  
 
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. Below is a transcript of Wishbringer, written by Brian Moriarty. Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams was released in 1985 by Infocom. You can learn more about the game by visiting the ifWiki. The game is only available commercially, and given its age it can sometimes be quite difficult to track down, but it's well worth the investment of time and money to find your own copy, because it's a true classic.WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page. |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of Floyd | Thermofax. Floyd | Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath. Floyd | Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand... Floyd | Floyd | WISHBRINGER Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc. Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920 Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | eu asks, "Will we need a driver?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't think so, no." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If the time comes where it seems necessary, we can decide." | ||||
| eu says, "'K." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x signpost" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "The main thing is to clear with other players before changing locations." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine signpost" | ||||
Floyd | There are two arrows on the signpost. The arrow pointing west says "To Floyd | Cemetery." The east arrow is marked "To Festeron." Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu asks, "Other question: should I be taking notes?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine lawn" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing unusual about the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're not holding anything. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to eu), "Hm. Not sure." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Never hurts." | ||||
| eu says, "Okay." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine me" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary about yourself. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu asks, "Head north now?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | Uh-oh! The calling voice belongs to your mean old boss, Mr. Crisp! Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu says, "Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have dawdled so much." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "enter office" | ||||
Floyd | Post Office Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs Floyd | along the entire length of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other Floyd | people's postcards. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?" Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere Floyd | for you!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.) Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "crisp examine" | ||||
Floyd | He's wearing a regulation Post Office uniform, which does little to Floyd | hide his ugly face. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That Floyd | means NOW!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "eat crisp" | ||||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that Mr. Crisp would agree with you. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Get Floyd | moving! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu says, "Hey, Magick." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "hought that mgiht get a special message, but no." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "look at time" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any time here! Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | * jenrexrode has left the channel. | |||
| djfletch says, "I've found the feelies online" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Link?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "[LINK]" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, lots to read." | ||||
| eu says, "Haha: the fourth knight." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "envelope get" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp rumbles, "Quit stalling!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu asks (of Johnny), "Reversed commands?" | |||
| Ghogg goes home. | Johnny says (to eu), "I have no clue what you're talking about." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Someone please memorize the nature of the wishes." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why are platypi swarming the princess' feet in this book?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is that an allusion or in joke I am missing?" | ||||
| Gunther says, "you'll see" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "How ibhr is saying 'envelope get' instead of 'get envelope' and 'crisp examine' instead of 'examine crisp'" | ||||
| Johnny says, "As long as it works." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x envelope" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine envelope" | ||||
Floyd | (You'll find the envelope inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp yells, "Scram!" Floyd | Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.) Floyd | > | inuredbyheavyrain says, "I thought it was a Mario reference. I love that series" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So this page seems to be pretty key:" | ||||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||||
| K-Y says, "Super Mario Sunshine did not exist in 1985" | ||||
| eu asks, "So, I guess the Magick shop is due north since we're at the south end of town and it's in North Festeron?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yup, looks like that" | ||||
| eu asks, "Shall we head out?" | ||||
| Biep arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | djfletch says, "go for it" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Yikes." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You'd tumble down the hill if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post Floyd | Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street, Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Not so inviting anymore." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "I meant Johnny writing like that, not the game's parser." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Mutato nomine, de te fabula narratur... change name, of your nonsense story teller?" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post Floyd | Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "No wf please." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "My Latin sucks, but that's a crude translation from our Latin dictionary." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes, do no whisper to Floyd." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Werewolf habits die harder than a villager, I realize." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "s/do no/do not" | ||||
| Biep disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||||
Floyd | It smells just like a poodle. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your Floyd | heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Do not whisper to Floyd. Please use 'F LOOK'" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine teeth" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "teeth" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "where was the Latin?" | |||
| Alex says (to djfletch), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that latin is Marcus Iuliam pulsat! Naso Iuliae foeda est! Iulia plorat: u-hu-u. Furthermore, the best language to program IF in is Latin." | ||||
| eu says (to djfletch), "The last image." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a mysterious envelope. Floyd | Floyd | The poodle circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh, right, thanks" | |||
| eu says, "Er, no. The tenth. But yeah." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "poodle get" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle might not like it if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Okay, the novelty's wearing off." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "kick poodle" | ||||
Floyd | Are you kidding? This poodle is MEAN! Floyd | Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Perhaps we should head west first?" | |||
| Johnny says, "You'd hardly want to kick a NICE poodle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Valid point." | ||||
| eu asks, "Or can we go inside?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter cottage" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle won't let you near the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your Floyd | heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Okay, nevermind. West?" | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine gate" | ||||
Floyd | The bars of the open iron gate are 12 feet high, and closely spaced. Floyd | Floyd | > | inuredbyheavyrain says, "Sorry, typo caused me to whisper." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||||
Floyd | It's already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, the magick shoppe is past the poodle?" | |||
| eu says, "Or the graveyard; the paths join up; [LINK]" | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "climb gate" | ||||
Floyd | The iron gate is much too high. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "it's confusing that the map squares aren't the rooms" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "yay map" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'm going to draw my own map as well I think" | ||||
| eu says, "Oh, the 23-52-1 on the envelope means that the shop is in the outlying regions." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I like how the poodle is so MEAN it has to be marked on the map." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ha" | ||||
| eu says, "Heh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So we can totally get around the poodle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except for the cabin." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I don't trust these open gates - I bet they are going to shut behind us and trap us in the graveyard" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So he's not blocking off the whole map, just this one building." | ||||
| eu says, "Or she." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "right" | ||||
| eu says, "But yeah, it looks like just the cabin." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, wish I still had my Wishbringer stone." | ||||
| eu asks (of Jacqueline), "What happened to it?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But on the flip side, I found a rock that looks a lot like one, and it's on my computer desk." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to eu), "Not sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "My mother maybe still has it, but I kinda doubt it." | ||||
| eu asks, "West again?" | ||||
| gjnave arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "yup, probably all we can do" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place. Are you sure you want to go in there? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | gjnave asks, "what we playing?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "oho" | ||||
| eu says, "Wishbringer." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We have to go *through* the cemetery to get around the poodle." | ||||
| eu says (to gjnave), "See [LINK] for feelies." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's check out the cemetery. If the eldritch vapors get us, we have undo or can restart." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You have been warned. Floyd | Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane Floyd | wanders north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine tombstones" | ||||
Floyd | The lettering is too faded to read clearly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You have been warned. Creepy indeed." | |||
| eu asks, "I guess keep going?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Not seeing what to do, so yeah." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "gravedigger, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine copse" | ||||
Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "copse.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine willow" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the willow tree.) Floyd | The droopy boughs sway eerily in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's Floyd | have a look at it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "look in grave" | ||||
Floyd | It's six feet deep and freshly dug. You can see an old bone inside. Floyd | Floyd | "Sure would like to get a closer look at that mysterious envelope." Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Ah, a bone." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "give envelope" | ||||
Floyd | (to the gravedigger) Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. "Hmm," Floyd | he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried that old Floyd | woman years ago." Floyd | Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.) Floyd | Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you Floyd | soon." Floyd | Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to undo?) Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to inuredbyheavyrain), "I don't think you need to undo. That looked useful." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Wait, why undo - right." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x bone" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine bone" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing interesting about the old bone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the old bone from here. The open grave is too deep. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm, he took his shovel." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Keep exploring, and remember that it's here?" | ||||
| eu says, "Sounds good." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Twilight Glen Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is locking the iron gate from the outside as you Floyd | approach. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells you with a Floyd | sly wink. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Umbrella!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "ACK" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Locked in" | ||||
| eu says, "But we have an umbrella, which might reach the bone, which might distract the poodle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh right. Dog and bone." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | The handle of the closed umbrella is carved like a parrot's head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "If it's okay, I will try." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Did we try getting into the grave? I know that would probably not be good." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We have the save option." | ||||
| eu says, "Oh, no, we didn't." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to eu), "Sure" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bone with umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something Floyd | else.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the old bone from here. The open grave is too deep. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter grave" | ||||
Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. Floyd | Floyd | There's an old bone here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bone" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave. Floyd | Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Can we get out?" | |||
| eu exclaims, "Oh, that wasn't so hard. Good work Jacqueline!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "woohoo" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky. Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | The poodle circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That was almost TOO easy" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "feed bone to poodle" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter cottage" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle won't let you near the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Hmm." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling Floyd | brightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So that didn't distract him enough." | |||
| eu says, "I guess not." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Lace the bone with a sleeping agent we have not yet found, perhaps." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ooh, let's talk to her." | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe you just can't get into the cottage" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x Miss Voss" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, with the gate to the cemetery locked, there's no getting anywhere if we can't get past the poodle." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at voss" | ||||
Floyd | She's holding a purse and an armful of books. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp," Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask voss about poodle" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm in a hurry. Let's talk later," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | "This is the note I want you to take," says Miss Voss, holding it out Floyd | to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "but could we have got here before?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I tried to type that as 'ask voss about poople'" | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "We probably needed to get in that library, too, because this is an Infocom game." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait, just realized we're past it." | ||||
| eu says (to djfletch), "Possibly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, I guess not. I guess I see what you mean by maybe it's just the cabin. Sorry." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to restart and see?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "get note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!" Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "We can probably continue and check later. We might have to restart anyway." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | The name "Corky" is beautifully handwritten on the outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "We can't get back to Crisp, though. The door is locked. Right?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Corky Crisp, man. Bet the kids made fun of him." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No wonder he's so cranky." | ||||
| djfletch says, "haha" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could check the post office and see" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Do Cookie Crisps date back to the mid-80s?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Not sure." | ||||
| eu | Introduced in 1977... | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, check the PO" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | Floyd | An angry poodle is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Did it finish the bone?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine bone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any bone here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The poodle glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "it's west I think" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle won't let you go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the poodle's sharp little teeth snapping as it nips your Floyd | heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Are we kneeling down in front of the poodle?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Poodles can be pretty big." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But maybe we are a child." | ||||
| eu says, "It's very dragon-like for a poodle." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we get past the poodle now that the bone is gone?" | ||||
| eu says, "Doesn't look like it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "poo" | ||||
| djfletch says, "need more bones" | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe we get back through the graveyard from the other side" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Dig up a skeleton with the umbrella? Probably not." | ||||
| djfletch says, "if there's a way to open the gate" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we maybe shouldn't have tried to return to the PO" | ||||
| eu asks, "Explore northwards for now?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, might as well" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "May I turn on verbose?" | |||
| djfletch says, "yes, would be useful" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hmm, I suppose east or west are probably exits" | |||
| eu says, "Also, enter library." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Or maybe you have to go ne" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "to go e" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "This map is neat, but a little hard to intuit." | ||||
| djfletch says, "see if the library is really locked" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter library" | ||||
Floyd | The library door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open library door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "attack door" | ||||
Floyd | You won't get through the library door that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | (It's 4:00 pm. Better hurry! The Magick Shoppe closes in less than an Floyd | hour!) Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Oh, a time limit!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "hrm, yeah" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we even know which building is hers?" | ||||
| eu says, "Based on the envelope, the one on the spirally hill to the north." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Is she the creepy - right" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, well, we can always ignore the time on this first play through if we'd like." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I took the liberty of getting the responses for swearing: "(Grow up.)", "(Computers aren't impressed by naughty words.)", and "(What charming language.)"" | ||||
| Johnny says, "You know, for sciense." | ||||
| Johnny says, "er, science" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "How, you're playing offline, too?"" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | A hollow voice says, "Fool!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||||
Floyd | A hollow voice says, "Fool!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Online. Only to type in oaths." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x schedule" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "examine schedule" | ||||
Floyd | The schedule says: Floyd | Floyd | EVENINGS AT 7 & 9 Floyd | ALL SHOWS ONE GOLD COIN Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "examine marquee" | ||||
Floyd | The marquee shows an outline of your mean old boss, Mr. Crisp, Floyd | triumphantly stepping on the face of a helpless mail clerk. Underneath Floyd | are the words "Have You Delivered That Envelope Yet?" in big red Floyd | letters. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh, this is online at a site somewhere?" | |||
| eu says, "Haha at marquee." | ||||
| Johnny says, "There are a few sites that host Infocom, Mag Scrolls games." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Need a coin, it would seem." | ||||
| Johnny says, "That marquee is one of the greatest things ever." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a charming little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the closed entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Get a coin from the arcade, perhaps?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "To the e?" | ||||
| eu says (to Jacqueline), "Go for it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | The big mailbox seems ordinary enough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the big mailbox is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing extraordinary in the big mailbox. Floyd | Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox squeaks and snaps shut with a clang. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "eep" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | The neon sign says, "VIDEO GAMES." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter building" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are all deserted and quiet, except for one in Floyd | the corner that emits a feeble "wokka-wokka" sound. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at game" | ||||
Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("LEATHER GODDESSES
Floyd | OF PHOBOS!") is painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in slot" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "search slot" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing special inside the slot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "play game" | ||||
Floyd | How do you intend to do that? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under game" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "empty slot" | ||||
Floyd | But the slot is already empty! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing interesting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen is dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline whispers (in eu's ear), "wokka-wokka." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | djfletch says, "eep" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "YES" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You don't know what this game machine might do! You don't really want Floyd | to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | Jacqueline says, "YES YES YES" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Okay, just testing you.) Floyd | Floyd | Nothing exciting happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Haha." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||||
| djfletch says, "nice" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe there is no spoon. I mean, coin." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Not here, anyway." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Granted we have not torn the place apart much." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are all deserted and quiet, except for one in Floyd | the corner that emits a feeble "wokka-wokka" sound. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | eu says, "I don't see any woodwork." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Woodwork?" | ||||
| eu says, "Also, hi DavidW." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Hello." | ||||
| eu says, "Sorry, meaning strange places to hide coins." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, I'd say look around elsewhere" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Go outside, down to the pier?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Hi" | ||||
| eu nods. | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Wharf's End Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Festeron Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the blue, sparkling waters of Floyd | Festeron Bay. Floyd | Floyd | Apparently a careless fisherman has just left the wharf, for lying on Floyd | the planks is a little seahorse, its gills moving in and out with its Floyd | dying gasps. Floyd | Floyd | The seahorse looks at you with moist, frightened eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "take seahorse" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The seahorse opens and closes its little mouth pathetically. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "put it in ocean" | ||||
Floyd | Splash! Floyd | Floyd | The seahorse floats without moving for a few anxious moments. Then it Floyd | springs suddenly to life, circling and splashing joyfully in the waves. Floyd | Before it swims away it looks up at you with an unmistakable expression Floyd | of gratitude. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh noes." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yay" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That was good, even if we didn't get points. Feels like we should have gotten points. But I think it'll help us out later, maybe." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I remember when I first played, I tried to take it to the fountain in the town square. It died before I could get there." | ||||
| eu says (to DavidW), "Sad." | ||||
| eu asks, "Are we able to swim?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You might want to check the water first." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine water" | ||||
Floyd | The waters of the bay twinkle merrily in the sunlight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "aw" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter water" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "One of the many things this game has in common with the Grand Theft Auto series." | |||
| eu asks, "I guess to the lighthouse or back to the rotary?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yup, don't mind" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, lighthouse." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, lighthouse?" | ||||
| eu asks, "At F1 or so?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't remember a lighthouse, but most islands ought to have at least one." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's been a long time since I played this." | ||||
| djfletch says, "northeast corner of the map does look like a lighthouse" | ||||
| djfletch says, "let's go and see" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the entrance to the Pleasure Wharf, the town's Floyd | most popular tourist attraction. The Wharf extends eastward into Floyd | Festeron Bay, and a tidal beach curves north along the shore. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, see, I guess we can get to F1, can't we? Sorry, viewing the map on a netbook, was mostly paying attention to stuff that has a postal code." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Tidal Pool Floyd | You're on a damp stretch of sand that extends north towards Festeron Floyd | Point, and south to the Pleasure Wharf. Floyd | Floyd | A large conch shell is lying in the sand at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Shell!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Map at [LINK]" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x shell" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "examine shell" | ||||
Floyd | The conch shell is smooth and shiny. It'll look great on your TV set Floyd | back home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "smell shell" | ||||
Floyd | It smells just like a conch shell. Floyd | Floyd | (It's 4:30 pm. Better hurry! The Magick Shoppe closes in less than half Floyd | an hour!) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh right, that was a wish thing" | |||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Thanks" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "get shell" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Other feelies at [LINK]" | |||
| djfletch asks, "keep going north?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "listen to shell" | ||||
Floyd | A tiny voice in the conch shell that sounds just like your mean old Floyd | boss, Mr. Crisp, screams, "Don't just stand there! DELIVER!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "haha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "That is pretty awesome." | ||||
| eu says, "Nice." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's head north." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Festeron Bay. A beach follows the Floyd | shore of the bay to the south, and a path leads west along the Floyd | riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A miniature lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands blinking on the Floyd | shore nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Ah, yes. The pelican." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And there is the lighthouse." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "watch pelican" | ||||
Floyd | It's a fat old bird with a droopy beak and half-closed eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "pelican, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The pelican pays no attention to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get pelican" | ||||
Floyd | The pelican nips you with its beak. Ouch! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "I suppose we could have fed it the seahorse?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine lighthouse" | ||||
Floyd | It's really just an automated beacon, erected by the town to impress Floyd | tourists. There aren't any entrances or openings. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "maybe" | |||
| Jacqueline glares at eu. | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see bird" | ||||
Floyd | It's a fat old bird with a droopy beak and half-closed eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Hey, I wasn't suggesting that we actually do that!" | |||
| Jacqueline looks skeptical. | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "blow shell" | ||||
Floyd | The conch shell makes an embarrassing sound. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "heh" | |||
| Johnny says, "I was hoping that would spook the pelican." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill pelican" | ||||
Floyd | Imagine doing that to a defenseless pelican! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Shall we head toward the shop?" | |||
| djfletch says, "yeah" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Festeron River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge of Floyd | the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks (of Jacqueline), "You won't kill a seahorse, but you'll kill a pelican?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine forest" | ||||
Floyd | It's almost impenetrable. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to eu), "I knew you were going to say that, and I deserve to be questioned on that, certainly." | |||
| DavidW says, "'almost'" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't enter an impenetrable forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "penetrate forest" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "penetrate" is not in the vocabulary that you can Floyd | use.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inuredbyheavyrain says, "They are both stupid animals and I am happy to see them die to further our cause." | |||
| Johnny says, "The poodle is the real villain in all of this." | ||||
| Johnny says, "We are but his or her pawn." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I admittedly rank seahorses above pelicans on a cuteness scale, and while I normally would say that all animals are equally important, for some reason the cuteness scale crept in there." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to ibhr), "Why are you always so negative? It's really off-putting." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's not that you can't feel that way... it's just kind of in your approach, I guess." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Feed the seahorse to the pelican, the pelican to the poodle, and bury the poodle in the shallow grave." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "I liked most of the games we played." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Six feet is pretty standard." | ||||
| Johnny says, "There was even a show about it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "I have a story about grave depth, but that's probably not important just now." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "I have dealt with dogs and parrots, and that really put me off of dogs and birds." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, to the magick shop?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "er, shoppe?" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "The Body Farm story?" | ||||
| eu exclaims, "To the Magick Shoppe!" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, don't think we can do much here unless we burn down the forest somehow" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Yes, to the shop-ee" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs Floyd | on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "read sig" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "sig.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | LEAVING FESTERON Floyd | Floyd | Next Time You're In Town Floyd | Visit Our Fun-Filled Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Actually, no, the story was about monitoring some gravediggers in a historic cemetery, where we forced them to dig by hand in case they hit an unmarked grave because if you hit one with a backhoe it's kinda more destructive." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Except that no one digs by hand anymore and so they hated me." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And then three feet down they hit solid rock." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Giant slab of marble." | ||||
| DavidW says, "wow" | ||||
| eu says, "Wow." | ||||
| DavidW says, "They shoulda listened to you." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Woo" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And they tried chipping through it, but yeah, that didn't work." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, long story short: 1 foot of dirt above the coffin was legal in that state, so that person just went down three feet, if memory serves." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Three, three and a half, something like that." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "None of that six foot business." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Yeah, I guess six feet is kind of extravagant." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "In fact, I seem to recall that they said they generally dig three feet, and if someone wants six they get double charged." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway: game." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any sign here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Cliff Bottom Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward. Floyd | Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see tree" | ||||
Floyd | The gnarled tree trunk is rotten to the core. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see branch" | ||||
Floyd | The dead branch is about six feet long. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "And at the end of the branch... a hook!" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||
Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to Floyd | the ground with a thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Probably" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a conch shell, a violet note, an umbrella and a Floyd | mysterious envelope. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "How charmingly old skool." | |||
| Johnny says, "I was kind of expecting 'Crisp <3 Have You Delivered That Envelope Yet' to be carved into the tree." | ||||
| eu says, "Ha." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The shop will surely close very soon." | ||||
| eu says, "Okay." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | A cliff wall blocks your path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to Floyd | draw a map as you go up.) Floyd | Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh dear." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Cliff Edge Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of Floyd | clouds. Floyd | Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments, Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you. Floyd | Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale. Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick Floyd | Shoppe." Floyd | Floyd | "There you are, dummy!" Floyd | Floyd | You wince as Mr. Crisp strides into view and grabs you by the front of Floyd | your uniform. Floyd | Floyd | "You good-for-nothing chowderbrain!" he bellows in your face. "I wanted Floyd | you to deliver that envelope BEFORE five o'clock! Now the Magick Shoppe Floyd | is closed... and you're FIRED!" Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 14 points out of 100, in 120 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess we restart." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of Floyd | Thermofax. Floyd | Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath. Floyd | Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand... Floyd | Floyd | WISHBRINGER Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc. Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920 Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "btw, one should probably draw a map of the twisty trail up the mountain, as it suggests." | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Infocom presents: The life of a service employee." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "did we have a save after the poodle?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "well, not much to do anyway" | ||||
| eu asks (of DavidW), "Are the listed exits not sufficient later on?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We do have a save, but I sort of think that maybe we screwed up." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I think I got the trail mapped" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And that we should see if we can hold onto the bone, even though we may have to use it to get past the poodle." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is it possible the trail changes every playthrough?" | ||||
| eu says, "It seemed too patterned for that." | ||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Remember that the directions for the maze are u w n u e s u" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "brb - coffee." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But carry on." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter office" | ||||
Floyd | Post Office Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined with Floyd | small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter runs Floyd | along the entire length of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other Floyd | people's postcards. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you been?" Floyd | he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking everywhere Floyd | for you!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of 100.) Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "crisp, hello" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't talk back to me!" Mr. Crisp hollers. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That Floyd | means NOW!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take envelope" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Don't Floyd | just stand there, dummy! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | inuredbyheavyrain says, "How convenient that we died immediately after finding the end of the maze." | |||
| eu says (to inuredbyheavyrain), "True." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu says (to Johnny), "Thanks." | |||
| Johnny says, "np" | ||||
| eu asks, "Should we try to run the graveyard without talking to the gravedigger?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "hmm, it seemed like a good thing to do" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The cemetery is a spooky place. Are you sure you want to go in there? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You have been warned. Floyd | Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane Floyd | wanders north. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu asks, "enter the grave?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "greet gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. "That's Floyd | a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. "Let's Floyd | have a look at it." Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| gjnave waves his arms, rolls a poor lore check, and then disappears - 'oh cra..' | Johnny asks, "Sure?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter grave" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger reaches into the open grave and pulls you out. "Don't Floyd | go in there!" he cries. "You might get buried alive!" Floyd | Floyd | "Sure would like to get a closer look at that mysterious envelope." Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | eu says, "Hmm. I'll try to go past." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Twilight Glen Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | There must have been a burial here recently. Somebody left their Floyd | umbrella leaning up against a tombstone. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger follows behind you. "What's your hurry?" he complains. Floyd | Floyd | Throwing a shovel over his shoulder, the gravedigger ambles through the Floyd | iron gate and locks it. "Keep out of the cemetery after Dark," he tells Floyd | you with a sly wink. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear him chuckling as he disappears to the north. Floyd | Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.) Floyd | > | eu says, "Ach." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Was there anything to the north?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The iron gate is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter grave" | ||||
Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. Floyd | Floyd | There's an old bone here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bone" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave. Floyd | Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane Floyd | wanders north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky. Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post Floyd | Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street, Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Feed it?" | |||
| djfletch says, "could save here I suppose" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "but yes, I don't think there's much else we can do" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "feed dog" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to feed the dog with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "bone" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling Floyd | brightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "voss, hello" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm in a hurry. Let's talk later," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss retrieves a violet slip of paper from the depths of her Floyd | purse. "Be a sweetie and give this note to your dear boss, Mr. Crisp," Floyd | she coos, holding the note out to you. "I'd be ever so much obliged." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, we can't get past him otherwise, and thus we can't get the purple note back to Crisp before taking the envelope to the Magick Shoppe?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 13 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss hurries away down the street. "Thanks! Toody-loo!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Also, read about the gravedigger." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, to the shoppe?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary. Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain, Floyd | filled with sparkling water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | (That direction isn't used in this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches west, Floyd | towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Festeron River. A sign hangs Floyd | on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop. | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Festeron Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Cliff Bottom Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of Floyd | the river. A steep trail winds upward. Floyd | Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (The trail you're climbing is narrow and twisty. It's a good idea to Floyd | draw a map as you go up.) Floyd | Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds west and downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and upward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds east and downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds south and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steep Trail Floyd | A steep, rocky trail winds north and upward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 14 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Cliff Edge Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail Floyd | leading downward. Looking southwest, you can see the shadow of Post Floyd | Office Hill creeping across the village as the sun sinks into a bank of Floyd | clouds. Floyd | Floyd | The peaceful scenery is disturbed by a tiny figure emerging from the Floyd | distant Post Office. It stares in your direction for a few moments, Floyd | checks its wrist and shakes a threatening little fist at you. Floyd | Floyd | A little old-fashioned store stands nearby. Its brightly painted Floyd | shutters and thatched roof remind you of something out of a fairy tale. Floyd | A curiously painted sign over the front door reads, "Ye Olde Magick Floyd | Shoppe." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||||
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, the Magick Shoppe door is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter" | ||||
Floyd | Magick Shoppe Floyd | You're in the front showroom of the Magick Shoppe. Floyd | Floyd | Every inch of wall space is crowded with magic tricks, puzzles and Floyd | mystical paraphernalia. A glass case offers a selection of obscene Floyd | jokes and naughty birthday cards. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner stands an ancient grandfather clock, its dial ornamented Floyd | with a frowning crescent moon and other celestial symbols. Floyd | Floyd | The front door of the Magick Shoppe is wide open. At the west end of Floyd | the room, you can see another exit concealed by a curtain. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind slams the Magick Shoppe door closed. A concealed Floyd | bell tinkles merrily. Floyd | Floyd | "Just a moment!" cries a voice behind the curtain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "read jokes" | ||||
Floyd | Tsk, tsk, tsk! Floyd | Floyd | The noisy tick of the grandfather clock is making you uneasy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen asks, "what's going on today?" | |||
| eu says (to Allen), "Wishbringer." | ||||
| Allen says, "oh, it's an infocom streak" | ||||
| Allen arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says, "Sorta, yeah." | |||
| Allen says, "I barely know wishbringer beyond the opening sequence. AWn[17~[15~d t[17~h[15~[15~[15~[15~[15~[15~[15~[15~[15~[15~" | ||||
| Allen says, "arg, cat-like OS5" | ||||
| Allen says, "typing" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x clock" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "examine clock" | ||||
Floyd | The staring grandfather clock says it's 3:42 pm. Floyd | Floyd | The curtain opens so quickly it makes you jump. Floyd | Floyd | The woman standing before you is older than your oldest aunt. Her thin, Floyd | pale face and bony hands make her look fragile, like a fading signature Floyd | in an antique book. But her eyes remember everything they have ever Floyd | seen. Floyd | Floyd | You appraise one another for a long moment before she breaks the ice. Floyd | "Welcome in, welcome!" she chortles. "Don't get many visitors this late Floyd | in the day." Floyd | Floyd | The room seems oddly quiet all of a sudden. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of Allen), "That was your cat?" | |||
| eu asks, "Did the clock stop?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | "Hope you have some mail for me," the old woman says eagerly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "listen to clock" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, the grandfather clock makes no sound. Floyd | Floyd | "It's fun to get a surprise letter." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read clock" | ||||
Floyd | The grinning grandfather clock is stopped at 3:42 pm. Floyd | Floyd | "I hoped you might have some mail to give me." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yes" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give envelope to woman" | ||||
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 19 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The old woman turns pale as she takes the mysterious envelope from you. Floyd | "It's been a long, long time since I last saw this handwriting," she Floyd | murmurs, turning it over in her hands. "Hoped I never would again." Floyd | Floyd | She starts to open the mysterious envelope, thinks better of it and Floyd | hands it back to you. "Will you open it up and read it to me?" she Floyd | pleads. "I'll never find my glasses in this mess." Floyd | Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open envelope" | ||||
Floyd | (You should now open the mysterious envelope in your Wishbringer Floyd | package.) Floyd | Floyd | Opening the mysterious envelope reveals a letter. Floyd | Floyd | "Don't be bashful. Read the letter to me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open envelope" | ||||
Floyd | It's already open. Floyd | Floyd | "Read the letter to me, please." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | (to the old woman) Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 20 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The old woman is motionless as you read. Glancing up, you see tears of Floyd | anger forming; but she turns away as your eyes meet. Floyd | Floyd | "Kidnapped," she whispers after a long silence. She paces aimlessly Floyd | around the room, deep in thought. Floyd | Floyd | "Many seek to gain the Stone of Dreams," she mutters, mostly to Floyd | herself. "Yet few can imagine the price. For years I have fought to Floyd | conceal it from the Evil One and others like her. My youth, my home and Floyd | family, all were forfeited for its protection. And now," her voice Floyd | breaking with emotion, "now it claims my only companion." Floyd | Floyd | Impulsively, the woman snatches away the letter and envelope and Floyd | crumples them in her trembling hands. "No one is strong enough to guard Floyd | Wishbringer alone." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I guess I have some gender bias here: I was sure the Evil One was a dude." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, she gave up everything to protect the Wishbringer... except now they have her cat. Now, this is war." | ||||
| eu says, "Heh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | "That's a long story," sighs the old woman wistfully. "Maybe later." Floyd | Floyd | The old woman makes an effort to compose herself. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for coming all this way for me," she says, reaching up to a Floyd | shelf full of cheap gags. "I know I'm not supposed to tip you, but take Floyd | this little trinket anyway." Floyd | Floyd | The woman holds out a small metal can for you to take. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hadn't really thought about it, but I would have said a man too" | |||
| djfletch says, "maybe because the Evil One suggests Satan" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see can" | ||||
Floyd | It's a round metal can with a closed lid, illustrated with a Floyd | tasty-looking assortment of mixed nuts. Floyd | Floyd | "Take this gift," says the old woman, holding a metal can out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "witches are usually wicked rather than evil anyway" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take can" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 23 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "It's getting Dark outside," the old woman remarks, and you can almost Floyd | hear the capital D. "Maybe you should be getting back to town." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask woman about cemetery" | ||||
Floyd | "Not now," sighs the old woman wistfully. "Some other time, perhaps." Floyd | Floyd | The old woman hobbles over to the Magick Shoppe door and opens it. A Floyd | concealed bell tinkles merrily. Floyd | Floyd | "Keep a sharp eye out for my cat, won't you?" She speaks the words Floyd | slowly and distinctly. "Bring her to me if you find her. She's black as Floyd | night from head to tail, except for one little white spot... right Floyd | HERE." Floyd | Floyd | The old woman touches the middle of your forehead with her finger. The Floyd | light outside dims suddenly, like a cloud passing over the sun. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woooo spooky" | |||
| djfletch says, "needs dramatic organ music here" | ||||
| Allen says, "or the I WANT TO HUG EVERY CAT music" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I now have 'hug every cat' to the tune of 'climb every mountain' in my head, Allen. Thank you." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Ah, there's a platypus on the stamp." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Heh. Yeah, saw that." | ||||
| Allen says, "Moriarty loves platypuses" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "With that out of the way, let's check out the rest of the map. What's with the tree stump?" | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Peter Griffin's travelling music from the genie sketch comes to mind for me." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Wait, no, the cheerful music." | ||||
| eu asks, "Where is this tower?" | ||||
| Allen asks, "what is the grid for on the map? Can you say to go to a particular grid marking?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "the grid doesn't really correspond to rooms" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Allen), "I think it's just postal codes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh wait" | ||||
| Jacqueline goes to look at something. | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open can" | ||||
Floyd | Your body seems unwilling to respond. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman takes away her finger. Your forehead is tingling. Floyd | Floyd | "The Stone of Dreams can help you in your search. I cannot reveal the Floyd | place where I have hidden it, for the Evil One would see your thoughts Floyd | and take the treasure for herself. You must discover it alone, and rely Floyd | on legends to instruct you in its mysteries." Floyd | Floyd | As she speaks, the old woman gently leads you through the door of the Floyd | Magick Shoppe. She pauses before closing the door. Floyd | Floyd | "Return the cat to me, and Wishbringer shall be yours. Floyd | Floyd | "Her name is Chaos." Floyd | Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cliff Edge Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail Floyd | leading downward. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding landscape has disappeared under a thick blanket of Floyd | evening fog. All the familiar buildings and landmarks are completely Floyd | hidden; only the summit of Post Office Hill is high enough to pierce Floyd | the cloud, rising like a lonely island in a sea of mist... Floyd | Floyd | ... an island with a tower on it. Floyd | Floyd | There's a TOWER where the Post Office used to be! The massive outline Floyd | is hard to make out against the twilight sky. But the longer you stare, Floyd | the clearer and more frightening it becomes. Floyd | Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh right. The whole map will change." | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "look at tower" | ||||
Floyd | Its lonely outline fills you with dread. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I hope someone mapped the way up because: hello fog." | |||
| eu says, "Ah, that's why." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yup" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open can" | ||||
Floyd | Yow! When you open the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It Floyd | squirms about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at you and Floyd | slithers out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | The fog in the valley is rising towards you! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay, what I was curious about with the postal codes was nothing." | |||
| Allen says, "undo that please" | ||||
| djfletch says, "eep" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | inuredbyheavyrain says, "Maybe we can go back and use the snake to kill the poodle." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we use that to attack something?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing" | ||||
| DavidW says, "maybe" | ||||
| eu asks, "So, down the trail?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "sure" | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "I get the feeling that giving the bone to the poodle was a big mistak." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | As you descend the trail you are immediately engulfed in... Floyd | Floyd | Fog Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog. Floyd | Floyd | The can rattles in your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Fog Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Fog Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Fog Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Hm, I don't think we had a way around the bone to the poodle thing, did we?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Fog Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Fog Floyd | You're lost in a thick cloud of fog. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | A sudden gust of wind dissolves the fog and clears your vision. Floyd | Floyd | Cliff Bottom Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. A Floyd | vulture perched on top is watching every move you make. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | Done. You're sitting on the rotten, creaking branch... Floyd | Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to Floyd | the ground with a thud. Visibly annoyed, the vulture spreads its wings Floyd | and soars away over the river. Floyd | Floyd | You're now sitting on the ground. Painfully. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Otis arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | eu says, "I wonder if we needed inventory from the original Festeron." | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "examine branch" | ||||
Floyd | The dead branch is about six feet long. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Hi, Otis." | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "get branch" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Otis says (to eu), "Hello." | DavidW says, "I imagine most things are still where they were. Just that, there may be additional things and they might not be as friendly." | |||
| Otis asks, "Wishbringer?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes" | Allen says, "grrrr, infocom inventory loads. in earlier games you could manipulate that with containers" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a metal can, a violet note and an umbrella. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | The name "Corky" is beautifully handwritten on the outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cliff Bottom Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture appears high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "push branch south" | ||||
Floyd | You can't push things to that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says (to Johnny), "heh" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "drop umbrella. get branch" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "drop note. get umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "oh well. Did someone save? depends on which item we need first" | |||
| DavidW says, "It's a weight issue, not a number-of-items issue." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The last save was went we emerged from the fog." | ||||
| DavidW says, "er when" | ||||
| Allen says, "yeah, I was trying to see if it would get us below the load thing" | ||||
| Allen says, "weights are the most annoying thing in infocom games" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The branch, I think, is very heavy. It'll prevent you/us from carrying much of anything." | ||||
| djfletch says, "wait until we work out what it's for then, I suppose" | ||||
| DavidW says, "But it's been ages and ages since I played, so I'm not completely sure." | ||||
| djfletch says, "let's just wander about and see if we get eaten by something" | ||||
| eu says, "Where shall we explore? Someone mentioned the tree stump." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Let's see if you survive that long." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, haven't been there yet" | ||||
| Allen says, "I never owned this game. The "junior" level discouraged me. I never wanted to buy anything again that was junior-level after seastalker" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the Floyd | closed gate. Floyd | Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "troll, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The troll wails something awful and ignores you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "look at troll" | ||||
Floyd | The troll is staring back at you stupidly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "troll troll" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | The childlike scrawl is hard to decipher. With a little imagination, Floyd | you can make out the phrase "Toll Bridge, One Gold Coin." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "kill troll" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the troll isn't likely to help matters. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "feed troll" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to feed the troll with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "How do trolls get on with snakes?" | |||
| eu says, "My thought too." | ||||
| djfletch says, "it's either that or hit him with the branch" | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "hit troll with branch" | ||||
Floyd | Attacking the troll with a dead branch isn't likely to help matters. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "timing" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a dead branch and a metal can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "or, give him a knife, and he'll eat it and die" | |||
| djfletch says, "give him the can and see if he opens it" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "give can to troll" | ||||
Floyd | The metal can rattles as you hand it to the troll. "Mmm, yummy!" he Floyd | exclaims, peering at the label and then greedily opening the lid... Floyd | Floyd | Yow! As he opens the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It squirms Floyd | about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at the troll and Floyd | slithers out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | The metal can clatters to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | A scream of terror echoes off the cliffs as the troll runs away across Floyd | the covered bridge. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 26 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "sweet" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a dead branch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take can" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Also, was away on the phone. Think I've read the scrollback, though." | |||
| Allen asks, "do we still need the can?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "No idea." | ||||
| Allen says, "I'd see if we can carry the branch and umbrella" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "put branch in can" | ||||
Floyd | There's no room. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Heh." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "drop can" | ||||
Floyd | It hits the ground with a rattle and lands at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your path is blocked by a cliff wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "also, it looks like I never went through this game in my decompiler to figure out the variables" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Cliff Bottom Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk, stripped of all its branches, stands nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a violet note and an umbrella here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen | Object -> -> -> dead_branch "dead branch" | |||
| Allen | with prop7 [0 0], | ||||
| Allen | prop8 [69 68 e6], | ||||
| Allen | size 23, | ||||
| Allen | prop17 Describe_Branch, | ||||
| Allen says, "(was just trying to see the weight)" | ||||
| DavidW says, "uh, let's not have that during ClubFloyd, please." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "yeah, I'm not cheating. I was just looking at the weight values" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "It is sufficiently heavy as to be nearly all-encumbering." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the Floyd | closed gate. Floyd | Floyd | There's a metal can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take can" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The toll gate is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the toll gate is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see sign" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | ENTERING WITCHVILLE Floyd | Floyd | Curfew Begins At 6 PM Floyd | Boot Patrol On Duty Floyd | Violators Will Be Jailed! Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "huh, 'see' verb" | |||
| eu says, "Less typing than watch or examine, I guess." | ||||
| Allen says, "I've never used 'see' in any infocom game" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Me either" | ||||
| Allen says, "I was always a 'l at' guy until 'x' was invented" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Allen), "heh. I did that." | ||||
| eu says, "I was just copying Johnny." | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "I used l for years until I learned about x." | ||||
| Otis has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Johnny says, "I just tried 'see bird' on the pelican on a lark." | |||
| Johnny says, "Because that's what it is!" | ||||
| Allen says, "so, light house to the east, and a tree stump to the west" | ||||
| Allen says, "and jackboots to the south" | ||||
| eu asks, "West then?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Watch out for the boot patrol. They're a constant menace." | ||||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. Floyd | Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "stump" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "l at stump" | ||||
Floyd | The stump is huge, easily four feet across. Looking closely, you notice Floyd | that the edge of the stump is hinged. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open stump" | ||||
Floyd | Lifting the hinged top of the stump reveals a round hole leading Floyd | downward into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "get shoe" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "stupid branch" | |||
| eu asks, "Do we need the branch, or can we leave it here?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "f take steroids" | ||||
| Allen says, "I'd say leave it. It'll interfere with our ability to pick up vital items" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "push up. g. g. g. g. g" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to push up?) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I second Allen and Johnny." | |||
| Johnny says, "Oops" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "me" | ||||
Floyd | Pushing around yourself accomplishes nothing. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots at the bottom of the hill. It Floyd | sounds as if they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ack" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "drop branch" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol! Floyd | Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about Floyd | this." Floyd | Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently. Floyd | Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?" Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three." Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall with a thick Floyd | blanket on it. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an umbrella and a violet note here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "ok, undo a few" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We should have /undone first" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop branch" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots at the bottom of the hill. It Floyd | sounds as if they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "grr" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "How many back should we g?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "er, go?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Allen says, "why not just restore it, leave the branch at the tree, keep the umbrella, then do everything over" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | ||||
| Allen says, "if the branch is difficult to carry, it's unlikely we'll need it for a puzzle in the heat of battle" | ||||
| Allen says, "unless Steve Meretzky is writing the game" | ||||
| eu says, "cf6 is out of the fog." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right, looks like that's the last one." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of eu), "You want to take it?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing" | ||||
| eu says, "Sorry." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The vulture spreads its wings and soars away over your head. Floyd | Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the Floyd | closed gate. Floyd | Floyd | Standing near the toll gate is an ugly, gnomelike creature. A less Floyd | original story would probably refer to it as a troll. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "give can to troll" | ||||
Floyd | The metal can rattles as you hand it to the troll. "Mmm, yummy!" he Floyd | exclaims, peering at the label and then greedily opening the lid... Floyd | Floyd | Yow! As he opens the can a real, live rattlesnake leaps out! It squirms Floyd | about angrily for a few moments, turns to hiss at the troll and Floyd | slithers out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | The metal can clatters to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | A scream of terror echoes off the cliffs as the troll runs away across Floyd | the covered bridge. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 26 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The toll gate is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the toll gate is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Okay to leave the can here?" | |||
| eu says, "I" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, since we're not taking the heavy banch, let's take the can." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take can" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. Floyd | Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take horseshoe" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open stump" | ||||
Floyd | Lifting the hinged top of the stump reveals a round hole leading Floyd | downward into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Beat me to it - was just about to save." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We should do that somewhat regularly on account of the boots." | ||||
| DavidW says, "By the way, I noticed that the can still 'rattled' when empty. At some point, someone should try closing and reopening the can. See if it magically refills." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "close can" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the metal can is now closed. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a rattling noise in the can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, we just saved, yeah." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open can" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the metal can is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look in can" | ||||
Floyd | The metal can appears to have a false bottom. You could probably get it Floyd | out by squeezing the can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "squeeze can" | ||||
Floyd | The false bottom is wedged tightly into the metal can. You might be Floyd | able to loosen it by squeezing harder... harder!... Floyd | Floyd | Pop! A small stone drops out of the squashed can and lands at your Floyd | feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And there it is." | ||||
| eu exclaims, "!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Fresh!" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I guess it was important to take the can." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone is dark and cold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "squeeze stone" | ||||
Floyd | That would be a useless effort. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "So how willing are we to use wishes?" | |||
| Allen says, "this is the cheat thing" | ||||
| Allen says, "I think" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Yeah, you can solve everything without the stone, I think." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we still need the stone in the end, even without wishing." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Don't we?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "We don't want ThEO to get it." | ||||
| Allen says, "well, it won't take up the inventory weight that a dead branch would" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Um, pick it up?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 31 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | As your fingers close around the small stone it begins to glow with an Floyd | eerie violet-white radiance. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "ooh. Light source?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I think seems like we need to juggle the appropriateness of wishes over logic." | ||||
| Allen says, "ok, that's useful" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a small stone (providing light), a squashed can, a Floyd | horseshoe, a violet note and an umbrella. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Yep, light source." | |||
| eu asks, "Down?" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Didn't the game start out with the idea of a glow-in-the-dark stone as a feelie?" | ||||
| Allen asks, "hey, umbrella. What's the game that has a droll? Who keeps telling anecdotes about uld ladies and umbrellas?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "We just saved, right?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, let's go down." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (Do you want to go down the north side of the hill, or down into the Floyd | open stump? Please type NORTH or IN.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l at roots" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "roots" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Which way?" | |||
| djfletch says, "hmm, either" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we have a map now? Or, do we need one? Or, do you think the underground mirrors the aboveground and just lets us evade the boots?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'd vote east, if only to avoid the gravesite." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I've been keeping a map" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Maybe the pelican is a cleverly hidden exit." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "You have no sense of adventure. Which is another way of saying you have a sense of self-preservation, David." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Good point." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Jacqueline), "Okay." | ||||
| DavidW says, "In another window, I'm a fish floating over waterfilled slides." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Grue's Nest Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues. Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have. Floyd | Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it. Floyd | Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the Floyd | small stone and faces the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "There'd be the Grue milk" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "eep" | ||||
| Allen says, "awwwww!" | ||||
| Allen says, "let's adopt him" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I'll call him... Hans Grueber." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open refrigerator" | ||||
Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator goes out as you open it. Floyd | Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a bottle and an earthworm. Floyd | Floyd | The little beast is stirring restlessly. It looks as if it's about to Floyd | wake up! Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "A nice touch, the fridge light." | |||
| Johnny says, "yeah" | ||||
| Allen says, "yes!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "The milk is used to make a wish. The earthworm is an unknown." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Although, presumably used in a puzzle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't recall any of this." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe I didn't finish this game." | ||||
| djfletch says, "grab everything and run away" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The most common use of a worm in IF games is as a fishing lure." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take worm" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 34 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | Floyd | With a toothy yawn, the little beast opens its big red eyes and blinks Floyd | at you with surprise and fear. It opens its slavering jaws and emits a Floyd | hideous, plaintive wail that reminds you of a subway screeching to a Floyd | halt. Floyd | Floyd | A very large creature, equipped with slavering fangs and wearing a Floyd | calico apron, lurks into the nest. Its mother-instinct overcomes its Floyd | overwhelming fear of light long enough to devour you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 34 points out of 100, in 74 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Ack" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The refrigerator: But the refrigerator is much too large! Floyd | Floyd | With a toothy yawn, the little beast opens its big red eyes and blinks Floyd | at you with surprise and fear. It opens its slavering jaws and emits a Floyd | hideous, plaintive wail that reminds you of a subway screeching to a Floyd | halt. Floyd | Floyd | A very large creature, equipped with slavering fangs and wearing a Floyd | calico apron, lurks into the nest. Its mother-instinct overcomes its Floyd | overwhelming fear of light long enough to devour you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 31 points out of 100, in 74 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | Johnny says, "Bah" | |||
| eu says, "Looks like we have to skedattle." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Can we enter the nest without the stone?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to eu), "Oh, from the nest, you mean, not that you have to go. Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "That is crazytalk." | ||||
| eu says (to Jacqueline), "Yeah, sorry." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "How would we see?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or, hm. Can we bring MORE light?" | ||||
| eu asks (of Jacqueline), "You'd kill a grue too?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I don't think light itself is lethal to grues." | ||||
| Allen says, "grues are protected under federal law!" | ||||
| eu asks, "Oh, just something they avoid?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It depends on who's telling the story." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to eu), "Well, no. Especially not this cute little baby grue. But I *would* run them out of their nest for a bit." | ||||
| Allen says, "this is the attitude that robbed the First Peoples of their continent" | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says, "Grues are to text adventures as grizzly bears are to humans, and I like Stephen Colbert." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I just want to run them out long enough to steal the resources from their fridge--oh wait, perhaps you have a point, Allen." | ||||
| Allen says, "hee" | ||||
| Allen says, "let's go back to the stump" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | eu says, "Oh." | |||
| eu asks, "Go back as in restore or as in /undo and w?" | ||||
| Allen says, "go back to entering the underground. Which I missed. Because I let the new kitty out and was watching him. But now I've lost him." | ||||
| Allen says, "he's someplace in the house, and I hear no hissing yet" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| Floyd says (to eu), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf 7" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "squeeze can" | ||||
| Floyd says (to eu), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." | ||||
| Floyd says (to eu), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "load wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of Floyd | Thermofax. Floyd | Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath. Floyd | Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand... Floyd | Floyd | WISHBRINGER Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc. Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920 Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf 7" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Failed. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| inuredbyheavyrain says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to inuredbyheavyrain), "Thanks." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "squeeze can" | ||||
Floyd | The false bottom is wedged tightly into the metal can. You might be Floyd | able to loosen it by squeezing harder... harder!... Floyd | Floyd | Pop! A small stone drops out of the squashed can and lands at your Floyd | feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Take it?" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "get stone" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 31 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | As your fingers close around the small stone it begins to glow with an Floyd | eerie violet-white radiance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (Do you want to go down the north side of the hill, or down into the Floyd | open stump? Please type NORTH or IN.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Long, dark tunnels wander away Floyd | to the south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "ow ow ow" | |||
| eu asks (of Allen), "?" | ||||
| Allen says, "new kitty came up and grabbed my knee" | ||||
| Allen says, "I'm going to go get claw clippers" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "pass stone" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "pass.") Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, can't type for a bit, but am following along." | |||
| djfletch says, "let's try going in the grue room in the dark just to see what happens" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "crap, I don't know how to cut the claws of a polydactyl" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop stone" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | It is pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open refrigerator" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | It is pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get stone" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oops" | |||
| Allen says, "uh oh" | ||||
| Allen says, "undo 5" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Long, dark tunnels wander away to Floyd | the south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "any other plans, or shall we explore some more" | |||
| Allen asks, "have we looked everywhere?" | ||||
| Allen says, "I want to look everywhere" | ||||
| eu says, "Not even close." | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold, smelly tunnels wander away Floyd | to the north and west. Floyd | Floyd | A dark, narrow hole is visible overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "examine hole" | ||||
Floyd | The hole is blocked by something overhead. It looks like the underside Floyd | of a bed or bunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "enter hole" | ||||
Floyd | The hole is blocked by something overhead. It looks like the underside Floyd | of a bed or bunk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "push bed" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you moved the bunk away from the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light streams in from overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "enter hole" | ||||
Floyd | You'll never get into the hole holding all that stuff! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone: Dropped. Floyd | The squashed can: Dropped. Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped. Floyd | The violet note: Dropped. Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "enter hole" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor with a Floyd | thick blanket on it. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "oh!" | |||
| Allen says, "I guess this where we get captured by the boots" | ||||
| djfletch says, "interesting" | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The bunk: You can't be serious. Floyd | The thick blanket: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 34 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear wails of anguish from an adjacent cell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a horseshoe, a squashed can and Floyd | a small stone here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The squashed can: Taken. Floyd | The small stone: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Long, smelly tunnels wander away Floyd | to the north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Was there anything under the bed?" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "l at hole" | ||||
Floyd | You can't make out anything inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "the hole!" | |||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll never get into the hole holding all that stuff! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh. ok." | |||
| Allen says, "hmm, if we drop things, the light goes out" | ||||
| eu asks, "Can we carry just the wishbringer?" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "blanket the grue?" | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "drop all but stone" | ||||
Floyd | The squashed can: Dropped. Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped. Floyd | The violet note: Dropped. Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped. Floyd | The thick blanket: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "enter hole" | ||||
Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. A dark hole is visible in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to Johnny), "Ooh, good idea." | |||
| Allen says, "a cat is blocking my screen. I can't read" | ||||
| Johnny says, "If we aren't holding it, it goes out." | ||||
| eu asks, "Is my mapping off, or did we get through all of the underground?" | ||||
| eu says, "The undos might have messed me up." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I think we did it all" | ||||
| djfletch says, "just five rooms" | ||||
| eu says, "Okay, yeah." | ||||
| eu asks, "Shall we blanket a grue?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "give it a try" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a thick blanket, an umbrella, a violet note, a horseshoe Floyd | and a squashed can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | The thick blanket: Taken. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The squashed can: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long, damp tunnels wander away Floyd | to the north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Long, dirty tunnels wander away Floyd | to the south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Grue's Nest Floyd | You have stumbled into the nesting place of a family of grues. Floyd | Congratulations. Few indeed are the adventurers who have entered a Floyd | grue's nest and lived as long as you have. Floyd | Floyd | Everything is littered with rusty swords of elvish workmanship, piles Floyd | of bones and other debris. A closed refrigerator stands in one corner Floyd | of the nest, and something... a small, dangerous-looking little Floyd | beast... is curled up in the other corner. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is to the west. Hope you survive long enough to use it. Floyd | Floyd | Snoring fitfully, the little beast turns away from the light of the Floyd | small stone and faces the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put blanket on grue" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the little beast is now covered with the thick blanket. Floyd | Floyd | The creature stirs restlessly for an anxious moment. Then it settles Floyd | into the comfortable darkness of the thick blanket, sighs gently and Floyd | lies still. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 37 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open fridge" | ||||
Floyd | A light inside the refrigerator goes out as you open it. Floyd | Floyd | Opening the refrigerator reveals a bottle and an earthworm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "kiss grue" | ||||
Floyd | The little beast smiles in its sleep. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Haha." | |||
| eu asks, "How many adventurers can say that they've done that?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "not me" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take worm" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 40 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Now where to?" | |||
| Allen says, "out of hole" | ||||
| djfletch says, "pick anywhere above ground really" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Do we have a pocket for the worm?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding an earthworm, a bottle, a squashed can, a horseshoe, a Floyd | violet note, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I suppose ultimately we are supposed to get to the tower" | |||
| DavidW says, "I get the suspicion that we can't hold the worm directly for too long." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "could we put it in the can?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put worm in can" | ||||
Floyd | There's no room. You squashed the metal can flat when you removed the Floyd | false bottom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put worm in bottle" | ||||
Floyd | The mouth of the bottle is too narrow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put worm in umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | The umbrella is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the umbrella is now open. Floyd | Floyd | (It's bad luck to open an umbrella indoors.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put worm in umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | It immediately slides out and lands at your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | inuredbyheavyrain says, "We might need to use the lck spell." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the lake if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x island" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see island" | ||||
Floyd | Misty Island has been shrouded in fog for as long as you can remember. Floyd | Strange legends and mysterious rumors abound; but nobody you know has Floyd | ever been there. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture begins to hover high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | A rusty "click!" draws your eyes to the iron gate. You watch as it Floyd | slowly creaks open, all by itself! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "spooky" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see pit" | ||||
Floyd | The pit is more than five feet deep. You can see a platypus in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "!" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see platypus" | ||||
Floyd | The platypus is obviously unhappy about being trapped in the pit. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Run around the block? Or duck into the graveyard?" | |||
| Gunther says, "that's not a duck, it's a platypus" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I wonder if we can hide in the church" | ||||
| djfletch says, "it was open before at least" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | The sign over the entrance says, "Witchville Police Headquarters." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing interesting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x statue" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see statue" | ||||
Floyd | The statue is a heroic commemoration of a very evil-looking old woman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter church" | ||||
Floyd | Church Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a Floyd | thick layer of dust. Floyd | Floyd | A lighted candle is visible in a nook near the exit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x candle" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see candle" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the candle. Floyd | Floyd | As you look around the empty church a big brown rat scurries across the Floyd | broken glass and disappears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take candle" | ||||
Floyd | A voice from above begins to proclaim something, but a burst of static Floyd | drowns out the solemn words. Looking up, you notice a speaker in the Floyd | ceiling emitting sparks. Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x speaker" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see speaker" | ||||
Floyd | It's burned out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | There's no exit that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Church Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a Floyd | thick layer of dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take platypus" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the platypus. The pit is a little too deep. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter pit" | ||||
Floyd | You can't fit into the pit. It's too narrow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a candle (providing light), an earthworm, a bottle, a Floyd | squashed can, a horseshoe, a violet note, an umbrella and a small stone Floyd | (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think you need a rope or ladder." | |||
| DavidW says, "Or maybe that tree branch." | ||||
| Allen says (to DavidW), "oh! like that youtube video!" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | The candle: Dropped. Floyd | The earthworm: Dropped. Floyd | The bottle: Dropped. Floyd | The squashed can: Dropped. Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped. Floyd | The violet note: Dropped. Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped. Floyd | The small stone: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "with the baby raccoon!" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take stone" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I didn't watch any such video." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open Floyd | gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says (to DavidW), "here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" | |||
| Allen | [LINK] | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Cliff Bottom Floyd | You're at the bottom of a cliff that rises up from the north bank of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A gnarled tree trunk stands nearby, a lone branch its only adornment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||
Floyd | Crack! The dead branch snaps off the gnarled tree trunk and falls to Floyd | the ground with a thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open Floyd | gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably drown in the lake if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Animal tracks are Floyd | visible in the sand next to the pit. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a horseshoe, a squashed can, a Floyd | bottle, an earthworm and a candle (providing light) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put branch in pit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the dead branch is now standing up inside the pit. Floyd | Floyd | The platypus grabs onto the bottom of the dead branch with its Floyd | forepaws. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "I should have used more exlamation marks" | |||
| eu says (to Allen), "You really should have." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | The sand: The sand slips away between your fingers. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The squashed can: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The earthworm: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take branch" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 45 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The platypus hangs on to the dead branch as you pull it out of the pit. Floyd | It lets go when the branch clears the edge and waddles joyfully around Floyd | on the sand. Floyd | Floyd | The little creature draws an "X" in the sand with its tail. Then it Floyd | gives you an oddly dignified nod of thanks, waddles to the edge of the Floyd | lake and disappears into the dark water. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hurrah" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine x" | ||||
Floyd | You can see an "X" drawn in the sand. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yay" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, Moriarty was a platypus fan, you say?" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Akin to maga and I including a marmot in a game!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "argh, boots" | ||||
| Allen says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, they occur in Beyond Zork too" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "They are great, to be fair." | ||||
| Allen says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. An "X" has been Floyd | drawn in the sand next to the pit. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a horseshoe, a squashed can, a Floyd | bottle, an earthworm and a candle (providing light) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "infocom trick! use 'verbose' to 'look' without using a turn" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "save" | djfletch says, "sneaky" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "going east and coming back worked before" | |||
| DavidW says, "Hopefully the X doesn't get trampled." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. An "X" has been Floyd | drawn in the sand next to the pit. Floyd | Floyd | You can see an umbrella, a violet note, a horseshoe, a squashed can, a Floyd | bottle, an earthworm and a candle (providing light) here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "dig in sand" | ||||
Floyd | You discovered a silver whistle in the sand under the "X"! Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a dead branch and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Get rid of the darn branch." | |||
| djfletch says, "good idea" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's unlikely to be useful again." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop branch" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a silver whistle, an umbrella, a violet note, a horseshoe, Floyd | a squashed can, a bottle, an earthworm and a candle (providing light) Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The sand: The sand slips away between your fingers. Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 48 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The squashed can: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The earthworm: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh, it's Witchville. Somehow all this time I'd been reading Watchville." | |||
| djfletch asks, "would it be a bad idea to blow this whistle?" | ||||
| Allen asks, "who will witch the witchers?" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Not right after a save!" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "mm. I probably shouldn't say something." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "If you think you shouldn't say it maybe, then yeah, you shouldn't." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat earthworm" | ||||
Floyd | Yuck! You've got to be kidding. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "hmm what now?" | |||
| Johnny says (to eu), "Before you say anything, yes I would eat an earthworm." | ||||
| eu says, "Haha." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm sure there's more island to see." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could go and see if there is new stuff at the lighthouse or the arcade" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Somewhere, there's a cat to find." | ||||
| eu says, "Or the theatre." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah" | ||||
| eu says, "Also, there's a seahorse to rescue." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "A cat. Black as night. Except for a white spot. Right there. She touches your forehead. Your forehead *tingles*." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "examine forehead" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any forehead here! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Maybe touch it?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "touch forehead" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any forehead here! Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Is Miss Voss a boot now?" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh well. It was an idea." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "watch voss" | ||||
Floyd | Her once kindly features have grown hard with cynicism. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Johnny), "I don't think she is, no." | |||
| djfletch says, "bah. Let's try to the south then." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did the marquee change?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Probably." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "You guys probably looked, but I missed it. Will go back and - oh, we haven't looked?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we look, please?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I was just dodging the boots" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "grr" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I'll go up the road and we can come back to the cinema" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A shimmering trail leads south into a dense forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It might be nice to figure out where we can go indoors, and thus avoid the patrol." | |||
| eu says, "Whoa." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ooh, new exit" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh, that's interesting too." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | As you walk along the shimmering trail you feel a vague sense of Floyd | disorientation, then a shock of recognition... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | Johnny says, "A penetrable forest" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of House Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded Floyd | front door. Floyd | Floyd | There's a little mailbox here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "haha" | |||
| eu says, "Wow." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yup" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| DavidW says, "And we're a mailman." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the little mailbox reveals a leaflet. Floyd | Floyd | The edges of the little mailbox are beginning to twinkle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding too many things already! Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox is engulfed in a sparkling aurora! Tremors of Floyd | anticipation run up and down its length, and the air sings with Magick. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh dear" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "drop can" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | With a gentle pop, the little mailbox pulls itself out of the ground Floyd | and cavorts about the grass like a happy rabbit! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | The candle: Dropped. Floyd | The earthworm: Dropped. Floyd | The bottle: Dropped. Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped. Floyd | The violet note: Dropped. Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped. Floyd | The silver whistle: Dropped. Floyd | The small stone: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox notices you and snaps its tiny lid with joy. It Floyd | makes a silly "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound as it hops to your side Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Um?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I guess that's why the PC in Zork had to be an adventurer." | |||
| djfletch asks, "anywhere to hide here?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Inside the house, I suppose, if you can find an opening." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Your feet seem unwilling to move in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox cuddles up around your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is securely closed. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "maybe they don't come this way" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "read leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be a junk-mail ad for a primitive computer game. The Floyd | cancelled stamp on the leaflet is too faded to read clearly. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox hops around with excitement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone: Taken. Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The earthworm: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | The squashed can: You're holding too many things already! Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox is watching you eagerly. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe. They're probably in a fixed circuit." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x stamp" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see stamp" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the leaflet.) Floyd | It seems to be a junk-mail ad for a primitive computer game. The Floyd | cancelled stamp on the leaflet is too faded to read clearly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Man, I'd forgotten all about that little mailbox cameo" | |||
| eu says, "The squashed can is probably safe to leave behind." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put note in mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "close mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the little mailbox is now closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the little mailbox reveals a violet note. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox is "clump-clumping" about happily. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "just seeing if it would vanish or something" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "pet mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | The little mailbox coos with pleasure at your touch. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Almost want the branch back, so we could play 'fetch'." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see house" | ||||
Floyd | This place has seen better days. Its stately colonial architecture Floyd | reflects the taste and wealth of its builders. But eons of trespassing Floyd | by thoughtless adventurers have left the once noble edifice in ruins. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is securely closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "show leaflet to mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | You can't give anything to that! Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox nuzzles you lovingly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "throw leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to throw the leaflet at?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | Thrown. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "bah" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mailbox about cat" | ||||
Floyd | The little mailbox doesn't reply, but coos with pleasure at the sound Floyd | of your voice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | It's the strangest little mailbox you've ever seen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | (That direction isn't used in this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Also, in a game with this many animals, thank god there's no hunger daemon." | |||
| djfletch asks, "can I wander about some more?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "fine with me" | ||||
| Johnny says, "go for it" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | As the house disappears into the distance, you get the distinct feeling Floyd | that, someday, you will pass this way again. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west Floyd | along the riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see lighthouse" | ||||
Floyd | It's really just an automated beacon, erected by the town to impress Floyd | tourists. There aren't any entrances or openings. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" to your side with a joyful snap. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I think the path to West of House disappeared when we left, eh?" | |||
| eu says, "Yes." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "hmm, did we leave anything important there?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a violet note, a candle (providing light), an earthworm, Floyd | a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella, a silver whistle, a small stone Floyd | (providing light) and a leaflet. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Good thing we didn't leave --- timing." | |||
| Johnny says, "The can." | ||||
| eu says, "Right." | ||||
| Johnny says, "That won't even hold an earthworm." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear whistle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't wear the silver whistle. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox snaps playfully at your heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "play fetch" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "fetch" is not in the vocabulary that you can Floyd | use.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I'm wondering if there's a mountain of mail for this mailbox to devour or what." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see pelican" | ||||
Floyd | It's a fat old bird with a droopy beak and half-closed eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we could feed it the worm I suppose" | |||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Maybe give the worm to the pelican?" | ||||
| eu asks, "Wasn't there a mailbox at the arcade?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to eu), "I think so, yes." | ||||
| eu says, "The worm is a good idea." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "feed worm to pelican" | ||||
Floyd | The pelican sniffs the earthworm suspiciously, then swallows it without Floyd | a word of thanks. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox rubs your leg. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | DavidW asks, "hm. If two mailboxes elope, will there be a litter of baby mailboxes later?" | |||
| Johnny says, "Mean ; That didn't even get us points." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess it was the wrong thing to do. :(" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, let's leave that undone for now at least" | ||||
| djfletch says, "try the arcade instead" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox rubs your leg. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "ack, are we trapped?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Can we go IN?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol! Floyd | Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What have we here?" he hisses. "Out after Floyd | curfew? Tsk, tsk, tsk. I wonder what Sgt. MacGuffin will say about Floyd | this." Floyd | Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. Floyd | "What's this?" he demands impatiently. Floyd | Floyd | "A nightcrawler," hisses the Tall Boot, giving you a vicious little Floyd | kick. "Outside after curfew. Shall I feed it to the sharks?" Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shakes his head. "Later. The Tower wants all prisoners Floyd | held for questioning." He turns back to his work. "Cell Three." Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a leaflet, a small stone (providing light), a silver Floyd | whistle, an umbrella, a horseshoe, a bottle, an earthworm, a candle Floyd | (providing light) and a violet note here. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "The lighthouse is just a beacon." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "mrf" | ||||
| eu asks, "Does getting captured actuall affect our inventory?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Undo a few?" | ||||
| eu asks, "Er, actually?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "No, the boots are cocky." | ||||
| djfletch says, "we'd have to leave it here if we went through the hole though" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Or don't have eyes, whatever." | ||||
| djfletch says, "unless we can drop things in the hole first" | ||||
| eu asks, "I thought we could take it in small amounts?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "put leaflet in hole" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't seem to be holding the leaflet!) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh, maybe" | |||
| inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | eu says, "We took the blanket." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put leaflet in hole" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the leaflet disappears into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Long, dirty tunnels wander away Floyd | to the north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | There's a leaflet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Or that too!" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone, a silver whistle, an umbrella, a horseshoe, Floyd | a bottle, an earthworm, a candle (providing light) and a violet note Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The bunk: Don't be silly. Floyd | The small stone: Taken. Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The earthworm: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put all in hole" | ||||
Floyd | The violet note: Okay, the violet note disappears into the hole. Floyd | The candle: Okay, the candle disappears into the hole. Floyd | The earthworm: Okay, the earthworm disappears into the hole. Floyd | The bottle: Okay, the bottle disappears into the hole. Floyd | The horseshoe: Okay, the horseshoe disappears into the hole. Floyd | The umbrella: Okay, the umbrella disappears into the hole. Floyd | The silver whistle: Okay, the silver whistle disappears into the hole. Floyd | The small stone: Okay, the small stone disappears into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Long, dark tunnels wander away to Floyd | the north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone, a silver whistle, an umbrella, a horseshoe, Floyd | a bottle, an earthworm, a candle (providing light), a violet note and a Floyd | leaflet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone: Taken. Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The earthworm: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The earthworm squirms with annoyance at your touch. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The leaflet: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long, smelly tunnels wander away Floyd | to the south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "what were we doing?" | |||
| djfletch says, "oh, the arcade" | ||||
| djfletch says, "but we lost our mailbox" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Did we see the marquee yet?" | ||||
| eu asks, "Oh, it got left behind?" | ||||
| eu says (to DavidW), "No." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps we'll re-find the mailbox." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's probably still at the lighthouse." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'll see if we can go back that way" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west Floyd | along the riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | There's a little mailbox here. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox rubs your leg. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "close eyelids" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "eyelids" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I suppose through the town to the arcade then" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see marquee" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Now Playing! Floyd | THE ONE IS WATCHING! Floyd | starring Floyd | THE EVIL ONE Floyd | in Floyd | Amazing 3-D! Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" happily into view. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "How far back to 3-D movies go?" | |||
| Johnny asks, "The Fifties?" | ||||
| Gunther says, "1559" | ||||
| Johnny says, "See, the Fifties." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see schedule" | ||||
Floyd | The schedule says: Floyd | Floyd | OPEN ALL NIGHT! Floyd | ALL SHOWS ONE GOLD COIN Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "still need a gold coin" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton Floyd | at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "maybe we can hide here though" | |||
| inuredbyheavyrain goes home. | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see carton" | ||||
Floyd | The open carton is marked, "Free 3D Movie Glasses Here!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | No doubt about it. He's the town gravedigger, looking stiff and Floyd | uncomfortable in his new usher's uniform. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Maybe the boots can't recognize us if we're wearing glasses?" | |||
| eu asks, "Why don't the boots arrest Miss Voss?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "one of the wishes was with glasses" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "An excellent point, eu!" | ||||
| djfletch says (to eu), "she's One Of Them" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in carton" | ||||
Floyd | It's empty. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger sees your disappointment, shrugs and mumbles something Floyd | unkind about newfangled thingamabobs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger blocks your path. "Can't get in without a ticket." Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "It would be weird if the movie took a They Live turn with the glasses on." | |||
| DavidW says, "Possibly there's a pair of glasses in the theatre itself, like, left on a seat." | ||||
| djfletch says, "the mailbox stayed outside" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take glasses" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any glasses here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move carton" | ||||
Floyd | You can't move the carton. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under carton" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask gravedigger about ticket" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. That might be significant somehow." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "ask gravedigger about hearing" | ||||
Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "hearing.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I think that's his standard disavaowal" | |||
| DavidW says, "perhaps" | ||||
| djfletch says, "anyway, let's continue our mission to reunite mailboxes" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" happily into view. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | A big mailbox is nearby. Floyd | Floyd | A voice behind you growls, "Feed me. I'm HUNGRY!" You turn to face the Floyd | sound, but there's nobody here except you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see big mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | The big mailbox seems ordinary enough. Or does it? Floyd | Floyd | You watch with astonishment as the lid of the big mailbox slowly opens Floyd | by itself, then snaps shut with a clang. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox "clump-clumps" into view and snaps a greeting. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see little mailbox" | ||||
Floyd | It's the strangest little mailbox you've ever seen. Floyd | Floyd | The lid of the big mailbox opens again. "Mail!" Floyd | Floyd | The two mailboxes freeze at the sight of one another. Floyd | Floyd | The little mailbox snarls and stands protectively by your side. The big Floyd | mailbox emits a frightful growl and throws its lid wide open, Floyd | displaying rows of sharp little teeth. A crowd of postal meters and Floyd | stamp dispensers gathers as the metal warriors circle each other with Floyd | tense, snapping lids. Floyd | Floyd | With a sudden rush, the little mailbox throws itself at the big mailbox Floyd | and clamps onto its forefoot. The big mailbox roars with anger, bites Floyd | the little mailbox viciously and tries in vain to shake it off. You Floyd | stare in wonder as the fighting boxes swell to twice their normal size, Floyd | then four times larger, eight times! Floyd | Floyd | The big mailbox frees itself with a savage twist and bends to finish Floyd | its foe. The little mailbox dodges, grips the descending lid and holds Floyd | on for dear life. Locked in mortal combat, the giant boxes roll over Floyd | and over, shaking the earth with the thunder of battle. Floyd | Floyd | The scene disappears under a cloud of dust. You hear a terrible scream Floyd | of agony, then an even more terrible silence. When the air clears, the Floyd | boxes and spectators are gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "wow" | |||
| eu says, "Yeah, wow." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess they're not gonna elope after all." | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe the little mailbox saved us from being eaten by the big one" | ||||
| Johnny says, "It wouldn't have worked out." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "But a danger has been removed; was the large mailbox blocking us somehow?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Guess not." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for Floyd | electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Maybe entering the building?" | |||
| Johnny says, "Other than probably eating us/our mail." | ||||
| eu says, "Maybe we couldn't have gotten --- yeah." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see humanoids" | ||||
Floyd | They have extraordinarily supple wrists, fast reflexes and tiny brains. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "ha ha" | |||
| djfletch says, "hah" | ||||
| eu says, "Ha." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see machine" | ||||
Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("TRANSMATTER!") is
Floyd | painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides Floyd | the map into 13 squares. The words "Insert Token To Play" are scrolling Floyd | across the top of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Oh, huh" | |||
| DavidW asks, "'Transmatter'... like, a teleporter?" | ||||
| eu says, "Ooh." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Is this how to get in the Tower?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Is there one square on the grid that's difficult to get to?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Johnny), "maybe." | ||||
| djfletch says, "not sure - we haven't tried everywhere yet since things went evil" | ||||
| eu says, "Well, D4. But yeah, what djfletch said." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Oh, what's the poodle like nowadays?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we need to go there" | |||
| djfletch says, "also the graveyard" | ||||
| eu says, "I'm betting dragon." | ||||
| eu asks, "Head out?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Roll out" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, check the other wharf room to the east while we are at this side" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Wharf's End Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested waters Floyd | of Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Eep." | |||
| DavidW asks, "oh. I thought of something. There's a fountain in the center of town, yes?" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "was this where the seahorse was before?" | ||||
| eu says, "Yes..." | ||||
| eu says (to djfletch), "Yes." | ||||
| DavidW says, "People throw coins into fountains. Tokens are a type of coin. Perhaps there's a token in the fountain." | ||||
| Johnny says, "We're rich!" | ||||
| eu exclaims, "Ah, good thought!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Other possibilities: the troll might've had a can for collecting tolls. The church might have an offering box." | ||||
| djfletch says, "let's see if we can get to the fountain" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in water" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a brass token and a piranha in the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Worm time." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see piranha" | ||||
Floyd | The piranha stares back at you defiantly, its sharp little teeth Floyd | gleaming in the moonlight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat piranha" | ||||
Floyd | You'd have to catch the piranha to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "feed piranha with worm" | ||||
Floyd | It lands in the fountain with a splash. Floyd | Floyd | The piranha snatches away the worm and swims to the far side of the Floyd | fountain to devour it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "get token" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 51 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Yay half-way mark!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "woo" | ||||
| inky has left. | eu asks, "South now?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Or in the library?" | |||
| djfletch says, "yes, see if we can get in there now" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter library" | ||||
Floyd | The library door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol again! Floyd | Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What!" he cries. "I thought you were locked up Floyd | with Sgt. MacGuffin. Tsk, tsk." Floyd | Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. His Floyd | eyes narrow when he sees you. "Well, well. If it isn't the disappearing Floyd | mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a vicious little kick Floyd | changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with this troublemaker." Floyd | Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone (providing light), a silver whistle, an Floyd | umbrella, a horseshoe, a bottle, a candle (providing light), a violet Floyd | note, a leaflet and a brass token here. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | eu says, "I guess we have to do some dodging first." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture appears high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter church" | ||||
Floyd | Church Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a Floyd | thick layer of dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing unusual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open library door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Hmm." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Have we looked at the statue yet?" | ||||
| eu says, "Yeah, it's the Evil One." | ||||
| DavidW says, "okay" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose Voss would have a key for the library." | ||||
| eu asks, "Would Miss Voss have a key?" | ||||
| eu says, "Timing." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask miss voss about key" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't have time for idle chatter," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Darned if I know what would get her to give it to you though." | |||
| eu nods. | ||||
| eu asks, "Well, south then? Or the graveyard?" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "would she want her letter back?" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | djfletch says, "since the post office turned into a tower" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "give letter to miss voss" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any letter here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "give note to miss voss" | ||||
Floyd | Miss Voss shakes her head. "I haven't any use for a violet note!" she Floyd | snarls. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "or ... could she be sending a key to 'Corky'?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "give leaflet to miss voss" | ||||
Floyd | Miss Voss shakes her head. "I haven't any use for a leaflet!" she Floyd | snarls. Floyd | Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol again! Floyd | Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What!" he cries. "I thought you were locked up Floyd | with Sgt. MacGuffin. Tsk, tsk." Floyd | Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. His Floyd | eyes narrow when he sees you. "Well, well. If it isn't the disappearing Floyd | mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a vicious little kick Floyd | changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with this troublemaker." Floyd | Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone (providing light), a silver whistle, an Floyd | umbrella, a horseshoe, a bottle, a candle (providing light), a violet Floyd | note, a leaflet and a brass token here. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Johnny says, "We have the token." | |||
| eu says, "True." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm wondering if we open the violet note, would there be a key inside." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open note" | ||||
Floyd | But the violet note isn't addressed to you! Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | DavidW says, "hm. Guess we ought to deliver it someday." | |||
| Johnny says, "You knowm, the little tramp *ate* a boot." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "You mean Charlie Chaplin's tramp character ate some footwear?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "That." | ||||
| djfletch says, "let's go south and check the poodle" | ||||
| Johnny says, "It's probably a puddle by now." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Floyd | Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the biggest hellhound Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street, Floyd | roaring angrily and showing its sharp, bloody fangs. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Or a hellhound." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Hellhound. Did anyone have hellhound?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "eu had dragon, which is reasonably close" | ||||
| eu says, "Well, kindof." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. Cottage. Maybe there's a key there." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound won't let you near the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound won't let you go that way. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the hellhound's sharp, bloody fangs snapping as it nips Floyd | your heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Do we have any bones? Besides in our body?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a brass token, a leaflet, a violet note, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella, a silver whistle Floyd | and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace. It Floyd | looks as if it's getting ready to attack! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we gave it a bone when it was a poodle" | |||
| DavidW says, "retreat!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Whislte!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Whistle!" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we haven't been back in the graveyard again though" | ||||
| djfletch says, "good thought" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | With a savage leap, the hellhound lives up to its bloodthirsty Floyd | reputation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 51 points out of 100, in 271 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "yikes" | |||
| Johnny says, "Dang" | ||||
| djfletch says, "unless it was just a move too late" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace. It Floyd | looks as if it's getting ready to attack! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "nope" | |||
| DavidW says, "That 'ready to attack!' was a clear warning of imminent doom." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Maybe he'll eat humanoids." | ||||
| eu asks, "Retreat and transmatter the hound?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Or the graveyard." | |||
| djfletch says, "these boots might have us trapped" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's probably a mistake to waste the transmat too soon, but I suppose just to experiment..." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for Floyd | electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put token in machine" | ||||
Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot. Floyd | Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears Floyd | on the video screen. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 52 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides Floyd | the map into 13 squares, and a blinking star is centered over one of Floyd | the squares. Floyd | Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I know this was branded as a 'junior-level' game or whatever it was Allen called it earlier, but the whole heart-warming, 'Don't despair! Interactive fiction lets you learn from your mistakes' bit would have come across as super-infuriatingly condescending back in the day, even when I was 10." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square E-3 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see machine" | ||||
Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("TRANSMATTER!") is
Floyd | painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push joystick left" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Well, what square?" | |||
| djfletch says, "hmm, either d4 or c5" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Bit more to the coordinate system on the map than we thought..." | ||||
| DavidW says, "C5 is where the hellhound is." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, try C5" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It won't get you past him." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push joystick left" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "It may be that you choose two coordinates." | |||
| DavidW says, "I think C5 is a mistake." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push joystick down" | ||||
Floyd | (To use the joystick, you must indicate a compass direction as well as Floyd | an action. For example, try MOVE THE JOYSTICK TO THE WEST or PUSH STICK Floyd | NORTH.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "you're probably right, although there room beyond him would be in c5 too" | |||
| djfletch says, "there -> the" | ||||
| eu asks, "Wait, so what coordinates are we trying?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "hrm" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'll vote for d4 first then" | ||||
| DavidW says, "D4 is behind the library. D2 is back at West of House." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We did just save, which is good, so I shall leave it to you fine men." | ||||
| eu asks, "I hear a vote for d4. Sound okay?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "B4 is graveyard, which might be helpful, but I thought we could enter the graveyard from the beach?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, I think we could walk there" | ||||
| djfletch says, "and through the tunnels too" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push joystick right" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the right. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push joystick south" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square D-4 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Try?" | |||
| Alex says (to eu), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that try is do or do not. There is no try." | ||||
| djfletch exclaims, "hit the button!" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade snicker behind your back as your Floyd | hand touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't Floyd | really want to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim. Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an Floyd | incandescent aura. Floyd | Floyd | A shower of sparks erupts from the back of the game machine, and the Floyd | video screen goes black. Floyd | Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again." Floyd | Floyd | A vague electrical smell quickly fades. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for Floyd | electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hrm, I have to run a quick errand." | |||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Should we have searched the machine first?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Poo. Just realized that time is running out to do that. Be back soon." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Jacqueline Okay, see you in a bit." | |||
| eu says, "Er, .." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "search machine" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing extraordinary inside the game machine. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Try something else? Maybe D4, having no locations, was a bad choice?" | |||
| DavidW says, "perhaps." | ||||
| eu asks, "C4 for the library?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Also, I'm getting 'use only for starting the endgame' vibes from it." | ||||
| eu says, "Mm." | ||||
| Johnny says, "C4 would definitely open the library door." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Won't that just put us outside the library?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "But we have no explosives." | ||||
| eu asks, "Can we try just to collect another data point?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "what?" | ||||
| eu says, "C4 rather than C4." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Have we tried the Tower?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "oh. Is 'C4' the name of an explosive?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "It is!" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Also, the Tower's supposed to be alive, right?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The tower isn't part of the grid. We'd need C6." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Nuts." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Can we walk past the dog?" | ||||
| eu asks, "Can we push the star off the grid? Or is that too far-fetched?" | ||||
| eu says, "We didn't try walking past the dog." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can try either of those." | ||||
| eu says, "But we couldn't walk past the poodle, so walking past the hellhound seems unlikely." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I didn't see anyone try to walk past the poodle." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I thought I tried it" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I saw a save, and then straight to feeding the dog." | ||||
| eu says, "We got | The poodle won't let you go that way." | ||||
| eu says, "But that was going the other way, I guess." | ||||
| Johnny says, "It does seem the dog's concern is the cottage." | ||||
| eu asks (of Johnny), "Did you try it online?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "All I did online is swear." | ||||
| eu says, "Hmm." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Jacq likes to keep ClubFloyd relatively clean." | ||||
| eu says, "Anyway, all of these ideas sound good. Someone should drive." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Okay, looks like you're right about the poodle." | ||||
| Johnny says, "There's a different message for going towards the cottage." | ||||
| Johnny says, "But the client has eaten a healthy chunk of my scrollback." | ||||
| inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | djfletch says, "I think try a different square with the machine just to see if it does anything" | |||
| eu says (to djfletch), "Go for it." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides Floyd | the map into 13 squares, and a blinking star is centered over one of Floyd | the squares. Floyd | Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square E-3 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "If Jacqueline gets back before we've made any progress, we were waiting politely." | |||
| eu says, "Heh." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade hold their breath as your hand Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim. Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a Floyd | pleasant sensation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 57 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Yep, endgame entry it is." | |||
| djfletch says, "hey, I didn't think that would work" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. ok." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x moat" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see signpost" | ||||
Floyd | There are two arrows on the signpost. The arrow pointing west says "To Floyd | Cemetery." The east arrow is marked "To Witchville." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Back." | |||
| Johnny says, "hi Jacq" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see moat" | ||||
Floyd | The moat is 20 feet wide and filled with black, oily water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | Better not. The water might be dirty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see window" | ||||
Floyd | It's wide open, and located a hundred feet above the moat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella, a silver whistle and a small stone Floyd | (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't think we're ready for this area yet." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw horseshoe at window" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the window is too far away for you to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "you're probably right" | |||
| eu asks, "Back to cf15?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "We haven't wished much. Are we trying to win without wishes?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I'm wondering if the hellhound would rip the violet note open for us." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for Floyd | electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to Jacqueline), "It seems so." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Also, would it be of any use to return to West of House, now that the mailboxes are sparring?" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "you mean with the machine? Or see if the road is there?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The road might be there again." | ||||
| djfletch says, "worth a look" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | One of the stunted humanoids eagerly takes over your game machine as Floyd | you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. Where would a ticket be?" | |||
| Johnny asks, "It needs to be bought?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Does it?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, I think it was a gold coin" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, some games give you tickets if you win, but all those machines except for the doomsdaytransmogrifier seem dead." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Didn't the troll want a gold coin?" | ||||
| eu says, "Yes." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "So maybe the troll has one?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Think maybe there's a stash under the bridge?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Jacq), "The other machines are occupied by humanoids." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe. I'd like to check the bridge more." | ||||
| eu says, "That's away from the boots anyway." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Might even be a coin stuck in the boards." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see sign" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | LEAVING WITCHVILLE Floyd | Floyd | Curfew Begins At 6 PM Floyd | Boot Patrol On Duty Floyd | Violators Will Be Jailed! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see bridge" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing interesting about the covered bridge. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bridge" | ||||
Floyd | The current looks swift and murky. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "was the troll here or the room to the north?" | |||
| djfletch says, "I'm not sure" | ||||
| eu says, "North, I think." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | North of Bridge Floyd | This is the north side of the Witchville Bridge. Sheer cliff walls rise Floyd | abruptly to the north and west. A path wanders east along the shore of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | A rickety toll gate has been thrown up across the entrance to the Floyd | covered bridge. A handpainted sign is nailed to the middle of the open Floyd | gate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see sign" | ||||
Floyd | The childlike scrawl is hard to decipher. With a little imagination, Floyd | you can make out the phrase "Toll Bridge, One Gold Coin." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see gate" | ||||
Floyd | The childlike scrawl is hard to decipher. With a little imagination, Floyd | you can make out the phrase "Toll Bridge, One Gold Coin." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take gold coin" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any gold coin here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under bridge" | ||||
Floyd | The current looks swift and murky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see river" | ||||
Floyd | The current looks swift and murky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean in the water.) Floyd | You'd probably drown in the river if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search gate" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "search water" | ||||
Floyd | The water is too deep to see much of anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see cliff" | ||||
Floyd | It's a sheer, featureless wall, a hundred feet high. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I guess there's no coin here." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Was there a museum mentioned?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "might have been part of the library" | ||||
| eu says, "The library used to house historical artifacts." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "can I go and explore the graveyard?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. Graveyard. Whistle. Violet note." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Sure, why not check the graveyard." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'd forgotten about the whistle" | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe we whistle someone to open the drawbridge" | ||||
| djfletch says, "anyway I'll go to the graveyard" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Anything still in the pit?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in pit" | ||||
Floyd | The pit is more than five feet deep. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I wonder if there's a way to this Misty Island" | |||
| djfletch says, "maybe the vulture would pick us up and carry us" | ||||
| DavidW says, "(says nothing)" | ||||
| djfletch says, "actually I haven't seen the vulture for a while" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The cemetery is a fearful place, especially at night. Are you sure you Floyd | want to go in there? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | djfletch says, "well, we have a recent save anyway" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You have been warned. Floyd | Floyd | Twilight Glen Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | As you glance around you notice luminous ribbons of mist darting among Floyd | the tombstones. The air is filled with sinister voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors! Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu exclaims, "Uh oh!" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see cloud" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any cloud here! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The graveyard is nasty." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see mist" | ||||
Floyd | The eldritch vapors stare back at you with translucent curiosity. Floyd | Floyd | Giggling with mischievous Glee, the eldritch vapors clutch your legs Floyd | and cover your eyes with their luminous hands. The ground falls away Floyd | beneath your feet as the foggy fiends lift you high above the treetops, Floyd | scatter your possessions and carry you screaming into the night. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You come to your senses empty-handed and aching all over. Floyd | Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "my" | |||
| eu asks, "If we keep moving, do we make it?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Twilight Glen Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors! Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Unlikely." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | Giggling with mischievous Glee, the eldritch vapors clutch your legs Floyd | and cover your eyes with their luminous hands. The ground falls away Floyd | beneath your feet as the foggy fiends lift you high above the treetops, Floyd | scatter your possessions and carry you screaming into the night. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You come to your senses empty-handed and aching all over. Floyd | Floyd | Wharf's End Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a few Floyd | feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested waters Floyd | of Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "That's what the Transmatter's all aboot." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we could go through the tunnels to miss one room, perhaps" | |||
| DavidW asks, "While you're experimenting with entering dangerous places, why not enter the police station on purpose?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "although what Johnny says does make sense" | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh, the vulture is still around" | |||
| djfletch asks, "can we feed it anything?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see sign" | ||||
Floyd | The sign over the entrance says, "Witchville Police Headquarters." Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Police Station Floyd | You're in the front office of the Witchville Police Station. The room Floyd | is lined with dimly-lit jail cells. Occasional wails of anguish suggest Floyd | that many of the cells are occupied. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin, Witchville's finest, is glaring down at you from behind Floyd | an intimidatingly high desk. You can see a wanted poster taped to the Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | "You again!" cries Sgt. MacGuffin as you enter. Moments later you're Floyd | pinned to the floor by a dozen gigantic Boots. An especially tall Boot Floyd | strides into the lobby, curls its leather tongue and leaves an ugly Floyd | toeprint on your nice, clean clothes. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin shows you his sharp little teeth. "Well, well. If it Floyd | isn't the disappearing mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a Floyd | vicious little kick changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with Floyd | this troublemaker." Floyd | Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone (providing light), a silver whistle, an Floyd | umbrella, a horseshoe, a bottle, a candle (providing light), a violet Floyd | note and a leaflet here. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Might be nice to examine that desk and poster if we can get MacGuffin out of there." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "It stops glowing why, precisely" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "When we're done with the tower, we can come back and get revenge." | ||||
| Johnny says, ">TP POLICE STATION" | ||||
| Johnny says, ">EGG MACGUFFIN" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Jacq), "I think because we drop it" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Whenever we drop the stone, it stops glowing. It needs our touch." | ||||
| eu says (to Johnny), "Ha." | ||||
| djfletch says, "might as well undo" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Johnny says, "It's probably us on the poster, anyway." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "oh right" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I doubt this will help, but I'm going to try using the tunnel into the graveyard" | ||||
| djfletch says, "just to see if it is there for some reason" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll never get into the hole holding all that stuff! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | The leaflet: Dropped. Floyd | The violet note: Dropped. Floyd | The candle: Dropped. Floyd | The bottle: Dropped. Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped. Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped. Floyd | The silver whistle: Dropped. Floyd | The small stone: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get stone" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. A dark hole is visible in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave. Floyd | Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | As you glance around you notice luminous ribbons of mist darting among Floyd | the tombstones. The air is filled with sinister voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Witchville Cemetery, surrounded by Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane Floyd | wanders north. Floyd | Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors! Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Clang! A sudden gust of wind blows the iron gate shut in your face. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear misty voices giggling all around you, and a loud "click" Floyd | as the gate locks. Floyd | Floyd | Giggling with mischievous Glee, the eldritch vapors clutch your legs Floyd | and cover your eyes with their luminous hands. The ground falls away Floyd | beneath your feet as the foggy fiends lift you high above the treetops, Floyd | scatter your possessions and carry you screaming into the night. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You come to your senses empty-handed and aching all over. Floyd | Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The night is filled with rhythmic thunder, and a platoon of gigantic Floyd | leather army boots marches into view. It's the Boot Patrol again! Floyd | Floyd | You're immediately surrounded, tied, gagged and dragged before an Floyd | especially tall Boot. "What!" he cries. "I thought you were locked up Floyd | with Sgt. MacGuffin. Tsk, tsk." Floyd | Floyd | You're thrown into an especially smelly Boot and carried, kicking and Floyd | screaming, to the lobby of the Police Station. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin glares at you as the boots dump you on the floor. His Floyd | eyes narrow when he sees you. "Well, well. If it isn't the disappearing Floyd | mail clerk." You open your mouth to reply, but a vicious little kick Floyd | changes your mind. "The Tower wants a chat with this troublemaker." Floyd | Floyd | "The sharks are getting restless," remarks the Tall Boot hopefully. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin smirks. "So is the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I see" | |||
| DavidW says, "Curious what, if anything, is written on the gravestone." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | DavidW says, "tombstone" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Before the change it said we couldn't read them." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "That might not be the case now." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see tombstone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any tombstone here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see tombstone" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any tombstone here! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The one on the open grave." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Johnny says, "YOR NAIM HIER" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone, a silver whistle, an umbrella, a horseshoe, Floyd | a bottle, a candle (providing light), a violet note and a leaflet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. A dark hole is visible in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave. Floyd | Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | As you glance around you notice luminous ribbons of mist darting among Floyd | the tombstones. The air is filled with sinister voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see tombstone" | ||||
Floyd | The tombstone next to the open grave has your name on it! Floyd | Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors! Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says (to Johnny), "correct" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | The eldritch vapors moan with disappointment as you escape their misty Floyd | clutches. Floyd | Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. Luminous ribbons of mist are swarming overhead, and a dark hole Floyd | is visible in the north wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |||
| DavidW says, "We need some sort of vapor repellent." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, um, SPOOKY" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I bet the MISTy Isle knows how to deal with MISTy vapors." | ||||
| DavidW says, "(as a hunch)" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and east, and there's a dark hole in the south wall. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone, a silver whistle, an umbrella, a horseshoe, Floyd | a bottle, a candle (providing light), a violet note and a leaflet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone: Taken. Floyd | The silver whistle: Taken. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The leaflet: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Long tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also, how well was the church searched? Dead things might not care for religious symbols." | |||
| eu says, "We have a candle." | ||||
| djfletch says, "good point" | ||||
| eu says, "Which we don't know what to do with..." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "light candle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't turn that on. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Already lit." | |||
| DavidW says, "The candle's a light source, I think." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see candle" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the candle. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If you can find a cake, put the candle in it, give it to Voss and sing Happy Birthday." | |||
| DavidW says, "'Cause *no one* remembered." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "ha" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could try what you said before about giving the violet note to the dog" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Anyway, experiment more with the whistle or check out the church more." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, that was an idea too." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok, will go past the church first" | ||||
| djfletch says, "also, I wonder if the pelican is for anything" | ||||
| djfletch says, "and the vulture" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Pelicans usually carry *something* in their beaks." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Church Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are littered Floyd | with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated with a Floyd | thick layer of dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see debris" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see glass" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see dust" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing interesting about the dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see aisles" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing unusual about the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get glass" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the debris that way to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | There's no exit that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see pews" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "pews" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see nook" | ||||
Floyd | (If you're really stuck, maps and InvisiClues (TM) Hint Booklets are Floyd | available using the order form that came inside your Wishbringer Floyd | package.) Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "nook" is not in the vocabulary that you can use.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Nothing here, I guess." | |||
| DavidW says, "drat" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The Floyd | road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Floyd | Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "give note to hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound tests the violet note with its tongue, drops it on the Floyd | road and turns to roar at you again. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get note" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound won't let you pick it up! Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the hellhound's sharp, bloody fangs snapping as it nips Floyd | your heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "'tests'?" | |||
| djfletch says, "oops" | ||||
| djfletch says, "hmm, that does suggest it might eat something else" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "give whistle to hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound tests the silver whistle with its tongue, drops it on the Floyd | road and turns to roar at you again. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Probably another bone in the graveyard? Or try the grue milk?" | |||
| Johnny says, "You only get one bone, it seems" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "give milk to grue" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any grue here! Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "er" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "give milk to hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to take grue milk out of the bottle first. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "give bottle to hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound tests the bottle with its tongue, drops it on the road Floyd | and turns to roar at you again. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "I get the impression the milk is for a particular darkness wish." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Probably to let you see in the pitch black when you cast the spell." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I'm feeling like the wish objects are not puzzle objects." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "This is according to the feelies, which are not considered cheaty hints in my book." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Though of course maybe there are multiple solutions, so don't let me steer you clear, I'm just saying" | ||||
| djfletch says, "there's supposed to be candy and a broomstick somewhere too" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we could ask Voss about the hellhound?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "One problem is that we don't know what things are loose threads." | ||||
| djfletch says, "nobody has really done much conversation yet but we can try" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "r" | ||||
Floyd | [r -> drop] Floyd | (What do you want to r?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "My list of unknowns (surely incomplete): Misty Island, vulture, pelican, leaflet, whistle, and candle." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask voss about hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm here to sell tickets, not to chatter," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask voss about tickets" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to buy one from Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see schedule" | ||||
Floyd | The schedule says: Floyd | Floyd | OPEN ALL NIGHT! Floyd | ALL SHOWS ONE GOLD COIN Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oh, she sell the tickets, I hadn't realised that" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask voss about corky" | ||||
Floyd | (Mr. Crisp hates it when you use that name!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask voss about crisp" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't have time for idle chatter," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | djfletch says, "we could try whistling while the vulture is present" | |||
| djfletch says, "or whistling at the pelican" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see whistle" | ||||
Floyd | The silver whistle is shaped like a platypus. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | djfletch says, "ooh" | |||
| eu says, "Oh." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "How did we miss not looking at it?" | ||||
| eu says, "Good question." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "or whistling past the grave" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "may I?" | |||
| Johnny says (to inky), "I'm sure the grave could use the boost." | ||||
| eu says, "Yes." | ||||
| Allen asks, "oh, still playing?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Allen), "Yep" | ||||
| Allen is back from errands. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | The silver whistle's music echoes over the lake, rippling the water Floyd | with gentle Magick. A sudden gust of wind blows through your hair. You Floyd | can see the soft outline of Misty Island drawing closer as you streak Floyd | across the waves... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward. Floyd | Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance. Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "I assume this will get us to the island --- timing." | |||
| Johnny says, "yay" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see castle" | ||||
Floyd | Why not go inside and look around? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Throne Room Floyd | You're standing in a long, high-ceilinged chamber. Hundreds of Floyd | platypuses are milling about with teacups in their paws, their faces Floyd | illuminated by a roaring fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | At the far end of the chamber stands a mighty throne. It's occupied by Floyd | a snow-white platypus with a gold crown on its head and a jeweled Floyd | scepter in its paw. On the floor near the throne is another crowned Floyd | platypus... the same one you rescued from the pit. Floyd | Floyd | The crowd falls silent as you enter. Floyd | Floyd | "Welcome, brave Adventurer," says the white platypus, rising from its Floyd | throne to greet you. "I am Anatinus, King of Misty Island. My court Floyd | thanks you most humbly for rescuing the life of my daughter, Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Great would our sorrow have been if not for your cunning." Floyd | Floyd | The crowd applauds politely, and Princess Tasmania blushes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Allen says, "uh oh. Fairies. We'll wake up a thousand years in t hefuture" | |||
| Allen says, "oh. platypuses. Fairies. same thing" | ||||
| inky says, "you'll wake up in a thousand years in australia" | ||||
| Allen says, "cunning? We got the idea from a youtube video" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see king" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean King Anatinus.) Floyd | Not unexpectedly, King Anatinus is arrayed in high platypus fashion. Floyd | Floyd | "My messengers have told me of your quest," continues King Anatinus. Floyd | "Allow me to repay your kindness with words of advice." Floyd | Floyd | The old platypus motions you to his side. "The Tower of the Evil One is Floyd | formidable," he begins in a low, serious voice. "You will never get Floyd | inside unaided. Legends speak of a Magick Word that can open the gates Floyd | of the Tower. But what Word it is, none can say." Floyd | Floyd | The king reaches beneath his throne and takes out a small wizard's hat. Floyd | "Take this," he says, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This is pretty cracktastic." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "see hat" | ||||
Floyd | The wizard's hat is decorated with foil stars and cheap glitter. Floyd | Floyd | "I offer you this Hat," says King Anatinus, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Oh goody, we're gonna be sorted into Platypusdor." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take hat" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 53 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Take it to the sea," King Anatinus whispers as you turn the hat in Floyd | your hands. "There you will find a creature learned in the lore of Floyd | Magick. Heed him well! In his wisdom lies your only hope." Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Pelican?" | |||
| Alex says (to eu), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that a pelican is like a publican, except you don't have to call him sir to get him to give you alcohol." | ||||
| Allen whispers, "No. There is another." | ||||
| Allen says, "an echidna" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear hat" | ||||
Floyd | But the wizard's hat is much too small! Floyd | Floyd | A fanfare of trumpets breaks the silence, and the crowd falls to its Floyd | knees. Floyd | Floyd | "Good luck to you, brave Adventurer!" cries King Anatinus, bowing Floyd | deeply. "Now blow into the silver whistle one more time, and deliver us Floyd | from the horror of the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | The platypuses look at you expectantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind rises out of nowhere, and Misty Island falls away Floyd | beneath your feet. You feel the silver whistle slip from your hand as Floyd | you streak across the lake... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see hat" | ||||
Floyd | The wizard's hat is decorated with foil stars and cheap glitter. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What's the safest way to the pelican?" | |||
| Johnny says, "It's nice that the playpuses have a craft habit." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west Floyd | along the riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the shore Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give hat to pelican" | ||||
Floyd | The pelican sniffs the wizard's hat suspiciously. Its eyes open wide Floyd | with interest, and the wizard's hat quickly finds a place on the Floyd | pelican's head. Then the old bird gives you a sly, knowledgeable wink. Floyd | Floyd | All at once the lighthouse blazes to life! Its shining beacon whirls Floyd | like a gyroscope, and a pencil-thin beam of light pierces the sky and Floyd | traces a word on a passing cloud: SORKIN. Floyd | Floyd | The pelican spreads its wings and soars away over the bay. As the beam Floyd | of the lighthouse fades, a voice in your head whispers, "Good luck, Floyd | brave Adventurer!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 58 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf17" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Must be a Sports Night fan." | |||
| djfletch says, "cool" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I wonder if we do the tower now or if we need anything else" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "But we're kinda stuck again, aren't we?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We've not got into the theatre, nor the library, nor cottage, nor figured out what the graveyard's for." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah" | ||||
| Allen says, "stuck? No. We now have a WORD." | ||||
| Allen says, "Sorkin" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Could we ask the gravedigger about the vapors?" | ||||
| Allen says, "who was producer of the West Wing" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'm mostly worried about the cinema - the graveyard could just be a barrier" | ||||
| Johnny says (to DavidW), "I do declare." | ||||
| djfletch says, "not sure about the library or cottage" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was sure it was going to be Xyzzy. Which is why it is instead sorkin." | ||||
| djfletch says, "going to look at the cinema again" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask voss about ticket" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to buy one from Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask voss about coin" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm not paid to chatter with you," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask voss about glasses" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't have time for idle chatter," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton Floyd | at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You can hear a blare of noise coming from inside the movie theater. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask gravedigger about ticket" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask gravedigger about vapors" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take carton" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger might not like it if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter carton" | ||||
Floyd | That's impossible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit gravedigger with horseshoe" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger might not like it if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger blocks your path. "No ticket, no movie." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "drink milk" | ||||
Floyd | You'd have to open the bottle to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Where did the violet note come from? What happens if you give it to Voss?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give note to gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | "No, thanks," he says, shaking his head. "Got enough junk already." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's from her to Corky" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So we'd be returning it" | ||||
| Johnny says, "She refused it." | ||||
| Johnny says, "It's for Cookie Crisp when we get back, I think." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He will kill us if you call him that." | ||||
| eu exclaims, "I have to go now. Thanks everyone!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "see eu" | ||||
| eu says, "Heh." | ||||
| eu departs. | Jacqueline asks, "So, the wish objects haven't worked for non-wish reasons yet?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or has one of them?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Don't think so." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I wonder if we should be swayed by that informatioin" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "tion" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I won't bother taking us to the stump to say this, but I'm stumped." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "But this is an easy Infocom game!" | ||||
| djfletch says, "me too" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we try some wishes?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I wonder if we just missed searching somewhere obvious to find a gold coin" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or is that folly?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Well, we can save." | ||||
| Johnny says, "It won't 'ruin' any of the puzzles, either." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Tru dat" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "hmm, looking at the wishes, why would we need it to rain or be dark?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Flight would probably get us into the tower, if we didn't have SORKIN." | ||||
| DavidW says, "wait, I thought it did 'ruin' other puzzles. That once you start solving with magic, you might not be able to solve without magic." | ||||
| djfletch says, "must be later puzzles" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I think that the trick - at a minimum - is that you have to ration your magic, because you can only do each one once." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And some work on multiple things." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So you might screw up by using one and it works, but really a different wish was more appropriate." | ||||
| Johnny says (to DW), "That sounds more like something that would happen to the player." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Er, that a player would keep leaning on magic." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It sounds like something that would happen to Willow and Tara." | ||||
| Johnny says, "heh" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Oh, and Freedom is probably for people who don't get out of the cell by the hole in the floor" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton Floyd | at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I thought it was just another word for 'nothing left to lose,' but you're probably right." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x carton" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see carton" | ||||
Floyd | The open carton is marked, "Free 3D Movie Glasses Here!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take glasses" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any glasses here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in carton" | ||||
Floyd | It's empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "If there was a corpse around, we could steal the ferry fee." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't think it's up to us to create corpses." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Nor can we." | ||||
| Allen says, "that sounds like an unamerican viewpoint" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Probably built like the kid from Paperboy." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "How so?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "No wait, Paperboy could create lots of corpses." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "You mean, because we deliver mail and he delivers papers?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "He looks pretty runty [LINK]" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take carton" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger might not like it if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Tried that." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "ask gravedigger about glasses" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger doesn't respond. He seems to be a bit hard of hearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "He looks runty but evil enough to kill people." | |||
| Johnny says, "That's why I had to backpedal." | ||||
| Johnny::rimshot:: | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill gravedigger with candle" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger might not like it if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Oh ugh" | |||
| Johnny says, "Sorry." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Also, 'might not'" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Well, that is a very sensible reason not to kill people: they just might not like it if you tried that!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "But that's no stronger a reaction than when you try taking the carton" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "We can't get into the cabin why again?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "What cabin?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Yeah, it's just not implemented is all." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Cottage" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, in the first - okay, yeah. Cottage." | ||||
| djfletch says, "the hellhound stops us" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah. Naughty hellhound." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Library door is locked, hellhound guards cottage. And we need a gold coin." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh right, the poodle is the hellhound. For some reason I was thinking the hound was the location southwest of there." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "uh, try revisiting Misty Isle via whistle?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "If you were here right now, Johnny, you'd hear me doing my best Syberian Kate voice of her saying, 'I need a coin.'" | |||
| DavidW asks, "oh. Whistle gone?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Heh" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we lost it, I think it said something about it when we got back from the island" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh - huh. Guess perhaps that was a one-way trip." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I wonder what the seahorse was about from back at the start" | ||||
| djfletch says, "hopefully nothing important" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "no idea. Any idea where the shell got to?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "It's in the past." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm. Yeah. Wonder what the sea horse turns into after the Change." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Sharks?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, I suppose so. It wasn't on the wharf any more." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Can we swim in the tided over area?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I think it gives the bit about drowning." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | There's no exit that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We've explored every bit (that we can) of the changed map" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton Floyd | at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "crawl" | ||||
Floyd | (Do you have any particular direction in mind?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "crawl north" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger blocks your path. "Ticket, please." Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I think so" | |||
| djfletch says, "you don't have much time to look at things in the graveyard, but there didn't seem to be anything new there" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "What happens if you go in the graveyard with no possessions?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we probably did do that when I went there through the tunnel" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm" | ||||
| djfletch says, "or maybe I still had the stone" | ||||
| Johnny says, "He dropped all." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "What happens if you stay in the jail cell long enough?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Are you taken to the Evil One?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "haven't tried that" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Or if you sneak into the cell, is the cell door locked or unlocked?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "don't know - might be worth a go" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | There's no exit that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton Floyd | at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in water" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a piranha in the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | (It's 12:00 am. Better hurry! You've only got 6 hours before the moon Floyd | sets!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold, damp tunnels wander away Floyd | to the south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a smelly underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | The leaflet: Dropped. Floyd | The violet note: Dropped. Floyd | The candle: Dropped. Floyd | The bottle: Dropped. Floyd | The horseshoe: Dropped. Floyd | The umbrella: Dropped. Floyd | The small stone: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone stops glowing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Jail Cell Floyd | You're locked inside a damp, uncomfortable jail cell. Its thick steel Floyd | door and stone walls offer little hope for escape. Floyd | Floyd | The only furnishing is a hard bunk in the middle of the floor. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dark, narrow hole in the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see door" | ||||
Floyd | The lock on the cell door is very secure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see walls" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the wall that way to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see bunk" | ||||
Floyd | The bunk doesn't look very sanitary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "search bunk" | ||||
Floyd | The bunk doesn't look very sanitary. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear somebody howling with pain from the corridor outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under bunk" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see corridor" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any corridor here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "look out" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to look out?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "bars" | ||||
Floyd | The lock on the cell door is very secure. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear an agonized cry from the corridor outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "hrm" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that Sgt. MacGuffin would lend you the key. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||||
Floyd | The lock on the cell door is very secure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see ceiling" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing interesting about the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | You can hear sounds of violence from the corridor outside. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear evil voices down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "hit door" | ||||
Floyd | The lock on the cell door is very secure. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear sounds of violence from the corridor outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Are we supposed to be able to help?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I doubt it." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Honestly, I'd like to toss that piranha at everyone at this point." | ||||
| Johnny says, "A nice game of hot potato might settle everyone down." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any bottle here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're not holding anything. Floyd | Floyd | The evil voices down the corridor laugh among themselves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | With great effort, you manage to squeeze yourself into the hole. Floyd | Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a damp underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a small stone, an umbrella, a horseshoe, a bottle, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a violet note and a leaflet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone: Taken. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | The horseshoe: Taken. Floyd | The bottle: Taken. Floyd | The candle: Taken. Floyd | The violet note: Taken. Floyd | The leaflet: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone begins to glow again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That's different, though, than being thrown in there and waiting." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Though I suspect that will only result in an end game." | ||||
| Johnny says, "We escaped." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Even if we didn't wanna?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I was hoping that we could somehow get into MacGuffin's office." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn note" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to burn the note with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I guess the violent sounds were just to let us know the boots are jerks." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "candle" | ||||
Floyd | Some people just can't be trusted with fire. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think they were just ambiance, yeah." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | It seems to be a junk-mail ad for a primitive computer game. The Floyd | cancelled stamp on the leaflet is too faded to read clearly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Can we enter the lighthouse?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I don't think so" | ||||
| Johnny says, "The description says it's really just a beacon." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze stone" | ||||
Floyd | That would be a pointless thing to do. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, there are invisiclues, if we want to check them out. What's nice it that they're not all revealed, but done in a click through." | |||
| Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Jacqueline says, "The only one I have read is not spoilery and I must share:" | |||
| Jacqueline | Why are there so many platypuses in the story and packaging? | ||||
| Jacqueline | 1. That's what our marketing department wanted to know. | ||||
| Jacqueline | 2. But we wouldn't explain it to them. | ||||
| Jacqueline | 3. And we won't explain it to you, either. | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose we missed something somewhere." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Allen explained it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, I know." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That's not my point." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "My point is yay funny invisiclues!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "haha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I will not look at them anymore unless you guys want me to look up a hint on something." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I have them here." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I missed the early part of the session, then again when I had lunch. I wonder if that's when something got missed." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, wasn't this supposed to be an easy game? We got through Suspended, for crying out loud." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake note" | ||||
Floyd | How would you like it if somebody did that to YOUR violet note? Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart says, "Ha ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "We could start over with your fresh eyes here." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Talking to yourself is said to be a sign of impending mental collapse. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of LH), "Are you laughing at our ineptitude?" | |||
| Lionheart says, "Not only that but Wishbringer is the game with two puzzle solutions for everything." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've solved this game before, but I probably took more than one day to do it." | ||||
| Jacqueline has removed Lionheart from the channel. | ||||
| Johnny says, "It's not the same crowd that was here for Suspended." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I wouldn't mind a hint about how to get a gold coin. But I'll probably give up in another half an hour anyway, so don't count my vote too highly." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Well, it's been brought up that the library had/has artifacts." | ||||
| Lionheart says, "Anyway, I think the idea was that Wishbringer was meant to be IF-introductory, but not necessarily easy." | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. The troll bridge was the only other mention of a gold coin." | ||||
| DavidW says, "But we checked there and couldn't find one." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Didn't we have a coin?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or - oh, a token, huh?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, just the token." | ||||
| DavidW says, "For all I know, the grues might have a gold coin. Or we steal one from Voss." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stamp" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the leaflet.) Floyd | You're already holding it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, just noticed there is also a sample question, as there always was in Invisiclues to let you test out the booklet." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove stamp" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the leaflet.) Floyd | You aren't wearing that! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline | What is the plural of "platypus"? | |||
| Jacqueline | Platypuses. | ||||
| Jacqueline | Platypi. | ||||
| Jacqueline | Both platypuses and platypi are correct. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "That is an awesome sample question." | |||
| Johnny says, "It's nice to be important, but it's important to know what the heck is important." | ||||
| Lionheart says, "Hee." | ||||
| Johnny says, "The cottage seems like a big tease." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell milk" | ||||
Floyd | The fumes make you queasy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close milk" | ||||
Floyd | How can you do that to grue milk? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, ">GIVE ARM TO HELLHOUND. GO SOUTH" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "maybe we can use the milk to knock out the gravedigger or the hellhound." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Oh yeah, multiple solutions." | ||||
| Lionheart takes a look at the Amusing Things invisiclues, looking for the one about the grue milk. | ||||
| Johnny says, "Or at the least, find someone wearing fur and throw grue milk on them." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "How do we get out of the tunnels?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Did we deal with the vulture?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "no." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dirty underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | north and west. Floyd | Floyd | Faint light is streaming in from a narrow hole overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "north and west gets you back under the stump" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold tunnels wander away to the Floyd | south, east and west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Underground Floyd | You're in a dark underground chamber. Cold, damp tunnels wander away to Floyd | the south and east. Floyd | Floyd | The surrounding walls are almost obscured by the roots of a mighty Floyd | tree. Feeble light streams in from an opening overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see village" | ||||
Floyd | The village is too far away to make out much detail. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see vulture" | ||||
Floyd | Its steady gaze makes you uneasy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (Do you want to go down the north side of the hill, or down into the Floyd | open stump? Please type NORTH or IN.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did we look around for a coin near the troll toll?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard carton Floyd | at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yes" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bottle to gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | "No, thanks," he says, shaking his head. "Got enough junk already." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour milk on gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | The grue milk splashes all over the place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to undo?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink milk" | ||||
Floyd | Slurp! All gone. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel little icky things sliding down your throat. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "ugh" | |||
| DavidW asks, "shall we wait?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "eep" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | (The grue milk is lurking in your stomach. If you want to make a wish, Floyd | you'd better make it snappy!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | (The taste of the grue milk is starting to wear off. Wish now, or Floyd | forever hold your peace!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | (Thankfully, the icky taste of grue milk is gone.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "heh, lurking" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see milk" | ||||
Floyd | The grue milk is dark brown, with little icky things lurking in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see things" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any things here! Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "The darkness wish." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close bottle" | ||||
Floyd | It's already closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks (of Lionheart), "By two solutions do you mean the wishes?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn carton with candle" | ||||
Floyd | Some people just can't be trusted with fire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | No doubt about it. He's the town gravedigger, looking stiff and Floyd | uncomfortable in his new usher's uniform. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see uniform" | ||||
Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "uniform.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give note to gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | "No, thanks," he says, shaking his head. "Got enough junk already." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give leaflet to gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | "No, thanks," he says, shaking his head. "Got enough junk already." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | There's no exit that way. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see sand" | ||||
Floyd | You rubbed out all the markings in the sand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig sand" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to dig the sand with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hands" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did we decide for sure that the video game is a last resort, or ... ?" | |||
| DavidW says, "hard to be certain, but it seemed so. The transmat gave several 'are you sure' warnings." | ||||
| Johnny says, "It gets us in front of the tower, then we can enter with the magic word." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we use it to screw with other things, like the hellhound?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. I wonder... if the vapors like playing with stuff, maybe we can drop things to delay them." | ||||
| DavidW says, "So we drop an item, run, drop an item, run." | ||||
| DavidW says, "That might let us get through the graveyard without them locking the south exit on us." | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe, but that only puts you where the transmatter machine takes you anyway" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I suppose there might be something you can search in the graveyard or something like that" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Can we go off the path in the graveyard?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "hmm, don't think we tried" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The cemetery is a creepy place, especially at night. Are you sure you Floyd | want to go in there? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You have been warned. Floyd | Floyd | Twilight Glen Floyd | The trees here are so thick, it's almost too dark to see! You can make Floyd | out an open iron gate to the north, and a narrow lane between the Floyd | tombstones winds off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | As you glance around you notice luminous ribbons of mist darting among Floyd | the tombstones. The air is filled with sinister voices. Floyd | Floyd | (It's 1:00 am. Better hurry! You've only got 5 hours before the moon Floyd | sets!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The tombstones block your path. Floyd | Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors! Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | The luminous mists suddenly condense into a cloud of eldritch vapors! Floyd | Circling like sharks, they stroke your face with ghostly fingers and Floyd | whisper dreadful secrets into your ears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The tombstones block your path. Floyd | Floyd | Giggling with mischievous Glee, the eldritch vapors clutch your legs Floyd | and cover your eyes with their luminous hands. The ground falls away Floyd | beneath your feet as the foggy fiends lift you high above the treetops, Floyd | scatter your possessions and carry you screaming into the night. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You come to your senses empty-handed and aching all over. Floyd | Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, you Floyd | can see Witchville Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. An opening in the stump leads down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait, the moon setting is an issue? Did I miss something obvious?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | Johnny says, "We have until 6AM" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | DavidW says, "We have a limited time to save Festeron." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | (It's 1:00 am. Better hurry! You've only got 5 hours before the moon Floyd | sets!) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "We're pretty much done with the lake and the island, right?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Or at least we think we are." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, we can't return to Misty Island." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Shall we transmogrify the hellhound?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not familiar with our spells." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spells" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "spells.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wishes" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "wishes" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No, with the video arcade machine." | |||
| Johnny asks, "Rain?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The spells are listed in the feelies. One sec." | ||||
| Alex says (to Johnny), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that rain is cold." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's a transmat. It teleports us; it doesn't transmogrify anything." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh. So can we teleport into the cottage?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe there is a big steak in there or something to bribe the hound with, or at least maybe we can see what's in there." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Doubtful. We choose a grid location on the map." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Spells are here: [LINK]" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Most likely, we don't get inside any building via transmat." | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could try c4 and see what happens" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "Is our only lead that there is a gold coin *somewhere*?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or a ticket somewhere." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or a way to sneak in without either." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Our PC should've been a pickpocket." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, curious Floyd | electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "heh" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for Floyd | electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | A vague electrical smell quickly fades. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf18" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put token in machine" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't seem to be holding that!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "They saved after putting the token in." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see that here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides Floyd | the map into 13 squares. The words "Insert Token To Play" are scrolling Floyd | across the top of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Looks like someone else used our machine." | |||
| djfletch says, "huh" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see transmatter" | ||||
Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "transmatter.") Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "That was what, cf15?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see machine" | ||||
Floyd | The game machine is equipped with a video screen, a joystick, a big red
Floyd | button and a narrow slot for tokens. A lurid logo ("TRANSMATTER!") is
Floyd | painted on the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "push joystick down" | ||||
Floyd | (To use the joystick, you must indicate a compass direction as well as Floyd | an action. For example, try MOVE THE JOYSTICK TO THE WEST or PUSH STICK Floyd | NORTH.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "move joystick to the south" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing exciting happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "move joystick to the north" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing exciting happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You have to insert a token." | |||
| Johnny says, "I'm in denial." | ||||
| djfletch says, "not certain which save - I know cf17 is after we gave the hat to the pelican" | ||||
| DavidW says, "cf15, I think." | ||||
| djfletch says, "so going back earlier would be without doing that" | ||||
| djfletch says, "but maybe it doesn't matter since we know the magic word anyway" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | Johnny says, "cf14 and cf15 are the same." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst for Floyd | electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It might be a randomly chosen magic word." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides Floyd | the map into 13 squares, and a blinking star is centered over one of Floyd | the squares. Floyd | Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "true" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square E-3 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-4 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade snicker behind your back as your Floyd | hand touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't Floyd | really want to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim. Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a Floyd | pleasant sensation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again." Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ok, not helpful" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-4 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick n" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square upward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick n" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square upward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick e" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the right. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square D-2 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade watch you carefully as your hand Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim. Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in an Floyd | incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart one at Floyd | a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is not a Floyd | pleasant sensation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | West of House Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded Floyd | front door. Floyd | Floyd | There's a squashed can here. Floyd | Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | (That direction isn't used in this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is securely closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | A subtle pressure against your body prevents you from moving that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Your feet seem unwilling to move in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "probably not helpful either, but it's interesting that it works" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick door" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is securely closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | The front door is securely closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze can" | ||||
Floyd | You squashed the metal can flat when you removed the false bottom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "kick the can" | ||||
Floyd | Kicking the squashed can doesn't do anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search house" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get house" | ||||
Floyd | That's impossible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go around house" | ||||
Floyd | (Do you have any particular direction in mind?) Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "At this point, I can't fight off Invisiclues." | |||
| DavidW says, "I'm trying to fight off sleep." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, I think I'll give up now anyway" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I am not entirely opposed to hints, but I could also maybe reconvene in the AM." | ||||
| Johnny says, "That could work." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except that if it is nice out I promised to go canoeing, so I can't do more than an hour or two in the morning." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I would be cool with, say, 1pm Eastern." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I kinda want to read the books I borrowed from the library." | ||||
| djfletch says, "that time is ok for me" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, okay. Well, Johnny and I could just continue then if you're cool with it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, Johnny and djf" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Sure. I have played before, after all." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I would say let's reconvene next week, except next week I will be apartment hunting in Seattle. Though I might be down with Floyding from a coffee shop, so." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I just don't remember many specifics." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "We'll figure something out while you sleep, DW. Good luck with books and career stuff!" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of Johnny&djf), "Now, or tomorrow? InvisiClues, or hardcore?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "thanks" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Sleeping on it might help." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I'll be up really late either way." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Are you good with 1pm Eastern tomorrow?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "I'm." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's do that then, since djf already said that time was good." | ||||
| djfletch says, "cool" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "night" | ||||
| djfletch says, "see you then" | ||||
| DavidW says, "g'night" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "See you." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf19" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW goes home. | ||||
| DavidW has disconnected. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Your score is 52 points out of 100, in 301 moves. Floyd | Are you sure you want to leave the story now? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| djfletch has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| *** Second Session **** | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I'm here, but eating my salmon and eggs with coffee." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So I can't really type much, but I am happy if you two want to start." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "load wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of Floyd | Thermofax. Floyd | Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath. Floyd | Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand... Floyd | Floyd | WISHBRINGER Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc. Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920 Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Huh, never noticed the release number." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Which is the best save?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Let's try thirteen, before I think we used th token." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I noticed it yesterday, but why are you 'huhing' about it?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "That it's so much later than you thought it would be?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "thirteen might be before going to the platypus island" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Jacq), "Standard dirty reason" | ||||
| djfletch says, "but that's no problem to do" | ||||
| Johnny says (to djfletch), "But that means we get to see the platypuses again!" | ||||
| djfletch exclaims, "cool!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh ha - the release number, not the serial number. My bad." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "restore" | Jacqueline says, "The platypi have been kinda the best part. Well, that and the mailboxes." | |||
| Johnny says, "cf13" | ||||
| Johnny says, "er" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "And the reminders to deliver the envelope." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a brass token, a leaflet, a violet note, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella, a silver Floyd | whistle and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "There's your token." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound is big enough to eat you whole, and willing to try. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the hellhound's sharp, bloody fangs snapping as it nips Floyd | your heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "All this SEE reminds me of old movie trailers." | |||
| Johnny says, ">THRILL TO THE PLATYPI. BUY THE WHOLE SEAT. USE THE EDGE" | ||||
| djfletch exclaims, "SEE the deadly hellhound devour hapless adventurers!" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound circles you warily, snarling and growling with menace. Floyd | It looks as if it's getting ready to attack! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "give bottle to hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound tests the bottle with its tongue, drops it on the road Floyd | and turns to roar at you again. Floyd | Floyd | With a savage leap, the hellhound lives up to its bloodthirsty Floyd | reputation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 51 points out of 100, in 271 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Johnny says, "Hey DavidW!" | |||
| DavidW says, "I'll probably only watch today." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Feel free to provide MST3K-style commentary to our haplessness." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Oh yeah, whistle" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "x whistle" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see whistle" | ||||
Floyd | The silver whistle is shaped like a platypus, and twinkles with gentle Floyd | Magick. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "blow it" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | The silver whistle's music echoes over the lake, rippling the water Floyd | with gentle Magick. A sudden gust of wind blows through your hair. You Floyd | can see the soft outline of Misty Island drawing closer as you streak Floyd | across the waves... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward. Floyd | Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance. Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see castle" | ||||
Floyd | Why not go inside and look around? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | At the moment, you hear nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Throne Room Floyd | You're standing in a long, high-ceilinged chamber. Hundreds of Floyd | platypuses are milling about with teacups in their paws, their faces Floyd | illuminated by a roaring fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | At the far end of the chamber stands a mighty throne. It's occupied by Floyd | a snow-white platypus with a gold crown on its head and a jeweled Floyd | scepter in its paw. On the floor near the throne is another crowned Floyd | platypus... the same one you rescued from the pit. Floyd | Floyd | The crowd falls silent as you enter. Floyd | Floyd | "Welcome, brave Adventurer," says the white platypus, rising from its Floyd | throne to greet you. "I am Anatinus, King of Misty Island. My court Floyd | thanks you most humbly for rescuing the life of my daughter, Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Great would our sorrow have been if not for your cunning." Floyd | Floyd | The crowd applauds politely, and Princess Tasmania blushes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see fireplace" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing interesting about it. Floyd | Floyd | "My messengers have told me of your quest," continues King Anatinus. Floyd | "Allow me to repay your kindness with words of advice." Floyd | Floyd | The old platypus motions you to his side. "The Tower of the Evil One Floyd | is formidable," he begins in a low, serious voice. "You will never get Floyd | inside unaided. Legends speak of a Magick Word that can open the gates Floyd | of the Tower. But what Word it is, none can say." Floyd | Floyd | The king reaches beneath his throne and takes out a small wizard's Floyd | hat. "Take this," he says, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see king" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean King Anatinus.) Floyd | Not unexpectedly, King Anatinus is arrayed in high platypus fashion. Floyd | Floyd | "Take this Hat," says King Anatinus, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take hat" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding too many things already! Floyd | Floyd | "I offer you this Hat," says King Anatinus, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "d'oh" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Man." | ||||
| Johnny says, "How awkward!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "And we don't want to leave anything here, right?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So should we go back a bit?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "we will lose the whistle anyway I think" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Or can we wear the hat and pick our stuff back up? Do we have -- oh, good point!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "We have to blow the whistle to leave." | ||||
| djfletch says, "oh, so we do" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, can we wear the hat?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "So, the only clear choice is to spend the rest of our days on Platypus Isle" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "YAY" | ||||
| Johnny says, "It's too small for our fat human head." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, let's just stay." | ||||
| Johnny says, "We have the leaflet, which is probably just there for the gag." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "drop leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | "This Hat is for you. Take it," says King Anatinus, holding it out to Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Part of me wants to see how many ways he can tell us to take the hat." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see princess" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean Princess Tasmania.) Floyd | Not unexpectedly, Princess Tasmania is arrayed in high platypus Floyd | fashion. Floyd | Floyd | The King Anatinus glares at you with annoyance. Floyd | Floyd | "You dare to ignore a royal gift?" he cries, deeply offended. "I see. Floyd | Perhaps a short visit to the granola mines will teach you some Floyd | respect!" Floyd | Floyd | The King turns you into a platypus with an angry wave of his scepter, Floyd | and the guards lead you away to twenty years of backbreaking labor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 51 points out of 100, in 284 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | Johnny says, "Ha ha" | |||
| djfletch says, "haha" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Looks like spending our days there is an option!" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline exclaims, "Hooray granola!" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take hat" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 52 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Take it to the sea," King Anatinus whispers as you turn the hat in Floyd | your hands. "There you will find a creature learned in the lore of Floyd | Magick. Heed him well! In his wisdom lies your only hope." Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "God love Brian Moriarty." | |||
| Jacqueline giggles. | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "bow" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to bow to?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "king" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean King Anatinus.) Floyd | Graciously, King Anatinus acknowledges your respectful attention. Floyd | Floyd | A fanfare of trumpets breaks the silence, and the crowd falls to its Floyd | knees. Floyd | Floyd | "Good luck to you, brave Adventurer!" cries King Anatinus, bowing Floyd | deeply. "Now blow into the silver whistle one more time, and deliver Floyd | us from the horror of the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | The platypuses look at you expectantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny asks, "Anyone want to try anything else?" | |||
| djfletch says, "nope" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Did we try kidding the princess?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, kissing" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "kiss princess" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean Princess Tasmania.) Floyd | It's not likely that King Anatinus would approve. Floyd | Floyd | "The merest blow into the whistle will speed you on your quest," says Floyd | King Anatinus. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "See, I'm still eating." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Can't type well." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "kiss king" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean King Anatinus.) Floyd | It seems unlikely that King Anatinus would approve. Floyd | Floyd | "You need only blow into the whistle," says King Anatinus. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "pet king" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean King Anatinus.) Floyd | Fiddling with King Anatinus has no effect. Floyd | Floyd | "Blow into the whistle, and your quest will continue," says King Floyd | Anatinus. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "get king" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean King Anatinus.) Floyd | That's impossible. Floyd | Floyd | The King Anatinus glares at you with annoyance. Floyd | Floyd | "You dare to ignore a royal command?" he cries, deeply offended. "I Floyd | see. Perhaps a short visit to the granola mines will teach you some Floyd | respect!" Floyd | Floyd | The King turns you into a platypus with an angry wave of his scepter, Floyd | and the guards lead you away to twenty years of backbreaking labor. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 52 points out of 100, in 289 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Johnny says, "f blow whistle" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind rises out of nowhere, and Misty Island falls Floyd | away beneath your feet. You feel the silver whistle slip from your Floyd | hand as you streak across the lake... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a wizard's hat, a brass token, a violet note, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small Floyd | stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "These boots are killing me." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Church Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are Floyd | littered with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated Floyd | with a thick layer of dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture is watching you from high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Wharf's End Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a Floyd | few feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested Floyd | waters of Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way now. The tide is in. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did we try sleeping with the fishes?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Just to see a fun ending?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Wharf's End Floyd | The sea-worn planks of the Witchville Pleasure Wharf end abruptly a Floyd | few feet to the east. You're surrounded by the dark, shark-infested Floyd | waters of Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The sharks would gobble you up if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean in the water.) Floyd | You'd probably drown in the bay if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "bah" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "pour ketchup on me" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "ketchup" is not in the vocabulary that you can Floyd | use.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west Floyd | along the riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the Floyd | shore nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see pelican" | ||||
Floyd | It's a fat old bird with a droopy beak and half-closed eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "I'm wondering about this hat." | |||
| Johnny says, "If anything funny happens when you put it on, say, the hellhound" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Want to try something else?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, sure. Save and try it." | ||||
| Johnny asks, "cf20?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "(Even though 14-19 are basically junked :( token)" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't enter an impenetrable forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s.s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "put hat on hellhound" | ||||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the hellhound. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Missed opportunity, right there" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "aw" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see bird" | ||||
Floyd | It's a fat old bird with a droopy beak and half-closed eyes. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "put hat on vulture" | ||||
Floyd | The vulture is much too high. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "put hat on pelican" | ||||
Floyd | The pelican sniffs the wizard's hat suspiciously. Its eyes open wide Floyd | with interest, and the wizard's hat quickly finds a place on the Floyd | pelican's head. Then the old bird gives you a sly, knowledgeable wink. Floyd | Floyd | All at once the lighthouse blazes to life! Its shining beacon whirls Floyd | like a gyroscope, and a pencil-thin beam of light pierces the sky and Floyd | traces a word on a passing cloud: SORKIN. Floyd | Floyd | The pelican spreads its wings and soars away over the bay. As the beam Floyd | of the lighthouse fades, a voice in your head whispers, "Good luck, Floyd | brave Adventurer!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 57 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Same word, though possible we're on the same original game." | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a brass token, a violet note, a candle (providing Floyd | light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone Floyd | (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "This is right about where my head bumps into a wall" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see lighthouse" | ||||
Floyd | It's really just an automated beacon, erected by the town to impress Floyd | tourists. There aren't any entrances or openings. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "yeah" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture eyes you suspiciously from high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Bridge Floyd | You're on a covered bridge that spans the Witchville River. A sign Floyd | hangs on an arch overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I am kinda wanting to look at Invisiclues for getting into the cottage." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But I shall refrain until there is agreement." | ||||
| djfletch says, "all I can think to try is to teleport and use the magic word at the tower, although it seems fairly likely that's wrong before we at least get into the cinema" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we could try it." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The list of wishes require several items as yet unfound, which is disquieting." | ||||
| Emily asks, "oh oh oh you're playing Wishbringer? how did I not notice this?" | ||||
| Emily arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Johnny says, "Well, the glasses are probably in the theater." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Emily), "Heh - we started yesterday." | ||||
| DavidW says, "And we got kinda stuck." | ||||
| djfletch says, "the sea-shell might be lost on this playthrough since we didn't get it before the tide came in" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Allen is here just to mock us, because it's an 'easy' 'junior' 'beginner game' and we are kinda really stuck." | ||||
| Johnny says (to djfletch), "feel free to drive a little" | ||||
| Jacqueline goes to look at the wish list agani. | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "er, again!" | ||||
| djfletch says, "ok, if there aren't any better ideas I'll test the magic word" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard Floyd | carton at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst Floyd | for electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put token in machine" | ||||
Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot. Floyd | Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears Floyd | on the video screen. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 58 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we just saved anyway so I won't bother" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square E-3 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | There's no exit that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade watch you carefully as your hand Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim. Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in Floyd | an incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart Floyd | one at a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is Floyd | not a pleasant sensation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 63 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| vimes arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see moat" | ||||
Floyd | The moat is 20 feet wide and filled with black, oily water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see window" | ||||
Floyd | It's wide open, and located a hundred feet above the moat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sorkin" | ||||
Floyd | With a great creak of wood and rattle of chains, the drawbridge slowly Floyd | lowers across the moat. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 66 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | "Turn back, brave Adventurer!" Floyd | Floyd | You stare in horror at the platypus chained to the floor. It's Floyd | Princess Tasmania! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "NO!" | |||
| djfletch says, "the evil one is not only a catnapper but a platypusnapper too" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask princess about chains" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean Princess Tasmania.) Floyd | A rumbling noise calls your attention away from the chain. Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of... Floyd | Mr. Crisp! Floyd | Floyd | "Nice of you to drop by," he sneers as a gigantic Boot pins you to the Floyd | ground. "Saves me the bother of tracking you down." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Torture Chamber Floyd | You're chained up in the corner of a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within Floyd | the bowels of the tower. The walls gleam with obscure medical Floyd | instruments, and a diabolical torture machine occupies most of the Floyd | opposite corner. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania is clamped into the torture machine! Floyd | Floyd | A ladder rises to meet an open hatch in the middle of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp is strolling around dusting off the instruments. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Can we give him the note?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, let's call him Corky." | ||||
| djfletch says, "worth a try" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Corky is really a woman!" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Or he's working for The Evil One, hard to know." | ||||
| djfletch says, "hmm, yes, that's confusing" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, what?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "The witch called ThEO a she." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He's not necessarily tEO." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Corky/Crisp is not the Evil One." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I bet it's Miss Voss" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He could be a mere minion." | ||||
| Johnny says, "I suggested that, too." | ||||
| djfletch says, "although she probably wouldn't be hanging around selling tickets" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Just far less strongly." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "corky, hello" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reddens. "Don't use that name in front of me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "corky, hi" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reddens. "Don't use that name in front of me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If we'd been able to see the movie, the movie supposedly stars the Evil One, so we'd know what she looks like." | |||
| vimes says, "The idea of Corky dressing up in bad gingham and a beehive wig is entertaining, though." | ||||
| Johnny says, "That really should be cumulative." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "show note to crisp" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Crisp takes the violet note and stares at it. His face turns pale. Floyd | "Where did this come from?" he whispers, opening it. Floyd | Floyd | An unbearably sweet expression spreads over his face as he reads. The Floyd | violet note falls from his hands. Floyd | Floyd | "I've got to run," Mr. Crisp cries, tossing his white lab coat into a Floyd | corner and stuffing his shirttails into his pants. "Violet scolds me Floyd | when I'm late!" He struggles into a hideous velvet blazer, pushes a Floyd | comb through his hair and scampers up the ladder like a little boy. Floyd | Floyd | The hatch closes with a hollow thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Grab that note! Read it!" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get note" | ||||
Floyd | You can't. Mr. Crisp dropped it out of your reach. Floyd | Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge opening. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania breathes a sigh of relief. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Torture Chamber Floyd | You're chained up in the corner of a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within Floyd | the bowels of the tower. The walls gleam with obscure medical Floyd | instruments, and a diabolical torture machine occupies most of the Floyd | opposite corner. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania is clamped into the torture machine! Floyd | Floyd | A ladder rises to meet a closed hatch in the middle of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a violet note and a white lab coat here. Floyd | Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge closing. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania strains against her clamps. "Release me from this Floyd | torture machine, brave Adventurer! The merest pull of the lever will Floyd | gain my freedom." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the lever while you're chained up. Floyd | Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, hrm." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "That *is* a pickle." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sorkin" | ||||
Floyd | (The word "sorkin" isn't useful here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we couldn't even wish for freedom, because we don't have any candy" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove chains" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't seem to be holding the chain!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a candle (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an Floyd | umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock chains" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to unlock the chains with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chains" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Somehow despite being chained up we still have all of our stuff." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see chains" | ||||
Floyd | The closed chain is securely bolted into the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever with umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something Floyd | else.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see lever" | ||||
Floyd | The lever is attached to the torture machine in which Princess Floyd | Tasmania is clamped. It can be pushed up or pulled down. Floyd | Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "pull lever with umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something Floyd | else.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "hit lever with umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the lever while you're chained up. Floyd | Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "throw horseshoe at lever" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the lever while you're chained up. Floyd | Floyd | "The merest pull of the lever will gain my freedom," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw horseshoe at lever" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the lever while you're chained up. Floyd | Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "tmg" | |||
| Johnny says, "Suddenly granola mines don't seem so bad" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "We haven't seen any candy at all, have we? Not even some we couldn't get?" | ||||
| djfletch exclaims (at Princess), "Please! Unlock these chains and set us free!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "heehee" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We never saw any candy." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at djf), "Truly!" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Princess), "Use your tail!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coat" | ||||
Floyd | The chains cut painfully into your wrist as you strain to grasp the Floyd | white lab coat. Your fingertips brush against the collar... There! You Floyd | got it! Floyd | Floyd | "The merest pull of the lever will gain my freedom," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see coat" | ||||
Floyd | The white lab coat isn't as clean as the one your doctor wears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in coat" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a rusty key in the white lab coat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 69 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "Platypus tails aren't exactly prehensile." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock chains with key" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the chain is now unlocked and open. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 70 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||||
Floyd | The clamps on the torture machine retract, and Princess Tasmania leaps Floyd | off. She's free! Floyd | Floyd | "Again you spare my unworthy life, brave Adventurer." The platypus Floyd | humbly licks your shoe, to your considerable embarrassment. "My Floyd | father, King Anatinus, does not forget such kindness." Floyd | Floyd | The little creature produces a silver whistle from her gown and blows Floyd | into it gently. A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | "Your journey is not yet ended," she warns as a whirlpool of colored Floyd | light envelops her. "But even if you fail, your deeds shall live Floyd | forever in our legends. Have faith!" Floyd | Floyd | When the colors fade, Princess Tasmania is gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | You're not holding the violet note. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "SWEET" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 73 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The handwritten note says: Floyd | Floyd | "Corky-Poo, Floyd | Floyd | I've got a plate of fresh oatmeal cookies waiting for you. Come over Floyd | around sixish, and I'll show you my collection of Byron first Floyd | editions, etc... Floyd | Floyd | Violet Floyd | Floyd | PS: If my little poodle yaps at you, just say ALEXIS, HEEL and she'll Floyd | behave." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!" | |||
| DavidW says, "That's helpful." | ||||
| Johnny says, "And you thought Corky was bad enough on its own." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay, to the cottage!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Someone else drive. In case there's stuff extra to do here." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Torture Chamber Floyd | You're in a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within the bowels of the tower. Floyd | The walls gleam with obscure medical instruments, and a diabolical Floyd | torture machine occupies most of the opposite corner. Floyd | Floyd | A ladder rises to meet a closed hatch in the middle of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "cf21" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(one wonders what pushing the lever would have done)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah, I shouldn't be so eager. Might be something else here." | ||||
| Johnny says, "wear coat" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see instruments" | ||||
Floyd | One of the medical instruments is labeled, "Frobozz Magic Truth Floyd | Extractor Company." Gulp! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "wear coat" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the white lab coat. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Sounds painful." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see instruments" | ||||
Floyd | One of the medical instruments is labeled, "Frobozz Magic Truth Floyd | Extractor Company." Gulp! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take extractor" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "extractor.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take instrument" | ||||
Floyd | Better keep away from the medical instruments. You might hurt Floyd | somebody. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Just us!" | |||
| DavidW asks, "up?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see machine" | ||||
Floyd | The torture machine has a lever that can be pushed up or pulled down. Floyd | You can see nothing special inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see hatch" | ||||
Floyd | The hatch is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says (to DavidW), "we just saved, so sure" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The hatch is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open hatch" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy hatch opens reluctantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. There's more tower here." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paintings" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see paintings" | ||||
Floyd | There are 13 paintings in the series. It seems to be a tragic sequence Floyd | involving a beautiful princess and a wicked queen. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "up again?" | |||
| Johnny says, "It's telling how deeply X is embedded." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see first painting" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any first painting here! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ok" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and fuzzy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "blink" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "blink" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, I bet we need 3-D glasses here." | |||
| DavidW says, "(logic)" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess we can go to cottage." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), " d" | ||||
Floyd | It's too blurred in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | It's too blurry in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "uh-oh" | |||
| Rotonoto arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Jacqueline asks, "/undo a few?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and blurry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and blurry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is closed against the north wall. A short Floyd | corridor leads south, into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sorkin" | ||||
Floyd | (The word "sorkin" isn't useful here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawbridge" | ||||
Floyd | You can't. The mechanism that controls the drawbridge is hidden. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "search wall" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the wall that way to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "nikros" | ||||
Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "nikros.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "westwing" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to use the word "westwing" to finish this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Maybe behind the paintings?" | |||
| Johnny asks, "Is the lever a longshot?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Oh, maybe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nikros" | ||||
Floyd | (This story doesn't know the word "nikros.") Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search paintings" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing extraordinary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "say "sorkin"" | ||||
Floyd | (The word "sorkin" isn't useful here.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind paintings" | ||||
Floyd | Moving aside one of the paintings reveals a metal crank attached to Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn crank" | ||||
Floyd | As you turn the metal crank you hear the distant rattle of the Floyd | drawbridge opening. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 74 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are an open drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | The moment you take your foot off the drawbridge it swings up over the Floyd | moat and closes with a mighty thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ooo" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You'd tumble down the hill if you went that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "alexis, heel" | ||||
Floyd | Alexis pricks up her ears at the sound of her name. She sits Floyd | obediently at your feet, gently licks your hand and thumps her big Floyd | tail happily. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 79 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | The cottage door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the cottage door is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Cottage Floyd | This is the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The walls Floyd | are lined with timeworn books and dusty, faded photographs. Looks as Floyd | if nobody's lived here for a long time. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dusty bookcase with a steel key on it near the open front Floyd | door. Somebody has scrawled a message in the dust on the bookcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read message" | ||||
Floyd | The scrawled message is enclosed in a heart-shaped outline. It says, Floyd | Floyd | VIOLET + CORKY Floyd | XXXX Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "awww" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 82 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'll guess this is the library key." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see books" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, you don't have time for browsing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That would make sense." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see photographs" | ||||
Floyd | Unfortunately, you don't have time for browsing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Johnny says, "Which should net us the coin!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a steel key, a violet note, a rusty key, a white lab Floyd | coat (being worn), a candle (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, Floyd | an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock library with steel key" | ||||
Floyd | You can't unlock a library! Floyd | Floyd | (It's 12:00 am. Better hurry! You've only got 6 hours before the moon Floyd | sets!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door with steel key" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the library door is now unlocked and open. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 85 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I wonder if the vulture is telling the boots how to find us." | |||
| Rotonoto goes home. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf21" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Circulation Desk Floyd | You're standing before a large desk at the library entrance. The top Floyd | of the desk is almost hidden under a clutter of books, all grey with Floyd | dust. Floyd | Floyd | A dark corridor leads south into darkness. The library door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the library door is now closed. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint "click" as somebody locks the library door from the Floyd | outside. Floyd | Floyd | The candle flares brightly, and then fizzles out. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Eep!" | |||
| DavidW says, "okay, I wasn't expecting that." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see desk" | ||||
Floyd | Aside from the clutter of books, you see nothing unusual on the Floyd | circulation desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see books" | ||||
Floyd | The titles range from classics of world literature to forgotten hits Floyd | of years long past. Dust covers them equally, regardless of merit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Museum Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation. | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "blow on books" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together Floyd | in a pose of eternal combat. Floyd | Floyd | There's a glass display case in the corner. You can see a sculpture in Floyd | the case. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something Floyd | else.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hahaha" | |||
| DavidW says, "'fossil mailboxes'" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sculpture" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see sculpture" | ||||
Floyd | The black marble sculpture is about 14 inches high. It's exquisitely Floyd | crafted in the likeness of a cat. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a round, shallow hole carved into the forehead of the Floyd | sculpture. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Smash it!" | |||
| Johnny says, "Oh" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Search it!" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Chaos?" | ||||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that chaos is a game from Comp99 entered by Shay Caron. It came in 19th place." | ||||
| DavidW says, "That's the cat we want." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or, at least, a sculpture of it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Chaos, hello" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach inside the closed display case. Floyd | Floyd | Talking to yourself is said to be a sign of impending mental collapse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open case" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that. It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break case" | ||||
Floyd | (with your hand) Floyd | The display case is still intact, but your hand isn't. Ouch! Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "hooray" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock case with steel key" | ||||
Floyd | A quick test shows that the steel key won't unlock the display case. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a steel key, a violet note, a rusty key, a white lab Floyd | coat (being worn), a candle, a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a Floyd | small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see mailboxes" | ||||
Floyd | There's something disturbingly familiar about the fossil exhibit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mailboxes" | ||||
Floyd | You'd probably damage the priceless fossil exhibit if you tried that! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Perhaps the key is in the circulation desk?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Circulation Desk Floyd | You're standing before a large desk at the library entrance. The top Floyd | of the desk is almost hidden under a clutter of books, all grey with Floyd | dust. Floyd | Floyd | A dark corridor leads south into darkness. The library door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search desk" | ||||
Floyd | You can see nothing special on the circulation desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean desk" | ||||
Floyd | You're a mail clerk, not a janitor! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move dust" | ||||
Floyd | You can't move the dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Damn it, Jim." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move books" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the clutter of books that way to finish Floyd | this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind desk" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing behind the circulation desk. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Johnny), "I was thinking that." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see door" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like the library door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search books" | ||||
Floyd | (You don't need to refer to the clutter of books that way to finish Floyd | this story.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Maybe we can break the case with the horseshoe?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Museum Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation. Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together Floyd | in a pose of eternal combat. Floyd | Floyd | There's a glass display case in the corner. You can see a sculpture in Floyd | the case. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break case with horseshoe" | ||||
Floyd | Crash! You broke the display case open with the horseshoe. Floyd | Floyd | The tinkle of broken glass is drowned out by the blare of an electric Floyd | security alarm! You stand frozen with fear as Sgt. MacGuffin strides Floyd | into the Museum and drags you to the Tower, where you're subjected to Floyd | months of slow, painful torture at the skilled hands of the Evil One. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 85 points out of 100, in 426 moves. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "load wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of Floyd | Thermofax. Floyd | Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath. Floyd | Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand... Floyd | Floyd | WISHBRINGER Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc. Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920 Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Someone want to restore, please?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh dear and haha" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "cf21" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Let's visit the theatre first. Voss might have left." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture begins to hover high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. She's still there." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "We still have no coin with which to buy a ticket, right?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Correct." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a steel key, a violet note, a rusty key, a white lab Floyd | coat (being worn), a candle (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, Floyd | an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "btw, is there any chance that the hellhound, Alexis, has anything useful on its collar?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, maybe." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alexis" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see alexis" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound is thumping its big tail happily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search alexis" | ||||
Floyd | But Alexis might resent that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet alexis" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound seems to enjoy your attention. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x collar" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see collar" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the white lab coat.) Floyd | The white lab coat isn't as clean as the one your doctor wears. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "May I try a wish?" | |||
| DavidW says, "well, I dunno what to try next." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or may I suggest one?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm, I dunno." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "What are you thinking of?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm guessing if we make it dark but we drank the grue's milk we could still see." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Darkness might let us sneak past the gravedigger, I suppose." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So maybe we could sneak past him into the theater" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right" | ||||
| djfletch says, "wishing for fortune might just give us a coin" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, it maybe would have been useful to sneak past Alexis, too, but now that we know a non-magick way to do that, we could try it on the gravedigger." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "Ooh - yeah" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, that's not a wish, is it?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, luck you mean." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Luck isn't the same as Fortune." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we could try that, too." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, it just mentions fortune in the description" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I don't mind trying one of those - either that or get a hint about how to find a coin" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, the luck thing we could do right here right now." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "luck" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wish for luck" | ||||
Floyd | The Stone of Dreams brightens as you speak the Wish, and the edges of Floyd | the horseshoe begin to twinkle with Luck. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Jacqueline says, "Okay, maybe not right here right now." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Maybe at the fountain?" | ||||
| Ellison says, "WISHBRING IT ON" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see horseshoe" | ||||
Floyd | The horseshoe is twinkling with lucky Magick. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Ellison), "yay" | |||
| djfletch says, "the fountain sounds likely" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in water" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a piranha in the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "hmm" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard Floyd | carton at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger blocks your path. "No ticket, no movie." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm tempted to use the milk here, but we didn't get anything out of the luck so I think we should restore." | |||
| djfletch says, "yes, go for that" | ||||
| djfletch says, "probably it does just mean fortune in the sense of luck rather than cash money" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "might be for avoiding the boots or wandering in the fog or something" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Witchville Floyd | Rotary. Walks converge from four directions on a neglected marble Floyd | fountain, filled with greasy water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter theatre" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard Floyd | carton at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink milk" | ||||
Floyd | Slurp! All gone. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel little icky things sliding down your throat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wish for darkness" | ||||
Floyd | The air becomes very still as you speak the Wish. The gravedigger Floyd | frowns, blinks his eyes and looks around nervously. Floyd | Floyd | All at once a terrifying shadow sweeps across the surface of Floyd | Wishbringer. The candle flame withers and dies, plunging the room into Floyd | total darkness. Floyd | Floyd | "Who turned out the lights?!" cries the gravedigger, stumbling around Floyd | the pitch-black lobby in terror. Floyd | Floyd | (Thankfully, the icky taste of grue milk is gone.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger cries, "Don't leave me alone!" Floyd | Floyd | It is pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | As suddenly as it faded, the light from Wishbringer returns, and the Floyd | candle flares back to life. Floyd | Floyd | Inside Theater Floyd | This is a movie theater unlike any you've ever seen! The seats are Floyd | wide, deep and comfortable. The aisles are spotless. The air is clear Floyd | of smoke, and the screen is dramatically large. A chill goes up your Floyd | spine as you realize how alien your universe has become. Floyd | Floyd | There's a noisy movie playing on the screen. A dark corridor leads out Floyd | to the lobby. Floyd | Floyd | The screen image is a meaningless blur of colored light. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "yay" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see image" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the movie screen.) Floyd | Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. We still need glasses." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Glasses." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search seats" | ||||
Floyd | Hmm. This place isn't completely spotless. You just discovered a used Floyd | pair of 3D glasses under a seat. Floyd | Floyd | The picture on the screen is fuzzy and hard to watch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "WOO" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | You're not holding the pair of 3D glasses. Floyd | Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 88 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The screen image is a meaningless blur of colored light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the picture on the screen fuses into a Floyd | solid, 3-dimensional image. Floyd | The movie screen shows an evil woman squinting through an antique Floyd | telescope. A laboratory full of bubbling 3D chemicals is visible in Floyd | the background. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see woman" | ||||
Floyd | She's a dark, sinister being with terrible eyes! Floyd | Floyd | A 3D vulture lands on the woman's shoulder and croaks a secret into Floyd | her ear. An evil eyebrow rises slowly as she listens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "I knew it! The vulture is hers!" | |||
| Johnny says, "Okay, I think we should wish for luck now, so that later we can do the CSI bit with "Looks like somebody's luck ... just ran out."" | ||||
| Jacqueline groans. | ||||
| DavidW says, "We might need the luck later." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "watch film" | ||||
Floyd | The old woman swings the 3D antique telescope around (narrowly missing Floyd | your nose) and peers into it again. A point-of-view shot reveals what Floyd | the 'scope is focused on: a small movie theater, remarkably similar to Floyd | the one you're in right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Creepy" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Should I be doing anything, or just watching the movie?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see telescope" | ||||
Floyd | The antique telescope is pointing out the window. Floyd | Floyd | The antique telescope zooms in on the entrance to the movie theater. A Floyd | dead ringer for Miss Voss looks up and waves timidly at the camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see vulture" | ||||
Floyd | Its steady gaze makes you uneasy. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman stalks across the lab to a panel of heavy-duty power Floyd | switches. As the camera follows, you catch a fleeting 3D glimpse of a Floyd | black cat sleeping in the corner of the lab. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "Chaos." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "see cat" | ||||
Floyd | She's black as night from head to tail, and sound asleep. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman selects a power switch labeled "Palace Theater" and Floyd | opens it with a diabolical cackle. A 3D arc of electricity leaps from Floyd | the screen, and a shower of sparks seems to engulf the movie Floyd | theater... Floyd | Floyd | Poof! The image on the screen goes black. The soundtrack slowly grinds Floyd | to a halt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "So that statue is some kind of kitty." | |||
| Johnny says, "Probably." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure we were helped any by that sequence." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "We need these glasses back in the tower, right?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "And now we know that tEO has Chaos, which we kinda knew, but it seems like maybe she's at the tower?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "But I'm guessing that's actually where the Evil One is." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The cat in the movie didn't have the white spot on the forehead, you'll note." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So my vote is to go back to the tower." | ||||
| djfletch says, "yup" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Could someone else please drive?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. I bet we still need to deal with the library somehow first." | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe we have to get a key from the evil one" | ||||
| djfletch says, "for the case" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see stone" | ||||
Floyd | The small stone glows with an eerie violet-white radiance. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm." | |||
| Johnny asks, "So, the stone goes in the statue's forehead?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "unless Miss Voss would have the key" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Anyway, I suggest removing the glasses and get out of here. The boot patrol might have new orders now." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm. Maybe, Johnny." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Johnny), "Extremely likely." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | As you appear in the lobby the gravedigger promptly throws you out Floyd | into the street. "Sneak past me, eh? Scram!" Floyd | Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "ask voss about cat" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm not paid to chatter with you," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "nobody has really responded to conversation much" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "They don't like us." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sorkin" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing exciting happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "?" | |||
| djfletch says, "hmm" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Clearly the tower isn't the endgame because we couldn't have gotten into the cottage without first going to the tower." | ||||
| djfletch says, "we could have got the glasses before we went in the tower the first time" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes, that part is true." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And... sigh. We could restore and try that." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I don't have any better ideas" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Nor I, sadly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "Could you do the honors? I didn't get quite enough sleep last night and am kinda groggy." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "any idea which save was after we brought the hat to the pelican but before we went in the tower? Was it 20?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes, I'll try" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Um, let me look" | ||||
| djfletch says, "can probably work it out by trying a couple" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are an open drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf19" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | West of House Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a Floyd | boarded front door. Floyd | Floyd | There's a squashed can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Well, 20 we had just spoken the word. Maybe the drawbridge would stay open even if we didn't cross it?" | |||
| djfletch says, "ok, that might work" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are an open drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry, was in scrollback when you restored, but maybe worth a shot." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'd just walk away, come back and see." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "you know, before you wander too far off." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are an open drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Worth a shot" | ||||
| djfletch asks, "but can I get back to the cinema from here?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe I can call the dog Alexis even though we don't really know that yet" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "alexis, heel" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound decides that you're only guessing its name, and roars Floyd | all the louder. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "HAHA" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Nice" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, forgot about that bit. Looks like it's 19" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf19" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | West of House Floyd | You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a Floyd | boarded front door. Floyd | Floyd | There's a squashed can here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf17" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west Floyd | along the riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the Floyd | shore nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "this is from yesterday, it might not let us use the machine" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst Floyd | for electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | A vague electrical smell quickly fades. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a leaflet, a violet note, a candle (providing light), a Floyd | bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see screen" | ||||
Floyd | The video screen displays a map of Witchville Village. A grid divides Floyd | the map into 13 squares. The words "Insert Token To Play" are Floyd | scrolling across the top of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | (You'll find the map inside your Wishbringer package.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "both cf19 and cf20 were written over" | |||
| djfletch says, "oh well" | ||||
| Johnny asks, "The flight spell should get us back in the tower, no?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we have a broom?" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Oh we don't have a broom" | ||||
| Johnny ( | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "OMG YOUR EYES, JOHNNY" | ||||
| Johnny says, "\:(" | ||||
| Johnny says, "nice hat" | ||||
| Gunther says, "it's :\:(" | ||||
| Gunther says, "or ;:\:(" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Rakishly tilted hat, yes." | ||||
| djfletch says, "I could do again from cf13 pretty quickly, it's just the platypus bit then the pelican" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a brass token, a leaflet, a violet note, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella, a silver Floyd | whistle and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | The silver whistle's music echoes over the lake, rippling the water Floyd | with gentle Magick. A sudden gust of wind blows through your hair. You Floyd | can see the soft outline of Misty Island drawing closer as you streak Floyd | across the waves... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward. Floyd | Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance. Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Throne Room Floyd | You're standing in a long, high-ceilinged chamber. Hundreds of Floyd | platypuses are milling about with teacups in their paws, their faces Floyd | illuminated by a roaring fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | At the far end of the chamber stands a mighty throne. It's occupied by Floyd | a snow-white platypus with a gold crown on its head and a jeweled Floyd | scepter in its paw. On the floor near the throne is another crowned Floyd | platypus... the same one you rescued from the pit. Floyd | Floyd | The crowd falls silent as you enter. Floyd | Floyd | "Welcome, brave Adventurer," says the white platypus, rising from its Floyd | throne to greet you. "I am Anatinus, King of Misty Island. My court Floyd | thanks you most humbly for rescuing the life of my daughter, Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Great would our sorrow have been if not for your cunning." Floyd | Floyd | The crowd applauds politely, and Princess Tasmania blushes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | "My messengers have told me of your quest," continues King Anatinus. Floyd | "Allow me to repay your kindness with words of advice." Floyd | Floyd | The old platypus motions you to his side. "The Tower of the Evil One Floyd | is formidable," he begins in a low, serious voice. "You will never get Floyd | inside unaided. Legends speak of a Magick Word that can open the gates Floyd | of the Tower. But what Word it is, none can say." Floyd | Floyd | The king reaches beneath his throne and takes out a small wizard's Floyd | hat. "Take this," he says, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get hat" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding too many things already! Floyd | Floyd | "This Hat is for you. Take it," says King Anatinus, holding it out to Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "in fact, let's keep our stuff this time" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound roars a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a brass token, a leaflet, a violet note, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe, an umbrella, a silver Floyd | whistle and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "All we lost was a leaflet." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | The silver whistle's music echoes over the lake, rippling the water Floyd | with gentle Magick. A sudden gust of wind blows through your hair. You Floyd | can see the soft outline of Misty Island drawing closer as you streak Floyd | across the waves... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island Floyd | You're standing on a fog-shrouded beach. Sheer cliff walls rise to the Floyd | north and south, and the dark waters of the lake stretch eastward. Floyd | Floyd | To the west stands a magnificent castle, its parapets rising high into Floyd | the mist. Golden light streams invitingly through the open entrance. Floyd | You can hear friendly voices and music inside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Throne Room Floyd | You're standing in a long, high-ceilinged chamber. Hundreds of Floyd | platypuses are milling about with teacups in their paws, their faces Floyd | illuminated by a roaring fireplace. Floyd | Floyd | At the far end of the chamber stands a mighty throne. It's occupied by Floyd | a snow-white platypus with a gold crown on its head and a jeweled Floyd | scepter in its paw. On the floor near the throne is another crowned Floyd | platypus... the same one you rescued from the pit. Floyd | Floyd | The crowd falls silent as you enter. Floyd | Floyd | "Welcome, brave Adventurer," says the white platypus, rising from its Floyd | throne to greet you. "I am Anatinus, King of Misty Island. My court Floyd | thanks you most humbly for rescuing the life of my daughter, Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Great would our sorrow have been if not for your cunning." Floyd | Floyd | The crowd applauds politely, and Princess Tasmania blushes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | "My messengers have told me of your quest," continues King Anatinus. Floyd | "Allow me to repay your kindness with words of advice." Floyd | Floyd | The old platypus motions you to his side. "The Tower of the Evil One Floyd | is formidable," he begins in a low, serious voice. "You will never get Floyd | inside unaided. Legends speak of a Magick Word that can open the gates Floyd | of the Tower. But what Word it is, none can say." Floyd | Floyd | The king reaches beneath his throne and takes out a small wizard's Floyd | hat. "Take this," he says, holding it out to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get hat" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 52 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Take it to the sea," King Anatinus whispers as you turn the hat in Floyd | your hands. "There you will find a creature learned in the lore of Floyd | Magick. Heed him well! In his wisdom lies your only hope." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | A fanfare of trumpets breaks the silence, and the crowd falls to its Floyd | knees. Floyd | Floyd | "Good luck to you, brave Adventurer!" cries King Anatinus, bowing Floyd | deeply. "Now blow into the silver whistle one more time, and deliver Floyd | us from the horror of the Evil One." Floyd | Floyd | The platypuses look at you expectantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "blow whistle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | A sudden gust of wind rises out of nowhere, and Misty Island falls Floyd | away beneath your feet. You feel the silver whistle slip from your Floyd | hand as you streak across the lake... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | There's an umbrella here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Firion arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||||
Floyd | The sand: The sand slips away between your fingers. Floyd | The umbrella: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Firion asks, "What are we playing?" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat sand" | ||||
Floyd | It's doubtful that the sand would agree with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf23" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Firion snickers. | ||||
| Ellison says, "Wishbringer" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Witchville River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the east. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see an open iron gate leading into the Witchville Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a narrow pit near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture hovers in the sky high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a grim little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Church Floyd | You're standing inside an abandoned old church. The aisles are Floyd | littered with debris and bits of colored glass; everything is coated Floyd | with a thick layer of dust. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Firion asks, "Infocom game?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Lighthouse Floyd | This is where the river empties into Witchville Bay. A path leads west Floyd | along the riverbank. Floyd | Floyd | A broken-down old lighthouse, barely ten feet high, stands on the Floyd | shore nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Perched on top of the lighthouse is a pelican, watching you through Floyd | half-closed eyelids. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "bow to pelican" | ||||
Floyd | Paying respect to the pelican doesn't do anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "give hat to pelican" | ||||
Floyd | The pelican sniffs the wizard's hat suspiciously. Its eyes open wide Floyd | with interest, and the wizard's hat quickly finds a place on the Floyd | pelican's head. Then the old bird gives you a sly, knowledgeable wink. Floyd | Floyd | All at once the lighthouse blazes to life! Its shining beacon whirls Floyd | like a gyroscope, and a pencil-thin beam of light pierces the sky and Floyd | traces a word on a passing cloud: SORKIN. Floyd | Floyd | The pelican spreads its wings and soars away over the bay. As the beam Floyd | of the lighthouse fades, a voice in your head whispers, "Good luck, Floyd | brave Adventurer!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 57 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says, "the same" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf24" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ok, so now the darkness thing" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rocky Path Floyd | You're on a rocky path that runs east and west along the banks of the Floyd | Witchville River. A dense, impenetrable forest borders the south edge Floyd | of the path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Witchville Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | A dead branch is lying on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Witchville Rotary. A road leads Floyd | north, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a broken-down old church that looks as if it Floyd | hasn't been used for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | "You won't get far without a ticket!" cries Miss Voss. Floyd | Floyd | Theater Lobby Floyd | You're standing in the lobby of the movie theater. A short corridor Floyd | leads north into darkness. Sound effects and music can be heard Floyd | drifting down the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger is standing near the corridor, a large cardboard Floyd | carton at his feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf25" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding an umbrella, a brass token, a leaflet, a violet note, a Floyd | candle (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe and a small stone Floyd | (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the bottle is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drink milk" | ||||
Floyd | Slurp! All gone. Floyd | Floyd | You can feel little icky things sliding down your throat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wish for darkness" | ||||
Floyd | The air becomes very still as you speak the Wish. The gravedigger Floyd | frowns, blinks his eyes and looks around nervously. Floyd | Floyd | All at once a terrifying shadow sweeps across the surface of Floyd | Wishbringer. The candle flame withers and dies, plunging the room into Floyd | total darkness. Floyd | Floyd | "Who turned out the lights?!" cries the gravedigger, stumbling around Floyd | the pitch-black lobby in terror. Floyd | Floyd | (Thankfully, the icky taste of grue milk is gone.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger cries, "Don't leave me alone!" Floyd | Floyd | It is pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | As suddenly as it faded, the light from Wishbringer returns, and the Floyd | candle flares back to life. Floyd | Floyd | Inside Theater Floyd | This is a movie theater unlike any you've ever seen! The seats are Floyd | wide, deep and comfortable. The aisles are spotless. The air is clear Floyd | of smoke, and the screen is dramatically large. A chill goes up your Floyd | spine as you realize how alien your universe has become. Floyd | Floyd | There's a noisy movie playing on the screen. A dark corridor leads out Floyd | to the lobby. Floyd | Floyd | All you can see on the screen is a confusing double-image. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look under seat" | ||||
Floyd | Hmm. This place isn't completely spotless. You just discovered a used Floyd | pair of 3D glasses under a seat. Floyd | Floyd | The screen image is a meaningless blur of colored light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 60 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The picture on the screen is fuzzy and hard to watch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the picture on the screen fuses into a Floyd | solid, 3-dimensional image. Floyd | Floyd | The movie screen shows an evil woman squinting through an antique Floyd | telescope. A laboratory full of bubbling 3D chemicals is visible in Floyd | the background. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see movie" | ||||
Floyd | A 3D vulture lands on the woman's shoulder and croaks a secret into Floyd | her ear. An evil eyebrow rises slowly as she listens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman swings the 3D antique telescope around (narrowly missing Floyd | your nose) and peers into it again. A point-of-view shot reveals what Floyd | the 'scope is focused on: a small movie theater, remarkably similar to Floyd | the one you're in right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The antique telescope zooms in on the entrance to the movie theater. A Floyd | dead ringer for Miss Voss looks up and waves timidly at the camera. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman stalks across the lab to a panel of heavy-duty power Floyd | switches. As the camera follows, you catch a fleeting 3D glimpse of a Floyd | black cat sleeping in the corner of the lab. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman selects a power switch labeled "Palace Theater" and Floyd | opens it with a diabolical cackle. A 3D arc of electricity leaps from Floyd | the screen, and a shower of sparks seems to engulf the movie Floyd | theater... Floyd | Floyd | Poof! The image on the screen goes black. The soundtrack slowly grinds Floyd | to a halt. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "anything else to do before we go into the tower again?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "save?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf26" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | As you appear in the lobby the gravedigger promptly throws you out Floyd | into the street. "Sneak past me, eh? Scram!" Floyd | Floyd | Rotary East Floyd | You're on the eastern side of the Witchville Rotary. A street branches Floyd | off to the east, towards the bay. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner nearby stands a sleazy little movie theater. Showtimes Floyd | and admission prices are listed on a schedule near the open entrance, Floyd | and a marquee announces the current feature. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the former town librarian, is peering at you suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture can be seen circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Pleasure Wharf Floyd | You're standing near the remains of the Pleasure Wharf. The Wharf Floyd | extends eastward into Witchville Bay. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands a ramshackle old building. Colorful lights, Floyd | curious electronic sounds and a neon sign beckon you through the open Floyd | entrance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Video Arcade Floyd | This old building is the home of a sleazy arcade, lined with coin-op Floyd | video games. The machines are crowded with half-crazed, stunted Floyd | humanoids, who pay no attention to you as they satisfy their thirst Floyd | for electric violence. Floyd | Floyd | One machine in the corner appears to be deserted. Floyd | Floyd | A sign on the wall says, "All Games One Token." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put token in machine" | ||||
Floyd | The brass token disappears into the slot. Floyd | Floyd | Ding! You hear a pleasant electric chime, and a blinking star appears Floyd | on the video screen. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 61 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick w" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square to the left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push joystick s" | ||||
Floyd | Bing! You moved the blinking star one square downward. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see star" | ||||
Floyd | The blinking star is now centered over square C-5 on the map. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to push the big red button? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The stunted humanoids in the arcade hold their breath as your hand Floyd | touches the flashing button. This might be a trap! You don't really Floyd | want to press that big red button, do you? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Hope you saved your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | A sudden power drain makes all the other games in the arcade go dim. Floyd | Blue sheets of energy leap from the game machine, surrounding you in Floyd | an incandescent aura. You can feel your molecules being taken apart Floyd | one at a time, analyzed, modulated and broadcast through space. It is Floyd | not a pleasant sensation. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are a closed drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | A synthetic voice says, "Game Over. Insert Token To Play Again." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 66 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sorkin" | ||||
Floyd | With a great creak of wood and rattle of chains, the drawbridge slowly Floyd | lowers across the moat. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 69 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | "Turn back, brave Adventurer!" Floyd | Floyd | You stare in horror at the platypus chained to the floor. It's Floyd | Princess Tasmania! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "princess, hello" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean Princess Tasmania.) Floyd | A rumbling noise calls your attention away from Princess Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | (spoken to Princess Tasmania) Floyd | A rumbling noise calls your attention away from Princess Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of... Floyd | Mr. Crisp! Floyd | Floyd | "Nice of you to drop by," he sneers as a gigantic Boot pins you to the Floyd | ground. "Saves me the bother of tracking you down." Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Torture Chamber Floyd | You're chained up in the corner of a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within Floyd | the bowels of the tower. The walls gleam with obscure medical Floyd | instruments, and a diabolical torture machine occupies most of the Floyd | opposite corner. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania is clamped into the torture machine! Floyd | Floyd | A ladder rises to meet an open hatch in the middle of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp is fondling the instruments, one by one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "give note to crisp" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Crisp takes the violet note and stares at it. His face turns pale. Floyd | "Where did this come from?" he whispers, opening it. Floyd | Floyd | An unbearably sweet expression spreads over his face as he reads. The Floyd | violet note falls from his hands. Floyd | Floyd | "I've got to run," Mr. Crisp cries, tossing his white lab coat into a Floyd | corner and stuffing his shirttails into his pants. "Violet scolds me Floyd | when I'm late!" He struggles into a hideous velvet blazer, pushes a Floyd | comb through his hair and scampers up the ladder like a little boy. Floyd | Floyd | The hatch closes with a hollow thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get coat" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge opening. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania breathes a sigh of relief. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a pair of 3D glasses, an umbrella, a leaflet, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe and a small stone (providing Floyd | light). Floyd | Floyd | You hear the distant rattle of the drawbridge closing. Floyd | Floyd | Princess Tasmania strains against her clamps. "Release me from this Floyd | torture machine, brave Adventurer! The merest pull of the lever will Floyd | gain my freedom." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop leaflet" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get coat" | ||||
Floyd | The chains cut painfully into your wrist as you strain to grasp the Floyd | white lab coat. Your fingertips brush against the collar... There! You Floyd | got it! Floyd | Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look in coat" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a rusty key in the white lab coat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock chains" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to unlock the chains with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "key" | ||||
Floyd | You'd have to be holding the rusty key to do that. Floyd | Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 72 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Please! Pull down this lever and set me free," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock chains with key" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the chain is now unlocked and open. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 73 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | "Only pull down this lever, and I shall be freed," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf27" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push up lever" | ||||
Floyd | "No!" screams Princess Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | The torture machine emits a dreadful grinding noise and goes through a Floyd | series of complicated gyrations. Mewling piteously, Princess Tasmania Floyd | disappears into the whirling mass of gears. There's not a bone to be Floyd | seen when the machine stops. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went DOWN by 10 points! Your total score is 63 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (You ought to be ashamed of yourself!) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "ha" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "I'm also thinking we should just walk away and leave her." | |||
| DavidW says, "ouch" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | The hatch is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open hatch" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy hatch opens reluctantly. Floyd | Floyd | "The merest pull of the lever will gain my freedom," cries Princess Floyd | Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't leave me here to die!" mews Princess Tasmania. Floyd | Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, maybe not. That may come back to haunt us." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "pull down lever" | ||||
Floyd | The clamps on the torture machine retract, and Princess Tasmania leaps Floyd | off. She's free! Floyd | Floyd | "Again you spare my unworthy life, brave Adventurer." The platypus Floyd | humbly licks your shoe, to your considerable embarrassment. "My Floyd | father, King Anatinus, does not forget such kindness." Floyd | Floyd | The little creature produces a silver whistle from her gown and blows Floyd | into it gently. A clear, sweet note stills the night with its beauty. Floyd | Floyd | "Your journey is not yet ended," she warns as a whirlpool of colored Floyd | light envelops her. "But even if you fail, your deeds shall live Floyd | forever in our legends. Have faith!" Floyd | Floyd | When the colors fade, Princess Tasmania is gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and fuzzy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the room fuses into a solid, Floyd | 3-dimensional image. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | The highest room in the tower is a laboratory, complete with bubbling Floyd | chemicals and foul odors. An antique telescope is mounted near an open Floyd | window to the north, and a control panel occupies most of the south Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is a damp stairway leading downward. Floyd | Floyd | A black cat is sound asleep in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | There's a broom here. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "aha" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf28" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see cat" | ||||
Floyd | She's black as night from head to tail, and sound asleep. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get broom" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a rusty key, a white lab coat, a pair of 3D glasses Floyd | (being worn), an umbrella, a candle (providing light), a bottle, a Floyd | horseshoe and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "x telescope" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see telescope" | ||||
Floyd | The antique telescope is pointing out the window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look through telescope" | ||||
Floyd | Peering through the antique telescope makes everything appear much Floyd | closer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says, "heh" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see panel" | ||||
Floyd | The control panel is equipped with two large power switches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see switches" | ||||
Floyd | Which switches do you mean, the first switch or the second switch? Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, now that we have the cat, how do we get it to her?" | |||
| djfletch says, "I don't know whether to wake it up" | ||||
| djfletch says, "but I saved anyway I suppose" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Wait, is that the cat? It mentions no white spot." | ||||
| djfletch says, "hmm" | ||||
| djfletch says, "maybe the cat in the library is the real cat" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "When you put the stone in its forhead." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, forehead" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wake cat" | ||||
Floyd | The black cat wakes at the sound of your voice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cat, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The black cat perks up its ears at the sound of your voice. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get cat" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a rusty key, a white lab coat, a pair of 3D glasses Floyd | (being worn), an umbrella, a candle (providing light), a bottle, a Floyd | horseshoe and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | The black cat scampers restlessly around. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That's not her." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "She's a black herring." | ||||
| djfletch says, "ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cat" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see cat" | ||||
Floyd | She's black as night from head to tail, and playing around your feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "there are some switches we could switch" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see first switch" | ||||
Floyd | The first switch is labeled, "Palace Theater," and is turned off. Floyd | Floyd | The black cat scampers away behind your back. You turn to catch it, Floyd | but it's gone without a trace! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "oops, lost the cat anyway" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see second switch" | ||||
Floyd | The second switch is labeled, "Security," and is turned on. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "aha" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Library security, eh?" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn off second" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the second switch.) Floyd | Okay, the second switch is turned off. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 76 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "aha" | |||
| djfletch says, "must be" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf29" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a rusty key, a white lab coat, a pair of 3D glasses Floyd | (being worn), an umbrella, a candle (providing light), a bottle, a Floyd | horseshoe and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I forgot to grab the note that we need next, let me go downstairs again" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and fuzzy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses. Floyd | Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny | Cheiron Part II | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Torture Chamber Floyd | You're in a dim, stuffy chamber, deep within the bowels of the tower. Floyd | The walls gleam with obscure medical instruments, and a diabolical Floyd | torture machine occupies most of the opposite corner. Floyd | Floyd | A ladder rises to meet an open hatch in the middle of the ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a leaflet and a violet note here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get violet note" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a rusty key, a white lab coat, a pair of 3D glasses, an Floyd | umbrella, a candle (providing light), a bottle, a horseshoe and a Floyd | small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Firion goes home. | djfletch says, "hmm, inventory decisions" | |||
| djfletch asks, "what shall I abandon here?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "there's also a broomstick we could take" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put glasses in coat" | ||||
Floyd | There's no room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Broomstick sounds useful, yeah." | |||
| djfletch says, "I suppose the bottle is empty now, we could leave that" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear coat" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the white lab coat. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "that might help" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and blurry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Wow! As you put on the glasses the room fuses into a solid, Floyd | 3-dimensional image. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | The highest room in the tower is a laboratory, complete with bubbling Floyd | chemicals and foul odors. An antique telescope is mounted near an open Floyd | window to the north, and a control panel occupies most of the south Floyd | wall. Floyd | Floyd | The only exit is a damp stairway leading downward. Floyd | Floyd | There's a broom here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get broom" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get broom" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "the broom is big" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a violet note, a rusty key, a white lab coat (being Floyd | worn), a pair of 3D glasses (being worn), an umbrella, a candle Floyd | (providing light), a horseshoe and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop key" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get broom" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop horseshoe" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get broom" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "no way" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a violet note, a white lab coat (being worn), a pair of Floyd | 3D glasses (being worn), an umbrella, a candle (providing light) and a Floyd | small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop umbrella" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get broom" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch asks, "is a broom better than an umbrella?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "push save" | ||||
Floyd | (This story can't understand the word "save" when you use it that Floyd | way.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The umbrella can be used for a rain wish; the broom for flight. iirc." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf30" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I have no idea which one of those we might need really" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "throw broom through window" | ||||
Floyd | You can't possibly do that! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurred and fuzzy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "remove glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of 3D glasses. Floyd | Floyd | Round Chamber Floyd | You're in a round chamber at the very heart of the tower. The clammy Floyd | stone walls are hung with a series of paintings, all the same size and Floyd | identically framed. Years of neglect have blackened the art almost Floyd | beyond recognition. Floyd | Floyd | In the corner is an open hatch. Peering downward, you see a ladder Floyd | descending into gloom. Floyd | Floyd | A corridor disappears to the north, and a damp stairway winds upward Floyd | into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "look behind paintings" | ||||
Floyd | Moving aside one of the paintings reveals a metal crank attached to Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "turn crank" | ||||
Floyd | As you turn the metal crank you hear the distant rattle of the Floyd | drawbridge opening. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 77 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Fuzziness Floyd | Everything around you appears blurry and blurred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Vestibule Floyd | You're standing in a dimly-lit vestibule just inside the tower's Floyd | entrance. The drawbridge is opened across the moat to the north. A Floyd | short corridor leads south, into the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Witchville. Floyd | Floyd | A tower stands in bleak silhouette against the moonlit sky. It rises a Floyd | hundred feet above a barren plateau, and is encircled by a deep moat. Floyd | The only entrances are an open drawbridge and a dark window near the Floyd | top. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | The moment you take your foot off the drawbridge it swings up over the Floyd | moat and closes with a mighty thud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | An angry hellhound is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the hellhound's hot breath as it roars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "alexis, heel" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound decides that you're only guessing its name, and roars Floyd | all the louder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "Wait, what? We didn't read the note?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 80 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | The handwritten note says: Floyd | Floyd | "Corky-Poo, Floyd | Floyd | I've got a plate of fresh oatmeal cookies waiting for you. Come over Floyd | around sixish, and I'll show you my collection of Byron first Floyd | editions, etc... Floyd | Floyd | Violet Floyd | Floyd | PS: If my little poodle yaps at you, just say ALEXIS, HEEL and she'll Floyd | behave." Floyd | Floyd | The hellhound glares at you through eyes red with hatred. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "alexis, heel" | ||||
Floyd | Alexis pricks up her ears at the sound of her name. She sits Floyd | obediently at your feet, gently licks your hand and thumps her big Floyd | tail happily. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 85 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "that's better, forgot we had to read it" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | The cottage door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The vulture is circling high overhead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "there is a lot of shoe/hand licking" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the cottage door is now open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Cottage Floyd | This is the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. The walls Floyd | are lined with timeworn books and dusty, faded photographs. Looks as Floyd | if nobody's lived here for a long time. Floyd | Floyd | There's a dusty bookcase with a steel key on it near the open front Floyd | door. Somebody has scrawled a message in the dust on the bookcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get steel key" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You're holding a bottle, a rusty key, a broom, a violet note, a white Floyd | lab coat (being worn), a pair of 3D glasses, a candle (providing Floyd | light) and a small stone (providing light). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop note" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get steel key" | ||||
Floyd | Your load is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "drop glasses" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "get steel key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 88 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf31" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "What is the record, I wonder on CFXX saves?" | |||
| djfletch says, "heh" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the former town librarian. Floyd | The road turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the Floyd | summit of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | A happy hellhound is thumping its tail nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "I'm sure none of them will help because we'll have to go right back again for some reason" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The hellhound thumps its big tail happily as you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Witchville Rotary. A road branches Floyd | south, towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Witchville Public Library, once famous for its museum of local Floyd | historic artifacts, stands in a pitiful state of disrepair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock library" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to unlock the library with?) Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "my guess is it's CF99. I wonder what the CFXXX record is, though." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "steel key" | ||||
Floyd | You can't unlock a library! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "unlock door with steel key" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the library door is now unlocked and open. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 91 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | (This might be a good time to SAVE your story position.) Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots to the west. It sounds as if Floyd | they're coming this way! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Circulation Desk Floyd | You're standing before a large desk at the library entrance. The top Floyd | of the desk is almost hidden under a clutter of books, all grey with Floyd | dust. Floyd | Floyd | A dark corridor leads south into darkness. The library door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, no, I just mean how many have we ever gone up to, I wonder." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sweep dust" | ||||
Floyd | You're a mail clerk, not a janitor! Floyd | Floyd | Bang! The library door slams shut. You hear a faint "click" as Floyd | somebody locks it from the outside. Floyd | Floyd | The candle flares brightly, and then fizzles out. Floyd | Floyd | (It's 12:00 am. Better hurry! You've only got 6 hours before the moon Floyd | sets!) Floyd | Floyd | You can hear the tramp of marching boots outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "sweep dust with broom" | ||||
Floyd | (That sentence didn't make sense. Please reword it or try something Floyd | else.) Floyd | Floyd | > | vimes says, "cf34, looks like" | |||
| Ellison says, "yeah, I know, just being intentionally obtuse" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Museum Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation. Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together Floyd | in a pose of eternal combat. Floyd | Floyd | There's a glass display case in the corner. You can see a sculpture in Floyd | the case. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline exclaims (at vimes), "Oh right, you can see!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I was thinking of crawling through transcripts. Duh." | ||||
| djfletch says, "break display case with broom" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thank god you told us before I ran with that." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "break display case with broom" | ||||
Floyd | Crash! You broke the display case open with the broom. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "yay, no alarms" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see cat" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any cat here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see sculpture" | ||||
Floyd | The black marble sculpture is about 14 inches high. It's exquisitely Floyd | crafted in the likeness of a cat. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a round, shallow hole carved into the forehead of the Floyd | sculpture. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Put stone in forehead" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf32" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Time to get stoned?" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put stone in forehead" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the sculpture.) Floyd | Wishbringer glows brighter as it nears the sculpture. It looks like it Floyd | will fit perfectly into the black forehead. Floyd | Floyd | "Wait!" commands a familiar voice. Floyd | Floyd | You turn, and see the figure of an old woman standing in the darkness Floyd | of the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | "Your quest is ended, brave Adventurer," says the old woman. "The Floyd | sculpture you see before you is Chaos, the Cat Which Was Stolen. Now Floyd | give Wishbringer to me, and together we shall rejoice in your Floyd | success." Floyd | Floyd | Do you still want to put Wishbringer into the sculpture? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | vimes says, "I'm glad I could help." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Put it in, don't give it to her, methinks." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Seems like a trick." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Which old woman is it?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yeah, we do think the evil one is a woman" | ||||
| Ellison says, "grab an axe" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "The evil one or the old lady from the shoppe?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x woman" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see woman" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| WeirdBeard arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | djfletch says, "notice she doesn't say "my cat"" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'm gonna say yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't!" barks the old woman as your hand moves closer to the Floyd | sculpture. Floyd | Floyd | Do you still want to put Wishbringer into the sculpture? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "No!" Floyd | Floyd | A blast of Magick shakes the building as Wishbringer touches the Floyd | forehead of the sculpture. Violet sheets of energy, pure and Floyd | brilliant, erupt from the very heart of the Stone and illuminate the Floyd | room like daylight. Floyd | Floyd | The woman's disguise evaporates in the glare. It's the Evil One, her Floyd | mouth frozen open in a wail of despair as she fades into oblivion. The Floyd | memory of that face will haunt your dreams as long as you live. Floyd | Floyd | You watch as the sculpture begins to soften in the radiance. It Floyd | wriggles like a thing alive, leaps across the floor and disappears Floyd | into a vortex of color. The library folds around you like the closing Floyd | of a great book... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Cliff Edge Floyd | You're standing high on a rocky cliff, at the top of a steep trail Floyd | leading downward. Looking southeast, you see a friendly orange sun Floyd | rising from a bank of morning clouds. Floyd | Floyd | Post Office Hill is visible to the south, topped as usual by the Floyd | Festeron Post Office. Floyd | Floyd | The Magick Shoppe stands nearby. Floyd | Floyd | A black cat is rubbing against your leg. Floyd | Floyd | > | vimes says, "Oh, well, the game asked a second time, it must be wrong to do it. They'd NEVER ask twice otherwise." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pet cat" | ||||
Floyd | The black cat rubs itself lovingly against you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter shoppe" | ||||
Floyd | The Magick Shoppe door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | The black cat begins scratching urgently on the Magick Shoppe door. Floyd | Floyd | > | WeirdBeard says, "Man, I missed the whole thing." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | Strange. Despite your best efforts, the front door refuses to budge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "knock" | ||||
Floyd | (What do you want to knock at?) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "door" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The door of the Magick Shoppe creaks open, and the old woman, dressed Floyd | in a nightgown, stands blinking in the morning sun. "Who's there?" Floyd | Floyd | The black cat leaps into the woman's arms. "Chaos!" she cries, Floyd | laughing and sobbing all at once as the cat licks tears of joy from Floyd | her face. Floyd | Floyd | At last the old woman lowers Chaos to the ground and walks over to Floyd | where you're standing, red with embarrassment. Floyd | Floyd | "Now you know me for the old liar I am," she chuckles, clasping your Floyd | hands gratefully in her own. "I promised to give you Wishbringer, Floyd | knowing full well that, if you succeeded, its virtue would be lost. Floyd | Floyd | "In truth, the Stone would make a poor reward," she continues, Floyd | stooping to tickle the cat's white forehead. "As you can see, it Floyd | brings more joy in the shape of a companion than in any other. This is Floyd | Wishbringer's finest Magick. A pity that my sister, the Evil One, did Floyd | not know of it." Floyd | Floyd | You can hear a familiar "clump-clump, clump-clump" sound behind you. Floyd | It's the little mailbox, hopping bravely up the steep trail! The woman Floyd | looks on with puzzled amusement as the faithful box hops to your side Floyd | and rubs lovingly against your sleeve. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman pulls Miss Voss's violet note from an obscure pocket and Floyd | hands it to you. "Make sure you give this to Mr. Crisp when you see Floyd | him," she says with a sly wink. "And tell him I said hello." Floyd | Floyd | Cradling Chaos in her arms like a child, the old woman ambles back Floyd | into the Magick Shoppe. "Farewell!" she calls from the closing door, Floyd | and the sunlight makes her face look young. "Now you are a true Floyd | Adventurer." Floyd | Floyd | A concealed bell tinkles merrily. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Congratulations! You've finished the story of Wishbringer! Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 96 points out of 100, in 410 moves. You've used 1 of the Floyd | Stone's 7 Wishes. Floyd | Floyd | Did you know that it's possible to complete the story without using Floyd | any of the 7 Wishes? It's fun to go back and see if you can solve all Floyd | of the problems without Wishing. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | WeirdBeard asks, "Which wish did you guys use?" | |||
| vimes asks, "Darkness, wasn't it?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "woooooo" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Sister, eh?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we used darkness to sneak into the movie theatre." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Sooooo" | ||||
| Johnny says, "hooray" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It'd be neat to replay the game using the different wishes in the different spots, too, to see how the game reacts, but I'm tired. I would, however, like to see the 'give the stone to tEO' ending." | ||||
| djfletch asks, "can I restore and try not putting the stone in the hole?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "Exactly - yes." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "cf32" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Okay, done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Museum Floyd | Formerly a popular tourist attraction, the old Festeron Museum is in a Floyd | sorry state. Many of the best exhibits have been carted away; the few Floyd | remaining are sorely in need of renovation. Floyd | Floyd | Fortunately, one of your childhood favorites is still intact. It's a Floyd | pair of enormous fossil mailboxes, their metal bones locked together Floyd | in a pose of eternal combat. Floyd | Floyd | There's a broken glass display case in the corner. You can see a Floyd | sculpture in the case. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "put stone in forehead" | ||||
Floyd | (Presumably, you mean the sculpture.) Floyd | Wishbringer glows brighter as it nears the sculpture. It looks like it Floyd | will fit perfectly into the black forehead. Floyd | Floyd | "Wait!" commands a familiar voice. Floyd | Floyd | You turn, and see the figure of an old woman standing in the darkness Floyd | of the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | "Your quest is ended, brave Adventurer," says the old woman. "The Floyd | sculpture you see before you is Chaos, the Cat Which Was Stolen. Now Floyd | give Wishbringer to me, and together we shall rejoice in your Floyd | success." Floyd | Floyd | Do you still want to put Wishbringer into the sculpture? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're still holding Wishbringer. Floyd | Floyd | The old woman steps out of the darkness and moves towards you. "Give Floyd | me the Stone," she says. "I want to make certain you haven't damaged Floyd | it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "eat wishbringer" | ||||
Floyd | It isn't likely that the small stone would agree with you. Floyd | Floyd | "Let me touch Wishbringer," says the old woman, inching closer. "I Floyd | want to hold it again in my hands." Floyd | Floyd | You feel your fingers relaxing as she speaks. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This is pretty well done. Suitably creepy." | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see woman" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like the old woman you met at the Magick Shoppe. Floyd | Floyd | (Hmm. The outline of the woman is blurry, like a double image. Must be Floyd | your eyes getting tired or something.) Floyd | Floyd | "Quickly!" snaps the old woman impatiently. "Give me the Magick Stone. Floyd | You have no use for it now!" Floyd | Floyd | Your fingers are beginning to lose their grip on Wishbringer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any glasses here! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "bah, I left them somewhere" | |||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "see woman" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like the old woman you met at the Magick Shoppe. Floyd | Floyd | (Hmm. The outline of the woman is fuzzy, like a double image. Must be Floyd | your eyes getting tired or something.) Floyd | Floyd | The old woman stretches out her clawlike hand. "If you will not give Floyd | the Stone to me freely," she growls, "I will have no choice but to Floyd | take it." Floyd | Floyd | Your hand is trembling violently. It wants to give her Wishbringer! Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "You were hoping to use FORESIGHT?" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "wear glasses" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any glasses here! Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "just because it says her outline is fuzzy" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, right." | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The old woman is blocking your path. Floyd | Floyd | "Yield!" commands the woman sharply. Floyd | Floyd | The small stone leaps out of your hand and into the old woman's bony Floyd | fingers. She holds it up and gazes into its depths. "Wishbringer," she Floyd | whispers, deep in her throat. Floyd | Floyd | The Stone begins to pulse with crimson light. In its sinister glow, Floyd | the old woman's disguise melts away. It's the Evil One! Floyd | Floyd | "A fool!" she cackles wildly, and the sculpture shatters to pieces at Floyd | the sound. "My sister was a fool to send the likes of you on such a Floyd | quest! Does she think a mail clerk can save the world from Wickedness? Floyd | Be gone!" Floyd | Floyd | With a wave of her warty hand, the Evil One turns you into a furry Floyd | toilet seat cover. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Looks like the story's over. But don't despair! Interactive fiction Floyd | lets you learn from your mistakes. Floyd | Floyd | Your score is 91 points out of 100, in 411 moves. You've used 1 of the Floyd | Stone's 7 Wishes. Floyd | Floyd | Do you want to restart the story, restore a saved position, or quit? Floyd | Floyd | (Type RESTART, RESTORE or QUIT.) > | Jacqueline asks, "A FURRY TOILET SEAT COVER?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Your butt called me, cooing." | ||||
| Johnny says, "argh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That would be difficult to keep clean, though, it must be said." | ||||
| Johnny says, "Not the joke, just the imagining of it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh - yeah" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So I guess ADVICE gives hints wherever, huh?" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'm trying to find in the Invisiclues where the coin was supposed to come from" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The InvisiClues maddeningly say you can buy a ticket with a gold coin, but I can't find in them where you'd ever get a gold coin." | ||||
| WeirdBeard says, "Fountain, I think." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "HA! Timing." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of WB), "The token came from there, didn't it?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||||
| WeirdBeard says, "Really? Too long since I played, then." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "If there's a coin there,.. oh, maybe in Festeron, before it becomes Witchville?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, man. Maybe." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "Behind you!" cries the Princess. "It's a trap!" Floyd | Floyd | Too late. The drawbridge crashes shut against the tower wall. You turn Floyd | to face your enemy, and find yourself staring into the open maw of Floyd | Thermofax. Floyd | Floyd | Only your Magick sword can save you now. You swing it high, speak the Floyd | Word and stand unhurt as the blade absorbs the searing dragon-breath. Floyd | Floyd | The reptile bellows with rage and flaps its wings to fan the fire in Floyd | its belly. You are advancing, sword poised to strike, when a familiar Floyd | voice shatters the daydream and stays your mighty hand... Floyd | Floyd | WISHBRINGER Floyd | The Magick Stone of Dreams Floyd | Copyright (C)1985 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. Floyd | Wishbringer is a trademark of Infocom, Inc. Floyd | Release 69 / Serial Number 850920 Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | You're on a hilltop overlooking the seaside village of Festeron. Floyd | Floyd | To the south stands the Festeron Post Office. It's a little brick Floyd | building with a neatly-trimmed lawn. The Post Office door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | Roads run down the hill to the east and west. There's a signpost Floyd | nearby. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | Okay, what do you want to do now? Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "you checked the fountain before the world changed, right?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Post Office Floyd | This is the lobby of the Festeron Post Office. The walls are lined Floyd | with small, private mailboxes and wanted posters. A service counter Floyd | runs along the entire length of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Your boss, Mr. Crisp, is behind the service counter reading other Floyd | people's postcards. Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp hides the postcards away as you enter. "Where have you Floyd | been?" he barks angrily. "Daydreaming again, eh? I've been looking Floyd | everywhere for you!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 1 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Crisp screams, "Come back here, numbskull!" Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | Somebody inside the Post Office is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Post Office Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp reaches under the service counter and pulls out a mysterious Floyd | envelope. "We just got this Special Delivery," he snarls, tossing it Floyd | onto the service counter. "I want you to drop it off right away. That Floyd | means NOW!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | djfletch says, "there were one or two other locations we never went to at the start too" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take package" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but this story doesn't recognize the word "package.") Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "corky, hi" | ||||
Floyd | Mr. Crisp reddens. "Don't use that name in front of me!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | djfletch says, "like the stump and the beach where the platypus was" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take envelope" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 5 points! Your total score is 6 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Mr. Crisp drums his fingers on the service counter impatiently. "Don't Floyd | just stand there! The Magick Shoppe closes at five o'clock!" Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | As you leave the Post Office, somebody slams and locks the door behind Floyd | you. Floyd | Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | You're standing next to an open iron gate that leads west into the Floyd | Festeron Cemetery. A road runs east to the top of Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The cemetery is a creepy place. Are you sure you want to go in there? Floyd | Floyd | (Please type YES or NO.) > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | You have been warned. Floyd | Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | You're in a creepy corner of the Festeron Cemetery, surrounded by Floyd | silent tombstones. An iron gate opens to the east, and a narrow lane Floyd | wanders north. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | A copse of willow trees makes this part of the cemetery look really Floyd | spooky. Narrow lanes wander south and west. Floyd | Floyd | There's an open grave nearby, freshly dug, with a tombstone erected Floyd | next to it. Floyd | Floyd | An old gravedigger is resting under a willow tree. Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger nods a greeting as you approach. Floyd | Floyd | What next? Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm going to have to actually read room descriptions, it would seem." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger reaches into the open grave and pulls you out. "Don't Floyd | go in there!" he cries. "You might get buried alive!" Floyd | Floyd | The gravedigger notices the mysterious envelope you're holding. Floyd | "That's a mighty mysterious-lookin' envelope you got there," he says. Floyd | "Let's have a look at it." Floyd | Floyd | (You won't see the "What next?" prompt any more.) Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "haha" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give envelope to gravedigger" | ||||
Floyd | The gravedigger peers at the address on the mysterious envelope. Floyd | "Hmm," he mutters, handing it back to you. "Could've sworn I buried Floyd | that old woman years ago." Floyd | Floyd | (You are again holding the mysterious envelope.) Floyd | Floyd | "Couldn't ask for a nicer day for diggin' graves." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask man about graves" | ||||
Floyd | (Sorry, but the word "graves" is not in the vocabulary that you can Floyd | use.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | "Got to go," says the gravedigger, picking up his shovel. "See you Floyd | soon." Floyd | Floyd | The old man ambles away to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Open Grave Floyd | You're at the bottom of an open grave, surrounded by six-foot walls of Floyd | dirt. Floyd | Floyd | There's an old bone here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take bone" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 7 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | With great difficulty, you manage to climb out of the open grave. Floyd | Floyd | Spooky Copse Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Creepy Corner Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Whew! That cemetery sure is spooky. Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cemetery Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Hilltop Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post Floyd | Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | As you approach the cottage you are greeted by the tiniest poodle Floyd | you've ever seen in your entire life. It charges across the street, Floyd | yapping angrily and showing its sharp little teeth. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the poodle's hot breath as it yaps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "alexis, heel" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle decides that you're only guessing its name, and yaps all Floyd | the louder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give bone to poodle" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle tests the old bone with its tongue, lies down and begins to Floyd | gnaw on it, keeping a red eye on you. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 3 points! Your total score is 10 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "the "How Points Are Scored" page says there is one point for "Take the gold coin"" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||||
Floyd | (Maximum verbosity.) Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cottage Floyd | You're outside the cottage of Miss Voss, the town librarian. The road Floyd | turns north toward the village, and bends upward to the summit of Post Floyd | Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | A tiny poodle is gnawing on a bone and watching you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take gold coin" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see any gold coin here! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The poodle yaps a threat as you back away. Floyd | Floyd | Rotary South Floyd | This is the south side of the Festeron Rotary. A road branches south, Floyd | towards Post Office Hill. Floyd | Floyd | The Festeron Public Library, famous for its museum of local historic Floyd | artifacts, stands proudly on the nearby corner. Floyd | Floyd | Miss Voss, the town librarian, is locking the library door as you Floyd | approach. "Just the person I was looking for!" she exclaims, smiling Floyd | brightly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "Wait! I want to talk to you!" cries Miss Voss as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Park Floyd | You're standing in a circular park, surrounded by the Festeron Rotary. Floyd | Walks converge from four directions on a shallow marble fountain, Floyd | filled with sparkling water. Floyd | Floyd | A statue stands in the middle of the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "it's listed after "Take the note from Miss Voss"" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in fountain" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a gold coin and a goldfish in the fountain. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take coin" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score just went up by 1 point! Your total score is 11 out of Floyd | 100.) Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "and before "Arrive at Cliff Edge"" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "there it was" | ||||
| djfletch says, "aha" | ||||
| Johnny says, "Ah" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Festeron Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a circular pile of leaves near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Somebody has scrawled a message in the sand next to the pile of Floyd | leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, check out the poster in the police station." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait, did I walk past the stump?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see sign" | ||||
Floyd | The sign over the entrance says, "Festeron Police Headquarters." Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter station" | ||||
Floyd | Police Station Floyd | You're in the front office of the Festeron Police Station. A modest Floyd | jail cell is visible in a corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin, Festeron's finest, is nodding off behind a desk. You Floyd | can see a piece of chocolate on the desk, and a wanted poster taped to Floyd | the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin opens one eye as you enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The stump is more northish" | |||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see poster" | ||||
Floyd | It's the same as the one in the Post Office. Floyd | Floyd | "Just drop my mail on the desk," Sgt. MacGuffin murmurs sleepily. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's the candy" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I am trying to recall the map from memory... and not well" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, that time constraint really nudged us into not exploring Festeron" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chocolate" | ||||
Floyd | "Hands off," Sgt. MacGuffin growls sleepily. Floyd | Floyd | "Just drop my mail on the desk," Sgt. MacGuffin murmurs sleepily. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oho" | |||
| DavidW says, "I wonder how you get the chocolate." | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "deliver mail" | ||||
Floyd | (to Sgt. MacGuffin) Floyd | Politely, Sgt. MacGuffin refuses your offer. Floyd | Floyd | A voice crackles on the police radio. "Ten-four," Sgt. MacGuffin Floyd | yawns. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "put mail on desk" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | Sgt. MacGuffin begins to snore softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wait for him to sleep" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take candy" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The voice of your mean old boss, Mr. Crisp, crackles to life on the Floyd | police radio. "Stop dawdling and deliver that envelope!" he rumbles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "desk" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "see desk" | ||||
Floyd | You can see a mysterious envelope on the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "take envelope" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh" | |||
| Johnny says, "my bad" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Check out the stump, then I'm done, I think." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Unless, is there an amusing for this in the clues?" | ||||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary West Floyd | You're on the west side of the Festeron Rotary. A street branches Floyd | west, towards the lake. Floyd | Floyd | The Police Station stands on a nearby corner. It's a modest little Floyd | building with a sign over the open entrance. Floyd | Floyd | Somebody on the south side of the Rotary is calling you. Floyd | Floyd | > | djfletch says, "we already tried quite a lot of the amusing things" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Rotary North Floyd | This is the northern side of the Festeron Rotary. A road leads north, Floyd | towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the corner stands a quaint village church. Its little white steeple Floyd | is straight out of a country postcard. The church door stands Floyd | invitingly open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | South of Bridge Floyd | This is the south side of a covered bridge that spans the Festeron Floyd | River. Paths lead off to the east and west, and a road leads south to Floyd | the village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Lake Edge Floyd | You're on the sandy shore of the lake. A road heads east towards the Floyd | village, and another runs north along the edge of the lake. Looking Floyd | south, you can see a closed iron gate leading into the Festeron Floyd | Cemetery. Floyd | Floyd | Misty Island, its outline shrouded in fog, is visible far across the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a circular pile of leaves near the edge of the lake. Floyd | Somebody has scrawled a message in the sand next to the pile of Floyd | leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Grr, may have to reload the map. Where is that stump?" | |||
| djfletch says, "north then up" | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | River Outlet Floyd | This is where the lake empties into the Festeron River. A road leads Floyd | south along the edge of the lake, and bends east to follow the river Floyd | bank. A narrow trail leads upward to the top of Lookout Hill. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Lookout Hill Floyd | You're standing at the summit of a high, barren hill. Looking east, Floyd | you can see Festeron Village nestled among the trees. A narrow trail Floyd | winds down the north side of the hill, towards the river. Floyd | Floyd | Crowning the hill is the stump of what must have been a very large and Floyd | majestic oak tree. Floyd | Floyd | A horseshoe is lying in the grass near the stump. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x stump" | ||||
Floyd | (There aren't any verbs in that sentence!) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "see stump" | ||||
Floyd | The stump is huge, easily four feet across. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| djfletch says (to Floyd), "open stump" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that to an ordinary stump. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "So there you go then." | |||
| djfletch says, "the clues say it's right to throw the seahorse in the sea, but then I can't find out whether it helps with anything" | ||||
| djfletch says, "doesn't give you any points" | ||||
| djfletch says, "well, that was good" | ||||
| djfletch says, "I'm glad we only had to use a wish because we missed the coin at the beginning" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that's not too shabby." | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Thanks for the gamse, guys!" | ||||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Er, game!" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Brian), "Well done!" | ||||
| Johnny says (to Everyone), "Well done!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "congrats to all" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, this was a great game. I don't think I ever had finished it, so I'm really glad we did it." | ||||
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