  
 
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 For A Change, written by Dan Schmidt. For A Change was released as part of the 1999 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took second place. It was nominated for Xyzzies for Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle, and Best Setting, and won a Xyzzy for Best Writing. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.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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Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock. Floyd | Floyd | For A Change Floyd | For A Change, v1.02 Floyd | Dan Schmidt <dfan@alum.mit.edu> Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 990930 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/9 Floyd | Floyd | Under the High Wall (on the resting) Floyd | Sweetness fills the shade of the High Wall to your east. Under this Floyd | sweetness lies a small expanse of fod. A mobile releases mildly to the Floyd | west; far in that direction a tower proudly plants itself, while the Floyd | ground rises more slowly to the south and relaxes to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Spread on the resting is a guidebook. Floyd | Floyd | Sleep gradually departs from your eyes. A small stone has been Floyd | insinuated into your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right." | |||
| genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yay, a rock!" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rock" | ||||
Floyd | It is a small smooth stone, the size of a small gland, a size to roll Floyd | between your fingertips, nothing more than a pebble. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are faded and silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | This tattered book describes itself quietly but firmly as an Floyd | indispensable guide to the plain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sweetness" | ||||
Floyd | The sweetness slowly shortens and expands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fod" | ||||
Floyd | The fod, shaded and unseeded, has neither light nor life. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x mobile" | ||||
Floyd | The mobile is made of dirt and twine and extends along the ground, Floyd | beckoning. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take mobile" | ||||
Floyd | The mobile is to be traversed, rather than to be held. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take fod" | ||||
Floyd | The fod is, and remains, where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x shade" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | The guidebook inflates itself with numerous definitions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Rotonoto says (to floyd), "look up fod in the guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'FOD is the substance of earth.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up mobile in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The MOBILE is laid for the provision of movement with additional Floyd | ease.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||||
Floyd | The tower, immense anywhere else, is nothing to the High Wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up tower in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The TOWER of the plain admits a view of all that may be seen. Our Floyd | standard flies proudly from its height.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up sun in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The fabled SUN, it is said, will rise in our lifetime to bring Floyd | brightness and warmth, though to date it has remained hidden.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up rock in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Hmm." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up sweetness in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "darn" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up high wall in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The HIGH WALL divides the sunrise from its setting, and ensures the Floyd | shade of the plain.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up guidebook in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'This GUIDEBOOK explicates the statements of the plain. It may be Floyd | consulted and carried. No finer guidebook can be found within reach.' Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "pick a direction?" | |||
| eu says, "Sure." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "east?" | ||||
| eu says, "Sure." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "to the sweet sweetness" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The resting must first be departed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x resting" | ||||
Floyd | The resting sits on five wooden legs and slopes gradually. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "depart resting" | ||||
Floyd | The resting sighs at your departure. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up resting in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The RESTING is a device made for that selfsame purpose.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sigh" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "n, s, w" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "we can't enter the shade?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "All right. West?" | ||||
| eu says, "Okay." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Everything this side of the wall is in the shade." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | It is clear, after a time, that all things are shaded, everywhere. Floyd | Thus the Wall. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x toolman" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman is bright and misty. Thoughts and uses hang from his Floyd | shoulders like birds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up toolman in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The TOOLMAN is the grower and keeper of tools. He takes with a hand Floyd | and likewise provides.' Floyd | Floyd | The toolman smiles softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x thoughts" | ||||
Floyd | The thoughts and uses of the toolman glimmer in the shade. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman smiles softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to toolman" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "toolman, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman understands. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman jingles in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "ask toolman about thoughts" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman shakes his head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask toolman about uses" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman shakes his head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "toolman, tell me about thoughts" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman expresses a soothing regret. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "give rock to toolman" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman gently misunderstands. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | In hand: Floyd | a guidebook (loquacious and proud) Floyd | a small stone (humble and true) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show stone to toolman" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman is unmoved. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman jingles in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "punch toolman" | ||||
Floyd | You restrain from such an action. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Direction, I guess?" | |||
| eu asks, "Shall we continue west?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sure" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Before the Tower Floyd | A stone tower rises high and west above you, surrounded by a ring of Floyd | stamped dirt. An archway faces the wall, strangely small compared to Floyd | the tower's bulk; one must almost duck to transcend it. A plaque is Floyd | set above the archway, approaching its size. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x plaque" | ||||
Floyd | Faded but surviving, the words TO OBSERVE lie on the plaque. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "observe" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dirt" | ||||
Floyd | It lies below, and dreams of the sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x archway" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Shall we enter the tower?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Base of Tower Floyd | The inside of the tower is completely void, nothing remaining but a Floyd | long spiral staircase rising through the ceiling far above. The plain Floyd | awaits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A few scraps of wood lie without pride on the floor, all that remains Floyd | of the original construction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wood" | ||||
Floyd | Potential and kinetic energy both lost forever, these timbers look Floyd | helplessly upon the heights. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take wood" | ||||
Floyd | The wood is too heavy to move from its final place. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Up?" | |||
| eu nods. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Halfway Up Tower Floyd | When viewed, as now, from four stories above the ground and an equal Floyd | distance from the top of the tower, these stairs are the whole of the Floyd | universe. Far above, they penetrate an opening in the stone ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Observation Room Floyd | For an observation room, the view disappoints; it is provided only by Floyd | four small windows, perhaps two feet by two, long bare of glass, one Floyd | in each of four directions. A slight breeze is redolent of altitude. Floyd | An abandoned flagpole vainly gestures outward beneath the southern Floyd | opening. Stairs descend from the bare stone floor. Floyd | Floyd | A glass-encased model landscape squats on the floor near the east Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x model" | ||||
Floyd | The model is the size of a small desk. Spread across its top is the Floyd | landscape you have traversed, down to the tiniest detail, including, Floyd | of course, this tower. The structure is set flush against the east Floyd | wall of this room so that the wall of the room functions as the High Floyd | Wall. The scene is covered by a pane of glass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x glass" | ||||
Floyd | The pane of glass covers the landscape at a modest height. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x north window" | ||||
Floyd | The window describes the wilds to the north, free of mobile and Floyd | structure. Even there, with no elements to protect, the High Wall Floyd | holds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x south window" | ||||
Floyd | The window describes the hills of the south. Blue with silence and Floyd | age, they straddle the ground where once they sought the sky. Just Floyd | below the window, a flagpole extends from the tower. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flagpole" | ||||
Floyd | It extends perhaps ten feet from the tower, and is long bare of any Floyd | clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up flagpole in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x east window" | ||||
Floyd | The window describes the High Wall of the east. Its bulk impresses Floyd | even more from a location of altitude itself. The plain maintains Floyd | itself before the High Wall, cowering beneath its span. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x west window" | ||||
Floyd | The window describes the desert to the west. The brown is dark to the Floyd | edge of your sight, covered to all directions by the shade that Floyd | extends without cease. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||||
Floyd | The tower is one of the few landmarks visible in the model. For all Floyd | you know, you are inside it as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Hint alert." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take model" | ||||
Floyd | The model is, and remains, where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "break glass" | ||||
Floyd | The glass resists all force. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up model in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Observation Room Floyd | For an observation room, the view disappoints; it is provided only by Floyd | four small windows, perhaps two feet by two, long bare of glass, one Floyd | in each of four directions. A slight breeze is redolent of altitude. Floyd | An abandoned flagpole vainly gestures outward beneath the southern Floyd | opening. Stairs descend from the bare stone floor. Floyd | Floyd | A glass-encased model landscape squats on the floor near the east Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "can we reach the flagpole? "Why?" "Why not?"" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "More to the point, can I try, and quickly undo if I kill us" | ||||
| eu says, "Sure. I doubt that you will kill us." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll need to drop whatever you're carrying before you can crawl out Floyd | on the flagpole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | In hand: Floyd | a guidebook (loquacious and proud) Floyd | a small stone (humble and true) Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "It's safe." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||||
Floyd | guidebook: Dropped. Floyd | small stone: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You force yourself through the small window and crawl out onto the Floyd | flagpole. Floyd | Floyd | On the Flagpole (clinging to the flagpole) Floyd | The whole of the land is visible from here, though you are in no Floyd | position to appreciate it. The tower deepens far below you, and the Floyd | High Wall looms off to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flagpole" | ||||
Floyd | It extends perhaps ten feet from the tower, and is long bare of any Floyd | clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Movement fails in that direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | That would be suicide. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | With relief, you back up through the window. Floyd | Floyd | Observation Room Floyd | For an observation room, the view disappoints; it is provided only by Floyd | four small windows, perhaps two feet by two, long bare of glass, one Floyd | in each of four directions. A slight breeze is redolent of altitude. Floyd | An abandoned flagpole vainly gestures outward beneath the southern Floyd | opening. Stairs descend from the bare stone floor. Floyd | Floyd | A glass-encased model landscape squats on the floor near the east Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see a small stone and a guidebook here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
Floyd | small stone: Taken. Floyd | guidebook: Taken. Floyd | model: The model is, and remains, where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "push model" | ||||
Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right." | |||
| eu asks, "Down and explore?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Halfway Up Tower Floyd | When viewed, as now, from four stories above the ground and an equal Floyd | distance from the top of the tower, these stairs are the whole of the Floyd | universe. Far above, they penetrate an opening in the stone ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Base of Tower Floyd | The inside of the tower is completely void, nothing remaining but a Floyd | long spiral staircase rising through the ceiling far above. The plain Floyd | awaits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A few scraps of wood lie without pride on the floor, all that remains Floyd | of the original construction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Before the Tower Floyd | A stone tower rises high and west above you, surrounded by a ring of Floyd | stamped dirt. An archway faces the wall, strangely small compared to Floyd | the tower's bulk; one must almost duck to transcend it. A plaque is Floyd | set above the archway, approaching its size. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Where to?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask toolman about tools" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman beams with pride. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Any way sounds fine to me. How about north?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Hole Floyd | By the mobile south, a rounded hole, five times as wide as you are Floyd | tall, deepens through the earth. Its dark is deeper than that around Floyd | you. The east is also passable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||||
Floyd | The hole funnels thinly. Far below crouches a narrow pool, in which Floyd | something slowly circles. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x something" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pool" | ||||
Floyd | It lurks far below. Moving deliberately through it is a handle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||||
Floyd | You can spy no details from up here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take handle" | ||||
Floyd | The pool flattens far out of your reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up handle in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up hole in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up pool in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Try fish." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up fish in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fish" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fish for handle" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fish" | ||||
Floyd | You can spy no details from up here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Rotonoto says (to floyd), "look up fish in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Hole Floyd | By the mobile south, a rounded hole, five times as wide as you are Floyd | tall, deepens through the earth. Its dark is deeper than that around Floyd | you. The east is also passable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | The water is far below Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | The walls steepen inward; your feet have no hold. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "east?" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "Sure." | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Before the Cube Floyd | The wall to your east continues to gain out of sight. To your north is Floyd | a massive transparent cube, perhaps five of your heights on each side. Floyd | Retreats lie west and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Er, sure." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lookup cube in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cube in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'It portends poorly to extend a CUBE by other than artifical means; it Floyd | must be constructed deliberately if at all.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | The cube is featureless in all respects. There appears to be something Floyd | small on the ground inside, perhaps a manner of cup. Floyd | Floyd | There is a sudden cracking high above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | The cube is featureless in all respects. There appears to be something Floyd | small on the ground inside, perhaps a manner of cup. Floyd | Floyd | A shower of crystal clatters down on the cube and the dirt around you. Floyd | Shards shoot past your face and embed themselves in the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shards" | ||||
Floyd | The shards act as a carpet of broken glass. Even standing here is Floyd | treacherous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | The cube is featureless in all respects. There appears to be something Floyd | small on the ground inside, perhaps a manner of cup. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cup" | ||||
Floyd | The cup sits patiently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "enter cube" | ||||
Floyd | The cube affords no access. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch cube" | ||||
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | The cube affords no access. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x crystal" | ||||
Floyd | The shards act as a carpet of broken glass. Even standing here is Floyd | treacherous. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up" | ||||
Floyd | You see the sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "lookup sky in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up sky in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The SKY covers the land. Its farthest reaches, it is said, house the Floyd | sun.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take shards" | ||||
Floyd | The glass sharpens far too acutely to retrieve safely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "break cube" | ||||
Floyd | The glass resists all force. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Hm. south?" | |||
| eu says, "I guess more exploration is in order? --- Yes." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Under the High Wall Floyd | Sweetness fills the shade of the High Wall to your east. Under this Floyd | sweetness lies a small expanse of fod. A mobile releases mildly to the Floyd | west; far in that direction a tower proudly plants itself, while the Floyd | ground rises more slowly to the south and relaxes to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Almost touching the High Wall is a resting, firm and soft. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "south again" | |||
| eu nods. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Hillside Floyd | Dun tumbles down loosely from a steep hill to the south, sliced Floyd | through by the wall to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A spinster flutters in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x spinster" | ||||
Floyd | It brightens to your approach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "spinster, hello" | ||||
Floyd | You can't talk to the spinster. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up spinster in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The SPINSTER, traditionally made of burlap and bark, predicts Floyd | sunlight and likewise foretells its shade.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dun" | ||||
Floyd | It rises to the sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up dun in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'DUN: loose fod.' Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "It likes us." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "climb dun" | ||||
Floyd | You slip on the loose tall earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hill" | ||||
Floyd | It rises to the sky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "feel breeze" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take spinster" | ||||
Floyd | The spinster is, and remains, where it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says (to Ellison), "fod" | |||
| Ellison says, "we're playing Fallacy of Dawn? right on" | ||||
| Johnny says, "FOR A CHANGE" | ||||
| Johnny says, "fod is one of the things you can figure out" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "west?" | ||||
| eu says, "Okay." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dirt" | ||||
Floyd | Void of even grass, the blue of the underworld pokes through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "look up underworld in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cave in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "In, I guess." | |||
| eu says, "Sure." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto asks, "It's not a very good guidebook, is it?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "haha" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x glow" | ||||
Floyd | The glow crawls in from the east and collapses on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up glow in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison has disconnected. | ||||
| Ellison has connected. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "However," | |||
| eu | No finer guidebook can be found within reach. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl pulls out a pencil and annotates the book | ||||
| eu says, "Heh." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | ||||
Floyd | The shadows dance up and down the cordstone, following the brightening Floyd | and dimming of the songlantern, following the rhythm of its song. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x songlantern" | ||||
Floyd | The songlantern hums and burbles, circled by brightening words, Floyd | evading the bars and piercing the silence and darkness. Floyd | Floyd | The songlantern murmurs and sings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | "For a fever well or neither nor believe her..." The songlantern sings Floyd | brightness; sparks hum and circle lightly. The shadows dance in three. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take songlantern" | ||||
Floyd | The bars divide any possible touch between you and the lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bars" | ||||
Floyd | The tall bars, vertical metal and close-set, provide two faculties. Floyd | First, the creation of shadows. Second, the absence of emptiness by Floyd | which to pass through. Behind the bars, in a space the width of a Floyd | handful and height of an arm, the songlantern sits patiently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up songlantern in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The SONGLANTERN brightens without intervention; its tones enlighten Floyd | its words, as all tones do.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cordstone" | ||||
Floyd | The cordstone is knotted clean. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||
Floyd | Words tumble and float from you, and brighten your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up cordstone in book" | ||||
Floyd | 'CORDSTONE: A mass consisting of strands of rock, twisted or knotted. Floyd | Sympathy to waves is thus inherent. Currying of cordstone is Floyd | uncharacteristically difficult, due to its lengthy nature.' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up currying" | ||||
Floyd | (in the guidebook) Floyd | 'CURRY: to consume silently and with regret.' Floyd | Floyd | The songlantern murmurs and sings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "curry cordstone" | ||||
Floyd | The age of currying is long past. Floyd | Floyd | The songlantern murmurs and sings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bars" | ||||
Floyd | One bar is loose, and looser, and then free. Floyd | Floyd | The songlantern murmurs and sings. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "yay" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bar" | ||||
Floyd | (the iron bar) Floyd | An armlength of iron. Floyd | Floyd | > | Johnny says (to Ellison), "If it had been FOD, I would've said "Trott!"" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x armlength" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we can fish out the handle now" | |||
| eu says, "Ah." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take songlantern" | ||||
Floyd | The songlantern is wider than the gap. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||||
Floyd | It is difficult to describe an absence. Floyd | Floyd | The songlantern murmurs and sings. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "lol" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You glow with song. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "South?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "ok" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sloping Passage Floyd | The walls and light contract as this space leads up and westward. The Floyd | light and song from the north weaken with distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Go." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are faded and silent. Floyd | Floyd | Your circling utterances collapse and distune, fading. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Without Light Floyd | You are surrounded by the lack of thought and light. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Uh oh." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "aw" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sloping Passage Floyd | The walls and light contract as this space leads up and westward. The Floyd | light and song from the north weaken with distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Make yourself glow again." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hm, one sec" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Without Light Floyd | You are surrounded by the lack of thought and light. Floyd | Floyd | The song of the lantern dances in and out of your hearing, faint with Floyd | distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||||
Floyd | Words tumble and float from you, and brighten your eyes. Floyd | Floyd | The song of the lantern dances in and out of your hearing, faint with Floyd | distance. Floyd | Floyd | Dead End Floyd | The passage ends without foreshadowing, as if the end came without Floyd | warning. Floyd | Floyd | A worn anchisel rests on the roughened floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk materializes. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x anchisel" | ||||
Floyd | The anchisel is old, and will likely curry no more. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take anchisel" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh! I didn't realize that singing works so far away." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up anchisel in book" | ||||
Floyd | 'An ANCHISEL may be used to curry any softer rock with precision. For Floyd | larger work, a granchisel is required.' Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "so much for my plans to make a monad" | |||
| eu says, "Heh." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we can take this to the toolman." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "You ARE a monad." | ||||
| eu says, "Yeah." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Sloping Passage Floyd | The walls and light contract as this space leads up and westward. The Floyd | light and song from the north weaken with distance. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Good thought, ggg." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "heading back to him (I think we've hit all the available exits) unless someone wants to do/see something" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i am not a monad; i am a church numeral" | ||||
| eu says (to genericgeekgirl), "Go for it." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "You haven't been east from Lantern Room." | |||
| Rotonoto says, "For future reference." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Ok. But can we get there now?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. I guess so." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Go on with what you're doing." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | End Of Passage Floyd | The passage ends at a wall of water to the east. Light stumbles from Floyd | the west. Floyd | Floyd | Glowing words hang in the air before the water. Floyd | Floyd | Your circling utterances collapse and distune, fading. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "it's almost dark in the cave east of the lantern room. we'll probably be eaten by a plato" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I just want to check this out. I totally missed it earlier." | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||||
Floyd | The water hangs in midair like a hummingbird. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x words" | ||||
Floyd | "In this hall Floyd | Shall water stand Floyd | And gravity's grip be loose" Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says (to cyberskunk), "Heh." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. Tool time." | ||||
| eu says, "'K." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Too many philosophy references. :)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman examines your anchisel with interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give anchisel to toolman" | ||||
Floyd | The toolman smiles and accepts the anchisel with grace. Holding up one Floyd | finger, he invites before you and impresses a lie opener upon your Floyd | hand. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman smiles softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lie opener" | ||||
Floyd | The lie opener is intentional in shape, and surmounted by a small Floyd | button, shy and silent. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman smiles softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up lie opener in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The LIE OPENER is a device utilized to unstop that which is false. On Floyd | the object which is true it has no effect.' Floyd | Floyd | The toolman jingles in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "The rock is true." | |||
| Rotonoto says, "Go find a lie." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "wall of water?" | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Hm." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "floating water seems pretty disingenuous 2 me" | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "It's one of the few written things we've seen, beside the guidebook." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Fair enough" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | End Of Passage Floyd | The passage ends at a wall of water to the east. Light stumbles from Floyd | the west. Floyd | Floyd | Glowing words hang in the air before the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||||
Floyd | The water hangs in midair like a hummingbird. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch water" | ||||
Floyd | Your hand cannot pass through the words. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "pressing the button" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press button" | ||||
Floyd | As you press the button surmounting the lie opener, the hovering words Floyd | falter and dim. Seconds of silence later, the water collapses upon Floyd | you, falling and churning. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Aha." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "..floyd x words" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to floyd), "x words" | ||||
Floyd | You can make out almost nothing through the torrent of water. Floyd | Floyd | The water rushes down and through, covering and carrying you along. Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A torrent of water is rushing through the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "the waterfall has a secret" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||||
Floyd | You can make out almost nothing through the torrent of water. Floyd | Floyd | You surface and submerge, grabbing at nothing but water as it carries Floyd | you further. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | A torrent of water is rushing through the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The water roars out into the plain, tumbling you with it. Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A torrent of water is rushing out of the cave mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You are tossed aside onto the dirt as the water continues to rush Floyd | downhill to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Touchy disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "back inside!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "erm, not what I meant to do" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | A cold knee-deep stream rushes out to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A cold knee-deep stream rushes to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | End Of Passage Floyd | A cylinder heightens out of sight, a steady stream of water descending Floyd | it and splashing about your knees. Floyd | Floyd | Gray words hang lifelessly in the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x words" | ||||
Floyd | "In this hall Floyd | Shall water stand Floyd | And gravity's grip be loose" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "drink" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to drink? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||||
Floyd | The water is swift, cool and clean. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu asks, "Will the water have reached the pool?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, maybe. And we have the bar now." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Good guess." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A cold knee-deep stream rushes to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | A cold knee-deep stream rushes out to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | The toolman smiles softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Hole Floyd | By the mobile south, a rounded hole, five times as wide as you are Floyd | tall, deepens through the earth. Its dark is deeper than that around Floyd | you. The east is also passable. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water flows in from the south, filling the hole with a Floyd | pool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pool" | ||||
Floyd | The water waves gently. A handle slowly circles it round. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take handle with bar" | ||||
Floyd | Reaching out, you hook the handle, and the fish attached. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fish" | ||||
Floyd | The handlefish blinks impassively. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Ha." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up handlefish in guidebook" | ||||
Floyd | 'The HANDLEFISH has adapted to the water of the shade so perfectly Floyd | that it is liable to violently discorporate when exposed to the water Floyd | of the sun.' Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "That's what was meant by handle." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | In hand: Floyd | a handlefish (stoic and taciturn) Floyd | a lie opener (merry and vigorous) Floyd | an iron bar (forthright and content) Floyd | a guidebook (loquacious and proud) Floyd | a small stone (humble and true) Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "All right. Where to?" | |||
| eu says, "Hmm." | ||||
| eu asks, "Can we trade in our lie opener for something else, or no?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "can we explode the handlefish in outside water?" | ||||
| eu says, "Poor handlefish." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "No." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Save it till you see the sun." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to the tower, maybe?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Or the cube." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Tower." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Before the Tower Floyd | A stone tower rises high and west above you, surrounded by a ring of Floyd | stamped dirt. An archway faces the wall, strangely small compared to Floyd | the tower's bulk; one must almost duck to transcend it. A plaque is Floyd | set above the archway, approaching its size. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Base of Tower Floyd | The inside of the tower is completely void, nothing remaining but a Floyd | long spiral staircase rising through the ceiling far above. The plain Floyd | awaits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A few scraps of wood lie without pride on the floor, all that remains Floyd | of the original construction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Halfway Up Tower Floyd | When viewed, as now, from four stories above the ground and an equal Floyd | distance from the top of the tower, these stairs are the whole of the Floyd | universe. Far above, they penetrate an opening in the stone ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Observation Room Floyd | For an observation room, the view disappoints; it is provided only by Floyd | four small windows, perhaps two feet by two, long bare of glass, one Floyd | in each of four directions. A slight breeze is redolent of altitude. Floyd | An abandoned flagpole vainly gestures outward beneath the southern Floyd | opening. Stairs descend from the bare stone floor. Floyd | Floyd | A glass-encased model landscape squats on the floor near the east Floyd | window. Floyd | Floyd | Something seems to have cracked the model's glass cover. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "oooh" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||||
Floyd | It is too small even to fit a finger through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "pry glass" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open glass" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "But you can fit something through it." | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "open crack" | ||||
Floyd | That's not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | In hand: Floyd | a handlefish (stoic and taciturn) Floyd | a lie opener (merry and vigorous) Floyd | an iron bar (forthright and content) Floyd | a guidebook (loquacious and proud) Floyd | a small stone (humble and true) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "put stone in crack" | ||||
Floyd | The stone barely fits through the crack in the glass. It drops to the Floyd | landscape below, shattering a small crystal structure. Floyd | Floyd | Through the east window, in the distance, a dark object flashes Floyd | downwards and disappears. Floyd | Floyd | Something thuds in the distance, and the tower shudders. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Yep." | |||
| eu says, "To the cube." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "One sec" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "cuuuube" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x model" | ||||
Floyd | The model is the size of a small desk. Spread across its top is the Floyd | landscape you have traversed, down to the tiniest detail, including, Floyd | of course, this tower, as well as the stream you recently created. The Floyd | structure is set flush against the east wall of this room so that the Floyd | wall of the room functions as the High Wall, against which the pebble Floyd | you dropped is visible. The scene is covered by a pane of glass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||||
Floyd | The tower is one of the few landmarks visible in the model. For all Floyd | you know, you are inside it as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "ok" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Halfway Up Tower Floyd | When viewed, as now, from four stories above the ground and an equal Floyd | distance from the top of the tower, these stairs are the whole of the Floyd | universe. Far above, they penetrate an opening in the stone ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Base of Tower Floyd | The inside of the tower is completely void, nothing remaining but a Floyd | long spiral staircase rising through the ceiling far above. The plain Floyd | awaits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A few scraps of wood lie without pride on the floor, all that remains Floyd | of the original construction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Before the Tower Floyd | A stone tower rises high and west above you, surrounded by a ring of Floyd | stamped dirt. An archway faces the wall, strangely small compared to Floyd | the tower's bulk; one must almost duck to transcend it. A plaque is Floyd | set above the archway, approaching its size. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Shade Floyd | The land increases towards your head to the south, and decreases away Floyd | from your feet to the north. Mobiles lead accordingly in both Floyd | directions. The High Wall may also be approached to the east. A long Floyd | walk to the west is a tower, dwarfing your form, and dwarfed in turn Floyd | by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Inscribed on the brown grass is a toolman. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | By the Hole Floyd | By the mobile south, a rounded hole, five times as wide as you are Floyd | tall, deepens through the earth. Its dark is deeper than that around Floyd | you. The east is also passable. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water flows in from the south, filling the hole with a Floyd | pool. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You now see what fell outside the window; a boulder has smashed Floyd | through much of the cube. Floyd | Floyd | Before the Cube Floyd | The wall to your east continues to gain out of sight. To your north is Floyd | what remains of a massive transparent cube, perhaps five of your Floyd | heights on each side. Floyd | Floyd | A large boulder squats on one corner of the cube's remains. Floyd | Floyd | The ground is covered with glass dust and shards, threatening your Floyd | footing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x boulder" | ||||
Floyd | Twice your height, the boulder buries itself in the dirt. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take cup" | ||||
Floyd | The cup is inside, and you are out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | In the Cube Floyd | The land, free of its former boundaries, is bare, save for the perfect Floyd | square of grass, untrod for years until now, formerly within the Floyd | constraints of its walls. Floyd | Floyd | A wooden cup broods upon the grass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cup" | ||||
Floyd | In the cup is a lie establisher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take cup" | ||||
Floyd | The cup is fastened to the earth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up lie establisher in cup" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "take establisher" | ||||
Floyd | The cup reluctantly yields the lie establisher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look up lie establisher in guidebook" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yay. now we can make the water float" | ||||
Floyd | 'The LIE ESTABLISHER is a device utilized to enhance and fix the Floyd | untrue. When squeezed, it sustains all immediate lies.' Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Huh." | |||
| eu asks, "Were those words portable?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lie establisher" | ||||
Floyd | It is remarkably like a lemon in every respect. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "I don't think we tried?" | |||
| Rotonoto says, "Skunk has it right." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to the cave?" | ||||
| eu says, "Sure, let us investigate this lie." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Before the Cube Floyd | The wall to your east continues to gain out of sight. To your north is Floyd | what remains of a massive transparent cube, perhaps five of your Floyd | heights on each side. Floyd | Floyd | A large boulder squats on one corner of the cube's remains. Floyd | Floyd | The ground is covered with glass dust and shards, threatening your Floyd | footing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Under the High Wall Floyd | Sweetness fills the shade of the High Wall to your east. Under this Floyd | sweetness lies a small expanse of fod. A mobile releases mildly to the Floyd | west; far in that direction a tower proudly plants itself, while the Floyd | ground rises more slowly to the south and relaxes to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Almost touching the High Wall is a resting, firm and soft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Hillside Floyd | Dun tumbles down loosely from a steep hill to the south, sliced Floyd | through by the wall to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A spinster flutters in the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Outside Cave Floyd | The mobile from the north ends as the land's slope increases too Floyd | greatly. Dirt glistens blue. To the south, amid the land, a way opens Floyd | into darkness, while more ground lies to the east. Floyd | Floyd | A stream of water rushes swiftly to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Cave Floyd | A dark volume, curried from the surrounding stone, fills your eyes and Floyd | ears. To the north a passing opens into dimness; from further inside, Floyd | to the east, a slight glow weakly straggles into the room. Floyd | Floyd | A cold knee-deep stream rushes out to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Lantern Room Floyd | This subsection of the inset brightens and flickers. The shadows Floyd | belong to the air more than you do, it seems. They walk the cordstone Floyd | walls; they move and excite. The shadows look to a wall, to bars in Floyd | the wall, and the songlantern behind them. Further in is east, further Floyd | out is west, and a slope obtains up to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A cold knee-deep stream rushes to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | End Of Passage Floyd | A cylinder heightens out of sight, a steady stream of water descending Floyd | it and splashing about your knees. Floyd | Floyd | Gray words hang lifelessly in the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "whats a resting?" | eu says (to cyberskunk), "It's the bed we woke up on." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x words" | ||||
Floyd | "In this hall Floyd | Shall water stand Floyd | And gravity's grip be loose" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take words" | ||||
Floyd | The words are where they are. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says (to eu), "neat" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "squeeze the lemon?" | ||||
| eu says, "Sure." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Do it." | ||||
| eu says, "I'm not sure what purpose it will serve yet, though." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "squeeze lemon" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze the lie enhancer. The dim words slowly waken and glow. For Floyd | one moment the water is still. Then it heeds the words and floods up Floyd | the tube, taking you with it. Floyd | Floyd | In The Cylinder Floyd | Bouncing upon a spume of water, you can make out little of the scene Floyd | around you. A hollow cylinder rises immensely far, a pinprick of light Floyd | staring from its end. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | You are buffeted upward for an eternity, rising at an unimaginable Floyd | speed toward a spot of light at the top of the cylinder. You lose Floyd | consciousness and regain it after an unknown delay. Floyd | Floyd | Top Of Cylinder Floyd | You bob at the top of a hollow cylindrical column with walls of fitted Floyd | stone, filled almost to the top with water, clean and cold. A ladder Floyd | ascends from the water's height to a bright opening perhaps twenty Floyd | feet directly overhead. Below water level is fastened a narrow opening Floyd | in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "up?" | |||
| Rotonoto says, "Good time to save." | ||||
| eu clears the save counter. | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You hoist yourself up onto the ladder and climb up to the open air. Floyd | Floyd | As you ascend, the sunlight strikes you fully for the first time with Floyd | almost physical force. You are stunned by warmth and light. Floyd | Floyd | On The High Wall Floyd | The surface of the wall is as wide as you are tall, and unimaginably Floyd | high above the land to the west. The stones themselves fit each other Floyd | perfectly, with no mortar between. It is unclear how they barricade Floyd | the vast ocean to the east, an easy dive of perhaps twenty feet. Floyd | Floyd | The handlefish blinks in alarm. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "oh no" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "poor handlefish" | ||||
| eu exclaims, "Down!" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I presume we want to blow up the wall? And let the sun in?" | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Yes." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, ".floyd x fish" | ||||
Floyd | The handlefish is in obvious pain. Floyd | Floyd | The handlefish gulps with dismay. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Oh. I thought we were going to put the songlantern by the model." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "It won't explode until we put it in water. It'll just suffer for a bit. I think." | ||||
Floyd | That is no subject. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | 'The HANDLEFISH has adapted to the water of the shade so perfectly Floyd | that it is liable to violently discorporate when exposed to the water Floyd | of the sun.' Floyd | Floyd | The handlefish glances desperately to and fro. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "No wf please." | |||
| eu says, "Use .. rather than . alone." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "k" | ||||
| eu exclaims, "Thanks!" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "thanks eu++" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "sunlight" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x sunlight" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto says, "Look for a place you can put the fish." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | On The High Wall Floyd | The surface of the wall is as wide as you are tall, and unimaginably Floyd | high above the land to the west. The stones themselves fit each other Floyd | perfectly, with no mortar between. It is unclear how they barricade Floyd | the vast ocean to the east, an easy dive of perhaps twenty feet. Floyd | Floyd | The handlefish blinks in alarm. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "ocean" | |||
| eu says, "There was an east exit below." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ocean" | ||||
Floyd | The water extends infinitely in all directions but west. Floyd | Floyd | The handlefish gulps with dismay. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto asks, "Do you really want to be holding it when it blows?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sun" | ||||
Floyd | The sun beams with unparalleled warmth and glory. Floyd | Floyd | The handlefish glances desperately to and fro. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x stones" | ||||
Floyd | That is either not here or not anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we throw it at the ocean?" | |||
| eu says, "We've saved, so it doesn't hurt to try." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw fish in ocean" | ||||
Floyd | The handlefish protests silently as you toss it into the vast ocean. Floyd | As it submerges, a plume of water extends towards the sun and Floyd | relapses. Then there is a moment of loudness and shock. Floyd | Floyd | There is a short trembling, as if the ground becomes slightly unsteady Floyd | for a moment, but it passes. Floyd | Floyd | Looking down, you spy a trickle of water emerging from the west side Floyd | of the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trickle" | ||||
Floyd | The trickle of water is steadily growing. Floyd | Floyd | A violent shock throws you to your knees. You clutch at the broad Floyd | stones as best you can, releasing your possessions. Floyd | Floyd | The wall is falling. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "let's uh, get off this wall" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Gravity is taking care of that. Floyd | Floyd | The entire wall slides down towards the land to the west. Water soaks Floyd | you from behind. Ancient chunks of rock fly past you in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | Some great mass hits you in the back, knocking you into the rush of Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | In The Water Floyd | The world is a mad mixture of rocks, water, and too little air. Waves Floyd | and stone madly buffet you about, as you periodically go under and Floyd | resurface. Floyd | Floyd | During a brief period above the surface, you catch sight of a rock Floyd | just by your head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||||
Floyd | You clamber up out of the water onto the rock. Floyd | Floyd | Rocks and water thunder down on the plain, you atop them. Soon they Floyd | will overtake the observation tower now looming in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||||
Floyd | The tower rushes at you from below. Floyd | Floyd | The roiling mass of stone and water overwhelms the tower. Its flagpole Floyd | is just in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "grab flagpole" | ||||
Floyd | You reach out with one hand and barely grasp the flagpole, then manage Floyd | to pull yourself up. Floyd | Floyd | On the Flagpole (clinging to the flagpole) Floyd | Amidst the chaos around you, this flagpole and the tower to its north Floyd | are the two things stationary. Just underneath you, huge chunks of Floyd | stone whip past, unleashing a lifetime of energy. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Wheee" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "into the tower?" | ||||
| eu says, "Sure." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You crawl through the window. Floyd | Floyd | Observation Room Floyd | For an observation room, the view disappoints; it is provided only by Floyd | four small windows, perhaps two feet by two, long bare of glass, one Floyd | in each of four directions. A slight breeze is redolent of altitude. Floyd | An abandoned flagpole vainly gestures outward beneath the southern Floyd | opening. Stairs descend from the bare stone floor. Floyd | Floyd | The model landscape lies on the ground, slightly askew and quickly Floyd | filling with water. Floyd | Floyd | Water rushes in through the open window and up through the stairway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x model" | ||||
Floyd | The model has been dislodged. Its cover has disappeared, and water and Floyd | sand stream in from a chink in the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | Water rushes in through the open window and up through the stairway. Floyd | It's now up to your knees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take model" | ||||
Floyd | Stretching your arms to their limit, you groan and lift the model just Floyd | off the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The ground shakes. Floyd | Floyd | Water rushes in through the open window and up through the stairway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "raise model" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | Rotonoto exclaims, "You can get the model now!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dump water" | ||||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| eu says (to Floyd), "empty model" | ||||
Floyd | You strain to upset the model and the flood therein. In response to Floyd | your desperate lift, the entire tower in which you stand begins to Floyd | tilt as well, ages of stone and rock sliding through the air with a Floyd | sickening lack of reluctance. You slip across the newly displaced Floyd | floor, its angle yawing further with each moment, barely retaining Floyd | your grip. Water pours in without cease, all denial useless, from all Floyd | portals, whether windows or stairs. Flung against a wall suddenly Floyd | turned floor, you flicker, your world narrowing to nothing but your Floyd | fingers, their hold on the model, on the world, as you meet the wall Floyd | with a crack that engulfs your consciousness. Water rushes past you Floyd | and the sky. Floyd | Floyd | When you come to, it is gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Observation Room Floyd | For an observation room, the view disappoints; it is provided only by Floyd | four small windows, perhaps two feet by two, long bare of glass, one Floyd | in each of four directions. A slight breeze is redolent of altitude. Floyd | An abandoned flagpole vainly gestures outward beneath the southern Floyd | opening. Stairs descend from the bare stone floor. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a model here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x model" | ||||
Floyd | You dare not even approach the model after your experience. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "ha" | |||
| eu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | You are faded and silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | eu says, "Well, we live yet." | |||
| Rotonoto says, "Let's see what we've done." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Halfway Up Tower Floyd | When viewed, as now, from four stories above the ground and an equal Floyd | distance from the top of the tower, these stairs are the whole of the Floyd | universe. Far above, they penetrate an opening in the stone ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Base of Tower Floyd | The inside of the tower is completely void, nothing remaining but a Floyd | long spiral staircase rising through the ceiling far above. The plain Floyd | awaits to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The scraps of wood once here have fled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You step out into the sunlight, and a newly lit land. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have succeeded *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | see the author's NOTES, or QUIT? Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "notes" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | "I'm not sure whether your language is Floyd | deliberately VERY off-centre, or whether Floyd | you are from a non-English speaking Floyd | background." -- A beta tester Floyd | Floyd | I had wanted to write a game in a really odd environment for a while. Floyd | Many of those ideas will have to wait for future games, but one that Floyd | stuck with me was a vision of the player on top of an infinitely high Floyd | wall, looking down at the world unimaginably far below. And then the Floyd | wall begins to crumble... Floyd | Floyd | I didn't know how I wanted to present the world, or how to rationalize Floyd | the introduction of the player character - who in these games usually Floyd | has supposedly somehow come there from the real world - into it. Then Floyd | I read a book called The Age of Wire and String, by Ben Marcus, and it Floyd | blew me away. It used what was ostensibly precise language, but in a Floyd | way that was very difficult to make sense of, and a glossary that just Floyd | added to the confusion. I immediately wanted to write something with a Floyd | similar feel, in which objects are described in terse languge that Floyd | assumes the player character understands the terms used, though of Floyd | course the player does not. Floyd | Floyd | I ended up having to back away a bit from the original plan, as it was Floyd | just too weird (for one thing, it involved the player using verbs that Floyd | she couldn't understand), but I still like the rather dreamlike Floyd | quality that resulted; everything has some sort of internal logic, Floyd | even if you don't know what it is. Floyd | Floyd | While I was deep into development, I read The Book of the New Sun, by Floyd | Gene Wolfe, which turned out to have some weird things in common with Floyd | For A Change. It's also about bringing the sun, in many ways, and uses Floyd | a strange (though English) vocabulary that the reader has to pick up Floyd | on the fly. While I didn't imitate it in any way, it was an Floyd | inspiration in that it showed someone successfully using the same Floyd | kinds of elements. Floyd | Floyd | The main problem with destroying the immensely high wall was figuring Floyd | how to get rid of it without destroying the world in a huge cataclysm. Floyd | My happiest moment of developing was realizing the way in which I Floyd | could solve that problem using the objects I already had in my world. Floyd | Floyd | Thanks again to everyone involved in the Interactive Fiction Floyd | Competition for providing me with the motivation to finally finish a Floyd | game. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move, Floyd | see the author's NOTES, or QUIT? Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Wow. That was short." | |||
| Rotonoto says, "Shorter than I remembered." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Makes a difference to have help." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah" | ||||
| eu says, "I'd been wanting to try For a Change for some time now. It was good to have an opportunity to play." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I'd started it a long time ago, but never got around to finishing." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "The language is wonderful." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "And it's his sole game thus far." | ||||
| eu asks, "Huh?" | ||||
| eu says, "[LINK] shows others." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "He has a couple of speed IFs, according to ifwiki." | ||||
| Rotonoto asks, "Oh really?" | ||||
| eu says, "For a Change might have been his first, though. Going by the years." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "I heard him say that on the MUD. I guess he wasn't counting speed ifs." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "its a good length 4 this venue" | ||||
| eu says (to genericgeekgirl), "Thanks for picking this one." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "thanks 4 running this ggg" | ||||
| eu exclaims, "I have the leave shortly, so adios all. Thanks!" | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Good stuff, Maynard. See y'all around." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I'd like to keep running something weekly until Jacq returns, but it likely would be in the evening, possibly on a weekday. This timeslot doesn't usually work for me." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Although, there's nothing stopping people from coming in on Saturday and playing something." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Any evening but Tuesday." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sure." | ||||
| Rotonoto says, "Adios." | ||||
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