Cytserz or through silent Floyd | self-loathing, you eat the oyster. The oyster responds with joy! For Floyd | whatever reason, oysters love getting eaten. You've never understood Floyd | why. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Ha ha ha." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Ha ha." | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take oyster" | ||||
Floyd | You don't see that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close bottle" | EmacsUser says, "Oh." | |||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy asks, "Oh, this year's Introcomp?" | |||
| dsimon says, "This does not appear to be the sort of oyster I'm familiar with..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take package" | ||||
Floyd | "Not yet, Vest," says Cytserz. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says (to Touchy), "Yeah." | |||
| Recchi says, "(Oh, and the topics would have appeared again in purple, I'll do a >think about)" | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "think about igor" | ||||
Floyd | Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics: Floyd | violence Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cytserz about what's the holdup." | ||||
Floyd | You don't need to use the word "what's". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "t igor" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "violence" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "What kind of random violence are you talking about?" you ask Igor. Floyd | Floyd | "He was alone, out on the streets. I believe his wife said he was out Floyd | to get cigars or nicotine patches. It depended... depended on the day. Floyd | Someone came up to him and assaulted upon his skull. There were five, Floyd | er, small bullet holes along his face. Police in this country, they Floyd | could not determine the weapon used." Floyd | Floyd | "Like the caliber of the pistol or something?" Floyd | Floyd | "Nyet," says Cytserz, "They could not determine the weapon, at all. Floyd | Take care of yourself, William. Pay attention to your health." A rare Floyd | paternal moment, coming from Cytserz. Floyd | Floyd | "Like how? By eatin' more cauldrons of oysters?" You gesture over to Floyd | the cauldron. You hope the gesture reminds him of how preposterous it Floyd | is to have a vat of oysters in one's office, like how you can see your Floyd | paintings again by rearranging them. Floyd | Floyd | "...Fill me in here, Cytserz." Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz toys with the package on his desk, thus silently indicating Floyd | through gangster etiquette that it's okay to bring the entire point of Floyd | your visit up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "ha ha 'assaulted upon the skull'" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "package" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, not going to be a package for you today, Vest. That's not at Floyd | all why yer here. More to do with fate than anything else." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fate" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Surely you know the old tale." Cytserz throws his head back and Floyd | laughs. You hear his chins unwind and compress like a cartoon Floyd | accordion. He mimes flipping through a stack of several bills close to Floyd | his ear. He doesn't do the 'fffffffftffffph' sound, though. Floyd | Floyd | "The important part for you, Vest, is that the threads of Fate all got Floyd | snipped at the end!" Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz starts the long, slow process of evacuating his chair of his Floyd | person. He's never even remotely expressed a desire to leave it in all Floyd | the time you've known him. The smell of the cauldron takes on an even Floyd | worse stench with the stress in the air - it wouldn't take much for Floyd | you to begin delivering goulash down Rainbow Street, if you're Floyd | following. Floyd | Floyd | > | Touchy says, "Ghoul ash down Rainbow Street." | |||
| DavidW says, "he means we're about to hurl our cookies." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "smell cauldron" | ||||
Floyd | The scent of old oysters is intense and makes your stomach feel like Floyd | it might erupt at any time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "vomit" | ||||
Floyd | The entire strip steak you slid down your throat comes back up. So Floyd | does a lot of stomach fluid and Jolt cola, but the steak makes up the Floyd | bulk of the pie puke chart you just sort of unleashed. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Hmm." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You just aren't feeling it right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Luckily the steak was preserved perfectly by the cola." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz's Office Floyd | Igor Cytserz's office is a fortified lair, characterized by poor air Floyd | circulation, an inexplicable cauldron, and a lack of any kind of Floyd | restroom. Igor almost exclusively rests within a fake leather couch, Floyd | near a pressboard table. Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz and Puzzle are here. Floyd | Floyd | A strip steak and an oyster are here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take steak and oyster" | ||||
Floyd | strip steak: Taken. Floyd | oyster: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steak" | ||||
Floyd | Your freak stomach only did a little digestive damage, it's still the Floyd | choicest piece of meat in this area of New Mexico. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Ha ha" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Inside the bottle is the Safeway-Brand Discount Worcester Floyd | sauce. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour sauce on steak" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to put sauce on that, it would create a huge, Floyd | problematic mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vomit" | ||||
Floyd | Your freak stomach only did a little digestive damage, it's still the Floyd | choicest piece of meat in this area of New Mexico. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in stomach" | ||||
Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "how joyful will the oyster be to be eaten again?" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "eat oyster" | ||||
Floyd | You've already had enough oysters. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oyster" | ||||
Floyd | None the worse for being inside your gastrointestinal system. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to Ellison), "I guess we'll never know." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t puzzle" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "steak" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Puzzle isn't a human being and surely can't talk and converse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| maga says (to Floyd), "eat puzzle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't eat Puzzle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about package" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "think about igor" | ||||
Floyd | Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics: Floyd | kill money job Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about me" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing comes to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t igor" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | maga asks, "did we break something?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "job" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Answers," you say to him. Floyd | Floyd | "I was simply tasked with bringing you here and killing you, true. The Floyd | money for such a thing was astounding. You would well be proud, Vest, Floyd | my friend. They somehow knew about the vial, the package I wanted you Floyd | to transport, but they did not appear to want it, or need it, they Floyd | just wanted you deceased. Ordinarily I would tell them to go to Hell. Floyd | You are a good courier. I have been through many, none good. None at Floyd | all." Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz breathes a little easier. "But yes, you may go. I am afraid I Floyd | cannot pay you and I cannot allow you to take this vial, this package Floyd | that contains a vial. Its alien nature is too disarming, even for a Floyd | clever and forthright individual such as yourself, Vest! I know the Floyd | rumoring is strong, but this is extraterrestrial in nature -- it's Floyd | true!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Recchi says, "Hmm, yeah, I didn't see the part where Puzzle goes for the steak."" | |||
| dsimon asks, "So if we're not going to take the package and we're not going to die, what does he want with us?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open package" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in package" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the package is the vial. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vial" | ||||
Floyd | This little transparent bottle contains maybe ten milliliters of Floyd | fluid... and handwritten into the vial with a Sharpie are the words Floyd | 'ALIEN', 'MARROW' and below those two, 'XXX.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take vial" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Should we run away now?" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x fluid" | ||||
Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| maga says (to Floyd), "drink vial" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open vial" | ||||
Floyd | You can't drink the vial. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | It resists your best efforts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat vial" | ||||
Floyd | You can't eat the vial. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour vial on steak" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that with the vial. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open vial" | ||||
Floyd | It resists your best efforts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "show vial to cytserz" | ||||
Floyd | Cytserz doesn't seem too interested in the vial. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t igor" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "vial" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz has nothing to say on that subject, currently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Recchi says (to floyd), "think about igor" | ||||
Floyd | Thinking of Cytserz reminds you of the following topics: Floyd | kill money alien Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "t igor" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "t igor" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Igor Cytserz doesn't have anything to say about that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter a topic Floyd | >> | DavidW says, "go ahead" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Ok." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "alien" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Well, there is much more here than I ever personally believed, Floyd | myself. Our President, he or she should know. Few others. Military Floyd | men. Top scientists. Top, however, they must be top! What you and your Floyd | little barely-accredited, community college studentfolk were on the Floyd | verge of -- " Floyd | Floyd | Cytserz's door explodes and Puzzle, sitting too close, is instantly Floyd | pulped. You use the distraction to grab the package of alien marrow. Floyd | Somebody in a grimy trench coat emerges from the flash of the light, Floyd | the stench of the smoke and the burn of both. Floyd | Floyd | He throws a half dozen salmon-colored poseys onto the ground. Everyone Floyd | falls down. Floyd | Floyd | | dsimon asks, ""He or she"?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Cytserz must not know who the head of state is." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Cy doesn't get out much." | ||||
| Recchi says, "haha" | ||||
| Recchi says, "I think it's waiting for a space." | ||||
| EmacsUser pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Thank you for playing the intro of CRYPTOZOOKEEPER. This was created Floyd | for the 2010 IntroComp, hosted by Jacqueline A. Lott. For more Floyd | information, please go to the IntroComp site, at Floyd | [LINK] . The voting deadline is Floyd | July 31st, 2010. Floyd | Floyd | (If you are playing this after July 31st, 2010 then the full game Floyd | should be released... shortly.) Floyd | Floyd | -- Robb Sherwin, 5/19/2010 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | Iain says, "This is set in 2016? It must be Sarah Palin." | |||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay!" | ||||
| Iain says, "Woohoo!" | ||||
| Recchi says, "Thanks, everyone. :)" | ||||
| Iain asks, "How shortly is shortly?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Recchi), "So, I gotta know. Should I start making out your check now... I'm thinking it was maybe done before you even entered IntroComp/" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "s/check/paypal" | ||||
| (from maga) Recchi says, "give me like five minutes" | ||||
| Iain says, "Hee hee." | ||||
| Recchi says, "Oh, I've got to illustrate several dozen monsters and then bugtest it for ... well, for a long, long time." | ||||
| Ellison says (to maga), "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But there's lots done on it, and we'll see it within the year, you think? (I'm sincerely hoping so.)" | ||||
| Recchi says, "Oh - yeah - this was all very inspiring, in fact." | ||||
| Recchi says, "So I am really going to try hard to complete it before the end of the year." | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "It would be great to see it completed---yay!" | ||||
| Iain says, "Cool." | ||||
| Recchi says (to EmacsU), "Thanks =)" | ||||
| Iain says, "Since we're doing the ask-the-author thing --" | ||||
| Ellison says, "going to be a csb again. back in a few." | ||||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | Jacqueline waits for Iain's question. | |||
| Iain says, "The writing in this is really fabulous, but I wonder if you could say something about what you think the interactivity adds to it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Iain says, "Er, not to say it doesn't! Just curious about how you see the medium." | |||
| Recchi says (to Iain), "Well, I think once the player gets a little further, I'm trying to use the interactive nature to put the player in a difficult position about the welfare of animals. But it's tough to describe without spoiling things." | ||||
| Recchi says, "But that isn't really in the intro, or what we saw here." | ||||
| Iain says, "So player complicity is a big thing? Like in many of zarf's games." | ||||
| Recchi says, "Yeah - that is a very good way to put it. :)" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So... do we need a quick break before game 3?" | ||||
| Recchi says, "I should go upstairs and get a drink, but I'll be right back." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The answer, at least for me, is yes." | ||||
| Recchi says, "heh" | ||||
| Iain says, "Drink, there's an idea." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's three after. Let's meet up at ten after." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Ok." | ||||
| (from Iain) Iain says, "I *was* going to have a steak, so thanks for that, Robb." | ||||
| Recchi says, "hahah" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "haha" | ||||
| Recchi says, "Well, there's always seafo -- oh, yeah, er" | ||||
| Iain says, "I guess I'll just have a bloody mary. No, wait, dammit." | ||||
| Recchi says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, ar'we ready for the next one? (This might be the last one of the day.)" | ||||
| EmacsUser is ready. | ||||
| dsimon says, "Sure" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ic10mementomoratori" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession, or, Memento Moratori Floyd | An interactive paranoia by Lea Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 100704 / Inform 7 build 6E59 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | Or as you think of it, your chamber. Over the years, this room has Floyd | become more full of books, but it has always contained a random Floyd | assortment of knickknacks, objets des art, and dust. The only door is Floyd | to the north, and there is a window to the south, half-obscured by Floyd | floor-length curtains. Floyd | Floyd | Some crackers, a carafe of water, a typewriter, and a sheet of paper Floyd | rest on a utilitarian table in the center of the room. A candlestick, Floyd | replete with candle, rests on one of the stacks of books. Floyd | Floyd | You run and lock the chamber door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | EmacsUser says (to Ellison), "Welcome back." | |||
| DavidW says, "ooh, a game where we get to read and eat crackers in peace and quiet." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of Ellison), "Have you played Memento Moratori?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, yeah... this game's very... peaceful." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The door is about as intimidating as an attic door could be. It is Floyd | held tightly shut with a massive combination lock. Floyd | Floyd | You rush over to the typewriter and quickly type a few extended Floyd | sentences. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I've already played, however, so I should shut up." | |||
| Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "um, possibly" | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | "To whomever may happen across this missive, Floyd | I know not exactly what has transpired, but recent events have left Floyd | me experiencing urges -- strange urges, as if I suddenly wish to Floyd | journey in a compass direction when I myself hardly know the magnet's Floyd | bearing. At other moments, I find myself ceaselessly examining Floyd | previously familiar objects, though it is at those moments when I can Floyd | break free of this possession, as can I when the demon's demands are Floyd | so non sequitur as to be baldly the work of the pr?ternatural. I Floyd | scarce have reason to trust my own intuitions; in summary, I fear I Floyd | may cause harm to myself or countless others in the throes of these Floyd | bizarre peregrinations. To prevent such a woeful turn of events, I Floyd | have locked myself in my chamber, with the aid of a lock of which the Floyd | combination resides solely in my own mind -- this haunting fiend, Floyd | whether it hails from deepest Inferno or whether it is born internally Floyd | as my own viscera, cannot yet gain access to my innermost knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | I shan't leave in the face of anything less than mortal peril." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and wring your hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks (of J), "was that an IntroComp game?" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a lighter Floyd | an absinthe spoon Floyd | some lint Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and let out a small shriek. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Ellison), "yes, it's *this* game." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x lint" | ||||
Floyd | It's not particularly interesting. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and despair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||||
Floyd | It's a simple silver-colored lighter. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and compose melancholy poetry in your head. Floyd | Floyd | A sultry summer thunderstorm kicks up outdoors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x spoon" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small slotted spoon, useless to you since your recent Floyd | resolution to never touch another drop of liquor in your life. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and gnash your teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yes. It's the game we're playing right now, and I was curious if we should restart it because you arrived *right* after I loaded it." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But now we're playing it, so." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Hmm, so there's the teeth gnashing, and earlier we had wailing..." | ||||
| Ellison says, "oh yeah, I've played this" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to dsimon), "and hand-wringing." | ||||
| Ellison says, "I thought I found the optimal ending but then when I heard other people talking about the game, I thought maybe I didn't, so this will be interesting" | ||||
| dsimon says, "EmacsUser, that's good too" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Would the pacing messages work better if they weren't there every turn?" | ||||
| dsimon says, "So, we need to get him to leave the room and/or tell us the combination, but he knows (kind of) that he's an IF character and doesn't like it..." | ||||
| Ellison says, "also, forgive my spaced-out-ness. I was reading the recap and was trying to figure out if Iain's bloody mary joke was a Revenger reference" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to dsimon), "Right." | ||||
| Iain says (to Ellison), "It was the only thing I could think of with worcester sauce." | ||||
| Iain says, "Other than steak." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "I'm trying to remember if they slow down when you start making progress." | ||||
| dsimon says, "DavidW, having them each turn gives me the impression that he's frenetic and nervous..." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Which seems about right" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Iain), "ah, gotcha" | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "eat cracker" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the carafe of water) Floyd | You drink the water and your thirst subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | There is no more water in the carafe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "eat cracker" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Mwahahaha, dance, my puppet, dance! Feel the thirst of a thousand scorching deserts! Mwa, ha." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "This is more-or-less the route I took on my first play." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x candle" | ||||
Floyd | It's a squat whitish cylinder of wax in a simple brass candlestick. Floyd | Floyd | Your thirst gets the better of you and you go to open the window. Floyd | Floyd | You open the window. As you lean out the window to refill your Floyd | carafe, a fiend of Stygian darkness clamors its way into the room! Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I tried 'think about combination'" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x fiend" | ||||
Floyd | Actually, now that you get a good look at it, it's just an Floyd | average-sized Little Brown Bat [Myotis lucifugus]. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x batr" | ||||
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "oops bat" | ||||
Floyd | It's an average-sized Little Brown Bat [Myotis lucifugus]. And it's Floyd | clearly hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "Yeah. I meant that ``eat cracker'' was early in my tried actions list." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump out window" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "light candle" | ||||
Floyd | As you light the candle, the room instantly feels a little more Floyd | gothic. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the cow Floyd | creamer. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x cow creamer" | ||||
Floyd | It's shaped like a cow. Or rather, like a cow with a handle and a Floyd | spout. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the penwipe. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | This is no time to start carrying around random knickknacks. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the display Floyd | cases of entomological specimens. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "There's *always* time for carrying knickknacks" | |||
| Iain says, "Rarely enough time to figure out how to type it correctly, though." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "break carafe" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the broken Floyd | vase. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to Iain), "Which is why a terp with autocomplete is nice." | |||
| Iain says, "Heh." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "drop carafe" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The hapless bat ignores its scientific name and knocks into the Floyd | candle, sending it sputtering across the stacks of books. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Excellent, now we've got that "mortal peril" he wanted." | |||
| Iain asks, "Was that what you intended when you lit the candle?" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Scruffy hair, wide eyes with a slight twitch to them -- you've been Floyd | cultivating an "eccentric" appearance lately Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the carafe) Floyd | You fill the carafe up from the rain. Floyd | Floyd | The fire catches the edge of the stack of books. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I stumbled on that randomly." | |||
| dsimon says, "I was kind of hoping something like that would happen" | ||||
| Iain says, "Nice work." | ||||
| dsimon says, "I actually was going to see if I could get the bat to knock over the carafe" | ||||
| dsimon says, "To force him to stay thirsty" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I rather liked the 'hapless bat ignores its scientific name' even if it seemed out of place." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Me too." | ||||
| Iain says, "Out of place? Seems like it fits in to me." | ||||
| dsimon says, "So now I guess I can just wait til he decides he doesn't want to burn to death..." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You drink the water and your thirst subsides. Floyd | Floyd | The fire spreads across the books. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You pace within a few feet of the door. Floyd | Floyd | The fire catches the curtains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You cower momentarily as the hapless bat gets a little too close to Floyd | your face for comfort. Floyd | Floyd | The fire is terrifying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x fire" | ||||
Floyd | Bright and intimidating. Floyd | Floyd | You suddenly feel that unlocking the chamber door would, in fact, be a Floyd | rational action, and you promptly act on your new-found reason: you Floyd | unlock the door and scramble into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Stairway Floyd | A narrow flight of stairs leads downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "The rhythm of this prose is good. Much terser than Robb's or mine but it works. Kind of a Curses vibe, maybe." | |||
| dsimon says, "No you don't, mister, you march right back into that room and you stay there til you've learned your lesson." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Do you really want to go back into the fire? Floyd | | dsimon says, "Ah well, I guess living has its advantages" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> | Iain asks, "Wait, is there a different ending?" | |||
| dsimon asks, "Oh, that wasn't rhetorical?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "There's an invite in the room." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the inferno. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The f?te would have been more fun. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...this has been an IntroComp entry. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Iain says, "Wow, harsh." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Yeah." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Hence the death message." | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "\undo" | ||||
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** ...just in time for that f?te. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...this has been an IntroComp entry. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "The f?te ?" | |||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that F is for funny." | ||||
| Iain says, "Fete." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "He didn't find the invite." | ||||
| Iain says, "That's the ending I got, but I did read the invite." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I have accents, though. ?lev? worked... why not f?te?" | ||||
| Ellison says, "maybe I jumped out the window when the fire was going. I seem to recall that my ending was surprisingly bleak." | ||||
| dsimon says, "I like this game, I'm looking forward to the full version." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Oh. Hmm." | ||||
| Iain says, "This one was my favourite. I love the concept and it's fun." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Maybe the game doesn't think the terp supports unicode?" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd must be set up with an incompatible character typeset" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And, in fact, now that I've typed f?te and seen it come up in the MUD, I can read it there, too. Oh well." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Is there another ending we want to explore?" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "And do we want to see the invite?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I only saw those two endings." | ||||
| Iain says, "I thought there might be a different ending if you miss the invite, but it looks like there isn't." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Sure, it seems like I missed a lot of the stuff in the room" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Did I read in some review that there was an uplifting ending? I somehow can't imagine that would be the case." | ||||
| dsimon says, "I didn't notice the cow pitcher or the specimen rack until after the bat ruined them" | ||||
| Iain says, "I assume cow creamer is a Wodehouse thing." | ||||
| Iain says, "Which is a little odd next to Poe and Gorey, but only a little." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I assume it's a bottle of cream in the shape of a cow?" | ||||
| Iain says, "I think it's a cream dispenser -- a little cow-shaped jug." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession, or, Memento Moratori Floyd | An interactive paranoia by Lea Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 100704 / Inform 7 build 6E59 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Attic Floyd | Or as you think of it, your chamber. Over the years, this room has Floyd | become more full of books, but it has always contained a random Floyd | assortment of knickknacks, objets des art, and dust. The only door is Floyd | to the north, and there is a window to the south, half-obscured by Floyd | floor-length curtains. Floyd | Floyd | Some crackers, a carafe of water, a typewriter, and a sheet of paper Floyd | rest on a utilitarian table in the center of the room. A candlestick, Floyd | replete with candle, rests on one of the stacks of books. Floyd | Floyd | You run and lock the chamber door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x knickknacks" | ||||
Floyd | You know -- a penwipe, a grandfather clock, that sort of thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "search knickknacks" | Iain says, "It's a MacGuffin in at least one Jeeves & Wooster story." | |||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You froth a little at the mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "heh" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh right. That list shows 2 random items at a time." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | It's a clean white sheet of paper. Floyd | Floyd | You rush over to the typewriter and quickly type a few extended Floyd | sentences. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "type" | ||||
Floyd | You are out of blank paper. Floyd | Floyd | A sultry summer thunderstorm kicks up outdoors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||||
Floyd | The books are everywhere -- they're the most notable feature of the Floyd | room. They're dry, brittle, and mildly forboding, and you can never Floyd | remember which is which. Floyd | Floyd | On the stacks of books is a candle. Floyd | Floyd | An invitation to a masque flutters out of the topmost book, and you Floyd | catch it in midair. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh, and we missed the thunderstorm before." | |||
| Iain says (to DavidW), "I think you're right that the daemon text is a little noisy." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x objets" | ||||
Floyd | You know -- a penwipe, some display cases of entomological specimens, Floyd | that sort of thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Pacing that kind of flavour text is a really tricky challenge." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x invite" | ||||
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x invitation" | ||||
Floyd | An elaborate script beckons you to partake in a masked f?te. It's Floyd | scheduled for tonight, but you're hardly planning on attending; you Floyd | shudder to think what havoc your demon could wreak in such a setting. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and compose melancholy poetry in your head. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon asks, "So we need a mask?" | |||
| Iain says, "I like how you know it's an invitation to a masque *immediately*, while it's still i the air." | ||||
| Iain asks, "In a setting like this, what else could it be?" | ||||
| dsimon says, "We caught it, didn't we? We're in a position to look at it..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to dsimon), "I didn't find a mask up here." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Oh, wait, you're right" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read invitation" | ||||
Floyd | An elaborate script beckons you to partake in a masked f?te. It's Floyd | scheduled for tonight, but you're hardly planning on attending; you Floyd | shudder to think what havoc your demon could wreak in such a setting. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and ponder the fundamental inequity of Floyd | existence. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "It says it's an invitation to a masque before we catch it" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Presumably, we've read it before." | ||||
| Iain says, "True." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat it" | EmacsUser says, "Though not while possessed, perhaps." | |||
Floyd | That's plainly inedible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "purge demon" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You hop around a bit and howl. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I wonder if a masked fete is like a masked ball." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "meditate" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think so, yes." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | The small casement window is set into a dormer. It is closed. Floyd | Floyd | In the fading twilight, you can make out some scraggly trees. Rain Floyd | falls quickly against the glass, and a dark shape knocks against the Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Only in daytime, with fairground stalls instead of waltzes." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x specimen rack" | ||||
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x display case" | ||||
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Hm" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "oops specimen" | ||||
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x specimen" | ||||
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Iain says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | The small casement window is set into a dormer. It is closed. Floyd | Floyd | In the fading twilight, you can make out some scraggly trees. Rain Floyd | falls quickly against the glass, and a dark shape knocks against the Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||||
Floyd | Though you feel compelled to do so, you catch yourself and wail Floyd | mournfully. "Such an unmotivated desire must be demon-spawned!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "afk a few" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "say "Mwahahaha I control your mouth now pitiful mortal"" | ||||
Floyd | You mumble incoherently. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to dsimon), "Well, almost." | |||
| Iain says, "Essentially the PC is a tedious method actor." | ||||
| Iain says, "Forever asking 'what's my motivation here?'" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Hehe" | ||||
| Iain says, "So I figure he or she is played by Dustin Hoffman." | ||||
| WeirdBeard arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "think about combination" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "think" | ||||
Floyd | What a good idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "remember combination" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "unlock door" | ||||
Floyd | You don't know the combination. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon asks, "Which 'you' does it mean exactly?" | |||
| Ellison says, "I hope the full game ends with >WALK AWAY FROM EXPLODING MASQUE IN SLOW-MOTION" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "It could be you, the demon, or it could be you, the PC, who has voluntarily forgotten." | ||||
| Iain says, "What's my moti -- wait, that's AWESOME, sure." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "clean room" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x dust" | ||||
Floyd | It's just dust. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and wring your hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | an invitation Floyd | a lighter Floyd | an absinthe spoon Floyd | some lint Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and let out a small shriek. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x crackers" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the crackers. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and gnash your teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "There are a lot of objects here." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Back" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I wonder if any of them will figure into the extended version." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Welcome back." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Hm, so I guess I'll make him open the window again, but this time without lighting the candle" | ||||
| Iain says, "The extended version could go a bunch of different ways." | ||||
| WeirdBeard asks, "Late here: so we the players know the combinationj, but it's saying that our character doesn't?" | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "eat cracker" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the carafe of water) Floyd | You drink the water and your thirst subsides. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "eat cracker" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to WeirdBeard), "Nope, we the players don't. --" | |||
| Iain says, "Maybe a sequence of scenes like this, or maybe this is just a teaser for one big complex puzzle at the fete." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Nor does the demon we control." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think the rest of the game will take place at the fete, and then you come home and find your home burnt down and bats flying off with your property." | ||||
| Iain says, "Hee hee." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "But the person possessed does in the inner recesses of his mind." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You pace back and forth and compose melancholy poetry in your head. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You pace back and forth and wring your hands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You pace back and forth and gnash your teeth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You pace back and forth and wring your hands. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Or her? I can't remember." | |||
| Iain asks (of WeirdBeard), "Have you played this game yet?" | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "eat cracker" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You take a cracker. Floyd | Floyd | As you eat it, you can feel your throat get a little drier. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Your thirst gets the better of you and you go to open the window. Floyd | Floyd | You open the window. As you lean out the window to refill your Floyd | carafe, a fiend of Stygian darkness clamors its way into the room! Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "We already finished, we're replaying." | |||
| Ellison says, "well, next we'll have to put on a mask to cover up the scalding burns we give ourselves in the kitchen." | ||||
| WeirdBeard says, "No. I don't play very much at all anymore." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x fiend" | ||||
Floyd | Actually, now that you get a good look at it, it's just an Floyd | average-sized Little Brown Bat [Myotis lucifugus]. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "take bat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't suppose the bat would care for that. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x creamer" | ||||
Floyd | It's shaped like a cow. Or rather, like a cow with a handle and a Floyd | spout. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the disused Floyd | cravat. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Scruffy hair, wide eyes with a slight twitch to them -- you've been Floyd | cultivating an "eccentric" appearance lately Floyd | Floyd | You fill the carafe up from the rain. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the Floyd | grandfather clock. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says (to WeirdBeard), "We the players are apparently a demon haunting the PC, or so the PC thinks." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "take creamer" | ||||
Floyd | This is no time to start carrying around random knickknacks. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the display Floyd | cases of entomological specimens. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the antique Floyd | globe. Floyd | Floyd | You are thirsty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | You drink the water and your thirst subsides. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the display Floyd | cases of entomological specimens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "light bat" | ||||
Floyd | Though you feel a strange urge to burn the bat, you manage to stop Floyd | yourself before you light him aflame. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the penwipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "So some persuasion is necessary to do the things we want." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "As evidenced by the last command." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "light self" | ||||
Floyd | Though you feel a strange urge to burn yourself, you manage to stop Floyd | yourself before you light you aflame. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the statuette Floyd | of the Eiffel Tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon asks, ""before you light you aflame"?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Hmm, tricky pronouns there." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "version" | ||||
Floyd | A Fleeting Case of Self-Possession, or, Memento Moratori Floyd | An interactive paranoia by Lea Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 100704 / Inform 7 build 6E59 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Identification number: //6E8ADE9C-482F-4420-AD89-FCC9FBBDF42B// Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (2N) / Library serial number 080126 Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson Floyd | Measured Liquid by Emily Short Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x carafe" | ||||
Floyd | The carafe is shiny, overwrought, and slightly sinister-looking. Floyd | Also, it is mostly full of water. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and gnash your teeth. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the cow Floyd | creamer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I feel like the game doesn't try to be rigorous about pronouns, but the intention is generally clear so it's fine." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Yeah, it takes some care in I7 to correctly choose between ``you'' and ``yourself.''" | ||||
| Iain says, "It also makes you wonder whether we actually *are* the PC, we're just a bit mad." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | You pace back and forth and despair. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the penwipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to Iain), "Ah, that too." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | It's got four spindly legs and a time-roughened top made of Floyd | indeterminate wood. Floyd | Floyd | On the table are some crackers, a typewriter, and a sheet of paper. Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and gnash your teeth. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the Floyd | decorative plate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x typewriter" | ||||
Floyd | A bit worse for wear, but still functional. You consider typewriters Floyd | the "only way to write." Floyd | Floyd | You pace back and forth and wring your hands. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the bust of Floyd | Pallas. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I'm interested to see how the premise gets resolved eventually." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "put paper in typewriter" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the sheet of paper) Floyd | Floyd | That can't contain things. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the disused Floyd | cravat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "write poetry" | ||||
Floyd | You are out of blank paper. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the statuette Floyd | of the Eiffel Tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Yes, I like to know which ``you'' gets the upper hand." | |||
| dsimon asks, "Hasn't he heard of reduce, reuse, recycle?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Er, ``I'd;;" | ||||
| EmacsUser glares at his keyboard. | ||||
| dsimon says, "So I'm a bit stumped as to alternate directions this could go." | ||||
| dsimon asks, "Is there something we can do besides lighting the candle and getting the bat to knock it over?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I think you can EXIT WINDOW once the fire is going." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "exit window" | ||||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to exit. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | It's a three-storey drop to the ground. And it's raining. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the penwipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Well, maybe that>" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit candle" | ||||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the disused Floyd | cravat. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "?" | |||
| Iain says, "Also, I *think* the PC's gender is ambiguous, unless I missed something." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push candle" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | The bat flutters clumsily around the room, knocking into the penwipe. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "Seems like that'll be tricky to maintain in a masked fete." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick books" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Iain, true, I think you're right." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "light candle" | ||||
Floyd | As you light the candle, the room instantly feels a little more Floyd | gothic. Floyd | Floyd | The hapless bat ignores its scientific name and knocks into the Floyd | candle, sending it sputtering across the stacks of books. Floyd | Floyd | > | Iain says, "I'm definitely picturing him as male, though." | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "put out fire" | ||||
Floyd | You blow on the empty fire, to little effect. Floyd | Floyd | The fire catches the edge of the stack of books. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | It's a three-storey drop to the ground. And it's raining. Floyd | Floyd | The fire spreads across the books. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, ""Empty fire?"" | |||
| DavidW says, "That is odd." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Maybe it implies..." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "put paper in fire" | ||||
Floyd | The empty fire holds only liquids. Floyd | Floyd | The fire catches the curtains. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Try entering the window a few turns later" | |||
| Iain says, "Hmm, although, in a masked fete you can be anybody you want to be, so..." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "pour water on fire" | ||||
Floyd | (the carafe of water on the empty fire) Floyd | Futile. Floyd | Floyd | The fire is terrifying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in fire" | ||||
Floyd | (the carafe of water in the empty fire) Floyd | The empty fire holds only liquids. Floyd | Floyd | The fire is terrifying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | It's a three-storey drop to the ground. And it's raining. Floyd | Floyd | The fire is terrifying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "x curtains" | ||||
Floyd | Objectively, they are purple and silken; whether they are sad or Floyd | uncertain is more of a matter of interpretation, though you frequently Floyd | judge them to be so in your more autobiographical writings. They're Floyd | on fire. Floyd | Floyd | You suddenly feel that unlocking the chamber door would, in fact, be a Floyd | rational action, and you promptly act on your new-found reason: you Floyd | unlock the door and scramble into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | Stairway Floyd | A narrow flight of stairs leads downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Hmm. Sorry." | |||
| dsimon says, "Well" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay for a double victory then!" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Maybe if we arranged things so that xe couldn't use the door" | ||||
| dsimon says, "But I'm not sure how we'd do that" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Kind of a Violet-like situation" | ||||
| EmacsUser nods. | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** ...just in time for that f?te. *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...this has been an IntroComp entry. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the Floyd | last command? Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "All done for today?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Also, in case it's not clear, I very much hope this one is completed also." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Excellent! Good stuff." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So... next week, we continue with IntroComp2010 entries..." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Swell" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We might finish, but I suspect it'll take two more sessions." | ||||
| Iain says, "ClubFloyd is good fun too! More enjoyable than I realised to watch other people playing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'd play more today, but I'm inspired to go work on my IntroComp entry now." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Iain), "yay" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "(belated) Woohoo---yay for lots of entries." | ||||
| Ellison says, "congratulations to entrants and winners!" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Indeed!" | ||||
| Iain says, ">pinch self" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Seconded" | ||||
| Iain says, "(mistyped that as 'punch self')" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Er, the congratulations, not the pinching or punching" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "hehe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I shall try to get the awards transcript and ClubFloyd stuff up before I turn in this evening, unless I really get buried in design and coding, but I'll definitely have it up by close of weekend." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and support." | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims (at Jacqueline), "Thanks for running the comp!" | ||||
| dsimon exclaims, "Yes, thanks!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "You're very welcome. I look forward to the comp's tenth year. (Deadlines are already posted to the site, btw.)" | ||||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||||
| EmacsUser files that info in the back of his brain. | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "And now, off." | ||||
| EmacsUser implodes into a quickly fading blip of stardust. | ||||
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