  
 
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. Below is a transcript of 9:05 and Shrapnel, both written by Adam Cadre. 9:05 was originally released in 1999, and was nominated for a Xyzzy for Best Individual Puzzle. Shrapnel was originally released in 2000; it was nominated for Best Setting and Best Story Xyzzies, and won the Xyzzy for Best Use of Medium. You can learn more about 9:05, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki. Similarly, you can learn more about Shrapnel here. The transcript begins with 9:05. If you'd like to skip to the transcript for Shrapnel, click here. WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing these games, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played these games, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load 905" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, no -- how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, Floyd | but-- This is bad. This is very bad. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | ----- Floyd | 9:05 by Adam Cadre Floyd | Version 1.01 (10 February 2000) / Serial number 9502 Floyd | Written in Inform 6.21, library 6/10 Floyd | ----- Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom (on the bed) Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some Floyd | keys. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| K-Y arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "answer phone" | ||||
Floyd | You pick up the phone. "Hadley!" a shrill voice cries. "Hadley, haven't Floyd | you even left yet?? You knew that our presentation was at nine o' clock Floyd | sharp! First the thing with the printers, now this -- there won't even Floyd | be enough left of you for Bowman to fire once he's done with you. Now Floyd | get the hell down here!!" Floyd | Floyd | Click. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wallet and keys" | ||||
Floyd | wallet: Taken. Floyd | keys: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||||
Floyd | You get off the bed. Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable is a telephone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of A), "Have you played this?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open dresser" | ||||
Floyd | You open the dresser, revealing some clean clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're covered with mud and dried sweat. It was quite an exhausting Floyd | night -- no wonder you overslept! Even making it to the bed before Floyd | conking out was a fairly heroic accomplishment. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, the twist is that I'm a murderer?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Or moonlighting as a grave digger." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I see." | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "Yes, I have. My first taste of IF was from Frotz, then transcripts from your site. So I'll just watch for now." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with Floyd | a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shower" | ||||
Floyd | [That verb is not recognized.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in shower" | ||||
Floyd | It's generally a good idea to take off one's clothes before showering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undress" | ||||
Floyd | [That verb is not recognized.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" | ||||
Floyd | You take off the soiled clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in shower" | ||||
Floyd | Carrying your possessions into the shower is a bad idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Urge to kill... rising." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | keys: Dropped. Floyd | wallet: Dropped. Floyd | soiled clothing: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in shower" | ||||
Floyd | Carrying your possessions into the shower is a bad idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have: Floyd | a gold watch (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh puhleeze!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x watch" | ||||
Floyd | According to your watch, it's 9:17. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove watch" | ||||
Floyd | You take off the gold watch. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It probably was 9:05 at the start of the game, eh? :)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "See, I wear a waterproof watch. Some people think it's because I'm a ranger and outside a lot, but really it's that I'm too lazy to ever take it off when I get in the bath." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter shower" | ||||
Floyd | Carrying your possessions into the shower is a bad idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "tsk" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop watch" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter shower" | ||||
Floyd | You step into the shower, turn on the water, and within a few moments Floyd | you feel like a new man. But no time to dawdle -- you hop back out Floyd | again and dry off in record time. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear watch" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the gold watch) Floyd | You put on the gold watch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wallet and keys" | ||||
Floyd | wallet: Taken. Floyd | keys: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable is a telephone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear clean clothes" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the clean clothing) Floyd | You put on the clean clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Living room Floyd | The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a Floyd | bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place Floyd | to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but Floyd | this living room is still nicer than most of those in this Floyd | neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west Floyd | and the front door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't, since the front door is in the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | [Which do you mean, the bedroom door or the front door?] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh heh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open front door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | This is quite a seedy neighborhood, but there isn't really anywhere in Floyd | the whole Las Mesas metro area that isn't at least a little rundown. Of Floyd | course, the locals may complain about the ugliness and the crime, but Floyd | the fact is that a starter home like this one would cost easily five Floyd | times as much in someplace like Las Playas -- and that's if you could Floyd | find one. Floyd | Floyd | A car is parked on the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'm glad you're enjoying me rushing around trying to get out the door but constantly being stopped by the parser. I'm glad to entertain." | |||
| DavidW asks, "well, I suspect it's deliberate, eh?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shut front door" | ||||
Floyd | You close the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "much like whatsit, Sargent's game" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Possibly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "lock front door" | ||||
Floyd | The locking mechanism seems to be broken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas asks, "x door, perhaps?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "I don't care if the lock is broken and I live in a seedy neighborhood and I killed an intruder last night and ditched his body in a shallow grave, I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO GIVE." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Why, I'm not sure, since I'm already super fired. I should just go back to bed." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | This door has seen better days. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eladnarra arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in car" | ||||
Floyd | You unlock the car door, climb inside and start up the engine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drive to work" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the car first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put car in reverse" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther asks, ""drive"?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | (the car) Floyd | Floyd | Driving Floyd | Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon Floyd | you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you Floyd | can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job. Floyd | Floyd | As you cruise down the road, you notice a freeway onramp approaching. Floyd | Would you like to get on? >> | eladnarra says, "howdy" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| eladnarra says, "ohey, a game I've actually played" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I have no idea where I'm going, then." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Awesome." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, let's take the on ramp." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You start to change lanes, but you notice that the ramp is out of Floyd | service today -- some sort of maintenance work. But that's okay -- Floyd | there's another onramp less than a mile down the road from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | As you cruise down the road, you see the familiar Loungent Technologies Floyd | building approaching. Would you like to stop here? >> | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You pull into the parking lot and hop out. Floyd | Floyd | Loungent Technologies parking lot Floyd | You are at the employees' entrance to the Loungent Technologies Floyd | building. There is a slot by the door, next to a sign reading "INSERT Floyd | ID CARD HERE". Floyd | Floyd | The car is parked in the parking lot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open wallet" | ||||
Floyd | You open the wallet, revealing a driver's license and an ID card. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take id" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "insert id in slot" | ||||
Floyd | A green LED lights up, the door clicks open and you step inside. Floyd | Floyd | Loungent Technologies Floyd | You are standing in a hallway near the back entrance to Loungent Floyd | Technologies. The hallway leads north to the reception area and south Floyd | to the parking lot, while a door marked "MATTHEW BOWMAN" lies to the Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | There is a cubicle here; it is marked simply "HADLEY". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cubicle" | ||||
Floyd | The walls aren't high enough to give you the slightest bit of privacy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "I wonder if you can lose your license and get arrested while driving." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Walk into Bowman's office without the form? Not smart. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get form" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Walk into Bowman's office with an unsigned form? Not smart. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x form" | ||||
Floyd | This is a form numbered "209F". It is filled out, but not signed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read form" | ||||
Floyd | This is a form numbered "209F". It is filled out, but not signed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sign form" | ||||
Floyd | You're not holding a pen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get pen" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sign form" | ||||
Floyd | Someone passes by the cubicle as you sign the form. You look up just in Floyd | time to see Bowman's door click shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You walk into Bowman's office and, smiling, hand him the signed form. Floyd | Floyd | Bowman asks, "Who the hell are you?" Floyd | Floyd | The jig is up. You try to make a break for it, but Bowman calls for Floyd | security and they wrestle you to the ground before you can make it back Floyd | to the car. Floyd | | eladnarra says, "haha, I like this direction. I went a different way first time I played." | |||
| Gunther says, "I did a certain command instantly" | ||||
| Bert says (to Gunther), "Aw." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So I murdered Hadley, then. Or something." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Don't you all just love my speculation?" | ||||
| K-Y pushes the green 'space' button. | Gunther says, "it ain't over!" | |||
Floyd | [Press a key to continue.] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The anchorman chuckles. "And now, on the lighter side of the news -- Floyd | you've heard about the burglar who broke into a home and started Floyd | stealing the family's valuables, only to get so worn out from the Floyd | exertion that he fell asleep and was caught when the homeowners Floyd | returned? Here's one to top that: a burglar broke into an East Las Floyd | Mesas home, killed the owner and stashed his body under the bed, put Floyd | his possessions in the trunk of his car -- and then fell asleep, woke Floyd | up the next morning, went to his victim's office and tried to do the Floyd | victim's job! An insanity defense is likely. And now here with the Floyd | weather is Jay Doubleday -- or is it?" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have been sentenced to life imprisonment *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | Gunther says, "hmm, though I never tried looking in the trunk" | |||
| eladnarra says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, so now we do the second play through and have fun." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, no -- how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, Floyd | but-- This is bad. This is very bad. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | ----- Floyd | 9:05 by Adam Cadre Floyd | Version 1.01 (10 February 2000) / Serial number 9502 Floyd | Written in Inform 6.21, library 6/10 Floyd | ----- Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom (on the bed) Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some Floyd | keys. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get up" | ||||
Floyd | You get off the bed. Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some Floyd | keys. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "And, of course, that's the reason the door lock is broken and the living room is lightly furnished." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | Under the bed you see the corpse of the guy who owns this house. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take corpse" | ||||
Floyd | You'd rather not mess around with the corpse -- better to just clean up Floyd | and get out of here. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with Floyd | a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Actually, on second thought, let's go out all dirty." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some Floyd | keys. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Living room Floyd | The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a Floyd | bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place Floyd | to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but Floyd | this living room is still nicer than most of those in this Floyd | neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west Floyd | and the front door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, I'll at least need the keys" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some Floyd | keys. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take keys" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Did we see the kitchenette at all?" | |||
| Gunther asks, "did you know it had a twist?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Living room Floyd | The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a Floyd | bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place Floyd | to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but Floyd | this living room is still nicer than most of those in this Floyd | neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west Floyd | and the front door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Gunther), "I knew it had a twist, but not what." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Kitchenette Floyd | You don't really have time to poke around and cook yourself a fabulous Floyd | breakfast right now. Best to keep your time here limited. The exit is Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | On the counter are a toaster and a pop-tart. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "ah, boring" | |||
| Bert says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take pop-tart" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Living room Floyd | The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a Floyd | bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place Floyd | to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but Floyd | this living room is still nicer than most of those in this Floyd | neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west Floyd | and the front door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Knowing it has a twist kinda takes away from the surprise." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open front door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the front door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Nah, I was still surprised, but the surprise was when I saw I was all muddy and sweaty." | |||
| Bert says, "Since you spend the game looking for it, rather than just taking things at face value." | ||||
| Jacqueline shrugs. "Well, all the reviews are 'this is a great short game, infinitely better on the second play." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You need to clear out quickly, true, but you look like an absolute Floyd | wreck -- going out in this condition and drawing the inevitable Floyd | bewildered stares would just be making a bad situation worse. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Okay, okay." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed). Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with Floyd | a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove watch" | ||||
Floyd | You take off the gold watch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | pop-tart: Dropped. Floyd | keys: Dropped. Floyd | gold watch: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in shower" | ||||
Floyd | It's generally a good idea to take off one's clothes before showering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" | ||||
Floyd | You take off the soiled clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | (the soiled clothing) Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in shower" | ||||
Floyd | You step into the shower, turn on the water, and within a few moments Floyd | you feel like a new man. But no time to dawdle -- you hop back out Floyd | again and dry off in record time. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "How else are you supposed to get your suit clean?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Srsly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take keys, pop-tart, and watch" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "eat keys" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the keys) Floyd | They're not edible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take keys" | ||||
Floyd | You already have those. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take pop-tart" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "watch" | ||||
Floyd | [What do you want to watch?] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take watch" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "watch time" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear watch" | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | You put on the gold watch. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Now I shall try to leave the house naked." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed). Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "XD" | |||
| eladnarra says, "hehe" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess he's going to let that phone ring and ring." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Living room Floyd | The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a Floyd | bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place Floyd | to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but Floyd | this living room is still nicer than most of those in this Floyd | neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west Floyd | and the front door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says (to Jacq), "The living room certainly looks naked already." | |||
| Bert says, "I'm not sure about the rest of the house." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open front door" | ||||
Floyd | That's already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Walking outside naked would probably not be a smart move. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Oh, okay. Fine." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered | Axyraandas says, "Aww..." | |||
Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the Floyd | dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads Floyd | to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed). Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open dresser" | ||||
Floyd | You open the dresser, revealing some clean clothing. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take clean clothes" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear clean clothes" | ||||
Floyd | You put on the clean clothing. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bathroom Floyd | This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with Floyd | a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You can see some soiled clothing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "aw" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered Floyd | haphazardly all over the floor. A bathroom lies to the south, while a Floyd | door to the east leads to the living room. Floyd | Floyd | On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed). Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" | ||||
Floyd | [That verb is not recognized.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wallet" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The phone rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Living room Floyd | The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a Floyd | bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place Floyd | to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but Floyd | this living room is still nicer than most of those in this Floyd | neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west Floyd | and the front door to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in wallet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the wallet is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open wallet" | ||||
Floyd | You open the wallet, revealing a driver's license and an ID card. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x dl" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or not important.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oops - haha" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x driver's license" | ||||
Floyd | BRIAN HADLEY Floyd | 315 AVENIDA VICTORIA Floyd | EAST LAS MESAS, DO 88827 Floyd | Floyd | Driver's license photos are generally far from flattering, and this one Floyd | is no exception, but this photo looks a lot better than you look now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driveway Floyd | This is quite a seedy neighborhood, but there isn't really anywhere in Floyd | the whole Las Mesas metro area that isn't at least a little rundown. Of Floyd | course, the locals may complain about the ugliness and the crime, but Floyd | the fact is that a starter home like this one would cost easily five Floyd | times as much in someplace like Las Playas -- and that's if you could Floyd | find one. Floyd | Floyd | A car is parked on the driveway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||||
Floyd | You have a quick look in the trunk. TV, stereo, DVD player -- throw in Floyd | the car and it's a pretty impressive haul. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Nice." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close trunk" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can close. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get in car" | ||||
Floyd | You unlock the car door, climb inside and start up the engine. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drive" | ||||
Floyd | (the car) Floyd | Floyd | Driving Floyd | Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon Floyd | you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you Floyd | can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job. Floyd | Floyd | As you cruise down the road, you notice a freeway onramp approaching. Floyd | Would you like to get on? >> | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | It turns out that the ramp was blocked anyway -- some sort of Floyd | maintenance work. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | As you cruise down the road, you see the familiar Loungent Technologies Floyd | building approaching. Would you like to stop here? >> | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Soon the Loungent building is in your rear-view mirror. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry... kinda lagging." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | As you cruise down the road, you notice another freeway onramp Floyd | approaching. Would you like to get on? >> | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You merge onto the freeway, crank up the radio, and vanish without a Floyd | trace. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have left Las Mesas *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "this is the ending I got first" | |||
| eladnarra says, "it was... bemusing :D" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, cool. That is indeed a fun little game." | ||||
| Axyraandas asks, "What would happen if you just kept on driving?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "dunno" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's see." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | [Please give one of the answers above.] Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | Driving Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Driving Floyd | Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon Floyd | you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you Floyd | can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job. Floyd | Floyd | As you cruise down the road, you notice another freeway onramp Floyd | approaching. Would you like to get on? >> | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You elect not to get on the freeway, but the idiot in the other lane Floyd | decides to give it a try. Swerving in front of you before you can Floyd | react, he sparks a collision that ends in a gruesome fireball. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ouch" | |||
| Axyraandas says, "Wow." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "hahahaa" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Awesome." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "oh dear~" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to A), "Great suggestion." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to A), "I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Seriously, that was great." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, anyone here not played Shrapnel?" | ||||
| Axyraandas exclaims, "The only problem with that is how the cars randomly catch on fire. Yes, I'm happy. Thanks!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Oh no. You have driven into the fangs of a slathering gruesome fireball." | ||||
| Ellison says, "heh" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "*laughs*" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "I've never played Shrapnel." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "me neither" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "Let eladnarra drive please." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay. Cool. So even if I end up having to leave early, that will not be a show-stopper for us." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of eladnarra), "Wanna drive, since I did the first one?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load shrapnel" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You are standing west | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | of a white house with | Jacqueline says, "haha" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | a boarded front door. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** | Gunther says, "well, that works about as well as expected." | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | shrapnel by adam cadre | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing west of a white house with a boarded front door. | Axyraandas asks, "Um, what in the world is killing us?" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You blink. Boarded? You came all this way and the door is boarded? Floyd | Floyd | Is this supposed to be some sort of game? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Shrapnel, I guess." | |||
| DavidW says, "You'll see." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are Bill Blake, co-founder of Whitman & Blake Dry Goods, one of the Floyd | leading such outfits in all of Dixie. It was Whitman, your partner, who Floyd | convinced you to come all the way out here to his estate tonight -- Floyd | he'd been increasingly concerned that there might be trouble. Trouble Floyd | from whom? God only knows. That mumbling milquetoast has been jumping Floyd | at shadows lately. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "sorry, was afk" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is boarded securely enough to render entry impossible, Floyd | at least without the right tools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house with a boarded Floyd | front door. Towering Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, Floyd | silhouetted in the dusk; soon it will be night. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | It occurs to you that you have no memory at all of how you got here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the north side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | ...but before you can take more than a few steps, a trio of frenzied Floyd | attack dogs comes bursting out from behind the house and tears you to Floyd | pieces. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** | eladnarra says, "oh, this seems rather Zork-like" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | eladnarra says, "hahaha" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "restart" | DavidW says, "hm. I'm not sure what's happening here." | |||
| Nitku says, "I think you need to keep pushing space until the game has finished writing RESTART" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "oh. Forced keyboarding?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "right" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart restart restart" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart'" | Jacqueline asks, "This is making heavy use of special screen stuff?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | > restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house with a boarded Floyd | front door. Towering Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, Floyd | silhouetted in the dusk; soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | Three snarling attack dogs fight with one another over the remains of Floyd | your corpse. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Yeah." | |||
| eladnarra says, "ouch." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Okay, the dogs are eating our corpse. We can find another way in now." | ||||
| Axyraandas asks, "Wait, what?" | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "x corpse" | ||||
Floyd | Your corpse is now just so much meat scattered across the grass, but Floyd | enough of your face remains that you can tell that, yes, it's Floyd | definitely you the dogs are eating. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "They're distracted! Huzzah!" | |||
| Johnny says, "As you type, it's supposed to print 'R' 'E' 'S' 'T' 'A' 'R' 'T'." | ||||
| Nitku says, "I think it only counts spaces and enters so it doesn't matter what you write when it does that" | ||||
| eladnarra says, "hahaha, this is insane" | ||||
| Axyraandas exclaims, "This is quite meta. I like this game!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Let's go southeast." | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the north side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North of the house Floyd | You are standing north of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. To the north a narrow path winds through the Floyd | trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "which way?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm afraid to go anywhere." | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Introspection is Whitman's stock in trade. You are a man of action. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "I want to climb the house." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb house" | ||||
Floyd | That cannot be climbed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | There are no hills to climb here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You set off into the forest... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the pines Floyd | As you proceed along the path, the light trickling in through the Floyd | treetops seems to grow brighter, as if it had been sunrise and not Floyd | sunset when you began. And the trees... this isn't North Carolina Floyd | anymore. This is, what? Maryland? Pennsylvania? You'd think a man would Floyd | notice walking two hundred miles, but apparently not. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You hear voices in the distance. Floyd | Floyd | "Hey, Green," says the first one. Even this is enough for you to Floyd | pinpoint the accent: Carolina. So you're not caught behind enemy lines. Floyd | Good to know. Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah?" says someone, presumably Green. There was a Green in your Floyd | regiment, you recall. Common enough name to be coincidence, though. Floyd | "Have you been helped?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | [That verb is not recognized.] Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra asks, "a war?" | |||
| Alex says (to eladnarra), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that War is a misunderstanding between two groups that has gotten way out of hand." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to specify what to listen to. Floyd | Floyd | The voices resume. Floyd | Floyd | "How come you're here?" asks the first voice, in less a drawl than a Floyd | whine. "You're no Southerner..." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm a substitute, Einstein," Green says. "You get drafted, you shoot a Floyd | couple creds to the local op, and some poor ellhead gets to dodge Floyd | artillery shells in your place. And chances are this ellhead in't gonna Floyd | be from the landed gentry of old Virginny, hm?" Floyd | Floyd | The thing is, you vaguely remember this exchange. This is certainly the Floyd | same idiot you remember from the war; at least the other immigrant Floyd | substitutes just shit their pants when they got scared and didn't Floyd | jibber in broken English. The strange thing is, with each passing Floyd | moment you remember the conversation you've just heard more and more Floyd | clearly -- but you still have zero recollection of what came next. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to eladnarra), "The Civil War, apparently." | |||
| eladnarra says, "ah~" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except maybe not, since Einstein post-dates that." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to voices" | ||||
Floyd | You can't tell where the voices came from; they seemed to echo all Floyd | around you. Floyd | Floyd | "Now," Green says, "the real question is, what are you two doing here? Floyd | You're rich, educated... and you weren't even drafted, reh? So what Floyd | gives? Just wanted to get fragged?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, it's not..." says the first man, trailing off into mumbling. Floyd | "...duty to your homeland and..." Floyd | Floyd | "Shut up," barks a third voice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | ... Floyd | Floyd | "It's got nothing to do with 'duty,'" growls the third voice after a Floyd | moment. "It's the exact opposite. It's about liberty. Freedom. Freedom Floyd | to do as you please in your own house. A man's home is his castle, and Floyd | if the state tries to stick its nose into the way you run your house, Floyd | you cut the damn thing off. And it's the same thing one level out -- Floyd | every state does things its own way, and if the federal government Floyd | tries to change that, you burn it to the ground and set up one that'll Floyd | let your state do as it damn well pleases." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | ... Floyd | Floyd | The voices cease. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the pines Floyd | You are walking through a forest nestled among low-lying hills Floyd | somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon. The air is full of birdsong and the Floyd | smell of gunpowder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to birdsong" | ||||
Floyd | The sound of birdsong is all around you. Apparently the robins don't Floyd | realize there's a war on. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a rustling behind you. Floyd | Floyd | "Hey!" says a voice. You turn around -- it's Whitman, only much Floyd | younger, as babyfaced as he was during the war. "Identify yourse--" he Floyd | begins, then cuts himself off. "You look familiar. Do I know you?" Floyd | Floyd | Before you can answer, there is another rustling, and a tall man and Floyd | some sort of foreigner come running up behind Whitman. "What the hell Floyd | are you doing here, you fool?" the tall man shouts. "Hurry, damn it! Floyd | There's a hill just on the other side of those trees and it's covered Floyd | with Unio--" Floyd | Floyd | The tall man doesn't get to finish; there is a loud roar and he is Floyd | ripped to pieces before your eyes. Broken trees are hurtling toward you Floyd | and it looks like the end, but before they can reach you, something Floyd | explodes in the foreigner's pocket, and the light of a billion suns Floyd | makes the world go white before everything suddenly goes black. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? | eladnarra says, "huh" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | > restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North of the house Floyd | You are standing north of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. The forest to your north, though thinner here Floyd | than elsewhere, is nonetheless impenetrable; the path you took earlier Floyd | has vanished. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Check out 'East of the house'?" | |||
| Axyraandas says, "I feel like we have to go through a set number of experiences in order to piece together something about our current state." | ||||
| Ellison says, "this is why I played this game on 'godmode'" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Ellison), "What do you mean, 'godmode'?" | ||||
| Nitku says (to DavidW), "IDDQD" | ||||
| Ellison says (to DavidW), "it's a FPS term for invincibility cheats" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Alex), "IDDQD?" | ||||
| Alex asks (of DavidW), "Um, seven?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the back of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door slightly ajar. Floyd | Floyd | > | Gunther says, "IDDQD instakills you in Doom 2" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "enter door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | ...and are immediately blown back out the door by a shotgun blast that Floyd | rips a gaping hole through your chest. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | > restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "ouch" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "take door" | ||||
Floyd | You tug at the door, but the last hinge still holds. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Try the south of the house? Or go in again?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corpse" | ||||
Floyd | Enh, you saw worse during the war. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "take corpse" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse is too cumbersome to handle by yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We could try to knock on the door, I suppose." | |||
| Axyraandas asks, "Shall we enter?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Try it." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "It's corpse day today on ClubFloyd!" | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "enter door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point... is that large shape in the corner Floyd | the stove? | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Not that you have much time to dwell on this -- the man who shot you Floyd | before is silhouetted in front of you, wild-eyed and hissing, and he Floyd | still has one blast left in his shotgun. And before you can react -- Floyd | your reflexes aren't a tenth what they used to be -- he uses it, Floyd | jamming the barrel into his mouth and pulling the trigger. You close Floyd | your eyes just before the blast. After a moment, you hear a thump, and Floyd | open them again. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gunther says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Introspection is Whitman's stock in trade. You are a man of action. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corpse" | ||||
Floyd | You-- you can't stand to look at it. You've seen worse, yes. But you Floyd | just... can't. | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x corpse" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You need a drink in the worst way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "The worst way being through the ear." | |||
| DavidW asks, "okay, what's the worst way to get a drink?" | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x stove" | ||||
Floyd | This may have been a stove in the past, but it's scrap metal now. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of Bert), "Does that work?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Bert), "I like up the nose even less." | ||||
| Gunther says (to DavidW), "from the neck of the corpse" | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "search stove" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | There aren't enough stairs remaining to allow passage. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We might try west." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "I ought to let other people drive now." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or does not need to be referred to.] Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra asks, "west, then?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You proceed further into the house... | Jacqueline says, "I am ironing clothese for the wedding as I watch you guys play, so, not me." | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | This... living room?... is just as empty as the kitchen before it. All Floyd | the furniture is gone, save for a case where Whitman used to store his Floyd | war memorabilia, now empty and thoroughly smashed. There is also a Floyd | large, threadbare rug in the center of the room. Exits lead east and-- Floyd | Floyd | Wait a minute. This door was boarded shut. It would've taken an hour Floyd | and created a huge racket to get that doorway clear. But here it is, Floyd | door wide open, the last light before dusk streaming into the room. Floyd | Floyd | This has ceased to be remotely amusing. Who the hell opened that Floyd | goddamn door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||||
Floyd | The pitter-patter of little feet has worn this rug down to little more Floyd | than a rag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rug" | ||||
Floyd | You nearly put your back out, but you manage to move the heavy rug Floyd | enough to reveal a trap door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "West or open the trap door?" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | (the trap door) Floyd | The trap door is barred; you unbar it and take a look inside, but it's Floyd | too dark to see much of anything. You let the door go and it swings Floyd | shut with a heavy thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "heh." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trophy case" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a heap of wood now, like the buildings out back. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "We need light. Out we go then." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You step outside... | Jacqueline says, "He's killed us multiple times, but spared us the light puzzle. That, my friends, is mercy." | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, illuminated by Floyd | the bright light streaming through the open front door. Towering Floyd | Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, silhouetted in the dusk; Floyd | soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A careful look at the doorframe reveals that not only is the door no Floyd | longer boarded, but there's no evidence that it was ever boarded to Floyd | begin with. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or does not need to be referred to.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We still haven't seen the south side." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the south side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South of the house Floyd | You are standing south of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. However, one window upstairs is unevenly Floyd | boarded, and you can see light shining through a crack between two Floyd | boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | The windows are boarded securely enough to render entry impossible, at Floyd | least without the right tools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in window" | ||||
Floyd | Through the crack you see an attic, converted into a girl's bedroom -- Floyd | Betsy Whitman's bedroom, if you're not mistaken, and you know you're Floyd | not. The same dolls on the dresser, the same splashes of pink. Floyd | Except... except... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Anyway, it makes no sense that there would be a lamp burning if the Floyd | house has been abandoned, especially not in that room. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "hm, upstairs..." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | There seems to be no one around to listen. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah. Bet the stairs are fixed now." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Which way? West or east? Or south?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The forest is too thick in that direction to permit you to travel more Floyd | than a few steps. It seems to thin out on the other side of the house, Floyd | though. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the back of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "x staircase" | ||||
Floyd | This staircase leads nowhere at present -- it has collapsed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search corpse" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse has nothing that you want. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or does not need to be referred to.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move stove" | ||||
Floyd | It's much too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert goes home. | ||||
| Bert has disconnected. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in oven" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or does not need to be referred to.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in stove" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "climb stove" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That cannot be climbed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "west?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | There is a wall in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | There is a wall in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "search corpse" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move corpse" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse has nothing that you want. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "keep thinking of chimneys, but that would only make sense in the basement..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You proceed further into the house... | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | This... living room?... is just as empty as the kitchen before it. All Floyd | the furniture is gone, save for a case where Whitman used to store his Floyd | war memorabilia, now empty and thoroughly smashed. Exits lead east and Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | There is also a trap door in the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search case" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trap door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the trap door and take a look inside, but it's too dark to see Floyd | much of anything. You let the door go and it swings shut with a heavy Floyd | thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x trap door" | ||||
Floyd | For a moment you'd forgotten about this trap door, even though you Floyd | installed it yourself. How? Maybe it has something to do with the Floyd | bunkum going on around here... or maybe you just wanted to forget. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" | ||||
Floyd | You try to think back, but every moment of the recent past slips away Floyd | before your mind can take hold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "enter trap door" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | You open the trap door and climb down the rickety staircase into the Floyd | darkness... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the house Floyd | It is pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | You hear something growl in the darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Gerynar Nature, in fact, abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships named Marie Celeste, the chuck keys to electric drills, and at this moment, Gerynar being in the lounge. | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | Ellison says, "sorry" | |||
| DavidW says, "well, we've been dead before. :)" | ||||
| Ellison says, "(for interrupting your 'xyzzy')" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The growling intensifies to a terrible roar as you are torn apart. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | > restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house with a boarded Floyd | front door. Towering Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, Floyd | silhouetted in the dusk; soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | Three snarling attack dogs fight with one another over the remains of Floyd | your corpse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh. The front door is boarded again." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the south side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South of the house Floyd | You are standing south of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. However, one window upstairs is unevenly Floyd | boarded, and you can see light shining through a crack between two Floyd | boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Maybe now we can go upstairs?" | |||
| eladnarra asks, "maybe we need that light for under the house?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Someone earlier mused about climbing the house, but I don't see that happening." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The old White House had stairs inside." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the back of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to eladnarra), "I was thinking that my 'no light puzzle' comment might have been premature, yes." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x outhouse" | ||||
Floyd | These heaps of wood are all that is left of what was once a small Floyd | village of secondary buildings. Splintery, weathered, rotten wood. Floyd | It's not good lumber -- hell, it isn't even decent firewood. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You proceed further into the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | This... living room?... is just as empty as the kitchen before it. All Floyd | the furniture is gone, save for a case where Whitman used to store his Floyd | war memorabilia, now empty and thoroughly smashed. Exits lead east and Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | There is also a trap door in the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x front door" | ||||
Floyd | Not only is the door not boarded, it shows no signs that it ever was Floyd | boarded. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "that is rather strange" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter trap" | ||||
Floyd | You open the trap door and climb down the rickety staircase into the Floyd | darkness... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Under the house Floyd | It is pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | You hear something growl in the darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The growling intensifies to a terrible roar as you are torn apart. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | > restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house with a boarded Floyd | front door. Towering Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, Floyd | silhouetted in the dusk; soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | Three snarling attack dogs fight with one another over the remains of Floyd | your corpse. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm." | |||
| maga says, "ah, yes, the forced-input trick doesn't really work on Floyd" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we can try going west from here?" | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x dogs" | ||||
Floyd | The dogs are ferocious Bull-and-Terriers, exactly the breed you'd Floyd | choose if you were selecting guard dogs for your own home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is boarded securely enough to render entry impossible, Floyd | at least without the right tools. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | By all rights, you should be dead. You are dead, if the corpse before Floyd | you is any indication. Yet you feel fine. As fine as you ever get, at Floyd | any rate -- half-deaf and half-crippled, but not bad, considering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The forest is too thick in that direction to permit you to travel more Floyd | than a few steps. It seems to thin out to the north, though. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the south side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South of the house Floyd | You are standing south of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. However, one window upstairs is unevenly Floyd | boarded, and you can see light shining through a crack between two Floyd | boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of Axyraandas), "Do you have an idea?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove boards" | ||||
Floyd | You don't have the tools you'd need to remove the boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" | Axyraandas says, "I had one, but it's probably incorrect." | |||
Floyd | The windows are boarded shut. They cannot be opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on window" | ||||
Floyd | This seems like a waste of energy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Aw, come on, A. What's your idea?" | |||
| Axyraandas asks, "I need a bit more information to be sure. This computer lags terribly, so I couldn't read everything before. Could we go through the motions one more time, just for me to make sure?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with that." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Axyraandas), "Feel free to drive." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "gogogo~ ^_^" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "*sheepishly* I forgot where the back door was." | ||||
| DavidW says, "East side" | ||||
| olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the back of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "enter door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You proceed further into the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | This... living room?... is just as empty as the kitchen before it. All Floyd | the furniture is gone, save for a case where Whitman used to store his Floyd | war memorabilia, now empty and thoroughly smashed. Exits lead east and Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | There is also a trap door in the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | You step outside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, illuminated by Floyd | the bright light streaming through the open front door. Towering Floyd | Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, silhouetted in the dusk; Floyd | soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Dogs gone." | |||
| Axyraandas says, "And door open. Thus, new time." | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the north side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North of the house Floyd | You are standing north of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. The forest to your north, though thinner here Floyd | than elsewhere, is nonetheless impenetrable; the path you took earlier Floyd | has vanished. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "Hm." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the front of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, illuminated by Floyd | the bright light streaming through the open front door. Towering Floyd | Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, silhouetted in the dusk; Floyd | soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the south side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South of the house Floyd | You are standing south of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. However, one window upstairs is unevenly Floyd | boarded, and you can see light shining through a crack between two Floyd | boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||||
Floyd | This is a crack between two unevenly-nailed boards, wide enough to look Floyd | through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "look through crack" | ||||
Floyd | Through the crack you see the bedroom of Betsy, your business partner's Floyd | youngest daughter. Why a lamp is burning in an abandoned house you Floyd | cannot guess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" | ||||
Floyd | That is not portable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" | ||||
Floyd | Through the crack you see the bedroom of Betsy, your business partner's Floyd | youngest daughter. Why a lamp is burning in an abandoned house you Floyd | cannot guess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "break boards" | ||||
Floyd | This seems like a waste of energy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The forest is too thick in that direction to permit you to travel more Floyd | than a few steps. It seems to thin out on the other side of the house, Floyd | though. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "have we entered from the east after exiting from the west?" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the back of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "No, we haven't. That's what I want to try now." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "pull door" | ||||
Floyd | You tug at the door, but the last hinge still holds. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "To enter, just go west." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "enter door" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "push corpse west" | ||||
Floyd | Pushing things around seems pointless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "take corpse" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse is too cumbersome to handle by yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "*grumbles*" | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't think we've ever exited the house via the back door yet." | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You proceed further into the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | This... living room?... is just as empty as the kitchen before it. All Floyd | the furniture is gone, save for a case where Whitman used to store his Floyd | war memorabilia, now empty and thoroughly smashed. Exits lead east and Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | There is also a trap door in the center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try going east from here." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the kitchen... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | You try to close the door, but it swings open again. The latch isn't Floyd | catching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "look up" | ||||
Floyd | [That was only understood as far as wanting to look.] Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try east." | |||
| Axyraandas asks, "My ideas are tenuous at best now. Anyone have any other ideas?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the yard behind the house... | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the north side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North of the house Floyd | You are standing north of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. The forest to your north, though thinner here Floyd | than elsewhere, is nonetheless impenetrable; the path you took earlier Floyd | has vanished. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the front of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, illuminated by Floyd | the bright light streaming through the open front door. Towering Floyd | Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, silhouetted in the dusk; Floyd | soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "search wood" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or does not need to be referred to.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk into the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | So this is what Whitman was afraid of, the reason he summoned you all Floyd | the way out here -- he was afraid of his own brats. Three of them this Floyd | time, busy clearing the table after what seems to have been a small Floyd | banquet: William Junior, nearing thirty and still a menial bank clerk; Floyd | Ann, the ugly daughter, twenty-five and still unmarried; and your old Floyd | friend Johnny, younger now than when he blew his head off, but still Floyd | twitching like a damn Shaker. Good God, what a sorry lot. Floyd | Floyd | "Where have you been?" Junior asks, pouring you a glass of wine. "You Floyd | missed dinner entirely! And after we went to all the trouble of making Floyd | you this meal..." He shakes his head. "But at least there's some wine Floyd | left," he says, pressing the glass into your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "have we entered through the door... ah. okay then. whoo~" | |||
| Axyraandas says, "*applauds*" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junior" | ||||
Floyd | William Jr. was always a bookish little worm, more concerned with the Floyd | schoolmarm's opinion than his own father's -- not that Whitman was much Floyd | better than the schoolmarm. Setting aside money that could've been used Floyd | for the business to send Junior to Hahvahd... took a damn war to Floyd | convince him of the idiocy of that plan. The cash infusion really Floyd | helped the business. And dipping into the money Junior made from his Floyd | work at the bank? Well, you didn't hear him whining about all the free Floyd | meals he ate growing up. Little ingrate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wine" | ||||
Floyd | If you were Whitman, you'd have drained this glass already -- he was Floyd | never a big drinker before the war, but he picked up the habit quickly Floyd | enough, even before he had any physical pain to dull. By the time the Floyd | two of you got to the hospital, he was drinking more than even the Floyd | surgeons. Your own tastes ran more to chloroform. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "drink it?" | |||
| eladnarra says, "hm... it is there, kinda asking to be drunk" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "I'd rather throw it at someone." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | Whatever it was that the others had for dinner has been carried into Floyd | the kitchen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "say 'HEY PRETTY GIRL'" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||||
Floyd | This rug has seen better days, but it is still in far better condition Floyd | than it was when last you saw it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "move rug" | ||||
Floyd | "GET AWAY FROM THERE!" Johnny shrieks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x johnny" | ||||
Floyd | Johnny looks better than he did when last you saw him, but not by much. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas asks, "I'm curious. What do you think is in there?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" | ||||
Floyd | Whitman used to keep his memorabilia from the war in this case... no Floyd | telling where it went. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra asks, "it was johnny who killed himself in front of us, then?" | |||
| Ellison says, "it would seem so" | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "x Ann" | ||||
Floyd | It's hard to believe that Whitman's younger daughter and this one come Floyd | from the same stock. It was clear from the time she was a small child Floyd | that Betsy was going to become just the model of the perfect Southern Floyd | belle, but Ann -- one minute she's an annoying snotnosed kid always in Floyd | your face with the questions and then you get back from the war and Floyd | she's turned into an old maid overnight. And now with her chances of Floyd | ever getting a husband dwindling, it looks like she's going to be a Floyd | drain on the household and, more importantly, the business, for the Floyd | rest of her days. Useless. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're feeling quite well for someone who's died several times over. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x betsy" | ||||
Floyd | [That object is either not here or does not need to be referred to.] Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "haha" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Johnny produces a pistol and points it at you. "You're not going Floyd | anywhere," he says, his voice shaking violently. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas says, "Um. Oops." | |||
| eladnarra says, "uh oh :D" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Author's use of character voice to make us think less of the PC: successful." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw wine at johnny" | ||||
Floyd | The shrapnel in your body makes throwing things too painful to be worth Floyd | the effort. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shrapnel" | ||||
Floyd | Most of the shrapnel is in your lower body -- your hips, your thighs, Floyd | your knees. But there's a smattering in other places. A small spur in Floyd | the back of your hand, for instance, right above the knob of your Floyd | wrist: it's thickly calloused over, a deadened bump you can poke and Floyd | prod, but every time you flex your wrist just so, the metal slices Floyd | through a nerve and it is all you can do to keep from trying to tear Floyd | the shard out with your fingernails. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "so, throwing wine is out." | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "x johnny" | ||||
Floyd | Johnny looks better than he did when last you saw him, but not by much. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wow, super laggy." | |||
| DavidW says, "We probably should drink the wine." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink wine" | ||||
Floyd | You take a swig of the wine and slump down deep into the easy chair. Floyd | After a couple of minutes you start to feel very tired. Floyd | Floyd | As your eyes begin to droop, Junior walks up to you, his steps Floyd | tentative. "Father," he says, "please try to understand what is Floyd | happening to you..." Floyd | Floyd | You start to protest -- do I look like your goddamn father, you Floyd | imbecile? -- but stop short. All these resurrections, and the way the Floyd | house is different every time you turn around... could you be Floyd | inhabiting Whitman's body? You try to look at yourself, but you're just Floyd | so damn tired... Floyd | Floyd | "This isn't about stealing my money," Junior says. You squint: suddenly Floyd | there are two of them, then four. "This isn't about me at all," they Floyd | say. "Or about Mother, or even Gregory. No, this is about Betsy. Betsy Floyd | was the last..." Floyd | Floyd | Junior no doubt has a lengthy harangue memorized for this occasion, but Floyd | his voice grows quiet in your ears and soon he is talking to himself. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have died *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, or QUIT? | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "drink wine" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | > restart Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, illuminated by Floyd | the bright light streaming through the open front door. Towering Floyd | Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, silhouetted in the dusk; Floyd | soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk into the house... | eladnarra says, "oooo, interesting" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | You walk back into the house to find the three Whitman children sitting Floyd | around the table, talking quietly. They don't seem to notice you until Floyd | you slam the door behind you. Then, in unison, they all look up. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Johnny looks at you, then down at your corpse slumped in the living Floyd | room chair, then back at you. He screams. He screams, and runs through Floyd | the back door out into the yard and the woods beyond. You can hear his Floyd | inhuman caterwauling even as the back door slams shut. | ||||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "kill johnny" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Junior faints dead away. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Ann, however, seems curiously unaffected. "So," she says. "There really Floyd | are two of you. So which are you really? Whitman or Blake? Or is that Floyd | even a meaningful qu Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | estion is, do you really want to know? It takes a while to drop the Floyd | phat info-b0mbz, and chances are your scattered little Floyd | nineteenth-century brane couldn't begin to comprehend the tale. But Floyd | it's your call -- want the story? Floyd | Floyd | >> | DavidW asks, "yes or no?" | |||
| Axyraandas says, "YES." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "yup" | ||||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push save" | ||||
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | You are in a dim, empty living room, with only a corpse slumped in Floyd | chair for company. A rug adorns the center of the room. Exits lead east Floyd | and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You proceed further into the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | It is almost too dim inside to see anything, but you can make out Floyd | enough to tell that there isn't much to see. You're reasonably sure Floyd | this was the kitchen at one point. The door is to the east, while a Floyd | larger room lies west. A staircase once led upward, but most of the Floyd | stairs are now missing. Floyd | Floyd | A headless corpse lies at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "I have to go. good playing, everyone!" | |||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||||
| Ellison has disconnected. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You're feeling quite well for someone who's died several times over. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the yard behind the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the north side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | North of the house Floyd | You are standing north of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. The forest to your north, though thinner here Floyd | than elsewhere, is nonetheless impenetrable; the path you took earlier Floyd | has vanished. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You return to the front of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, illuminated by Floyd | the bright light streaming through the open front door. Towering Floyd | Carolina pines loom all around this clearing, silhouetted in the dusk; Floyd | soon it will be night. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk into the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | You are in a dim, empty living room, with only a corpse slumped in Floyd | chair for company. A rug adorns the center of the room. Exits lead east Floyd | and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rug" | ||||
Floyd | You nearly put your back out, but you manage to move the heavy rug Floyd | enough to reveal a trap door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "x corpse" | ||||
Floyd | The corpse stirs as you approach. And that's when you realize: this Floyd | isn't you, it's Whitman. And he's not even dead. Merely drunk. | DavidW says, "oooh" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "...goddamn brats always making such a goddamn racket..." he mutters. Floyd | You don't hear anything, but then, you rarely hear much of anything Floyd | over the constant roar in your ears. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | But a moment later you see what he must be talking about, as the boys, Floyd | Johnny and Gregory, come tearing into the front room, fighting as Floyd | always -- this time it's not an exchange of blows but just a frantic Floyd | wrestling match, over, what? A toy? Or are they just Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | You're doubled over. The pain, god damn it the pain -- that kid smacked Floyd | right into your leg, drove the shrapnel right through half a dozen Floyd | nerves, like the whole limb was being blown open all over again... and Floyd | you, you seem to have thrown him across the room, and he hit the Floyd | wall... that's a load-bearing wall. His head is bleeding... must have Floyd | hit a wall stud... | Axyraandas exclaims, "This is new. Push Whitman in the celler!" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A doctor, Johnny is crying. Gregory needs a doctor. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | A doctor, a doctor, Whitman whimpers. He is doubled up next to you and Floyd | for a moment you are back in the forest with Union shells going off Floyd | around you. Except they're not called doctors in wartime, they're Floyd | called surgeons. And making noise and thrashing around just means Floyd | you'll get a bayonet in the gut from some goddamn Yank. Oh god, my son, Floyd | Whitman mewls, and you punch him in the face to shut him up. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | That gets Johnny's attention. Someone has to take control here, and Floyd | though you can barely see from the pain, Whitman sure as hell isn't up Floyd | to the task. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | So there will be no goddamn doctors. No one is to know about this. You, Floyd | Johnny, are to take little Gregory down to the basement. If he dies, he Floyd | dies. If he recovers, he recovers. If he ends up somewhere in between, Floyd | well, Johnny, that's your responsibility. I'm not cleaning up after Floyd | some idiot kid. Floyd | Floyd | Oh, now Whitman's picking himself up off the floor. See here, he's Floyd | saying. This is my house, and you aren't going to-- | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shut your goddamn mouth. This is my house. I built it. You just sat Floyd | there. The same way you just sit there while your bastard children are Floyd | running amok, have to keep calling me over anytime you need to Floyd | establish a little discipline. That means I make the rules. Got it? | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Anyone else want to order me around? | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | How about you? | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Well, to hell with you too. I don't care what you want. Nobody messes Floyd | with Bill Blake, and nobody orders him around. Not snotnosed kids, not Floyd | impotent cripples, not the nigger-loving Union government, not God the Floyd | fucking Almighty. The Grim Reaper has no say over Bill Blake, and Floyd | neither do you. If your commands and what he wants to do happen to Floyd | coincide, well zip-a-dee-goddamn-doo-dah. | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | And right now he's getting the hell out of here. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the house Floyd | The dogs are back, still chewing on that corpse... but wait. If the Floyd | corpse in the easy chair was actually Whitman, alive, then this one... Floyd | need a closer look... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | But the dogs are gone. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The dogs are gone, and the sun is bouncing around in the sky like a Floyd | rubber ball. And... it was so clear a moment ago... had a plan in mind, Floyd | but now... don't know what to do, where to go... don't even know who's Floyd | asking the question... | Axyraandas exclaims, "So meta. This is great!" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Help... please, help... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | This body, these hands... these hands are full of shrapnel, but whose Floyd | are they? Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "wow. that was a lot all at once~" | |||
| DavidW says, "yup" | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside the house Floyd | A white house with a boarded front door lies to the east. Forest is all Floyd | around. Little else can be said for certain. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "heh, I like that." | |||
| DavidW says, "The door is boarded _again_." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Axyraandas asks, "What to do, what to do...go se again?" | |||
| eladnarra says, "hm~ round the back, or go look at upstairs window" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "North or south?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the south side of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South of the house Floyd | You are standing south of a white house. There is no door here, and all Floyd | the windows are boarded. However, one window upstairs is unevenly Floyd | boarded, and you can see light shining through a crack between two Floyd | boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "(I am directionally challenged when it comes to games >_<)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||||
Floyd | This is a crack between two unevenly-nailed boards, wide enough to look Floyd | through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in crack" | ||||
Floyd | Through the crack you see the bedroom of Betsy, your business partner's Floyd | youngest daughter. Why a lamp is burning in an abandoned house you Floyd | cannot guess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk around to the back of the house... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are behind the white house, where the husks of the other buildings Floyd | on the estate stand: the stables, carriage house, outhouse, niggers' Floyd | quarters, all are just collapsed heaps of weathered wood now. The house Floyd | itself stands to the west, the back door hanging from the doorframe by Floyd | one hinge. Floyd | Floyd | Your corpse lies sprawled on an expanse of blood-stained grass, a Floyd | gaping hole through its torso. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Axyraandas says, "Don't worry. I am too! :)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You open the back door and step inside... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | eladnarra asks, "maybe the stairs aren't broken, now?" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | You are back in the kitchen of the house, as empty and desolate as Floyd | ever-- Floyd | Floyd | Wait. The staircase is intact. How did that happen? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "yay. up?" | |||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | [Please type a command before pressing Enter.] Floyd | Floyd | > | eladnarra says, "ha! huzzah~" | |||
| Axyraandas says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You climb the stairs... | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Betsy's room Floyd | When you get to Betsy's room, you find her sitting on her bed, crying Floyd | her eyes out. Whitman is sitting next to her. His belt is undone and he Floyd | is smeared with blood. "It wasn't me, it wasn't me," he is saying. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "It was him!" He is pointing at you. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You look down. You are also covered in blood. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | You are standing in the front room of a white house. You know this Floyd | because you are staring at yourself from across the room. He doesn't Floyd | see you, though; he's looking at someone else. And though you can't see Floyd | that person's face, it seems to be-- Floyd | Floyd | "Tycho Green," he says. "You may remember me from such wars as the Floyd | American Civil War. I'm betting you've been wondering what's been Floyd | happening to you. The question is, do you really want to know? It takes Floyd | a while to drop the phat info-b0mbz, and chances are your scattered Floyd | little nineteenth-century brane couldn't begin to comprehend the tale. Floyd | But it's your call -- want the story? Floyd | Floyd | "Yes," says the man with your face. Floyd | Floyd | And then he vanishes. | eladnarra says, "iiiiinteresting" | |||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Frag," Green mutters. Then he turns around and spots you. Floyd | Floyd | "Dammit, stop bi-locating," he says. "All right, here's the scoop. I am Floyd | from what you would call the 22nd century. We'd call it something more Floyd | like Window 2101-2200 Sphere 123488.59588 Track ZZ9, but then, Floyd | reckoning of the date got vastly more complicated once time travel was Floyd | invented. Little thingawhoozits about the size of a hockey puck -- have Floyd | they invented hockey yet? is that 19th century or 20th? I always get Floyd | those confused. Anyway, you key in your temporal coordinates, blip back Floyd | to wherever you want to go. Only goes backwards, y'skate. Can't go Floyd | forward because there's branching. Bifurcation? Try Floyd | bajillionifurcation. At any moment there are something like seven point Floyd | six times ten to your mom little subatomic blips that could blip some Floyd | other way. It's like a tree -- you can follow any branch back to the Floyd | trunk, no decision-making necessary. But finding the right branch from Floyd | the trunk, well, you have to choose wisely. The hockey puck can't Floyd | choose because the calculations would take quite literally forever and Floyd | also it would melt and also it can't just pick at random because most Floyd | combinations of subatomic blips lead to the universe spontaneously Floyd | combusting without so much as a 'Bye bye, grandpa loves you.'" | Jacqueline says, "Sadly, I am so laggy I am mostly reading recap when it appears. Going to hit the shower, check back in a bit. Sigh." | |||
| eladnarra says, "yay, time travel~" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "Wow. I never expected that. Great premise, at least in my opinion." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "push space?" | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Behind the house Floyd | You are standing east of a white house, surrounded by smaller buildings Floyd | which are collapsing and building themselves back up before your eyes. Floyd | A carriage wheezes out of the carriage house, then vanishes. Green Floyd | emerges from the outhouse and taps you on the shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | "So most people don't bother blipping back in time," he continues, Floyd | "because they can't get back. But me, I met this girlie and I decided Floyd | that she would be mine. Except that she'd been dead for two hundred Floyd | years and I didn't want to dig her up because, eww, gross. I'm talking Floyd | about Ann Whitman here. Not too shabby, hmm? You've got your Homer, Floyd | your Bill Shakespeare, your Ann Whitman and I guess now your Thu Minh Floyd | Tran though, just between you and me, I think she's overrated. But Ann, Floyd | now, her littachur just struck a chord with me. Me and eleven billion Floyd | other people, key, but still. So I decided I'd review some tapes, learn Floyd | your dialect, blip back, sweep her off her feet, the whole bit. Key, Floyd | that means she'd never actually get around to writing her books, but no Floyd | paradoxes here -- soon as you show up in the past and start changing Floyd | stuff, you get bifurcated off the tree right away and can't hurt the Floyd | original branch. Unless..." | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Betsy's room Floyd | The same dolls on the dresser, the same splashes of pink. Betsy is Floyd | hanging from a noose tied to the crossbeam. She is fourteen forever. Floyd | | ||||
| olethros has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "eep" | |||
| eladnarra says, "mm, dark" | ||||
| eladnarra says (to Floyd), "x Betsy" | ||||
Floyd | Green arrives at the top of the stairs. "Well, I'm getting ahead of Floyd | myself," he says. "See, the reason Annie was able to crank out these Floyd | incredible Southern Gothic novels is because she'd lived this Floyd | incredible Southern Gothic life. Like, her little brother had his head Floyd | thumped with all sorts of brane damage and got locked in the basement Floyd | like a monkey -- with another brother assigned to feed him and clean up Floyd | his shit... that guy blew his head off, gee I wonder why... oh, and her Floyd | little sister had been raped by her father and then hanged herself." He Floyd | glances over at Betsy's dangling body and shakes his head. "So the Floyd | leftover kids got together and offed Daddykins... oh, yeah, and let's Floyd | not forget Daddykins himself. He wasn't just some random monster -- Floyd | see, he got tagged by an artillery shell in the war, lived the rest of Floyd | his life in excruciating pain, and spun off this whole second Floyd | personality based on some dreadnok thug who actually got fragged by the Floyd | shell. Bill Blake, big ol' tuff guy. Tuff enuff to stand the pain that Floyd | Whitman couldn't. So Whitman spent more and more time as 'Blake' -- Floyd | even brought him into the business, presented himself as Whitman to the Floyd | people he needed to kiss up to and as Blake to the people he had to Floyd | browbeat into submission, wrote himself two different paychecks and Floyd | deposited them at two different banks. But then 'Blake' started showing Floyd | up at home, and, well, we all know how that turned out..." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the house Floyd | "So I blip back in time to when Ann's beginning her literary career," Floyd | Green says, "but while she's a freakin' sooper-jeenius, she's also Floyd | completely psycho, I mean mental to the point that you can't conduct a Floyd | conversation with her without the whole thing ending in tears and maybe Floyd | some blood. So, no smoochies with Ann while she's like buried under the Floyd | bell jar, so back some more, this time to get Pops out of the way of Floyd | the shell so that she can actually live a happy smurfy life with a sane Floyd | parental unit. Except... | Axyraandas says, "Well, that didn't turn out well. I wonder what drove her to kill herself." | |||
| Axyraandas says, "Ok. Rape is terrible. >.<" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "ready for more info?" | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "See, there's one teensy little problem with these hockey pucks -- you Floyd | break 'em, you've bought it. It's like, take a piece of paper and draw Floyd | a line on it. Then from the end of that line draw a bunch of branches. Floyd | Then from the end of each of those branches, draw a bunch more. That's Floyd | time. | ||||
| Axyraandas pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "Now take that tree you've just drawn. Put in on a desk. And empty your Floyd | inkwell onto it. That's what happens when a time machine blows up. | Axyraandas asks, "In?" | |||
| DavidW says, "typo, I guess." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "wibbly wobbly timey wimey~" | ||||
| Axyraandas says, "So all of time got destroyed. Ok then. No big deal- no one's left for the aftermath anyways." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "go on, then? I would, but I dunno how" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | "When I went back to the war to keep you from getting tagged by the Floyd | shell, I took a piece of shrapnel right in the ol' hockey puck," Green Floyd | says. "And when that exploded, this whole timeline got stuck inside the Floyd | blast zone. The timelines that are enough bifurcations away from us'll Floyd | be fine, but for us, time is in smithereens and there's no piecing it Floyd | back together. From here on out it's just fragments, past, future, Floyd | present, future, past, all jumbled together. No cause and effect, so Floyd | choice dissolves." He shrugs. "If it's any consolation, I'm stuck here Floyd | t Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of the house Floyd | You are standing west of a white house with a boarded front door. | Gunther asks (of eladnarra), "I'm curious - does the ~ at the end of a sentence mean anything in particular?" | |||
| eladnarra says, "oh, haha. it's a thing I picked up in my haunts on IRC." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "it varies. can be sing-song voice, indicated teasing" | ||||
| Axyraandas asks, "What's IRC?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know that." | ||||
| Alex says (to Axyraandas), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that IRC is Internet Relay Chat." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "but often I don't even know I'm doing it :D" | ||||
| Ellison pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
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| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | You are standing west of a white houseYou are standing westYouhere on Floyd | out it's just fragmentsYou are standing westtrio of frenzied attack Floyd | dogsthe same splashes of pinkmumbling milquetoast has been jumping at Floyd | shadowsman's home is his castleI make the rulesleast there's some wine Floyd | leftchoice dissolves*** You have died*** Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
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| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | Axyraandas asks, "Yay?" | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | v qbag npghnyyl guvax guvf vf n tbbq tnzrvgf svsgl qvssrerag vqrnf Floyd | penzzrq gbtrgureabar bs gurz vzcyrzragrq irel jryygur cebwrpg fbegn Floyd | yrncg sebz zl tenfc naq rkcybqrqohg creuncf gungf nccebcevngrnaq jub Floyd | xabjffbzrbar zvtug svaq vg vagrerfgvatkbkb nqnz Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | DavidW says, "yes, that's a yay." | |||
| Johnny says, "I think we really got our money's worth from DavidW." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And I got back just in time, it would seem." | ||||
| Gunther says, "that last bit becomes:" | ||||
| Gunther | i dont actually think this is a good gameits fifty different ideas crammed togethernone of them implemented very wellthe project sorta leapt from my grasp and explodedbut perhaps thats appropriateand who knowssomeone might find it interestingxoxo adam | ||||
| eladnarra says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| Axyraandas asks, "How exactly did you decode that?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I was wondering if that last bit was in code." | ||||
| Ellison asks, "huh, just your basic rot13, eh?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "rot13, I guess." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing." | ||||
| eladnarra says, "man, I really enjoyed that" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It didn't look like true gibberish to me." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That was good, yes. Both of them." | ||||
| Axyraandas exclaims, "I suspected it was, but...that's quick. My computer can't even display it that fast!" | ||||
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