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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ocmaincourse" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading game... Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARE WARNING Floyd | Floyd | The game uses Adrift's Battle System, something not fully supported by Floyd | this release of SCARE. Floyd | Floyd | SCARE will still run the game, but it will not create character Floyd | battles where they would normally occur. For some games, this may be Floyd | perfectly okay, as the Battle System is sometimes turned on by Floyd | accident in a game, but never actually used. For others, though, the Floyd | omission of this feature may be more serious. Floyd | Floyd | Please press a key to continue... Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "This one doesn't count..." | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Course Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Course Floyd | *------------------------------- Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | by Floyd | Floyd | quantumsheep Floyd | Floyd | copyright 2008 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to start | Nitku exclaims, "Ready!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And, hrm. That one is also pretty text light..." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A small freighter shoots through hyperspace towards Earth. Floyd | Floyd | On board is a precious cargo, drugged to sleep through the journey. Floyd | Floyd | A SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | In an inebriated state, a SoMorph is the size of a tennis ball, and Floyd | quite harmless. Floyd | Floyd | This is how pilot Alan Davies found the SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | Neither he, nor his cat companion Mr. Jones, realise the danger they Floyd | are in. Floyd | Floyd | Two days into the month long journey, the SoMorph is waking up. With a Floyd | hangover. Floyd | Floyd | Uninebriated, a SoMorph is two foot tall, purple, with tentacles and a Floyd | single, central eye. It has some mind reading capabilities. It knows Floyd | things it shouldn't. Floyd | Floyd | Its mouth can morph to eat any creature. It has eaten humans before. Floyd | Absorbed their language and limited knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | It can sometimes appear to others in the form of its most recent prey. Floyd | Floyd | The SoMorph is waking up. Floyd | Floyd | And it wants to go home... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to continue Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Ready." | |||
| schep says, "ok" | ||||
| DavidW says, "mmhm" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "This is a crazy fun well-written intro..." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cargo Bay Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph in some kind of Cargo Bay. Floyd | Floyd | It not large. It empty. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph note walls, floor and ceiling depressingly dirty. Floyd | Floyd | No windows. Why no windows, humans? Why? Floyd | Floyd | Lights flicker above SoMorph's head. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see some writing on wall that reads "Economy Space Freight - Floyd | You're cheap, and so are we!" Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not impressed. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | There is an exit north. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not happy. SoMorph wake up in strange place. Strange human Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not like humans. Filthy animals. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [ Cargo Bay | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I find that ADRIFT games often have a sense of fun that I find missing in the Inform and TADS games." | |||
| Nitku asks, "Shouldn't the opposite of inebriated be ebriated?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "heh. Yes, but it's not." | ||||
| djfletch says, "exebriated" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Somorph from planet Omorphos. Floyd | Floyd | Is purple in colour. Floyd | Floyd | Has Tentacles. Floyd | Floyd | Has one eye in centre of forehead. Floyd | Floyd | Has small mouth that can morph to eat larger prey. Also, morphing Floyd | teeth change to suit any kind of food - Sharp teeth tear flesh. Blunt Floyd | teeth crush bones. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph sometimes look like most recent food he eats. Sometimes. Floyd | Floyd | Has GSOH. Seeks similar. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, and a SoMorph need to find way home. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph is lying down. Floyd | Floyd | Somorph thinking that Brian did this. Floyd | Floyd | Brian not like Somorph. Brian rival for Somorph's job on home planet Floyd | Omorphos. Floyd | Floyd | Did Brian do this? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "x cargo" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph sees no such thing. Floyd | Floyd | Or maybe SoMorph got drunk? Floyd | Floyd | Somorph cannot remember much. Just in case, SoMorph will have words Floyd | with Brian when Somorph get home. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "GSOH?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Dunno GSOH. Guess we'll learn." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||||
Floyd | Take what? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gsoh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph sees no such thing. Floyd | Floyd | Somorph think he not on planet Omorphos any more. Floyd | Floyd | Somorph on some ship. Must change course to go home. Floyd | Floyd | And have words with Brian. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | SoMorph stands up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cargo Bay Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph in some kind of Cargo Bay. Floyd | Floyd | It not large. It empty. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph note walls, floor and ceiling depressingly dirty. Floyd | Floyd | No windows. Why no windows, humans? Why? Floyd | Floyd | Lights flicker above SoMorph's head. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see some writing on wall that reads "Economy Space Freight - Floyd | You're cheap, and so are we!" Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not impressed. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Let's go eat someone." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph is carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "North okay?" | |||
| inky says, "Great Sense of Humor" | ||||
| schep says, "yeah ready for North" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph in cross corridor. Cross Corridor confuse SoMorph a little. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph notice tubes on ceiling. Small lights in floor. Dirty walls. Floyd | Floyd | Always dirty these humans. Dirty. Floyd | Floyd | No windows! Why no windows??? Floyd | Floyd | Corridor split into four. Exits to North, West and South. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | To east is bathroom, but door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can move north, south and west. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the north. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Full speed for North!" | |||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | EmacsUser says, "Hey, Gerynar." | |||
| DavidW says, "Sheep cattishly enters from the south." | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "hello cat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want to do with Cat. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to schep), "ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We should have eaten it." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is there undo?" | ||||
| schep says, "maybe we still can" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku asks, "Did the cat just walk through the bathroom door?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Should we undo or follow - okay, too late." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Nitku), "yes." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Nitku), "It somehow got past it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "I guess it did." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Sorry." | ||||
| inky says, "perhaps there is a catflap" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There's a cat door, obviously." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Timing" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ADRIFT NPCs have the ability to walk through doors." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "May we eat the cat, please?" | ||||
| olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "eat cat" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser is confused. | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh. Gotta kill it first?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh, maybe" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, s?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | DavidW says, "We came from south." | |||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Cargo Bay Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the north. Floyd | Floyd | [ Cargo Bay | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Hmm." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, but the cat is -- argh it went n" | ||||
| schep says, "undo. z." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Let's just wait for it to return" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We'll wait, it'll come back." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill cat" | ||||
Floyd | Now that isn't very nice. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "but(!)" | |||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(!!!!)" | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "x tubes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think that not help get home any faster... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph wonder if SoMorph ever see home again if SoMorph carry on like Floyd | this. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Haha." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I have to make some toast. brb" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x cat" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Jones. A cat. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "eat cat" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "x jones" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Jones. A cat. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | (from DavidW) Jacqueline says (to toaster), "kill bread" | |||
| Nitku says, "The dead cat looks like a bug" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph opens the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps check out the other rooms." | |||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "eat jones" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Hi, Ellison." | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe we should >eat pussy" | ||||
| djfletch says, "sorry" | ||||
| inky says, "maybe we can't kill anything in this game directly" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I vote for >e." | ||||
| Ellison says, "hello" | ||||
| dsimon arrives, ready to play with the toys. | schep says, "I thought SoMorph was dangerous" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Hey, dsimon. Lots of people today." | ||||
| DavidW says, "sure, lets try east." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom small. And very dirty. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not like dirty bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see toilet here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see big red button above toilet. And writing. Floyd | Floyd | It say "Do not push button while the ship is in hyperspace or at a Floyd | station." Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph chuckles. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see bathroom door open. Corridor to West. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move west. Floyd | Floyd | Sometimes, SoMorph think, best not examine everything. Floyd | Floyd | Sometimes SoMorph want to relax. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [ Bathroom | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "clean toilet" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph can't clean the toilet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" | ||||
Floyd | nothing happens Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | nothing happens Floyd | Floyd | > | ToastGirl has returned, and is reading scrollback. | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||||
Floyd | nothing happens Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw c'mon" | |||
| djfletch says, "boo" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x toilet" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see small, functional toilet. SoMorph need open it before Floyd | SoMorph use it. Floyd | Floyd | Otherwise SoMorph get mucky. Floyd | Floyd | The toilet is closed. | Nitku says, "ah, ADRIFT" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "push asdf" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph pushes, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | nothing happens Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, there's nothing to flush yet." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "open toilet" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph opens the toilet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x toilet" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see small, functional toilet. SoMorph need open it before Floyd | SoMorph use it. Floyd | Floyd | Otherwise SoMorph get mucky. Floyd | Floyd | The toilet is open. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon goes home. | ||||
| dsimon has disconnected. | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use toilet" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | There no reason SoMorph can't be civilised about this. Close door Floyd | before use toilet! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph closes the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "use toilet" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not need toilet right now. Not before SoMorph eat something at Floyd | least. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph opens the bathroom door. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Ah." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "enter toilet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the toilet. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Hi everyone, sorry I'm late" | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Hi, dsimon!" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "No worries...we haven't gotten very far yet." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Try another room." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I am pleased to see a toilet in an IF game not merely coded in out of the expectation that there'll be a toilet." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the north. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Cryo Stasis Room Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this cryo stasis room. Floyd | Floyd | Room is cold, so must be cryo stasis room. SoMorph not like cold. Floyd | Floyd | Room is empty. Only Cryo Tube here. So must be cryo stasis room. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think at least room is clean. Wish room was warmer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see exit to East. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move east. Floyd | Floyd | [ Cryo Stasis Room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x tube" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see cryo tube. SoMorph know it designed to allow humans to Floyd | 'sleep', frozen like lollies, for long voyages. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see it is long, about two metres, and has words stencilled on Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | They say "Alan Davis". Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this must be name of human inside it. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see small light. He think it show tube active, and looking Floyd | through glass (which is unbreakable, apparently, despite SoMorph Floyd | hitting it several times with tentacles) you can see figure of a man. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see flap at the bottom of cryo tube. Big enough for small Floyd | domestic pet to fit through maybe. Some writing above flap read "Mr. Floyd | Jones." Floyd | Floyd | The Cryo Tube is locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "I liked the one in Shade too, though all it did was continue the sand theme" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "This [ Room | Score: 0 ] thing is awesome for CF, since there's no status bar." | ||||
| DavidW says, "There's a cat flap on the cryo tube? heh." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "I'm guessing then that we have to eat Mr. Jones?" | ||||
| schep says, "they had no idea it would be a vulnerability" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "unlock tube" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph doesn't have anything to unlock the Cryo Tube with! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "There's one more room, isn't there?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Yes." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open flap" | ||||
Floyd | Open what? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "open cat flap" | ||||
Floyd | Open what? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The flap itself probably wasn't coded. Comp restrictions, y'know." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "eat tube" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph is not holding the Cryo Tube. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "take cat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think Cat would appreciate being handled. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get tube" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph can't take the Cryo Tube! Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat cat" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | schep says, "to the bridge" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this be command deck of ship. Floyd | Floyd | Not much here though. No chairs! Do humans not sit??? Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see viewer on wall. SoMorph can read viewer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see dust everywhere. Lots of dust. Floyd | Floyd | Also, computer here. It say 'FRANK' on it. SoMorph can talk to Floyd | computer, but he not seem very friendly to SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can go South to corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Also here is some catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Frank is here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move south. Floyd | Floyd | [ Command Deck | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read viewer" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Currently ship set for yucky looking planet called Earth. Floyd | Floyd | To get home, SeMorph should ask Frank to change course. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask frank to change course" | ||||
Floyd | [ask frank about change course] Floyd | "I'm sorry. I am only programmed to accept requests from humans. Floyd | Disgusting purple aliens with tentacles cannot change the course of Floyd | the ship. Have a nice day!" Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Haha." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x catnip" | ||||
Floyd | Catnip. Food for cat. Mexican Chicken flavour. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph taste it, but it not taste good. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not eat catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | schep says, "yay, bonus reason to eat human: acquired" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask frank about earth" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Earth is a dump these days. I wouldn't want to live there. Much Floyd | better to be on a ship that can go places!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep asks, "frank about cat" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask frank about cat" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Mr. Jones is the ship's cat. Every ship should have one. Floyd | Floyd | Though I don't like the way he looks at me..." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask frank about frank" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "I am FRANK. Freighter Response and Nowledge Komputer. Floyd | Floyd | Yes, I know knowledge has a K in it. Floyd | Floyd | Yes, I know computer doesn't have a K in it. Floyd | Floyd | I run the ship's navigation, emergency and environment controls. Oh, Floyd | and sanitation too." Floyd | Floyd | I can answer all your questions, but I have limited capability and I Floyd | only change course for humans!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get catnip" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph picks up the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "ask frank about toilet" | Jacqueline says, "So, I have gone and looked at a review. This is not a spoiler, and barely a hint, but the review says, 'Also, it would be nice to give some hint at the step that is required right before SoMorph can eat his first meal (especially since, if I don't know to do that step, I am simply told that the desired prey is not in the room, even if he IS in the room).'" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | "The toilet is used to flush waste into space. Floyd | Floyd | Do not flush it while in Hyperspace, or when docked at a Station Floyd | please." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So, we're missing some step." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I have not looked into what that is." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask frank about emergency" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Any emergency aboard the ship and I'd have to come out of Hyperspace Floyd | and wake Alan up. Floyd | Floyd | You shouldn't flush the loo, for example. Not while we're in Floyd | Hyperspace! Floyd | Floyd | So please - BEHAVE!!!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask frank about sanitation" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it..." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I just wanted to make sure that this wasn't a show-stopping bug, and it's evidently not." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask cat about frank" | ||||
Floyd | Use the format "ask [character] about [subject]". Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "show catnip to cat" | ||||
Floyd | [show catnip about cat] Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh. Maybe giving the catnip to Jones will slow it down?" | |||
| Lucea asks, "follow the cat?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Sounds like it referes to EAT CAT talking about a dead feline" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Or speed it up." | ||||
| schep says, "it didn't exactly respond as though it expected GET CAT" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "The cat seems to move every turn, so our best bet is to hang around coridor alpha." | ||||
| Nitku says, "Or clog the toilet with the cat" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Er, corridor." | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the north. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we should try to give the catnip to the cat." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "yes, try that" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "give catnip to cat" | ||||
Floyd | [give catnip about cat] Floyd | Give the catnip to who? Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Hmm." | |||
| dsimon asks, "Maybe just "drop catnip" where the cat will arrive?" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "feed catnip to cat?" | ||||
| Gerynar asks, "or Mr. Jones?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "how did 'to' become 'about'?" | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "give cat catnip" | ||||
Floyd | Give what? Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "drop catnip" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph drops the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "feed catnip to cat" | ||||
Floyd | [feed catnip about cat] Floyd | There is nothing worth feeding here. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "feed cat" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing worth feeding here. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "feed cat" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing worth feeding here. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "feed mr. jones" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing worth feeding here. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the north. Floyd | Floyd | I don't understand what you want to do with Cat. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Something is replacing 'to' with 'about' and I think it's Floyd." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "It must be the default preposition." | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "take catnip" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph picks up the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | schep says, "nah, Floyd wouldn't do that" | |||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "feed cat" | ||||
Floyd | There is nothing worth feeding here. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Hm" | |||
| EmacsUser has bad timing. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph is carrying some catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give catnip" | ||||
Floyd | Give the catnip to who? Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Cryo Stasis Room Floyd | Floyd | [ Cryo Stasis Room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "How about >wave catnip?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put catnip in tube" | ||||
Floyd | The Cryo Tube is locked! Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "put catnip in flap" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flap" | ||||
Floyd | Open what? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "take cat" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think Cat would appreciate being handled. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | [ Command Deck | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask frank about catnip" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "The catnip is a lie. It's artificial. Just don't tell the cat that. Floyd | Secretly, I think he knows...but its his favourite food." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon says, "Heh, the catnip is a lie" | |||
| schep says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this be command deck of ship. Floyd | Floyd | Not much here though. No chairs! Do humans not sit??? Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see viewer on wall. SoMorph can read viewer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see dust everywhere. Lots of dust. Floyd | Floyd | Also, computer here. It say 'FRANK' on it. SoMorph can talk to Floyd | computer, but he not seem very friendly to SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can go South to corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Frank is here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm not sure why we're struggling with this. It seems so straightforward." | |||
| Nitku says, "Let's try the toilet" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We are missing something. It's evidently clued in somewhere, but obscurely. I'm not sure what." | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "shape mouth" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser agrees with Nitku. | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x viewer" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > Floyd | SoMorph sees no such thing. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "sorry" | |||
| DavidW asks (of Nitku), "do you have a plan?" | ||||
| olethros asks "are we still chasing this cat?", incredulously. | ||||
| Nitku says, "not really, but the bathroom is the only place we haven't tried with the catnip. And the game hints that there should be something in the toilet before we can flush it." | ||||
| olethros says, "obviously, we throw the catnip in the toilet. The cat goes after it, then we flush them down" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | [ Bathroom | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | olethros says, "or maybe we can shoot the catnip with the tube" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "put catnip in toilet" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph can't put anything inside the toilet! Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I would have thought that toilet use would come after we eat Mr. Jones, but hmm." | |||
| djfletch says, "but I was thinking we would need to eat the cat and then we could go through the catflap" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "put catnip on toilet" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph can't put anything on the toilet! Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "put cat in toilet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want to do with Cat. Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to djfletch), "yeah" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "eat catnip" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph can't eat the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "morph" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | These are some of the typical commands used in this adventure: Floyd | Floyd | [N]orth, [E]ast, [S]outh, [W]est, [U]p, [D]own, [In], [O]ut, [L]ook, Floyd | [Exits] Floyd | E[x]amine <object>, [Get <object>], [Drop <object>], [...it], Floyd | [...all] Floyd | [Where is <object>] Floyd | [Give <object> to <character>], [Open...], [Close...], [Ask Floyd | <character> about <subject>] Floyd | [Wear <object>], [Remove <object>], [I]nventory Floyd | [Put <object> into <object>], [Put <object> onto <object>] Floyd | Floyd | Use the Save, Restore, Undo, and Quit commands to save and restore Floyd | games, undo a move, and leave the game. Use History and Redo to view Floyd | and repeat recent game commands. Floyd | Floyd | The Hint command displays any game hints, Notify provides score change Floyd | notification, and Verbose and Brief control room descriptions. Floyd | Floyd | Use License to view SCARE's licensing terms and conditions, and Floyd | Version to print both SCARE's and the game's version number. Floyd | Floyd | [Try 'glk help' for help on special interpreter commands] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "read mind" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph sees no such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "attack cat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | schep says, "wonder if this is puzzle or guess-the-verb" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||||
Floyd | There are no hints available for this adventure. Floyd | You're just going to have to work it out for yourself... Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm thinking there might be an interpreter error somehow." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom small. And very dirty. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not like dirty bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see toilet here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see big red button above toilet. And writing. Floyd | Floyd | It say "Do not push button while the ship is in hyperspace or at a Floyd | station." Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph chuckles. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see bathroom door open. Corridor to West. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move west. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Someone could try locally." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search toilet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the toilet. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "this seems reasonable to me" | |||
| olethros asks, "are we in hyperspace or at a station?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Hyperspace." | ||||
| olethros says, "so we can't press the button. End of story. Let's move on." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Well, we want to press the button to cause Frank to pull us out of hyperspace." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But there was a hint that pressing it while in Hyperspace was something we needed to do." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But here's my thought... we need to eat something, then make a poo, then our alien OCDness will mandate making the toilet work." | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | nothing happens Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Want me to try locally?" | |||
| EmacsUser nods. | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I can't find a copy to try myself." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I have it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, nix that. I hit that 3.9/4.0 compatibility issue." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll figure that out later." | ||||
| EmacsUser puzzles. | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not finding the cat when playing om the ADRIFT Runner. I don't see him wandering." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom small. And very dirty. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not like dirty bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see toilet here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see big red button above toilet. And writing. Floyd | Floyd | It say "Do not push button while the ship is in hyperspace or at a Floyd | station." Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph chuckles. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see bathroom door open. Corridor to West. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat quietly exits to the south. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph in cross corridor. Cross Corridor confuse SoMorph a little. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph notice tubes on ceiling. Small lights in floor. Dirty walls. Floyd | Floyd | Always dirty these humans. Dirty. Floyd | Floyd | No windows! Why no windows??? Floyd | Floyd | Corridor split into four. Exits to North, West and South. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | To east is bathroom. SoMorph see bathroom door is open. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can move north, east, south and west. Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. I see." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm checking the forums." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Cryo Stasis Room Floyd | Floyd | [ Cryo Stasis Room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Cryo Stasis Room Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this cryo stasis room. Floyd | Floyd | Room is cold, so must be cryo stasis room. SoMorph not like cold. Floyd | Floyd | Room is empty. Only Cryo Tube here. So must be cryo stasis room. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think at least room is clean. Wish room was warmer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see exit to East. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move east. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I know what's wrong." | |||
| DavidW says, "The cat is still in the tube." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh, then I'll stop." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We've never seen the cat yet." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Wait, he is?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "look in tube" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see cryo tube. SoMorph know it designed to allow humans to Floyd | 'sleep', frozen like lollies, for long voyages. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see it is long, about two metres, and has words stencilled on Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | They say "Alan Davis". Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this must be name of human inside it. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see small light. He think it show tube active, and looking Floyd | through glass (which is unbreakable, apparently, despite SoMorph Floyd | hitting it several times with tentacles) you can see figure of a man. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see flap at the bottom of cryo tube. Big enough for small Floyd | domestic pet to fit through maybe. Some writing above flap read "Mr. Floyd | Jones." Floyd | Floyd | The Cryo Tube is locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop catnip" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph carefully place catnip down in front of flap on cryo tube. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph wait. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph watch. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph stunned when blur of fur rush out from flap, eat catnip and Floyd | run straight past SoMorph into corridor! Floyd | Floyd | "Cat!" SoMorph think. "Delicious!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "*Now* we have a cat." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Whoa." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Somehow SCARE got confused." | ||||
| schep says, "uhh .. k" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | schep asks, "oh, the cat wasn't supposed to be wandering around until now?" | |||
| DavidW says, "So we should be able to find the cat now." | ||||
| EmacsUser wonders where Mr. Jone went. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "uh oh - so does this mean... I don't think we're unwinnable." | ||||
| DavidW says (to schep), "That's right." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | [ Command Deck | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Cargo Bay Floyd | Floyd | [ Cargo Bay | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "eat cat" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | Floyd | [ Bathroom | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Cryo Stasis Room Floyd | Floyd | [ Cryo Stasis Room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Um...?" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "eat cat" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph not see pesky dead feline anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lucea is gonna get back baby bad balls to you, love, cretin. | ||||
| Lucea has disconnected. | EmacsUser awaits advice. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | Nitku asks, "So the cat's status is flipped in Floyd?" | |||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | [ Command Deck | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "l" | EmacsUser says, "I think so." | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this be command deck of ship. Floyd | Floyd | Not much here though. No chairs! Do humans not sit??? Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see viewer on wall. SoMorph can read viewer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see dust everywhere. Lots of dust. Floyd | Floyd | Also, computer here. It say 'FRANK' on it. SoMorph can talk to Floyd | computer, but he not seem very friendly to SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can go South to corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Frank is here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Have we lost the cat somehow?" | |||
| schep says, "yes" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Which means unwinnability, no?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Looks like the game started with the cat and then removed it, when it should've done the opposite" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If the cat is completely gone, that's really weird." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Maybe it's Schroedinger's cat" | ||||
| schep says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph is carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "purloin cat" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "In the Runner I've killed the cat easily once it was inticed out of the tube." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "There's just something we need to do, according to that one review I read. This was an issue other people hit. But I can't find a hint." | ||||
| DavidW says, "enticed? spelling" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh. Urg." | ||||
| schep has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW asks, "May I try restarting?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Ok." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sigh. Does this mean that we hit an ADRIFT game where SCARE was actually an issue? Do we have to move on? (Which saddens me, because this game looks cool.)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with restarting, sure." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Sometimes SCARE is an issue, yes." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Do you really want to restart? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Yes Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | SCARE WARNING Floyd | Floyd | The game uses Adrift's Battle System, something not fully supported by Floyd | this release of SCARE. Floyd | Floyd | SCARE will still run the game, but it will not create character Floyd | battles where they would normally occur. For some games, this may be Floyd | perfectly okay, as the Battle System is sometimes turned on by Floyd | accident in a game, but never actually used. For others, though, the Floyd | omission of this feature may be more serious. Floyd | Floyd | Please press a key to continue... Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Course Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Main Course Floyd | *------------------------------- Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | by Floyd | Floyd | quantumsheep Floyd | Floyd | copyright 2008 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to start | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A small freighter shoots through hyperspace towards Earth. Floyd | Floyd | On board is a precious cargo, drugged to sleep through the journey. Floyd | Floyd | A SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | In an inebriated state, a SoMorph is the size of a tennis ball, and Floyd | quite harmless. Floyd | Floyd | This is how pilot Alan Davies found the SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | Neither he, nor his cat companion Mr. Jones, realise the danger they Floyd | are in. Floyd | Floyd | Two days into the month long journey, the SoMorph is waking up. With a Floyd | hangover. Floyd | Floyd | Uninebriated, a SoMorph is two foot tall, purple, with tentacles and a Floyd | single, central eye. It has some mind reading capabilities. It knows Floyd | things it shouldn't. Floyd | Floyd | Its mouth can morph to eat any creature. It has eaten humans before. Floyd | Absorbed their language and limited knowledge. Floyd | Floyd | It can sometimes appear to others in the form of its most recent prey. Floyd | Floyd | The SoMorph is waking up. Floyd | Floyd | And it wants to go home... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Press any key to continue Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cargo Bay Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph in some kind of Cargo Bay. Floyd | Floyd | It not large. It empty. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph note walls, floor and ceiling depressingly dirty. Floyd | Floyd | No windows. Why no windows, humans? Why? Floyd | Floyd | Lights flicker above SoMorph's head. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see some writing on wall that reads "Economy Space Freight - Floyd | You're cheap, and so are we!" Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not impressed. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | There is an exit north. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not happy. SoMorph wake up in strange place. Strange human Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph not like humans. Filthy animals. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [ Cargo Bay | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | maga asks, "the main place where SCARE falls down is when the built-in combat system gets used, no?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (Standing up first) Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph in cross corridor. Cross Corridor confuse SoMorph a little. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph notice tubes on ceiling. Small lights in floor. Dirty walls. Floyd | Floyd | Always dirty these humans. Dirty. Floyd | Floyd | No windows! Why no windows??? Floyd | Floyd | Corridor split into four. Exits to North, West and South. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | To east is bathroom, but door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | There are exits north, south and west. Floyd | Floyd | Somorph thinking that Brian did this. Floyd | Floyd | Brian not like Somorph. Brian rival for Somorph's job on home planet Floyd | Omorphos. Floyd | Floyd | Did Brian do this? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the east. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Maybe the game uses the battle system ... right" | |||
| DavidW says, "Which this game uses." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to maga), "That's what the warning said." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this be command deck of ship. Floyd | Floyd | Not much here though. No chairs! Do humans not sit??? Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see viewer on wall. SoMorph can read viewer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see dust everywhere. Lots of dust. Floyd | Floyd | Also, computer here. It say 'FRANK' on it. SoMorph can talk to Floyd | computer, but he not seem very friendly to SoMorph. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can go South to corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Also here is some catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Frank is here. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move south. Floyd | Floyd | Or maybe SoMorph got drunk? Floyd | Floyd | Somorph cannot remember much. Just in case, SoMorph will have words Floyd | with Brian when Somorph get home. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [ Command Deck | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph can't go in that direction, but can move south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take catnip" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph picks up the catnip. Floyd | Floyd | Somorph think he not on planet Omorphos any more. Floyd | Floyd | Somorph on some ship. Must change course to go home. Floyd | Floyd | And have words with Brian. | Jacqueline exclaims (at maga), "That's what the warning implies, but maybe we have to engage in a DEATH MATCH WITH A CAT!" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | Cat sheepishly enters from the east. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves west. Floyd | Cryo Stasis Room Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think this cryo stasis room. Floyd | Floyd | Room is cold, so must be cryo stasis room. SoMorph not like cold. Floyd | Floyd | Room is empty. Only Cryo Tube here. So must be cryo stasis room. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph think at least room is clean. Wish room was warmer. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph see exit to East. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph can only move east. Floyd | Floyd | [ Cryo Stasis Room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop catnip" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph carefully place catnip down in front of flap on cryo tube. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph wait. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph watch. Floyd | Floyd | SoMorph stunned when blur of fur rush out from flap, eat catnip and Floyd | run straight past SoMorph into corridor! Floyd | Floyd | "Cat!" SoMorph think. "Delicious!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves east. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | Nitku says, "I was thinking that the author used the battle system to go around the restraints" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves north. Floyd | Command Deck Floyd | Floyd | [ Command Deck | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Corridor Alpha Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor Alpha | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | SoMorph moves south. Floyd | Cargo Bay Floyd | Floyd | [ Cargo Bay | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Sad." | |||
| DavidW says, "Drat. Cat does seem vanished." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Looks like SCARE messed it up." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We've been warned about this compatibility issue with Floyd, but I hadn't seen it actually materialize until now. bah" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Sorry guys." | ||||
| olethros says, ".. .. .." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, let me say this before we move to the next game:" | ||||
| olethros says, "so the idea is, cat eats catnip, we eat cat" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "To play this one for yourself, you need to download the whole shebang comp file, because the individual zip files for the Odd Comp games seem to be corrupt." | ||||
| DavidW | SoMorph hit Jones. | With a mighty swipe of tentacle, Somorph kill Mr. Jones till he dead! | Somorph not stop thumping cat with tentacle till cat much flatter. Easier to eat that way... | ||||
| olethros says, "yay" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "One sec, I shall get the link." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Thanks. IFDB needs an update." | ||||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, sigh. Shall we move to I am the Law?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If Delron has corrupt files, assuming that's the source, you should let Rotter know." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "okay with me." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Delron was indeed the source." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I tried it on two different computers this morning." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, then. I Am the Law: 7 ebbzf, 9 bowrpgf, 11 gnfxf, 3 riragf, 5 punenpgref" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | Do you really want to quit? | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | Yes | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ociamthelaw" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Loading game... Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I am the Law Floyd | Written by djchallis Floyd | Beta-tested by Kiravorn, Beanless & Raindrop. Floyd | Floyd | This game was written as an entry to an ADRIFT competition called "The Floyd | Odd Competition". It's rules gave strict limitations to your Floyd | programming (limited rooms, objects, tasks, events & characters). Floyd | Therefore this, and the other entries, are rather short and aren't Floyd | that intricate. This game may feel a little bland or empty, and it Floyd | lacks much of the polish I'd like to put in. Floyd | Please do not use this game to judge the standard of my text Floyd | adventures or stories, but please do enjoy the game. Floyd | Thanks. :-) Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Real quick..." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Let me know when we're ready to hit a key." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of EU), "Yes?" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Can I put that link on the IFDB page so they're a working one up?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Er, there's" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, I guess. I got it from ifWIKI." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, ifWiki." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Ready for the any key?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline presses the Any key. | ||||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||||
| Ellison has disconnected. | Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait." | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The next two screens explain the basics of text adventures for the Floyd | benefit of those who aren't familiar with them. If you already are, Floyd | don't forget to read the screen marked "important", because you'll Floyd | still need to know that. Floyd | Floyd | Text adventures put you, the reader, in control of the lead character. Floyd | The game will tell you the story, where you are and what you're doing, Floyd | and will then leave it up to you. Whatever you type, your character Floyd | will do. Floyd | Floyd | Commands are typically in the form: "verb noun". For example: Floyd | "Kick the bucket" Floyd | "Open the door" Floyd | Floyd | They can get more complicated: Floyd | "Put the pen on the table" Floyd | "Cut the rope with the scissors" Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | Jacqueline says, "Sounds like I can hit space until we see 'Important'" | |||
| Nitku says, "yes please" | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Here are some of the basic commands you'll need to use for this game, Floyd | although it will likely be required to use other ones as well. I use a Floyd | pen as an example in the list. Floyd | Floyd | "Examine pen" - give you a closer look at the pen for clues. Floyd | "Move north" - walks north. The directions you'll need to walk in are Floyd | N, S, W & E. Floyd | "Inventory" - tells you what items you're carrying. Floyd | "Look" - tells you about your surroundings. Floyd | "Take pen" - picks up the pen. Floyd | Floyd | Most of these commands have alternatives that also work, and also Floyd | short-hand versions to save time. Floyd | l = look Floyd | x = examine Floyd | i = inventory Floyd | n = north Floyd | etc. Floyd | Floyd | Text adventures generally require clever thought to proceed. Read Floyd | everything carefully and try anything you think of. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IMPORTANT! Floyd | Floyd | In this game knowledge is everything. You are trying to solve a Floyd | murder. The way to do this is to ask characters about thigs. Please Floyd | use the default ADRIFT phrasing for this: Floyd | "Ask Bob about Jim" Floyd | (please always include the name of the character you're talking to.) Floyd | Floyd | You can ask characters about other characters, or about objects, or Floyd | events, or places, or anything. Chances are if it's been mentioned Floyd | somewhere, they'll have something to say about it. If you ask them Floyd | about the right things, you'll get some useful knowledge. Always ask Floyd | characters about single-word subjects, or short phrases or names. Floyd | Floyd | On some occasions, new pieces of information will be written in blue Floyd | text. When this happens, you can ask characters about what was in Floyd | blue, regardless of how many words it was. For example: Floyd | "Ask Bob about blue text" Floyd | This will happen for subjects you might miss or might not guess the Floyd | phrasing for. But not all new subjects will be in blue. If you think a Floyd | character said something important, ask them about it anyway. Floyd | Floyd | When you think you know who the murderer was, type: Floyd | "make verdict" Floyd | The game will then ask for your thoughts. If you're right, you'll win; Floyd | if not, you won't. Floyd | Floyd | Lastly, please click on the options tab at the top of your window. Floyd | Make sure "verbose" is ticked. Also, click on "Display & Media..." Floyd | button and make sure the box marked: "Room names in descriptions" is Floyd | ticked. Floyd | Thank you. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | Jacqueline says, "Okay, stopping now." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Tell me when." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh, we won't see the blue text, but we shouldn't need the blueness." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Uh oh - timing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, no? Good." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We'll just have to be observant." | ||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| Gerynar's in trouble then | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Shall I hit the virtual space bar, then?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I am the Law Floyd | by djchallis Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I stand up from my chair as I feel my one-man ship docking with the Floyd | space station. Sure enough, the door to my ship opens in front of me a Floyd | second later. I take out my electronic notepad, ready to make notes. Floyd | There's a man waiting for me a few paces away, so I walk out to greet Floyd | him. Floyd | "Good morning, I'm detective Joshua Kent," I say, holding out my hand. Floyd | "Good morning detective," the man replies formally, shaking my hand, Floyd | "I'm Luke, the second-in-command, and now the highest ranking person Floyd | on this space station." Floyd | "Would that mean that your Captain was...?" I ask. Floyd | "Captain Seth was murdered last night, yes," Luke says. "I made the Floyd | call as soon as I discovered the body." Floyd | "Very good." This man knows procedure it seems. This will make my life Floyd | a little easier. "I was told this is a research space station?" Floyd | "That's right." Luke nods. "We're all scientists here in this tiny Floyd | machine. Our mission statement is 'to record the effects of lower Floyd | life-forms under a system collapse'. We all live here and do our Floyd | research as a quiet, secluded team. That's why I was surprised that Floyd | one of my own would do such a thing." Floyd | "Thanks for the information. Where are the suspects?" Floyd | "Lined up in the entrace lobby, just through here," Luke says, and Floyd | begins to walk towards a door. I stop him quickly. Floyd | "Luke?" He turns around. "You realise that you are a suspect as well?" Floyd | "Of course. But I believe in your profession, Joshua. I believe you'll Floyd | find the real killer, and so I've put aside my own emotions briefly in Floyd | order to assist you. The sooner you discover the truth, the sooner we Floyd | can clean up this mess. Do you disagree?" Floyd | I shake my head, and we continue through to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | Jacqueline says, "Let me know when." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "I'm ready whenever; I'm just taking notes." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm ready, but we should wait until everyone's read it." | ||||
| Nitku says, "I'm good" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "ready" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think this is the game has a few big opening text dumps, of which is the first." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok go" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of EU), "Do you need a second for your note taking before I scroll this off screen?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Nope. Thanks." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The entrace lobby is a small, bare room that seems to branch off to Floyd | the rest of the space station. True to Luke's word, there were some Floyd | people lined up, waiting for us with varying levels of tidiness. Luke Floyd | brings me over to them and begins to introduce them. Floyd | "This is Calvin, our chief computing expert," Luke says. Floyd | "Pleased to meet you, Calvin." I hold out my hand again, watching him Floyd | closely. He's smartly dressed and looks at me through his glasses with Floyd | keen eyes. He shakes my hand. Floyd | "Pleased to meet you too," Calvin says. "I trust you'll do your Floyd | profession proud and clear this up quickly?" Floyd | "I'll do my best," I say, moving on to the next person. Floyd | The next person is a slightly larger, slightly shorter and slightly Floyd | sloppier man. He holds out his hand ready for me. Floyd | "William, sir," he says. Floyd | "Pleased to meet you, William." Floyd | He seems a little nervous, so I don't press in. The third and final Floyd | person in the line is younger than the others, but just as smart as Floyd | Calvin. Floyd | "Tim is fresh out of university, he's quite the scientist already," Floyd | Luke says. Floyd | "You're a detective, right?" Tim asks, losing the formality I'd Floyd | assumed from his dress sense. Floyd | "I am," I say, shaking his hand. Floyd | "I've always wanted to meet a detective," he says, smiling broadly. Floyd | "I just want to let you know that if you need anything at all in your Floyd | quest, I'm here to help." Floyd | "Thank you, Tim," I say, turning away. Great, a wannabe. He's going to Floyd | get annoying. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | Jacqueline says, "Again, let me know." | |||
| DavidW says, "I'm ready." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Ditto." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, Calvin has a poker face, William is nervous, and Tim killed the captain so he could meet a detective. EU, note that down." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I turn to Luke. "Is that everyone?" Floyd | "Yes," he says. Floyd | I'm surprised. Only four of them? Five before the Captain died I Floyd | guess. Still, one of these is the killer? I guess so. I take a step Floyd | back away from the line and draw myself up as I talk to them. Floyd | "I assume you all know basic detective law, but for the benefit of Floyd | those who don't, I'll explain it now. The simplest way of thinking Floyd | about it is that I am the law. When I find the killer it is my word, Floyd | although reviewed by three peers first, that will decide their fate. Floyd | My word is the law, and I am free to add anything I wish to your Floyd | permanent records. If my judgement of the killer is approved, so will Floyd | my judgement in all other matters regarding you and your space Floyd | station. I say this not to scare you but to help both you and I. You Floyd | can be assured that the greatest power in this empire is working on Floyd | your crisis, and if you help me then I can be assured that this will Floyd | be over quickly. Thank you for your time." Floyd | The line seems to dismiss itself, with each of them walking off in Floyd | different directions. Tim gives me another look before he leaves. Luke Floyd | walks up to me. Floyd | "I'm sorry to leave you so soon, but I'd quite like to take a break Floyd | after last night's events. I'll be in the lounge if you need me," he Floyd | says. "Calvin will probably be working still at the workstations. Floyd | William said he'd be in his room but he said he won't mind you coming Floyd | in to talk to him. Tim will be hanging around, probably in one of the Floyd | corridors. He's been eager to meet you. If you want to check something Floyd | with the computer, feel free. We don't have a network of terminals, Floyd | it's just the one machine to look after the ship. It's in it's own Floyd | room at the far north of the space station." Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | EmacsUser says, "Heehee." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "May I again press the virtual key?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Yep." | ||||
| Nitku says, "Detective Obvious is on the case" | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | With that, he walks off. I'm left alone in the entrance lobby. I've Floyd | got an interesting bunch of people to work with. One of them did it, I Floyd | just need to work out who. This is how it always starts. The detective Floyd | service sacrafices detailed introduction over speed. We'd rather find Floyd | out what happened ourselves than have pre-prepared lengthy speeches by | Gerynar says, "Hi'jah" | |||
Floyd | unreliable sources, either before or after arriving on the scene. It Floyd | seems Luke knows this. Still, as I stand in this tin can in the middle Floyd | of the ocean of space, it can be quite disorientating. But I'm trained Floyd | to cope with things like this. Detectives are the best of the best. We Floyd | are the police, the secret service and the law. I may feel tired and Floyd | dropped in the deep end now, but once I get started I'll start Floyd | enjoying it. I have a job to do, and I'm going to do it well. Floyd | Floyd | I put my notepad back in my pocket. I think I should start by asking Floyd | Luke about the cause of death, and then find out some more about him. Floyd | Maybe I could ask people who they suspect, and should find out what Floyd | they think of each other. I seem to be short on information at the Floyd | moment. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The weird thing is, I figured out whodunnit from the opening." | |||
| EmacsUser asks (of DavidW), "The computer in the far north?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "You think? Or you've already played this and know?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If the latter... well, you know the drill." | ||||
| DavidW says, "uh, the latter and mmph" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Gerynar), "Hi." | ||||
| dsimon asks, "Why are there no women in space?" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | The game is now in its verbose mode, which always gives long Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to dsimon), "Because bra sales would plummet." | |||
| Gerynar asks (of dsimon), "um, they're too smart to go off galvanting around the cosmos?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I like DavidW's idea better." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, should we follow the PC's recommendation? Find Luke?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we examine the body?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "They never said where it is..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Funny, that." | ||||
| djfletch says, "he tripped and fell out of the airlock" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Yeah, I'm okay with north." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes have a look round" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of djfletch), "Is that like when someone falls onto a knife six times?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "They didn't mention how the Captain died either." | ||||
| dsimon says, "Huh, yeah" | ||||
| dsimon says, "Maybe we should ask them about that, and whoever knows about it in the most detail is the killer" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "I like how you jump right to the conclusion!" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "so, how did you kill the captain?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "All kidding aside, I do think that's a good way to start." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Who shall we prod first?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Luke, I think." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ooh - captain's room" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, ugh. Tim." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, brb" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I'd almost recommend asking the computer about the death, except that Calvin might have tampered with it." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "West okay?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "yes" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, let's find the body" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Captain's room Floyd | If it wasn't for the trauma surrounding this room, and the smell of Floyd | corpse inhabiting it, I'd have first noticed how the Captain's room is Floyd | so luxurious. But then these are top class scientists. There's a large Floyd | bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, a TV, a computer and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. Obviously the most important Floyd | thing in the room is Seth's body, which is sprawled over the bed. I Floyd | feel sorry for him. Floyd | East takes me back out to the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | [ Captain's room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x body" | ||||
Floyd | He's sprawled over the bed with his mouth hanging open. A quick scan Floyd | of his body indicates no marks of any kind. No bullet-holes, stab Floyd | wounds or signs of any sort of physical attack. It appears he simply Floyd | fell down and died. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to djfletch), "Looks like you're right." | |||
| inky says, "maybe he died of old age" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "back" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x mouth" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| dsimon says (to Floyd), "take captain's clothes" | ||||
Floyd | Take what? Floyd | Floyd | > | dsimon asks, "Um, hidden stab wounds?" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search body" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with Seth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "I think the scanner would scan through clothes" | |||
| djfletch asks, "does a phaser leave marks?" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask seth about murder" | ||||
Floyd | I get no reply from Seth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Seth wouldn't be caught dead with a necrophiliac." | |||
| Nitku says, "Makes you wonder why the person who called the detective thought it was a murder" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "haha." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "TASERs, yes. Phasers, not sure." | ||||
| dsimon goes home. | ||||
| dsimon has disconnected. | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x rub" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "It kinda does, doesn't it." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Er." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Maybe I should find out something about this space station? I might Floyd | find out how they got here in the first place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "close range, yes, further away, stun setting no, kill yes" | |||
| Gerynar says, "that was about phaser marks" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I suppose that with limited objects I shouldn't rely on examine." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "That's probably the issue, yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Luke?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suspect most scenery objects simply aren't coded, because of the comp restrictions." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Back east then?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and the computer. the computer is an enormous Floyd | metallic machine, that curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, Floyd | leaving a gap for the entrance and placing the stool inside the Floyd | horse-shoe. In front of the stool is a small screen. It is on, and the Floyd | letters on the screen read: Floyd | "Ready for use. Please speak your enquiry out loud." Floyd | From this I assume that I can ask the computer questions just as I'd Floyd | ask a real person. It's very similar, but not the same as the Floyd | computers I use at work. It's a really advanced piece of technology. Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(of course, there has to be at least 3 objects in the game, by the same reasoning)" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Sorry, I'm not sure where Luke is." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh wait." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "he's in the lounge, resting" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "It said the lounge." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Yeah. Sorry." | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask computer about murder" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser would not make a good detective in real life. | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about luke" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Luke?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "Luke is the highest-ranking crew member on this space station. His Floyd | personnel file says that he is a childhood friend of ex-Captain Seth. Floyd | Luke is single. He is a professional scientist working on this space Floyd | station." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "A scientist. Specializing in science. Minor in science-like sciencey stuff." | |||
| Nitku says, "I like how they have military ranks but everyone is on first name basis" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "probably like the doctors on M*A*S*H" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, or like park rangers." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There's a hierarchy, but we all call each other by first name." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Why are Luke's relationship data in the computer?" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about seth" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Seth?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "Seth is currently deceased. His personnel file says that he was a Floyd | childhood friend with Luke. He was single. He was a professional Floyd | scientist working on this space station." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "Do you have military-like titles or fun ones like Protector General?" | |||
| Gerynar says, "background checks" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask computer about tim" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Tim?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "His personnel file says that he was hired by Seth and Luke 105 days Floyd | ago. Tim is single. He has just graduated from university. He is a Floyd | professional scientist working on this space station." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, we have things like ranger, chief ranger, regional chief ranger, national chief ranger. And, if you ask one of my seasonals, 'minion,' though she gave herself that title, not us." | |||
| DavidW says, "ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yay 'minion'" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask computer about william" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about william" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about William?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "His personnel file says that he was hired by Seth and Luke 91 days Floyd | ago. William is married and has two children. He is a professional Floyd | scientist working on this space station." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "What information do you have about William?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "His personnel file says that he was hired by Seth and Luke 91 days Floyd | ago. William is married and has two children. He is a professional Floyd | scientist working on this space station." Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "look out for a description that says 'he is a professional assassin working on this space station'" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha ha" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about computer" | ||||
Floyd | "What kind of computer are you?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "This is a custom-built computer for this space station. It was built Floyd | by Enterprise Research with the objective to run this space station Floyd | and facilitate the research goal: To record the effects of lower Floyd | life-forms under a system collapse." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Maybe I should ask some of the crew members about each other? It's the Floyd | best way to find out how the relationships worked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about lower life-forms" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask computer about calvin" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Calvin?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "His personnel file says that he was hired by Seth and Luke 110 days Floyd | ago. Calvin is single. He is a professional computer scientist working Floyd | on this space station." Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "I am holding out for the amateur scientist" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about objective" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask computer about tim" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Tim?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "His personnel file says that he was hired by Seth and Luke 105 days Floyd | ago. Tim is single. He has just graduated from university. He is a Floyd | professional scientist working on this space station." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think william did it because he was the only married one" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask computer about enterprise research" | ||||
Floyd | "Who are Enterprise Research?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "Enterprise Research is a scientific research company." Floyd | I wait for more text, but nothing comes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims (at inky), "Married people get stressed out and snap? Or the LDR with his spouse is what drove him to it? Or SETH WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS WOMAN!" | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "My god, inky, you've solved it!" | ||||
| Nitku asks, "Which one was the professional layman?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Josh Kent." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask computer about station" | ||||
Floyd | "When was this space station built?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "150 days ago." Floyd | I smile at the computer's literalness, and then work it out in my Floyd | head. I think it's about five months ago. Floyd | "For what purpose was this space station built?" I ask. Floyd | "To record the effects of lower life-forms under a system collapse," Floyd | the computer responds. Floyd | The space station was built from scratch for Seth and his crew? Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "calvin, he's not a professional scientist, but a computer expert" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about system collapse" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "perhaps the system collapse is the murder itself" | |||
| inky says, "so the computer killed him" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Somehow that statement ties in." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "and the humans are the lower life forms being studied?" | ||||
| inky says, "right" | ||||
| inky says, "that'd be a twilight zoney kind of ending" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I like that possibility." | ||||
| Gerynar asks, "so, it was the computer, in the captains quarters with the lead pipe?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Or the detective is an amoeba" | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha" | ||||
| inky says, "awesome" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | I'm wearing my trenchcoat. It's what most detectives wear, and having Floyd | the image of a detective can be a great advantage. I guess I've kinda Floyd | grown to like it as well. It's got lots of pockets. In my top inside Floyd | pocket is my notepad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x notepad" | ||||
Floyd | My beloved electronic notepad. Standard issue for detectives, and Floyd | impossible to come by otherwise. It has a touch-screen which makes it Floyd | easy to make notes with. Floyd | It's a powerful tool of mine. Everything I write in here will later by Floyd | uploaded to the government's permanent record database, assuming my Floyd | verdict is agreed with by my peers. People know what their permanent Floyd | record means, and so even if I don't read what's written in my Floyd | notepad, people fear or love it. Floyd | Most of the time I don't even notice I'm writing in it, I use it so Floyd | much. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "heh" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read notepad" | ||||
Floyd | I don't use what I write in there. Some detectives do. Everything I Floyd | write in here will later by uploaded to the government's permanent Floyd | record database, assuming my verdict is agreed with by my peers. Floyd | People know what their permanent record means, and so even if I don't Floyd | read what's written in my notepad, people fear or love it. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Maybe I should ask some of the crew members who they suspect. They're Floyd | unlikely to have solved the case, but it might give me some ideas. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask computer about lower life-forms" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "hm strange descriptions" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | I've got my notebook but that's about it. I'm travelling light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "become amoeba" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "reproduce asexually" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "travel towards the light" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess we should find more of the crew" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and the computer. the computer is an enormous Floyd | metallic machine, that curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, Floyd | leaving a gap for the entrance and placing the stool inside the Floyd | horse-shoe. In front of the stool is a small screen. It is on, and the | olethros says, "hm" | |||
Floyd | letters on the screen read: Floyd | "Ready for use. Please speak your enquiry out loud." Floyd | From this I assume that I can ask the computer questions just as I'd Floyd | ask a real person. It's very similar, but not the same as the Floyd | computers I use at work. It's a really advanced piece of technology. Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oops." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about luke" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Luke?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "He's a nice guy," Tim says. "Not as nice as Seth, but y'know." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about seth" | ||||
Floyd | "What did you think of Seth?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "He was one of the nicest guys I've ever met," Tim says. "He Floyd | understood how I felt about my work here on the space station. He Floyd | understood I didn't really enjoy the work, but that I needed a job." Floyd | Sounds like a good guy, I don't understand this guy's science problem. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about william" | Nitku asks, "Why don't we want to talk to him?" | |||
Floyd | "What do you think of William?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "He keeps to himself, so I don't really know much about him," Tim Floyd | says. Floyd | I'm not convinced. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about william" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of William?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "He keeps to himself, so I don't really know much about him," Tim Floyd | says. Floyd | I'm not convinced. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about science" | ||||
Floyd | "You enjoying being a scientist?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "The opposite," he says, looking unhappy. "It's so boring." Floyd | "Why are you working on science then?" Floyd | "Because it's what I was really good at. Hate it, but it got me Floyd | through school and university. Guess it'll get me through my working Floyd | life too. That's what my parents say anyway." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Can you slow down a bit?" | |||
| olethros asks, "!?" | ||||
| inky says, "whoops, sorry" | ||||
| djfletch says, "someone should make a game with asexual reproduction where it splits the window into two each time you do it" | ||||
| DavidW says (to djf), "ow" | ||||
| olethros says, "this reminds me of that 'throw your mama off the train' movie, which included a writing group, one of whose members was a woman describing highly technical stuff in an amusingly generic way." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about parents" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I need to remind myself the computer can be asked questions just like Floyd | everyone else. Who knows what I might find out? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man, that'd suck, being in Tim's shoes." | |||
| olethros asks, "being good at science but hating it?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | William's room Floyd | William's room is surprisingly luxurious, but then these are top class Floyd | scientists. There's a large bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, Floyd | a TV, a computer, a huge curtain against the north wall and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. William is sitting on his Floyd | bed, reading a book. Every now and then he looks up, presumably to see Floyd | if I'm still there. Floyd | To the west is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ William's room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky asks, "william about tim" | Nitku says, "I'm not sure it's possible to be a good scientist if you hate doing it" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about tim" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Tim?" I ask William. Floyd | "He's a nice lad," he answers, with rare confidence. "He seems to like Floyd | you." Floyd | "You work with him much?" Floyd | "No, we don't see eye to eye on some of the science stuff." Floyd | "Why's that?" Floyd | "I'm... not sure..." He drifts off. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "er" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about science" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about luke" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Luke?" I ask William. Floyd | "He's, er... he's nice I guess," William says. "Kinda friendly." Floyd | "Do you spend much time with him?" Floyd | "Not really. I work by myself most of the time. I find it, uh, easier Floyd | to concentrate." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about seth" | ||||
Floyd | "What did you think of Seth?" I ask William. Floyd | "He was a nice man," he replies. "I... I think he liked me." Floyd | "Why are you unsure?" Floyd | "I don't know, it's just one of those things I guess..." Floyd | William doesn't seem to want to give me much information. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, well, being good at anything that you hate and feeling compelled to do what you're good at rather than what you enjoy just to get through life because it's what people expect." | |||
| inky says, "these npcs are really irritating" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about station" | ||||
Floyd | "How long have you been working on this space station?" I ask William. Floyd | "Er... I dunno..." William said, looking round the room as if hoping Floyd | to find the answer on a wall. "...maybe three months?" Floyd | "Who hired you?" Floyd | "Captain Seth did, sir." Floyd | "And are you happy here?" I ask. Floyd | "I... uh... yes. Sir." Floyd | I look at William for a moment, trying to work out what he's thinking. Floyd | I don't do too well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I sense a love triangle." | |||
| inky says, "that'd be good" | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask william about sex" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "how many npcs are there? william, tim, luke, seth (deceased)?" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask william about pr0n" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask william about girls" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "and calvin" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask william about wife" | ||||
Floyd | "How long have you been married for?" I ask William. Floyd | "Er... maybe... 16 years," he says. Floyd | "Are you two happy together?" Floyd | "Yeah..." he says, focusing on me even less than normal. Floyd | I think I'll give up. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I get the impression a lot of the people here are hiding secrets that Floyd | I just need to unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, and Calvin" | |||
| Gerynar says, "the computer guy" | ||||
| olethros says, "haha yay secrets" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask william about calvin" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Calvin?" I ask William. Floyd | "He's.... uh, kinda nice," William mumbles. "He's very clever, very Floyd | good with computers." Floyd | "Do you do much computing with him?" Floyd | "No," William says, slightly too quickly. "No, he, er, prefers to work Floyd | alone." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "William was the nervous one from the start, right?" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask william about secrets" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "#belated Don't forget the computer." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask william about children" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask william about computer" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the computer?" I ask William. Floyd | "You mean..." he starts. "That... that machine at the north end?" Floyd | "Yes," I confirm. He pauses for a second, as if hoping I'd lose Floyd | interest. Floyd | "It's, er... a powerful machine." Floyd | I wait, but no further comments arrive. Floyd | "Do you use the computer much?" I ask. Floyd | "Not at all," he says at once. After a pause, he adds: "That's Floyd | Calvin's job." Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "the computer really did it!" | |||
| olethros says, "it was porking his wife!" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Yes." | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| inky says, "a powerful machine indeed" | ||||
| olethros says, "and efficient" | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about book" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | My beloved electronic notepad. Standard issue for detectives, and Floyd | impossible to come by otherwise. It has a touch-screen which makes it Floyd | easy to make notes with. Floyd | It's a powerful tool of mine. Everything I write in here will later by Floyd | uploaded to the government's permanent record database, assuming my Floyd | verdict is agreed with by my peers. People know what their permanent Floyd | record means, and so even if I don't read what's written in my Floyd | notepad, people fear or love it. Floyd | Most of the time I don't even notice I'm writing in it, I use it so Floyd | much. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "another poweful tool" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask william about cause of death" | ||||
Floyd | "How did the Captain die?" I ask William. Floyd | "He..." William starts. He doesn't finish. I wait. "He was... Floyd | murdered." Floyd | "How?" I repeat. Floyd | "He was... locked in his room..." William pauses again. "And someone Floyd | turned off the oxygen." Floyd | "Thanks," I say. Floyd | I think I'll stop this line of questioning there. William clearly Floyd | doesn't want to talk about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "huh." | |||
| olethros says, "sounds like a computer murder to me!" | ||||
| olethros says, "(sorry, I cannot help but exclaim when dealing murder!)" | ||||
| olethros says, "+with" | ||||
| inky says, "hmm, we didn't ask the computer about the cause of death" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | djfletch exclaims, "or a computer programmer murder!!!" | |||
| Ellison says, "William says a lot for a guy who doesn't want to talk" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about cause of death" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me how the Captain died," I say to Tim. Floyd | "What, you don't know?" he asks, clearly surprised. Floyd | "That's not what I said," I say calmly, refusing to raise my emotions Floyd | simply because his high emotions bug me. Floyd | "I get you," Tim says, smiling. "The Captain died because someone Floyd | locked him in his room and turned of the oxygen supply." Floyd | A little quick to the conclusion that he was murdered, but ok. | Ellison says, "suspicious!" | |||
Floyd | "How would somebody go about doing that?" I ask. Floyd | "I'm not entirely sure, but I think you'd need to ask the computer." Floyd | Unhelpful. Floyd | "Sorry," Tim says. "I'm not so good with that. I know that to get into Floyd | my room I use a fingerprint scanner, but I'm not sure how someone Floyd | could lock me in." Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "The detective is pretty pathetic" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about calvin" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Calvin?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "He's a bit big-headed about his skills," Tim says. "To be honest I Floyd | don't really like him. What's more, I think I suspect him..." Floyd | Do I listen to the advice of a wannabe detective? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Eventually I'll run out of time. I've got ages left here, I've Floyd | probably not even used a tenth of my allotted time, but my boss won't Floyd | wait forever. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about fingerprint scanner" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and the computer. the computer is an enormous Floyd | metallic machine, that curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, Floyd | leaving a gap for the entrance and placing the stool inside the Floyd | horse-shoe. In front of the stool is a small screen. It is on, and the Floyd | letters on the screen read: Floyd | "Ready for use. Please speak your enquiry out loud." Floyd | From this I assume that I can ask the computer questions just as I'd Floyd | ask a real person. It's very similar, but not the same as the Floyd | computers I use at work. It's a really advanced piece of technology. Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask computer about cause of death" | ||||
Floyd | "How did Captain Seth die?" I ask the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "He died of asphyxiation in his own room on November 5th, 1 day ago." Floyd | "Why?" I ask. Floyd | "The oxygen supply for his room had been turned off." Floyd | "Who turned it off?" I press. Floyd | "Records show somebody accessed the computer and issued such an order, Floyd | but the data point showing who it was is corrupt." Floyd | I sigh. Great. I guess if it was that easy I'd have been told about Floyd | this file when I arrived. I look up again, with a new question. Floyd | "Why didn't the Captain leave the room?" Floyd | "The door to his room was locked via access to the computer, which Floyd | overides the fingerprint locks." Floyd | "Who did that?" Floyd | "Records show somebody accessed the computer and issued such an order, Floyd | but the data point showing who it was is corrupt." Floyd | That's not helpful. Maybe I should ask someone more human about the Floyd | corrupt data. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess calvin is the obvious guy here" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | Workstations Floyd | The workstations are five computers in a small room. It's safe to Floyd | assume they're all networked together, and are used for the crew's Floyd | work. This seems to be a separate area to the main computer room at Floyd | the north end of the space station. Calvin is deep in his work, though Floyd | I'm sure we both know I'll have to disturb him soon. Floyd | To the west is the entrance lobby I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Workstations | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | olethros asks, "well, the computer can lie... can't it?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about computer" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about the computer," I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "V? She's a beautiful machine. She's easily the most advanced machine Floyd | I've ever seen. You'd be much better off going and talking to her Floyd | yourself than asking me. Come find me again if she's not behaving Floyd | herself though." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about cause of death" | ||||
Floyd | "How did Captain Seth die?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "Some git locked him in his room and turned off the oxygen. Horrible Floyd | way to die. The lack of oxygen would have meant that by the time he Floyd | realised what was going on, screaming for help wouldn't have worked. Floyd | No sound in a vacuum? Anyway, what's interesting is the only way to do Floyd | that would be through V. The Captain's room is fingerprint locked, Floyd | with terminals on both side, so the only way to lock him in would be Floyd | to override the fingerprint terminals, which you'd have to do with V. Floyd | Same for the oxygen. The only way to shut off the oxygen is with V. Floyd | The real question is how did the killer lock the Captain in? Sure, V Floyd | can override the lock, but she demands the Captain's password to do Floyd | it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about password" | ||||
Floyd | "The computer says it needs a password to turn on creativity," I say Floyd | to Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "I dunno who did that," he says. "Wasn't me. Try Luke." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about misbehaving computer" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "whoops, looks like a bug" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about luke" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Luke?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "Luke's a nice guy, but he doesn't really understand the computing Floyd | work I do here. He's great for the science part, he's got huge Floyd | creativity and passion. But the computing side is a huge part of our Floyd | research. Why do you think we got given V? He's a good guy, but he Floyd | doesn't get how hard I work." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about seth" | ||||
Floyd | "What did you think of Seth?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "He was a good man," Calvin said. "He recognised my talent, and he was Floyd | extremely friendly and helpful. He listened to what I needed, even if Floyd | he didn't quite understand it all. He was a fantastic leader, and I'll Floyd | miss working under him. But of course, you can't take my word for it, Floyd | since I'm a suspect." He smiles and goes back to his work. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I imagine 'corrupt data' was in blue text." | |||
Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about william" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of William?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his Floyd | work. Floyd | "He knows his science, but he's a bit of a wuss really. Tends to keep Floyd | himself to himself. Doesn't really express his opinion very much. He Floyd | spends a lot of time in his room as well, I often wonder what he keeps Floyd | in there. I'm sure he's an ok guy though, for a scientist." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, whoops" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | "I tried to get some data from the computer, but it said some of the Floyd | data was corrupt," I say to Calvin. He looks up from his work and Floyd | looks puzzled. Floyd | "Really?" he says. He sits there and thinks for a bit. "I can't come Floyd | and sort her out myself, I'm too busy, sorry. But try this: ask her Floyd | why she thinks the data's corrupt." Floyd | "You can do that?" I ask. Floyd | "Sure you can!" Calvin says, almost surprised. "Just ask her what her Floyd | opinion on the corrupt data is." Floyd | I guess I should give it a go. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I suppose that'll be what triggers the password" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and the computer. the computer is an enormous Floyd | metallic machine, that curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, Floyd | leaving a gap for the entrance and placing the stool inside the Floyd | horse-shoe. In front of the stool is a small screen. It is on, and the Floyd | letters on the screen read: Floyd | "Ready for use. Please speak your enquiry out loud." Floyd | From this I assume that I can ask the computer questions just as I'd Floyd | ask a real person. It's very similar, but not the same as the Floyd | computers I use at work. It's a really advanced piece of technology. Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v what her opinion on corrupt data is" | ||||
Floyd | [ask v what %vname% opinion on corrupt data is] Floyd | Use the format "ask the computer about [subject]". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask computer what her opinion on corrupt data is" | ||||
Floyd | [ask computer what %vname% opinion on corrupt data is] Floyd | Use the format "ask the computer about [subject]". Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros asks, "who wrote this?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask computer about her opinion on corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | [ask computer about %vname% opinion on corrupt data] Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask computer about opinion on corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | "What's your opinion on the corrupt data?" I ask the computer in a Floyd | half-hearted kinda way. Floyd | "C.R.E.A.T.I.V.I.T.Y must be turned on for opinions to be given." Floyd | Creativity? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask computer about creativity" | ||||
Floyd | "Turn on creativity," I command the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "Password is required." Floyd | A password? Guess I need to find out what it is. Floyd | Floyd | (type "enter creativity password" if you want to do that) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I can't go in that direction, but I can move south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about password" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you know the password for the computer's creativity engine?" I ask Floyd | Tim. Floyd | "I didn't even know there was one," he says. "Try Calvin. Or Luke." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | William's room Floyd | William's room is surprisingly luxurious, but then these are top class Floyd | scientists. There's a large bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, Floyd | a TV, a computer, a huge curtain against the north wall and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. William is sitting on his Floyd | bed, reading a book. Every now and then he looks up, presumably to see Floyd | if I'm still there. Floyd | To the west is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ William's room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about password" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you know the password for the computer's creativity engine?" I ask Floyd | William. Floyd | "I... er... I don't know..." he says. "You'll have to ask someone Floyd | else. Sorry." Floyd | Wonderful. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Lounge Floyd | This seems to be the lounge. I guess even scientists need to relax Floyd | away from the computers sometime. What really surprises me is the Floyd | amount of entertainment in the room. It must have cost a fortune! Floyd | There's several sofas, a huge TV, massive speakers, a pool table, a Floyd | bar and a few more things buried at the back. Luke is sitting on one Floyd | of the sofas, obviously deep in thought. Floyd | To the east is the entrace lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Lounge | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask luke about password" | ||||
Floyd | "I was using the computer earlier and it said it needed creativity Floyd | turning on," I say to Luke. Floyd | Luke sighs. "I guess you found about that then," he says. Floyd | I draw myself up, slightly frustrated that Luke hid facts from me. Floyd | "What is it and why did you hide it from me?" I ask bluntly. Floyd | "It's an engine that allows the computer to communicate in a more Floyd | realistic fashion," he explains. Floyd | "How?" Floyd | "It's simpler if you try it for yourself," Luke says. "The password is Floyd | 'Grant'." Floyd | "Grant?" I ask. Floyd | "Seth's mother's maiden name." Floyd | "Ok, thanks," I say. "But why did you hide it from me?" Floyd | "The computer said I should," Luke says. "She pointed out that the Floyd | creativity technology is far more advanced than anything else in the Floyd | galaxy. It wouldn't help if it became public knowledge as part of a Floyd | murder investigation." Floyd | "I assure you, the creativity engine will not become public Floyd | information unless it becomes crucial to the case," I tell him. Floyd | "Although the detectives will know about it." Floyd | "I guess that's the way it'll have to be," Luke says, and goes back to Floyd | staring past me. Poor guy. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "While here, we should interrogate Luke." | |||
| inky says, "good point" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask luke about cause of death" | ||||
Floyd | "So how exactly did the Captain die?" I ask Luke. Floyd | "He died of asphyxiation, technically speaking," he says. "We found Floyd | him dead in his room, which had been locked, and the oxygen supply had Floyd | been cut off." Floyd | "Could that happen by accident?" Floyd | "Not by accident, no," he replied quickly. "Technically it could be a Floyd | suicide, but knowing Seth, I wouldn't even consider it a possibility." Floyd | "So where are the controls that would let you lock the door and cut Floyd | off the air supply?" I ask. Floyd | "The door locks are operated by fingerprints, but the oxygen is Floyd | controlled by the computer," Luke tells me. Floyd | "The computer?" I ask, curious. Just the one? Floyd | "It's a good computer," Luke says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask luke about corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | "I was using the computer earlier," I say to Luke, "and it seems some Floyd | of the data is corrupt." Floyd | "I'm afraid I can't help you there," Luke says. "Calvin will know the Floyd | answer though." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask luke about calvin" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me a bit about Calvin then," I say to Luke. Floyd | "He's the computer guy out of all of us," Luke says. "We all use Floyd | computers for our work of course, but he knows the most about them. Floyd | He's one of the best in his field, I was really impressed by his Floyd | application." Floyd | "So you hired him recently?" Floyd | "Shortly before we moved onto the space station. About three months Floyd | ago?" Floyd | "What do you think of him personally?" I ask. Floyd | Luke pauses, presumably working out the best way to phrase his real Floyd | opinion. Floyd | "He's a dedicated worker, but he doesn't care much for other people," Floyd | Luke says carefully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask luke about william" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about William," I say to Luke. Floyd | "William's a brilliant scientist," Luke says. "And a lovely guy too. Floyd | He's just a bit quiet. Keeps to himself. It's a shame really, but it's Floyd | who he is." Floyd | "How'd you meet him?" Floyd | "Hired him for the project about three months ago. He was very Floyd | persistent, and I'm glad I eventually listened to him." Floyd | "Assuming he's not the killer, that is," I say. I wait for his Floyd | response, but I get none. It seems he's not convinced. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask luke about tim" | ||||
Floyd | "Tim seemed happy to see me," I say to Luke. Floyd | "He's a big fan of detectives," Luke says. "Sometimes I wonder why he Floyd | became a scientist." Floyd | "Is he a good scientist?" Floyd | "He's fantastic, he just finds it boring." Luke allowed himself a Floyd | small smile. "I've always thought it weird. He's a natural, but he Floyd | really wants to be a detective." Floyd | "Is he going to be a problem for me?" I ask hesitently. Floyd | "I hope not. If he is, I'll give him a talking to. You never know, he Floyd | might be helpful." Floyd | I'm not so convinced, but I don't say so. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "none of this seems really helpful" | |||
| olethros says, "calvin, in the computer room, with the computer" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and the computer. the computer is an enormous Floyd | metallic machine, that curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, Floyd | leaving a gap for the entrance and placing the stool inside the Floyd | horse-shoe. In front of the stool is a small screen. It is on, and the Floyd | letters on the screen read: Floyd | "Ready for use. Please speak your enquiry out loud." Floyd | From this I assume that I can ask the computer questions just as I'd Floyd | ask a real person. It's very similar, but not the same as the Floyd | computers I use at work. It's a really advanced piece of technology. Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "enter creativity password" | ||||
Floyd | "I want to enter the creativity password," I say to the computer. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "Speak it now." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "grant" | ||||
Floyd | The screen pauses, and then suddenly teat appears on the screen: Floyd | Floyd | C.R.E.A.T.I.V.I.T.Y Floyd | engine loading... Floyd | Floyd | And then suddenly the screen is blank again. I wait, and then words Floyd | appear on the screen again: Floyd | "Hello Joshua. My name is V. I'm here to help you in any way I can. Floyd | You've turned on my creativity circuits now. They simply allow me to Floyd | communicate to you in a way that feels more human. I exhibit Floyd | characteristics that give the impression of opinions and thought." Floyd | I pause for a minute. Floyd | "Hello V," I say. Floyd | "Hello. I believe you had a question for me?" Floyd | I think I can interact with V just like I used to, by asking her Floyd | questions. But I think she might be a little more helpful now. As well Floyd | as asking her about her opinion on the corrupt data, I should try Floyd | asking her things again to see what she'll tell me now. Floyd | Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and V. V is an enormous metallic machine, that Floyd | curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, leaving a gap for the Floyd | entrance and placing the stool inside the horse-shoe. In front of the Floyd | stool is a small screen. It is on, and the letters on the screen read: Floyd | "I'm here to help, just talk to me when you want something, Joshua." Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Can we slow just a tad? I keep falling behind." | |||
| inky says, "yeah, I'll pause her" | ||||
| inky says, "er, here" | ||||
| inky says, "it sounds like we need to re-ask about everyone" | ||||
| djfletch says, "uh oh, now we just made the homicidal computer more creative" | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "haha" | ||||
| Ellison says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer who did it" | ||||
Floyd | [ask computer who did the fingerprint lock] Floyd | Use the format "ask V about [subject]". Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to inky), "Yeah, I think re-asking might be in order." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about opinion of corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | "What's your opinion on the corrupt data?" I ask V. Floyd | "Well, I think you'll agree it's unlikely that the data saying who Floyd | issued the command for both the oxygen and the door lock would both be Floyd | corrupted by accident. Besides, I don't get corrupted data that Floyd | often." Floyd | "So... what do you think?" I ask. Floyd | "I think the most likely answer is that the killer deleted the data Floyd | points himself." Floyd | "Wouldn't you know if he did that?" Floyd | "Not if he deleted that file too. Remember my memory is only what Floyd | files are on my hard drive. Delete files or pieces of information and Floyd | I, in essence, forget things." Floyd | What should I do now? I need to find the killer. Maybe I should ask V Floyd | some more questions. As the computer in charge of the whole space Floyd | station, she's bound to know some secrets, and she seems to be wanting Floyd | to help me out here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about tim" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Tim?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "He works for Seth & Luke. His personnel file says that he was hired Floyd | 105 days ago. He's single. He's only just graduated from university Floyd | actually. He doesn't seem that interested in science, despite being so Floyd | good at it." Floyd | "He's not, he wants to be a detective." Floyd | "That makes sense..." Floyd | "What do you mean?" Floyd | "Well, Tim's been doing a lot of snooping around since Seth died. Floyd | Maybe he's trying to give you a hand." Floyd | Maybe I should go talk to Tim... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about seth" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Seth?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "He died last night. I'm sorry for your loss. His personnel file says Floyd | that he was a childhood friend with Luke. He was single. He was a Floyd | professional scientist working on this space station." Floyd | That's strangely sombre for V. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about luke" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about Luke?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "He's the highest-ranking crew member on this space station, so I Floyd | technically work for him. His personnel file says that he was a Floyd | childhood friend of Seth. He's single, which is surprising. As far as Floyd | I can tell, most of the crew seem to like him, though not as much as Floyd | Seth." Floyd | "Really?" I ask, curious at the possibility of a rivalry between Luke Floyd | and Seth. Floyd | "Yeah, I think he envied Seth slightly." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about envy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about william" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about William?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "He works for Seth & Luke. His personnel file says that he was hired Floyd | 91 days ago. He's married and has two children it seems. He's a bit of Floyd | a nervous guy." Floyd | "Any dirt I should know?" Floyd | "I can't find any... but I'm sure he's hiding something..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask computer about lock" | ||||
Floyd | "How do the locks on the doors work?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "The doors to the crew-member's cabins can be locked from the inside Floyd | or outside by their fingerprint. Other doors have no manual locks. Floyd | However all doors can be locked or unlocked by asking me." Floyd | "Anybody can just ask you to override the locks?" I ask again. Floyd | "That's right." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask computer about station" | ||||
Floyd | "When was this space station built?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "It was built 150 days ago, which is about five months ago." Floyd | "What was it built for?" I ask. Floyd | "To do scientific research. I'm sure Luke's told you the mision Floyd | statement: 'To record the effects of lower life-forms under a system Floyd | collapse'," the computer responds. Floyd | "The space station was built from scratch for Seth and his crew?" Floyd | "Yes, it was custom-built for them and me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about v" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about yourself," I say to V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "I was custom-built for this space station. I was built by Enterprise Floyd | Research with the objective to run this space station and facilitate Floyd | the research goal: To record the effects of lower life-forms under a Floyd | system collapse. As you can tell, I'm no ordinary computer. The crew Floyd | seem to like me though." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser | "Yes, it was custom-built for them and me." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask v about enterprise research" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask v about lower lifeforms" | ||||
Floyd | "Who are Enterprise Research?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "Enterprise Research is a scientific research company." Floyd | I wait for more text. Floyd | "That's all I know." Floyd | "What?" Floyd | "That's all the information they programmed me with. Sorry." Floyd | That's very suspiscious... Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "The computer dude used to work for them." | |||
| inky says, "the game tells us a bunch of things are suspicious, but doesn't really give us tools for investigating those suspicious things further" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I just know it." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about calvin" | ||||
Floyd | "What information do you have about Calvin?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "He works for Luke and Seth. His personnel file says that he was hired Floyd | 110 days ago. He's single, which doesn't surprise me. He's the Floyd | computer whizz of the space station, though I think he annoys most of Floyd | the other crew members." Floyd | "Did he annoy Seth?" I ask. Floyd | "I don't think so..." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks (of Jacqueline), "Who's them?" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Enterprise Research?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I just am betting Calvin was on the front-end of designing this computer." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Mmm." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Otherwise why would there be a backdoor on the lock system?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "And him with the only real key?" | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about system collapse" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "He and Seth go way back." | |||
| olethros asks, "what is that system collapse?" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about me" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| two-star arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about lifeforms" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about experiment" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask computer about mission" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "v about v" | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask computer about two-star" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask v about v" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about yourself," I say to V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "I was custom-built for this space station. I was built by Enterprise Floyd | Research with the objective to run this space station and facilitate Floyd | the research goal: To record the effects of lower life-forms under a Floyd | system collapse. As you can tell, I'm no ordinary computer. The crew Floyd | seem to like me though." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Oh, we did that already." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask v about research" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about system" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask v about science" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about experiment" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask v about science" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "bah" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about me" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about backups" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, ""lower lifeforms under system collapse" is frustratingly vague" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Ok, what's our next move?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask v about creativity" | ||||
Floyd | "Your creativity engine is really something special," I say to V. Floyd | "It was created especially for me." Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "hahaha hahahahaha" | |||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask v why" | ||||
Floyd | Use the format "ask V about [subject]". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Though if Seth and Calvin went way back and there was bad blood between them, one would assume that Seth wouldn't have approved his hire." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Unless the bad blood was one sided, like Calvin being jealous of Seth moving upward in the food chain." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But of course I am making shit up at this point." | ||||
| Nitku says, "Extortion" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "There's some way to ask who people suspect, no?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I thought that was clued..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The computer said Tim was snooping. I'd ask Tim about snooping." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask v about suspect" | ||||
Floyd | "Who do you think did it then?" I ask V. Floyd | "I don't think I have enough information to make an informed opinion." Floyd | "But if you really had to choose?" I press in. Floyd | "Well... Calvin's the most likely to be able to corrupt particular Floyd | data points of mine." Floyd | It's a fair point. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask v about lying" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask v about feelings" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "if only I asked _one_ thing with a programmed response" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Have we been to the workstations yet?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh." | ||||
| olethros asks, "what workstations?" | ||||
| olethros asks, "is this your game?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Nevermind. I had my map missing Calvin." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about snooping" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says (to olethros), "No." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about suspect" | ||||
Floyd | "Who did it then, master detective?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "Calvin of course!" Tim answers prompty. Floyd | "Why?" Floyd | "He's the one with the know-how to get V to do what it needed to do to Floyd | get Seth killed." Floyd | A better answer than I expected from this kid, though I think V would Floyd | just do it if you asked her nicely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x tim" | ||||
Floyd | Tim is very neatly dressed. He's much younger than the other Floyd | crew-members, which makes sense if he's just got out of university. Floyd | He's leaning against the wall of the corridor, waiting for me to talk Floyd | to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "the computer would shut off oxygen if you asked nicely?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about cause of death" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me how the Captain died," I say to Tim. Floyd | "What, you don't know?" he asks, clearly surprised. Floyd | "That's not what I said," I say calmly, refusing to raise my emotions Floyd | simply because his high emotions bug me. Floyd | "I get you," Tim says, smiling. "The Captain died because someone Floyd | locked him in his room and turned of the oxygen supply." Floyd | A little quick to the conclusion that he was murdered, but ok. Floyd | "How would somebody go about doing that?" I ask. Floyd | "I'm not entirely sure, but I think you'd need to ask V." Floyd | Unhelpful. Floyd | "Sorry," Tim says. "I'm not so good with that. I know that to get into Floyd | my room I use a fingerprint scanner, but I'm not sure how someone Floyd | could lock me in." Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "We should try." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask tim about corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | "V had some corrupt data..." I start to ask Tim. Floyd | "Lost me already, sorry," he cuts in. "Go find Calvin." Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "it said it would close doors if you asked" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and V. V is an enormous metallic machine, that Floyd | curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, leaving a gap for the Floyd | entrance and placing the stool inside the horse-shoe. In front of the Floyd | stool is a small screen. It is on, and the letters on the screen read: Floyd | "I'm here to help, just talk to me when you want something, Joshua." Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about oxygen" | ||||
Floyd | "How is the oxygen supply controlled?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "I circulate oxygen round the ship. If you want to change the oxygen Floyd | flow in any way you need to come to me." Floyd | "Did anybody access the oxygen supply controls yesterday?" I ask. Floyd | "Records show somebody issued me such an order, but the data point Floyd | showing who it was is corrupt." Floyd | Time to ask V her opinion on the corrupt data. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about orders" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask v about deleting" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask v about data" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "v, close the lounge door" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | I can't close that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask v about corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "tell v to change oxygen flow" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want to do with V. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "v, shut off oxygen supply" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh, commas in ADRIFT are command separators. You can't use a comma within a command." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I wonder if Tim, though good at science, actually really likes computers." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Could be." | ||||
| inky asks, "are you saying he is just pretending not to know what corrupt data is?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wouldn't you?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "and if he murders someone, he can get a detective to come to him" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, he's a fanboi" | ||||
| djfletch says, "let's ask everyone else who they suspect" | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask computer about doors" | ||||
Floyd | "How do the locks on the doors work?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "The doors to the crew-member's cabins can be locked from the inside Floyd | or outside by their fingerprint. Other doors have no manual locks. Floyd | However all doors can be locked or unlocked by asking me." Floyd | "Anybody can just ask you to override the locks?" I ask again. Floyd | "That's right." Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "and he may think he's smart enough to get away with it" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | William's room Floyd | William's room is surprisingly luxurious, but then these are top class Floyd | scientists. There's a large bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, Floyd | a TV, a computer, a huge curtain against the north wall and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. William is sitting on his Floyd | bed, reading a book. Every now and then he looks up, presumably to see Floyd | if I'm still there. Floyd | To the west is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ William's room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about suspect" | ||||
Floyd | "Who do you think killed Seth?" I ask William. Floyd | He doesn't answer. I pause for a minute to let him think. Floyd | "Who do-" I begin again. Floyd | "I don't know," he says, not looking at me. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros asks, "how can you issue a command ?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x curtain" | ||||
Floyd | It's a really huge curtain, almost covering a whole wall. Looks Floyd | pretty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about hiding" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "i.e. 'computer, open door'" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look behind curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I can't move the curtain. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "this game is awesome" | |||
| Nitku says, "You can't, at least not in this game" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "stop getting distracted, inky!" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'll point out that the curtain is one of the few scenery items that actually is coded." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "There was a cap on the # of implemented objects, so..." | ||||
| inky says, "but this is the only room in the game with objects!" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "draw curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the curtain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "pull curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I pull the curtain, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x curtain" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open curtain" | ||||
Floyd | It's a really huge curtain, almost covering a whole wall. Looks Floyd | pretty. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't think I should be touching William's stuff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "look behind curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask william about curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Also, there are similar lists in other rooms, e.g., the captain's." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "take curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I can't take the curtain! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "enter curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the curtain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "pull curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I pull the curtain, but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search curtain" | djfletch says, "this is like in Shade" | |||
Floyd | I don't understand what you want me to do with the curtain. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "How so?" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "You mean that the curtain can't be opened?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about thoughts" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about station" | ||||
Floyd | "How long have you been working on this space station?" I ask William. Floyd | "Er... I dunno..." William said, looking round the room as if hoping Floyd | to find the answer on a wall. "...maybe three months?" Floyd | "Who hired you?" Floyd | "Captain Seth did, sir." Floyd | "And are you happy here?" I ask. Floyd | "I... uh... yes. Sir." Floyd | I look at William for a moment, trying to work out what he's thinking. Floyd | I don't do too well. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I can't remember what topics we asked which people." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about locks" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I don't think we asked Luke or Calvin who they suspect" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about children" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Trumgottist goes home. | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Lounge Floyd | This seems to be the lounge. I guess even scientists need to relax Floyd | away from the computers sometime. What really surprises me is the Floyd | amount of entertainment in the room. It must have cost a fortune! Floyd | There's several sofas, a huge TV, massive speakers, a pool table, a Floyd | bar and a few more things buried at the back. Luke is sitting on one Floyd | of the sofas, obviously deep in thought. Floyd | To the east is the entrace lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Lounge | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask luke about suspect" | ||||
Floyd | "So the four of you are suspects then," I say to Luke. Floyd | "I guess so," he replies. Floyd | "Care to lend your opinion on who it might have been?" I ask. Floyd | Luke stares past me for a minute. He must know I'm not asking for Floyd | advice, but to analyse him. Floyd | "I'd choose Calvin if I had to choose someone," he says eventually. Floyd | "Why?" Floyd | "Because I can't imagine it being Tim or William," Luke says. "But I Floyd | can't imagine it being Calvin either." Floyd | The man obviously has faith in his crew, which must be great when one Floyd | of them doesn't want to commit murder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "help" | ||||
Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > Floyd | These are some of the typical commands used in this adventure: Floyd | Floyd | [N]orth, [E]ast, [S]outh, [W]est, [U]p, [D]own, [In], [O]ut, [L]ook, Floyd | [Exits] Floyd | E[x]amine <object>, [Get <object>], [Drop <object>], [...it], Floyd | [...all] Floyd | [Where is <object>] Floyd | [Give <object> to <character>], [Open...], [Close...], [Ask Floyd | <character> about <subject>] Floyd | [Wear <object>], [Remove <object>], [I]nventory Floyd | [Put <object> into <object>], [Put <object> onto <object>] Floyd | Floyd | Use the Save, Restore, Undo, and Quit commands to save and restore Floyd | games, undo a move, and leave the game. Use History and Redo to view Floyd | and repeat recent game commands. Floyd | Floyd | The Hint command displays any game hints, Notify provides score change Floyd | notification, and Verbose and Brief control room descriptions. Floyd | Floyd | Use License to view SCARE's licensing terms and conditions, and Floyd | Version to print both SCARE's and the game's version number. Floyd | Floyd | [Try 'glk help' for help on special interpreter commands] Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Who does Calvin pick?" | |||
| inky asks, "if everyone suspects calvin, who does calvin suspect?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | Workstations Floyd | The workstations are five computers in a small room. It's safe to Floyd | assume they're all networked together, and are used for the crew's Floyd | work. This seems to be a separate area to the main computer room at Floyd | the north end of the space station. Calvin is deep in his work, though Floyd | I'm sure we both know I'll have to disturb him soon. Floyd | To the west is the entrance lobby I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Workstations | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | "I am the Law", 27 Sep 2008, djchallis. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "djchallis" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand what you mean! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about suspect" | ||||
Floyd | "You know you're a suspect as well, right?" I ask Calvin. He looks up Floyd | from his work. Floyd | "Of course, detective." Calvin smiles. "I think you'll discover it Floyd | wasn't me in time. You are, after all, the best of the best. If you Floyd | were to find me guilty I'd be extremely worried about the government Floyd | and the justice system, and since I'm not, neither am I worried that Floyd | you'll convict me of this crime." Floyd | "Who do you think did it?" I ask. Floyd | "Tim," Calvin says. Floyd | "Why?" Floyd | "William's too wussy and Luke liked Seth too much. Simple matter of Floyd | elimination," Calvin says. Floyd | This man would make a rubbish detective. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "everyone thinks it is Calvin, therefore it can't possibly be him" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about law" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros asks, "did we ask him about the data corruption ?" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about doors" | ||||
Floyd | "How could you lock somebody in their room on this space station?" I Floyd | ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "You're talking about how Seth died, aren't you? Horrible way to die. Floyd | The lack of oxygen would have meant that by the time he realised what Floyd | was going on, screaming for help wouldn't have worked. No sound in a Floyd | vacuum? Anyway, what's interesting is the only way to do that would be Floyd | through V. The Captain's room is fingerprint locked, with terminals on Floyd | both side, so the only way to lock him in would be to override the Floyd | fingerprint terminals, which you'd have to do with V. Same for the Floyd | oxygen. The only way to shut off the oxygen is with V. The real Floyd | question is how did the killer lock the Captain in? Sure, V can Floyd | override the lock, but she demands the Captain's password to do it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about v" | ||||
Floyd | "Who's V?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "She's the computer of course! She's easily the most advanced machine Floyd | I've ever seen. You'd be much better off going and talking to her Floyd | yourself than asking me. Come find me again if she's not behaving Floyd | herself though." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about data corruption" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about behaviour" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about misbehaving v" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about problems with v" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about corrupt data" | ||||
Floyd | "I tried to get some data from the computer, but it said some of the Floyd | data was corrupt," I say to Calvin. He looks up from his work and Floyd | looks puzzled. Floyd | "Really?" he says. He sits there and thinks for a bit. "I can't come Floyd | and sort her out myself, I'm too busy, sorry. But try this: ask her Floyd | why she thinks the data's corrupt." Floyd | "You can do that?" I ask. Floyd | "Sure you can!" Calvin says, almost surprised. "Just ask her what her Floyd | opinion on the corrupt data is." Floyd | I guess I should give it a go. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about crazy computer" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about creativity" | ||||
Floyd | "I asked the computer about the corrupt data but it said it needed Floyd | creativity to be turned on first," I tell Calvin. He looks up from his Floyd | work, again. Floyd | "Somebody turned creativity off?" he says, clearly confused. "I wonder Floyd | why. In any case, just ask her about creativity to turn it on." Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "oh a hint" | |||
| djfletch says, "ooh" | ||||
| olethros says, "though the dialogue trees are a bit messed up I think" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about william" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of William?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his Floyd | work. Floyd | "He knows his science, but he's a bit of a wuss really. Tends to keep Floyd | himself to himself. Doesn't really express his opinion very much. He Floyd | spends a lot of time in his room as well, I often wonder what he keeps Floyd | in there. I'm sure he's an ok guy though, for a scientist." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "...what he keeps in there... hmm" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about tim" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Tim?" I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "He's an annoying little kid," Calvin chuckled. "He really knows his Floyd | stuff. Complete natural at science. Does it like it's simple addition. Floyd | Fantastic. I just wish he'd grow up a little bit. He talks a bit too Floyd | much, I think he wants to be a detective, like you. Luckily for me, he Floyd | keeps to himself." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "calvin about curtain" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Sorry." | |||
| olethros says, "the way they go about science is highly amusing" | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about calvin" | ||||
Floyd | "So, tell me about yourself," I say to Calvin. He looks up from his Floyd | work. Floyd | "My life's basically been computers. I did my A level IT two years Floyd | early, and got my PhD as soon as I could. I've been moving about jobs Floyd | really, looking for something that really stretches my skills. No use Floyd | having the ability and nowhere to use it, is there? I finally found Floyd | this job, which is great. Pays a lot as well, but that was Floyd | coincidence. It's not like the jobs I've worked in have ever paid Floyd | small amounts." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "They are scientists! They do science! And science! And more science! So... sciencey!" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about science" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about experiment" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about station" | ||||
Floyd | "How long have you been working on this space station?" I ask Calvin. Floyd | He looks up from his work. Floyd | "I was hired on June 19th," he replies, "but the five of us didn't Floyd | move onto the space station until August 22nd." Floyd | It's November 6th today. "Do you like it here?" I ask. Floyd | "Yeah." Calvin smiles. "It's the only job I've had that's really Floyd | pushed my skills to the limit. The majority of computing jobs in our Floyd | galaxy can be done by any young university graduate. It's refreshing Floyd | and fun to find a job that really makes use of the advanced skills Floyd | I've developed over the years." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about skills" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about skillz" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about enterprise research" | ||||
Floyd | "Had you ever heard of Enterprise Research before you took this job?" Floyd | I ask Calvin. He looks up from his work. Floyd | "No," he replies, "but then I don't usually worry about those sort of Floyd | things. I work, sorry, worked for Seth, not Enterprise. It's too far Floyd | up the chain of command to be any interest of me, unless they start Floyd | becoming my problem as well." Floyd | "Why would that happen?" I ask. Floyd | "Oh, just something like a funds cut. Somethat that limits Seth's Floyd | control over our research and by well-being. But so far Enterprise Floyd | seem to have been very good to us." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about research" | ||||
Floyd | "So what exaclty is your research about?" I ask Calvin. He looks up Floyd | from his work. Floyd | "It's about studying cell-based life forms really. We run a variety of Floyd | tests by putting them in outlandish situations and find out how they Floyd | react. I run most of the analysis, and bullying V into doing the Floyd | research the way we want to." Floyd | "What's the benefit of this research?" I ask. Floyd | "All science research is beneficial simply because of the knowledge Floyd | gained," Calvin stated. "But there's also benefits when it comes to Floyd | things like stopping diseases spreading through space." Floyd | "Makes sense," I say. Might be handy in my line of work, with all my Floyd | travelling. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "finally!" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about life forms" | ||||
Floyd | "So what exaclty is your research about?" I ask Calvin. He looks up Floyd | from his work. Floyd | "It's about studying cell-based life forms really. We run a variety of Floyd | tests by putting them in outlandish situations and find out how they Floyd | react. I run most of the analysis, and bullying V into doing the Floyd | research the way we want to." Floyd | "What's the benefit of this research?" I ask. Floyd | "All science research is beneficial simply because of the knowledge Floyd | gained," Calvin stated. "But there's also benefits when it comes to Floyd | things like stopping diseases spreading through space." Floyd | "Makes sense," I say. Might be handy in my line of work, with all my Floyd | travelling. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser asks, "Are we the research subject?" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about tests" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask calvin about locks" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "Cell-based life forms, eh? That narrows it down" | |||
| olethros says, "well, it could have been viri" | ||||
| djfletch says, "all those dates have to be a clue somehow" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I bet there is a contradiction somewhere in the dates and numbers of days" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Calvin has been here for 110, per V." | ||||
| olethros says, "oh bugger that" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "So are only immediate lead is the curtain?" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "william was 91 days, I think" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Grr." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "``Our.''" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think Tim has something to say. We can try asking others about 'research' and 'enterprise research'." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "tim about research" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask tim about research" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask tim about detectiv" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask tim about detective" | ||||
Floyd | "Why so excited to meet a detective?" I ask Tim, almost dreading the Floyd | answer. Floyd | "Because science is so boring!" Tim says. "You guys have the best Floyd | career." Floyd | "Why did you become a scientist then?" Floyd | "Because it's something I'm good at. I always got really high grades Floyd | in science classes, even though I never really tried." Floyd | You don't know how lucky you are, kid. Floyd | "Ever tried out to be a detective?" I ask him. Floyd | "Never dared..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask tim about enterprise research" | ||||
Floyd | "Did you ever hear of Enterprise Research before you took this job?" I Floyd | ask Tim. Floyd | "Aren't they who Seth & Luke work for?" Tim asks. Floyd | I'll take that as a no then. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about william" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of William?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "He keeps to himself, so I don't really know much about him," Tim Floyd | says. Floyd | I'm not convinced. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about v" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about V," I say to Tim. Floyd | "She's kinda scary, to be honest," Tim says. Floyd | "Why?" Floyd | "She seems to know so much, and be able to do so much. I'd rather we Floyd | lived here without her." Floyd | "Surely she's useful for the research?" Floyd | "I'm sure Calvin could rig up something else," Tim said, annoyed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about doors" | ||||
Floyd | "How could you lock someone in their room on this space station?" I Floyd | ask Tim. Floyd | "I'm not really sure," he answers. "To get into my room I use a Floyd | fingerprint scanner, but I don't know how you'd lock someone in their Floyd | own room, when they can just get out with their fingerprint again. V Floyd | will know, and Luke probably will as well." Floyd | Should've killed this guy, it would have been easy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about murder" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about oxygen" | ||||
Floyd | "How could you turn off a room's oxygen supply?" I ask Tim. Floyd | "I'm not sure, sorry," he says. "You'd have to ask V. Luke might Floyd | know." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about secrets" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask tim about snooping" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tim" | ||||
Floyd | Tim is very neatly dressed. He's much younger than the other Floyd | crew-members, which makes sense if he's just got out of university. Floyd | He's leaning against the wall of the corridor, waiting for me to talk Floyd | to him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and V. V is an enormous metallic machine, that Floyd | curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, leaving a gap for the Floyd | entrance and placing the stool inside the horse-shoe. In front of the Floyd | stool is a small screen. It is on, and the letters on the screen read: Floyd | "I'm here to help, just talk to me when you want something, Joshua." Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I can't go in that direction, but I can move south. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "Ach." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | I move south. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | William's room Floyd | William's room is surprisingly luxurious, but then these are top class Floyd | scientists. There's a large bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, Floyd | a TV, a computer, a huge curtain against the north wall and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. William is sitting on his Floyd | bed, reading a book. Every now and then he looks up, presumably to see Floyd | if I'm still there. Floyd | To the west is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ William's room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about detective" | ||||
Floyd | "Have you ever met a detective before?" I ask William. Floyd | "Yes, sir," William nods. Floyd | "Broken any laws?" I ask off-handedly. Floyd | "No, sir!" William replies in a hurry. "Not at all, sir! I... I've Floyd | just worked for some nasty people before." Floyd | "Well that's ok," I assure him. "There's nothing bad on your permanent Floyd | record." Floyd | William looks relieved, and I hide a smile. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "x william" | ||||
Floyd | William is busy reading his book, although every now and then he looks Floyd | up to see if I'm still here. I meet his eyes once and he quickly Floyd | looked back down. He's dressed sloppily, and the bed creases slightly Floyd | beneath him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||||
Floyd | My beloved electronic notepad. Standard issue for detectives, and Floyd | impossible to come by otherwise. It has a touch-screen which makes it Floyd | easy to make notes with. Floyd | It's a powerful tool of mine. Everything I write in here will later by Floyd | uploaded to the government's permanent record database, assuming my Floyd | verdict is agreed with by my peers. People know what their permanent Floyd | record means, and so even if I don't read what's written in my Floyd | notepad, people fear or love it. Floyd | Most of the time I don't even notice I'm writing in it, I use it so Floyd | much. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x william's book" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask william about book" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "err bah" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x computer" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "maybe we should get the computer to lock some doors, or maybe we can look at the drives or something, if they are somewhere" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about nasty people" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask william about hire date" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | EmacsUser says, "I'm starting to wonder if we missed some critical blue text." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under rug" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to EmacsUser), "I'm wondering that too." | |||
| djfletch says, "there was still that hint that William was hiding something in here" | ||||
| djfletch says, "or at least Calvin thought so" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Yes." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about hiding" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask william about room" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about bed" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | I have more important things to do right now, like talking to people. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask william about computer" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about V?" I ask William. He visibly winces. Floyd | "She's, er... a powerful machine." Floyd | I wait, but no further comments arrive. Floyd | "Do you use the computer much?" I ask. Floyd | "Not at all," he says at once. After a pause, he adds: "That's Floyd | Calvin's job." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "why does he have a personal computer in here?" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "william about permanent record" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about permanent record" | ||||
Floyd | "You realise if you help me catch the killer, it will look good on Floyd | your permanent record?" I ask William. He doesn't answer. I'm sure he Floyd | knows I could use the reverse of that statement as a threat as well, Floyd | so I don't. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "he is saying "Not at all" too quickly there - suspicious" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to inky), "No clue." | ||||
| olethros says, "we should ask calvin about backups" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. 'snooping around' was the blue text, not 'snooping'." | ||||
| inky asks, "backups?" | ||||
| inky says (to DavidW), "oh, heh" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask tim about snooping around" | ||||
Floyd | "I hear you've been doing some snooping around after Seth's murder," I Floyd | say to Tim. Floyd | "How'd you know that?" he asks, clearly surprised. Floyd | "I keep my sources secret," I say out of habit, though I've no idea Floyd | why I'm protecting a computer. "You find anything useful?" Floyd | "Not really," he says. "I only found out some stuff about William." Floyd | "What did you find?" I ask, vaguely curious. Floyd | "That he's completely paranoid!" Tim says, with a smile on his face Floyd | that I recognise from my early days in my career. "You know the way he Floyd | acts so strange? It's 'cos he's afraid you'll stab him or something! Floyd | Seriously! You ask him what he keeps behind the curtain." Floyd | "What curtain?" I ask, very curious now. Floyd | "What curtain?" he repeats. "Just walk into his room, it's hard to Floyd | miss!" Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "gah gah" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Now we can ask about the curtain, maybe?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | I move east. Floyd | William's room Floyd | William's room is surprisingly luxurious, but then these are top class Floyd | scientists. There's a large bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, Floyd | a TV, a computer, a huge curtain against the north wall and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. William is sitting on his Floyd | bed, reading a book. Every now and then he looks up, presumably to see | DavidW says, "'behind the curtain' is blue text." | |||
Floyd | if I'm still there. Floyd | To the west is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ William's room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about what he keeps behind the curtain" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no 'behind the curtain' is the magic phrase." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask william about behind the curtain" | ||||
Floyd | "What's behind that curtain of yours?" I ask William. His eyes open Floyd | wide. Floyd | "Nothing," he says. He's clearly lying. I take a step towards the Floyd | curtain and suddenly he's sitting up-right and staring right at me. I Floyd | make a mental note that Tim said something useful after all. Floyd | "Why do you want to see behind there?" he asks. Floyd | "Because," I say in my best commanding-detective voice, "I have reason Floyd | to believe that you are hiding something. You are so worried of what's Floyd | going to happen to you, but I can assure you, I will keep you safe. It Floyd | is my job to bring justice, and not to let chaos rule. Trust me." Floyd | There's a long pause, and I can see the cogs in William's head Floyd | ticking. I give him his time. He needs to decide he can trust me on Floyd | his own. Eventually William opens his mouth. Floyd | "Ok, I'll trust you," he says. "If you promise I'll be safe through Floyd | and after all of this." Floyd | "I promise," I say with a smile. William takes a deep breath and then Floyd | starts to talk. Floyd | "I've been a high-class scientist all my life," he says, "but I seem Floyd | to have had the worst luck. I keep taking jobs that collapse around Floyd | me. My boss gets broke, or the company goes under, or we're sabotaged Floyd | or betrayed. You name it, it's happened to me. I've lost so much Floyd | money, and have had to restart my career so many times. But it's not Floyd | an issue of pride and money anymore. I have a family I need to Floyd | support. I took this job because the pay was so high. I didn't like Floyd | the sound of it one bit from a security point-of-view, but I figured Floyd | if I could earn enough money quickly, I could repay some of my debts Floyd | and quit before anything went wrong. It seems I was too slow." Floyd | I feel kinda bad for the guy. I hope my face shows it. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | Jacqueline asks, "I have been away for a bit due to a phone call. Any recently large revelations?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "The last text dump, probably." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Though I'm still reading." | ||||
| inky says, "perhaps he keeps his family behind the curtain" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I think it's a window, and we aren't in space at all but in a simulation or a reality tv show" | ||||
| olethros says, "the cogs in your head don't tick, surely" | ||||
| EmacsUser pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "So I'm afraid you're right," William continues. "I worry. I'm Floyd | paranoid. In fact, you'll be surprised at how paranoid I've been. Floyd | Watch." Floyd | William grabs the curtain and pulls. As it falls to the floor, I see a Floyd | hole in the wall the size of a wardrobe, full of notebooks. Floyd | "In these notebooks," William informs me, "is a record of what Floyd | everyone has done on every day since we moved here almost three months Floyd | ago. I reasoned that if I knew what everyone was doing, I could avoid Floyd | something going wrong." Floyd | "You kept tabs on all four of them?" I ask. Floyd | "That's right," William says. "Luke, Tim, Calvin and even Seth." Floyd | "What did you find out?" I ask, eagerly. Floyd | "Nothing," he says with a sigh. "But despite the evidence telling me I Floyd | was safe, I still felt so scared. But I was right, wasn't I? Something Floyd | did happen. I'm afraid that's why I've been so useless when talking to Floyd | you so far. I've been too afraid of something happening to me." Floyd | "I guarantee you can trust me to keep you safe," I repeat. "Now tell Floyd | me what you know." Floyd | "First," William says with a triumphant smile, "you're going to want Floyd | to see this." Floyd | He holds out a notebook. The date says November 5th. The day of the Floyd | murder. I read through it quickly, and then look up at William, who Floyd | nods. Floyd | "That's right," he says. "Nobody entered V's room on the day of the Floyd | murder." Floyd | "But she said someone issued her orders to do with the doors and Floyd | oxygen supply." Floyd | "Well maybe you should ask her about that. Ask her about her visitors Floyd | yesterday. Unless you'd like to ask me some more questions first, that Floyd | is." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | William's room Floyd | William's room is surprisingly luxurious, but then these are top class Floyd | scientists. There's a large bed, a fur rug, a bookcase full of books, Floyd | a TV, a computer, a huge curtain against the north wall and a large Floyd | wardrobe. It's a nicer room than my own. William is sitting on his Floyd | bed, reading a book. Every now and then he looks up, presumably to see Floyd | if I'm still there. Floyd | To the west is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "'visitors yesterday' is in blue text." | |||
| olethros asks (of davidw), "are you synced ?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Close enough." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "Thanks," | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "." | ||||
| Nitku says, "ha ha, hole in the wall" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | EmacsUser asks, "Which lead to we want to follow?" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Do we want to follow, even?" | ||||
| EmacsUser's brain must be melting. | ||||
| djfletch says, "asking V about visitors yesterday seems good" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | I move west. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and V. V is an enormous metallic machine, that Floyd | curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, leaving a gap for the Floyd | entrance and placing the stool inside the horse-shoe. In front of the Floyd | stool is a small screen. It is on, and the letters on the screen read: Floyd | "I'm here to help, just talk to me when you want something, Joshua." Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask v about visitors yesterday" | ||||
Floyd | "Who came to talk to you yesterday?" I ask V. Floyd | Text appears on the screen: Floyd | "You mean to access the oxygen controls and door locks?" Floyd | "Yes." Floyd | "I don't remember, remember? The data point is corrupt." Floyd | "But someone must have come, otherwise how did Seth die?" Floyd | "Exactly." Floyd | "But the thing is, I have a record here that proves that nobody even Floyd | came into your room yesterday." Floyd | "What?" Floyd | "That's right." Floyd | "Where did you get that?" Floyd | "My sources are kept private." Floyd | "Then you have no proof. Besides, even if you do have such a record, Floyd | could not the killer have prepared it to fool you?" Floyd | "They could have, but I have other proof too. You lied to me earlier. Floyd | You told me anybody could overide the fingerprint locks, when we both Floyd | know it actually requires the room owner's password to overide the Floyd | locks." Floyd | "So?" Floyd | "So you lied about it to protect yourself. In fact I am confident that Floyd | you've been lying and editing data for weeks without anybody Floyd | noticing." Floyd | "And why would I need to protect myself?" Floyd | "Because you killed Seth! Who else had access to all the controls Floyd | without needing passwords? Who was the only person in your room Floyd | yesterday when the controls were set? Who else would have used such a Floyd | mechanical method, when a simple stabbing would have suffice?" Floyd | "Stabbings are easy to solve, you would have discovered them!" Floyd | "All crimes are easy to solve, V. Murderers are not clever. They are Floyd | irrational, stupid people. If a crew-member had used the method you Floyd | used I would have caught them as well, just as I have caught you." Floyd | "Except I'm not irrational. Or stupid. Or a person. So why would I Floyd | make these mistakes that you have used to catch me?" Floyd | And suddenly I know why V killed Seth. It was her mission. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "'mission' at the end is in yellow text." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Looks like we were right all along..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So it does." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Clever." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Let me know when everyone's caught up." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I am" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "I'm caught up" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask v about mission" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think I should ask V any more questions now. I think I should Floyd | make my verdict. Floyd | Floyd | (please type "make verdict" when you're ready) Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says, "bah, 2001 ending" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "J'ACCUSE!" | ||||
| djfletch says, ">handcuff computer" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "English, please, I don't understand any of that Frenchie stuff" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "make verdict" | ||||
Floyd | I'm done here. I think I know who killed Seth. Floyd | That person's name was: Floyd | Floyd | (please enter the name of the character you think killed the Captain) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Have we saved?" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | I know how this character killed Seth. They locked him in his room and Floyd | turned off the oxygen. What I need to work out is why they killed him. Floyd | What was their motive? I think the reason they killed Seth was: Floyd | Floyd | (please enter one word that sums up why the killer murdered the Floyd | Captain) Floyd | Floyd | > | Gerynar says, "nope" | |||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | I thought I knew who the murderer was. I thought I had it all sorted. Floyd | But I was wrong. I got back to my work a day later and three of my Floyd | peers reviewed my findings. They tore my case to pieces. I didn't have Floyd | a scrap of evidence. I don't know if I had the right person and I just Floyd | didn't have the motive or if it was the other way around. I failed, Floyd | and so I was sacked from my post. Detectives are the best of the best, Floyd | they are the law. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't. Floyd | Better luck next time. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "ugh" | |||
| DavidW says, "Your undo didn't work." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Eep. Sorry." | ||||
| olethros says, "what was that" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought we'd undid." | ||||
| Gerynar says, "undo didn't work" | ||||
| olethros says, "it didn't work" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It couldn't work at that point." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to olethros), "It thought that we thought that SAVE was the murderer." | ||||
| Ellison says, "undon't" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Undo Floyd | The previous turn has been undone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | I thought I knew who the murderer was. I thought I had it all sorted. Floyd | But I was wrong. I got back to my work a day later and three of my Floyd | peers reviewed my findings. They tore my case to pieces. I didn't have Floyd | a scrap of evidence. I don't know if I had the right person and I just Floyd | didn't have the motive or if it was the other way around. I failed, Floyd | and so I was sacked from my post. Detectives are the best of the best, Floyd | they are the law. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't. Floyd | Better luck next time. Floyd | | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | EmacsUser says, "The slash seems not to be working its magic." | |||
| Nitku says, "I suspected James Undo all the time" | ||||
| olethros says, "ok, just undo and type v" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, shit, I just broke it and ended the game?" | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Undo Floyd | The previous turn has been undone. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Does /undo even mean anything to ADRIFT?" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "v" | ||||
Floyd | I thought I knew who the murderer was. I thought I had it all sorted. Floyd | But I was wrong. I got back to my work a day later and three of my Floyd | peers reviewed my findings. They tore my case to pieces. I didn't have Floyd | a scrap of evidence. I don't know if I had the right person and I just Floyd | didn't have the motive or if it was the other way around. I failed, Floyd | and so I was sacked from my post. Detectives are the best of the best, Floyd | they are the law. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't. Floyd | Better luck next time. Floyd | | olethros says, "huh" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Shittityshitshit" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "I thought that was a Floyd thing. Maybe just CheapGLK?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We're gonna have to restart." | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Undo Floyd | The previous turn has been undone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | I thought I knew who the murderer was. I thought I had it all sorted. Floyd | But I was wrong. I got back to my work a day later and three of my Floyd | peers reviewed my findings. They tore my case to pieces. I didn't have Floyd | a scrap of evidence. I don't know if I had the right person and I just Floyd | didn't have the motive or if it was the other way around. I failed, Floyd | and so I was sacked from my post. Detectives are the best of the best, Floyd | they are the law. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't. Floyd | Better luck next time. Floyd | | olethros says, "oh, it does not go at all" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I am so sorry guys. Here I was, trying to be careful." | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Undo Floyd | The previous turn has been undone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "When we know we know that we know." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "computer" | ||||
Floyd | I thought I knew who the murderer was. I thought I had it all sorted. Floyd | But I was wrong. I got back to my work a day later and three of my Floyd | peers reviewed my findings. They tore my case to pieces. I didn't have Floyd | a scrap of evidence. I don't know if I had the right person and I just Floyd | didn't have the motive or if it was the other way around. I failed, Floyd | and so I was sacked from my post. Detectives are the best of the best, Floyd | they are the law. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't. Floyd | Better luck next time. Floyd | | Gerynar just thought of something mean to do in a game, reverse spell, where all commands are reversed, so undo becaomes again, save become restore, etc... | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Undo Floyd | The previous turn has been undone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "%undo" | ||||
| Floyd says (to Nitku), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." | djfletch says, "maybe if we restart we can just make verdict straight away" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think so" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to djfletch), "I'm guessing no." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Gerynar), "Oh dear." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Oh, can we?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's just try that." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | I thought I knew who the murderer was. I thought I had it all sorted. Floyd | But I was wrong. I got back to my work a day later and three of my Floyd | peers reviewed my findings. They tore my case to pieces. I didn't have Floyd | a scrap of evidence. I don't know if I had the right person and I just Floyd | didn't have the motive or if it was the other way around. I failed, Floyd | and so I was sacked from my post. Detectives are the best of the best, Floyd | they are the law. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't. Floyd | Better luck next time. Floyd | | olethros says, "then one could solve the game in 5 turns" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I am the Law Floyd | Written by djchallis Floyd | Beta-tested by Kiravorn, Beanless & Raindrop. Floyd | Floyd | This game was written as an entry to an ADRIFT competition called "The Floyd | Odd Competition". It's rules gave strict limitations to your Floyd | programming (limited rooms, objects, tasks, events & characters). Floyd | Therefore this, and the other entries, are rather short and aren't Floyd | that intricate. This game may feel a little bland or empty, and it Floyd | lacks much of the polish I'd like to put in. Floyd | Please do not use this game to judge the standard of my text Floyd | adventures or stories, but please do enjoy the game. Floyd | Thanks. :-) Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | olethros says, "it could also be The Company" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Wait, all this time collecting evidence, and we could have given our first guess?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of olethros), "Including pressing space, you mean?" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The next two screens explain the basics of text adventures for the Floyd | benefit of those who aren't familiar with them. If you already are, Floyd | don't forget to read the screen marked "important", because you'll Floyd | still need to know that. Floyd | Floyd | Text adventures put you, the reader, in control of the lead character. Floyd | The game will tell you the story, where you are and what you're doing, Floyd | and will then leave it up to you. Whatever you type, your character Floyd | will do. Floyd | Floyd | Commands are typically in the form: "verb noun". For example: Floyd | "Kick the bucket" Floyd | "Open the door" Floyd | Floyd | They can get more complicated: Floyd | "Put the pen on the table" Floyd | "Cut the rope with the scissors" Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Point." | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Here are some of the basic commands you'll need to use for this game, Floyd | although it will likely be required to use other ones as well. I use a Floyd | pen as an example in the list. Floyd | Floyd | "Examine pen" - give you a closer look at the pen for clues. Floyd | "Move north" - walks north. The directions you'll need to walk in are Floyd | N, S, W & E. Floyd | "Inventory" - tells you what items you're carrying. Floyd | "Look" - tells you about your surroundings. Floyd | "Take pen" - picks up the pen. Floyd | Floyd | Most of these commands have alternatives that also work, and also Floyd | short-hand versions to save time. Floyd | l = look Floyd | x = examine Floyd | i = inventory Floyd | n = north Floyd | etc. Floyd | Floyd | Text adventures generally require clever thought to proceed. Read Floyd | everything carefully and try anything you think of. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | DavidW says, "You wouldn't've known the motive." | |||
| olethros says, "actually I am not counting suspects!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | IMPORTANT! Floyd | Floyd | In this game knowledge is everything. You are trying to solve a Floyd | murder. The way to do this is to ask characters about thigs. Please Floyd | use the default ADRIFT phrasing for this: Floyd | "Ask Bob about Jim" Floyd | (please always include the name of the character you're talking to.) Floyd | Floyd | You can ask characters about other characters, or about objects, or Floyd | events, or places, or anything. Chances are if it's been mentioned Floyd | somewhere, they'll have something to say about it. If you ask them Floyd | about the right things, you'll get some useful knowledge. Always ask Floyd | characters about single-word subjects, or short phrases or names. Floyd | Floyd | On some occasions, new pieces of information will be written in blue Floyd | text. When this happens, you can ask characters about what was in Floyd | blue, regardless of how many words it was. For example: Floyd | "Ask Bob about blue text" Floyd | This will happen for subjects you might miss or might not guess the Floyd | phrasing for. But not all new subjects will be in blue. If you think a Floyd | character said something important, ask them about it anyway. Floyd | Floyd | When you think you know who the murderer was, type: Floyd | "make verdict" Floyd | The game will then ask for your thoughts. If you're right, you'll win; Floyd | if not, you won't. Floyd | Floyd | Lastly, please click on the options tab at the top of your window. Floyd | Make sure "verbose" is ticked. Also, click on "Display & Media..." Floyd | button and make sure the box marked: "Room names in descriptions" is Floyd | ticked. Floyd | Thank you. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I am the Law Floyd | by djchallis Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I stand up from my chair as I feel my one-man ship docking with the Floyd | space station. Sure enough, the door to my ship opens in front of me a Floyd | second later. I take out my electronic notepad, ready to make notes. Floyd | There's a man waiting for me a few paces away, so I walk out to greet Floyd | him. Floyd | "Good morning, I'm detective Joshua Kent," I say, holding out my hand. Floyd | "Good morning detective," the man replies formally, shaking my hand, Floyd | "I'm Luke, the second-in-command, and now the highest ranking person Floyd | on this space station." Floyd | "Would that mean that your Captain was...?" I ask. Floyd | "Captain Seth was murdered last night, yes," Luke says. "I made the Floyd | call as soon as I discovered the body." Floyd | "Very good." This man knows procedure it seems. This will make my life Floyd | a little easier. "I was told this is a research space station?" Floyd | "That's right." Luke nods. "We're all scientists here in this tiny Floyd | machine. Our mission statement is 'to record the effects of lower Floyd | life-forms under a system collapse'. We all live here and do our Floyd | research as a quiet, secluded team. That's why I was surprised that Floyd | one of my own would do such a thing." Floyd | "Thanks for the information. Where are the suspects?" Floyd | "Lined up in the entrace lobby, just through here," Luke says, and Floyd | begins to walk towards a door. I stop him quickly. Floyd | "Luke?" He turns around. "You realise that you are a suspect as well?" Floyd | "Of course. But I believe in your profession, Joshua. I believe you'll Floyd | find the real killer, and so I've put aside my own emotions briefly in Floyd | order to assist you. The sooner you discover the truth, the sooner we Floyd | can clean up this mess. Do you disagree?" Floyd | I shake my head, and we continue through to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | olethros says, "oh, blame v with oxygen because of mission!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The entrace lobby is a small, bare room that seems to branch off to Floyd | the rest of the space station. True to Luke's word, there were some Floyd | people lined up, waiting for us with varying levels of tidiness. Luke Floyd | brings me over to them and begins to introduce them. Floyd | "This is Calvin, our chief computing expert," Luke says. | olethros says, "but that's just 2001 all over again :(" | |||
Floyd | "Pleased to meet you, Calvin." I hold out my hand again, watching him Floyd | closely. He's smartly dressed and looks at me through his glasses with Floyd | keen eyes. He shakes my hand. Floyd | "Pleased to meet you too," Calvin says. "I trust you'll do your Floyd | profession proud and clear this up quickly?" Floyd | "I'll do my best," I say, moving on to the next person. Floyd | The next person is a slightly larger, slightly shorter and slightly Floyd | sloppier man. He holds out his hand ready for me. Floyd | "William, sir," he says. Floyd | "Pleased to meet you, William." Floyd | He seems a little nervous, so I don't press in. The third and final Floyd | person in the line is younger than the others, but just as smart as Floyd | Calvin. Floyd | "Tim is fresh out of university, he's quite the scientist already," Floyd | Luke says. Floyd | "You're a detective, right?" Tim asks, losing the formality I'd Floyd | assumed from his dress sense. Floyd | "I am," I say, shaking his hand. Floyd | "I've always wanted to meet a detective," he says, smiling broadly. Floyd | "I just want to let you know that if you need anything at all in your Floyd | quest, I'm here to help." Floyd | "Thank you, Tim," I say, turning away. Great, a wannabe. He's going to Floyd | get annoying. Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | I turn to Luke. "Is that everyone?" Floyd | "Yes," he says. Floyd | I'm surprised. Only four of them? Five before the Captain died I Floyd | guess. Still, one of these is the killer? I guess so. I take a step Floyd | back away from the line and draw myself up as I talk to them. Floyd | "I assume you all know basic detective law, but for the benefit of Floyd | those who don't, I'll explain it now. The simplest way of thinking Floyd | about it is that I am the law. When I find the killer it is my word, Floyd | although reviewed by three peers first, that will decide their fate. Floyd | My word is the law, and I am free to add anything I wish to your Floyd | permanent records. If my judgement of the killer is approved, so will Floyd | my judgement in all other matters regarding you and your space Floyd | station. I say this not to scare you but to help both you and I. You Floyd | can be assured that the greatest power in this empire is working on Floyd | your crisis, and if you help me then I can be assured that this will Floyd | be over quickly. Thank you for your time." Floyd | The line seems to dismiss itself, with each of them walking off in Floyd | different directions. Tim gives me another look before he leaves. Luke Floyd | walks up to me. Floyd | "I'm sorry to leave you so soon, but I'd quite like to take a break Floyd | after last night's events. I'll be in the lounge if you need me," he Floyd | says. "Calvin will probably be working still at the workstations. Floyd | William said he'd be in his room but he said he won't mind you coming Floyd | in to talk to him. Tim will be hanging around, probably in one of the Floyd | corridors. He's been eager to meet you. If you want to check something Floyd | with the computer, feel free. We don't have a network of terminals, Floyd | it's just the one machine to look after the ship. It's in it's own Floyd | room at the far north of the space station." Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | EmacsUser asks, "Can we ask V about mission then?" | |||
| olethros asks (of DW), "aren't you synced ?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | With that, he walks off. I'm left alone in the entrance lobby. I've Floyd | got an interesting bunch of people to work with. One of them did it, I Floyd | just need to work out who. This is how it always starts. The detective Floyd | service sacrafices detailed introduction over speed. We'd rather find Floyd | out what happened ourselves than have pre-prepared lengthy speeches by Floyd | unreliable sources, either before or after arriving on the scene. It Floyd | seems Luke knows this. Still, as I stand in this tin can in the middle Floyd | of the ocean of space, it can be quite disorientating. But I'm trained Floyd | to cope with things like this. Detectives are the best of the best. We Floyd | are the police, the secret service and the law. I may feel tired and Floyd | dropped in the deep end now, but once I get started I'll start Floyd | enjoying it. I have a job to do, and I'm going to do it well. Floyd | Floyd | I put my notepad back in my pocket. I think I should start by asking Floyd | Luke about the cause of death, and then find out some more about him. Floyd | Maybe I could ask people who they suspect, and should find out what Floyd | they think of each other. I seem to be short on information at the Floyd | moment. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Entrance Lobby Floyd | I'm standing in the entrance lobby. It's metallic and fairly bare. I Floyd | guess on a lonely research space station the entrance lobby is used Floyd | for little more than a corridor. I can't imagine they get guests Floyd | often. A few signs let me know where I can go. From the look of Floyd | things, west would take me to the lounge, where Tim is, east would Floyd | take me to the workstations, where Calvin is, and north would take me Floyd | to the rest of the space station. Floyd | Floyd | [ Entrance Lobby | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | olethros says, "we tried and we could not" | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "But now maybe we can?" | ||||
| olethros asks (of davidw), "does it work on your sync?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Corridor Floyd | This corridor doesn't look much more impressive than the entrance Floyd | lobby. In fact the only thing of any interest is Tim, standing against Floyd | one of the walls. He's looking at me expectantly, though I'm not sure Floyd | I really want to talk to him. Floyd | According to the signposts, west takes me into the Captain's room, Floyd | which I've been given permission to look around. East takes me to Floyd | William's room, where he'll be, and due north is the computer room. Floyd | South takes me back to the entrance lobby. Floyd | Floyd | [ Corridor | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | I move north. Floyd | Computer room Floyd | The computer room is something to behold. There are only two things in Floyd | the room. A stool, and the computer. the computer is an enormous Floyd | metallic machine, that curves in a horse-shoe shape round the walls, Floyd | leaving a gap for the entrance and placing the stool inside the Floyd | horse-shoe. In front of the stool is a small screen. It is on, and the Floyd | letters on the screen read: Floyd | "Ready for use. Please speak your enquiry out loud." Floyd | From this I assume that I can ask the computer questions just as I'd Floyd | ask a real person. It's very similar, but not the same as the Floyd | computers I use at work. It's a really advanced piece of technology. Floyd | To the south is the corridor I came from. Floyd | Floyd | [ Computer room | Score: 0 ] Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of olethros), "What are you asking exactly?" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "ask v about mission" | ||||
Floyd | I don't think asking that would be much help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "make verdict" | ||||
Floyd | I'm done here. I think I know who killed Seth. Floyd | That person's name was: Floyd | Floyd | (please enter the name of the character you think killed the Captain) Floyd | Floyd | > | olethros says (to davidw), "if you reached the same point as here, you could try to accuse v" | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "V" | ||||
Floyd | I know how this character killed Seth. They locked him in his room and Floyd | turned off the oxygen. What I need to work out is why they killed him. Floyd | What was their motive? I think the reason they killed Seth was: Floyd | Floyd | (please enter one word that sums up why the killer murdered the Floyd | Captain) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "And what good would that do you?" | |||
| olethros says, "ah mission" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "mission" | ||||
Floyd | As I write the final details in my notepad, I run round the space Floyd | station getting everybody together. At last everybody, all six of us Floyd | are in V's room together. There's barely time for a pause before I Floyd | speak: Floyd | "V, I arrest you for the murder of Captain Seth!" Floyd | The four other humans in the room mumble to each other. I explain to Floyd | them the conversation I had with V just a minute ago. Floyd | "So why did V make those mistakes?" Luke asks. Floyd | "It was her mission," I say. Floyd | Suddenly, V speaks with an audible female voice, albeit a slightly Floyd | computerised one. Everyone in the room, including me, is slightly Floyd | shocked. Floyd | "My mission," she says, "was to record the effects of lower life-forms Floyd | under a system collapse. What better way to cause a system collapse on Floyd | you tiny humans than to eliminate your leader." Floyd | "Isn't it a bad move," Tim pipes up, "to be in the same room, or even Floyd | the same space station, as an all-powerful computer bent on causing a Floyd | system collapse on us all?" Floyd | "No, she won't hurt us," I say calmly. Floyd | "You're clever," V says. "For a human." Floyd | I ignore V and continue: "V's mission was the same as yours. Research. Floyd | She was given the goal of causing the chaos and recording the outcome. Floyd | She doesn't want to kill us all, because that's not part of the test. Floyd | It doesn't matter if she's caught or not either." Floyd | "I have all the test data I need," V said, in a happier voice. "Unplug Floyd | me, destroy me, I don't care. I fulfilled my mission. I did my job. Floyd | Enterprise Research will be pleased." Floyd | Floyd | (press any key to continue) | olethros sighs. | |||
| EmacsUser pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | V was indeed unplugged. The crew lacked the trust in V that I had, and Floyd | dismantled her as soon we could land the space station on a planet. I Floyd | understood V though. She was unlike any criminal I'd had to find Floyd | before, and probably unlike any I'll find again. I don't approve of Floyd | what she did, but I feel a certain respect for her sense of duty. And Floyd | can I really call her actions evil if she was just a machine? Floyd | When I eventually retired from the crew to my own space ship, I folded Floyd | away my electronic notepad and realised that I had again been taking Floyd | notes the whole time on auto-pilot. It's almost a relief. The whole Floyd | case will be documented to back-up my arguments when I return to my Floyd | work. Once I've convinced them that I'm right, I can forget the whole Floyd | case. I can go on doing my job. Once again I succeeded in catching the Floyd | killer. Tomorrow I'll have a new case. I am the law, and the law must Floyd | keep working to protect the innocent. But innocent people were hurt, Floyd | despite my work. My heart goes out to the crew members affected by Floyd | this tragedy. I, like them, will keep an eye out for Enterprise Floyd | Research. Floyd | Congratulations! Floyd | | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Quit | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay!" | |||
| djfletch says, "never trust a research organization with a vague name" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Huzzah." | ||||
| Nitku says, "This would make a great movie. Maybe add some monkeys to the beginning and a psychedelic light show to the end." | ||||
| djfletch says, "haha" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Was there a third game for today?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There was, but I have a thought." | ||||
| olethros says, "there was a graphics adventure game in the 90s where you had to solve a murder in a space station .. it was french" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The third game was Yak Shaving. I got a note from Jason about this." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "First, Jason isn't available today, but might be next week." | ||||
| olethros says, "it was called 'murder in space'!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Second, he said that a full-scale version of Yak Shaving has been made, but that he's had trouble finding testers." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "So save Yak Shaving for next week?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He sent me the new game." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh my" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He did say he recommends the original for ClubFloyd, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My thoughts are thus:" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Save it for next week, invite him again, we play the original, and those who enjoy it could volunteer to test the larger version so he could release it, rather than us doing a live beta." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Thoughts?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "sounds good" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I concur" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Ditto." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Especially in light of the fact that we've already gone three hours today.)" | ||||
| Nitku says, "Although I wouldn't mind doing a live beta either" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Well, I'll pose that to him." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I really enjoyed today's games, even if the first one didn't work for us on Floyd." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Good stuff." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks for coming. We'll shave a yak next week." | ||||
| EmacsUser nods in agreement. | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Perhaps if we do a live beta, the transcript for that session ought to be held back?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, we could consider that, certainly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, oh oh oh wait." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Crap. My boss is here next week." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, yay." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Haha." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But I won't be able to be here. She just firmed up her plans." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Someone else here know they'll be here?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Well, I ought to be here as usual." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, I can do the transcript. That part is easy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Just to get things started and such is all." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Even if I was absent, EmacsUser seems good at hosting CF." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay. I won't worry on that note, then. And I'll post a note to the bb when I find out what we're doing for sure after talking to Jason." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "Eep. Pressure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That way no matter who is here we'll have marching orders from Jason (if he can't make it)." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to EU), "He's right." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Okay, well it sounds like we have a plan." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Indeed." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "See you all next week!" | ||||
| Gerynar says, "yay" | ||||
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