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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load aotearoa" | ||||
Floyd | >Are you sure you want to quit? Welcome to the Cheap Glk Floyd | Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Welcome to Aotearoa! Floyd | Floyd | Display Test: Floyd | Floyd | *+ LM jk Floyd | Floyd | This is an interactive fiction story that uses both colored text and Floyd | special, non-English letters, specifically Polynesian vowels with Floyd | macrons (horizontal lines) over them. Floyd | Floyd | If no words above were colored or emphasized, Floyd | or if you didn't see the characters as vowels with macrons, Floyd | or if you want to adjust the colors displayed, Floyd | or if you want to see interpreter compatibility information, Floyd | press K now. Floyd | Floyd | Press R to restore an existing story, or a number from 1 to 4 to start Floyd | a new story... Floyd | Floyd | 1) ...with an in-game tutorial for new players, as well as color Floyd | keyword highlighting in the text. Floyd | 2) ...with an in-game tutorial for new players, but no keyword Floyd | highlighting. Floyd | 3) ...with no tutorial, but with color keyword highlighting in the Floyd | text. Floyd | 4) ...with no tutorial and no keyword highlighting. | EmacsUser asks, "Do we want compatibility?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I think we want to make it as basic as possible." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Not everyone's mud client can display stuff." | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "K" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa can make use of emphasized keywords to indicate objects you Floyd | can interact with. It is recommended that your interpreter program Floyd | correctly displays them with some form of emphasis, although it is not Floyd | strictly required. Type a number below to cycle through display options Floyd | until you find one that shows clearly on your system: Floyd | Floyd | 1) Emphasized object keywords currently look like this. Floyd | 2) Emphasized topic keywords currently look like this. Floyd | Floyd | Press 0 when you're finished here. | Nitku says, "It's a Floyd issue, not a client issue" | |||
| maga says, "we tested this beforehand; I think it's not going to happen" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa can make use of emphasized keywords to indicate objects you Floyd | can interact with. It is recommended that your interpreter program Floyd | correctly displays them with some form of emphasis, although it is not Floyd | strictly required. Type a number below to cycle through display options Floyd | until you find one that shows clearly on your system: Floyd | Floyd | 1) Emphasized object keywords currently look like this. Floyd | 2) Emphasized topic keywords currently look like this. Floyd | Floyd | **A warning: it may at times be useful to be able to differentiate Floyd | between the various kinds of keyword.** Floyd | Floyd | Press 0 when you're finished here. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa can make use of emphasized keywords to indicate objects you Floyd | can interact with. It is recommended that your interpreter program Floyd | correctly displays them with some form of emphasis, although it is not Floyd | strictly required. Type a number below to cycle through display options Floyd | until you find one that shows clearly on your system: Floyd | Floyd | 1) Emphasized object keywords currently look like this. Floyd | 2) Emphasized topic keywords currently look like this. Floyd | Floyd | Press 0 when you're finished here. | inky says, "unless there is a mode here that displays them *like this*" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa can make use of emphasized keywords to indicate objects you Floyd | can interact with. It is recommended that your interpreter program Floyd | correctly displays them with some form of emphasis, although it is not Floyd | strictly required. Type a number below to cycle through display options Floyd | until you find one that shows clearly on your system: Floyd | Floyd | 1) Emphasized object keywords currently look like this. Floyd | 2) Emphasized topic keywords currently look like this. Floyd | Floyd | Press 0 when you're finished here. | Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "Some of it's Floyd, some of it's the clients (I can see accents, for instance, but not all people can)." | |||
| Fang says, "yeah I can't see any difference" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa can make use of emphasized keywords to indicate objects you Floyd | can interact with. It is recommended that your interpreter program Floyd | correctly displays them with some form of emphasis, although it is not Floyd | strictly required. Type a number below to cycle through display options Floyd | until you find one that shows clearly on your system: Floyd | Floyd | 1) Emphasized object keywords currently look like this. Floyd | 2) Emphasized topic keywords currently look like this. Floyd | Floyd | Press 0 when you're finished here. | EmacsUser says, "I guess one question is whether Perry can see the accents." | |||
| Nitku says, "No-one can see italics or colors." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "..Nitkue" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, Nitku" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right... and I think the game will do fine without emphasis." | ||||
| mwigdahl says, "jacqueline How do I join cfspoilers -- it doesn't let me join..." | Fang asks, "does it look okay now to everyone?" | |||
| inky says, "sure" | ||||
| murphy_slaw arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| Fang says (to mwigdahl), "try @joinc #cf-spoilers" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "0" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Polynesian Character Display Test: *+ LM jk Floyd | Floyd | If the characters above are vowels with horizontal lines over them, Floyd | your interpreter can properly display the special letters in this Floyd | story. If not, you will need to change your interpreter's font to one Floyd | that supports Polynesian characters. If you know your font already Floyd | supports such characters, you may need to consider switching to an Floyd | alternative interpreter. Floyd | Floyd | Interpreters known to function correctly with Aotearoa include (but are Floyd | not limited to): Floyd | Floyd | Gargoyle (the 2009-08-25 build or newer) Floyd | Zoom 1.1.4 or newer Floyd | Filfre 0.987 or newer Floyd | Quixe 1.0.2 or newer (using the CSS provided at Floyd | [LINK] or the IFComp website) Floyd | Other browsers based on Glulxe 0.4.4 or newer or Git 1.2.4 or newer Floyd | should work as well. Floyd | Floyd | Fonts known to render well include (but, again, are not limited to): Floyd | Floyd | Linux Libertine (free for download and recommended if you have it) Floyd | Georgia Floyd | Palatino Linotype Floyd | Times New Roman Floyd | Floyd | Known issues: The older, 2009-08-25 build of Gargoyle, out of the box, Floyd | defaults to the Charter BT font, which is known to not support Floyd | Polynesian characters. This can be fixed by changing the font settings Floyd | in the garglk.ini configuration file to point to a font (such as one of Floyd | the ones above) that does support the characters. The newest (2010.1) Floyd | build of Gargoyle does not have this problem as it uses Linux Libertine Floyd | by default. And although Filfre supports the proper characters out of Floyd | the box, it doesn't render them correctly. Regardless of the Floyd | interpreter you use, you may need to configure it for best appearance. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | EmacsUser says (to Jacqueline), "Can you add murphy_slaw to the channel? I don't remember how." | |||
| inky says, "they can type @join #channel" | ||||
| inky says, "to join a channel" | ||||
| Fang asks, "Hmm, are the polynesian letters important?" | ||||
| inky says (to Fang), "not vital" | ||||
| maga says, "not crucially" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh yeah, I can whisper." | ||||
| * Jacqueline has added murphy_slaw to the channel. | ||||
| Nitku pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Welcome to Aotearoa! Floyd | Floyd | Display Test: Floyd | Floyd | *+ LM jk Floyd | Floyd | This is an interactive fiction story that uses both colored text and Floyd | special, non-English letters, specifically Polynesian vowels with Floyd | macrons (horizontal lines) over them. Floyd | Floyd | If no words above were colored or emphasized, Floyd | or if you didn't see the characters as vowels with macrons, Floyd | or if you want to adjust the colors displayed, Floyd | or if you want to see interpreter compatibility information, Floyd | press K now. Floyd | Floyd | Press R to restore an existing story, or a number from 1 to 4 to start Floyd | a new story... Floyd | Floyd | 1) ...with an in-game tutorial for new players, as well as color Floyd | keyword highlighting in the text. Floyd | 2) ...with an in-game tutorial for new players, but no keyword Floyd | highlighting. Floyd | 3) ...with no tutorial, but with color keyword highlighting in the Floyd | text. Floyd | 4) ...with no tutorial and no keyword highlighting. | EmacsUser says, "Timing." | |||
| Nitku asks, "4?" | ||||
| Fang asks, "I don't think we need a tutorial, do we?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "No, I don't think so." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The waka floats in the deep ocean, the sun motionless and searing in Floyd | the clear sky. Mui, the trickster, casts his fishing line into the Floyd | depths of the ocean, tied to his magic hook made from a human jawbone. Floyd | Almost immediately the hook catches, and he pulls up an enormous fish Floyd | that somehow becomes, as you watch, an entire continent. On that new Floyd | continent magnificent dinosaurs -- taniwha -- prowl the dark forests. Floyd | Volcanoes dim the sky with smoke and stain the air with the stench of Floyd | sulfur, but the land is rich and fertile, and Mui's older brothers Floyd | look on it with greed in their eyes. Mui watches them, deep in Floyd | thought, with a faraway expression you can't read. Then he turns to Floyd | look directly into your eyes, and says, "You know that some of my Floyd | brothers cannot be trusted. You must keep them from carving up this Floyd | great fish until I return from the gods with the proper karakia." Floyd | Floyd | And suddenly he's gone, flying away into the sun in the form of a Floyd | seabird, and you're left floating in the waka with Mui's brothers as Floyd | they smile secret half-smiles to each other and reach for their knives, Floyd | and you wonder what in the world Mui thinks that you, twelve-year-old Floyd | Tim Cooper, can do to stop them before they carve up and defile... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa Floyd | An Interactive Adventure by Matt Wigdahl Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 100928 / Inform 7 build 6E72 (I6/v6.31 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Difficulty Level: Introductory Cruelty Level: Polite Floyd | Floyd | *** First-time players should type ABOUT *** Floyd | Floyd | A hand gently shakes your shoulder, and the in-flight magazine falls Floyd | off your chest as you startle awake. "Sorry, Tim. We've arrived," the Floyd | stewardess says, and passes on. But the dreams don't leave with her, Floyd | and the rest of the trip passes in a haze: the terminal; the tall Mori Floyd | man with fierce tattoos on his face who greets you on arrival; the trip Floyd | through unfamiliar streets to a Conservation Service cutter. In a way Floyd | it's a good thing. If you had to think about what you're getting Floyd | yourself into, you might be too afraid to go through with it. You stand Floyd | on the prow of the small ship, fear and excitement swirling around Floyd | inside you so you can hardly tell them apart. You're going to see real, Floyd | live dinosaurs, and that's great, but you're alone and afraid, and Floyd | nothing is familiar here, and that's... not great. Floyd | Floyd | The man, Eruera, walks up to stand beside you, taking in the same view, Floyd | shading his eyes with a powerful hand as he looks forward. The whipping Floyd | ocean wind tries to carry his words away, and his accent is thick, but Floyd | he has a friendly, open smile. "Don't worry about your flight getting Floyd | delayed. We'll catch you up to the other group in no time." He studies Floyd | your face, sees the concern. "Come now, you must be excited to start, Floyd | yes? Everyone is! You are ready to work?" Floyd | Floyd | Excitement gets the upper hand for now and you grin just a bit -- you Floyd | can't help it. "I still can't believe I got picked to come! I get to Floyd | see real dinosaurs? That's so cool!" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera laughs, a startling, wild sound. "You may not think it is quite Floyd | so 'cool' after picking through dinosaur roka for a few days, Tim." Floyd | Floyd | You cock your head a bit, not quite sure you understood. "Roka"? Floyd | Floyd | He just looks back at you silently, the friendly grin growing a bit Floyd | wider. Floyd | Floyd | Oh. Floyd | Floyd | The Prow Floyd | The cutter's hydrofoil brings the ship high out of the water -- high Floyd | enough that there's very little spray. The wind whips past as the boat Floyd | glides across the ocean off the coast to port. Thick, deep green bands Floyd | of forest snake along the coastline to port. The treeline tracks Floyd | stretches of black sand beach, sharp cliffs of dark volcanic rock, and Floyd | the occasional salt marsh. The ocean glares as you look at the shore, Floyd | almost overpoweringly blue. Floyd | Floyd | A dark feather from some sort of seabird flutters in the wind, caught Floyd | in a small gap in the guardrail. Floyd | Floyd | You hear an incomprehensible yell from the general direction of the Floyd | bridge. Eruera turns toward it, then closes his eyes for an instant. "I Floyd | told them to double-check those gaskets," he sighs. "I'd better go help Floyd | them before we're dead in the water." Floyd | Floyd | He starts to leave, then turns back to you for a moment. "Why don't you Floyd | head to the bridge? They've got sandwiches in there; I'm sure you're Floyd | hungry after all your traveling. I'll catch up with you after I sort Floyd | things out below decks." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera sprints off to aft. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | >The Prow Floyd | The cutter's hydrofoil brings the ship high out of the water -- high Floyd | enough that there's very little spray. The wind whips past as the boat Floyd | glides across the ocean off the coast to port. Thick, deep green bands Floyd | of forest snake along the coastline to port. The treeline tracks Floyd | stretches of black sand beach, sharp cliffs of dark volcanic rock, and Floyd | the occasional salt marsh. The ocean glares as you look at the shore, Floyd | almost overpoweringly blue. Floyd | Floyd | A dark feather from some sort of seabird flutters in the wind, caught Floyd | in a small gap in the guardrail. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | >You're a bit taller than average for your age, with dark brown hair Floyd | and green eyes. Currently you're feeling a bit hungry, a bit thirsty, Floyd | and very nervously excited about getting to camp and seeing the Floyd | dinosaurs. Floyd | | Fang says, "okay, the prompt isn't showing up, but we seem to have control..." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa is an interactive fiction adventure story, designed to be fun Floyd | for all ages! Floyd | Floyd | "Interactive Fiction" is a kind of writing that puts you, the reader, Floyd | into the story as the main character! You make the decisions as to what Floyd | your character will do and where to go by typing in instructions to the Floyd | computer at the ">" prompt. The story will then decide what happens Floyd | next, tell you what happens, and then give you a chance to type in Floyd | another instruction. Play continues in this way until you reach an end Floyd | to the story. But remember that there might be several different Floyd | endings, and some may be better, more successful, or more fun endings Floyd | than others. You can always try different decisions in the story to try Floyd | to reach different endings. Floyd | Floyd | If you have never played an interactive fiction story before, please Floyd | read the "Instructions for Play" section in the main help menu for much Floyd | more detailed advice on how to play and what kinds of commands the Floyd | computer can understand. Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa takes place in an alternate history where the ancient Floyd | continent of Zealandia never sank below the waves in the late Floyd | Cretaceous period, and retains its Mori name of Aotearoa. Many Floyd | prehistoric and other extinct animals still live on the continent -- Floyd | including dinosaurs! And you, as the character of 12-year-old Tim Floyd | Cooper, will have a chance to visit and interact with them! Floyd | Floyd | Please note -- although the game depicts a fictional continent of Floyd | Zealandia, and dinosaurs are involved in the game, great effort was Floyd | made to remain faithful to the history and geography of the real New Floyd | Zealand where possible, and to present an accurate picture of the Floyd | language and culture of the Mori people. We hope you have fun and Floyd | learn something new (maybe several somethings new) at the same time! Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Fang says, "cool" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Prow Floyd | The cutter's hydrofoil brings the ship high out of the water -- high Floyd | enough that there's very little spray. The wind whips past as the boat Floyd | glides across the ocean off the coast to port. Thick, deep green bands Floyd | of forest snake along the coastline to port. The treeline tracks Floyd | stretches of black sand beach, sharp cliffs of dark volcanic rock, and Floyd | the occasional salt marsh. The ocean glares as you look at the shore, Floyd | almost overpoweringly blue. Floyd | Floyd | A dark feather from some sort of seabird flutters in the wind, caught Floyd | in a small gap in the guardrail. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take feather" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | It doesn't seem quite so hot any more. Floyd | | Nitku says, "I'd like to read about the additional commands" | |||
| Fang says, "oh okay go ahead" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | > Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| Nitku presses the yellow enter button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | For the most part, the standard IF verbs apply, but there are a few Floyd | extra actions you can take that are fairly non-standard: Floyd | Floyd | RIDE will allow you to attempt to ride a vehicle or animal. Floyd | Once you are on an animal, you can control it by trying to go FASTER or Floyd | SLOWER, or turn LEFT or RIGHT. Floyd | NAME will allow you to give an animal a nickname that will then be used Floyd | in the text and be recognized by the parser. Floyd | UNNAME will allow you to remove a nickname from an animal that already Floyd | has one. Floyd | Floyd | Additional meta-commands (commands that help you control the game Floyd | without affecting the game world) are: Floyd | Floyd | THINGS will print out a list of all the items in the area that you Floyd | might be able to interact with. Note that this will also include Floyd | scenery and other things that only support limited interaction. Floyd | EXITS prints out a list of the directions you can go from the area Floyd | you're in. Floyd | EXIT COLOR rotates through the available colors for the status line Floyd | exit lister. Floyd | EXITS OFF turns off the status line exit lister altogether. Floyd | EXITS ON turns the status line exit lister back on. Floyd | KEYWORDS brings up a menu that lets you change how object and topic Floyd | keywords are presented. Floyd | TUTORIAL MODE OFF turns off the built-in tutorial. Floyd | TUTORIAL MODE ON turns on the built-in tutorial. Floyd | SKIP will make the tutorial system skip the current step and move on to Floyd | the next one. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| Nitku pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | > Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Prow Floyd | The cutter's hydrofoil brings the ship high out of the water -- high Floyd | enough that there's very little spray. The wind whips past as the boat Floyd | glides across the ocean off the coast to port. Thick, deep green bands Floyd | of forest snake along the coastline to port. The treeline tracks Floyd | stretches of black sand beach, sharp cliffs of dark volcanic rock, and Floyd | the occasional salt marsh. The ocean glares as you look at the shore, Floyd | almost overpoweringly blue. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x feather" | ||||
Floyd | >It's a small, grayish feather, possibly from a white-bellied tiko or Floyd | other seabird. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a seabird feather Floyd | Floyd | You think you see something large moving on shore -- could it be a Floyd | dinosaur? You wish your binoculars weren't stowed in your luggage. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x shore" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the 1) coastline or the 2) beach? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "coastline" | ||||
Floyd | >The coastline is rough and varied. Some areas are relatively flat and Floyd | at other places the cliffs come right up to the water's edge. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x beacg" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x beach" | ||||
Floyd | >The beach is a surprisingly dark black, which you've read is because Floyd | of millenia of waves pounding against volcanic rock. It glitters with Floyd | flashes of reflected sunlight as the cutter passes. Floyd | | Fang asks, "I guess we should go to the bridge, as instructed?" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >Compass directions make no sense on board ship, but you can use Floyd | starboard, port, fore, and aft instead. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||||
Floyd | >It's hard for you to make yourself even approach the guardrails, let Floyd | alone think of hurling yourself off the speeding ship. Besides, you're Floyd | this close to finally seeing the dinosaurs! Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The only obvious exit is aft. Floyd | Floyd | (Use EXITS ON to enable the status line exit lister and EXITS OFF to Floyd | turn it off. You may also cycle through the available colors to use for Floyd | unvisited rooms with the command EXIT COLOR.) Floyd | | Fang says, "huh" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "aft" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Stern Floyd | The stern of the cutter is well-organized and uncluttered; all of the Floyd | stores and supplies are stashed below. The deck and guardrail are Floyd | painted white, and are almost too bright to focus upon in the sun. A Floyd | small door leads inside to the bridge, and a rectangular opening in the Floyd | deck leads down a steep ladder into the hold. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Bridge Floyd | The cutter's small bridge looks like it also serves as a living room Floyd | and smoking lounge. The ship's controls are laid out on a cluttered Floyd | panel to forward, under a wide, grimy window. A low side table stands Floyd | by the door, food trash surrounding an overflowing, smoldering ashtray. Floyd | A few chairs are scattered around as well. A door leads outside and a Floyd | ladder leads down into the crew quarters. Floyd | Floyd | The captain fidgets with his fingers unconsciously. Floyd | Floyd | The captain acknowledges your arrival with a glance and a grunt, then Floyd | turns back to his instruments. "Help yourself to a sandwich. I think Floyd | there's one left." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x sandwich" | ||||
Floyd | >You look closely at the sandwich and shrug. You can't tell how old it Floyd | is, or even what it's made of. The bread is brown and it looks edible, Floyd | at least in theory. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat it" | ||||
Floyd | >You decide that you're hungry enough to confront the mystery of the Floyd | sandwich head-on and take a bite. Surprisingly, it's tasty, and you Floyd | make short work of the rest of it. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "talk to captain" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach the captain a bit gingerly. "Excuse me, sir?" Floyd | Floyd | "What do you want, tama?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the sandwich, Eruera, the coastal Floyd | cutter, the dinosaurs, or Aotearoa.) Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about sandwich" | ||||
Floyd | >"Hey, that was a pretty good sandwich!" Floyd | Floyd | The captain looks at you for a moment and frowns, trying to decide if Floyd | you expect a response, and if so, what it should be. He finally decides Floyd | against saying anything and shakes his head as he turns away. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku asks, "him about aotearoa" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask him about aotearoa" | ||||
Floyd | >"Sir," you ask, "what can you tell me about Aotearoa? I've never been Floyd | here before." Floyd | Floyd | "Well, that's obvious, son." He smiles, then starts talking, gesturing Floyd | expansively with his hands. Floyd | Floyd | "Aotearoa -- 'The Land of the Long Cloud'! You're just offshore of the Floyd | closest place to Paradise on the face of the Earth, kid. The one place Floyd | the British couldn't conquer when they were colonizing the world -- we Floyd | Mori toa fought them to a standstill and they settled for an alliance Floyd | as equals." Floyd | Floyd | He laughs as he continues, "Even the giant meteor that killed the Floyd | dinosaurs all over the world couldn't defeat the taniwha of Aotearoa! Floyd | All the dinosaurs left in the world live right here." He sweeps his Floyd | hands to indicate the coastline moving past outside the window, then Floyd | turns back to the controls. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about dinosaurs" | ||||
Floyd | >"Have you ever seen one of the dinosaurs?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | The captain laughs. "'Have I seen a big one?', of course you mean. The Floyd | taniwha are not as common as the television documentaries would have Floyd | you believe, boy. But yes, I've seen several of the horned ones. Even Floyd | though they are plant-eaters, they are still fearsome." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about eruera" | ||||
Floyd | >"What do you know about Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | The captain turns to you. "Eruera? I don't know him well, except by Floyd | reputation. He's supposed to be a quite a toa -- a warrior. Served in Floyd | the ADF before transferring to the Conservation Service." Floyd | | ||||
| Lipa arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" | ||||
Floyd | >(himself) Floyd | "Who are you?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | The captain responds. "I'm Captain Hunapo, the captain of the ANS Floyd | Whakamarumaru." Floyd | Floyd | He grins as you try to mouth the name of the ship. "It means Floyd | 'protector'." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about cutter" | ||||
Floyd | >"What kind of ship is this?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | The captain grimaces. "This decrepit old tub is the Whakamarumaru. It's Floyd | an old hydrofoil design; one of the first they ever made. It's fast and Floyd | maneuverable, but we have a devil of a time keeping it running." Floyd | Floyd | The sounds of annoyed crewmen arguing in Mori rise from the lower Floyd | deck. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | >You could ask him about himself, the sandwich, Eruera, the coastal Floyd | cutter, the dinosaurs, or Aotearoa. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about cutter" | ||||
Floyd | >"So what's wrong with the ship now?" Floyd | Floyd | The captain shakes his head. "Oil leak. A big one. We just overhauled Floyd | the engine, but one of the gaskets blew out. It might have been bad to Floyd | start with." Floyd | Floyd | He raises his voice to include the ladder below, if they can hear him Floyd | over the sound of clanking tools and Mori curse words. "More likely, Floyd | one of those mhunga wai screwed it up when they installed it!" Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about aotearoa" | ||||
Floyd | >"Is there anything else you can tell me about Aotearoa? I'm really Floyd | interested in the..." Floyd | Floyd | He cuts you off with a jerk of his hand. "The taniwha, I know. You Floyd | don't have to be a mind-reader to see that. I already gave you the Floyd | basics. Aotearoa isn't someplace you can be told about. If you want to Floyd | know more you'll find out for yourself in about an hour." Floyd | Floyd | Something seems to bother the captain. He peers more closely at a Floyd | control on the console, then mutters darkly to himself. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are the seabird feather, the cluttered panel, the controls, the Floyd | radio, the radar, the grimy window, the bridge door, the crew ladder, Floyd | the chair, the side table, the ashtray, the captain, the speaker Floyd | grille, the cigarette butts, the deck, the coastal cutter, the ocean, Floyd | the forest, the beach, the cliffs, the salt marsh, the coastline, the Floyd | dinosaurs, the seabird, the wind, and the clouds. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||||
Floyd | >The controls are labeled with unfamiliar abbreviations; you can't Floyd | figure them out. Floyd | Floyd | The captain checks the controls, then gives a grunt of apparent Floyd | satisfaction. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about cutter" | ||||
Floyd | >"Anything else about the ship?" Floyd | Floyd | "What do you want, the technical manuals? You looking to take my job? Floyd | This tub will get you to the campsite in another hour -- that's all you Floyd | need to know!" Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask him about crewmen" | ||||
Floyd | >You start to speak, but the captain doesn't seem to be interested. Floyd | Floyd | "Yes yes," he says brusquely. "I don't have time to discuss that right Floyd | now." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the sandwich, Eruera, the coastal Floyd | cutter, the dinosaurs, or Aotearoa.) Floyd | Floyd | Something seems to bother the captain. He peers more closely at a Floyd | control on the console, then mutters darkly to himself. Floyd | | Fang exclaims, "we're impatient! The IF comp time will be half over in an hour!" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "ask him about sandwich" | ||||
Floyd | >The captain's look of only partially suppressed exasperation makes you Floyd | think that asking him about the sandwich yet again isn't a particularly Floyd | good idea. Floyd | Floyd | The captain checks the controls, then gives a grunt of apparent Floyd | satisfaction. Floyd | | Fang exclaims, "dum dum dum!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Nah, you get to play for two hours, not just one." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | >As you turn away, the captain shakes his head, mutters something you Floyd | can't understand, and turns back to the controls. Floyd | Floyd | The Stern Floyd | The stern of the cutter is well-organized and uncluttered; all of the Floyd | stores and supplies are stashed below. The deck and guardrail are Floyd | painted white, and are almost too bright to focus upon in the sun. A Floyd | small door leads inside to the bridge, and a rectangular opening in the Floyd | deck leads down a steep ladder into the hold. Floyd | Floyd | You notice clouds gathering as you leave the bridge -- maybe there's a Floyd | storm coming. As you take a few steps out onto the stern deck, you hear Floyd | shouts from behind you. Almost immediately, the captain yells as well, Floyd | calling you back. "Hey, you... Kid! Whatever your name was... Come back Floyd | here! I've got a job for you." Floyd | Floyd | It doesn't seem quite so hot any more. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Bridge Floyd | The cutter's small bridge looks like it also serves as a living room Floyd | and smoking lounge. The ship's controls are laid out on a cluttered Floyd | panel to forward, under a wide, grimy window. A low side table stands Floyd | by the door, food trash surrounding an overflowing, smoldering ashtray. Floyd | A few chairs are scattered around as well. A door leads outside and a Floyd | ladder leads down into the crew quarters. Floyd | Floyd | The captain paces impatiently. Floyd | Floyd | The captain half-turns towards you. "You! Make yourself useful and grab Floyd | the hyperbolic torsion spanner from the hold. Those mhunga wai down Floyd | there forgot it." Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
| Lipa has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are down and outside. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask about spanner" | ||||
Floyd | >(addressing the captain) Floyd | The captain spares you a quick glance. He looks your possessions over, Floyd | then frowns. "Didn't I ask you to go get the hyperbolic torsion Floyd | spanner? When I ask you to do something, I expect you to move, sailor!" Floyd | Floyd | You must supply a noun. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden beeping from the radar attracts the captain's attention. He Floyd | glances at the screen for a moment, then clicks his tongue. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask captain about spanner" | ||||
Floyd | >The captain looks up as you approach. He folds his arms and glowers at Floyd | you. "I'll talk to you after you bring me the hyperbolic torsion Floyd | spanner like I asked you. Not before." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x radar" | ||||
Floyd | >The radar unit is a screen with some unlabeled controls underneath. Floyd | Green lines indicate the position of the shore. If there were other Floyd | ships nearby you'd assume that they would also appear, but there don't Floyd | seem to be any at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | Something seems to bother the captain. He peers more closely at a Floyd | control on the console, then mutters darkly to himself. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Stern Floyd | The stern of the cutter is well-organized and uncluttered; all of the Floyd | stores and supplies are stashed below. The deck and guardrail are Floyd | painted white, gleaming in the alternating patches of sun and shade as Floyd | the cutter passes under the gathering clouds. A small door leads inside Floyd | to the bridge, and a rectangular opening in the deck leads down a steep Floyd | ladder into the hold. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Hold Floyd | The hold's ceiling is frighteningly low, even for you. The space is Floyd | cramped and hot, and the relentless, overpowering drone of the cutter's Floyd | engine is almost unbearable here. The hold is mostly packed full of Floyd | crates, probably containing supplies for the various Conservation Floyd | Service camps in the Protected Lands. Near the stern there's a clear Floyd | area with a pegboard mounted on the wall. The pegboard holds tools and Floyd | supplies that the crew members use, and a ladder leads up. Floyd | Floyd | Your school backpack leans against against one the crates, looking out Floyd | of place. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x backpack" | ||||
Floyd | >Aunt Janet gave you this at the beginning of the school year -- a Floyd | cheap, nylon Camp Rock backpack more suited to the homeroom coat rack Floyd | -- for a third grade girl, maybe -- than the Aotearoan bush. At least Floyd | she tried. Floyd | Floyd | In the backpack are your acceptance letter, your passport, your lucky Floyd | rabbit's foot, your photographs, and Aotearoa 4 Kids!. Floyd | Floyd | One of the crates shifts slightly, startling you. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x aotearoa" | ||||
Floyd | >Your teacher, Mrs. Casmer, gave you this reference book about Aotearoa Floyd | when your acceptance letter came in. She was really proud of you. The Floyd | book is huge -- at least 400 pages -- and covers everything from Floyd | history and politics to geography and wildlife. You've probably read it Floyd | all the way through five times by now, trying to prepare yourself for Floyd | this trip. You leaf through the familiar pages a bit distractedly, Floyd | refreshing your memory a bit about the requirements for getting a Floyd | driver's license. Floyd | Floyd | The hot, humid atmosphere of the hold is almost overpowering. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x crates" | ||||
Floyd | >The wooden crates are stacked in rough order and held down with wide Floyd | canvas straps. They come in several different sizes, but most appear to Floyd | be cubes and measure around four or five feet on a side. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "listen to crates" | ||||
Floyd | >The low drone of the engine is surprisingly loud. Floyd | Floyd | The tools and equipment clatter as the cutter lurches a bit. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x photographs" | ||||
Floyd | >You pull out a picture of your Mom fussing over your hair on your Floyd | first day of second grade. The memories return, sharp and clear. When Floyd | Mom was still alive, she always knew how to make things right, stand Floyd | you back up when you fell. Even when you broke your arm skateboarding Floyd | she talked you into riding again... Floyd | Floyd | The hot, humid atmosphere of the hold is almost overpowering. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x letter" | ||||
Floyd | >A copy of the letter from the Aotearoa Conservation Service informing Floyd | you that you've been selected for the Junior Fieldwork Program. Who Floyd | knew writing an essay about "What Conservation Means to Me" would lead Floyd | to this? Only 100 kids total per year from all over the world get Floyd | chosen, and you were one of them! Of course, you're also the only one Floyd | that missed his connecting flight and has to catch up with the rest, Floyd | too... Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get backpack" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x tools" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the 1) hyperbolic torsion spanner, the 2) small Floyd | pipe wrench, the 3) large pipe wrench, the 4) crescent wrench, the 5) Floyd | hacksaw, or the 6) electric drill? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hyperbolic" | ||||
Floyd | >An obscure tool that you apparently overlooked in your earlier Floyd | looting. You have no idea what it does. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | >hyperbolic torsion spanner: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | small pipe wrench: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | large pipe wrench: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | crescent wrench: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | hacksaw: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | electric drill: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | your acceptance letter: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | your passport: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | your lucky rabbit's foot: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | your photographs: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Aotearoa 4 Kids!: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The tools and equipment clatter as the cutter lurches a bit. Floyd | | Fang says, "haha" | |||
| Nitku says, "heh heh" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put all in backpack" | ||||
Floyd | >Aotearoa 4 Kids!: Done. Floyd | Floyd | your photographs: Done. Floyd | Floyd | your lucky rabbit's foot: Done. Floyd | Floyd | your passport: Done. Floyd | Floyd | your acceptance letter: Done. Floyd | Floyd | electric drill: Done. Floyd | Floyd | hacksaw: Done. Floyd | Floyd | crescent wrench: Done. Floyd | Floyd | large pipe wrench: You can't fit any more tools in there without Floyd | risking damage to the cheap nylon backpack. Floyd | small pipe wrench: You can't fit any more tools in there without Floyd | risking damage to the cheap nylon backpack. Floyd | hyperbolic torsion spanner: You can't fit any more tools in there Floyd | without risking damage to the cheap nylon backpack. Floyd | seabird feather: Done. Floyd | Floyd | The hot, humid atmosphere of the hold is almost overpowering. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "wear backpack" | ||||
Floyd | >You put on the backpack. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Stern Floyd | The stern of the cutter is well-organized and uncluttered; all of the Floyd | stores and supplies are stashed below. The deck and guardrail are Floyd | painted white, gleaming in the alternating patches of sun and shade as Floyd | the cutter passes under the gathering clouds. A small door leads inside Floyd | to the bridge, and a rectangular opening in the deck leads down a steep Floyd | ladder into the hold. Floyd | Floyd | You fumble the tools around as you walk. They're so bulky that it's Floyd | hard to keep hold of all of them at once, but you manage somehow. Floyd | Floyd | White seabirds pace the cutter for a while, then wheel away. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
| Nitku clears the save counter. | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Bridge Floyd | The cutter's small bridge looks like it also serves as a living room Floyd | and smoking lounge. The ship's controls are laid out on a cluttered Floyd | panel to forward, under a wide, grimy window. A low side table stands Floyd | by the door, food trash surrounding an overflowing, smoldering ashtray. Floyd | A few chairs are scattered around as well. A door leads outside and a Floyd | ladder leads down into the crew quarters. Floyd | Floyd | The captain drums his fingers on the console. Floyd | Floyd | The captain turns and notices you holding the hyperbolic torsion Floyd | spanner, and reaches to take it. "Thanks, son... Took you long enough, Floyd | though. Now put the other ones back." He then turns and yells down the Floyd | ladder to the lower deck. Floyd | Floyd | "Hey, mhunga wai! Here's the hyperbolic torsion spanner!" He tosses it Floyd | down the ladder. You hear a yelp of pain, followed by a clatter as the Floyd | tool falls to the deck. The captain mutters, shakes his head, and Floyd | returns to work. Floyd | Floyd | The radio erupts with a quick burst of staticky conversation, which the Floyd | captain ignores. You can't make out a single word. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | >As you poke your head out the bridge door, you notice the clouds have Floyd | thickened quickly -- it's now quite dark, except for brief, dim sparks Floyd | of internal lightning that flicker deep within the clouds. Eruera pops Floyd | his head up from the staircase. "Is that you, Tim? Hold on a second..." Floyd | He looks down and waves someone on, then turns back to you. "Good! I Floyd | think we are almost done here -- I will meet you on the prow when we Floyd | are finished. That will keep you a bit more out of the way while we Floyd | test whether the repair will hold under pressure." He vanishes back Floyd | down the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | The captain checks the controls, then gives a grunt of apparent Floyd | satisfaction. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | >The captain waves you back. "Don't go down there, kid! The men are Floyd | cleaning up an oil leak. Very messy!" Floyd | Floyd | The sounds of annoyed crewmen arguing in Mori rise from the lower Floyd | deck. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a large pipe wrench Floyd | a small pipe wrench Floyd | a backpack (being worn, and open) Floyd | a seabird feather Floyd | a crescent wrench Floyd | a hacksaw Floyd | an electric drill Floyd | your acceptance letter Floyd | your passport Floyd | your lucky rabbit's foot Floyd | your photographs Floyd | Aotearoa 4 Kids! Floyd | Floyd | A sudden beeping from the radar attracts the captain's attention. He Floyd | glances at the screen for a moment, then clicks his tongue. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Stern Floyd | The stern of the cutter is well-organized and uncluttered; all of the Floyd | stores and supplies are stashed below. The deck and guardrail are Floyd | painted white, helping you to see them under the shade of the gathering Floyd | storm clouds. A small door leads inside to the bridge, and a Floyd | rectangular opening in the deck leads down a steep ladder into the Floyd | hold. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Hold Floyd | The hold's ceiling is frighteningly low, even for you. The space is Floyd | cramped and hot, and the relentless, overpowering drone of the cutter's Floyd | engine is almost unbearable here. The hold is mostly packed full of Floyd | crates, probably containing supplies for the various Conservation Floyd | Service camps in the Protected Lands. Near the stern there's a clear Floyd | area with a pegboard mounted on the wall. The pegboard holds tools and Floyd | supplies that the crew members use, and a ladder leads up. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put wrench on pegboard" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the 1) large pipe wrench, the 2) small pipe wrench, Floyd | or the 3) crescent wrench? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | >(the large pipe wrench on the pegboard) Floyd | You put the large pipe wrench on the pegboard. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "put small wrench on pegboard" | ||||
Floyd | >You put the small pipe wrench on the pegboard. Floyd | Floyd | The tools and equipment clatter as the cutter lurches a bit. Floyd | | Fang says, "the rest is in the backpack, maybe they won't notice..." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Stern Floyd | The stern of the cutter is well-organized and uncluttered; all of the Floyd | stores and supplies are stashed below. The deck and guardrail are Floyd | painted white, helping you to see them under the shade of the gathering Floyd | storm clouds. A small door leads inside to the bridge, and a Floyd | rectangular opening in the deck leads down a steep ladder into the Floyd | hold. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | The Prow Floyd | The cutter's hydrofoil brings the ship high out of the water -- high Floyd | enough that there's very little spray. The wind whips past as the boat Floyd | glides across the ocean off the coast to port. Gathering clouds dim the Floyd | light, almost hiding the dark green bands of thick forest snaking along Floyd | the coastline's inky beach and charcoal cliffs to port. Floyd | Floyd | You spend a couple of minutes looking out over the ocean, watching the Floyd | waves rise as dim lightning glows in the depths of the stormclouds and Floyd | distant booms of thunder shake the air. It's a breathtaking scene, and Floyd | for a moment you don't notice Eruera pushing through the wind from aft Floyd | to stand beside you. He watches the approaching storm in silence with Floyd | you for a moment as the light dims. "It looks like quite an wh coming Floyd | our way. Perhaps you should come back in to the bridge before it hits. Floyd | I would hate for you to get soaked and miserable before we even get to Floyd | camp." Floyd | Floyd | You consider it as the sky darkens further. It's not a bad idea. But as Floyd | you start to agree, Eruera snaps his head up, startled by something in Floyd | the distance to port, and cuts you off with a raised hand. "Tim, did Floyd | you see..." Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, he seizes you in a powerful grip! In one smooth motion Floyd | he wrenches you off of your feet and pitches you over the starboard Floyd | railing, so quickly you don't even have time for a scream before you're Floyd | tumbling towards the sea, arms pinwheeling. Just before you hit the Floyd | water you catch a single brief glimpse of Eruera poised to leap, one Floyd | hand on the railing and a wide-eyed look of panic on his face. Then you Floyd | plunge into the ocean with a stinging jolt, seawater jetting up your Floyd | nose and your limbs painfully forced into unnatural positions by the Floyd | water's drag. Floyd | Floyd | As you tumble and slow, there's a terribly loud crash of thunder. You Floyd | flounder, stunned, trying to remember your swimming survival lessons. Floyd | By the time you orient yourself and manage to look around, it's all Floyd | over. But everything has changed. The cutter is half-submerged and Floyd | leaning way over on its side, a huge, ragged hole punched in its port Floyd | side near the stern. Twisted pieces of deck and the remains of crates Floyd | are strewn over the ocean, visible in brief peeks over the rolling Floyd | waves. Floyd | Floyd | But even though the panic rises up and your breathing is shallow and Floyd | fast, you know you have to stay afloat. You start paddling toward the Floyd | ship, but before you can cover even half the distance it has sunk low Floyd | in the water and you realize there's no point -- it will be gone before Floyd | you can reach it. Floyd | Floyd | You tread water for a moment as you look around, thrashing your legs Floyd | wildly to keep your head above water and continuing to force down the Floyd | panic. It seems you've gotten turned around somehow -- which way was Floyd | the coast? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the Ocean Floyd | You are treading water alone in the ocean as a sudden summer storm Floyd | drenches your face with sheets of rain. Lightning flashes and Floyd | sledgehammers of thunder batter your ears as you try to get your Floyd | bearings. The slightly acrid taste of engine oil mixed with seawater Floyd | seeps into your mouth and makes you want to constantly spit; the bad Floyd | taste and the floating debris are the only reminders that there was a Floyd | ship with a living crew skimming over this water just minutes ago. The Floyd | rise and fall of the ocean waves all around you limit how far you can Floyd | see, and the storm blocks out the summer sun like an eclipse. Floyd | Floyd | In the confusion, you lose your grip on what you were holding, and Floyd | everything is swept away in the fury of the storm. Even the backpack is Floyd | lost, the cheap straps ripping away as you hit the water. Floyd | | Nitku says, "hmm" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | >To swim, you should specify to where you are swimming: SWIM TO BOAT or Floyd | something similar. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "swim to shore" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are north, northeast, northwest, south, southeast, Floyd | southwest, east, west and down. Floyd | | EmacsUser says (to Nitku), "Good try." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | >Maybe it's crazy, but the sound of the rain and thunder is just too Floyd | much after a while. You duck your head underwater, trying to gain a few Floyd | moments of silence. But you can't see anything while submerged in the Floyd | dark and you soon surface back into the chaos of the storm, gasping for Floyd | breath. Floyd | Floyd | Something bumps you from below. You thrash away from it, wasting Floyd | energy. You're not sure if you moved very far, but whatever it was is Floyd | apparently gone. At least, it isn't bothering you at the moment. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You have no choice; you have to try to get to shore. You kick, aiming Floyd | in the direction you think might be correct. After several minutes of Floyd | swimming, however, you don't notice any difference in your Floyd | surroundings, and you're not even sure you're going the same direction Floyd | you were headed when you started out. Floyd | Floyd | Something oddly-shaped appears as it approaches you. It looks vaguely Floyd | like a life vest. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "swim to vest" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold out some hope that the jacket is still usable, but as you Floyd | approach it you find it's far too damaged. Reluctantly, you watch as Floyd | it's carried away by the storm. Floyd | Floyd | You're very cold. It's getting harder to make your hands do what you Floyd | want. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | >Once again, you decide on a direction and start swimming, hoping to Floyd | reach land. Or at least sight it. But again the minutes pass and you Floyd | can't see any change in your surroundings. You stop, filled with Floyd | exhaustion and despair. Floyd | | ||||
| Gunther arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cry" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Hi, Gunther." | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "shout" | ||||
Floyd | >What do you want to shout hello to? Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "me" | ||||
Floyd | >You're a bit taller than average for your age, with dark brown hair Floyd | and green eyes. Currently you're feeling cold, terrified, waterlogged, Floyd | and on the verge of sinking. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >You're exhausted and confused, but you're not about to give up. You Floyd | force yourself to set forth once more in search of the shore. Floyd | Unfortunately, the results are the same as before: no land and more Floyd | fatigue. Floyd | | inky says, "hunh, this sequence is more elaborate than I'd realized" | |||
| Nitku asks, "I don't really have ideas. Are we just waiting for the next scene to trigger?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >In the Ocean Floyd | You are treading water alone in the ocean as a sudden summer storm Floyd | drenches your face with sheets of rain. Lightning flashes and Floyd | sledgehammers of thunder batter your ears as you try to get your Floyd | bearings. The slightly acrid taste of engine oil mixed with seawater Floyd | seeps into your mouth and makes you want to constantly spit; the bad Floyd | taste and the floating debris are the only reminders that there was a Floyd | ship with a living crew skimming over this water just minutes ago. The Floyd | rise and fall of the ocean waves all around you limit how far you can Floyd | see, and the storm blocks out the summer sun like an eclipse. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | >Blown about at random in the storm are bits and broken pieces of the Floyd | cutter, mostly unrecognizable. The blast must have done a lot of Floyd | internal damage as well as what it did to the outside of the ship. Floyd | Floyd | You see something at the limit of your vision -- something that looks Floyd | like a floating crate. And you hear something -- Dad? How could that Floyd | be? Unless... you're already dead, or dying... "Tim, over here, buddy!" Floyd | Floyd | That's Dad's voice, all right -- you can hear him clearly, even over Floyd | the deafening storm! Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get on crate" | ||||
Floyd | >There's nothing suitable to enter here. Floyd | Floyd | You see something at the limit of your vision -- something that looks Floyd | like a floating crate. Despite the fury of the storm, you can hear a Floyd | voice calling to you. Could it be...? "Tim! Swim to me! Grab ahold of Floyd | the crate!" Floyd | Floyd | You have no idea how, but it sounds exactly like your father! Floyd | Floyd | You seem to hear a voice crying out, but you can't tell whether it's Floyd | real or simply a trick of the wind before it's gone. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "swim to crate" | ||||
Floyd | >"Tim, over here!" The call is clearer this time. It's definitely Dad, Floyd | and you don't spare any more effort wondering whether it's possible or Floyd | not. Floyd | Floyd | "Dad!" Fatigue is forgotten as you flail through the water towards your Floyd | father. He's hanging on to one of the crates from the cutter -- this Floyd | one miraculously intact -- that floats nearby, and he beckons you Floyd | anxiously with his free hand. Floyd | Floyd | You draw near -- the crate is very close, but you're so tired, and you Floyd | think you might not make it, and then your father's voice rings clearly Floyd | in your ears over the shrieks of the other kids at the pool... Floyd | Floyd | Shallow End Floyd | You're standing in the warm water of the shallow end of the George Ross Floyd | Community Center pool, five years old once more. The pool is indoors, Floyd | so the the excited shouting and shrieking from all the other kids echo Floyd | back and forth into a neverending high-pitched background noise. The Floyd | air is thick with humidity and the itchy smell of chlorine. Floyd | Floyd | Dad is crouching in the water, just a step or two beyond where the Floyd | bottom of the pool starts to slope down into the deep end. His arms are Floyd | outstretched, and there's an excited smile on his face. "Swim with your Floyd | hands and kick with your feet at the same time, Tim! You can do it!" Floyd | You're pretty scared, and really tired from all the swimming and Floyd | playing earlier in the day, but maybe you can do this after all... Floyd | | ||||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "swim to dad" | ||||
Floyd | >You start towards Dad, but it's too scary and you flail backwards to Floyd | the safety of the shallow end, spluttering as cold, yucky-tasting water Floyd | floods your mouth and nose. Floyd | Floyd | Cold? Floyd | Floyd | "Good try, Tim! You were doing it! Try once more and you'll make it!" Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | >. You're wearing your Spider-man swim trunks and standing up to your Floyd | armpits in warm pool water. You're once again five and a half years old Floyd | and just under four feet tall. Floyd | | Nitku says, "wow, there's some serious Inception shit going on here" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x dad" | ||||
Floyd | >Dad is much taller than you -- maybe even six feet tall -- with dark Floyd | brown hair, blue eyes, and a slightly lopsided smile. He's wearing Floyd | bright rainbow-colored swim trunks and is crouching in the water a few Floyd | steps into the deep end of the pool. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "swim to dad" | ||||
Floyd | >You try to work up your courage for another attempt, but the memory of Floyd | slipping underwater is too frightening. You're about to call out to Dad Floyd | and tell him you can't do it, when you see a young dark-skinned boy Floyd | about your age wade out to the drop-off. Who is he? He looks very Floyd | familiar, but you know he's not in your kindergarten class. Maybe one Floyd | of the other classes... Floyd | Floyd | He turns to look directly at you, and something about the look in his Floyd | eyes gives you a calm sense of confidence. He turns away, crouches, Floyd | pushes with his legs, and he's off, a fish flitting to the far end of Floyd | the pool without a backwards glance. Floyd | Floyd | As you watch him, you can feel a new determination -- if that boy can Floyd | do it, you can too. You turn, look at Dad, crouch down, and push Floyd | forward, kicking your tired legs with new strength and moving your arms Floyd | the right way -- you think it's the right way, at least. You keep Floyd | going, trying to remember to breathe properly, until your hand pokes Floyd | into Dad's stomach and he pulls you up out of the water with a huge Floyd | smile on his face. He twirls you around, shouting "You did it! You did Floyd | it!" as he gathers you into a great big hug... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "I pai ai! You're alive!" Somehow you're hanging onto the crate near Floyd | Eruera. Of course it couldn't have been Dad; what were you thinking? Floyd | Something's wrong, though. Eruera winces as he shifts his grip on the Floyd | crate, breath hissing and eyes narrowing. Then it passes, and he Floyd | continues, shouting to be heard over the raging storm. Floyd | Floyd | "We may be alive, Tim, but we won't stay alive unless we can get to Floyd | shore. And I think I broke my leg when the missile hit -- I was almost Floyd | over the railing, but not quite. I felt my left leg crunch below the Floyd | knee, and it hurts very badly to move it at all, let alone kick." He Floyd | smiles almost apologetically. "I don't know how much help I'm going to Floyd | be moving this thing." Floyd | Floyd | Missile? Was that what sank the ship? Floyd | Floyd | In the Ocean Floyd | You are floating holding onto a crate in what seems like the dead Floyd | center of the storm. Eruera is beside you, grimacing with pain and Floyd | taking shallow breaths as he holds on as well. The wind shoves the Floyd | crate around where it will, dragging you along in its wake. You might Floyd | be able to influence its direction, but your legs are really tired and Floyd | you're not sure you have the strength. Floyd | Floyd | Thunder crashes as the storm rolls on. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "talk to eruera" | ||||
Floyd | >"Eruera," you start. "How are you doing?" Floyd | Floyd | He coughs, his arms tightening convulsively on the crate. "Need to get Floyd | to shore! Won't last much longer..." Floyd | Floyd | He seems to lose focus on the rest of what you were saying. Floyd | Floyd | You seem to hear a voice crying out, but you can't tell whether it's Floyd | real or simply a trick of the wind before it's gone. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | >The wind does its best to carry Eruera's few words away, and mostly Floyd | succeeds. Floyd | Floyd | You can't help wondering whether you're going to live through this. You Floyd | fight down a rising sense of panic. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "swim to shore" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >In the Ocean Floyd | You are floating holding onto a crate in what seems like the dead Floyd | center of the storm. Eruera is beside you, grimacing with pain and Floyd | taking shallow breaths as he holds on as well. The wind shoves the Floyd | crate around where it will, dragging you along in its wake. You might Floyd | be able to influence its direction, but your legs are really tired and Floyd | you're not sure you have the strength. Floyd | Floyd | Eruera is here alongside you, face twisted in pain and desperately Floyd | clinging to the crate. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about about shore" | ||||
Floyd | >You try to get Eruera's attention, and at first he fails to respond. Floyd | After long moments, he gasps in pain. "Can't understand you!" he calls. Floyd | "Must... get to shore..." Floyd | Floyd | He seems to lose focus on the rest of what you were saying. Floyd | Floyd | Thunder crashes as the storm rolls on. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying nothing. Floyd | Floyd | You can't help wondering whether you're going to live through this. You Floyd | fight down a rising sense of panic. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "swim e" | ||||
Floyd | >"Hold on," you yell to Eruera over the howling of the wind. You can't Floyd | really muster up much hope that you'll make it to shore, but at least Floyd | you've got something to cling to, and you're not alone. That's way, way Floyd | better than where you were a couple of minutes ago. You start kicking, Floyd | trying to push the crate in a direction -- any direction. You can't Floyd | tell whether you're making any progress. Eruera tries to encourage you, Floyd | but his words are cut apart by the storm and garbled by your own Floyd | exhaustion, and you can't make sense of what he's saying. Floyd | Floyd | You keep kicking until your legs fail. You rest, then try again, a Floyd | cycle that gets shorter and shorter as you slowly run out of energy. Floyd | All of a sudden, an unexpectedly violent surge of the sea tears you Floyd | loose from the crate, and in a strange calm you briefly slip under the Floyd | waves before kicking upwards again with leaden feet. By the time you Floyd | reorient yourself, the crate is out of reach, scudding just ahead of Floyd | you before the wind. It's so close... but you have nothing left in your Floyd | legs, and you can't quite reach Eruera's arm as he stretches out Floyd | towards you. Slowly, unstoppably, the distance increases, carrying the Floyd | crate into the dark and leaving you behind. The last thing you see is Floyd | Eruera straining toward you, trying to yell something over the fury of Floyd | the storm. But the thunder, wind, and rain drown his voice and he Floyd | finally disappears into the gloom. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| Fang pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Alive... Floyd | Floyd | You must be alive -- you feel too miserable to be dead. Despite your Floyd | aching leg muscles and the burning sensation in your lungs you'd rather Floyd | stay unconscious -- if it weren't for the surf slapping your face every Floyd | few seconds, making you choke and splutter. Very reluctantly, you shove Floyd | yourself up the beach a bit farther to get away from the tide. After Floyd | what seems like another hour, you open your stinging eyes and look Floyd | around. You're on a strand of black sand in a shallow bay, and the Floyd | lying sky is now innocent blue and filled with harmless-looking, puffy Floyd | clouds. Floyd | Floyd | Strand Floyd | You stand on a thin strip of black sand lining the shallow curve of a Floyd | bay to the east. A few seabirds fly overhead, and various clumps of Floyd | driftwood, seaweed, and other shore debris litter the shore, the only Floyd | visible evidence of the recent storm. A steep tumble of volcanic rock Floyd | looms over the beach to the west and south, blocking travel in all Floyd | directions except into the forest to the north. Floyd | Floyd | You slowly stagger to your feet, your battered body and abused muscles Floyd | protesting all the while. You look around with a dull stare, not really Floyd | understanding yet what you're seeing and unsure what to make of the Floyd | black beach you stand upon. You wonder what happened to Eruera. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | Fang says (to Nitku), "you shouldn't have stolen those tools Nitku" | |||
| Nitku says, "aww" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying nothing. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
| Lipa arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
Floyd | >You're a bit taller than average for your age, with dark brown hair Floyd | and green eyes. Your clothes are heavy with salt and you can taste it Floyd | on your lips. Your skin feels raw and your muscles are stiff and sore. Floyd | But you're alive, and nothing's broken. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | >Only the waters of the wide bay lie in that direction. And you've had Floyd | enough of swimming for a lifetime. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | A green plastic bucket is washed up on shore here. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||||
Floyd | >As you approach the floating junk, you notice a few interesting Floyd | things. There are some shredded pieces of rope tangled around some Floyd | crate splinters and seaweed, and a crumpled wad of what looks to be a Floyd | ripped piece of tent fabric bobs here as well. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | ||||
Floyd | >The bucket is made out of green plastic. Unfortunately, it has a small Floyd | hole on the bottom. The bucket is currently empty. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x tent" | ||||
Floyd | >A long strip of thick tent fabric. Despite the abuse it's suffered, it Floyd | seems tough. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take fabric" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Strand Floyd | You stand on a thin strip of black sand lining the shallow curve of a Floyd | bay to the east. A few seabirds fly overhead, and various clumps of Floyd | driftwood, seaweed, and other shore debris litter the shore, the only Floyd | visible evidence of the recent storm. A steep tumble of volcanic rock Floyd | looms over the beach to the west and south, blocking travel in all Floyd | directions except into the forest to the north. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >Steep rocks block your path in that direction. It doesn't look like Floyd | you'd be able to climb them. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | >Steep rocks block your path in that direction. It doesn't look like Floyd | you'd be able to climb them. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The only obvious exit is north. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||||
Floyd | >Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the Floyd | rocks at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | * Lipa has joined the channel. | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take rope" | ||||
Floyd | >The remains of the rope are soggy and useless, and you end up just Floyd | giving up and dropping the slimy shreds back onto the beach. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | >Alone? The forest looks dangerous, and you might get lost! You don't Floyd | know anything about how to survive in there, and you don't know what Floyd | kind of wild life to expect or even where you should go. Maybe it would Floyd | be better to wait on the beach and try to signal rescue, or at least Floyd | talk to Eruera about it. If you can find him and he's still alive. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search junk" | ||||
Floyd | >You sift through the junk carefully, but you've already picked out the Floyd | only items that would likely be useful. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Strand Floyd | You stand on a thin strip of black sand lining the shallow curve of a Floyd | bay to the east. A few seabirds fly overhead, and various clumps of Floyd | driftwood, seaweed, and other shore debris litter the shore, the only Floyd | visible evidence of the recent storm. A steep tumble of volcanic rock Floyd | looms over the beach to the west and south, blocking travel in all Floyd | directions except into the forest to the north. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | >You start to pick through the pile of junk, and suddenly realize Floyd | there's a body buried beneath! It's lying still, but you can just Floyd | barely see its chest rise and fall. Moving as carefully as you can, you Floyd | remove the splintered boards and assorted wreckage, until you expose Floyd | the face. It's Eruera! Floyd | Floyd | The jostling of debris disturbs him, and his eyes slowly open, flakes Floyd | of dried salt falling from his eyelids. You can't bear to look at his Floyd | face -- he's in too much agony. It takes a long minute before he Floyd | becomes aware enough of his surroundings to recognize you. Floyd | Floyd | "Tim, is that you?" he croaks. "I guess we made it." Floyd | Floyd | He doesn't smile, barely even sounds interested. It's obvious he's Floyd | going to need help quickly. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x eruera" | ||||
Floyd | >Eruera looks pretty bad -- he's soaked with seawater and moaning in Floyd | pain, and not really fully aware. Despite everything, he's still Floyd | desperately holding on to what you recognize as one of the broken Floyd | boards from the crate. His left leg in particular looks really painful Floyd | -- it doesn't seem to be as straight as it should, and it's swollen to Floyd | almost grotesque size. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x leg" | ||||
Floyd | >Eruera's leg looks terrible. It looks like the top part is fine, but Floyd | his left leg is broken below the knee, and it looks as if it's a pretty Floyd | bad break. His leg is bent at an unnatural angle, although it's swollen Floyd | so huge that you can't judge just how far it's bent. Floyd | | DavidW says, "(overslept)" | |||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "get board" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about leg" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach Eruera as he lies on the beach. Floyd | Floyd | "Eruera, I... I want to talk to you about..." You trail off. It's Floyd | obvious he's not going to understand. But he does react to the sound of Floyd | your voice. Floyd | Floyd | He draws in a hissing breath. "My leg... Help..." Floyd | Floyd | "Well, I found this board," you say, holding it out so he can see. "And Floyd | there are some more over in the pile. I also found this piece of tent Floyd | fabric. Seems pretty strong to me. Will these work?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera nods quickly. "Those... should work." Floyd | Floyd | He rallies and becomes a bit more coherent, speaking with forced Floyd | precision. "Tim, I think my left leg is badly broken. It needs to be Floyd | straightened. I'll brace myself; you pull my leg straight toward you as Floyd | hard as you can. After that you can splint it." Floyd | | Fang says, "ugh" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pull leg" | ||||
Floyd | >Eruera braces himself, and you hesitate just a moment before taking a Floyd | firm grip on his ankle. Trying not to think about it, you pull as hard Floyd | as you can, throwing your weight into extending his leg as Eruera Floyd | screams in pain. Just when you're sure you're not strong enough -- that Floyd | this was all for nothing -- you feel his leg shift. Eruera lets out Floyd | such a piercing shriek of agony that you let go of his leg in surprise, Floyd | falling backwards onto the wet sand. But when you struggle back up, you Floyd | see that Eruera's leg looks like it's straight again. Still horribly Floyd | swollen, but straight. Floyd | Floyd | Eruera himself lies flat on his back, panting in exhaustion. "Good... Floyd | Good job, Tim... Tn koe..." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "splint leg" | ||||
Floyd | >Working quickly, you brace Eruera's leg with the wood, tying the Floyd | splint securely with scraps of tent fabric. Eruera hisses in pain as Floyd | you pull, but also nods a quick jerk of approval through clenched Floyd | teeth. You finish the knot. Floyd | Floyd | Eruera tests the splint -- gingerly at first, but with more confidence Floyd | as he sees how it holds up. "Good work, Tim!" Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about beach" | ||||
| Nitku says (to Floyd), "talk to him" | ||||
Floyd | >You walk up to Eruera where he lies near the pile of debris. Floyd | Floyd | "Eruera, can I talk to you about..." He cuts you off with a wave of his Floyd | hand and swallows painfully. Floyd | Floyd | "Please, Tim. I'm so thirsty I can barely think. Please bring me some Floyd | water first and then we can talk." Floyd | Floyd | You take stock of your possessions and realize you don't have anything Floyd | suitable. "OK, Eruera. I'll try to find something." Floyd | Floyd | >"Eruera, could you just...." He interrupts again. Floyd | Floyd | "Please, Tim. I need water badly. We can talk afterwards." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a leaky bucket, currently empty Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Strand Floyd | You stand on a thin strip of black sand lining the shallow curve of a Floyd | bay to the east. A few seabirds fly overhead, and various clumps of Floyd | driftwood, seaweed, and other shore debris litter the shore, the only Floyd | visible evidence of the recent storm. A steep tumble of volcanic rock Floyd | looms over the beach to the west and south, blocking travel in all Floyd | directions except into the forest to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Eruera lies on the sand here, alert but unable to move. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | >A section of the volcanic cliffs has collapsed in huge chunks here, Floyd | blocking travel to the west and south. In a few thousand years they'll Floyd | likely wear away to more black sand. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x cliff" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | A small dinosaur, which stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She Floyd | raises her head to issue a warbling call that sounds remarkably like a Floyd | bird's, while continuing to watch you out of the corner of her eye. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that the female oviraptor is using as a Floyd | nest. Floyd | Floyd | [You've encountered an animal that may figure significantly in the Floyd | story! This story gives you the ability to name such animals with the Floyd | command NAME FEMALE OVIRAPTOR BOOPSIE (or any other name of your Floyd | choice). When you do this, the game will use your new name for the Floyd | animal in descriptions, and you can use that name in your commands as Floyd | well. Try it!] Floyd | | DavidW says, "We might want a hunk of rock back at the cliff." | |||
| Fang says, "hmm" | ||||
| Nitku says, "heh, Boopsie" | ||||
| murphy_slaw has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Fang says, "so, um, need an oviraptor name" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Can we climb kauri trees?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | >This kauri is intimidatingly tall, punching through the forest canopy Floyd | into the full sunlight. It's very wide -- maybe three feet in diameter Floyd | -- and its flaky bark has piled up around the roots of the tree, Floyd | killing the grass and other plants in a wide radius around the trunk. Floyd | Floyd | [You've encountered an animal that may figure significantly in the Floyd | story! This story gives you the ability to name such animals with the Floyd | command NAME FEMALE OVIRAPTOR BOOPSIE (or any other name of your Floyd | choice). When you do this, the game will use your new name for the Floyd | animal in descriptions, and you can use that name in your commands as Floyd | well. Try it!] Floyd | | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "name female oviraptor Dina" | ||||
Floyd | >[Great! Now you can refer to the animal using your new name rather Floyd | than its generic description. If you dislike the name, you can use the Floyd | NAME command again to change it, or use UNNAME to remove it and revert Floyd | to the generic description.] Floyd | Floyd | You address the female oviraptor. "I'm going to call you 'Dina'." Floyd | Floyd | Dina seems utterly disinterested. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| Lipa disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | Fang says, "let's try and get some water first" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "get water" | ||||
Floyd | >(using the bucket) Floyd | You dunk the bucket into the stream, and pull it up brimming with fresh Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | A thin stream of water drips to the ground as water leaks from the Floyd | bucket. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She stares at you Floyd | with intense, beady eyes, tensed to spring away. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | Floyd | The water in the bucket drips away as the level slowly falls. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | The water level in the bucket drops as the contents leak away. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | Floyd | The water in the bucket drips away as the level slowly falls. Floyd | | DavidW says, "There's a hole in the bucket, dear Dina, dear Dina,..." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Strand Floyd | You stand on a thin strip of black sand lining the shallow curve of a Floyd | bay to the east. A few seabirds fly overhead, and various clumps of Floyd | driftwood, seaweed, and other shore debris litter the shore, the only Floyd | visible evidence of the recent storm. A steep tumble of volcanic rock Floyd | looms over the beach to the west and south, blocking travel in all Floyd | directions except into the forest to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Eruera lies on the sand here, alert but unable to move. Floyd | Floyd | A thin stream of water drips to the ground as water leaks from the Floyd | bucket. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give water to eruera" | ||||
Floyd | >(the fresh water to Eruera) Floyd | You approach Eruera as he lies on the beach. Floyd | Floyd | "Eruera! I've got water for you! Floyd | Floyd | You hold out the bucket. "Here's some water, Eruera." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera sits up laboriously, takes the bucket from you, and tips it into Floyd | his mouth. Water spills over his face as he drinks, and he closes his Floyd | eyes in bliss. What seems like minutes later, he lowers the bucket. Floyd | "Thank you, Tim. That's much better!" Floyd | Floyd | He gathers strength for a minute, panting for air a bit after downing Floyd | the water. Finally he beckons you closer. "Tim, I'm sure the cutter was Floyd | attacked, and I'm pretty certain it was by poachers -- criminals who Floyd | illegally sneak ashore to capture the taniwha and sell them abroad. I'm Floyd | not completely certain where we are at the moment, but if I'm right Floyd | there should be a Conservation Service station about thirty miles to Floyd | the north." Floyd | Floyd | He grins and spreads his hands. "Obviously I'm in no shape for such a Floyd | trip through the bush, so it is going to fall to you to get to that Floyd | station and get us some help. I'll try to answer any questions you Floyd | have, and if you encounter anything unusual in the area you can always Floyd | ask me about it." Floyd | Floyd | He steels himself, then twists, reaches into the pile of debris, and Floyd | pulls out a solid-looking metal case. A huge smile spreads over his Floyd | face. "By blind luck, that crate we stumbled across in the ocean had a Floyd | set of field radios in it. They were in a sealed case, and they're Floyd | pretty rugged, so they should still work." He hands you one of the Floyd | radios and shows you how to push the button to make a call. You try it Floyd | out, and the radio works perfectly! "With these we should be able to Floyd | keep in touch in the field! If you run into anything, just give me a Floyd | call." Floyd | Floyd | Having this link back to Eruera, even if he can't really get to you to Floyd | help out, loosens up a tightness in your chest you weren't even aware Floyd | you had. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the coastal cutter, the dinosaurs, Floyd | Dina, the battery, Aotearoa, or your vision.) Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about dina" | ||||
Floyd | >"Hey, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, Tim?" Floyd | Floyd | "I ran into a little dinosaur -- it was only about as high as my knee, Floyd | but it was pretty active and, well, aggressive." Floyd | Floyd | "That was probably an oviraptor, Tim. There are several species of the Floyd | little pests around here." Floyd | Floyd | You shift a bit. "Are they dangerous?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, to small lizards, bugs, and eggs, sure. Not really to people, Floyd | although they're protective and have a nasty bite." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about vision" | ||||
Floyd | >"When we were in the ocean -- before I made it to the crate -- I Floyd | thought I saw my father, back before he died." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera looks at you with interest. "You had a vision?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, I was a little kid again, maybe five years old, and my dad was Floyd | teaching me how to swim." Floyd | Floyd | "Tim, in the Mori culture, such visions are not uncommon. It is often Floyd | said that the wairua -- the soul -- of an ancestor can send visions of Floyd | warning or guidance. Perhaps your father's wairua gave you strength as Floyd | you struggled in the ocean." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about battery" | ||||
Floyd | >"I found something odd in a little dinosaur's nest. She wouldn't let Floyd | me near it, but it's obviously a battery of some sort." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera sits up and looks at you seriously. "Really? That's serious, Floyd | Tim. "It's likely some trash from the same group of poachers that Floyd | attacked us. I'd be very careful as you go through the forest. If Floyd | they're that close, you'll need to be quite alert to avoid being Floyd | spotted." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about cutter" | ||||
Floyd | >"I have to ask -- what happened to the cutter?" Floyd | Floyd | "You won't believe this, Tim, but I think it was a ship-to-ship Floyd | missile." Your look of incredulity must be immediately obvious. He Floyd | smiles faintly and continues. "I am serious, Tim. There have always Floyd | been groups of poachers raiding the Protected Lands to take the taniwha Floyd | away and sell them. They make a great deal of money, and so there's Floyd | been an ongoing arms race between them and the Conservation Service for Floyd | years. These poachers are pretty good at hiding their camps, but when Floyd | they're cornered or feel they can get away with it they usually have Floyd | some pretty heavy weaponry." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about dinosaurs" | ||||
Floyd | >"What can you tell me about the dinosaurs that live here?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera shifts a bit, and there's a twinkle in his eye as he addresses Floyd | you. "We really shouldn't waste time with this until we've secured Floyd | rescue, but I know that's the main reason you came, and you haven't Floyd | gotten your chance to see them yet, so I'll indulge your curiosity. In Floyd | many ways, Tim, the taniwha are the living symbols of this whole Floyd | nation. When the Mori first arrived in Aotearoa, they fought the Floyd | taniwha simply to exist here. In those days, they covered the Floyd | continent, for the most part, and weren't really willing to share it Floyd | with humans." Floyd | Floyd | "But eventually the Mori learned how to coexist with the taniwha, and Floyd | even partially domesticate some of them. When the pkeh came, bringing Floyd | guns and colonists and looking for land to clear and farm, the Mori Floyd | met their firearms with kairkau mounted on taniwha. Their mana was Floyd | strong -- the British guns had some effect, but the bony plates on the Floyd | taniwha's heads served as shields and made the riders difficult Floyd | targets. The pkeh were unable to simply take Mori land, but they Floyd | weren't willing to give up. Years of fighting ensued, until Pitiroi -- Floyd | Robert FitzRoy -- was sent here from Great Britain and met with the Floyd | great chiefs -- the rangatira -- and signed the Treaty of Waitangi." Floyd | Floyd | "The Treaty established a permanent state of alliance between Great Floyd | Britain and Aotearoa. Mori sovereignty was guaranteed, but the pkeh Floyd | were granted rights and brought into the iwi, or family, of Aotearoa. Floyd | Many speculate that if the taniwha had not existed, we might have ended Floyd | up like the aboriginal people of the Australian or American colonies -- Floyd | a broken people, stripped of their land and heritage." Floyd | Floyd | "So the taniwha are vitally important to the Mori people, Tim. That is Floyd | why we work so hard to protect them." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about aotearoa" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, 1) Aotearoa 4 Kids! or 2) Aotearoa? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | >"I've read about Aotearoa, but I don't really know what it's like Floyd | here. Could you tell me about it?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera chuckles. "That is a lot to cover, Tim. How about I just tell Floyd | you how I see it? Aotearoa is home. It's not like we don't have Floyd | problems here -- we have poverty and some pretty harsh political fights Floyd | over taxes and resources and things like that, but so many things went Floyd | right here that seemed to go wrong other places. We've kept our Floyd | precious indigenous species safe -- we haven't had an extinction since Floyd | the Laughing Owl back about a century ago. Race relations here are good Floyd | compared with some -- well, most, really -- other former British Floyd | colonies." Floyd | Floyd | He leans back. "Let's leave it at that for now, OK?" Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about station" | ||||
Floyd | >You walk up to Eruera where he lies near the pile of debris. "I'm Floyd | sorry, Tim. I don't think I can help you much with that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the captain, the poachers, your Floyd | vision, or the Conservation Service.) Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about poachers" | ||||
Floyd | >"So, about these poachers. What should I expect?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera's face stills as he looks at you. "Be very careful, Tim. If the Floyd | poachers are in your path, do everything you can to avoid contact with Floyd | them. These men killed my brothers on the cutter in cold blood, to Floyd | protect their profits from stealing the taniwha. The best you could Floyd | hope for if you are caught would be to be held for ransom." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about conservation service" | ||||
Floyd | >"So what is the Conservation Service like?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera frowns. "To work for, I'm guessing you mean? They're a good Floyd | employer. I've not worked elsewhere, but I am told it's one of the Floyd | better places within the government to work. More importantly, though, Floyd | I see a great deal of Aotearoa the way the tkpuna did -- wild and Floyd | unspoiled. And I feel like I'm doing my part to keep the mana of my Floyd | homeland strong -- to protect the whenua rhui." Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about captain" | ||||
Floyd | >"The captain -- I'm guessing he must be ... dead, right? Did you know Floyd | him?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera shakes his head. "Captain Hunapo? Yes, I suppose he is dead, Floyd | although if anyone else managed to survive it would probably be that Floyd | old kak+ mrM. Too stubborn to admit he's dead, I don't doubt." Floyd | Floyd | He sighs. "No, I'd known him by reputation -- a very skilled sailor, a Floyd | long-time veteran of the Service, hell to work under -- but this was Floyd | the first time I'd sailed with him." Floyd | | Fang says, "soo, we need to go north" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >As you leave, Eruera calls out to you. "Haere r and waimaria, Tim. Floyd | Come back safely." Floyd | Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She slowly moves Floyd | from tree to tree, searching for something while always managing to Floyd | keep you in view. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take battery" | ||||
Floyd | >Dina steps forward, lets out a violent hiss, and glares at you in rage Floyd | as you approach her nest. You retreat empty-handed, not wanting to get Floyd | bitten. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x dina" | ||||
Floyd | >Dina stands on her hind legs, her tiny head and sharp teeth about Floyd | knee-high. Her front arms are short and clawed, making her look like a Floyd | very miniature T-Rex, except for a smaller, almost birdlike head, and Floyd | she has muted and dappled green and brown skin that makes her very hard Floyd | to pick out of the undergrowth. She eyes you warily, unsure whether Floyd | you're dangerous or not. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search trees" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I suppose 'accio wand' will *not* work." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||||
Floyd | >This kauri is intimidatingly tall, punching through the forest canopy Floyd | into the full sunlight. It's very wide -- maybe three feet in diameter Floyd | -- and its flaky bark has piled up around the roots of the tree, Floyd | killing the grass and other plants in a wide radius around the trunk. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "haha" | |||
| DavidW says, "(er, accio broom. bah. still asleep here)" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach the giant kauri and look up. It's impressively tall, and Floyd | the first branches that look like they'd support your weight look like Floyd | they could be almost thirty feet up. You begin to feel dizzy just Floyd | thinking about trying to climb it. What if you fall? What if you get Floyd | stuck? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach the giant kauri and look up. It's impressively tall, and Floyd | the first branches that look like they'd support your weight look like Floyd | they could be almost thirty feet up. You begin to feel dizzy just Floyd | thinking about trying to climb it. What if you fall? What if you get Floyd | stuck? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the stream, you notice a creature peeping out at you Floyd | from behind a tree on the far bank. After a few moments you notice that Floyd | it's holding on to the trunk of the tree, seven feet off the ground. Floyd | You watch it silently, neither of you making a move for the moment. Floyd | After thirty seconds or so, it musters up some courage and swings Floyd | itself around the trunk in an impossible acrobatic move, landing Floyd | lightly on the ground next to the tree. It seems to be some sort of... Floyd | monkey, maybe, but with small yellow eyes and huge, scooped ears on a Floyd | rat-like head. You know you've seen this, or something like it, in your Floyd | reference book before, but you can't quite remember the name.... Floyd | Floyd | You take an involuntary step closer to get a better look at it. It Floyd | steps forward to get a better look at you. You scratch your head in Floyd | thought, still trying to remember what species it is. It scratches its Floyd | head as well. You stop. It stops. Floyd | Floyd | I remember! It's a nanakia! And that coloration means she's a female! Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x nanakia" | ||||
Floyd | >The nanakia looks kind of like a lemur, with spotted brown fur, Floyd | delicate arms, and a long, thin tail. Her head is the big tipoff that Floyd | she's not a lemur or a monkey -- two scooped ears that swivel around Floyd | when she listens, beady yellow eyes, and a ratlike snout make it Floyd | obvious that this creature has to be related to bats in some way. The Floyd | nanakia stands on her hind legs on the far bank, watching you intently Floyd | and mimicking your every move. Floyd | Floyd | The nanakia watches you intently from across the stream. She notices Floyd | you looking at her and gets very excited. She draws herself up to her Floyd | full height, wiggles her handlike paws, and twitches her tail. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "ask tim about nanakia?" | |||
| Fang says, "we are tim" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "name nanakia Naginata" | ||||
Floyd | >You address the nanakia, who draws herself up with a look of interest. Floyd | "I'm going to call you 'Naginata'." Floyd | Floyd | Naginata's eyes gleam, and she preens with the attention. Floyd | | DavidW says, "oh sorry. The other guy, then. via radio." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Eruera." | ||||
| Fang exclaims (at inky), "man, you're taking all the naming opportunities!" | ||||
| inky says, "feel free to rename" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about naginata" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask radio about naginata" | maga says, ">CULTURAL HEGEMONY ON. NAME ERUERA BOB" | |||
Floyd | >You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You click the transmitter. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the river. She makes a few Floyd | halfhearted motions, trying to imitate calling Eruera on the field Floyd | radio, but quickly gives up and returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, your vision, or your fear of Floyd | heights.) Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask radio about naginata" | ||||
Floyd | >You can only do that to something animate. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about naginata" | ||||
Floyd | >"I'm sorry, Tim. I don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, your vision, or your fear of Floyd | heights.) Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ask him about fear of heights" | ||||
Floyd | >"I wanted to ask you about... well... climbing." Floyd | Floyd | "Climbing, Tim?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes. I've wanted to climb some of these trees -- I've even started to Floyd | try -- but I just... Are they safe to climb?" Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, I think I understand. The bark is smooth, yes? And the branches Floyd | are high?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes! I've never climbed a tree like this before. They're so tall! If I Floyd | slipped and fell, I might break a bone, or even get killed!" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera is silent for a moment. "Well, Tim, I'm not sure what to tell Floyd | you. I can't tell you it's completely safe, but I will say that Mori Floyd | children often climb and play in trees much like these, and these are Floyd | children younger than you, Tim. I feel certain that if you feel you Floyd | need to climb a kauri, and you concentrate hard on what you are doing, Floyd | that you will succeed." Floyd | Floyd | Immediately your mind fills with an image of the young boy you saw when Floyd | you imagined being back learning to swim with Dad, before the accident. Floyd | But this time the young boy is scampering up a tall tree like a Floyd | hairless monkey, grabbing handholds quickly and surely as he climbs. Floyd | After reaching the lower branches, he turns to you and beckons, and Floyd | somehow your fear lessens. It's still there, but somehow more Floyd | manageable. Something you can master, rather than the other way around. Floyd | The young boy smiles and the brief vision ends. Floyd | Floyd | "Tim? Are you listening?" Floyd | Floyd | You shake your head, back to reality. "Yes, Eruera," you say. "You Floyd | know, I think I might be able to give this a try." Floyd | Floyd | "You do? Very good! Take care and I'm sure you'll be fine." Floyd | | Fang says, "CLIMBING ABILITY GET" | |||
| inky says, "oh, I think I always walked back to Eruera to talk to him" | ||||
| Fang says, "we are so going to end up dueling this other boy" | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "but radio." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Streamside Tree Floyd | You are perched on a fairly thick branch of a kauri tree about thirty Floyd | feet above the ground, which is about as high as you can climb, and Floyd | higher than you feel truly comfortable with anyway. Above this level Floyd | the bark is too smooth to climb, and you can't imagine trying to climb Floyd | any higher even if it wasn't. The branch extends north out over the Floyd | river. You take a moment to savor your victory -- you did it! You Floyd | actually climbed all the way up to the low branches of a tall kauri Floyd | tree! Sure, you were scared, but you did it anyway! Floyd | Floyd | I wish that little Mori boy was here so I could thank him. Floyd | Floyd | Across the river, you notice Naginata watching you climb with great Floyd | interest. She hops onto what looks like a dead or dying kauri on the Floyd | north bank, which appears to have some sort of major trunk damage near Floyd | the ground. The nanakia scampers up the trunk to a branch, about at Floyd | your level, that reaches south across the stream. Floyd | | inky says, "yeah, that makes sense, I guess I just didn't remember before" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Nagi is gonna mimic us, isn't she?" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You carefully creep out along the branch as it sags more and more Floyd | under your weight. Your deathgrip on the branch takes most of your Floyd | attention, but out of the corner of your eye you see Naginata Floyd | approaching you, moving out over the river on her branch. The damaged Floyd | kauri's limb sags and creaks alarmingly even under the slight weight of Floyd | Naginata. She doesn't seem the slightest bit concerned. You, however, Floyd | come to the abrupt realization that you're hanging about thirty feet Floyd | above a rushing stream in the middle of the Aotearoan bush, and decide Floyd | to retreat to the trunk. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a leaky bucket, currently empty Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from her perch on the branch across the Floyd | stream. She watches you taking stock of your possessions, then starts Floyd | looking at herself and patting her fur in a pretty good impersonation Floyd | of you. Her search reveals a flea, which she pops in her mouth and Floyd | crunches with gusto. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You carefully creep out along the branch as it sags more and more Floyd | under your weight. Your deathgrip on the branch takes most of your Floyd | attention, but out of the corner of your eye you see Naginata Floyd | approaching you, moving out over the river on her branch. The damaged Floyd | kauri's limb sags and creaks alarmingly even under the slight weight of Floyd | Naginata. She doesn't seem the slightest bit concerned. You, however, Floyd | come to the abrupt realization that you're hanging about thirty feet Floyd | above a rushing stream in the middle of the Aotearoan bush, and decide Floyd | to retreat to the trunk. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "close eyes" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Streamside Tree Floyd | You are perched on a fairly thick branch of a kauri tree about thirty Floyd | feet above the ground, which is about as high as you can climb, and Floyd | higher than you feel truly comfortable with anyway. Above this level Floyd | the bark is too smooth to climb, and you can't imagine trying to climb Floyd | any higher even if it wasn't. The branch extends north out over the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata stands on her hind legs on the far bank, watching you intently Floyd | and mimicking your every move. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit me" | ||||
Floyd | >That might hurt! Floyd | | DavidW asks, "stand?" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | >But you aren't in anything at the moment. Floyd | | Fang says, "we need to not notice the monkey, somehow" | |||
| Fang says, "or distract it, somehow" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | On the way down from the branch one of the waves in the bark gives way Floyd | under your feet, causing you to slip for a foot or so before you manage Floyd | to catch yourself. After a few seconds to calm yourself, you continue | DavidW asks, "hm. Maybe we can climb the another tree back at Dina's?" | |||
Floyd | down the remaining few feet to the ground, gripping the trunk with Floyd | white knuckles the whole way. Floyd | Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | A small chunk of gnarled bark from the trunk of the kauri tree rests on Floyd | the ground where it fell during your downward climb. Floyd | Floyd | As you reach the ground, the nanakia gracefully drops out of the tree Floyd | on her bank, and resumes watching you, an intent expression on her Floyd | little face. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bark" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | reaching for the chunk of bark and picks up a fairly heavy nearby rock, Floyd | holding it with some difficulty in obvious mimicry. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x bark" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark) Floyd | The bark is about a foot in diameter, thick and round, and there's a Floyd | fair-sized blob of sticky sap or gum attached to it as well. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | looking at the chunk of bark and peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix bucket with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark) Floyd | You can't fix the bucket with that. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit me with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to hit yourself. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug bucket with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark) Floyd | You can't fix the bucket with that. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "eat bark" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark) Floyd | Eating that doesn't make sense. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x sap" | ||||
Floyd | >You see nothing special about the blob of sticky gum. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | looking at the blob of sticky gum and peers at it with exaggerated Floyd | interest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take gum" | ||||
Floyd | >You peel the gum from the bark, getting some on your hands in the Floyd | process. It's very sticky. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | reaching for the blob of sticky gum, but since she already has a Floyd | possession she just continues to watch you. Floyd | | DavidW says, "oh, I see. Climbing aid." | |||
| Fang asks, "oh, it is?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm guessing." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "fix bucket with gum" | ||||
Floyd | >You push the sticky gum into the hole in the bucket, mashing it around Floyd | with increasingly sticky fingers until you get a good seal. It looks Floyd | like the leak is plugged! Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the river. She makes a few Floyd | halfhearted motions, trying to imitate plugging the bucket with the Floyd | blob of sticky gum, but quickly gives up and returns to watching you. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Our hands will be like Spider-Man's, no?" | |||
| Fang says, "I kinda doubt that it works that way" | ||||
| Fang says, "but we do have a fixed bucket now" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, yay fixed bucket" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | ||||
Floyd | >You dunk the bucket into the stream, and pull it up brimming with Floyd | fresh water. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She peers with Floyd | interest at the sight of you filling the bucket with the stream. Floyd | Although she lacks a bucket of her own, she moves to the water's edge Floyd | and mimes scooping water out, shaking drops off her wet paws as she Floyd | stands. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I remember another game where climbing required sticky hands. And sand, for grit." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She stares at you Floyd | with intense, beady eyes, tensed to spring away. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show bucket to fina" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "show bucket to dina" | ||||
Floyd | >Dina looks at the bucket briefly, then turns away, uninterested. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Tut, tut, Dina, it looks like rain. (splash)" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You press the transmitter button. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or your vision.) Floyd | | Fang says, "hmm" | |||
| Fang asks, "any ideas?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Climb the tree. Pour water on Dina." | ||||
| Fang says, "oh wait there's a branch I missed" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Top of Falls Floyd | Here a mountain stream reaches the headwall and plunges over. The water Floyd | falls forty feet or so, splattering off a black rock ledge below before Floyd | reforming and flowing into the ocean. The cliff is too sheer to descend Floyd | on this side, but you can see that there's a rockfall just past the Floyd | north bank that you might be able to scramble down -- if you could get Floyd | to it. Floyd | | ||||
| SilasGreenback arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >There's no good way across the stream in that direction. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | >There's no good way across the stream in that direction. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She raises her Floyd | head to issue a warbling call that sounds remarkably like a bird's, Floyd | while continuing to watch you out of the corner of her eye. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach the giant kauri and look up. It's impressively tall, and Floyd | the first branches that look like they'd support your weight look like Floyd | they could be almost thirty feet up. But you've seen this done; you Floyd | know you can do it, and you force yourself to start climbing, not Floyd | looking at the ground. You make some progress, but the bark gets your Floyd | hands sticky with gum and tends to flake off at the same time, making Floyd | climbing both dangerous and messy, and you head down again. Floyd | | ||||
| SilasGreenback goes home. | ||||
| SilasGreenback has disconnected. | DavidW says, "oh. hm." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She slowly moves Floyd | from tree to tree, searching for something while always managing to Floyd | keep you in view. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "pour water on nest" | ||||
Floyd | >(first taking the fresh water) Floyd | (using the bucket) Floyd | There's nothing here to fill the bucket with. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Dina is searching for something." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a chunk of bark Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a bucket, repaired with a wad of kauri gum, which is full of some Floyd | fresh water Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trees" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search ground" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are the fresh water, the chunk of bark, the bucket, the leafy Floyd | nest, the tall kauri, Dina, the battery, the animal trails, the kauri Floyd | forest, the ferns, the hole in the bucket, the blob of sticky gum, the Floyd | field radio, and the call button. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search ferns" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search forest" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not really something you can search. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search kauri" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the 1) kauri forest or the 2) tall kauri? Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "forest" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not really something you can search. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search tall kauri" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x dina" | ||||
Floyd | >Dina stands on her hind legs, her tiny head and sharp teeth about Floyd | knee-high. Her front arms are short and clawed, making her look like a Floyd | very miniature T-Rex, except for a smaller, almost birdlike head, and Floyd | she has muted and dappled green and brown skin that makes her very hard Floyd | to pick out of the undergrowth. She eyes you warily, unsure whether Floyd | you're dangerous or not. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give bark to fina" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Guess: Dina has lost an egg. Find it. Trade egg for battery." | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give bark to dina" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark to Dina) Floyd | You hold the chunk of bark out to Dina, letting it fall to see whether Floyd | it is interested in it. Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "give water to dina" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold the bucket out to Dina. Dina wants nothing to do with you, Floyd | and doesn't even approach the bucket. Floyd | | Fang says, "hmm" | |||
| Fang says, "yeah, but there seems nowhere we can search" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "take bark" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | | DavidW says, "It rolled away to anything location." | |||
| DavidW says, "er another location" | ||||
| Fang says, "feel free to drive" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Can't. I missed the first half hour and I don't know the geography or backstory." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I need to head out to work for a bit. Enjoy the rest of the game. Don't worry about disconnecting Perry afterward unless someone else needs him (superceding him will work for a disconnect). I'll get him when I get home and catch up on stuff this evening now that we're back in the swing of things." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Have fun, everyone!" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at Matthew), "Thanks again for coming!" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims (at Jacqueline), "Adios!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If the egg rolled below, we might have to cross the river first before finding the egg." | ||||
| Fang says (to DW), "backstory, we are a kid on a trip to a lost world type place" | ||||
| Fang says, "where dinosaurs still exist" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "We're how old, then?" | ||||
| Fang says, "our ship got hit by a missile, but we managed to get ashore with Eruera, a ex-navy guy" | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | >You're a bit taller than average for your age, with dark brown hair Floyd | and green eyes. Your clothes are heavy with salt and you can taste it Floyd | on your lips. Your skin feels raw and your muscles are stiff and sore. Floyd | But you're alive, and nothing's broken. Floyd | | Fang says, "who also works for the conservation service" | |||
| Fang says, "we are 12" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Oh, I thought the age was in x me." | ||||
| Fang says, "right now we need to travel north until we get to a monitoring station" | ||||
| Fang says, "avoiding poachers along the way if we find any" | ||||
| Fang says, "the geography so far is the beach to the se, and the river to the n which we are trying to cross" | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >The undergrowth is really thick in that direction. It's probably best Floyd | to stick to the animal trails, faint as they are, to avoid getting lost Floyd | or getting hurt walking over ground you can't really see. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | >The undergrowth is really thick in that direction. It's probably best Floyd | to stick to the animal trails, faint as they are, to avoid getting lost Floyd | or getting hurt walking over ground you can't really see. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "hm. I don't know how to get across the river yet. Some way to exploit the mimicking of Nagi's, I assume. Perhaps there's rocks, sand, branch, etc. we have for tools?" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are north, northeast and southwest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "search ferns" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She stares at you Floyd | with intense, beady eyes, tensed to spring away. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | Fang says, "also the game supports Exits and Things" | |||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata stands on her hind legs on the far bank, watching you intently Floyd | and mimicking your every move. She seems to be carrying a fairly large Floyd | rock. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw bark up" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | Fang says, "I think we probably could climb across if we didn't have naginata distracting us" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think she'll help us." | ||||
| Fang says, "wait, I have an idea" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If we threw the bark at her, she might throw the rock at us." | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Streamside Tree Floyd | You are perched on a fairly thick branch of a kauri tree about thirty Floyd | feet above the ground, which is about as high as you can climb, and Floyd | higher than you feel truly comfortable with anyway. Above this level Floyd | the bark is too smooth to climb, and you can't imagine trying to climb Floyd | any higher even if it wasn't. The branch extends north out over the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | Across the river, you notice Naginata watching you climb with great Floyd | interest. She hops onto what looks like a dead or dying kauri on the Floyd | north bank, juggling her rock to try to keep hold of it. Naginata's Floyd | tree appears to have some sort of major trunk damage near the ground, Floyd | but she ignores it and climbs up the trunk to a branch about at your Floyd | level that reaches south across the stream. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | >Even the faintest thought of jumping from the tree makes you grip the Floyd | trunk more tightly. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "bounce" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "shake branch" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | As you reach the ground, the nanakia gracefully drops out of the tree Floyd | on her bank, and resumes watching you, an intent expression on her Floyd | little face. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trunk damage" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trunk" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are Naginata, the fresh water, the chunk of bark, the bucket, Floyd | the old kauri, the irregular kauri, the bark, the branch, the sharp Floyd | rocks, the kauri forest, the ferns, the stream, the streambank, the Floyd | hole in the bucket, the blob of sticky gum, the field radio, and the Floyd | call button. Floyd | Floyd | >(the irregular kauri) Floyd | The irregular kauri on the south side of the stream looks climbable, Floyd | its rougher, more wavy bark offering you more footholds than most of Floyd | this type of tree you've seen. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | looking at the irregular kauri and peers at it with exaggerated Floyd | interest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x branch" | ||||
Floyd | >The gnarled branch is about thirty feet up, but looks like it could Floyd | support your weight. It extends a good way over the stream. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | looking at the branch and peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Streamside Tree Floyd | You are perched on a fairly thick branch of a kauri tree about thirty Floyd | feet above the ground, which is about as high as you can climb, and Floyd | higher than you feel truly comfortable with anyway. Above this level Floyd | the bark is too smooth to climb, and you can't imagine trying to climb Floyd | any higher even if it wasn't. The branch extends north out over the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | Across the river, you notice Naginata watching you climb with great Floyd | interest. She hops onto what looks like a dead or dying kauri on the Floyd | north bank, juggling her rock to try to keep hold of it. Naginata's Floyd | tree appears to have some sort of major trunk damage near the ground, Floyd | but she ignores it and climbs up the trunk to a branch about at your Floyd | level that reaches south across the stream. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit branch with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to hit the branch. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "hit branch" | ||||
Floyd | >Violence has its place, but not here. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "throw bark at naginata" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark at Naginata) Floyd | You'd never be able to hit something that agile from all the way across Floyd | the stream. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bark on tree" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the 1) irregular kauri or the 2) old kauri? Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | >(the chunk of bark on the old kauri) Floyd | Putting things on the old kauri would achieve nothing. Floyd | | Fang says, "I am kinda out of ideas" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | As you reach the ground, the nanakia gracefully drops out of the tree Floyd | on her bank, and resumes watching you, an intent expression on her Floyd | little face. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut old kauri with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway. Floyd | Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "cut old.") Floyd | You can't cut that, since you can't reach it. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "which is our kauri?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "The irregular one." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut irregular kauri with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway. Floyd | Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "cut irregular.") Floyd | Cutting that up would achieve little. Floyd | | DavidW says, "And I'm misspelling." | |||
| DavidW says, "I do miss taking notes when playing." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||||
Floyd | >The slick, sharp rocks make trying to cross the stream on foot too Floyd | dangerous. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She notices you Floyd | looking at the sharp rocks and peers at them with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||
Floyd | >The last time you saw it, the tumble of volcanic rock was at Strand. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to strand" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are north, south and up. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She slowly moves Floyd | from tree to tree, searching for something while always managing to Floyd | keep you in view. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are north, northeast and southwest. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I'm so lost" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "The strand is sw." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "IIRC." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I apologize for oversleeping." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are northeast and southeast. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ferns" | ||||
Floyd | >Ferns with fluffy leaves are found among the grasses on the ground, Floyd | softening the sounds you hear. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ferns" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trees" | ||||
Floyd | >That's not really something you can search. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | >The tall, narrow cones of the kauri trees are striking, but several Floyd | other species of broadleaf that you don't recognize are also scattered Floyd | through the forest. Shorter fern-like plants fill much of the space Floyd | between the larger trees, and a few different kinds of grass covers the Floyd | ground. The scent of the recent rainfall combines with a strong piney Floyd | fragrance from the trees -- it smells wonderful, but it's so sharp that Floyd | it's all you can do not to sneeze. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cliff" | ||||
Floyd | >The last time you saw it, the headwall was at Top of Falls. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" | ||||
Floyd | >The remains of the rope are soggy and useless, and you end up just Floyd | giving up and dropping the slimy shreds back onto the beach. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||||
Floyd | >Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the Floyd | rocks at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sand" | ||||
Floyd | >You aren't sure where the beach is at the moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||||
Floyd | >You sift through the junk carefully, but you've already picked out the Floyd | only items that would likely be useful. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are the rope, the fresh water, the chunk of bark, the floating Floyd | junk, the black volcanic cliffs, the bucket, the kauri forest, the Floyd | ocean, the hole in the bucket, the blob of sticky gum, the field radio, Floyd | and the call button. Floyd | | ||||
| Touchy arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are northwest and south. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Strand Floyd | You stand on a thin strip of black sand lining the shallow curve of a Floyd | bay to the east. A few seabirds fly overhead, and various clumps of Floyd | driftwood, seaweed, and other shore debris litter the shore, the only Floyd | visible evidence of the recent storm. A steep tumble of volcanic rock Floyd | looms over the beach to the west and south, blocking travel in all Floyd | directions except into the forest to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Eruera lies under a makeshift debris shelter a ways up the beach, Floyd | relatively calm and alert. Floyd | | Touchy says, "Evening guys." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Hi, Touchy." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | >You pick through the pile of debris a bit more, but find nothing else Floyd | useful or interesting. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eruera" | ||||
Floyd | >Eruera is dry and resting in a makeshift debris shelter that he's Floyd | scraped together, making the best of his limited mobility. He looks Floyd | about as comfortable as he's going to get without serious medical Floyd | attention, and there's a quiet calm in his dark face that you're pretty Floyd | sure you wouldn't be able to find if you were in his position. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cliff" | ||||
Floyd | >The last time you saw it, the headwall was at Top of Falls. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||||
Floyd | >You aren't sure where the sharp rocks are at the moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | >A section of the volcanic cliffs has collapsed in huge chunks here, Floyd | blocking travel to the west and south. In a few thousand years they'll Floyd | likely wear away to more black sand. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||
Floyd | >That's hardly portable. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rock" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | DavidW says, "hm. Just want a sharp rock for myself." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are Eruera, the fresh water, the chunk of bark, the splint, Floyd | Eruera's broken left leg, the driftwood, the seaweed, the debris, the Floyd | tumble of volcanic rock, the seabird, the bucket, the kauri forest, the Floyd | ocean, the hole in the bucket, the blob of sticky gum, the field radio, Floyd | and the call button. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x seaweed" | ||||
Floyd | >You sift through the slimy plants but find nothing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take seaweed" | ||||
Floyd | >That's hardly portable. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x driftwood" | ||||
Floyd | >You pick through the piles of driftwood. One stick looks both straight Floyd | and strong, and you set it aside. Floyd | | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "x clouds" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Oh, sorry." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x driftwood" | ||||
Floyd | >You pick through the piles of driftwood again but nothing else catches Floyd | your eye. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| Fang says (to Floyd), "x stick" | ||||
Floyd | >A straight piece of green tree branch, thin and flexible. Floyd | | Touchy asks, "Have you played this before?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Found something, anyway. Dunno what good it does it." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Touchy), "Not me." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Also I missed the first hour." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The only obvious exit is north. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bark on stick" | ||||
Floyd | >The stick won't support that. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie bark to stick" | ||||
Floyd | >That won't accomplish anything. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to stick" | ||||
Floyd | >That won't accomplish anything. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She stares at you Floyd | with intense, beady eyes, tensed to spring away. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show stick to dina" | ||||
Floyd | >Dina looks at the stick briefly, then turns away, uninterested. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw stick" | ||||
Floyd | >Dropped. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Dina doesn't like 'fetch' games, I guess." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Top of Falls Floyd | Here a mountain stream reaches the headwall and plunges over. The water Floyd | falls forty feet or so, splattering off a black rock ledge below before Floyd | reforming and flowing into the ocean. The cliff is too sheer to descend Floyd | on this side, but you can see that there's a rockfall just past the Floyd | north bank that you might be able to scramble down -- if you could get Floyd | to it. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rockfall" | ||||
Floyd | >A loose tumble of rocks from a collapsed section of the cliff face. It Floyd | looks as though you could climb it, if you could get to the north bank. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||||
Floyd | >(the fresh water) Floyd | There's some fresh water sloshing around in the bucket. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are the stick, the fresh water, the chunk of bark, the bucket, Floyd | the headwall, the basalt ledge, the rockfall, the kauri forest, the Floyd | ferns, the ocean, the stream, the streambank, the hole in the bucket, Floyd | the blob of sticky gum, the field radio, and the call button. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||||
Floyd | >The fast-moving stream falls steeply from the mountains to the west Floyd | and flows generally southeast. Although it's not particularly wide, the Floyd | fast current and rapids make it far too dangerous to try to wade or Floyd | swim across. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ferns" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x headwall" | ||||
Floyd | >The stream plunges straight over the sheer cliff. Even a quick look Floyd | confirms that it's far too slick and sheer to attempt to climb down Floyd | from here. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "mwigdahl is leaving." | |||
| EmacsUser | mwigdahl exclaims, "Hey, guys, I've got to go, but this was fun! I'll check the transcript later to find out how things went (and if you found new bugs for me to fix). Have a good day!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Thanks for coming!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ledge" | ||||
Floyd | >The ledge is a narrow outcrop of dark, volcanic stone that serves to Floyd | break the falling stream into an impressive spray before it reaches the Floyd | bottom of the falls. Floyd | | mwigdahl exclaims, "No problem, thanks for having me!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ledge" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't really get close enough to search it. Floyd | | ||||
| mwigdahl goes home. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The only obvious exit is southwest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She slowly moves Floyd | from tree to tree, searching for something while always managing to Floyd | keep you in view. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roots" | ||||
Floyd | >This kauri is intimidatingly tall, punching through the forest canopy Floyd | into the full sunlight. It's very wide -- maybe three feet in diameter Floyd | -- and its flaky bark has piled up around the roots of the tree, Floyd | killing the grass and other plants in a wide radius around the trunk. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flaky bark" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | EmacsUser asks, "I missed a bit---what's the current status?" | |||
| DavidW says, "We're stuck on the south side of the river still." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I found a stick." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Ah." | ||||
| DavidW says, "And I'm trying to belatedly learn what's what. and what's where." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | Naginata stands on her hind legs on the far bank, watching you intently Floyd | and mimicking your every move. She seems to be carrying a fairly large Floyd | rock. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "If it helps, I think they've already swiped all the other items except for the battery." | |||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a stick Floyd | a chunk of bark Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a bucket, repaired with a wad of kauri gum, which is full of some Floyd | fresh water Floyd | Floyd | Naginata watches you intently from across the stream. She watches you Floyd | taking stock of your possessions, then starts looking at herself and Floyd | patting her fur in a pretty good impersonation of you. Her search Floyd | reveals an unidentifiable bit of something, which she pops in her mouth Floyd | and crunches with gusto. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I feel certain Nagi can help us cross the river, but I'm blanking on what to try." | |||
| EmacsUser asks, "Are Fang and Nitku still playing?" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Or did we lost them?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Er, lose." | ||||
| Fang says, "I'm being a little distracted" | ||||
| Fang says, "I think we need to do something horrible to Nagi" | ||||
| Fang says, "but I don't know what" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Horrible?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rename naginata to nagi" | ||||
Floyd | >You address the Nanakia, who draws herself up with a look of interest. Floyd | "I'm going to call you 'To Nagi'." Floyd | Floyd | To Nagi's eyes gleam, and she preens with the attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | >Stream South Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rename naginata nagi" | ||||
Floyd | >You address the Nanakia, who draws herself up with a look of interest. Floyd | "I'm going to call you 'Nagi'." Floyd | Floyd | Nagi's eyes gleam, and she preens with the attention. Floyd | | Fang says, "like make him fall into the river or something" | |||
| DavidW says, "argh space in renaming." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Her. But I see." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You click the transmitter. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently from across the river. She makes a few Floyd | halfhearted motions, trying to imitate calling Eruera on the field Floyd | radio, but quickly gives up and returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the stream, or your vision.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about nanakia" | ||||
Floyd | >"I'm sorry, Tim. I don't think I can help you much with that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself, the stream, or your vision.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about stream" | ||||
Floyd | >"There's a stream up north, a little way past the ridge." Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, you'll likely encounter several such streams on your journey Floyd | north. Take care, it can sometimes be difficult to cross safely." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about vision" | ||||
Floyd | >"There was something else in my vision -- a young boy about my age Floyd | that looked like he could have been Mori. He encouraged me when I had Floyd | trouble swimming the first time." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera clicks his tongue and sounds more interested. "Did he now? The Floyd | tohunga ahurewa, back in my village, would say you may have had a Floyd | vision of Mui." He pauses for a second. "I didn't see your vision, so Floyd | I wouldn't know. But certainly a vision of Mui is no bad thing." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | >"About my vision..." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera interrupts you as you start talking. "It is certainly very Floyd | interesting, what you saw. But we must focus on the goal of getting you Floyd | up north, to the station. After that we can talk more on this subject." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about kauri" | ||||
Floyd | >Which do you mean, the 1) irregular kauri, the 2) tall kauri, or the Floyd | 3) kauri forest? Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | >(the irregular kauri) Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask about mui" | ||||
Floyd | >Though you're talking to Eruera, you can't physically reach him. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't think I can help you much with that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or Mui.) Floyd | | Touchy says, "I have to admit I solved this one more by accident." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about mui" | ||||
Floyd | >Though you're talking to Eruera, you can't physically reach him. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about himself or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about himself" | ||||
Floyd | >(himself) Floyd | "Could you tell me a little about yourself?" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera pauses for a moment, as if surprised by the question. "Sure, Floyd | Tim... Hmmm, where to start? I grew up in Kkarauri, a small village on Floyd | the west coast. My family was large -- I had five brothers and sisters. Floyd | We were poor -- Kkarauri is not prosperous, and my parents were not Floyd | well educated. I took advantage of a government scholarship program to Floyd | go to college, and it required me to join the ADF -- the army -- for Floyd | four years. The poacher problem on the coasts was getting bad at the Floyd | time, so I spent two of those years on detached duty with the Floyd | Conservation Service." Floyd | Floyd | "Those first couple years were hardly as exciting as the events of the Floyd | last few hours, but they were enough to make me see that I wanted to Floyd | stay in. When my duty to the ADF was discharged, I signed up with the Floyd | Conservation Service full-time." Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the smile in his voice. "Twelve more years and here we Floyd | are." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way across, Floyd | unfortunately, although one of the trees by the riverbank has very Floyd | irregular bark, looks climbable, and has a branch that extends out over Floyd | the water. A similar, older tree sags over the stream on the far bank. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi stands on her hind legs on the far bank, watching you intently and Floyd | mimicking your every move. She seems to be carrying a fairly large Floyd | rock. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are north, south and up. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | >The last time you saw it, the tumble of volcanic rock was at Strand. Floyd | | ||||
| Touchy says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a stick Floyd | a chunk of bark Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a bucket, repaired with a wad of kauri gum, which is full of some Floyd | fresh water Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently from across the stream. She watches you Floyd | taking stock of your possessions, then starts looking at herself and Floyd | patting her fur in a pretty good impersonation of you. Her search Floyd | reveals a burr, which she pops in her mouth and crunches with gusto. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nagi's rock" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nagi's rock" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "okay, so we climb our tree. Nagi climbs hers. Then what?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "I would start with that, and see what you can see." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Streamside Tree Floyd | You are perched on a fairly thick branch of a kauri tree about thirty Floyd | feet above the ground, which is about as high as you can climb, and Floyd | higher than you feel truly comfortable with anyway. Above this level Floyd | the bark is too smooth to climb, and you can't imagine trying to climb Floyd | any higher even if it wasn't. The branch extends north out over the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | Across the river, you notice Nagi watching you climb with great Floyd | interest. She hops onto what looks like a dead or dying kauri on the Floyd | north bank, juggling her rock to try to keep hold of it. Nagi's tree Floyd | appears to have some sort of major trunk damage near the ground, but Floyd | she ignores it and climbs up the trunk to a branch about at your level Floyd | that reaches south across the stream. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You carefully creep out along the branch as it sags more and more Floyd | under your weight. Your deathgrip on the branch takes most of your Floyd | attention, but out of the corner of your eye, you see Nagi approaching Floyd | you, moving out over the river on her branch, cradling her rock with Floyd | one arm. The damaged kauri sags and creaks dangerously under the weight Floyd | of Nagi and her rock, but she seems oblivious to the danger. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, her branch gives way! No, wait! It's the tree itself! The Floyd | rotted section near the ground splinters under the leverage of both Floyd | Nagi and her rock. Quickly, she dumps the rock and leaps back toward Floyd | the trunk, but the tree is already falling! She sprints down the trunk Floyd | towards the ground, and manages to jump off right before impact. She Floyd | tumbles into a pile of debris and vanishes for a moment before popping Floyd | out, shaking leaves and dirt off herself, and looking up at you with a Floyd | gleam in her eye. You retreat backwards, closer to the trunk. Floyd | | Touchy says, "yay" | |||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Woohoo!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. An old, dead kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, Floyd | its straight trunk making a narrow bridge to the north side. Floyd | Floyd | As you reach the ground, the nanakia pops her head up from of a tangle Floyd | of underbrush and peeps out at you, beady eyes sparkling. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You step out onto the fallen tree, balancing carefully with arms Floyd | outstretched, walking slowly across the flowing water. The nanakia Floyd | scampers onto the trunk as well, then raises herself to stand on her Floyd | hind feet, splays her front paws out to the sides, and waddles forward Floyd | in a surprisingly good impersonation of you. As you near each other, Floyd | the nanakia drops back to all fours... Floyd | Floyd | And then springs at you, scampering up your chest to your shoulder, Floyd | where she perches as if she belongs there. Floyd | Floyd | You immediately twist away in panic, but you can't go too crazy, Floyd | because you're more afraid of falling off the log and into the river. Floyd | In a moment, you realize Nagi isn't hurting you, and you try to relax Floyd | and slow your heartbeat down again. Well, I guess I've made a new Floyd | friend! Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream North Floyd | This is the north bank of the cascading stream. Water tumbles over Floyd | rocks as it rushes through the forest down towards the shore. To the Floyd | east, a shallow slope of rocks and debris leads down further into the Floyd | forest, away from the western mountains. A relatively straight, dead Floyd | kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, bridging the banks and Floyd | allowing you to cross to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers off to your side, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | Floyd | After touching your feet on the north side of the stream, you can't Floyd | help pulling out the field radio and placing a call. "Eruera! I made it Floyd | across the stream! Nagi -- sorry, that's a nanakia that I found -- was Floyd | copying everything I did, so I got it to pick up a rock and climb up a Floyd | dying tree on the far bank. The weight was just enough to make it tip Floyd | over and fall across the stream!" Floyd | Floyd | Eruera chuckles. "Very good, Tim! I'm not sure I followed all that, but Floyd | I'm pleased you're making progress!" Floyd | Floyd | "Me too! I actually climbed a tree on my side of the stream -- that was Floyd | how I got Nagi to climb too!" Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | >The slope consists of small rock fragments and forest debris, falling Floyd | away from the top of the small valley carved by the stream. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the scree slope and peers Floyd | at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are south and east. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet nagi" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach over to pet Nagi, who preens happily. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | A large boulder stands out from the rest of the mixed rock and debris. Floyd | It's remarkable for being particularly round. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along in your wake, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boulder" | ||||
Floyd | >A surprisingly round boulder, resting on the forest floor. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her tilted head and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the boulder and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "hm. pushable, no doubt, to smash into ... what?" | |||
| Touchy says, "You'll know soon enough." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||||
Floyd | >The slope consists of small rock fragments and forest debris, falling Floyd | away from the top of the small valley carved by the stream. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the scree slope and peers Floyd | at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | >You walk parallel to the stream, then scramble down a rockfall that Floyd | cuts through the cliff edge. You climb down as far as you can go, Floyd | stopping at a deep ledge of dark rock that is slick with spray from the Floyd | stream falling over the headwall above. Floyd | Floyd | Falls Bottom Floyd | The falling stream splashes off a ledge of black volcanic rock here, Floyd | filling the air with a haze of cool, fine droplets that weave the Floyd | sunlight into a glory -- a circular rainbow -- about your head. There's Floyd | only a small pool at the base of the falls -- the overflowing water Floyd | spills over the lip and flows the short distance into the ocean. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers off to your side, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pool" | ||||
Floyd | >The falling water has hollowed out a small depression in the rock, Floyd | which has filled with water before it overflows into the ocean. It's Floyd | likely only a foot or two deep at most. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her perked ears and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the small pool and Floyd | peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pool" | ||||
Floyd | >There's nothing in the pool but water. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste pool" | ||||
Floyd | >The small pool tastes pretty much exactly as you might expect. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | fixed gaze. She approaches, clearly hoping to share in whatever it is Floyd | you've found that's tasty. After seeing what it is that you're tasting, Floyd | however, she retreats, her yellow eyes downcast. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rainbow" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ledge" | ||||
Floyd | >The ledge is a narrow outcrop of dark, volcanic stone that serves to Floyd | break the falling stream into an impressive spray before it reaches the Floyd | bottom of the falls. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her tilted head and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the basalt ledge and Floyd | peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are the stick, Nagi, the fresh water, the chunk of bark, the Floyd | bucket, the basalt ledge, the glory, the small pool, the waterfall, the Floyd | rockfall, the ferns, the ocean, the stream, the streambank, the hole in Floyd | the bucket, the blob of sticky gum, the field radio, and the call Floyd | button. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glory" | ||||
Floyd | >The glory is a circular rainbow that surrounds your head as you stand Floyd | in the cloud of mist with the sun shining on you. You've heard about Floyd | this phenomenon before, but never seen it. Time seems to slow as you Floyd | stand transfixed, watching the colorful halo spread around you. A sense Floyd | of peace and reassurance and confidence fills you as you turn your head Floyd | from side to side and watch the play of light. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her perked ears and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the glory and peers at it Floyd | with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear glory" | ||||
Floyd | >(first taking the glory) Floyd | You can't take that since you can't even reach it. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "haha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You press the transmitter button. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently. She makes a few halfhearted motions, trying Floyd | to imitate calling Eruera on the field radio, but quickly gives up and Floyd | returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about the glory or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about glory" | ||||
Floyd | >"While I was exploring on the far side of the stream, I came across a Floyd | waterfall. When I stood there I saw a circular rainbow surrounding my Floyd | head." Floyd | Floyd | "You saw a glory? Exciting! Those are quite rare -- the conditions need Floyd | to be just right and it's still not very predictable when you'll see it Floyd | and when you won't." Floyd | Floyd | You fidget a bit. "Well, yes, it was really pretty, but there was Floyd | something else. I seemed to feel a sense of calmness or confidence Floyd | while I was standing there." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera chuckles. "Well, that's a good sign, Tim. The niwaniwa can be a Floyd | very good omen in Mori tradition, particularly when it is strong and Floyd | unbroken. And a glory is about as unbroken as it gets." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about niwaniwa" | ||||
Floyd | >Though you're talking to Eruera, you can't physically reach him. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't think I can help you much with that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about the glory or Mui.) Floyd | | DavidW says, "I guess I missed what 'niwaniwa' meant." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "It's in the about, I think." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I'll find it locally and paste..." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Falls Bottom Floyd | The falling stream splashes off a ledge of black volcanic rock here, Floyd | filling the air with a haze of cool, fine droplets that weave the Floyd | sunlight into a glory -- a circular rainbow -- about your head. There's Floyd | only a small pool at the base of the falls -- the overflowing water Floyd | spills over the lip and flows the short distance into the ocean. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, scratching happily and waiting for you to do something Floyd | more interesting. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim in pool" | ||||
Floyd | >It doesn't make much sense to try to swim across that. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | >To swim, you should specify to where you are swimming: SWIM TO BOAT or Floyd | something similar. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash me" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are northwest and up. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | A large boulder stands out from the rest of the mixed rock and debris. Floyd | It's remarkable for being particularly round. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along behind you, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Add an a with a macron on the front. The translation is just ``rainbow.''" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "I guess I should've written ``an `a' with...'' to be clear." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I wonder why 'rainbow' wasn't a synonym for the glory." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Probably just an oversight." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Tree Screen Floyd | The forest thins rapidly here as you approach the coast. It looks as Floyd | though you could probably travel in the clear, walking parallel to the Floyd | coast, and you'd go quite a bit faster if you did. A very narrow animal Floyd | trail leads west. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers off to your side, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are northeast and west. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | >You head off across the field toward the coast, happy to no longer Floyd | have to push through the buggy undergrowth of the forest. You get maybe Floyd | fifty yards away from the treeline when you hear human voices and the Floyd | rumbling sounds of a truck engine to the northeast. The voices seem to Floyd | be arguing. Floyd | Floyd | There's no way this could be the station -- there's no tower! But if it Floyd | isn't a Conservation Service station... Floyd | Floyd | You freeze, very conscious of how exposed you are, and desperately hope Floyd | no one pokes their head over the slight ridge between you and their Floyd | camp, which must be just out of sight to the northeast. All of a sudden Floyd | the field radio squawks to life. "Tim? How's it going?" Floyd | Floyd | Horrified, you drop to the ground and fumble for the radio, then hiss Floyd | back. "Quiet for now -- someone's close!" You listen very carefully. Floyd | The argument seems to have stopped, but you can't tell if that's Floyd | because they heard you or if they resolved things themselves. Slowly, Floyd | you creep back to the safety of the trees, and when you are confident Floyd | you're screened from view you call Eruera back. Floyd | Floyd | "OK, we can talk now." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera responds quickly. "Tim, what was that?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm positive the poacher camp is just over a hill, not very far to the Floyd | northeast. I could hear engines and loud voices." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera's voice sounds very strained. "I beg you, take great care, Tim. Floyd | I'm sorry it has to be you making this journey, but you must stay away Floyd | from these men. Stick to the bush and keep heading north." Floyd | Floyd | "OK, Eruera. Not a problem. I don't want to be caught by these guys Floyd | either." Floyd | Floyd | "Good luck, Tim. Stay safe." You stand still for a moment, breathing Floyd | hard, trying to calm back down. But no one is coming, so you seem to be Floyd | safe for now. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | >You can hear the revving of engines and raucous, incomprehensible Floyd | shouts from over the shallow hill to the northwest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hill" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | A large boulder stands out from the rest of the mixed rock and debris. Floyd | It's remarkable for being particularly round. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along behind you, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, venting what looks like Floyd | smoke or steam from a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled Floyd | with cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | A huge flightless bird steps back and forth around her nest in Floyd | agitation. She looks like she's at least twice your height -- maybe Floyd | three times! She can't be anything but a nesting moa. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers in your wake, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | Floyd | After looking around, you decide this location is worth asking Eruera Floyd | about, so you pull out the field radio and place a call. "Eruera, I've Floyd | stumbled across a pretty strange area." Floyd | Floyd | "Could you describe it, Tim?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, there's kind of a mini-volcano in the middle of a clearing Floyd | here..." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera interrupts you, sounding amused. "Well, it probably is! There is Floyd | a great deal of volcanic activity all over Aotearoa, and it certainly Floyd | wouldn't be unusual to run across hot springs or a fumarole." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh! I didn't know they were that common. Are they safe?" Floyd | Floyd | "Reasonably. Don't go jumping into one, but most of the time these Floyd | aren't particularly active. They might lead to hot rock, somewhere Floyd | below, but around here there's not much risk of a full-scale eruption." Floyd | Floyd | "OK, thanks." You eye the moa as it paces back and forth, then click Floyd | the transmitter again. "Um, Eruera? I had one more question. Can a moa Floyd | be dangerous?" Floyd | Floyd | "Ah! There's a moa there? Well, I'm sure if you ran right up to it Floyd | you'd probably get attacked, but they're usually pretty cautious of Floyd | people. As long as you keep a reasonable distance from it, you should Floyd | be fine." Floyd | Floyd | You continue watching the moa, which still seems to be staying near its Floyd | nest. "OK, thanks again!" Floyd | Floyd | "No problem, Tim. Good luck!" Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Has everyone read that?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Yes." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moa" | ||||
Floyd | >The moa has reddish-brown feathers with white tips, and her small head Floyd | sits on top of a long neck that's probably as tall as you are. Her Floyd | eyes, tiny, expressionless black beads, flick around the area but Floyd | always seem to return to the large crevice in the mound of rock. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the moa and peers at Floyd | her with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nest" | ||||
Floyd | >An enormous, flat nest of assorted grass and plant leaves sits close Floyd | to the volcanic mound, likely in order to keep it warm. A shiny, Floyd | yellow-colored object -- obviously not an egg -- rests on the nest. Floyd | Upon closer examination, it looks like it could be a GPS unit. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her perked ears and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the flat nest and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gps unit" | ||||
Floyd | >I only understood the first part of that-- trying anyway. Floyd | Floyd | (retrying as if you'd typed "x gps.") Floyd | You try to approach closely enough to look at the GPS, but the moa Floyd | squawks and buffets you with her wings. Since she's almost three times Floyd | as tall as you, you back away quickly. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the GPS and peers at it Floyd | with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You click the transmitter. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently. She makes a few halfhearted motions, trying Floyd | to imitate calling Eruera on the field radio, but quickly gives up and Floyd | returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about the glory, the GPS, the egg, or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about eps" | ||||
Floyd | >Though you're talking to Eruera, you can't physically reach him. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about the glory, the GPS, the egg, or Mui.) Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about egg" | ||||
Floyd | >"I mentioned the moa I saw across the stream. Well, it has an egg that Floyd | apparently rolled off the nest and ended up stuck in a crevice in some Floyd | volcanic rock. It can't get it out and I can't figure out how to do it Floyd | either. It's too deep for me to reach." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera sounds thoughtful. "Well, you wouldn't want to try to lever it Floyd | out -- it might break." He thinks for a while longer. "I'm sure there's Floyd | a way you can do it -- maybe more than one -- I'm just not thinking Floyd | straight right now." Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "uh, has that happened yet?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x egg" | ||||
Floyd | >A moa egg, dappled and speckled like the face of the full Moon, and Floyd | large enough and heavy enough to require two hands to carry. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her tilted head and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the egg and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x volcano" | ||||
Floyd | >The black, congealed lava of the volcanic mound has a relatively mild Floyd | slope. It vents steam or smoke from a number of fissures. Notable among Floyd | these are a deep crack high up on the formation, and a large crevice Floyd | near the ground. There's also a sizable fumarole on top -- a circular Floyd | hole about two or three feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the mound of volcanic rock Floyd | and peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crevice" | ||||
Floyd | >One of the crevices is particularly large, and slopes down gently into Floyd | the mass of cooled lava. You can't tell for sure, but there appears to Floyd | be something wedged down inside it. You peer closer -- it's an egg! Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fumarole" | ||||
Floyd | >The fumarole is a hole about as large as the circle your arms can Floyd | make, located at the top of the mound of volcanic rock. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her tilted head and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the fumarole and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "well. Push boulder north, hope it plugs the fumarole, pressure pushes egg out, grateful moa gifts us with GPS -- plan?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | A large boulder stands out from the rest of the mixed rock and debris. Floyd | It's remarkable for being particularly round. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along behind you, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push boulder north" | ||||
Floyd | >You put your back into it and manage to get the boulder rolling along Floyd | the trail to the north, crushing and pushing aside leaves and fern Floyd | fronds, and causing a number of small animals to scamper out of your Floyd | path. Floyd | Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, venting what looks like Floyd | smoke or steam from a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled Floyd | with cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | A huge flightless bird steps back and forth around her nest in Floyd | agitation. She looks like she's at least twice your height -- maybe Floyd | three times! She can't be anything but a nesting moa. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along in your wake, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | Floyd | The boulder rolls to a stop as you take a break from pushing it. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug fumarole with boulder" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't seem to be something you can fix. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push boulder to fumarole" | ||||
Floyd | >You strain a bit, but by putting your back into it you succeed in Floyd | rolling the boulder up the volcanic mound, crunching the rock as you Floyd | go. At the top, the boulder settles into the fumarole, sealing the hole Floyd | with a snug fit. You give the boulder a few experimental pushes and it Floyd | confirms what you thought -- the boulder isn't going anyplace now. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently. She makes a few halfhearted motions, trying Floyd | to imitate pushing the boulder onto the fumarole, but quickly gives up Floyd | and returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nest" | ||||
Floyd | >An enormous, flat nest of assorted grass and plant leaves sits close Floyd | to the volcanic mound, likely in order to keep it warm. A shiny, Floyd | yellow-colored object -- obviously not an egg -- rests on the nest. Floyd | Upon closer examination, it looks like it could be a GPS unit. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the flat nest and peers at Floyd | it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gps" | ||||
Floyd | >You move forward to take the GPS, only to be intercepted by the moa, Floyd | who fixes you with a flat, unmoving glare. She opens her beak, makes a Floyd | threatening sound, and advances a step. You slowly retreat. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | DavidW says, "hm. The expected pressure didn't happen." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "winnable" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | EmacsUser says (to DavidW), "Yes." | |||
| DavidW says, "hopefully I didn't need to add vinegar and baking soda first." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "hehe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Clearing Floyd | The narrow forest trail opens onto a small clearing here, where the Floyd | kauri gives way to unhealthy-looking ferns and thin, yellowish grass. Floyd | The trail leaves the clearing to both north and south. Floyd | Floyd | A folded sheet of what looks like notebook paper lies wedged up against Floyd | a tree root at the edge of the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | A small dinosaur similar to the one you saw before stands here. He Floyd | opens his mouth to let out a tentative hiss. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers behind you, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | Floyd | Abruptly, the male oviraptor hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping Floyd | back and forth in an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it Floyd | is ridiculous. Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" | ||||
Floyd | >You retrieve the paper, unfold it, and discover that it's a map! Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her tilted head and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you reaching for the map, but apparently she's Floyd | decided she's had enough of carrying things around for now, as she just Floyd | watches you calmly. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, the male oviraptor screeches at Nagi, rearing and Floyd | skittering back towards the safety of a tree. Nagi makes a noise that Floyd | sounds suspiciously like a laugh. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, with a large boulder Floyd | plugging up a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled with Floyd | cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | A huge flightless bird steps back and forth around her nest in Floyd | agitation. She looks like she's at least twice your height -- maybe Floyd | three times! She can't be anything but a nesting moa. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along in your wake, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | EmacsUser exclaims, "Yay map!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x map" | ||||
Floyd | >A rough sketch shows the surrounding area of coastline, from the brook Floyd | in the south to something marked as "camp" along the coast to the Floyd | north. They've also marked a path northwest from "camp" to a location Floyd | marked with an "X" and the label "dinos". The map has little tree Floyd | shapes surrounding the "X". Floyd | Floyd | At the bottom of the map are two sets of GPS coordinates, written in Floyd | terrible handwriting: Floyd | Floyd | Camp: 46? 11' 97" S, 179? 12' 81" W Floyd | Dinos: 46? 10' 58" S, 179? 12' 33" W. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the map and peers at it Floyd | with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You press the transmitter button. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently. She makes a few halfhearted motions, trying Floyd | to imitate calling Eruera on the field radio, but quickly gives up and Floyd | returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about the glory, the GPS, the map, or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell eruera about map" | ||||
Floyd | >"Eruera, I've got what looks like a map of the area." Floyd | Floyd | "Can you describe it to me, Tim?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure -- it has what looks like a sketch of the forest, and there are Floyd | two places marked with what look like latitude and longitude. One says Floyd | 'camp' and the other says 'dinos'". Floyd | Floyd | Eruera is silent for a moment as he thinks. "It certainly sounds like a Floyd | map that poachers might have made, Tim. No way of telling if they're Floyd | the same ones that got our ship, but it seems reasonable. The 'dinos' Floyd | entry sounds like they've located a group of taniwha, and I think Floyd | 'camp' is pretty self-explanatory. If you can, try to go wide around Floyd | that camp." Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open crevice with stick" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take egg" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't quite reach the moa egg with your hand, even wedging Floyd | yourself into the crevice up to your shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take egg with stick" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach the stick carefully into the crevice and prod at the egg, Floyd | but the opening is just too narrow to get much leverage and you can't Floyd | quite lever it out. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take egg with bark" | ||||
Floyd | >You try to figure out a way to use the chunk of bark to retrieve the Floyd | egg, but come up blank, so you just decide to take the direct approach. Floyd | Floyd | You quickly check to see if the egg has shifted any, but it's still Floyd | just out of your direct reach. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x volcano" | ||||
Floyd | >The black, congealed lava of the volcanic mound has a relatively mild Floyd | slope. It vents steam or smoke from a number of fissures. Notable among Floyd | these are a deep crack high up on the formation, and a large crevice Floyd | near the ground. There's also a sizable fumarole on top -- a circular Floyd | hole about two or three feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her perked ears and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the mound of volcanic rock and peers Floyd | at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||||
Floyd | >This opening in the mound is no more than a small fissure or crack. Floyd | It's situated higher up on the rock formation and looks quite deep, but Floyd | it's much narrower than the large crevice. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her twitching tail and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the volcanic crack Floyd | and peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa paces, fretful and silent. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stick in crack" | ||||
Floyd | >The crack is very small. It won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in crack" | ||||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bark in crack" | ||||
Floyd | >The crack is very small. It won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a map Floyd | a stick Floyd | a chunk of bark Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a bucket, repaired with a wad of kauri gum, which is full of some Floyd | fresh water Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her tilted head and fixed Floyd | gaze. She watches you taking stock of your possessions, then starts Floyd | looking at herself and patting her fur in a pretty good impersonation Floyd | of you. Her search reveals a flea, which she pops in her mouth and Floyd | crunches with gusto. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug crack" | ||||
Floyd | >That doesn't seem to be something you can fix. Floyd | Floyd | The moa makes a plaintive crooning sound while bobbing her head at the Floyd | crevice. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch crack" | ||||
Floyd | >You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She approaches with caution, touching the volcanic Floyd | crack as well, then looks at you. Floyd | Floyd | The moa hops back and forth, obviously agitated. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water in crack" | ||||
Floyd | >You pour the water from the bucket into the crack in the side of the Floyd | volcanic mound. The water drains inside. Shortly thereafter, a puff of Floyd | steam blasts back out the crevice, propelling the egg along with it and Floyd | rolling it just outside the mouth of the crevice. The moa darts forward Floyd | as the last of the water drains, snatching the egg away with a Floyd | triumphant squawk! She carries the egg back to the nest and places it Floyd | there gently, flipping the GPS aside into the surrounding grass without Floyd | a second glance. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her tilted head and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She's fascinated by the pouring action and Floyd | starts to jump around in excitement. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | Nagi looks at you curiously. She seems to be impressed. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Nice." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gps" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her twitching tail and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you reaching for the GPS, but apparently she's Floyd | decided she's had enough of carrying things around for now, as she just Floyd | watches you calmly. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Not the solution I used." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "thanks. There's another solution?" | |||
| EmacsUser says, "Ala Tryst of Fate, though mwigdahl says he's never played it." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Water in first, then plug it?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "No, gum on a stick." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ah" | ||||
| DavidW says, "If it was a coin under a sewer grate, I'd've thought of that." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I didn't realize the gum was sticky enough to lift an egg." | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "What game is that from?" | ||||
| EmacsUser asks, "Is that Tryst of Fate?" | ||||
| inky says, "it's a pretty standard IF trope" | ||||
| inky says, "like it was in Lost New York" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I remember gum on a stick from a few games. Katana and First Things First used it." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "I'd seen it before, but I couldn't remember where. Tryst of Fate is what google suggested, so I went with it." | ||||
| inky says, "well, like I said, it is pretty common" | ||||
| DavidW says, "There's probably other games I don't remember right away." | ||||
| inky says, "if you haven't played Tryst of Fate then presumably you don't remember it from there" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Right, but I assumed it was an allusion I had seen." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | >The GPS is bright yellow and labeled with the brand name "Amring". Floyd | It's a very simple model, with just a single button to display Floyd | coordinates. You push the button and nothing happens. Apparently the Floyd | GPS is out of power. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her tilted head and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the GPS and peers at Floyd | it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | DavidW says, "No surprise that the GPS needs a battery." | |||
| DavidW says, "(Where's that lighthouse owner?)" | ||||
| EmacsUser feels that there's a joke here he should get. | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we introduce Nagi to Dina?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "(Return to Zork)" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along off to your side, curious to see what adventures you Floyd | have planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream North Floyd | This is the north bank of the cascading stream. Water tumbles over Floyd | rocks as it rushes through the forest down towards the shore. To the Floyd | east, a shallow slope of rocks and debris leads down further into the Floyd | forest, away from the western mountains. A relatively straight, dead Floyd | kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, bridging the banks and Floyd | allowing you to cross to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along in your wake, curious to see what you're going to Floyd | do next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. An old, dead kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, Floyd | its straight trunk making a narrow bridge to the north side. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers off to your side, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, and succeeds in knocking Floyd | it out of your hands! Floyd | Floyd | Nagi darts forward to grab the GPS as you drop it. Luckily, she doesn't Floyd | run off with it; she just settles down to play with it right where it Floyd | fell. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gps" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She raises her Floyd | head to issue a warbling call that sounds remarkably like a bird's, Floyd | while continuing to watch you out of the corner of her eye. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along in your wake, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take battery" | ||||
Floyd | >Dina steps forward, lets out a violent hiss, and glares at you in rage Floyd | as you approach her nest. You retreat empty-handed, not wanting to get Floyd | bitten. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach the giant kauri and look up. It's impressively tall, and Floyd | the first branches that look like they'd support your weight look like Floyd | they could be almost thirty feet up. But you've seen this done; you Floyd | know you can do it, and you force yourself to start climbing, not Floyd | looking at the ground. You make some progress, but the bark gets your Floyd | hands sticky with gum and tends to flake off at the same time, making Floyd | climbing both dangerous and messy, and you head down again. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nagi, take battery" | ||||
Floyd | >You speak, but Nagi doesn't respond. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You click the transmitter. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently. She makes a few halfhearted motions, trying Floyd | to imitate calling Eruera on the field radio, but quickly gives up and Floyd | returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about the glory, the GPS, or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about gps" | ||||
Floyd | >"Eruera! I found a GPS unit out in the forest! I haven't put a battery Floyd | in it yet, though." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera sounds enthusiastic. "Very good, Tim, but you'll need power. If Floyd | you could find a battery that fits it, a GPS will be a great help in Floyd | navigating the forest." Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about glory" | ||||
Floyd | >"You mentioned that the glory was a good sign. What did you mean?" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear Eruera shifting a bit, trying to get more comfortable. Floyd | "Let me tell you a quick story. Mori tradition tells of several Floyd | different atua, or gods, of the rainbow. Kahukura is one of these -- he Floyd | is the double rainbow that signifies that the storm has passed over. Floyd | Another is Haere, and according to the stories he seeks to avenge the Floyd | death of his father. At first he fails to properly respect tapu and is Floyd | defeated, but later, with strong mana, they return to try again and are Floyd | victorious." Floyd | Floyd | "So, Tim, perhaps we can take heart from both stories. We've certainly Floyd | been through a great storm, and if your glory tells us that it's over, Floyd | no wonder you felt calm and reassured. And the story of Haere -- well, Floyd | we were certainly beaten by the poachers at first, but perhaps our mana Floyd | will prove the stronger in a second conflict." Floyd | | DavidW says, "...double rainbow..." | |||
| inky says, "heh" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Boo." | ||||
| Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about tapu" | ||||
Floyd | >Though you're talking to Eruera, you can't physically reach him. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't think I can help you much with that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about Mui.) Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Hi, Gerynar." | |||
| Gerynar is just here to watch, he's stuck at work | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about atua" | ||||
Floyd | >Though you're talking to Eruera, you can't physically reach him. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry, Tim. I don't know much about that." Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about Mui.) Floyd | | DavidW says, "You'd think there'd be more info on the non-English words." | |||
| EmacsUser says, "There is." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "There are translations for all of them in the about." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I need to find the dictiona... oh. The about." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > Introduction to Aotearoa Floyd | Instructions for Play Floyd | Additional Commands Floyd | Dedication Floyd | About the Author Floyd | Credits Floyd | Hints Floyd | Walkthrough Floyd | About the fictional Aotearoa Floyd | About the real New Zealand Floyd | Glossary of Mori Words | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, keening a high-pitched, happy tune while jumping from Floyd | perch to perch and waiting for you to do something more interesting. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She stares at you Floyd | with intense, beady eyes, tensed to spring away. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | EmacsUser asks, "No cycling on the menu?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I decided against it. Too awkward via Floyd." | ||||
| DavidW says, "And it wasn't cyclic." | ||||
| 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. | DavidW asks, "hm. Can we hook up the two dinos?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Play matchmaker?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Go for it." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm thinking the male might be induced to follow us." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You release the transmitter as you walk, ending the conversation. Floyd | Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. An old, dead kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, Floyd | its straight trunk making a narrow bridge to the north side. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along off to your side, curious to see what adventures Floyd | you have planned next. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream North Floyd | This is the north bank of the cascading stream. Water tumbles over Floyd | rocks as it rushes through the forest down towards the shore. To the Floyd | east, a shallow slope of rocks and debris leads down further into the Floyd | forest, away from the western mountains. A relatively straight, dead Floyd | kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, bridging the banks and Floyd | allowing you to cross to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along behind you, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are south and east. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers in your wake, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | >You walk parallel to the stream, then scramble down a rockfall that Floyd | cuts through the cliff edge. You climb down as far as you can go, Floyd | stopping at a deep ledge of dark rock that is slick with spray from the Floyd | stream falling over the headwall above. Floyd | Floyd | Falls Bottom Floyd | The falling stream splashes off a ledge of black volcanic rock here, Floyd | filling the air with a haze of cool, fine droplets that weave the Floyd | sunlight into a glory -- a circular rainbow -- about your head. There's Floyd | only a small pool at the base of the falls -- the overflowing water Floyd | spills over the lip and flows the short distance into the ocean. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along behind you, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pay respects to atua" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pay respects" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers off to your side, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, with a large boulder Floyd | plugging up a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled with Floyd | cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | The moa sits on her nest, calm and satisfied. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along in your wake, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Clearing Floyd | The narrow forest trail opens onto a small clearing here, where the Floyd | kauri gives way to unhealthy-looking ferns and thin, yellowish grass. Floyd | The trail leaves the clearing to both north and south. Floyd | Floyd | A small dinosaur similar to the one you saw before stands here. He Floyd | divides his attention between glaring at Nagi and tracking every move Floyd | you make with the shiny GPS unit. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along behind you, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, the male oviraptor hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping Floyd | back and forth in an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it Floyd | is ridiculous. Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "name oviraptor Tony" | ||||
Floyd | >You address the male oviraptor. "I'm going to call you 'Tony'." Floyd | Floyd | Tony seems utterly disinterested. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering Floyd | back towards the safety of a tree. Nagi leaps to your shoulder and Floyd | chatters for a moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit tony" | ||||
Floyd | >Violence has its place, but not here. Floyd | Floyd | Abruptly, Tony hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping back and forth in Floyd | an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it is ridiculous. Floyd | Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride tony" | ||||
Floyd | >Tony is far too small for you to ride! Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering Floyd | back towards the safety of a tree. Nagi leaps to your shoulder and Floyd | chatters for a moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tony" | ||||
Floyd | >Tony dodges your grasp with a quick leap into a nearby fern. He hisses Floyd | at you in hurt contempt. Floyd | Floyd | Abruptly, Tony hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping back and forth in Floyd | an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it is ridiculous. Floyd | Nagi makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like a laugh. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | an a GPS (unpowered) Floyd | a map Floyd | a stick Floyd | a chunk of bark Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a bucket, repaired with a wad of kauri gum, currently empty Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her perked ears and Floyd | unblinking stare. She watches you taking stock of your possessions, Floyd | then starts looking at herself and patting her fur in a pretty good Floyd | impersonation of you. Her search reveals an unknown insect, which she Floyd | pops in her mouth and crunches with gusto. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering back towards Floyd | the safety of a tree. Nagi leaps to your shoulder and chatters for a Floyd | moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show stick to tony" | ||||
Floyd | >Tony looks at the stick briefly, then turns away, uninterested. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, Tony hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping back Floyd | and forth in an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it is Floyd | ridiculous. Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show stick to nagi" | ||||
Floyd | >Nagi looks at the stick briefly, then turns away, uninterested. Floyd | Floyd | Abruptly, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering back towards Floyd | the safety of a tree. Nagi leaps to your shoulder and chatters for a Floyd | moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give stick to nagi" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold the stick out to Nagi, letting it fall to see whether it is Floyd | interested in it. Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her tilted head and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you dropping the stick and checks her hands, as if Floyd | looking to see whether she has something she can drop too. As she Floyd | doesn't, she just sits back down and continues to observe you with Floyd | interest. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Tony charges Nagi, spitting and hissing, before quickly Floyd | retreating back to a nearby patch of undergrowth. Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stick" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her perked ears and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you reaching for the stick, but Floyd | apparently she's decided she's had enough of carrying things around for Floyd | now, as she just watches you calmly. Floyd | Floyd | Abruptly, Tony hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping back and forth in Floyd | an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it is ridiculous. Floyd | Nagi makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like a laugh. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "laugh" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | ||||
| EmacsUser says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a stick Floyd | an a GPS (unpowered) Floyd | a map Floyd | a chunk of bark Floyd | a field radio Floyd | a bucket, repaired with a wad of kauri gum, currently empty Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She watches you taking stock of your Floyd | possessions, then starts looking at herself and patting her fur in a Floyd | pretty good impersonation of you. Her search reveals a flea, which she Floyd | pops in her mouth and crunches with gusto. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering Floyd | back towards the safety of a tree. Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "I'm trying to remember what I did here." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet tony" | ||||
Floyd | >You try to approach Tony, hoping to look at him more closely and maybe Floyd | even pet him. But the little dino explodes into hostile screeches and Floyd | scrabbles away from you so desperately that he looks as if he's having Floyd | a seizure. Floyd | Floyd | Abruptly, Tony charges Nagi, spitting and hissing, before quickly Floyd | retreating back to a nearby patch of undergrowth. Nagi leaps to your Floyd | shoulder and chatters for a moment. Floyd | | Johnny says, "Probably win." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are the stick, Nagi, the chunk of bark, the bucket, the GPS, Floyd | the map, Tony, the kauri forest, the ferns, the hole in the bucket, the Floyd | blob of sticky gum, the field radio, and the call button. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||||
Floyd | >The obvious exits are north and south. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >The forest gets really thick up ahead, and the animal trail vanishes Floyd | into the undergrowth. Without some way of figuring out where you are Floyd | and where you're going, you stand a good chance of getting lost, and Floyd | you're not desperate enough to be willing to risk that. You have the Floyd | map, but no way to fix your position. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering back towards Floyd | the safety of a tree. Nagi makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like Floyd | a laugh. Floyd | | EmacsUser asks, "Is Tony following?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, with a large boulder Floyd | plugging up a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled with Floyd | cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | The moa sits on her nest, calm and satisfied. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers off to your side, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | Floyd | Tony, taking care to keep his distance, trails you with his eyes fixed Floyd | on the GPS unit. He seems only partially aware of what he's doing. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, Tony charges Nagi, spitting and hissing, before Floyd | quickly retreating back to a nearby patch of undergrowth. Nagi seems Floyd | unfazed. Floyd | | EmacsUser says, "Oh we didn't go anywhere." | |||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "Ah, that was it!" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "what was it?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "The GPS." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along in your wake, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | Floyd | Tony, moving with exaggerated caution, follows you with his eyes fixed Floyd | on the GPS unit. He seems only partially aware of what he's doing. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Tony hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping back and forth in Floyd | an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it is ridiculous. Floyd | Nagi leaps to your shoulder and chatters for a moment. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream North Floyd | This is the north bank of the cascading stream. Water tumbles over Floyd | rocks as it rushes through the forest down towards the shore. To the Floyd | east, a shallow slope of rocks and debris leads down further into the Floyd | forest, away from the western mountains. A relatively straight, dead Floyd | kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, bridging the banks and Floyd | allowing you to cross to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along off to your side, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | Floyd | Tony, taking care to keep his distance, trails you with his eyes fixed Floyd | on the GPS unit. He seems only partially aware of what he's doing. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden lunge, Tony screeches at Nagi, rearing and skittering Floyd | back towards the safety of a tree. Nagi seems unfazed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. An old, dead kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, Floyd | its straight trunk making a narrow bridge to the north side. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along in your wake, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | Floyd | Tony, moving with exaggerated caution, follows you with his eyes fixed Floyd | on the GPS unit. He seems only partially aware of what he's doing. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Tony hisses threateningly at Nagi, stomping back and forth in Floyd | an exaggerated threat display that's as earnest as it is ridiculous. Floyd | Nagi makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like a laugh. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | Dina, who stands no taller than your shin, is nearby. She slowly moves Floyd | from tree to tree, searching for something while always managing to Floyd | keep you in view. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along off to your side, curious to see what adventures you Floyd | have planned next. Floyd | Floyd | Tony stalks along behind you as he's done for some time, fixated on the Floyd | GPS unit. But something -- possibly a scent or sound -- alerts him to Floyd | his surroundings. He looks around the area near the trail with jerky Floyd | head movements, until he spies Dina. The GPS is forgotten as Tony veers Floyd | abruptly and sprints to Dina's side. Something very like a battle Floyd | ensues, quick jabs of the dinos' heads as they peck at each other Floyd | almost faster than you can track. Dina seems to win the fight, pinning Floyd | Tony down and chirruping at him before releasing him to stand again. Floyd | From there they move into some sort of complicated mating dance. From Floyd | the intensity of their concentration, it seems almost everything else Floyd | in the world takes second place to the performance. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take battery" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach the nest, but although Tony and Dina seem fixated with Floyd | each other, the presence of Nagi, bored and inquisitive, keeps them Floyd | alert and edgy. Both oviraptors hiss and peck at you as you approach Floyd | their nest, and you retreat, frustrated. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tree" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tree" | ||||
Floyd | >It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers in your wake, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop gps" | ||||
Floyd | >Nagi again rushes forward to seize the GPS as you drop it. She settles Floyd | down to fiddle with it again. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | >Nagi stays put as you leave, engrossed in playing with the GPS. Floyd | Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | The two dinosaurs are engaged in an intricate and extensive mating Floyd | dance. Tony is fully engaged in demonstrating his many personal virtues Floyd | to Dina, prancing with quick jerks of his neck and precise, circling Floyd | footwork. Dina seems fascinated with the performance, and both appear Floyd | unaware of their surroundings. Floyd | Floyd | A shiny battery, apparently discarded or lost by someone, lies Floyd | half-hidden by a pile of leaves that Dina is using as a nest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take battery" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dinosaurs" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enlarge my education" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tony" | ||||
Floyd | >Tony stands on his hind legs, his tiny head and sharp teeth about Floyd | knee-high. His front arms are short and clawed, making him look like a Floyd | very miniature T-Rex, except with a smaller, crested, almost birdlike Floyd | head, and he has garish purple spots on his otherwise khaki skin. His Floyd | beady eyes bulge out as he tries to figure out whether you're a threat Floyd | or a source of food. Floyd | | DavidW says, "oops" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi busily plays with the shiny but inert GPS, continually turning it Floyd | over and trying to manipulate it. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gps" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put battery in gps" | ||||
Floyd | >You pop the battery cover open and slip the battery inside, then close Floyd | the cover and press the button. Your current latitude and longitude Floyd | display: 46? 12' 88" S, 179? 12' 87" W. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her tilted head and Floyd | unblinking stare. She watches with great interest, trying to see where Floyd | the battery is going. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | DavidW says, "My stomach just reminded me that I have eaten nothing today yet." | |||
| inky says, "perhaps a delicious dinosaur steak" | ||||
| olethros says, "those newzealanders even eat platypus" | ||||
| olethros arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | DavidW says, "can I take a 15 minute break? I'm actually getting woozy here." | |||
| olethros asks, "how long since you started?" | ||||
| inky says, "certainly you should take a break" | ||||
| inky says, "especially if you are about to keel over" | ||||
| inky says, "zip" | ||||
| inky proves what I've always said; never trust a bathtub. | ||||
| inky has disconnected. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| olethros has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW asks, "Isn't anyone else still playing?" | |||
| olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. | olethros says, "I had only got so far as the part in the ship" | |||
| DavidW asks, "what ship?" | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "The one that was attacked before you arrived." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "We dove off of it and ended up here." | ||||
| EmacsUser says, "Unless olethros means a different ship." | ||||
| olethros says, "yes, I know nothing else" | ||||
| EmacsUser exclaims, "I'm falling asleep, so I'm going to sign off now. Good luck!" | ||||
| EmacsUser implodes into a quickly fading blip of stardust. | ||||
| olethros says, "z" | ||||
| olethros was so energetic that he immediately bumped into the walls of the experimental apparatus and was annihilated. | DavidW says, "Almost ready to go again. Gimme a few more minutes." | |||
| Nitku leaves. | DavidW says, "okay" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, watching you with obvious disinterest and waiting for Floyd | you to do something more interesting. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | The two dinosaurs are engaged in an intricate and extensive mating Floyd | dance. Tony is strutting in spirals around Dina, demonstrating his Floyd | fitness and virility. Unfortunately, Tony keeps turning to glare at the Floyd | nearby Nagi (who seems to be fascinated with this behavior) and in Floyd | consequence Dina appears less than impressed by the performance. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along behind you, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Top of Falls Floyd | Here a mountain stream reaches the headwall and plunges over. The water Floyd | falls forty feet or so, splattering off a black rock ledge below before Floyd | reforming and flowing into the ocean. The cliff is too sheer to descend Floyd | on this side, but you can see that there's a rockfall just past the Floyd | north bank that you might be able to scramble down -- if you could get Floyd | to it. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along off to your side, curious to see what adventures Floyd | you have planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | >The GPS is bright yellow and labeled with the brand name "Amring". Floyd | It's a very simple model, with just a single button to display Floyd | coordinates. You push the button and your current latitude and Floyd | longitude display: 46? 12' 26" S, 179? 12' 51" W. Floyd | Floyd | In the GPS is a battery. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her twitching tail and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the GPS and peers at Floyd | it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | The two dinosaurs are engaged in an intricate and extensive mating Floyd | dance. Tony is strutting in spirals around Dina, demonstrating his Floyd | fitness and virility. Unfortunately, Tony keeps turning to glare at the Floyd | nearby Nagi (who seems to be fascinated with this behavior) and in Floyd | consequence Dina appears less than impressed by the performance. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along behind you, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along off to your side, curious to see what adventures Floyd | you have planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Strand Floyd | The black sand beach transitions to stones and boulders here as the Floyd | seashore lifts into the black cliffs. To the northwest a break in the Floyd | volcanic stone leads upwards and into the depths of the forest. Where Floyd | the water eddies at the north end of the beach a collection of light, Floyd | floating junk has collected. Floyd | Floyd | Shreds of what used to be a thick rope are here, washed up on the rocks Floyd | at the north end of the beach and coated in black sand grains. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along behind you, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | >The GPS is bright yellow and labeled with the brand name "Amring". Floyd | It's a very simple model, with just a single button to display Floyd | coordinates. You push the button and your current latitude and Floyd | longitude display: 46? 13' 09" S, 179? 12' 61" W. Floyd | Floyd | In the GPS is a battery. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her perked ears and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the GPS and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Edge Floyd | Low bushy ferns give way to towering kauri trees here. Their delicate Floyd | cones and thin, green leaves cast deeper shadows as the forest thickens Floyd | to the northeast. A steep break in the cliff rock here leads southeast, Floyd | down to the beach, and a faint animal trail leads into the forest to Floyd | the northeast. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along in your wake, curious to see what you're going to do Floyd | next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Animal Trail Floyd | The ground cover has been pushed aside by passing animals just enough Floyd | to make this weaving trail the path of least resistance. There is a Floyd | very tall kauri tree here, its thick roots snaking in and out of the Floyd | ground. You can hear swiftly running water from somewhere off to the Floyd | north. To the southwest you can see the forest lighten as it thins out, Floyd | and the trail forks here, continuing to both the northeast and the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | The two dinosaurs are engaged in an intricate and extensive mating Floyd | dance. Tony is strutting in spirals around Dina, demonstrating his Floyd | fitness and virility. Unfortunately, Tony keeps turning to glare at the Floyd | nearby Nagi (who seems to be fascinated with this behavior) and in Floyd | consequence Dina appears less than impressed by the performance. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers behind you, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | >The GPS is bright yellow and labeled with the brand name "Amring". Floyd | It's a very simple model, with just a single button to display Floyd | coordinates. You push the button and your current latitude and Floyd | longitude display: 46? 12' 43" S, 179? 12' 69" W. Floyd | Floyd | In the GPS is a battery. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her tilted head and unblinking Floyd | stare. She notices you looking at the GPS and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | Tony and Dina continue their flirtation, although the presence of a Floyd | bored and mischievous Nagi keeps their mating dance from taking their Floyd | full attention. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream South Floyd | You stand at the south bank of a stream rushing down from the western Floyd | mountains. The water flows over a tumble of rocks and its level drops Floyd | steeply here, cutting into the ground and leaving steep, raw slopes on Floyd | either side. An old, dead kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, Floyd | its straight trunk making a narrow bridge to the north side. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi saunters along in your wake, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Stream North Floyd | This is the north bank of the cascading stream. Water tumbles over Floyd | rocks as it rushes through the forest down towards the shore. To the Floyd | east, a shallow slope of rocks and debris leads down further into the Floyd | forest, away from the western mountains. A relatively straight, dead Floyd | kauri tree has fallen across the stream here, bridging the banks and Floyd | allowing you to cross to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along off to your side, curious to see what you're going to Floyd | do next. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, and succeeds in knocking Floyd | it out of your hands! Floyd | Floyd | Nagi again rushes forward to seize the GPS as you drop it. She settles Floyd | down to fiddle with it again. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gps" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi dawdles along in your wake, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, with a large boulder Floyd | plugging up a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled with Floyd | cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | The moa sits on her nest, calm and satisfied. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers behind you, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Clearing Floyd | The narrow forest trail opens onto a small clearing here, where the Floyd | kauri gives way to unhealthy-looking ferns and thin, yellowish grass. Floyd | The trail leaves the clearing to both north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi ambles along in your wake, curious to see what you're up to. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >Armed with your map and the powered GPS, you strike out into the Floyd | deeper forest and head north, hoping the station is where Eruera thinks Floyd | it is. Unfortunately, after just a few short minutes of travel, you hit Floyd | a wall. Literally. Extending as far as you can see to the east and west Floyd | is what must be about a twenty-foot volcanic ridge, the remnant of some Floyd | long-ago eruption. You spend an hour or so scouting it out, trying to Floyd | find a climbable spot, and eventually you find a place where the stone Floyd | has crumbled and left a steep defile that you could probably scramble Floyd | up. Floyd | Floyd | The problem is that there's an obstacle in the way -- a large, Floyd | bony-headed dinosaur that is rubbing itself energetically against the Floyd | broken rocks, trying to contort itself to reach a particular spot on Floyd | its back. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Deep Forest Floyd | The breeze blowing the tops of the thickly-clustered kauri makes the Floyd | few flashes of light dance and whirl around you. The trail is all but Floyd | lost here. A tall, sheer, charcoal-gray ridge stretches as far as you Floyd | can see from the east to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Standing alone in the shadow of the stone ridge is a huge animal. Its Floyd | giant, bony head and squat, powerful body mark it immediately as a Floyd | notoceratops mori -- the largest species of dinosaur in Aotearoa, and Floyd | therefore the biggest dinosaur in the world! It's hanging around near a Floyd | steep defile in the rock wall, rubbing against it like it's desperate. Floyd | It notes your presence without reaction, obviously completely Floyd | unthreatened by your presence. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers behind you, curious to see what adventures you have Floyd | planned next. Floyd | Floyd | The notoceratops flails its head towards its back frustratedly. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "name mori Fred" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see anything by that name here. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "name notoceratops Fred" | ||||
Floyd | >You address the notoceratops. "I'm going to call you 'Fred'." Floyd | Floyd | Fred seems utterly disinterested. Floyd | Floyd | Fred rubs against a nearby rock outcrop in distress. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fred" | ||||
Floyd | >Fred is an impressive animal, standing seven feet high at the shoulder Floyd | and probably measuring twenty feet from nose to tail. Its large, bony Floyd | head lacks the flattened, shield-like flange that the more Floyd | commonly-known triceratops sports, but the bulbous knob the Floyd | notoceratops has instead looks just as impressive. The dinosaur's skin Floyd | is mostly a dull gray, similar to a hippopotamus, but it has dark brown Floyd | spots on its torso as well. It is currently standing near the defile, Floyd | attempting to scratch itself against the rough rocks, but apparently Floyd | failing to reach the right spot. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her twitching tail and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at Fred and peers at it Floyd | with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flops on the ground and writhes around in obvious frustration. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x back" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x defile" | ||||
Floyd | >A tall barrier, the ridge seems to be broken by a steep defile here Floyd | that might allow you to climb up. If you can survive getting to it. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, curiosity evident from her tilted head and unblinking Floyd | stare. She notices you looking at the ridge and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flails its head towards its back in distress. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | >The GPS is bright yellow and labeled with the brand name "Amring". Floyd | It's a very simple model, with just a single button to display Floyd | coordinates. You push the button and your current latitude and Floyd | longitude display: 46? 10' 58" S, 179? 12' 33" W. Floyd | Floyd | In the GPS is a battery. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her perked ears and Floyd | unconscious chittering. She notices you looking at the GPS and peers at Floyd | it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | Fred snorts in obvious irritation. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||||
Floyd | >You press the transmitter button. "Can I ask you a question, Eruera?" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure, Tim. What would you like to talk about?" Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you intently. She makes a few halfhearted motions, trying Floyd | to imitate calling Eruera on the field radio, but quickly gives up and Floyd | returns to watching you. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flails its head towards its back in distress. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask him about Fred or Mui.) Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask eruera about fred" | ||||
Floyd | >"There's one of the big dinosaurs up here. The notoceratops." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera chuckles a bit. "I hope you didn't run into it literally, Tim." Floyd | You smile, even though it's not that funny. "And the great one did not Floyd | chase you away?" Floyd | Floyd | "No, it didn't." There's a slight pause before he continues. Floyd | Floyd | "That is -- surprising. It takes both a special attitude and strong Floyd | mana to approach the great taniwha. It is normally something that must Floyd | be cultivated over time. That you have this gift is... interesting." Floyd | Floyd | You continue. "It looks like it might be itchy or something -- it keeps Floyd | rolling around and rubbing against the rocks in the same area I need to Floyd | climb up." Floyd | Floyd | "That is odd, Tim. It might have a fungus or other skin condition. You Floyd | could probably try to scratch it. That won't fix the taniwha's problem Floyd | permanently, but it might give it some relief so you could get past Floyd | it." Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, Eruera, I thought of that. But... it's... so big! It could crush Floyd | me like a bug if it wanted to." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera is silent for a moment. "I think I see. Let me tell you a brief Floyd | story that might help you out. It's a legend about how the Mori first Floyd | learned to tame the taniwha." Floyd | Floyd | You wait, and in a moment he starts. "Long ago, the people came to Mui Floyd | with a problem. 'Every year we plant kkmara -- sweet potatoes -- and Floyd | take great care to guard them. We build tall fences to keep away the Floyd | pkkeko -- the swamp hen -- and the old men chase them away night and Floyd | day. Every year the kkmara grow, and every year we prepare for the Floyd | harvest. And every year, the great taniwha come, break down the fences, Floyd | and ravage our crop. We try to fight and chase them away, but they Floyd | charge with heads down and scatter us like raindrops!' Floyd | Floyd | They pleaded with Mui to help them. 'We cannot continue to live when Floyd | the taniwha eat most of our crops. Please, slay these taniwha and you Floyd | may have anything you want as a reward.' Floyd | Floyd | Mui agreed, saying 'I will end the threat of these taniwha for you,' Floyd | for he had heard stories of the giant taniwha and had a plan." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera pauses for a moment to catch his breath, then continues. "Mui Floyd | lived among the people of the village as their honored guest all year, Floyd | and there was much grumbling as the year went on, for Mui ate very Floyd | well indeed and food was scarce. Floyd | Floyd | But finally the harvest drew near, and Mui set forth for the fields to Floyd | confront the taniwha. The villagers were confused, as he took no Floyd | weapon, only a large sack. 'How can he slay the taniwha without a Floyd | spear?' they asked themselves, and the grumbling grew greater. Finally Floyd | the villagers sent a small boy to follow Mui to make sure he did what Floyd | he had agreed to do and didn't just run away. Floyd | Floyd | The boy saw something amazing. As the first of the taniwha approached, Floyd | Mui stood still and silent. The taniwha stopped. Mui moved very Floyd | slowly and smoothly, giving no offense to the great beast, and it Floyd | didn't charge. Mui was able to walk right up to it and put his hand on Floyd | it. Then Mui opened the bag, and inside were the kkmara he'd pretended Floyd | to stuff himself with all year. As the boy watched, Mui pulled out a Floyd | kkmara and fed it to the taniwha." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera pauses for a few moments. "Hours later, the boy came running Floyd | back into the village. But before he could explain what he had seen to Floyd | the elders, Mui appeared, riding proudly on the back of the great Floyd | taniwha, and tossed down the empty sack. The elders were furious. 'You Floyd | agreed to slay the taniwha, and you bring it here into our village?' Floyd | Floyd | 'I never promised to slay the taniwha,' Mui responded. 'I have done Floyd | what I promised. Remember my words. I have ended the threat of these Floyd | taniwha to you.' The elders remembered, and although they were still Floyd | furious, they had to agree that Mui had succeeded." Floyd | Floyd | Eruera concludes, "So the point of that story is that these taniwha Floyd | react well to friendliness. Approach them slowly and respectfully, and Floyd | work out a way to scratch this one's itch, and you should be quite Floyd | safe." Floyd | Floyd | "Wow, Eruera, that's a cool story." You pause for a moment, thinking. Floyd | It makes sense. But you do have one question. "So what did Mui choose Floyd | as his reward?" Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the smile in Eruera's voice. "That is a story for another Floyd | time, Tim. Good luck to you!" Floyd | Floyd | Fred snorts desperately. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bow to fred" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch fred" | ||||
Floyd | >Fred is thrashing around too much for a close approach. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flails its head towards its back in obvious irritation. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x head" | ||||
Floyd | >Fred is an impressive animal, standing seven feet high at the shoulder Floyd | and probably measuring twenty feet from nose to tail. Its large, bony Floyd | head lacks the flattened, shield-like flange that the more Floyd | commonly-known triceratops sports, but the bulbous knob the Floyd | notoceratops has instead looks just as impressive. The dinosaur's skin Floyd | is mostly a dull gray, similar to a hippopotamus, but it has dark brown Floyd | spots on its torso as well. It is currently standing near the defile, Floyd | attempting to scratch itself against the rough rocks, but apparently Floyd | failing to reach the right spot. Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly, Nagi makes a lunge toward the GPS, but you snatch it away Floyd | before she can get it away from you. Floyd | Floyd | Fred rubs against a nearby rock outcrop in obvious frustration. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bark" | ||||
Floyd | >The bark is about a foot in diameter, thick and round. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, showing her interest by her twitching tail and Floyd | unblinking stare. She notices you looking at the chunk of bark and Floyd | peers at it with exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | Fred snorts in distress. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | >You've already walked quite a ways to the west, and found no other Floyd | places to scale the ridge. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flops on the ground and writhes around in obvious frustration. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | >You've already walked quite a ways to the east, and found no other Floyd | places to scale the ridge. Floyd | Floyd | Fred snorts in distress. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||||
Floyd | >You aren't sure where the sharp rocks are at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flops on the ground and writhes around frustratedly. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are Eruera, the stick, Nagi, the chunk of bark, the bucket, the Floyd | battery, the GPS, the map, the ridge, Fred, the kauri forest, the Floyd | ferns, the hole in the bucket, the blob of sticky gum, the field radio, Floyd | and the call button. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ridge" | ||||
Floyd | >A tall barrier, the ridge seems to be broken by a steep defile here Floyd | that might allow you to climb up. If you can survive getting to it. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi watches you, her interest indicated by her perked ears and fixed Floyd | gaze. She notices you looking at the ridge and peers at it with Floyd | exaggerated interest. Floyd | Floyd | Fred flails its head towards its back in distress. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scratch fred" | ||||
Floyd | >(with your fingers) Floyd | You consider scratching Fred, but you don't have the reach required to Floyd | get at Fred's itchy spot. Floyd | Floyd | Fred rubs against a nearby rock outcrop in obvious irritation. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "scratch fred with stick" | ||||
Floyd | >You approach Fred very slowly and deliberately with the stick, ready Floyd | to back away if it shows any aggression. But it doesn't seem to treat Floyd | you as a threat. Your heart pounds as you get close to the twitching Floyd | beast, but finally you're in range. You reach upwards with the stick, Floyd | toward where you've deduced the itchy spot must be. It seems that Floyd | you've guessed correctly, as the huge beast immediately flops down on Floyd | the ground and tilts its back towards you to improve the angle. Once Floyd | your heart settles down after the huge dinosaur's abrupt movement, you Floyd | scratch away as hard as you can, and Fred's satisfied grunts indicate Floyd | that it, at least, thinks you're doing a good job. You study the Floyd | impressive creature as you work, fascinated with its sheer size and Floyd | power. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | Nagi looks at you curiously. She seems to be impressed. Floyd | Floyd | ...but you're completely surprised when a deep voice from behind you Floyd | says "Awww, isn't that cute?" Floyd | Floyd | You whirl around to see who it could be and end up with a rifle barrel Floyd | pressed into your stomach by a tall, brown-haired man in jungle Floyd | camouflage. "Just stay right there, boy," the man says. "You speak Floyd | English?" He plucks the radio out of your hands and looks at it Floyd | briefly, noting the identifying markings on it. "Working with the Floyd | Conservation Service, eh? I don't know where you came from, but you Floyd | aren't going to be going back to tell them about us." Floyd | Floyd | He flicks one hand at the dinosaur without taking his eyes off you, and Floyd | several other men in similar clothing move around you toward Fred, who Floyd | lumbers to its feet, far too slow to avoid capture. Or so it seems. One Floyd | of the men raises what looks like another rifle and points it at the Floyd | beast, but at the last moment Nagi rushes from the undergrowth and Floyd | hurtles onto him, scrambling up his back before leaping to the lower Floyd | branches of a nearby tree and disappearing again. The man jerks as he Floyd | pulls the trigger, and a tranquilizer dart goes wide, flying into the Floyd | forest in a high arc. Floyd | Floyd | Fred surges to its feet, bellows, and crashes off through the forest as Floyd | the leader curses. With a curt gesture, he motions for the men to Floyd | return and tie you up instead. "Those bloody pests! Well, at least we Floyd | know that big dino's still around here. It won't escape us for long. In Floyd | the meantime, you can take its spot in the cages." He smiles. "You Floyd | never know when a Conservation Service hostage might come in handy." Floyd | The man's rifle butt whips up towards the side of your head, and you Floyd | see a blinding, red flash of pain, followed by blackness. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You awaken with a pounding headache, and your friend Nagi licking your Floyd | temple with a raspy tongue. You can't tell whether it's the sandpaper Floyd | sensation or the rank smell of her breath that succeeded in waking you, Floyd | but you stagger to your feet and look around. Floyd | Floyd | Cage Floyd | You're in a large, solidly-constructed steel cage. If the roka on the Floyd | ground wasn't enough to tell you what these cages normally contain, the Floyd | intermittent bellowing from the captured notoceratops in the four other Floyd | cages makes it crystal clear. The locked door of the cage leads north, Floyd | if you could somehow get it open. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, sprawled out on the ground in a funk. She glances at Floyd | you every once in a while to see what you are going to do next. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | >You are carrying nothing. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Is no one else playing?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | >(the cage door) Floyd | The cage door, like the cage itself, is sturdy and solid, if not quite Floyd | new. The bars are just slightly bent, which makes sense since they've Floyd | been keeping live, agitated notoceratops in them. Unfortunately, the Floyd | bend in the bars isn't enough to allow you to slip through like Nagi Floyd | can. There's a lock mechanism on the door that looks like you could Floyd | reach it. Floyd | Floyd | As you take a step you notice something flash at your feet. Nagi Floyd | pounces on it and comes up with something that looks like a snippet of Floyd | thick copper wire. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wire" | ||||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see the lock mechanism, but you feel around the outside Floyd | enough to find the keyhole. It seems simple -- turn the key and the Floyd | lock bolt should slide back and unlock the door. But you don't have the Floyd | key. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roka" | ||||
Floyd | >The roka litters the ground in the cage. Apparently notoceratops have Floyd | a healthy appetite. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take roka" | ||||
Floyd | >You are not picking that up. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell roka" | ||||
Floyd | >It doesn't smell terrible, but it's definitely manure, and there's a Floyd | huge amount of it scattered around the ground. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dinos" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are Eruera, Nagi, the wire snippet, the cages, the steel bars, Floyd | the newer tent, the campfire, the piles of roka, the cage door, and the Floyd | cage door lock. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cages" | ||||
Floyd | >A row of cages occupies the south side of the camp. Yours is in the Floyd | middle, with similar cages to your east and west. The other cages Floyd | contain sad-looking notoceratops, bored and waiting until they get Floyd | shipped off to wherever their final destination might be. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tent" | ||||
Floyd | >This tent's heavy, waterproof canvas seems in the best condition of Floyd | anything in the camp. It's smaller than the army-surplus tent to the Floyd | southwest, but still looks roomy enough to provide a good amount of Floyd | living space and headroom. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pick lock with wire" | ||||
Floyd | >You wait for a moment when no one is watching and start to work. With Floyd | determination, you insert the copper wire and fiddle with the lock. The Floyd | wire snippet is pretty stiff, and long enough to access the lock Floyd | mechanism, but you have no real idea how to pick a lock, and all your Floyd | fumbling does is attract attention. Nagi watches you intently, head Floyd | cocked, trying to figure out what you're doing. And unfortunately, Floyd | you're so engaged in trying to open the lock and fending off the Floyd | "assistance" of Nagi that you don't notice the apparent leader of the Floyd | poachers -- the man who hit you -- approach. Floyd | Floyd | "Well now, what's this?" He grabs your hand, painfully twisting the Floyd | piece of wire free. "Oho, we've got Junior MacGyver here!" Floyd | Floyd | He grips your hand, holding on effortlessly as you try to twist away, Floyd | and considers. "Amusing, son. But if I see you doing that again I'm Floyd | going to shoot you, just on the off chance you might get lucky." He Floyd | drops the piece of copper wire onto the ground, out of your reach. Floyd | Floyd | "Now behave, hear?" He turns on his heel and walks off. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nagi" | ||||
Floyd | >Nagi looks kind of like a lemur, with spotted brown fur, delicate Floyd | arms, and a long, thin tail. Her head is the big tipoff that she's not Floyd | a lemur or a monkey -- two scooped ears that swivel around when she Floyd | listens, beady yellow eyes, and a ratlike snout make it obvious that Floyd | this creature has to be related to bats in some way. Nagi is nearby, Floyd | slipping back and forth through the bars to demonstrate to you how to Floyd | leave the cell. She periodically looks at you, hoping you'll do Floyd | something interesting. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi seems drawn to the piece of copper wire. She slips through the Floyd | bars of the cage, unnoticed, and picks the snippet up. She then turns Floyd | it over and over in her hands, watching how it shines in the light. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You pause for a moment, idly watching Nagi, and think about how you Floyd | might get out of here... Floyd | Floyd | Nagi moves over to the door lock and inserts the piece of wire, Floyd | imitating what she saw you do before. She wiggles the wire around for a Floyd | while, but to no effect, and she finally sits down in confusion. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bolt" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't see the lock mechanism, but you feel around the outside Floyd | enough to find the keyhole. It seems simple -- turn the key and the Floyd | lock bolt should slide back and unlock the door. But you don't have the Floyd | key. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi cocks her head and looks quizzically at the door, considering its Floyd | lock and the piece of wire. You can almost see the wheels turning in Floyd | her head. After a while, she glances over at the tent the leader Floyd | entered. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tent" | ||||
Floyd | >This tent's heavy, waterproof canvas seems in the best condition of Floyd | anything in the camp. It's smaller than the army-surplus tent to the Floyd | southwest, but still looks roomy enough to provide a good amount of Floyd | living space and headroom. Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, Nagi takes off across the center of the camp to the Floyd | north and disappears into the tent there. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Is she gonna get a key for us?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | >This tent's heavy, waterproof canvas seems in the best condition of Floyd | anything in the camp. It's smaller than the army-surplus tent to the Floyd | southwest, but still looks roomy enough to provide a good amount of Floyd | living space and headroom. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You wait near the door of the cage to see what Nagi is going to do Floyd | next... Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You wait near the door of the cage to see what Nagi is going to do Floyd | next... Floyd | Floyd | Nagi bounds out of the tent, carrying something shiny! You squint to Floyd | look more closely as she approaches, and realize with a start that it's Floyd | the key to the lock! Nagi must have stolen it without being detected! Floyd | She sprints across the central area of camp and leaps up onto the door Floyd | of your cell, then jams the key into the lock and starts moving it Floyd | around. Somewhere in all the twisting and poking, you hear a "click". Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | Floyd | Nagi looks up at you and wiggles in excitement. She keeps making Floyd | scooting motions with her head to try to direct you toward the cage Floyd | door. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wire" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't take that. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >(first opening the cage door) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Camp Floyd | You slip out the cage door with care, grateful that the door hadn't Floyd | made much noise when you opened it. Nagi jumps excitedly as you come Floyd | out, and then scoots over to the other cages and quickly unlocks those Floyd | as well. The notoceratops in the other cells waste little time pushing Floyd | through the doors and heading for the hills. Unfortunately, they Floyd | trumpet and bellow in triumph as they go. You can hear shouts from the Floyd | alerted poachers around camp as the notoceratops scatter, but in the Floyd | confusion no one has yet noticed your escape. You look to the east, Floyd | towards the boats, but in a stroke of very bad luck you notice two men Floyd | off in that direction pointing at the dinosaurs and starting to run in Floyd | your direction. Floyd | Floyd | This seems to be the center of the poachers' encampment. A banked Floyd | campfire is in the center of a small cleared space here, a small, newer Floyd | tent is set up to the north, and a collection of large cages is set to Floyd | the south. To the east, a short trail leads down a slope to a beach, Floyd | where the poachers keep their boats. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, zigzagging back and forth as you run and occasionally Floyd | surging towards the west before returning to circle you again. Floyd | Floyd | The formerly-imprisoned notoceratops spread out quickly and rampage Floyd | around camp, trying to find their way out and avoiding the poachers who Floyd | are trying to round them back up. Luckily, no one seems to have spotted Floyd | you yet, although the men from the east are steadily approaching. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x campfire" | ||||
Floyd | >The campfire isn't burning right now, but looks like it's used for Floyd | cooking to judge by the flat, stained rocks nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, trying to lead the way to the west as she flies over Floyd | obstacles with amazing speed. Floyd | Floyd | The formerly-imprisoned notoceratops continue to roam about and rampage Floyd | around camp, trying to find their way out and avoiding the poachers who Floyd | are trying to round them back up. Luckily, no one seems to have spotted Floyd | you yet, although the men from the east are steadily approaching. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | >Center of Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You attempt to duck into the leader's tent to hide and wait out the Floyd | chaos, but run headlong into the leader himself as you approach. He Floyd | reacts quickly, pulling out his pistol and shooting you down as you Floyd | turn to try to run. "I told you I'd shoot you again if you tried to Floyd | escape, boy..." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 9 out of a possible 12, in 428 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Center of Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't go that way. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >You duck back into one of the cages, figuring that it should be safe Floyd | from the rampaging notoceratops. Unfortunately, it also neatly traps Floyd | you, and in a further display of bad luck one of the poachers sees you Floyd | slip into the cage. He approaches, a sneer on his face. "Trapped Floyd | yourself, eh? No ransom is worth losing our dinos." He reaches for his Floyd | sidearm... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 9 out of a possible 12, in 429 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Center of Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wire" | ||||
Floyd | >That noun did not make sense in this context. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "things" | ||||
Floyd | >Nearby are Nagi, the newer tent, the campfire, the poachers, the Floyd | cages, the herd of rampaging notoceratops, the cage door, and the cage Floyd | door lock. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, trying to lead the way to the west as she flies over Floyd | obstacles with amazing speed. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Poacher Camp Floyd | You set out to the west, hoping to use the exodus of the dinosaurs to Floyd | cover your escape, and staying low. As you near the outskirts of camp, Floyd | you duck behind a partially-disassembled jeep for some cover. Floyd | Floyd | The poachers' camp borders the wilderness here. Deep ruts in the ground Floyd | mark the likely spot where their vehicle is parked when it's not in Floyd | use. One large tent lies to the south. To the northwest a crude road Floyd | leads back into the forest, and you could also reach the forest to the Floyd | southwest over a short rise and across a stretch of open field. The Floyd | main portion of the camp is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, zigzagging back and forth as you run and occasionally Floyd | surging towards the southwest before returning to circle you again. Floyd | Floyd | The dinosaurs are fleeing the camp, pursued by poachers with guns, who Floyd | are piling into a jeep. Apparently (and certainly fortunately), no one Floyd | has yet seen you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tent" | ||||
Floyd | >This khaki barracks tent looks really old -- your best guess is it's Floyd | army surplus from three or four wars ago. Its canvas is patched and Floyd | worn, and you suspect it's not even waterproof. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, alternating between chittering anxiously at you and Floyd | scampering up your leg to your shoulder, looking towards the southwest. Floyd | Floyd | The dinosaurs are fleeing up the trail, pursued by poachers with guns Floyd | roaring off up the trail after them. Apparently (and certainly Floyd | fortunately), no one has yet seen you. Unfortunately, not all the Floyd | poachers drove off in the jeep; there are a few still rounding up Floyd | stragglers. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | >Poacher Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >Nagi heads for the treeline to the southwest, and you realize that you Floyd | probably should have followed her. Instead, you make a move toward the Floyd | tent, hoping to hide inside. As you approach, however, you hear loud Floyd | arguing from inside and quickly retreat back behind the jeep. Floyd | Floyd | The dinosaurs are fleeing up the trail, pursued by poachers with guns Floyd | roaring off up the trail after them. Apparently (and certainly Floyd | fortunately), no one has yet seen you. Unfortunately, not all the Floyd | poachers drove off in the jeep; there are a few still rounding up Floyd | stragglers. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | >Poacher Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | >Nagi heads for the treeline to the southwest, and you realize that you Floyd | probably should have followed her. Instead, headed up the trail toward Floyd | the forest, and you're quickly apprehended by a group of poachers. This Floyd | time you're thoroughly tied up before being thrown back in your cage, Floyd | and escape proves impossible. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 9 out of a possible 12, in 430 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Poacher Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Tree Screen Floyd | You set out across the open space to the southeast, staying low and Floyd | heading for the treeline, still unseen. And it seems to be going well Floyd | until one of the men gets bowled over by a notoceratops and sees you as Floyd | he gets back to his feet. Floyd | Floyd | "Hey! That kid's loose! He's getting away! Get him!" Floyd | Floyd | You've never been happier to see the thick forest -- you've got a good Floyd | chance of losing your pursuers in here, you figure. The grasses of the Floyd | slope to the northeast give way to ferns and kauri trees as the animal Floyd | trail leads off into the shaded forest to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, alternating between chittering anxiously at you and Floyd | scampering up your leg to your shoulder, looking towards the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear shouts from your pursuers. "He's getting away! Faster, Floyd | dammit!" Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Debris Slope Floyd | You dash up the animal trail, trying to keep distance over your Floyd | pursuers, but they're much fresher and do a good job of keeping up with Floyd | you. You burst from the undergrowth near the slope of scree. Floyd | Floyd | To the west, a very shallow slope of mixed scree and debris leads up to Floyd | the bank of the mountain stream. At the bottom, where you stand, the Floyd | forest thickens again, with faint animal trails leading north into the Floyd | deeper forest and east towards the thinner trees that line the coast. Floyd | By keeping close to the streambank, you could also manage to follow the Floyd | water southeast down toward the shore. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, trying to lead the way to the north as she flies over Floyd | obstacles with amazing speed. Floyd | Floyd | The pursuing men aren't shouting any more, but you can hear them Floyd | crashing through the ferns and undergrowth. They're not far behind you. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Moa Nest Floyd | Turning abruptly, you head for the north at a dead sprint, bursting Floyd | into the moa's hollow, causing her to squawk in alarm before she Floyd | recognizes you. Your lungs are burning and you aren't sure how long you Floyd | can keep this pace up. Floyd | Floyd | The trail descends into a hollow here, free of trees. Centered in the Floyd | valley floor is a large mound of volcanic rock, with a large boulder Floyd | plugging up a fumarole on top. The surrounding rock is riddled with Floyd | cracks, crevices, and fissures, and hidden in one of the larger Floyd | depressions is a very large bird's nest, which doesn't look completely Floyd | intact. The forest trail leads upslope to both the north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi is nearby, alternating between chittering anxiously at you and Floyd | scampering up your leg to your shoulder, looking towards the north. Floyd | Floyd | The moa seems alert and agitated, but sticks near her nest and egg. Floyd | Floyd | Behind you, a group of pursuers rushes into the hollow. This second Floyd | disruption alarms the moa, who stands, draws herself up to her full Floyd | twelve feet of height, and challenges the newcomers from her nest. The Floyd | poachers ignore the bird, instead pointing at you and calling out in Floyd | excitement. "There he is! Grab that kid!" Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Clearing Floyd | You skirt the fumarole, heading farther up the trail toward the deeper Floyd | forest, and although your exhausted body keeps telling you there's no Floyd | way you'll make it, you keep pushing forward anyway. Unfortunately, the Floyd | main danger isn't behind you. Floyd | Floyd | "Kai a te kur+! Gotcha, you little troublemaker!" A tall Mori man Floyd | wearing camouflage clothing and carrying a rifle rounds the corner Floyd | directly ahead of you and grabs your shoulder, crunching the bones Floyd | painfully. Almost before you realize what's happening, Nagi leaps onto Floyd | your shoulder with a great bound and sinks her sharp little teeth into Floyd | the man's hand! "hah, what the hell?" Floyd | Floyd | He whips his hand off your shoulder to smack little Nagi, evoking a Floyd | screech of rage. You twist free, sprinting towards the forest to the Floyd | north, hoping there aren't any more poachers ahead of you on the trail. Floyd | Floyd | The narrow forest trail opens onto a small clearing here, where the Floyd | kauri gives way to unhealthy-looking ferns and thin, yellowish grass. Floyd | The trail leaves the clearing to both north and south. Floyd | Floyd | As you continue, you hear a shout of rage, and then a horrible, Floyd | high-pitched squeal of pain. Despite your desperation, you slow for a Floyd | second and risk a quick glance behind you. No sign of Nagi. Floyd | Floyd | I hope she's OK. If she can just get into the trees she should be Floyd | fine... Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | Deep Forest Floyd | You keep running, glancing to the side and over your shoulder, hoping Floyd | to catch a glimpse of brown fur or beady yellow eyes, but you don't see Floyd | anything. The forest seems silent, aside from the breath burning in and Floyd | out of your lungs as you keep running north, heading for the defile you Floyd | found earlier. Floyd | Floyd | The breeze blowing the tops of the thickly-clustered kauri makes the Floyd | few flashes of light dance and whirl around you. The trail is all but Floyd | lost here. A tall, sheer, charcoal-gray ridge stretches as far as you Floyd | can see from the east to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Fred stands here, complacent and slowly munching plants with its Floyd | powerful jaws as it watches you arrive, at a run and out of breath. It Floyd | holds your gaze for a few eternal seconds, then slowly kneels down, as Floyd | if in invitation. Floyd | Floyd | You stumble to a stop in front of the dinosaur. Maybe it's the fatigue Floyd | blurring your vision, but you seem to see it with a strange kind of Floyd | double vision -- as the powerful lord of the forest, but also as the Floyd | Mori do -- as an avenging spirit, the taniwha, the protector of the Floyd | land. You and Fred hold motionless, watching each other for what seems Floyd | like hours, but eventually the sounds of cursing men crashing through Floyd | the ferns breaks the spell. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride fred" | ||||
Floyd | >As you approach Fred -- the taniwha -- it feels inevitable. Even Floyd | destined. You may be running for your life, but as you near the massive Floyd | dinosaur there's a timeless moment when you can forget that -- can feel Floyd | something like what those Mori warriors of legend must have felt Floyd | before charging into battle on the backs of beasts just like this one. Floyd | Floyd | As if in a dream, you climb up onto the taniwha's back. It seems high Floyd | up, and that's before it stands, but for once you aren't afraid, and it Floyd | feels so good to leave that fear back on the ground. You can actually Floyd | see that little Mori boy from your visions sitting on the beast's back Floyd | along with you, even though you know he can't be real. He has a wild Floyd | grin on his face, and when you see it, you feel a thrill of contagious Floyd | excitement. As it rises, the power and size of the beast you ride makes Floyd | you feel like a superhero, or a Greek demigod like Hercules. Floyd | Floyd | (While riding Fred, you can try to control its movements. Use the Floyd | command FASTER to urge it to greater speed, SLOWER to try to slow it Floyd | down, and LEFT and RIGHT to try to shift the direction it's moving in.) Floyd | Floyd | Deep Forest (on Fred, facing east and stopped) Floyd | The breeze blowing the tops of the thickly-clustered kauri makes the Floyd | few flashes of light dance and whirl around you. The trail is all but Floyd | lost here. A tall, sheer, charcoal-gray ridge stretches as far as you Floyd | can see from the east to the west. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | DavidW says, "uh, I'm not sure which way to go." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | >You can't directly make Fred move to a compass direction. Use FASTER, Floyd | SLOWER, LEFT, and RIGHT instead. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faster" | ||||
Floyd | >With some nervousness, you give Fred's flanks a bit of a kick, like Floyd | you were riding a horse. For a moment, Fred doesn't move -- just stands Floyd | there -- and a moment of doubt creeps in. What if the poachers find you Floyd | while you're still just standing here? But then the beast lurches and Floyd | you grab for a better handhold. It's stomping the ground with massive Floyd | impacts, alternating sides and tossing its head, dancing a war-dance -- Floyd | its own haka. It starts walking at a meandering pace, paralleling the Floyd | rock wall. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | >Deep Forest Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "left" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your left, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the left. It reluctantly turns to the Floyd | northeast. It snorts in mild irritation. Floyd | | ||||
| Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "left" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your left, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the left. It slowly complies, turning Floyd | to the north. It then lowers its head to munch a few ferns. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faster" | ||||
Floyd | >Although you're somewhat afraid of irritating it, you give Fred's Floyd | flanks a bit of a kick, like you were riding a horse. Unfortunately, Floyd | it's currently looking in the direction of the rock wall, and so it Floyd | just sits there, unmoving. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your right, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the right. It reluctantly comes Floyd | around to the northeast. It tosses its head a bit in apparent Floyd | frustration. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your right, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the right. It grumpily veers to the Floyd | east, parallel to the rock wall. Then it shakes its head and knocks Floyd | your hand loose. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faster" | ||||
Floyd | >With determination, you give Fred's flanks a bit of a kick, like you Floyd | were riding a horse. For a moment, Fred doesn't move -- just stands Floyd | there -- and a moment of doubt creeps in. What if the poachers find you Floyd | while you're still just standing here? But then the beast lurches and Floyd | you grab for a better handhold. It's stomping the ground with massive Floyd | impacts, alternating sides and tossing its head, dancing a war-dance -- Floyd | its own haka. It starts walking at a meandering pace, paralleling the Floyd | rock wall. Floyd | | Ellison asks, "wow, this is still going on? were any cool easter eggs found? or just dinosaur eggs?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faster" | ||||
Floyd | >Although you're somewhat afraid of irritating it, you urge Fred to Floyd | greater speed with another kick. It speeds up to a trot, jolting your Floyd | body with each impact of its feet, still paralleling the rock wall. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faster" | ||||
Floyd | >With determination, you kick again, hoping to spur Fred out of its Floyd | jolting trot. Unfortunately, the notoceratops doesn't seem to want to Floyd | go any faster in the thick forest. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I seem to be playing alone." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Deep Forest (on Fred, facing east and trotting) Floyd | The breeze blowing the tops of the thickly-clustered kauri makes the Floyd | few flashes of light dance and whirl around you. The trail is all but Floyd | lost here. A tall, sheer, charcoal-gray ridge stretches as far as you | Ellison says, "I already played through. you're right near the end, though." | |||
Floyd | can see from the east to the west. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold on and allow Fred to continue doing what it's doing. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold on and allow Fred to continue doing what it's doing. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold on and allow Fred to continue doing what it's doing. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold on and allow Fred to continue doing what it's doing. | DavidW says, "I don't seem to be getting anywhere, though" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your right, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the right. It reluctantly comes Floyd | around to the southeast, crashing through undergrowth and jarring you Floyd | with each step. As you continue, you come across ruts in the ground Floyd | that were obviously made by vehicles, and before long you're following | Ellison says, "I think I sort of lucked upon the solution instead of actually knowing where I was supposed to be going at this point" | |||
Floyd | the wide trail back toward the poacher camp. Floyd | Floyd | They almost got me in the forest; my only chance is to get through to Floyd | the shore where their boats are... Floyd | Floyd | From up ahead, you see the glow of headlights. In a moment, it resolves Floyd | into one of the poachers' jeeps bouncing over the rutted trail. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "status" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "statusline" | ||||
Floyd | >You either used a verb or keyword I don't recognize, or used it in a Floyd | way that I can't understand. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | >Wide Trail (on Fred, facing southeast and trotting) Floyd | This makeshift dirt road has obviously seen heavy use by large Floyd | vehicles. Deep, bare ruts push through a jumble of slashed plants and Floyd | trees. The trail leads from the forest to the northwest to the Floyd | poachers' camp to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The jeep closes, almost upon you. You can see the men on the sides Floyd | moving frantically, likely getting their guns ready to shoot. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "left" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your left, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the left. It grumpily turns to the Floyd | east, leaving the ruts and bashing back into the forest. Unfortunately, Floyd | you don't manage to disappear into the forest quite quickly enough to Floyd | avoid a lucky shot from one of the men in the jeep, and you tumble to Floyd | the forest floor, fatally injured. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 12, in 452 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Wide Trail Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | >You hold on and allow Fred to continue doing what it's doing. Floyd | Unfortunately, it's not moving quickly enough to outpace the jeep, Floyd | which quickly slews around. The armed men inside get several good shots Floyd | off as you trot down the trail, and one of them gets lucky. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 12, in 452 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Wide Trail Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "faster" | ||||
Floyd | >Although you're somewhat afraid of irritating it, you kick again, Floyd | hoping to spur Fred out of its jolting trot. It responds, speeding up Floyd | to a full, charging run! You can barely hold on as it hurtles onward Floyd | toward the poacher camp. Floyd | Floyd | Poacher Camp (on Fred, facing southeast and running) Floyd | The poachers' camp borders the wilderness here. Deep ruts in the ground Floyd | mark the likely spot where their vehicle is parked when it's not in Floyd | use. One large tent lies to the south. To the northwest a crude road Floyd | leads back into the forest, and you could also reach the forest to the Floyd | southwest over a short rise and across a stretch of open field. The Floyd | main portion of the camp is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | One of the remaining jeeps roars into life, several armed men hanging Floyd | on as the driver spins the wheel and tries to cut you off. The jeep is Floyd | just to the left of Fred's head, blocking the way into the center of Floyd | the poacher encampment. Floyd | | ||||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "I'm terrible at chase scenes." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your right, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the right. For a moment you're not Floyd | sure it's going to cooperate, but at the last minute Fred veers off to Floyd | the south, headed for the large barracks tent. You hear a few gunshots Floyd | behind you, but they don't seem to hit you. You barrel though the tent, Floyd | pulling the heavy fabric down and quickly ensnaring even the powerful Floyd | notoceratops. You don't get a chance to find out what the poachers Floyd | might do to you, as Fred, in its futile thrashing attempts to escape, Floyd | crushes the life out of you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 12, in 453 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Poacher Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "left" | ||||
Floyd | >You reach forward, lean to your left, and try to pull the bony plate Floyd | of Fred's head to get it to go to the left. For a moment you're not Floyd | sure it's going to cooperate -- that it's finally had enough of you Floyd | tugging and prodding at it -- but at the last minute Fred lowers its Floyd | massive head, puts on an extra burst of speed, bellows in fury, and Floyd | charges to the left. You catch one glimpse of the men on the jeep, eyes Floyd | wide, raising their hands in a futile instinctive attempt to ward off Floyd | the charging beast. And then you're upon them, Fred's bony head Floyd | slamming into the side of the jeep with a tremendous crash as you brace Floyd | against the shock. The impact knocks the jeep clear over onto its side Floyd | and sends men sprawling in all directions! You're thrown forward by the Floyd | impact and take quite a thump from the back of the dinosaur's bony head Floyd | plate. You start to slip off to the right, but manage to hang on -- Floyd | barely -- with one hand. Floyd | Floyd | The jeep's engine cuts out with a heavy sound of clunking metal, and Floyd | before any of the men can even lift their heads from the ground, you Floyd | and Fred barrel east into the center of the camp. Floyd | Floyd | Center of Camp Floyd | Fred barrels into the center of the camp in a berserk fury, charging at Floyd | the tents and lashing out at the cages, whirling and stomping in a Floyd | frenzy. You hold on for dear life, but when the taniwha rears and Floyd | twists almost completely around, your grip loosens and you spin to the Floyd | ground in a painful heap. You scramble to the side to avoid being Floyd | trampled. Floyd | Floyd | This seems to be the center of the poachers' encampment. A banked Floyd | campfire is in the center of a small cleared space here, a small, newer Floyd | tent is set up to the north, and a collection of large cages is set to Floyd | the south. To the east, a short trail leads down a slope to a beach, Floyd | where the poachers keep their boats. Floyd | Floyd | In the general chaos you think you might again slip away unnoticed, but Floyd | one of the cowering poachers to the west has apparently spotted you and Floyd | is moving to intercept as Fred continues its destructive frenzy. You Floyd | quickly shift to the side to avoid being stepped on, and consider your Floyd | possible escape routes. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Looks like north or east." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | >You duck into the remains of the private tent to the north, hoping to Floyd | hide and wait out the destruction. However, the notoceratops decides Floyd | that the tent is not flat enough yet, and charges again, trampling you Floyd | as well as a footlocker and camp stove. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 12, in 454 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Center of Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | >You duck into one of the cages, figuring that it should be safe from Floyd | the rampaging notoceratops. Unfortunately, it also neatly traps you, Floyd | and the poacher quickly slams shut the door and locks it again. Once Floyd | order is restored, you don't stay a prisoner for long. However, you Floyd | don't stay alive for long either. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 10 out of a possible 12, in 454 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd | command? | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | > Center of Camp Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | > Floyd | North Beach Floyd | You scramble in what seems to be the only safe direction -- down Floyd | towards the beach. In all the confusion, you can't see whether you're Floyd | being followed or not, but the chaos won't last forever. You scan the Floyd | shoreline, evaluating your possible escape options. Floyd | Floyd | This thin beach of grey sand curves around a shallow bay, with rough, Floyd | broken rock blocking travel to the north and south. Waves lap at the Floyd | shore in the mild breeze, rocking the boats moored here. A path rises Floyd | up to the west towards the poachers' camp. Floyd | Floyd | A fairly large and weathered transport ship is here, partially hidden Floyd | under frayed camouflage netting. Floyd | Floyd | A small speedboat, patched and covered with camouflage netting, is Floyd | beached on the strand nearby. Floyd | Floyd | As you move toward the shoreline, the poacher you noticed earlier Floyd | crests the top of the ridge, rifle slung over his back. He scans the Floyd | shore, stops when he sees you, and starts down at a jog, unlimbering Floyd | his weapon. Floyd | | DavidW says, "I suppose whatever boat I take, the poacher will take the other." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter speedboat" | ||||
Floyd | >You climb into the speedboat and glance around to familiarize yourself Floyd | with the controls. Floyd | Floyd | The speedboat looks like it's seen better days -- its hull has been Floyd | patched in numerous places and it's been covered with camouflage Floyd | netting to keep it hidden. The motor looks pretty big, though. You're Floyd | in a bit too much of a hurry to take much time going over the controls Floyd | at this point, but the obvious ones include an ignition button and a Floyd | steering wheel. A life preserver and attached coil of line sit at the Floyd | aft end of the boat. Floyd | Floyd | The armed man starts to run, visibly agitated. "Get away from the Floyd | boats, kid!" He snaps a shot at you, but he's not that good at shooting Floyd | on the run, and he misses. Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ignition" | ||||
Floyd | >Moving Into the Bay (in the speedboat) Floyd | You grit your teeth, hoping the motor is fueled and ready to go, and Floyd | stab the red ignition button. After a couple seconds of grinding, the Floyd | motor roars to life and a wave of relief washes over you. You ease the Floyd | throttle lever up to a middling range and pull away from shore just as Floyd | the man with the gun reaches the beach at a dead sprint and levels his Floyd | rifle at you. Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, you spot something small, furry and familiar sprinting Floyd | through the poacher's legs and running toward the boat. As she reaches Floyd | the shore, Nagi makes an impossible leap into the air, arms stretched Floyd | out wide, towards the speedboat. And she almost makes it. She manages Floyd | to grab at the back end of the boat, but ends up pulling the life Floyd | preserver overboard and both she and it fall into the ocean. Floyd | Floyd | As the boat moves out into the bay, Nagi and the life preserver float Floyd | behind, but the line starts to silently spool out of its coil, and you Floyd | notice the line's other end isn't tied to anything. In a short time, it Floyd | and Nagi will be gone. Floyd | Floyd | You glance back to shore, just in time to see the flash of a shot that Floyd | apparently missed you, since you still seem to be alive. Floyd | The boat motors away from shore, further into the clear blue waters of Floyd | the bay. The shoreline runs from north to south here, with nothing but Floyd | the wide ocean to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi, sopping wet and struggling, hangs onto the life preserver with a Floyd | deathgrip as the boat pulls away. The line attached to the life Floyd | preserver continues to spool smoothly into the sea as the distance Floyd | increases, but there's still some left. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull line" | ||||
Floyd | >Another shot sings past your ear as you pull the line, life preserver, Floyd | and Nagi into the boat. Wasting no time, you hunch back to the seat, Floyd | plant yourself, and slam the lever all the way to "H". The boat leaps Floyd | forward, throwing water into the sky and pushing a huge wake out to the Floyd | sides as you rocket out into the bay, leaving the poacher on shore with Floyd | no shot but wild ones. You can feel a power -- strong mana surrounding Floyd | you with destiny, and you know somehow that his shots will lack all Floyd | potency against you. Floyd | Floyd | Nagi scampers forward and leaps onto your shoulder, dripping seawater Floyd | and chattering in ecstasy as you slew the craft towards the south. You Floyd | know how it's going to be -- you'll make it back to Eruera, pick him Floyd | up, and head for the closest Conservation Service coastal watch Floyd | station. You know it, and as the air and sea rush past you, you seem to Floyd | see the little Maori boy off on the horizon, smiling his wild, Floyd | triumphant smile. You can feel his presence all the way as you roar Floyd | down to the familiar shore where Eruera waits for you, waving and Floyd | laughing in amazement, ready to hear your tale and leave this coast Floyd | with you to find the station and rescue and, with luck, some justice. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In that game you scored 12 out of a possible 12, in 457 turns. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, or read the EPILOGUE? | DavidW says, "yay. But I suspect we missed a few things. Like, what the X on the map was about." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "epilogue" | ||||
Floyd | > "The helicopter's just ahead, Tim." Eruera's crutch slows him down Floyd | just a bit, but you still have to trot a little to keep up. You stop at Floyd | the edge of the clearing, and Eruera turns to you and gently lifts Nagi Floyd | from your shoulder. "I'll take care of Nagi for you until next year, Floyd | OK?" He smiles reassuringly and claps your shoulder. "And don't worry, Floyd | she'll remember you! These little ones do not often take a liking to Floyd | people, but once they do their loyalty is legendary." Floyd | Floyd | You pet Nagi for a while, and she chirps and bleeks contentedly as you Floyd | blink away some dust the helicopter must have kicked up when it landed. Floyd | It's time, I guess. You shake Eruera's hand, turn away, and push Floyd | through the growing wind as the helicopter's blades begin to spin up. Floyd | As you approach, the pilot pushes the cockpit door open and beckons you Floyd | aboard, a lopsided smile on his face. You step up, fasten your harness, Floyd | and put on your helmet. Once the intercom is enabled, the pilot speaks. Floyd | "So, you are the notorious Tim Cooper? The pkeh toa that caught the Floyd | taniwha raiders?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, I'm Tim." Floyd | Floyd | The helicopter rises into the air and you wave at Eruera and Nagi as Floyd | you tilt forward and pick up speed. "Kia ora, Tim! Good to have you Floyd | aboard! We'll get you over to headquarters in about 45 minutes!" Very Floyd | little time before you get to New Port Nelson and start your long hours Floyd | of official debriefing and depositions. Floyd | Floyd | You take a moment to reflect back on the last two weeks. The memories Floyd | blur together, but your almost unrecognizable Program t-shirt reads Floyd | like a diary -- rips and green stains from the amazing adventure of Floyd | that first day, grease spots from the paua skewers you scarfed down at Floyd | the crazy celebratory beach barbecue after your rescue, the giant Floyd | mudstain when you skidded down thirty steep feet of Te Apiti ravine on Floyd | your back and side, in hot pursuit of a group of spiny-backed taniwha. Floyd | Floyd | The clearing is nothing but a light green dot in the darker green of Floyd | the forest, far behind you, and you slump back in your seat. You can't Floyd | believe it's over already; it seems like only a day or two since you Floyd | got here. But you hold tight to one hope. Eruera was sure you could Floyd | come back next year. "They're going to remember the name 'Tim Cooper'," Floyd | he said, grinning. "I'll make sure of that! All you have to do is get Floyd | your application in next year and you'll be on your way back." Back in Floyd | the forest, back working with the taniwha and the Conservation Service. Floyd | Back with Nagi. A year isn't so long to wait, right? Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, or read the EPILOGUE? | ||||
| Gerynar has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "cool. That sounds like a possible sequel setup." | |||
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