  
 
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.Unlike ClubFloyd, NightFloyd often (but not always) takes on significantly larger works of interactive fiction, knowing going in that each one will take multiple sessions. NightFloyd is also a bit more informal than ClubFloyd in that it's only announced on the ifMUD #clubfloyd bulletin board, and the time shifts around to meet player's schedules far more than ClubFloyd does. NightFloyd is organized by genericgeekgirl, aka Adri. Below is a transcript of Scavenger, written by Quintin Stone. Scavenger was released as part of the 2003 Interactive Fiction Competition, where it took third place. It was nominated for Xyzzies for Best Game, Best Puzzles, and Best Individual NPC. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.(And in case you're wondering, yes, there are two Scavenger transcripts on this site; ClubFloyd played it in 2009, but NightFloyd chose to revisit it in 2011.)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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| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load scavenger" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score. Floyd | Floyd | Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches Floyd | beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into Floyd | the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D Floyd | facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of Floyd | course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. Floyd | While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really Floyd | expects it to happen. That included you. Floyd | Floyd | Until you found the scrap of paper, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scavenger Floyd | Night's Edge interactive fiction Floyd | By Quintin Stone Floyd | Version 1.2 (post-comp) Floyd | Build Date: Apr 06 2005 Floyd | Type CREDITS or HELP for more information about this game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl preens. | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $900. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | It was about four days west of Arcadia that you came upon the ruins of Floyd | a pre-war airbase. The entire complex had been nearly leveled, Floyd | unfortunately. No sign of radiation, though, so you went in anyway. Floyd | There wasn't much to see, and by the looks of it, you guessed that Floyd | others had already stripped the place clean. On your way out, though, Floyd | this scrap of paper caught your eye. It was scorched in multiple Floyd | places, but the dry air managed to preserve it remarkably well for the Floyd | past hundred or so years. Some of the original message is still Floyd | readable. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oh floyd is using cheapglk 0.9.0" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "x counter" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on counter" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "its just a squirrel in a box" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Your standard SureFire pocket flashlight. About six inches long, with Floyd | a rubberized, waterproof exterior. You've had it for a number of years Floyd | and it's come in handy more than once. It puts out a bright beam Floyd | that's nice and uniform. Has a battery life of 60 continuous hours of Floyd | function. It's currently off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pack" | ||||
Floyd | This is your trusty survival pack. You've been carrying it for years. Floyd | Sure, the leather is worn thin in a few spots, and yeah, some of the Floyd | seams have been re-sewn two or three times, but you just can't bring Floyd | yourself to replace it. It's full of the travel rations you expect to Floyd | need on your journey. The pack is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the survival pack reveals your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rations" | ||||
Floyd | These are fairly typical travel rations. They mainly consist of freeze Floyd | dried meat, hard tack biscuits, and something claiming to be cheese (a Floyd | dubious assertion); all individually wrapped to give them a shelf life Floyd | of several years. The rations are also quite tasteless, with a texture Floyd | somewhere between cardboard and asphalt. Still, they do keep you Floyd | alive. You should have all you need for your trip, and then some. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Aw. Reverse geiger detector. If it stops chittering, RUN." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "close pack" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x message" | ||||
Floyd | It was about four days west of Arcadia that you came upon the ruins of Floyd | a pre-war airbase. The entire complex had been nearly leveled, Floyd | unfortunately. No sign of radiation, though, so you went in anyway. Floyd | There wasn't much to see, and by the looks of it, you guessed that Floyd | others had already stripped the place clean. On your way out, though, Floyd | this scrap of paper caught your eye. It was scorched in multiple Floyd | places, but the dry air managed to preserve it remarkably well for the Floyd | past hundred or so years. Some of the original message is still Floyd | readable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read message" | ||||
Floyd | The only pieces of the message that you've been able to make out so far Floyd | are: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...IEFS OF STAFF ...NERAL ARTH...NALDS ...ROJECT DISTANT PATH Floyd | Floyd | DUE TO THE INCREASED INS...ITY FROM INSURGENT FORC...ITARY RESEARCH Floyd | COM...ADO SPRINGS, ALL PERSONN...RMATION RELATED TO PROJE...NT PATH ARE Floyd | BEIN... COMPLETED HAVEN RESEAR... UNDER THE HEA...ES FROM 83RD Floyd | ARMORED INFANTRY REASSI... TO OVERSEE TRANSFER OF MATERIALS. GPS C... Floyd | 33-28-19.158N / 111-57-49.524W. LOCATION CLASSIFIE... SECRET Floyd | CLEARANCE AND BE AP... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You'd probably be able to get a little more with a highly detailed Floyd | scan, but you don't have the necessary equipment and you simply can't Floyd | entrust this information to anyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "the internet was created so that in the event of a nuclear attack, military generals would still have access to pornography" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "our path is clear: to retrieve and sell that pornography" | ||||
| Limax asks, "Don't we need a hall pass first?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "a map or gps would be nice. how long do gps satellites last after a nuclear war?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "north to our home?" | ||||
| DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "hi david" | genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. Curious if it'll let us." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can't head back now; your journey is just beginning. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Nope." | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "West?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "west?" | ||||
| inky says, "EAST" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "contrariwise" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "widdershins" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to inky), "I think you're outnumbered." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods in your direction. "Welcome back." Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh well" | |||
| DavidW says, "You might ask how long gps satellites will last regardless of war. The ones we have now are getting old and need repair or replacement." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x gps unit" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. Cost: $500. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x grenade" | ||||
Floyd | An M81 fragmentation grenade, according to the white lettering on the Floyd | side. Must pack quite a punch. It has a pin at the top holding tight Floyd | the "spoon", or safety lever. When the pin is pulled and the grenade Floyd | dropped or thrown, the safety lever separates from the grenade and its Floyd | fuse is armed. A price tag indicates $220. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | The laser gun is a bulky-looking pistol with a plastic housing of green Floyd | and dark gray camouflage. On top of the cylindrical barrel is a thin Floyd | holographic sight. The side of the gun, next to a stylized V, bears Floyd | the text: "Vortex Model 17". There's a small tag attached to the grip Floyd | with the word "SOLD!" written on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I definitely typed Granade first. I don't think he's in this game :P" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rifle" | ||||
Floyd | A Ruger Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle. A pretty handy little carbine, or Floyd | so you've heard. Your last rifle, lost on your last trek around the Floyd | Urktel mountains, wasn't nearly this nice. This rifle has a price tag Floyd | on it for $1000. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pills" | ||||
Floyd | Anti-radiation pills. A vital necessity for any scavenger who's Floyd | feeling bold enough to explore radiated areas. This packet of pills Floyd | contains several doses, each of which will protect the user from lethal Floyd | radiation for about 20 minutes. However, you know that the pills work Floyd | as a preventative measure: not a cure. There are 12 pills left. The Floyd | box has a price tag of $200. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pistol" | ||||
Floyd | From the markings on it, it's a SIG P239 semiautomatic handgun in 9mm. Floyd | It has a dark matte finish to it and a short cylinder attached to the Floyd | barrel that you recognize as a silencer. Price is listed as $300. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the scrap of paper, or the newspaper? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | One of the city rags. They're pretty much all the same, only Floyd | difference is which corp prints it. Charlie's arm is covering some of Floyd | it, but most of it is visible if you want to read it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read newspaper" | ||||
Floyd | You glance down at the paper Charlie's reading. "The Daily Events - Floyd | Mar. 12, 2160" it says at the top. This is the Vortex Incorporated Floyd | daily paper. "Raiders Strike City Fringe" reads the main headline. Floyd | Scanning down the page, you look at some of the other headlines: Floyd | "Violent Criminal Ring Broken Up By Arcadian Security" "Unknown Floyd | Assailants Infiltrate CyTek Compound" "Cowardly Assassin Kills Security Floyd | Commissioner" The rest of the print is too small and too far away to Floyd | read upside down. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Dang... I'm already behind" | |||
| Limax says, "Stupid multitasking" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We haven't really done anything. Went one step to the shop and are looking at things." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "so the cytek compound might be filled with bad guys if the paper is a clue" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i think we need the gps so that leaves 400. which is not enough for more than one of pills, grenade, pistol" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Mhm. Maybe just the GPS and go check out the nearby vicinity?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "maybe we get a discount though. lets talk to charlie" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to charlie" | ||||
Floyd | You and Charlie shoot the breeze for a bit, talking about the recent Floyd | infiltration of the CyTek corporate compound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about gps" | ||||
Floyd | "Got any details on that GPS unit?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you've used a GPS before, right? Got to, in your line of Floyd | work. Leads you to preprogrammed coordinates, and lets you save Floyd | locations into memory. I know the $500 price is a little steep, but Floyd | it's hard to find working pre-war models nowadays and the corps don't Floyd | make them as well. This particular one is a Pathfinder model 2200." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charlie for discount on gps" | ||||
Floyd | There are words after your command that I couldn't use. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x charlie" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's dressed in drab, simple clothing. A pair of coveralls and a Floyd | grimy yellow shirt. There's a touch of gray in his short brown hair. Floyd | He's currently reading up on some local events. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about discount" | ||||
Floyd | "You gonna give me that discount, Charlie?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods. "Oh, yeah, knock off the usual five percent." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yay." | |||
| Johnny arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "topics". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about pistol" | ||||
Floyd | "What's this pistol?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods at you. "A SIG P239. Nice, huh? Good and compact. Floyd | Holds eight 9mm rounds. Pretty reliable too. Nice thing about this Floyd | one is that it comes with not only a silencer, but a set of night Floyd | sights too. Gonna set you back $285 if you want it." He shrugs Floyd | apologetically. "It's fully loaded, but that's all the ammo for it Floyd | I've got." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about arcadia" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of the city, Charlie?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie harrumphs. "You've lived here as long as I have. It's a Floyd | shit-hole. But where else ya gonna go?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about cytek" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of the corps?" Floyd | Floyd | "Criminals," he mutters crossly. "Everyone knows it. They just go by Floyd | the moniker 'corporation' to appear legitimate. It's just organized Floyd | crime. The city council is just their puppet government." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I think I remember an easter egg which can get us five extra dollars." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about me" | ||||
Floyd | "Charlie, what do you think of us scavengers?" Floyd | Floyd | Charlie laughs. "I think you're nuts! Going out there into the Floyd | wastes, looking for junk. You scavengers are all a little loony. If Floyd | the radiation doesn't kill you, the wild animals or the raiders will." Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "discount? don't remember if I found that" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks (of DavidW), "Go ahead?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "its radioactive here. youll probably be eaten by a deathclaw" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The basic plan is: annoy the author until he gives you something to knock it off. But if you go too far he kills you or makes the game unwinnable." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Haha." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i dont how i feel about that. i can be pretty annoying and might go too far" | ||||
| canadianpuzzler arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "Then perhaps I shouldn't bother." | |||
| DavidW says, "We don't really need the $5." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about pills" | ||||
Floyd | (Charlie) Floyd | "Tell me about the radiation pills." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you're familiar with these by now. Each dose will give you Floyd | about twenty minutes of protection from dangerous doses of radiation. Floyd | Cost: $190." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "of course we do" | |||
| inky says, "we can eat it in case of emergency" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x money" | ||||
Floyd | Old and wrinkly. Green and black ink on pale paper. Supposedly from Floyd | before the war. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "count money" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "count". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about grenade" | ||||
Floyd | "Nice grenade?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah, that's a doozy there. M81 fragmentation grenade, complete with Floyd | 150 grams of high explosives designed to hurl hundreds of tungsten ball Floyd | bearings in all directions. If you throw one of these babies, you'd Floyd | better be behind something tough or in the next county. Price is $209 Floyd | if you want it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wealth" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wealth". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "(a very few games have a 'wealth' command)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, uh. Can I try the usual magic words? (Might need to undo quickly. Some authors are mean about it.)" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "maybe if we type fund over and over well get more money. until the wastes are destroyed by an earthquake." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "go ahead ggg" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | You weren't really expecting anything, were you? It just doesn't fit Floyd | in with the genre. Floyd | Floyd | Oh come on, don't tell me you're disappointed. I know, I know, you Floyd | were expecting some hilarious little blip, or the Spanish Inquisition, Floyd | or something. Well, no, not the Spanish Inquisition, because no one Floyd | ever expects them. But I'm sitting here as I write this, watching Floyd | television and stuffing barbeque potato chips into my mouth, and Floyd | absolutely nothing humorous is coming to mind. So... hey, maybe next Floyd | time. Okay? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "plugh" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing at all happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "plover" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens at all. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens... again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Again... nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Still nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Stop doing that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Please stop doing that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, fine. I'm disabling the command now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | I really don't know the word "xyzzy". Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We're going to die." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Well, that didn't work. Look, here's 5 dollars. Just... take it and Floyd | promise to stop typing that. Nothing is going to happen! Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "!!!!!" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "youre going to die. i made backups" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "One more time for good luck?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | Oh, I see. Okay, fine. If that's the way you want to be.... In a Floyd | total of 45 turns, you have achieved a score of 0 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Hobo. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, a GPS unit, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "sure! nothing terrible could hap" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "oh" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl coughs. "Well then." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a flashlight, and a Floyd | survival pack (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $905. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about gps" | ||||
Floyd | (Charlie) Floyd | "Got any details on that GPS unit?" Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you've used a GPS before, right? Got to, in your line of Floyd | work. Leads you to preprogrammed coordinates, and lets you save Floyd | locations into memory. I know the $475 price is a little steep, but Floyd | it's hard to find working pre-war models nowadays and the corps don't Floyd | make them as well. This particular one is a Pathfinder model 2200." Floyd | Floyd | > | canadianpuzzler says, "OK, that "Xyzzy" bit was actually pretty awesome. :-D" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask charlie about pills" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about the radiation pills." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure you're familiar with these by now. Each dose will give you Floyd | about twenty minutes of protection from dangerous doses of radiation. Floyd | Cost: $190." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "sorry. already did that. forgot" | cyberskunk says, "but we can now afford, pills, gps, and grenade" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hmm. Maybe." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I do think we should at least get the GPS." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "ok" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy gps" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the GPS unit from the Floyd | display case. "The GPS unit of champions, my friend." Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "buy it and set out searching if were done here?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I don't have any strong opinions on buying other things yet. Let's save and explore?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "East?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Maybe when you have something to offer the corporation. Until then, Floyd | it's probably a good idea just to leave it be. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Or not. South." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on gps" | ||||
Floyd | You won't need to use it until you begin your journey. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Fwiw, the game has multiple solutions built into it, so there isn't only one right set of items to buy. Several possible combos can lead to success." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn on gps" | ||||
Floyd | You won't need to use it until you begin your journey. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl nods. | |||
| cyberskunk says, "south" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "West first?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Actually, I'm confused about the description." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Several large and well-armed men block your entrance into the bunker. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "sure but i dont think we can" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Several large and well-armed men block your entrance into the bunker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shifting your pack, you approach the massive gate. As the Enforcers Floyd | swing open the door, you take your last breath of city air for the Floyd | foreseeable future and head out on your way. Floyd | Floyd | The journey takes you several days east of Arcadia, across the blasted Floyd | plains of the wasteland. It likely would have been shorter except for Floyd | the wide detours around radioactive hot-spots exposed by your Geiger Floyd | counter. But finally, with the help of your global positioning system, Floyd | you arrive at the coordinates specified on the scrap of paper. It's Floyd | about midnight when you arrive at... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I didn't think south would work." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "bah" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "can we undo and buy more things?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a hand grenade, a rifle, a silenced pistol, Floyd | some radiation pills, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | Charlie nods in your direction. "Welcome back." Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "one second" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | (Charlie) Floyd | "Tell me about that laser." Floyd | Floyd | Charlie taps the glass of the counter above it. "Nice, huh? Expensive Floyd | too. For a pistol, anyway. The, uh..." he peers at the laser, Floyd | "Vortex Model 17. It's a pretty nice piece of hardware. Rugged as all Floyd | hell. They specifically designed it as a street weapon. Nice pop-up Floyd | holographic sight too. Anyway, I hate to tell you, but it's already Floyd | sold. Guy came in and bought it this morning. He's coming by later Floyd | tonight to pick it up. Sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "steal laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "steal". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take laser gun" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to open the display case first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open case" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "in the future, man has lost the technology of stealing" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "we can get the pistol or radiation pills and grenade" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I don't know. I'd like to have the pills, maybe?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i think that might appeal more to our puzzle-savvy ways. although it would be cathartic to just shoot someone in if. lets do pills and grenade if we have to pick one" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose if you could get the gun, you might be tempted to kill Charlie." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "...brilliant" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "lets kill our friend" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Killing Charlie is bad." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "oh" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "nevermind" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh. Pills and grenade it is. But. I'd uh. Like to try something terrible and then undo :P" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "save first so we can do more bad things like shooting charlie" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Let's get the pills and grenade and save, and then we can blow him up." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "you maniacs. okay" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Because we can :P" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy pills" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the radiation pills Floyd | from the display case. "Enjoy." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "buy grenade" | ||||
Floyd | (from Charlie) Floyd | You hand over the cash to Charlie and he removes the hand grenade from Floyd | the display case. "A pleasure doing business with you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "use grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the hand grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Charlie's eyes widen. "Holy Floyd | SHIT! What the hell are you doing? Put the pin back in!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. "Hit the Floyd | deck!" Charlie shouts, and leaps through the doorway. The door slams Floyd | closed behind him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | The door is closed and, more importantly, locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The hand grenade explodes, blasting everything in the area with Floyd | hundreds of tungsten ball bearings. Unfortunately, that includes you. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 68 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | cyberskunk says, "mwuhahahaha now he has us right where we want him" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Charlie's Shop Floyd | It's not the selection that keeps bringing you back. It's just the Floyd | convenient location. Plus you and Charlie have known each other for a Floyd | few years now so he gives you a bit of a discount. He can usually be Floyd | counted on to have what you need. The store itself is fairly small, Floyd | just a single room. Charlie leans against a glass countertop that Floyd | doubles as a display case, flipping through one of the Arcadia Floyd | newspapers with a bored expression on his face. Floyd | Floyd | The display case contains a rifle, a silenced pistol, and a laser gun. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. That's out of my system." | |||
| DavidW says, "hee" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "well we know we have three moves after pulling the pin" | ||||
| cyberskunk takes us out | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps you *can* put the pin in? I don't think I've tried." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Shifting your pack, you approach the massive gate. As the Enforcers Floyd | swing open the door, you take your last breath of city air for the Floyd | foreseeable future and head out on your way. Floyd | Floyd | The journey takes you several days east of Arcadia, across the blasted Floyd | plains of the wasteland. It likely would have been shorter except for Floyd | the wide detours around radioactive hot-spots exposed by your Geiger Floyd | counter. But finally, with the help of your global positioning system, Floyd | you arrive at the coordinates specified on the scrap of paper. It's Floyd | about midnight when you arrive at... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "BOOM" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. The readout indicates that you're Floyd | at the right coordinates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x brambles" | ||||
Floyd | Thickets snarl around the southwestern and northern sections of the Floyd | clearing. The brambles are comprised of a dense twisting of thick Floyd | branches, and just oozing with angry thorns. Movement through them Floyd | looks impossible, though you're worried about what might be hiding in Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm reasonably sure that real grenades cannot be reset by reinserting the pin, even though many a cartoon character has tried." | |||
| Limax says, "It depends on if the clip has been removed" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "in cartoons the pins are the dangerous parts anyway" | ||||
| DavidW says, "heh. point." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search brambles" | ||||
Floyd | Peering between the branches, you spot the motionless form of an Floyd | expired rabbit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | You reach carefully into the twisty thorns and manage to snag the Floyd | rabbit corpse without scratching yourself up too badly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "THey actually had an episode of MASH where they had to re-insert a pin in a grenade in the OR" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | The body of a wild rabbit, brown in fur, and crawling with flies. It's Floyd | not readily apparent what the cause of death was. It looks like the Floyd | briar patch may not have been the safest place for it after all. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yum. Radiation-filled bunny." | |||
| Limax says, "A North Korean was holding it at the time" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Don't go into the briar patch" | |||
| Limax asks, "Or is it the laughing place?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "everybody's got a laughing place" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Should've bought a machete." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Was it Pooh Bear that had the laughing place?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "no it was brar rabbit" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "brer" | ||||
| Limax says, "It was Brer Rabbit" | ||||
| Limax says, "Actually Song of the South" | ||||
| Limax says, "That was the name of the film" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Which way?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hm. Assuming you can't sell the rabbit for its fur or to someone in need of stew ingredients, a dead rabbit might help feed (or distract) wild animals." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "east" | ||||
| Ellison says, "dang, you guys found the rabbit right away, too. you are doing much better than I did (although I only played a little bit further)." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x builings" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "builings". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x buildings" | ||||
Floyd | The buildings are fairly crude structures, even by the standards of an Floyd | Arcadian slum. Built from irregular wooden planks, most of them lean Floyd | precariously in their foundations. As near as you can figure, this Floyd | tiny community sprang up sometime after the war and simply made do with Floyd | whatever materials they could find. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk type pretty one day | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x large building" | ||||
Floyd | This is clearly the largest building in the village: possibly a lodge Floyd | or meeting hall built from uneven pieces of lumber. It's at least Floyd | three times as large as any other structure you've seen. And yet, it's Floyd | also in the worst shape. There are huge holes in the roofand the south Floyd | wall. If in a month this building is still standing, you'd be very Floyd | surprised. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x roof" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any roof here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter building" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "What are the chances of this thing collapsing around us?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "million to one" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x furniture" | ||||
Floyd | Bits of chairs, tables, benches. Nothing useful. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search furniture" | ||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think you're safe as look as Lucy Ricardo doesn't start crying that Ricky never takes her anywhere." | |||
| DavidW says, "er as long as" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ha." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||||
Floyd | One of the larger holes would permit travel to the south. There's also Floyd | a gaping hole in the floor, revealing a basement. You see no stairs or Floyd | ladder, but you should be able to lower yourself down without too much Floyd | trouble. Getting yourself out might be a whole other issue. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we can gut the rabbit and use it as rope?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "we can use the grenade to rocket jump" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Finding an actual rope (or ladder) might be better." | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "lets check the shacks to the south for a rope?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shacks" | ||||
Floyd | The buildings are fairly crude structures, even by the standards of an Floyd | Arcadian slum. Built from irregular wooden planks, most of them lean Floyd | precariously in their foundations. As near as you can figure, this Floyd | tiny community sprang up sometime after the war and simply made do with Floyd | whatever materials they could find. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "zoiks" | |||
| DavidW says, "eek! a gho-o-ost!" | ||||
| Limax says, "Ruh Roh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Scooby and I will check out the kitchen." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search shacks" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Back to the west?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Go west, young man" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "s" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Who's out there? I can see your light. I'll start shooting if Floyd | you don't answer me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Eep." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "nobody here but us rabbits" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say hello" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "answer" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to reply to? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "answer man" | ||||
Floyd | He's too far away. Floyd | Floyd | A series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by you, Floyd | throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | You shout out to the distant man... and are greeted with a hail of Floyd | gunfire! Bullets slam into the ground and trees around you, narrowly Floyd | missing your fragile self. Whoever's out there doesn't appear too Floyd | friendly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl frowns. | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I guess he didnt say he *wouldn't* shoot if we answered him." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to man" | ||||
Floyd | You shout out to the distant man... and are greeted with a hail of Floyd | gunfire! Bullets slam into the ground and trees around you, narrowly Floyd | missing your fragile self. Whoever's out there doesn't appear too Floyd | friendly. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees your light, bringing up his Floyd | automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The bullets tear through Floyd | you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 88 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | cyberskunk says, "im sure its just a endearingly eccentric old mountain man coot" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Uh. Run away??" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of his lantern, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 88 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees your light, bringing up his Floyd | automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The bullets tear through Floyd | you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 88 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "run, yeah" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | A bobbing light appears further down the southern path. You can hear Floyd | faint sounds of movement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | The light down the southern path waves and dances about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | It's pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on flashlight" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | The bobbing light to the south dims and finally disappears. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Clearly we should have bought a gun." | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Now what?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "well if we care we can go south, hide, turn off the flashlight and leave the grenade" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Dig a tiger pit and cover it with palm fronds." | ||||
| Ellison asks, "did we try hiding and then turninf off our light?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "But it's our only grenade." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose you could try approaching in darkness." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "ill buy you a new one come christmas. but yeah lets do ellisons plan" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Very risky, though." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe. It didn't let us move earlier in the dark, but we can try it." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "'most' other directions?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh. Let's see." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | The only breaks in vegetation lie to west, east, and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Well, ok." | |||
| Limax says, "Tyre going u" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "I said who's out there?!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Er..." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | The only breaks in vegetation lie to west, east, and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "AHA" | |||
| Limax says, "I thought so" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | The only breaks in vegetation lie to west, east, and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "I said who's out there?!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind the bush) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind the bush. Floyd | Floyd | Another series of gunshots erupts from the southeast. Bullets whiz by Floyd | you, throwing up showers of dirt and chips of bark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the flashlight is now switched off. It's now quite dark, except Floyd | for a bright, flickering light to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | You hear footsteps approaching from the southeast! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | A scruffy-looking man enters the area, searching the area with an Floyd | electric lantern and a large rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man frowns and scratches his head as he peers around the area. Floyd | "Bastard must've run off." Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "might as well keep waiting to see how long before he leaves or if he explicitly turns his back to us or something" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "pussycat kill kill?" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit man" | ||||
Floyd | You are gunned down before you even get close. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 102 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You dash out from behind the bush, sprinting down the path. "Ah ha!" Floyd | shouts the guard from behind you. You may be fast, but his bullets are Floyd | much faster. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 102 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "guess not" | |||
| DavidW says, "Try examining the man." | ||||
| Ellison says, "yeah, just thought of that" | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | The illumination from his lantern shows an unshaved man of about Floyd | average height. He appears to be wearing a pair of raggedy jeans, Floyd | boots, and a patchwork coat of alternating colors. You think you Floyd | recognize them as raider markings. His left hand helps support the Floyd | large rifle he carries while also holding onto the handle of his Floyd | electric lamp. Floyd | Floyd | The man leaves to the southeast, muttering under his breath. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Also, getting trapped in a basement might be less risky than gunfire at this point." | |||
| DavidW asks, "hm. Hit lamp?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I suppose we don't have stones." | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "get rock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any rock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "(thought it might be a game where there are always rocks lying around)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight, Floyd | and a rabbit corpse. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's probably a rock elsewhere for us." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i bet we can sneak to the campfire without a light" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "since we can see it in the dark?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Wait, didnt we try that?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sneak se" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sneak". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "i dont thinks so?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "crawl se" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "crawl". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "one second" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of the campfire, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 104 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | It's too dark to see. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Save, and see what's in the basement?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You stumble around in the dark, and don't get anywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on light" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | Faded Path, behind the bush Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | From the direction of the campfire, you hear a man's gruff voice shout Floyd | out, "Don't make me come out there again!" Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ugh. Bad man." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Flashlight held out as a ward against the darkness, you step through a Floyd | break in the scrub and take a look around. Browned vegetation Floyd | encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly brush and thickets Floyd | wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The rustling of branches Floyd | is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily devoid of any other Floyd | noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way east and south, Floyd | thorny brambles impede your movement in most other directions. Behind Floyd | you, the break in the scrub leads west back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a series of gunshots ring out far to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | A sound from the east causes you to spin about and aim your flashlight Floyd | in that direction. From between two of the buildings, a pair of Floyd | emaciated coyotes slink into the street, their eyes glowing in the beam Floyd | of your light. They immediately turn their attention towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "clearly the solution is he has a finite number of bullets" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "awwww" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pet coyote" | ||||
Floyd | You'd prefer to keep your hands. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a deep growling coming from the coyotes as they slowly make Floyd | their way towards you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x coyote" | ||||
Floyd | A pair of mangy, scraggly coyotes. Their coats are filthy, matted Floyd | together, and beneath you can clearly see the outlines of their bones. Floyd | They glare at you with a disturbing mix of hunger and hatred. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes continue to advance, and you see flakes of foam falling Floyd | from their rancid mouths. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Lucky guess. Think they like rabbit?" | |||
| DavidW says, "They might." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask coyotes about who is a good boy" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "who". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "taunt coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "taunt". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "dance". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw rabbit at coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | The coyotes move with surprising quickness, darting out of the way. Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes are almost on top of you! Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i want to see this death" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, fine." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "is that okay?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The coyotes are almost on top of you! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | With a snarl, the coyotes leap into the air and slam against your Floyd | chest. Your throat is quickly torn out by the ravenous beasts. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 113 turns, you have achieved a score of 2 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Deadbeat. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with a closed Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | There is a pair of coyotes here, eyeing you hungrily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give rabbit to coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | You toss the body of the rabbit in front of the coyotes. As the smell Floyd | hits them, their entire attention turns to the small animal corpse. Floyd | One of them leaps forward, snatching the rabbit in its jaws. The Floyd | second lets out a howl that is both poignantly mournful and angry. The Floyd | first coyote dashes off between the buildings with the dead bunny in Floyd | its jaws. The other animal chases after it, close on its heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "if only we had some Acme Gunpowder* to solve this (* the gunpowder that blows up)" | |||
| genericgeekgirl awws. "How cute." | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "hole?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Let's see what's over here first?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we'll find a ladder or something." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heading to the shack to the east." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | (Opening the shack door) Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Discarded on the ground you find a small plastic tub. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tub" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be a small tub, maybe three inches in diameter, made of Floyd | yellowish-orange plastic. Whatever lettering was on the side or lid Floyd | has long since worn away. The tub is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open tub" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the small plastic tub reveals a lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint rustling noise coming from behind the boards. It Floyd | lasts for only a brief moment and then all is quiet again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take clay" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take tub" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The silence is broken by what sounds like a quiet cough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i didnt see the east exit in the edge of village" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x boards" | ||||
Floyd | Pieces of lumber in various sizes and shapes. This shack may have Floyd | served as a storage shed for the village's construction materials. The Floyd | large pile is stacked in one corner of the shack, leaning against the Floyd | wall. There is a considerable pocket of deep shadow behind the boards. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search boards" | ||||
Floyd | You angle the boards away from the wall to peer behind them. With a Floyd | sudden cry, a small figure scrambles out from behind them. The Floyd | diminutive shape dashes across the shack and huddles in the opposite Floyd | corner. You turn the beam of your flashlight toward it and see that it Floyd | is an emaciated little girl, covered in grime. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Because there wasn't one listed. I got lucky." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x girl" | ||||
Floyd | A gaunt little girl, probably about five or six years old. She has | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x girl" | ||||
Floyd | dirty brown hair which would probably reach to her shoulders if it Floyd | wasn't so tangled. She wears a plain brown dress of a coarse (and very Floyd | dirty) fabric. Her face is also covered in grime; her eyes red and Floyd | watery. You can't help but notice her sunken cheekbones and eye Floyd | sockets. Her body language betrays her obvious fear of you. She is Floyd | huddled in the corner, lips trembling, eyes wide and darting in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A gaunt little girl, probably about five or six years old. She has Floyd | dirty brown hair which would probably reach to her shoulders if it Floyd | wasn't so tangled. She wears a plain brown dress of a coarse (and very Floyd | dirty) fabric. Her face is also covered in grime; her eyes red and Floyd | watery. You can't help but notice her sunken cheekbones and eye Floyd | sockets. Her body language betrays her obvious fear of you. She is Floyd | huddled in the corner, lips trembling, eyes wide and darting in all Floyd | directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to girl" | ||||
Floyd | The little girl seems too afraid of you to respond. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "girl, hello" | ||||
Floyd | The little girl seems too afraid of you to respond. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a lump of clay, and a small plastic tub. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe the little girl likes bunnies" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give clay to girl" | ||||
Floyd | The little girl shakes her head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the survival pack reveals your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get ration from pack" | ||||
Floyd | There are too many packets to juggle. They're best left in your pack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rations" | ||||
Floyd | These are fairly typical travel rations. They mainly consist of freeze Floyd | dried meat, hard tack biscuits, and something claiming to be cheese (a Floyd | dubious assertion); all individually wrapped to give them a shelf life Floyd | of several years. The rations are also quite tasteless, with a texture Floyd | somewhere between cardboard and asphalt. Still, they do keep you Floyd | alive. A little more than half of your travel rations remain. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give cheese to girl" | ||||
Floyd | You unwrap one of the small packages and hand it to her. Tentatively Floyd | she leans forward and accepts it, quickly pulling back. She takes a Floyd | tiny bite... and a huge grin spreads across her face. She wolfs the Floyd | remainder down. Floyd | Floyd | "What's your name, little girl?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Iona," the little girl whispers. You smile at her and she smiles Floyd | back. She doesn't seem quite so afraid of you anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Her last name is Chevy-Pickup." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i was going to guess Column." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lumps" | ||||
Floyd | They are small, shapeless piles of material. Very possibly surplus Floyd | building materials. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search lumps" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "if we had gone here first we could have thrown the girl to the coyotes and kept our rabbit" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Great. So we have to take care of a little girl now?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about village" | ||||
Floyd | "What happened to the village? To the people?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona bites her lip. "The bad men came. They were screaming and it was Floyd | so loud. I hid until the bad men left." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "The coyotes were on the way here." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about parents" | ||||
Floyd | "Where is your family?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona's eyes well up with tears. "Dead," she says in a barely audible Floyd | whisper. "The bad men killed them. They killed everyone." Tears Floyd | leave muddy tracks as they run down her face. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You can possibly tell her to STAY or FOLLOW as necessary." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about bad men" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the raiders?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona wipes her hand across her nose. "The bad men came... a bunch of Floyd | days ago. They moved into the base near here. Then they killed Floyd | everyone." She starts to cry. "They had guns and knives and everyone Floyd | was screaming and there was blood everywhere...." She sobs, unable to Floyd | continue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about base" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you know about this base that's nearby?" Floyd | Floyd | "It's a building under the ground," Iona says. "That's where the bad Floyd | men live. My parents couldn't open the door, but the bad men could when Floyd | they came. Then they came here and...." She swallows, then continues. Floyd | "There's a bad man guarding the door, but I think I know a secret way." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about secret way" | ||||
Floyd | "You know a secret way into the base?" Floyd | Floyd | Iona nods. "I found it. I was playing and I found it. In the bushes. Floyd | I can show you where it is. But... I lost my dolly and I can't reach Floyd | it. Can you get it for me? I miss it so much." She blinks back Floyd | tears. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask iona about dolly" | ||||
Floyd | "Where is your doll?" Floyd | Floyd | "I dropped it. I was in the building and the doggies came and scared Floyd | me and I dropped it down in the hole. I can't reach it and the ladder Floyd | is broken. It's too far down. Will you get it for me?" Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl grumbles. "Of *course* we will." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | You sound very positive. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say yes" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask girl about rope" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rope". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask girl about ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Iona simply looks up at you with wide eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "iona about ladder" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask iona about doggies" | ||||
Floyd | "The coyotes have been after you?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, the doggies are very mean. I think they want to eat me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about pet rabbit" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "well at least not everything is incredibly tragic" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, ""Hey, kid. I couldn't find your dolly. Want a disemboweled bunny?"" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "save jump down the hole and maybe well find a way to climb out" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x planks" | ||||
Floyd | The gaps between the warped planks of the roof appear to have been Floyd | patched with clay. Floyd | Floyd | Iona rubs the side of her nose. "Are we there yet?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take planks" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the roof isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "'Look, it works like a handpuppet."" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take boards" | ||||
Floyd | The pile of boards would probably give you a very painful bunch of Floyd | splinters. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "I guess we should take her with us?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Or is it safer to leave her here for a moment?" | ||||
| jenrexrode arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "Let her follow or stay as she wants, I guess." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | The only exit lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ew" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ew". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Down?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully lower yourself down into the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | A discarded rag doll lies among the carnage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x doll" | ||||
Floyd | A moth-eaten rag doll with only the slightest resemblance to a human Floyd | shape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take doll" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x corpses" | ||||
Floyd | Six, maybe seven or eight bodies in there. It's hard to tell with them Floyd | all jumbled up like that. You feel the bile rising in your throat and Floyd | turn your head away quickly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search corpses" | ||||
Floyd | Gingerly, you sift through the rotting bodies but come up empty handed. Floyd | It looks like they've already been stripped of anything remotely useful Floyd | or valuable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | A rickety wooden chair. One leg is plainly shorter than the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a Geiger counter, a survival pack (being Floyd | worn), a GPS unit, some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight Floyd | (providing light), a lump of clay, a small plastic tub, and a rag doll. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x tub" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be a small tub, maybe three inches in diameter, made of Floyd | yellowish-orange plastic. Whatever lettering was on the side or lid Floyd | has long since worn away. The tub is currently open and empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take chair" | ||||
Floyd | The chair is too heavy to be carrying around. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put clay under chair" | ||||
Floyd | There isn't room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "fix chair with clay" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fix". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "stand on chair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the chair. It wobbles slightly under your Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search timbers" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think the chair might be the way out. Unless you wanna try climbing corpses." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to grab one of the timbers above and pull yourself out of Floyd | the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "pushes the easy button" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | canadianpuzzler says, "Faster than you can say "Product placement" Staples (TM) delivers some office supplies to you." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "give doll to girl" | ||||
Floyd | Iona's face immediately brightens. "My dolly!" she squeals in delight Floyd | as she hugs the rag doll. She grabs your hand and pulls you towards Floyd | the door. "Let me show you the secret way past the bad men." She Floyd | leads you back to the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Iona leads you over to the brambles. "Down here," she says, getting Floyd | down on her hands and knees. As you do the same, she points to a Floyd | well-hidden gap in the brambles to the southwest. "Back there. You Floyd | can crawl to the secret way in." Giggling, she stands up. She skips Floyd | back to the shack, hugging her rag doll close and waving to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| jenrexrode has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | genericgeekgirl says, "Uh, ok. Bye little girl. Try not to die on your own." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "wait" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "wasnt there a room in town we didnt see? i want to look at the skeletons" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "doing so?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x skeletons" | ||||
Floyd | There are strips of sinew and flesh hanging from some of the bones. Floyd | One of the skeletons is visibly larger in stature than the other, and Floyd | the larger body has a near perfect hole in the front of its skull. A Floyd | closer look at the bones reveals that most are covered with gouges and Floyd | scratches that look suspiciously like bite marks. Several of the bones Floyd | have been dragged away from the main cluster. As you move your Floyd | flashlight among the carnage, something glints in the illumination. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search bones" | ||||
Floyd | You search among the bones and discover a simple necklace, which you Floyd | take. Floyd | Floyd | > | Lionheart asks, "So what's this postapocalyptic piece?" | |||
| DavidW says, "a glint!" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x necklace" | ||||
Floyd | Turns out it's nothing more than a quartz crystal hanging from a Floyd | leather cord. It sparkles nicely, but you wouldn't get more than a Floyd | couple bucks for it at the Arcadia market. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "we can make a radio now" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. You know, I thought that was the door we'd come in earlier." | ||||
| cyberskunk searches amongst the bones. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Lionheart), "Scavenger" | ||||
| cyberskunk finds a comment card from the coyotes. Apparently the service here is terrible. | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yay, we has a shinee." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear necklace" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the necklace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "That's a bad idea." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "y? we looked pretty" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "close pack" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your path is blocked by the underbrush. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "There was a hole in the ceiling in the place with the hole in floor. Can we go up there?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We can try." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "south first?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "nvm mind" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | South and east are the only reasonable exits. You might be able to Floyd | travel down as well. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Those tracks outside: can they be followed?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tracks" | ||||
Floyd | The tracks trail all over the road here. They seem to be in greatest Floyd | concentration in front of the old shack to the east. You're not sure, Floyd | but they appear to be dog tracks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "follow tracks" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to follow the tracks. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "shes going to be fine" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "To the underground lair?" | ||||
| Lionheart says, "You may find yourself eaten in a shotgun shack." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah. to the lair." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Which way is that?" | |||
| cyberskunk drives! | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | Besides the obvious exits to east and west, the large hole in the Floyd | building to the north appears large enough to fit through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I need to go make ramen and eat it. Try not to get killed." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to crawl along the trail through the brambles with only Floyd | minor scratches. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Path Floyd | This is the end of a very convoluted and twisted path through several Floyd | hundred feet of frighteningly thorny briar patch. The track is Floyd | extremely difficult to see, especially at night, and you know you never Floyd | would have found your way without help. It heads back into the thicket Floyd | to your northeast, the only footpath leading from this small open field Floyd | among the brambles. In the middle of the small clearing is a square Floyd | metal structure, about two feet long on each side and protruding a Floyd | couple of inches from the ground. This box is topped by a metal Floyd | grating held on by rusty latches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be the top end of some sort of chimney or air vent. Floyd | About two feet long on each side, it's constructed out of sheet metal. Floyd | A metal grating is attached to the top by a set of rusty hinges. If Floyd | there was originally a lock on it, it's long since disintegrated. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open grating" | ||||
Floyd | With neglected hinges screeching in protest, the grating swings open, Floyd | revealing a wide shaft that disappears down into darkness. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Down?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You lower yourself carefully into the shaft and squirm along as it Floyd | turns horizontal. After several feet of crawling, the duct turns Floyd | vertical again. Shimmying along its length, you drop down into the Floyd | room beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the pole is a frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x boxes" | ||||
Floyd | A bunch of warped and water-damaged cardboard boxes. Most have only a Floyd | scattering of broken electronics, dead batteries, corroded wires, and Floyd | other completely useless junk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search boxes" | ||||
Floyd | Searching among all the useless trash in the boxes, you come across a Floyd | circuit breaker in reasonable condition, which you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | ||||
Floyd | A frayed jacket with alternating bands of red and green that you Floyd | recognize as the wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get jacket" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a Geiger counter into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | (opening the survival pack first) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||||
Floyd | The survival pack is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put necklace in pack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, and a frayed Floyd | jacket (being worn). The survival pack contains your travel rations, a Floyd | Geiger counter, and a necklace. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put tub in pack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put circuit break in pack" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put circuit breaker in pack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get geiger counter from pack" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x circuit breaker" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "just making some room. i want the counter out" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "East?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. The pole is hanging across the Floyd | room, suspended by two shelves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | Stretching across the corner of the room, suspended by the shelves, is Floyd | a metal pole. There's nothing else on the shelves except for the Floyd | boxes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "can we take the pole?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x messages" | ||||
Floyd | Crudely scrawled (and spelled) inquiries about people's mothers, sexual Floyd | preferences, appearance, odors, and a few rough drawings of genitalia. Floyd | In other words, the typical kind of thing you see every day back home Floyd | in Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "draw in mud" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "draw". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Lionheart says (to Floyd), "write on wall" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "write". Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Do you want to go back to get the pole?" | |||
| Lionheart says, "That's what he said." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. Hanging across the room, suspended by shelves, is a metal Floyd | pole. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pole" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x doors" | ||||
Floyd | north door: The door to the north is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | south door: The door to the south is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | west door: The door to the west is your standard automatic sensor Floyd | type. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh good, you thought of trying to take the pole." | |||
| DavidW says, "Poles can be useful in all sorts of ways, as I remember from Infidel." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open pole" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read messages" | ||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | we rool the wasteland Floyd | YOU STNK Floyd | Floyd | reds mom was a mutent Floyd | Floyd | > | (from Johnny) Johnny says, "Like when you pole vault over the angry mummies." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "tunnel snakes rule" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Which way?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "if theyre all the same, start at north and go clockwise" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | That door appears to have been jammed shut for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "an office! maybe we can find another easy button" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | This is a bulky office desk built from some kind of dark hardwood. Its Floyd | appearance is particularly ugly and utilitarian. The top is covered Floyd | with dust except for a few outlines of items that have probably been Floyd | recently removed. The left side consists of a large sliding drawer and Floyd | the desk's very short legs keep it only about an inch off the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Look under the desk" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the desk drawer open and find it empty. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove drawer" | ||||
Floyd | The desk drawer won't budge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You peer under the desk and see the glint of something metallic. Floyd | Unfortunately, the desk is too low to the ground to reach it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push desk" | ||||
Floyd | There's no way you're moving this monster of a desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You crouch down and try to snag the metallic object under the desk with Floyd | the metal pole. You can't seem to catch it, though, and after a minute Floyd | you give up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "attach clay to pole" | ||||
Floyd | There's no obvious way to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "stick clay on pole" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stick". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use clay with pole" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put clay on pole" | ||||
Floyd | You attempt to stick the lump of clay to the end of the pole, but it Floyd | keeps sliding off. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, and a Floyd | metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a necklace, a small Floyd | plastic tub, and a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says, "The 'you can't seem to catch it' line suggests we need a hook." | cyberskunk says, "yeah" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Was there a coat hanger?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "say, i bet we can turn this useless pin in this grenade into a hook" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "There *should* have been. But I didn't see one, and we took both the coat and the pole it was hanging on." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hanger" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hanger". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I see." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pockets" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pockets". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "trying east" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "lift desk with pole" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | There is a single door to the north. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "pry desk with pole" | ||||
Floyd | You can't find any way to pry the wooden desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk bumps into walls a lot. | |||
| cyberskunk exclaims, "*THUMP* Stook!" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o yeah" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "multiple solutions maybe" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like a fairly solid security door. Built out of brushed Floyd | stainless steel, but even this wasn't able to withstand the determined Floyd | new inhabitants and their need to desecrate everything they found. As Floyd | you look closer, you see faded letters that read "SUBLEVEL 2" through Floyd | the random messages and graffiti. Built into the wall right beside the Floyd | door is a control panel. The door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look north" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "north?" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit hinges" | ||||
Floyd | Your fists do little damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hit hinges with pipe" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any pipe here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x screws" | ||||
Floyd | Two simple steel screws that are currently screwed in tight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smash panel" | ||||
Floyd | Your fists do little damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x jacket" | ||||
Floyd | A frayed jacket with alternating bands of red and green that you Floyd | recognize as the wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search jacket" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x keypad" | ||||
Floyd | You can see it's a pretty standard numeric keypad. There are ten Floyd | off-white plastic buttons, numbered 0 through 9. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Ok, north?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Mhm, one sec." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to open the security door first. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Uh, maybe not. East?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | There are a lot of voices coming from the room to your east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | There are a lot of voices coming from the room to your east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen to east" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any east here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen to voices" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "voices". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prints" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any prints here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x graffiti" | ||||
Floyd | Crudely scrawled (and spelled) inquiries about people's mothers, sexual Floyd | preferences, appearance, odors, and a few rough drawings of genitalia. Floyd | In other words, the typical kind of thing you see every day back home Floyd | in Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | Over the sound of voices to the east, you can just make out what sounds Floyd | like footsteps and voices approaching the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "seems like we're fine since we have the jacket, but sure, let's search these other rooms first" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | Reaches about six feet tall and spans around three feet across. The Floyd | wood is extremely old, and probably has only survived this long because Floyd | it's been in the dry, sterile air of the base. Most of the shelves are Floyd | missing, possibly used for firewood. The majority of the backing still Floyd | remains, however, obscuring the view of the northern alcove from the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Two armed men enter the room, engrossed in a quiet conversation that Floyd | you cannot quite make out. One of them sees you and immediately stops Floyd | talking while elbowing his companion. That man quickly falls silent as Floyd | well, and the two hurry past you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind the bookcase) Floyd | You slip past the bookcase into the northern alcove. From this Floyd | location, you are almost completely hidden from the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | From behind the bookcase, you hear what sounds like two men enter the Floyd | room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | "Boss is pissed," you hear a voice say. Floyd | Floyd | "Yeah?" a second voice replies. "Why's that?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | The first voice says, "He thinks Jones is working to take over. Boss Floyd | changed the password early." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh? What is it now?" Floyd | Floyd | "Monkey." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | It sounds like there are two men in the hall. Floyd | Floyd | There's a pause. "Is it true?" the second voice asks. "Is Jones?" Floyd | Floyd | "I doubt it," says the first voice. "He's just been...." The voices Floyd | trail off as the men move out of earshot. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Monkey!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East, in the north alcove Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "East first? Presumably safe." | |||
| Ellison says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | * jenrexrode has left the channel. | |||
Floyd | You can move south back into the hallway and there is a door to the Floyd | north. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hm. Ok." | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "North?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You step out from behind the bookcase, back into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "sure" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Limax has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read graffiti" | ||||
Floyd | You scan some of the messages: Floyd | Jones is 1 ugly bastard Floyd | BRING ON THE WIMIN!!!! Floyd | Floyd | Keep an open mind... bash your brains out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the stainless steel panel is a map and a note being held Floyd | on by a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "one of the raider's math tests is pinned to the sheet with a fridge magnet" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "he got a 63%" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x map" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be an old, faded map of the countryside. After all your Floyd | travels, you do have a certain familiarity with the terrain. The Floyd | location of Arcadia is marked in red, as is the location of this base. Floyd | Floyd | A raider hurls a small metal dish across the room, grumbling about the Floyd | food. Several others nearby mutter their agreement. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take map" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, a fist-fight breaks out among the raiders. The two Floyd | brawlers trade punches and kicks for a few moments until the rest of Floyd | the crowd breaks up the fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" | ||||
Floyd | A note written on ragged, yellow paper. Floyd | Floyd | A small crowd forms around a raider holding up a yellowed girly Floyd | magazine. The men hoot and grunt at the centerfold. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | The note reads: Floyd | Floyd | Okay, maggots, this is the last time I'm gonna tell you. You don't Floyd | bother me unless it is something important. Otherwise you talk to Ertz Floyd | or Randall. The next person to bother me without a very good reason Floyd | ends up in a shallow grave next to Sulz. Floyd | Floyd | Those of you that can read, make sure the rest of the troops understand Floyd | this. Floyd | Floyd | Randall managed to scrounge up a pack of explosives on his last trip Floyd | out. If we can't get that damn door open any other way, we'll blast Floyd | the fucking thing. Floyd | Floyd | Remember: the wasteland belongs to us. Floyd | Floyd | Boss Floyd | Floyd | Some of the crowd begin to debate whether dogs or cats make a tastier Floyd | meal. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "dog if your fry it but cat in a stir fry. its too stringy otherwise" | |||
| cyberskunk yawns. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What about skunk?" | ||||
| cyberskunk gamey. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | One of the raiders tells a lewd joke, followed by shouts of laughter Floyd | from the rest of the crowd. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the stainless steel panel is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x magnet" | ||||
Floyd | A small black disc, about an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch Floyd | thick. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take magnet" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | A group of raiders clear off a makeshift table. Two of them sit at Floyd | opposite ends and begin arm wrestling. The rest of the men crowd Floyd | around the two challengers, yelling and cheering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put magnet on pole" | ||||
Floyd | The magnet is now firmly attached to the end of the metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x beds" | ||||
Floyd | Rather filthy. But then, you've slept on worse. Floyd | Floyd | You are roughly jostled by a careless raider as he walks by. "Watch Floyd | where you're going," he snarls at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search beds" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | One of the men begins bragging loudly about how many villagers he Floyd | killed. The rest of the raiders appear unimpressed by his boasts. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Trying south, and then back to the room with the desk?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||||
Floyd | These chairs are in poor shape. They are cushioned, with five-legs and Floyd | wheels on the bottom. However, most are missing wheels, arm rests, or Floyd | even backs. The one good chair is currently occupied by the guard. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A little less scruffy than the rest of the raiders, but not by much. Floyd | He's wearing a brown leather jacket, torn in a couple of places, with Floyd | the same green and red bands as the rest of the raiders. The raider is Floyd | sitting in the chair beside the door, a mean looking black submachine Floyd | gun cradled in his hands. His feet are propped up on the table in the Floyd | center of the room. Dangling from a cord around the man's neck is what Floyd | appears to be a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and reflects Floyd | the light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prism" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask about prism" | ||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "That's an interesting medallion you're wearing." Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard looks down. "Yeah. I take it off when we go on a Floyd | raid. Reflections can give our position away. But otherwise I think Floyd | it looks good on me. But I'm always looking if you are interested in Floyd | trading." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a metal Floyd | pole, a map, and a note. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a necklace, a small Floyd | plastic tub, and a circuit breaker. Sitting on the metal pole is a Floyd | kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x necklace" | ||||
Floyd | Worthless, really. It's nothing more than a quartz crystal hanging Floyd | from leather cord. It sparkles nicely, but you wouldn't more than a Floyd | couple bucks for it at the Arcadia market. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "its shiny. he likes it" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "hes actually a mutant jackdaw guard" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "trade necklace for prism" | ||||
Floyd | No one is carrying the necklace. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take necklace" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a metal pole into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "show necklace to guard" | ||||
Floyd | You lift the quartz crystal necklace up and show it to the guard. He Floyd | raises an eyebrow, then fingers the prism hanging around his neck. Floyd | "Hey, wow, that's pretty nice. A lot better than this old thing here. Floyd | Let me know if you're interested in a trade." He raises an eyebrow. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Yes?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "yes" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "trade necklace for prism" | ||||
Floyd | The guard nods and hands you the prism in exchange for the quartz Floyd | crystal necklace. He loops the leather strap around his neck and holds Floyd | the crystal in front of his face, marveling at its sparkle. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is quartz. thats information." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prism" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "and unless we find a crystal radio to repair its useless" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" | ||||
Floyd | "Sorry, pal, I ain't interested in small talk. If you have a question, Floyd | then ask. If you're here to see the boss, you'd better know the Floyd | password." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe later." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | "Nah, nah, nah," the guard says, holding up his hand. "No one gets Floyd | through that door without this week's password. If you got permission Floyd | to see da boss, then you got da password. Otherwise, beat it." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I want to get the thing under the desk." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Unless you really want to try this now." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "go ahead" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You crouch down and slide the pole under the desk towards the metallic Floyd | object beneath. Whatever it is sticks to the magnet at the end of the Floyd | pole, and you pull the pole out to find a security badge dangling from Floyd | the end, its belt clip stuck to the magnet. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x photo" | ||||
Floyd | A woman's face looks back at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i bet the combination is on the crystal" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any panel here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Hm." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "screwdriver + circuit breaker" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Do we want to break and pick it up again Saturday evening?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Erm. I meant Sunday." | ||||
| Ellison says, "whatever" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "I'm fine with continuing playing, but I haven't been paying attention to where rooms are" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "thanks ggg" | ||||
| Ellison says, "yeah, thanks" | ||||
| You say (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 293 turns, you have achieved a score of 4 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Drifter. Floyd | Floyd | Do you really want to quit? (YES or NO) > | ||||
| You say (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
| *** Second Session *** | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "load scavenger" | ||||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter. Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Unbelievable. This could very well be it. The big score. Floyd | Floyd | Every scavenger dreams of that one discovery that will grant riches Floyd | beyond the dreams of avarice. Every scavenger envisions walking into Floyd | the hidden chamber of some pre-war military compound or corporate R&D Floyd | facility and finding the forgotten secrets of humanity's genius. Of Floyd | course, you can count the number of times it's happened on one hand. Floyd | While everyone in your line of work wishes for it, no one really Floyd | expects it to happen. That included you. Floyd | Floyd | Until you found the scrap of paper, that is. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Scavenger Floyd | Night's Edge interactive fiction Floyd | By Quintin Stone Floyd | Version 1.2 (post-comp) Floyd | Build Date: Apr 06 2005 Floyd | Type CREDITS or HELP for more information about this game. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right. So we got the badge (from under the desk), and a data crystal." | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "was wondering if we could also use it as a screwdriver. anyhow, I think there might still be rooms we haven't seen (but I'm not sure)." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Mhm. We have the password (let me go look it up) to get into see the big boss, I think. And I think there are more doors we couldn't get through yet for whatever reason." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "i didnt think we had the password. we just know the guards?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh right. Monkey." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x datacube" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Didn't mean to do that." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x grating" | ||||
Floyd | You don't recall ever seeing a floor like this and you aren't sure what Floyd | the original purpose was. The gaps in the grating are small, no more Floyd | than a quarter of an inch wide. If there's a subflooring underneath, Floyd | you can't tell how far beneath it is. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "lift grating" | ||||
Floyd | You can't lift the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole through grating" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put pole in grating" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the floor isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "just want to get our bearings" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i didnt mean to do that" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is where we came in" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | That door appears to have been jammed shut for years. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Abandoned Office Floyd | Very little remains in this dimly lit office and the dust you've Floyd | stirred up suggests it hasn't seen any real use in quite some time. Floyd | The massive wooden desk in the corner, except for a few dust-free Floyd | outlines, is layered in a thick coating of the stuff. Beyond it, Floyd | nothing has been left in the room: not even a chair. The door to the Floyd | north is the only exit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is were we found the badge" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is where we met r kelly" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shaft" | ||||
Floyd | The shaft ascends upwards into darkness. It's well out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "east?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x alcoves" | ||||
Floyd | north alcove: The northern wall of the corridor is recessed, forming a Floyd | small alcove. A wooden bookcase set against that wall sticks out into Floyd | the alcove, partially obscuring it from the hall. On the north end of Floyd | the alcove is a smooth, featureless door. Floyd | south alcove: The southern wall of the corridor is recessed, forming a Floyd | small alcove. On the south end of the alcove is a smooth, featureless Floyd | door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | Reaches about six feet tall and spans around three feet across. The Floyd | wood is extremely old, and probably has only survived this long because Floyd | it's been in the dry, sterile air of the base. Most of the shelves are Floyd | missing, possibly used for firewood. The majority of the backing still Floyd | remains, however, obscuring the view of the northern alcove from the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push bookcase" | ||||
Floyd | Pushing the bookcase doesn't do anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You slip past the bookcase into the northern alcove. From this Floyd | location, you are almost completely hidden from the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is our brown recluse safety fort" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You step out from behind the bookcase, back into the hallway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "east is the cafeteria" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "and here is the guard. okay got it" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "lets search for things in the barracks" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l west" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The metal panel is a stainless steel rectangle, about a foot wide and a Floyd | foot-and-a-half tall. It's set into the wall, completely flush against Floyd | the surface, about four feet off the floor. There's nothing on the Floyd | stainless steel panel. Floyd | Floyd | With a knife, a raider tries to slice a cut in the wall. He examines Floyd | the wall with a puzzled look as his weapon fails to make even a mark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search beds" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search bunks" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | A handful of rifle cartridges drops to the floor and the rounds scatter Floyd | across the room. The man who dropped them swears as he chases after Floyd | them. A couple of the other raiders snort and laugh. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look under beds" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing under the beds and cots. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, a fist-fight breaks out among the raiders. The two Floyd | brawlers trade punches and kicks for a few moments until the rest of Floyd | the crowd breaks up the fight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x raiders" | ||||
Floyd | Villains of the waste. You've encountered raiders before, but never Floyd | this up close and personal. At a glance you'd say there are a couple Floyd | dozen men here, maybe more. Most are dirty, unshaven, with unkempt Floyd | hair and ratty clothes. All are armed in one manner or another. Each Floyd | one has a jacket, shirt, or armband with alternating bands of red and Floyd | green. You've seen the like before. Wasteland raiders, like Arcadian Floyd | gangs, use these colors to announce their allegiance as well as Floyd | identify their companions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x posessions" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "posessions". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "play with raiders" | ||||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x possessions" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "possessions". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "where were the notes from the leader?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl annotates her dictionary. | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | Out of the corner of your eye you catch one of the men looking at you Floyd | suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x note" | ||||
Floyd | A note written on ragged, yellow paper. Floyd | Floyd | Some of the crowd begin to debate whether dogs or cats make a tastier Floyd | meal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||||
Floyd | The note reads: Floyd | Floyd | Okay, maggots, this is the last time I'm gonna tell you. You don't Floyd | bother me unless it is something important. Otherwise you talk to Ertz Floyd | or Randall. The next person to bother me without a very good reason Floyd | ends up in a shallow grave next to Sulz. Floyd | Floyd | Those of you that can read, make sure the rest of the troops understand Floyd | this. Floyd | Floyd | Randall managed to scrounge up a pack of explosives on his last trip Floyd | out. If we can't get that damn door open any other way, we'll blast Floyd | the fucking thing. Floyd | Floyd | Remember: the wasteland belongs to us. Floyd | Floyd | Boss Floyd | Floyd | A raider hurls a small metal dish across the room, grumbling about the Floyd | food. Several others nearby mutter their agreement. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "So there are explosives somewhere, maybe." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask raiders about sulz" | ||||
Floyd | It's probably best not to draw attention to yourself unless you really Floyd | have to. Floyd | Floyd | A group of the men begin arguing with several others about the proper Floyd | way to scalp a person: some of the men insist that the best way is to Floyd | start at the front and the others disagree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A little less scruffy than the rest of the raiders, but not by much. Floyd | He's wearing a brown leather jacket, torn in a couple of places, with Floyd | the same green and red bands as the rest of the raiders. The raider is Floyd | sitting in the chair beside the door, a mean looking black submachine Floyd | gun cradled in his hands. His feet are propped up on the table in the Floyd | center of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about sulz" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about Sulz?" Floyd | Floyd | "Don't mention that name," the guard says coldly, shaking his head. Floyd | "That guy never listened to directions and now he's taking a dirt nap." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask about randall" | ||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "Do you know a guy named Randall?" Floyd | Floyd | The man nods, rubbing his chin. "Oh, yeah, Randall. Good with Floyd | explosives. Kind of a bigwig around here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask about explosives" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "explosives". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about ertz" | ||||
Floyd | "Where can I find Ertz?" Floyd | Floyd | The raider shrugs. "Somewhere. I dunno. Maybe in the barracks, maybe Floyd | outside. Not my problem, newbie." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about door" | ||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, the west door, or the security door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask about randall" | ||||
Floyd | (the raider guard) Floyd | "Do you know a guy named Randall?" Floyd | Floyd | The man nods, rubbing his chin. "Oh, yeah, Randall. Good with Floyd | explosives. Kind of a bigwig around here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about security guard" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard says, "I don't know whatcher talking about." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I thought maybe he gave progressive answers." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about screw driver" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard says, "I don't know whatcher talking about." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about coyotes" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard says, "I don't know whatcher talking about." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I'd like to try giving him the password." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "clearly the brains of the outfit" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "sure but remind me where we found it?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We overheard it while hiding in the alcove." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tell guard monkey" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any guard monkey here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "say monkey" | ||||
Floyd | If you wish to speak to someone, you can address them directly. For Floyd | example: JOHN, HELLO Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "guard, monkey" | ||||
Floyd | You say, "The password is 'monkey.'" Floyd | Floyd | The guard nods. "That's it. Go on in. Just don't mess with anything Floyd | in there. Understand? If you do, I got to kill you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard waves you in. Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ooooh. Yes." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x launcher" | ||||
Floyd | A formidable looking weapon. Built mostly from black plastic and Floyd | steel. The muzzle seems so wide you could practically fall into it. Floyd | You notice that the grip seems to have some kind of electronic sensor Floyd | on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sensor" | ||||
Floyd | There is some kind of faintly glowing grid along the backstrap of the Floyd | grenade launcher's grip. You're not sure exactly what it is. Some Floyd | kind of sensor, perhaps? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take launcher" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a GPS unit and a hand grenade into the survival pack to make Floyd | room) Floyd | Taken. When you pick up the grenade launcher, the weapon lets out a Floyd | loud, angry buzz. A grid on the weapon's grip flashes red. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop launcher" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o no" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | A bulky office desk built from stamped steel. Most of the surfaces Floyd | have been painted a rather hideous shade of beige. The desk is pushed Floyd | up against the walls in the southeastern corner of the room. There is Floyd | a computer console attached to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search desk" | ||||
Floyd | The top of the desk is clear, except for the computer console. The Floyd | desk is pushed right up against the wall, making it impossible to look Floyd | behind. Peering under it, you find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x computer" | ||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is off. (You can type on the keyboard by entering a Floyd | command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | LOGIN Floyd | Floyd | ENTER LAST NAME: Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a frayed jacket Floyd | (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a note, a yellow datacube, and a Floyd | security badge. The survival pack contains your travel rations, a Floyd | small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, a metal pole, a GPS unit, and a Floyd | hand grenade. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | The only pieces of the message that you've been able to make out so far Floyd | are: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | ...IEFS OF STAFF ...NERAL ARTH...NALDS ...ROJECT DISTANT PATH Floyd | Floyd | DUE TO THE INCREASED INS...ITY FROM INSURGENT FORC...ITARY RESEARCH Floyd | COM...ADO SPRINGS, ALL PERSONN...RMATION RELATED TO PROJE...NT PATH ARE Floyd | BEIN... COMPLETED HAVEN RESEAR... UNDER THE HEA...ES FROM 83RD Floyd | ARMORED INFANTRY REASSI... TO OVERSEE TRANSFER OF MATERIALS. GPS C... Floyd | 33-28-19.158N / 111-57-49.524W. LOCATION CLASSIFIE... SECRET Floyd | CLEARANCE AND BE AP... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You'd probably be able to get a little more with a highly detailed Floyd | scan, but you don't have the necessary equipment and you simply can't Floyd | entrust this information to anyone else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type robinson" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | You should put what you want typed in double quotes, for example, TYPE Floyd | "HELLO" ON KEYBOARD. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "robinson"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | Some new text appears: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "robinson" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oops" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x computer" | ||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is on and displaying text. (You can type on the Floyd | keyboard by entering a command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "if its not rutabaga or money i got nothing" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||||
Floyd | This chair is in fairly good condition. Still, it looks as if it's Floyd | seen a lot of use. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x screens" | ||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "this is going to make noise" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push desk" | ||||
Floyd | You struggle to move the weighty desk away from the wall. As you do, a Floyd | crumpled piece of paper flutters from behind it and settles on the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x curmpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "curmpled". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x crumpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | A crumpled piece of old paper. Appears to have some sort of memo on Floyd | it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the scrap of paper, or the crumpled paper? Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oh no. it cant be that easy" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read crumpled paper" | ||||
Floyd | TO: Lieutenant Walsh Floyd | FROM: Colonel Miles Floyd | DATE: Sep 2, 2060 Floyd | RE: Base security Floyd | Floyd | Lieutenant, Floyd | Floyd | The current performance of the overall base security is unacceptable. Floyd | As you know, last week a civilian was found within the base perimeter Floyd | while Lieutenant Leach's squad was on guard duty. She has been Floyd | reassigned to an Alaskan supply depot where the effects of her Floyd | incompetence will be of less importance. Yesterday I was informed by Floyd | Dr. Hill that our network had been accessed by an unauthorized person Floyd | from off site. This finally gave me the justification I needed to Floyd | sever our network from the rest of the outside world. The general Floyd | wasn't happy, but he couldn't deny the necessity. Please have your Floyd | people search their respective project files for any signs of Floyd | unauthorized access or tampering. Floyd | Floyd | And Dr. Rock informed me that you're again using your last name as Floyd | your password. This practice is inexcusably insecure and if it happens Floyd | again, you'll be digging trenches in Alaska. Floyd | Floyd | Colonel Perry Miles Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "Robinson"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "cancel"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cancel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type cancel" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "cancel" on computer" | ||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cancel login" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "enter "cancel"" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "walsh"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "walsh"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "cancel"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "dang it" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "Tanya"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type "robinson"" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "cancel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cancel". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "type "cancel" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | The text "INCORRECT PASSWORD" appears at the bottom of the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "let's just undo a bunch" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher and a crumpled paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "how many times did we need to undo? more?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "we havent done much in here. cf10.sav was right before entering" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "we should maybe restore that" | ||||
| Ellison says, "sure, let's do tht" | ||||
| Ellison says, "that" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "guard, monkey" | ||||
Floyd | You say, "The password is 'monkey.'" Floyd | Floyd | The guard nods. "That's it. Go on in. Just don't mess with anything Floyd | in there. Understand? If you do, I got to kill you." Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "and then try entering 'walsh' as both name and password since he's the guy in the note" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The raider guard waves you in. Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Some text appears on the monitor: Floyd | LOGIN Floyd | Floyd | ENTER LAST NAME: Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | Some new text appears: Floyd | ENTER PASSWORD: Floyd | (ENTER "CANCEL" TO CANCEL LOGIN) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "walsh" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | The screen clears and a menu appears: Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. | ||||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | genericgeekgirl asks, "Going through the options in order, I guess?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type "1" on keyboard" | ||||
Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | DavidW asks, "hm. What's Tanya's security level, I wonder?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | The logs go on for page after page. After skimming through the dry, Floyd | boring text, you reach the last several entries: Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LOGS Floyd | Floyd | 2060-08-25 Corporal Jacob Floyd | A civilian penetrated the base perimeter before being spotted by a Floyd | passing tech and reported to security. Colonel Miles has had Floyd | Lieutenant Leach reassigned for this failure in security. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-09-20 Sergeant Herbert Floyd | A company of renegade troops passing nearby caught sight of the base Floyd | perimeter and advanced on the base. The 83rd Armored engaged them and Floyd | drove them back, but took heavy casualties. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-10-11 Sergeant Herbert Floyd | Official word's come in that another base in NM has fallen to the Floyd | rebels. Rumors have it that their base commander went over to the Floyd | other side. The Colonel has ordered now that speech even somewhat Floyd | sympathetic to the rebel cause is grounds for court martial and Floyd | immediate execution for treason. Floyd | Floyd | 2060-10-20 Major Tuco Floyd | The owrd just came ocver the radio. Edgar gave THE ORDER. oh god I Floyd | camn't bleieve this oh god oh god oh god Floyd | Floyd | 2060-12-09 Captain Ramirez Floyd | We're out of food and supplies. Major Tuco has vanished. Colonel Floyd | Miles is dead. Private Robinson went crazy when the Colonel refused to Floyd | discuss the idea of leaving the base. Shot him right in front of Floyd | everyone. The others killed her right after she did it. Now we have Floyd | no choice. We hve to leave and see if there's anything left. Can Floyd | there be? Can there be anything left? Anyone alive? The radio's been Floyd | dead since it all happened. We will be too if we don't leave soon. Floyd | Mother of God. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | Floyd | MONDAY: Corporal Wilson, Private Paris, Private Grant Floyd | TUESDAY: Sergeant Herbert, Corporal Jacob, Private Robinson Floyd | WEDNESDAY: Corporal Fredericks, Corporal Lee, Private James Floyd | THURSDAY: Sergeant Goldburg, Private LaBarbara, Private Roy Floyd | FRIDAY: Corporal Carson, Private Charles, Private Boyne Floyd | SATURDAY: Corporal Steele, Corporal Greene, Private Nagagta Floyd | SUNDAY: Sergeant Hale, Private Ivanova, Private Morris Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | genericgeekgirl asks, "Do we know what day it is?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "date" | ||||
Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "3" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | ACCESS CODES: Floyd | Floyd | Sergeant Lince Herbert: 69105 Floyd | Dr. Colleen Hill: 68659 Floyd | Corporal Robert Jacob: 21462 Floyd | Dr. Kevin Rock: 68980 Floyd | Private Tonya Robinson: 15070 Floyd | Lieutenant James Walsh: 16686 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO UPDATE CODES Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | genericgeekgirl says, "A ha." | |||
| Ellison says, "let's hope it's Tuesday as that is the only day that mentions Robinson" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | Floyd | LEVEL 4: STANDARD Floyd | LEVEL 3: DUTY SHIFTS DOUBLED Floyd | LEVEL 2: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED Floyd | LEVEL 1: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED, AUTOMATED DEFENSES ACTIVE Floyd | Floyd | CURRENT LEVEL: 2 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO SET SECURITY LEVEL Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | cyberskunk says, "o my" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear badge" | ||||
Floyd | UNRECOGNIZED INPUT Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | cyberskunk says, "with shifts tripled we should be okay" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "logging out, saving and turning on the turrets" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Hm. Quit and see what's in the room to the west?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf11.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use console" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | This appears to be a simple single-purpose computer. It's a keyboard Floyd | and monitor combined into a single unit, mounted onto a tabletop. The Floyd | security console is on and displaying text. (You can type on the Floyd | keyboard by entering a command like: TYPE "RUTABAGA" ON KEYBOARD) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type 4" | ||||
Floyd | (on the security console) Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | Floyd | LEVEL 4: STANDARD Floyd | LEVEL 3: DUTY SHIFTS DOUBLED Floyd | LEVEL 2: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED Floyd | LEVEL 1: DUTY SHIFTS TRIPLED, AUTOMATED DEFENSES ACTIVE Floyd | Floyd | CURRENT LEVEL: 2 Floyd | Floyd | SECURITY LEVEL INSUFFICIENT TO SET SECURITY LEVEL Floyd | Floyd | MAIN MENU Floyd | MAKE YOUR SELECTION: Floyd | Floyd | 1: REVIEW SECURITY LOGS Floyd | 2: DUTY SHIFTS Floyd | 3: UPDATE SQUAD ACCESS CODES Floyd | 4: SET BASE SECURITY LEVELS Floyd | 5: LOGOUT Floyd | Q: [Stop using console] Floyd | Floyd | Enter choice: | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The door is locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x west door" | ||||
Floyd | The door leading to the raider boss's private chamber. It's closed and Floyd | appears to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear badge" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the security badge. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "just in case we arm the turrest" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "um knocking" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x lock" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any lock here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "knock on west door" | ||||
Floyd | There is no answer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "well we do have a grenade" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh. If you wish." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I guess we just saved." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "drop pin" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "ok. now what?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put grenade in launcher" | ||||
Floyd | As far as you can tell, the grenade launcher fires a specialized type Floyd | of self-launching grenade. Your hand grenade won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Too bad Floyd | the delay on the grenade is too long to prevent the raider guard from Floyd | emptying a generous portion of lead into your torso. Which he does, of Floyd | course. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 351 turns, you have achieved a score of 5 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Scrounger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "you know were still hol--" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pin" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin metal pin, with a loop at one end. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "You can *do* that?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Not with real grenades." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "depends if the safety is a type which comes loose right away or not" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "some grenades you can if youre holding them right" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "The internet says yes." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "others as soon as you pull the pin the mechanism moves" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "maybe this pin can be a screwdriver." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "drop grenade" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. The grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | You hear an explosion from the west. Floyd | Floyd | The guard leaps to his feet upon hearing the noise. "What did you do Floyd | in there?!" he shouts, but he isn't quite patient enough to wait for a Floyd | response. His weapon thunders and everything goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 355 turns, you have achieved a score of 5 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Scrounger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Security Station Floyd | You are standing in a small square room, about ten feet across. You Floyd | notice a distinct lack of the grime and squalor that has been so Floyd | evident in the rest of the facility. The large metal desk in the Floyd | southeast corner appears to be reasonably clean and in good condition, Floyd | as does the office chair before it. Mounted on the south wall are a Floyd | number of small screens, each labeled with a number. All of them are Floyd | dark. Attached to the desk is a small computer console, consisting of Floyd | monitor and keyboard. Two doors lead out: the east door towards the Floyd | conference room and a second one heading to the west. Both are closed. Floyd | Floyd | Resting in the corner you spot a grenade launcher. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "going to try to use the pin as a screwdriver. but i doubt it since the grenade was optional" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "move desk" | ||||
Floyd | You struggle to move the weighty desk away from the wall. As you do, a Floyd | crumpled piece of paper flutters from behind it and settles on the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look behind desk" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing behind the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "talk to west door" | ||||
Floyd | Oddly enough, you get no response. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x west door" | ||||
Floyd | The door leading to the raider boss's private chamber. It's closed and Floyd | appears to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screens" | ||||
Floyd | All of the security screens are dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Conference Room Floyd | From the looks of it, the original purpose of this large room was to Floyd | hold meetings and briefings. However, the large table and office Floyd | chairs are in desperate need of maintenance and the once white walls Floyd | now sport an impressive array of scuffs, gouges, and puncture marks. Floyd | The doorway to the north leads back into the barracks and the western Floyd | door has one of the more intact chairs sitting beside it, almost Floyd | blocking the way. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting in the one good chair is a raider guard whose attention is Floyd | focused on you. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | You yank the pin out of the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unscrew it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with pin" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use the grenade pin like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before, they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open hinges" | ||||
Floyd | The panel won't budge. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put badge on panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x badge" | ||||
Floyd | A white plastic security badge with a clip at the top designed to Floyd | attach to a belt or shirt. It lacks any kind of magnetic strip. It's Floyd | likely the kind with the microchip inside that you put next to a sensor Floyd | in order to activate. The name on the badge reads: Private Tonya Floyd | Robinson. Below that, there's a grainy photo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with badge" | ||||
Floyd | The plastic edges of the badge just won't engage the screws. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "She's sort of dead." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | circuit breaker, and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I wonder how many other people use their last name as a password." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||||
Floyd | An iron pole that stretches about three feet long. Feels like it's Floyd | hollow, though the ends are closed. Attached to the end of the metal Floyd | pole is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x magnet" | ||||
Floyd | A small black disc, about an inch in diameter and a quarter of an inch Floyd | thick. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with magnet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use the kitchen magnet like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x datacube" | ||||
Floyd | It very much resembles a yellow-tinted glass prism that refracts and Floyd | reflects the light in the room. Datacubes like this were the standard Floyd | portable digital storage medium before the war. This one has leather Floyd | cord fastened to it, so it can be worn around the neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x breaker" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with breaker" | ||||
Floyd | You can't use the circuit breaker like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to unscrew it with? Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "welp" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), a GPS unit, Floyd | some radiation pills, a hand grenade, a flashlight (providing light), a Floyd | lump of clay, a frayed jacket (being worn), a Geiger counter, a map, a Floyd | note, a yellow datacube, and a security badge. The survival pack Floyd | contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, Floyd | and a metal pole. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on breaker" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the circuit breaker is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Where can we put this?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i think its needed to fix this panel" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "So we have to open it first. Drat." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any desk here. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe something else in the closet? a knife would do from the raiders" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x weapons" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any weapons here. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we missed something in the village?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We can come and go as we like now." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | The raider guard nods in your direction, but eyes you warily. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "we havent looked around here much either" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bedroll" | ||||
Floyd | A dingy, grimy thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bedroll" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the bedroll isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x campfire" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic campfire, with a disheveled bedroll close beside it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A scruffy-looking man of about average height sitting beside the fire. Floyd | He's dressed in a ragged pair of jeans with a pair of worn boots. His Floyd | coat has alternating bands of red and green that you recognize as the Floyd | wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Raider groups use such "uniforms" Floyd | to distinguish themselves from each other. Cradled in his lap is an Floyd | automatic rifle. He watches you keenly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask guard about boss" | ||||
Floyd | "I ain't got time for jibber-jabber. I'm on guard duty tonight." Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i wonder if the game knows how to pity the fool" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "village?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x rifle" | ||||
Floyd | A mean-looking automatic rifle. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "ok" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You can head along the path to the northwest or down the steps to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x bushes" | ||||
Floyd | The large bushes have few leaves, but their tightly packed branches Floyd | make them difficult to see through. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search bushes" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | Densely packed vegetation, with numerous tree trunks rising weakly Floyd | towards the sky. Tall and dark, their branches twist around in thick Floyd | and impenetrable weaves of branch and leaf. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You peek your head inside one of the buildings and find nothing but Floyd | ghosts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Iona takes one look at your clothing, lets out a shriek, and dashes out Floyd | of the shack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search boards" | ||||
Floyd | You look behind the pile of boards but find nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Awww." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask iona about screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Iona simply looks up at you with wide eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok. sorry. we could put on the jacket and traumatize the little girl" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "if we want to i mean" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Nah." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | North End of Village Floyd | The main north-south road of this gloomy hamlet ends here at a tangle Floyd | of underbrush to the north. The tiny houses here look downright eerie Floyd | in the cascading glow of your flashlight. To your west is the largest Floyd | structure of the village, a wide one-story lodge that looks to be Floyd | collapsing under its own weight. Floyd | Floyd | Lying in the middle of the road are a pair of human skeletons, their Floyd | bones scattered across the ground. The ground around them appears Floyd | nearly black in your electric light. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||||
Floyd | You rummage through rotting cushions and peer underneath furniture. Floyd | Nothing is revealed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully lower yourself down into the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Collapsed Basement Floyd | This wouldn't be your first choice for a final resting place. But Floyd | clearly not everyone has the luxury of making that decision for Floyd | themselves. Among the split and crumbling timbers that litter the Floyd | floor of this basement lie perhaps a dozen dead bodies. It's hard to Floyd | tell for certain because the corpses are stacked in a large pile in a Floyd | corner of the room, the body parts jumbled together like a macabre Floyd | jigsaw puzzle. The scent of decay is nearly overwhelming. The Floyd | splinters of wood scattered across the ground only enhance the aura of Floyd | past violence. Only a single chair seems to have survived the mayhem. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search body parts" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "parts". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search splinters" | ||||
Floyd | You root around the splintered wood and discover a screwdriver, which Floyd | you take. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Much of the metal on the screwdriver shaft is pitted and rusted. The Floyd | handle, what there is of it, is wrapped in a ragged black tape. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "really" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | Mmm, a delicious blend of orange juice and vodka. And there's still a Floyd | lot left too. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "REALLY" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search chair" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing on the chair. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "nice work ggg" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "lets go?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You can't quite reach the next floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb on chair" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stand on chair" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the chair. It wobbles slightly under your Floyd | weight. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to grab one of the timbers above and pull yourself out of Floyd | the basement. Floyd | Floyd | Crumbling Building Floyd | You find yourself inside one of the largest structures in this quiet Floyd | village. It may have been some kind of town hall or meeting area, as Floyd | it consists of a single large room. Huge gaping holes not only in the Floyd | floor, ceiling, and south wall indicate the quality of workmanship. Floyd | Time and the elements will eventually bring the entire building down. Floyd | It appears to have been cleared of everything except for rotting Floyd | furniture and various other pieces of debris. A single crooked doorway Floyd | leads east. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x clay" | ||||
Floyd | A lump of clay, probably the kind used in sealing gaps between wooden Floyd | planks. Kinda squishy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to crawl along the trail through the brambles with only Floyd | minor scratches. Floyd | Floyd | Hidden Path Floyd | This is the end of a very convoluted and twisted path through several Floyd | hundred feet of frighteningly thorny briar patch. The track is Floyd | extremely difficult to see, especially at night, and you know you never Floyd | would have found your way without help. It heads back into the thicket Floyd | to your northeast, the only footpath leading from this small open field Floyd | among the brambles. In the middle of the small clearing is a square Floyd | metal structure, about two feet long on each side and protruding a Floyd | couple of inches from the ground. This box is topped by a metal Floyd | grating held on by rusty latches. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||||
Floyd | You lower yourself carefully into the shaft and squirm along as it Floyd | turns horizontal. After several feet of crawling, the duct turns Floyd | vertical again. Shimmying along its length, you drop down into the Floyd | room beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Closet Floyd | Your standard storage closet, complete with your standard ugly Floyd | government regulation metal shelving units. This one appears to see Floyd | little use, as the few worn boxes sitting on the shelves are pretty Floyd | much empty. In the high ceiling above, you can see the dark shape of a Floyd | vent shaft. A single door leads east into the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The automated door opens to let you pass. Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open panel with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | The screws each resist at first, but with some effort, you manage to Floyd | loosen them all. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel swings open on tiny hinges. On the inside back of the panel, Floyd | there is a metal-lined socket. A bundle of wires ending in a metal Floyd | prong runs out of the wall and dangles loosely in the air. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put breaker in socket" | ||||
Floyd | That won't fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x socket" | ||||
Floyd | The socket is nothing more than a metal-encircled hole in the panel's Floyd | interior. It is about an eighth of an inch in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x prong" | ||||
Floyd | The prong is a piece of metal about a half-inch long and an eighth-inch Floyd | in diameter. One end is attached to a bundle of thin wires that Floyd | connect to the inside of the panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x breaker" | ||||
Floyd | A small, thin block of plastic with a switch on the front and metal Floyd | tabs on the back. A circuit breaker, you know, fits into an electrical Floyd | breaker box in order to complete the electrical circuit and allow power Floyd | to flow. In the event of an electrical overload, it switches itself Floyd | off. The breaker is currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn off breaker" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the circuit breaker is now switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put prong in socket" | ||||
Floyd | You plug the metal prong into the socket. The scanner grid on the face Floyd | of the panel immediately lights up. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | cyberskunk asks, "were on 12 right?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I think so." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf12.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x keypad" | ||||
Floyd | You can see it's a pretty standard numeric keypad. There are ten Floyd | off-white plastic buttons, numbered 0 through 9. The keys on the panel Floyd | are currently glowing faintly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press 15070" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to push the number 15070. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type 15070" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | The door slides open, revealing a stairway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lamp" | ||||
Floyd | The lamp is a simple dome light, set in the wall above the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get lamp" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the lamp isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like a fairly solid security door. Built out of brushed Floyd | stainless steel, much tidier on this side than the other. As you look Floyd | closer, you see faded letters that read "SUBLEVEL 1". Built into the Floyd | wall right beside the door is a large red button. The door is closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about the red button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "write in dust" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "write". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "f scrawl elbereth" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x dust" | ||||
Floyd | The dust coats pretty much everything in sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x footprints" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any footprints here. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok. so were the first ones here since the apocalypse" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | an oddly dark scanner grid. You've seen these before; they're designed Floyd | to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When the badge Floyd | is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's identity Floyd | is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. In each of Floyd | the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair of hinges Floyd | along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unscrew panel with screwdriver" | ||||
Floyd | These screws are stripped beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "east or west?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid but nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "east" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, are conspicuously dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||||
Floyd | A small square window, about a foot wide, but blocked by a wide mesh Floyd | wire screen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | A simple button beside the door outside the commissary. The color, in Floyd | case you were wondering, is green. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "That's reassur--Oh." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "break window" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to specify how exactly you want to do that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vent" | ||||
Floyd | An air conditioner vent in the ceiling of the hallway. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | Your vertical leap is not quite up to the task of reaching the Floyd | ventilation duct. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in window" | ||||
Floyd | You shine your flashlight through the window, into the room beyond. Floyd | The beam of illumination reveals some empty shelving units and some Floyd | kind of control console. Sitting on the console you can just make out Floyd | a water bottle. If there's anything on the floor in there, you can't Floyd | tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "in the grim future man's desperate struggle for survival will be a series of jumping puzzles" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "No thanks." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Back west?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | In one corner of the room, you notice an aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||||
Floyd | A basic aluminum A-frame folding ladder. This particular one opens up Floyd | to a height of about six feet. The ladder is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a Geiger counter into the Floyd | survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "yeah. maybe well find some advance tech. like a cardboard box" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x breaker box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box swings open, revealing a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "hm" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x slots" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | open, showing ribbons of metal behind a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe the ventilation shaft will provide us another way up and down" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x meters" | ||||
Floyd | The needles on each meter appear to be fluctuating wildly. You judge Floyd | that the power source may not be entirely stable. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Do we want to put the breaker in the box?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a frayed jacket Floyd | (being worn), a map, a note, a yellow datacube, a security badge, a Floyd | screwdriver, and an aluminum ladder. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations, a small plastic tub, a circuit breaker, a metal pole, a Floyd | GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x gps" | ||||
Floyd | This is a GPS unit: a hand-held device that uses the global Floyd | positioning system from before the war. It's accurate to within Floyd | several yards. Very useful to scavengers such as yourself. You lost Floyd | your last one in a card game. Oops. According to this, the clearing Floyd | you arrived at matched the coordinates from the scrap of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o. i didnt notice that we got it back" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put breaker in box" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the circuit breaker into the breaker box and switch it on. Floyd | Almost immediately, the overhead lights begin to glow. In a moment, Floyd | they are at full strength. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Got it back from.. where?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "the panel upstairs" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a frayed jacket Floyd | (being worn), a map, a note, a yellow datacube, a security badge, a Floyd | screwdriver, and an aluminum ladder. The survival pack contains your Floyd | travel rations, a small plastic tub, a metal pole, a GPS unit, a hand Floyd | grenade, and a Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "We didn't use it in the panel." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "o. i thought the prong was part of the breaker" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||||
Floyd | Through the window, you see a room with numerous empty shelves and some Floyd | kind of control console. Sitting on the console you can just make out Floyd | a water bottle. If there's anything on the floor in there, you can't Floyd | tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You get a nasty electric shock. The door, however, stays closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | (Opening it first) Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (Opening the vent) Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | The east end of a narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth Floyd | galvanized steel. The duct runs back to the west. You notice that the Floyd | ceiling panel beneath you is loose. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the panel out of the way. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "clearly should have taken the ladder with us up here" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Commissary Floyd | You see a room that was probably once a busy storage center, but is now Floyd | little more than an empty room. Though the numerous shelves remain, Floyd | their contents were probably removed several decades before you were Floyd | born. Against the back wall a lonely control console remains the only Floyd | other feature inside this room. Up above, the fluorescent lights are Floyd | brightly glowing. In the midst of the overhead lights is an open Floyd | ceiling panel. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you see a radiation suit. Sitting on the control console Floyd | is a water bottle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x suit" | ||||
Floyd | A full body suit with a tinted plexiglass mask and respiratory filters. Floyd | The suit is made out of some kind of shiny fabric you can't immediately Floyd | identify. While it has an almost mirror-like surface, it's also very Floyd | flexible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search suit" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take suit" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | ||||
Floyd | A clear plastic bottle large enough to carry a liter of liquid. The Floyd | bottle appears to be about half full of filthy water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use geiger counter on bottle" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | It's primarily a smooth, flat black surface. There are various Floyd | unlabeled controls and a single large switch. There's nothing on the Floyd | control console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, the Geiger counter is now switched on. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point geiger at bottle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "point". Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I presume it's fine, just by virtue of being next to it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave geiger at bottle" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wave". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn on switch" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||||
Floyd | It's primarily a smooth, flat black surface. There are various Floyd | unlabeled controls and a single large switch. There's nothing on the Floyd | control console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A sturdy sliding door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x switch" | ||||
Floyd | The large switch on the console is the only control you can see with an Floyd | obvious function. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "which is?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hit switch" | ||||
Floyd | Your fists do little damage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "flip switch" | ||||
Floyd | The door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ah" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Commissary Floyd | You see a room that was probably once a busy storage center, but is now Floyd | little more than an empty room. Though the numerous shelves remain, Floyd | their contents were probably removed several decades before you were Floyd | born. Against the back wall a lonely control console remains the only Floyd | other feature inside this room. Up above, the fluorescent lights are Floyd | brightly glowing. In the midst of the overhead lights is an open Floyd | ceiling panel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | ||||
Floyd | The shelves stretch along three of the four walls, reaching from floor Floyd | to ceiling. There's nothing on the shelves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on suit" | ||||
Floyd | The radiation suit won't fit over the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "Up and west?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i want to check something first" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l counter" | ||||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. You can see a frayed jacket Floyd | lying on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the air conditioning vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the aluminum ladder. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x geiger counter" | ||||
Floyd | Your basic 22nd century Geiger counter, this one from Rabisi Floyd | Corporation. This device counts radioactive particles as they pass Floyd | through its detector, determining the overall level of radioactivity in Floyd | an area. No scavenger would last long out in the wastes without one of Floyd | these. Like all modern Geiger counters, this one has a directional Floyd | indicator display, alerting you to nearby dangerous levels of Floyd | radiation. It's currently on. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "okay" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. The Floyd | cramped passage continues to the east, but to the west it angles Floyd | sharply upwards in an unclimbable shaft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x shaft" | ||||
Floyd | It ascends up into darkness and is far too steep, and its walls too Floyd | smooth, for you to climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Ventilation Duct Floyd | A narrow ventilation duct with walls of smooth galvanized steel. Floyd | There's an open vent directly below you, and the duct runs east to Floyd | west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Outside Commissary Floyd | The east-west hallway ends here at a sturdy sliding door. Stenciled Floyd | across its surface is the word "COMMISSARY" in white block letters. In Floyd | the wall beside it is a small window and a button. Other than that, Floyd | this end of the hallway is similar to the rest of the corridor. Floyd | Overhead, the string of fluorescent lights, interrupted only by an air Floyd | conditioning vent, hum as they illuminate the room. Floyd | Floyd | There is an open ladder standing here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | The panel is built into the southern wall, right beside the security Floyd | door. It's a smooth plastic rectangle that juts out from the surface Floyd | of the wall about a half inch. The majority of its area is taken up by Floyd | a brightly illuminated scanner grid. You've seen these before; they're Floyd | designed to react with security badges with embedded microchips. When Floyd | the badge is touched to the grid, the chip is activated and the user's Floyd | identity is read. Below the grid is a numeric keypad which is dark. Floyd | In each of the right two corners is a single screw, and you see a pair Floyd | of hinges along the left side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "touch badge to panel" | ||||
Floyd | You touch the security badge to the scanning grid. The keys on the Floyd | keypad become lit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "i think we have to go further down. was it 1507?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "type 15070" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | The door slides open, revealing a stairway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I didn't write any of the codes down." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "15070" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I have the log." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type 15070" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | Nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "f x button" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "f". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x button" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about the red button. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "west, south, east?" | |||
| cyberskunk executes! | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "finally! the post-apocalyptic tanning booth" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | yellow datacube, a security badge, a screwdriver, a radiation suit Floyd | (being worn), a water bottle, and a frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | metal pole, a GPS unit, a hand grenade, and a Geiger counter. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x suit" | ||||
Floyd | A full body suit with a tinted plexiglass mask and respiratory filters. Floyd | The suit is made out of some kind of shiny fabric you can't immediately Floyd | identify. While it has an almost mirror-like surface, it's also very Floyd | flexible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x breaker box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box swings open, revealing a row of empty slots. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search wires" | ||||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||||
Floyd | Some of them are merely as wide around as your thigh. Others are big Floyd | enough so that you could crawl through if you were inside. A couple Floyd | are even as wide as you are tall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x generator" | ||||
Floyd | An imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing one small Floyd | section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits link to it Floyd | from numerous angles, connecting at multiple points on its surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | This large control console is fastened to the floor right in front of Floyd | the fusion generator. Along the left side are a number of screens, Floyd | displaying information about the status of the power plant. To the Floyd | right of these are a series of switches and buttons, only a few of Floyd | which are clearly labeled. At the top is a red button marked "CYCLE", Floyd | followed by a white one with "START UP" written beside it. Below them, Floyd | a black button labeled "SHUTDOWN", a blue one marked "VENT", and a Floyd | green button indicated as "SHUNT". The rest of the controls are beyond Floyd | your comprehension. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "oh my" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Save and press them all? :)" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf13.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "go ahead" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press white" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press red" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 523 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press blue" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press green" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 524 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | You hear the faint sounds of an alarm coming from somewhere nearby. Floyd | The information displayed on the screens changes, flashing in a frantic Floyd | pattern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:38 Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Yeep." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:35 Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:32 Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "maybe the kill me button will save me" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 533 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press start up" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press start up" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press cycle" | ||||
Floyd | For a second, nothing happens. Then you hear a loud clanking noise Floyd | from the generator. It lasts for a few seconds, then stops. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:23 Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | With the power on this floor out, the doors refuse to open. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "fix pipes with clay" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fix". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "worth a shut :)" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x pipes" | ||||
Floyd | Three of the thick pipes here have developed cracks. From these Floyd | fissures emanate wispy clouds of steam that swirl upward into a ceiling Floyd | vent. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Heh." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use clay on cracks" | ||||
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific how you want to use the lump of clay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "fill cracks with clay" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fill". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put clay in cracks" | ||||
Floyd | You realize that fiddling with the thick pipes isn't necessary. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:15 Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "im sure its just a drill" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "restore?" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "explore the rest of the level before exploding maniac mansion?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What did putting the breaker in the box upstairs get us? Just the lights? Or did the panel not work without it?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | Ellison says, "might as well see the explosion now" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "How do I not restore?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | The saved position file could not be opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Is that enough time for us to get out of the building?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "plenty" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "we don't need 60 moves to run for it." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "So do we want to witness this from the inside or out? :)" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "want to try going west to Arcadia and see if we get a cut scene of an explosion?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "out" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. You drive." | ||||
| cyberskunk vroom | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get suit" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south slides shut. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get lantern" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "behold! let no one say we came back empty handed" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | If you really want to head back empty-handed... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You begin the arduous journey back home, your heart heavy with the Floyd | knowledge that you have failed in your quest. This isn't the first Floyd | time you've come home empty-handed, and you doubt it will be the last Floyd | time. Still... you were so sure this time would be different. That Floyd | it would be your triumphant discovery. Deep down you know that this Floyd | failure was your own fault. Maybe someday, you will return. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have failed **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 564 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Johnny says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "was the timer really that slow?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "it was an hour and 40 minutes" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Deep within the heart of the base's fusion reactor, a coil of Floyd | superheated plasma finally shatters the magnetic bottle containing it. Floyd | Unrestrained, the particle reaction escalates beyond any physical Floyd | barrier. The base, its inhabitants, and everything else within a Floyd | half-mile radius is instantly vaporized by the explosion. Floyd | Unfortunately, that includes you. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 624 turns, you have achieved a score of 7 points out of a Floyd | possible 14, giving you a rank of Fortune-hunter. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | genericgeekgirl says, "It seemed to be one second per turn, yes. Which is insane, unless we're *supposed* to trigger a melt-down and still accomplish something." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i think maybe were supposed to do it on our way out" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "its mercifully long" | ||||
| Ellison says, "yeah, maybe on our way out" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | genericgeekgirl says, "All right. Restoring and checking the other exits. And then we can go fetch that circuit breaker, maybe." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf13.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the door but it does not open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any panel here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x south door" | ||||
Floyd | The door to the south is your standard automatic sensor type. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x sensor" | ||||
Floyd | I don't see any sensor here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the door but it does not open. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "and the other door is also locked. so we need power" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "club can we jam the door open i wonder" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "can". Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "club can we jam the door open i wonder" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sure." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ladder or pole, perhaps." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "push button" | ||||
Floyd | You hit the button and the door slides open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pole in door" | ||||
Floyd | You wedge the metal pole into the door, preventing it from closing. Floyd | Floyd | The door at the top of the stairs bangs against the metal pole laying Floyd | in its track, but stays open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The room is filled with the Floyd | hum of the overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Electrical Room Floyd | Plastic and metal electrical conduits press in on you from every side Floyd | in this narrow room. It seems to be the hub for all power distribution Floyd | at least for this level of the facility, possibly for the entire base. Floyd | There are a number of transformers in the back of the room, some power Floyd | meters spliced into several of the conduits, and a small breaker box in Floyd | one corner. The only exit leads east. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is a metal-framed box of dull gray built to control the Floyd | flow of electricity through circuit breakers. The front is hinged and Floyd | swings open to access the internals. The breaker box is currently Floyd | open, showing ribbons of metal behind a row of slots, one of which Floyd | contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get breaker" | ||||
Floyd | Switching the breaker off, you slide it out of the box. The lights Floyd | above go dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north has been blocked open by a metal pole in its Floyd | track. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "going to see if it moves. will undo if so" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get pole" | ||||
Floyd | (putting a frayed jacket and a water bottle into the survival pack to Floyd | make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The overhead fluorescents on this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | The breaker box is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put breaker in box" | ||||
Floyd | You slide the circuit breaker into the breaker box and switch it on. Floyd | Almost immediately, the overhead lights begin to glow. In a moment, Floyd | they are at full strength. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "One sec." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "explore here before we enter the danger zone?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a grinding noise coming from the automatic door. Apparently Floyd | its mechanism has decayed beyond repair. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "now you have me paranoid too" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You approach the automatic door but nothing happens. It doesn't seem Floyd | to be operational anymore. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | yellow datacube, a security badge, a screwdriver, a radiation suit Floyd | (being worn), and a metal pole. The survival pack contains your travel Floyd | rations, a small plastic tub, a GPS unit, a hand grenade, a Geiger Floyd | counter, a frayed jacket, and a water bottle. Sitting on the metal Floyd | pole is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "those both look like dead ends? so south?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "still paranoid" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | lab. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on one of the tables is a heavy wrench. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | A fairly large door of brightly polished steel. Formidable in Floyd | appearance, it looks quite secure. On the left side is a numeric Floyd | keypad and on the right side are the door's large discolored hinges. Floyd | The door is currently closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x hinges" | ||||
Floyd | Two wide and curving hinges that connect the door to the lab wall and Floyd | allow it to pivot. They must have been forged out of a different alloy Floyd | than the door itself, because they seem have corroded considerably over Floyd | their years of neglect. It's not entirely clear, though, how deep the Floyd | layer of rust goes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get wrench" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x wrench" | ||||
Floyd | A chrome-plated wrench about a eighteen inches long. It looks rather Floyd | heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x chairs" | ||||
Floyd | There's a pair of tall modular chairs before each of the laboratory Floyd | tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x tables" | ||||
Floyd | The four large white tables are arranged around the room in pairs. Floyd | Each is a solid block, capped by a smooth white top and a dizzying Floyd | array of very advanced equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | ||||
Floyd | Way out of your league. Well, most of it, anyway. You do notice one Floyd | particularly simple piece of equipment: a log player. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x log player" | ||||
Floyd | A fairly basic piece of electronics. It has a square receptacle, about Floyd | an inch wide, on the top for inserting datacubes. Beside it is a Floyd | button marked 'Play' and another button marked 'Stop'. Within the Floyd | receptacle you see a green datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | A male voice from the log player greets you: "Doctor Kevin Rock, Floyd | personal log, fourteenth cube. Floyd | Floyd | "November eighteenth. Situation's only getting worse. This is sure Floyd | something they didn't cover in all my psych classes. How exactly are Floyd | people supposed to react to the possible end of the world? What use is Floyd | anything I say? The Colonel seems to be holding up well, but I'd say Floyd | he's also in denial over the food and supplies situation. A lot of Floyd | good keeping everyone nice and orderly is going to be when my stomach Floyd | is digesting itself." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The voice continues: "November twenty-third. I caught one of the damn Floyd | grunts fooling around with the prototype. Who gave these fucking Floyd | idiots the access code anyway? I imagine it's only going to get worse, Floyd | too, what with all of us cooped up in here. But this nonsense has got Floyd | to stop. What we've made here, it's... it's not something... I don't Floyd | know. It was like a wondrous miracle, but all seems so pointless now. Floyd | It can't feed us. It can't protect us from radiation. But maybe it'll Floyd | do some good... some day. I'm going to just lock the vault and change Floyd | the code. I'll give it to Colleen, in case she wants to continue to Floyd | work. Keep her mind busy. I'll need to make it something she'll Floyd | remember though. She's been understandably preoccupied lately. Maybe Floyd | her birthday." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The man goes on: "December first. Does that jackass Miles really Floyd | expect things to magically change? We have a limited supply of food. Floyd | It is running out. What's he waiting for, deus ex machina? The Floyd | nearest town is... was? Is about a day's walk from here, maybe a Floyd | little longer. We should send someone, or a group, out there, armed, Floyd | in suits. See what we can barter or... scavenge, if it's as bad out Floyd | there as they say. But he refuses to listen. Just tells us to hold Floyd | tight. Fucking military." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | The log player beeps and then falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take green datacube" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | yellow datacube, a security badge, a screwdriver, a radiation suit Floyd | (being worn), a metal pole, a heavy wrench, and a green datacube. The Floyd | survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a GPS Floyd | unit, a hand grenade, a Geiger counter, a frayed jacket, and a water Floyd | bottle. Sitting on the metal pole is a kitchen magnet. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put yellow datacube in log player" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "press play" | ||||
Floyd | You hear a trembling female voice come from the log player: "The Floyd | personal log of Doctor Colleen Hill, cube twelve. Floyd | Floyd | "October twenty-first. Colonel Miles ordered the top two floors Floyd | evacuated during all of this... insanity. Lord Christ, I can't Floyd | believe it came to this. Major Tuco said he believed it was probably Floyd | all over already, since nuclear war isn't something that can really Floyd | drag on. Is it? How long will we be safe down here? No one seems to Floyd | know. Some of the soldiers say that all military facilities like this Floyd | are designed to provide years of comfortable living in the event of Floyd | such a 'contingency'. This is not a contingency! It's the death of Floyd | the whole damn world!" The speaker pauses and takes a breath. "In any Floyd | event, the problem is that no one was exactly expecting this. Maybe we Floyd | could stay down here for years, if the base was fully stocked. Problem Floyd | is, no one was anticipating a nuclear war this month." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | The speaker continues: "October twenty-eighth. No contact on the Floyd | radio for over a week. Everyone believes the bombs have stopped, but Floyd | does it matter? The world is poison now. Still, the base life support Floyd | systems seem up to the task and we've all returned to the first two Floyd | floors. No one's gone outside though. We were told that this new Floyd | self-maintaining reactor design might well last over a hundred years Floyd | without maintenance. As long as no one screws up and shunts the Floyd | plasma." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Do not shunt the plasma!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pill" | ||||
Floyd | You already have the radiation pills! Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swallow pill" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "swallow". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice goes on: "November second. Not much of a Floyd | celebration. Supplies are low and rationed, so a party was out of the Floyd | question. Bobby stuck a candle in a dinner roll and wished me a happy Floyd | birthday. It was a sweet gesture, though didn't really do much to Floyd | cheer me up for long." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | The voice begins again: "November thirteenth. Radio's still got Floyd | nothing but static. Fredericks, Lee, and James suited up and went Floyd | above ground. Fredericks says all of the vehicles are gone and that Floyd | the soldiers who were trapped outside when the base went on lock down Floyd | must have taken them and fled. Can they still be alive up there? Lee Floyd | says the radiation level is dangerously high, but can't be sure how Floyd | long it'll stay that way. Maybe for the next ten thousand years?" Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "i think we're safe outside of the room west though" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. One sec, then." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tank" | ||||
Floyd | A very large steel cylinder, measuring about five feet high and a foot Floyd | in diameter. At the top of the tank is a regulator valve designed to Floyd | control the flow of gas. It looks particularly corroded. The surface Floyd | of the tank is green paint, peeling in several places. A large sign is Floyd | affixed to the front of the tank, a diamond with red edges and the word Floyd | "FLAMMABLE" written in block letters. Floyd | Floyd | The female voice continues, the strain clearly evident: "December Floyd | eighth. We're all falling apart. There's no food left and Tonya Floyd | finally went over the edge today. My God, she shot the Colonel right Floyd | in front of everyone! There were just these deafening booms and Floyd | Colonel Miles just collapsed and there was all this blood, he was just Floyd | bleeding so much." She draws a shaky breath. "Then before I think Floyd | even Tonya realized what she'd done, Bobby and Walsh shot her dead too. Floyd | The Major went absolutely white, though I don't know if it was because Floyd | of the murder or that he's now in charge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | The speaker again, this time in a flat and emotionless voice: Floyd | "December ninth. We're leaving. The Captain decided, since the Major Floyd | is gone. No one knows where he went. Lince thinks Tuco went topside Floyd | and shot himself with his pistol, though so far no one has gone to Floyd | check. I guess we'll find out soon enough. We've emptied the Floyd | commissary of nearly everything. Everything except for Tuco's rad Floyd | suit. Corporal Wilson did some radiation checks this morning and found Floyd | that levels were low enough to allow travel. To where? I don't know. Floyd | Maybe Tuco had the right idea." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | This passage only allows movement to the north and east. The log Floyd | player beeps and then falls silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "So the password to something is 1102?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Have we seen a vault?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "it was in that room" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i was wondering why we left :)" | ||||
| cyberskunk asks, "are we still tingling?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh. You said it was safe outside, so I went outside." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "bad wording on my part" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i meant the room with the pipes is the ONLY evil room i think" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | lab. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An imposing Floyd | silvery vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas Floyd | storage tank near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "doing something dumb" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hit hinges with wrench" | ||||
Floyd | You bash at one of the hinges, but achieve nothing more than flaking Floyd | off a few pieces of metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "hit hinges with wrench" | ||||
Floyd | You bash at one of the hinges, but achieve nothing more than flaking Floyd | off a few pieces of metal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "enter 1102" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter the number 1102. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "type 1102" | ||||
Floyd | (on the keypad) Floyd | A brief klaxon sounds and from within the vault door comes the sound of Floyd | bolts retracting. Then the entire metal slab swings outwards shakily Floyd | on its hinges, revealing a small brightly-lit room beyond. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In a total of 579 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Before you can move, a booming voice from behind stops you in your Floyd | tracks. "Hello, little thief. Some of my men commented to me on the Floyd | odd new guy. Only, we haven't had any new recruits for over two Floyd | months." A quick look over your shoulder reveals a huge form standing Floyd | in front of the sliding glass doors. The figure is at least seven feet Floyd | tall with a massive, imposing build. Only after a moment do you Floyd | realize that this superhuman shape is in truth a man clad in a suit of Floyd | military combat armor, a grenade launcher in his hand. "You have done Floyd | me one favor, though," the titan continues in the voice of the Floyd | wasteland itself. "I've been meaning to get down into these lower Floyd | levels for a while and you kindly made it easier. You're still going Floyd | to have to die." Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "hm" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "lets see if we can survive this" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "if not, lets shunt things first" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | Ellison asks, "think it's the same grenade launcher from the other room? think we can sabotage it?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "thats a good idea" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "With the clay?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell figure about radiation" | ||||
Floyd | The raider boss doesn't seem to even hear you. Floyd | Floyd | "Arcadia and its thieves," the raider boss growls. "Coming out here Floyd | and stealing what's rightfully ours? You must have some kind of death Floyd | wish." As his left fist shakes in your direction, his other hand Floyd | angles the grenade launcher up in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You turn and dash towards the open vault door. "Not so fast," the Floyd | raider says, and you hear the hollow 'fwump' of his grenade launcher Floyd | from behind. The explosive strikes the doorway of the vault before you Floyd | can take cover inside, and the shrapnel and concussive force deliver Floyd | you unto an untimely end. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 581 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "pull pin" | ||||
Floyd | Pulling the grenade out of the pack, you yank out the pin. The bandit Floyd | leader snickers contemptuously. "You expect to kill me with that Floyd | pathetic firecracker?" Floyd | Floyd | The armored behemoth takes a step forward. "I hope you don't mind if I Floyd | enjoy the moment. This is the first time I've gotten the chance to Floyd | kill one of you fuckers myself." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw grenade" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw grenade at figure" | ||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near the bandit leader. The Floyd | grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. With surprising speed, Floyd | the armored man moves to position one of the tables between himself and Floyd | the grenade. Floyd | Floyd | The leader continues: "And after I take care of you, we're moving on Floyd | to your little city. We'll be the ones taking from Arcadia... and Floyd | enjoying every minute of it. These pathetic wretches out here in the Floyd | waste don't have shit worth stealing. Your little city, I've heard, Floyd | might actually have something of value." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x equipment" | ||||
Floyd | Way out of your league. Well, most of it, anyway. You do notice one Floyd | particularly simple piece of equipment: a log player. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade whistles past you, striking against the wall to your rear Floyd | and detonating with considerable force. Your not entirely sure which Floyd | kills you first: the concussive blast or the spray of shrapnel. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 584 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade here. The log player contains a yellow Floyd | datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw wrench at man" | ||||
Floyd | The heavy wrench bounces off of the bandit leader and falls to the Floyd | ground. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade whistles past you, striking against the wall to your rear Floyd | and detonating with considerable force. Your not entirely sure which Floyd | kills you first: the concussive blast or the spray of shrapnel. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 584 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade here. The log player contains a yellow Floyd | datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||||
Floyd | (behind one of the tables) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind one of the tables. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | "But first," the man says, "I'm going to finish you off." Bringing the Floyd | grenade launcher up to his shoulder, he fires off a single explosive Floyd | shell in your direction. Floyd | Floyd | The grenade strikes the table and the explosion shatters it into Floyd | hundreds of tiny fragments. You are hurled backwards by the blast, Floyd | deafened and dazed as you crash into the wall. You can't even hear the Floyd | second grenade fired or see it approach through the stars that swirl in Floyd | your vision. The end comes so quickly, in fact, that you don't even Floyd | feel your body shattered by the explosion. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 584 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | You see a hand grenade here. The log player contains a yellow Floyd | datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "turn valve" | ||||
Floyd | The gas tank's regulator valve seems frozen shut. Floyd | Floyd | The leader continues: "And after I take care of you, we're moving on Floyd | to your little city. We'll be the ones taking from Arcadia... and Floyd | enjoying every minute of it. These pathetic wretches out here in the Floyd | waste don't have shit worth stealing. Your little city, I've heard, Floyd | might actually have something of value." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "throw wrench at tank" | ||||
Floyd | Your aim goes a little high, knocking the regulator off of the top of Floyd | the gas tank and releasing a jet of pressurized gas. The heavy wrench Floyd | must have sparked as it ricocheted off of the steel of the canister, Floyd | because the plume of gas almost instantly transforms into a roaring Floyd | gout of flame. Floyd | Floyd | "You missed--" begins the raider, then seems to notice the burning gas Floyd | tank beside him and turns towards it. "What the?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw grenade at raider" | ||||
Floyd | The hand grenade lands on the ground near the bandit leader. The Floyd | grenade arms as its safety lever goes flying. With surprising speed, Floyd | the armored man moves to position one of the tables between himself and Floyd | the grenade. "Shit!" shouts the armored giant and he turns to rush Floyd | away from the burning tank of flammable gas. But he's too late. Floyd | Floyd | BOOM! The tank explodes in a deafening thunderclap, flames washing Floyd | over the room. A blinding wall of radiance slams into you... needless Floyd | to say, you don't survive. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 585 turns, you have achieved a score of 10 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Daredevil. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. There is a huge sheet of flame pouring Floyd | from the top of the tank. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "duck" | ||||
Floyd | (behind one of the tables) Floyd | You crouch down and hide behind one of the tables. "Shit!" shouts the Floyd | armored giant and he turns to rush away from the burning tank of Floyd | flammable gas. But he's too late. Floyd | Floyd | BOOM! The tank explodes in a deafening thunderclap, flames washing Floyd | over the room. You throw yourself down behind the table. Fortunately, Floyd | it manages to protect from the brunt of the fiery shockwave. A wave of Floyd | flame washes over the top of the desk and dissipates upwards, warming Floyd | your suit but otherwise leaving you relatively unharmed. The bandit Floyd | leader, however, was not quite so lucky. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put pin in grenade" | ||||
Floyd | You put the pin back into the grenade, making it again safe to release. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk remembers things | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x leader" | ||||
Floyd | The force of the explosion appears to have torn his right arm off. The Floyd | combat armor around the shoulder joint is shattered, with blackened, Floyd | jagged edges. His grenade launcher is nothing more than a charred Floyd | twisted lump of slag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory, behind the tables Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search leader" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach that from behind one of the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "into the vault" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out from behind one of the Floyd | tables. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "looks like he" | |||
| cyberskunk puts on sunglasses | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer behind the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting on the pedestal is an odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "couldnt handle the heat" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "oh! spear and magic helmet" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I guess we didn't need that in here?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Judging by the overall shape and contours, it sure looks like a helmet. Floyd | Just not like anything you've ever seen before. On the inside, there Floyd | are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of tiny little black circles laid across Floyd | a surface of very smooth bright gray plastic. Each of these circles Floyd | has little specks of silver inside that catch and sparkle in the light. Floyd | On the outside is a chaos of integrated circuits, wires, and thin Floyd | plastic tubes. They twist and coil among each other in convoluted Floyd | patterns across the entire surface of this bizarre headgear. You can Floyd | find no recognizable power switch. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on helmet" | ||||
Floyd | The odd-looking helmet won't fit over the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Since your hands are too full to carry it, you let it drop to the Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "put on helmet" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the odd-looking helmet)(putting a metal pole into the Floyd | survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Tentatively, you hoist the helmet up above you and ease it down Floyd | atop your head. It must have some kind of hidden switch or sensor Floyd | because once in place, there are a few faint beeps followed by a quiet Floyd | whirring. You don't notice anything else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "think" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "think". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | wall to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "ok. we can explode heads with our mind now" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get suit" | ||||
Floyd | (putting an odd-looking helmet and a heavy wrench into the survival Floyd | pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "save and out?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "i need a little more food. can you drive us? save before we leave the power plant just in case we need a bomb to cover our escape" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "or we can sit here and keep trying to use the helmet to do things" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heading out." | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||||
Floyd | File to save game in > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "c14" | ||||
Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | There is only one exit: west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "search remains" | ||||
Floyd | You quickly look over the body. The armor is a complete loss, as is Floyd | the grenade launcher. He doesn't seem to be carrying anything else. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison asks, "have we found whatever kind of treasures we're looking for?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Did you put the suit back on?" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | security badge, a screwdriver, a green datacube, a hand grenade, and a Floyd | radiation suit (being worn). Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | GPS unit, a Geiger counter, a frayed jacket, a water bottle, a metal Floyd | pole, an odd-looking helmet, and a heavy wrench. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "I think so. We have some sort of helmet." | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | This passage only allows movement to the north and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | The only visible exits lie east and south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "so, if we do nuke the area, we should try to see if we can get Iona to join us" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "So should I go try to leave and see what happens (and if it lets us get her, and come back to trigger the reaction?)" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Or should we just melt the place down and run?" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "try it without it first" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You pause for a moment, the voices giving you a sense of dread. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | "Shit!" the guard shouts as he sees you in the light of the campfire, Floyd | bringing up his automatic rifle and firing in your direction. The Floyd | bullets tear through you and you're dead before you hit the ground. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 616 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the frayed jacket) Floyd | (putting a radiation suit into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||||
Floyd | The guard growls. "That's mine. Hands off." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the odd-looking helmet)Taken. Tentatively, you hoist the Floyd | helmet up above you and ease it down atop your head. It must have some Floyd | kind of hidden switch or sensor because once in place, there are a few Floyd | faint beeps followed by a quiet whirring. You don't notice anything Floyd | else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | nearby tree trunk to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "explode heads" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "explode". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use helmet" | ||||
Floyd | You're already wearing the odd-looking helmet! Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, you become aware of strange sensation, unlike anything you've Floyd | ever experienced before. Amidst your swirling emotions, you feel a Floyd | sense of anger building. Rage. Hatred. Loathing. The bizarre thing Floyd | is how detached you find yourself from this bubble of seething Floyd | animosity floating within your consciousness. You sway on your feet as Floyd | a wave of nausea overtakes you. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl says, "Whoa." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Focusing on the ball of rage adrift within your psyche, you come to the Floyd | sudden realization that the sensation isn't internal at all. You look Floyd | towards the south and gape. The wrathful emotions emanate from the Floyd | military base. And as you blink in shock, information streams into Floyd | your mind like a unstoppable tidal wave. Names and images. The Floyd | scenery before you is overlaid with the vision of two raiders arguing, Floyd | one of them stalking away and the other left seething. It loops, going Floyd | faster and faster before fading away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | Now your consciousness seems to expand. More oily recesses of emotion, Floyd | thought, and knowledge slip into your growing perception. Just when Floyd | the terrible flood of awareness seems about to overwhelm you, it dies Floyd | down to a dull and manageable array of distant auras just on the Floyd | fringes of your mind. To your amazement, you find that by Floyd | concentrating on a particular shard of emotion, you are able to Floyd | actually scan the thoughts of a single raider. Feelings, images, and Floyd | words slither like slimy worms through your brain. Floyd | Floyd | The idea that you've discovered a device to read minds from a distance Floyd | leaves you stunned. The possibilities dance in your mind, a dizzying Floyd | galaxy of futures. For now, though, the only thing you know for sure Floyd | is that it's time to leave this place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "scan guard" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to scan him with? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "scan guard with helmet" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to scan anything with the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||||
Floyd | A scruffy-looking man of about average height sitting beside the fire. Floyd | He's dressed in a ragged pair of jeans with a pair of worn boots. His Floyd | coat has alternating bands of red and green that you recognize as the Floyd | wasteland equivalent of gang colors. Raider groups use such "uniforms" Floyd | to distinguish themselves from each other. Cradled in his lap is an Floyd | automatic rifle. He watches you keenly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read thoughts" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "thoughts". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate" | ||||
Floyd | You take a moment to collect your thoughts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "concentrate on guard" | ||||
Floyd | You can't help but blanch at the waves of cold hatred emanating from Floyd | the man before you. The guard snarls at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "mind if i test this before we go?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The flood of venomous hatred from this room is overwhelming. You tear Floyd | the helmet from your head and fall to your knees... to find every eye Floyd | in the room upon you. The noisome marauders move closer, surrounding Floyd | you. Then the questioning starts. Your identity. Your origins. The Floyd | details of your membership in the group. The stammered explanations Floyd | fail to satisfy, and you are roughly subdued and bound, knowing all the Floyd | while that the best you can hope for is a quick and painless death. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have failed **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 631 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Barracks Floyd | Whatever purpose this room originally served, it now functions as a Floyd | massive brigand encampment. There are about three dozen makeshift beds Floyd | spread across the blue tile floor, and jumbled piles of personal Floyd | possessions scattered about. The raiders, a large crowd of dirty, Floyd | unpleasant-looking men, are each dressed in similar colors of red and Floyd | green and all appear to be armed. The men are engaged in all manner of Floyd | activities, from games of skill to maintaining weapons to eating to Floyd | gambling. Embedded in the western wall, beside one of the bunks, is a Floyd | lone metal panel of brushed stainless steel. The doorway west leads Floyd | back into the hallway, while a second exit lies to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Several of the men shout "Intruder!" as you enter the room. From all Floyd | around the room, men draw their weapons and fire. The fusillade of Floyd | bullets is impossible to avoid, and your blood soon stains the tile Floyd | floor. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 632 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | First Floor Hallway East Floyd | The hallway widens out slightly, expanding several feet to create Floyd | alcoves to the north and south before constricting again after a span Floyd | of several strides. At the far end of each alcove is smooth, Floyd | featureless door. Muddy prints indicates that a regular stream of foot Floyd | traffic passes along this east-west corridor. More graffiti adorns Floyd | these walls, and there's a tall wooden bookcase against one wall, Floyd | partially concealing the northern alcove. From the east comes a din of Floyd | numerous voices. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||||
Floyd | Well, you don't have a mirror handy, but you're pretty sure that your Floyd | hair looks good enough for wandering around in a radioactive wasteland. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You have a scrap of paper, a survival pack (being worn), some radiation Floyd | pills, a flashlight (providing light), a lump of clay, a map, a note, a Floyd | security badge, a screwdriver, a green datacube, a hand grenade, a Floyd | frayed jacket (being worn), and an odd-looking helmet. Floyd | Floyd | The survival pack contains your travel rations, a small plastic tub, a Floyd | GPS unit, a Geiger counter, a water bottle, a metal pole, a heavy Floyd | wrench, and a radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | You are currently carrying $31. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | As you place the strange device upon your head, it activates with a few Floyd | beeps and the same gentle whirring. Slowly, the distant motes of Floyd | consciousness dance into your awareness, raging tempests of emotion and Floyd | thought. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway West Floyd | The metal grating that serves for a floor is mostly undisturbed, with Floyd | only the occasional muddy footprint heading in from the east. Messages Floyd | are scrawled on the wall in ink, paint, and a few other unidentified Floyd | substances. Three doors are available here, one in each wall. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | You are assailed by a rush of sensations from the east so noxious and Floyd | loathsome that they are almost tangible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | A dingy guard scans the area attentively. Floyd | Floyd | Wispy tendrils of thought drift lazily above the raider's head. Floyd | Sterile hatred and memories of ruthless violence leave a foul taste in Floyd | your mouth. To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a Floyd | black pit of malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove jacket" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. To the Floyd | south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of malignancy Floyd | leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell iona to follow" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want Iona to follow? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell iona to follow me" | ||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | To the south, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | To the southeast, just on the fringe of consciousness, a black pit of Floyd | malignancy leaves an oily sensation on your mind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You hurriedly begin the arduous journey back home, Iona in tow. You Floyd | are amazed to find that she hardly slows you down. She obviously comes Floyd | from tough stock. The helmet you keep tucked safely within your Floyd | survival pack. Floyd | Floyd | The return trip takes slightly longer than the first leg of the Floyd | journey, though you soon find yourself gazing upon the Cyclopean Floyd | structures of your home city. The guards scrutinize yourself and young Floyd | Iona, but within no time you find yourself once again walking Arcadia's Floyd | decaying streets. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk says, "so the raiders are probably still going to attack" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell enforcers about raiders" | ||||
Floyd | You start to speak and an Enforcer cuts you off. "We're on duty. Move Floyd | along," he says brusquely. The soldier's expression is hidden behind Floyd | his helmet's tinted plasteel face mask. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | Iona sighs and stares down at her feet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | As you place the strange device upon your head, it activates with a few Floyd | beeps and the same gentle whirring. Slowly, the distant motes of Floyd | consciousness dance into your awareness, raging tempests of emotion and Floyd | thought. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The door has a closed sign hanging on it. It doesn't look like Charlie Floyd | has opened yet today. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know how to read the closed sign. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your journey has come full circle, now with your final decision made. Floyd | The technology of a century past will remain in your hands. You and Floyd | Iona return to your meager dwelling, where you place the helmet on the Floyd | bed, and simply stare at it. Your mission was a success, and though Floyd | you did not find the riches you'd hoped by selling the device to a Floyd | corporation, you begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, you'll be Floyd | able to do better on your own: just you and your newly adopted Floyd | daughter Iona. You aren't sure what comes next, but the one thing you Floyd | are sure about is that your life as a scavenger is over. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 655 turns, you have achieved a score of 13 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Expeditionist. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | With some trepidation, you head down the cross street towards CyTek, Floyd | Iona trailing closely behind you. The process is familiar to you and Floyd | every other scavenger. The pitch. The demonstration. The Floyd | negotiation. And, finally, the sale. The only real difference this Floyd | time is the expression of shock on the agent's face... and the size of Floyd | the purse. With some effort, you put out of your mind thoughts of what Floyd | exactly CyTek plans to do with the technology you've delivered to them. Floyd | That's none of your concern, is it? All you know is that with this Floyd | money, Iona and yourself will live quite comfortably for some time. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 655 turns, you have achieved a score of 13 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Expeditionist. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | You have earned the following: Floyd | Floyd | 1 point for getting the store discount Floyd | 1 point for buying the GPS Floyd | 1 point for infiltrating the base Floyd | 1 point for finding the security badge Floyd | 1 point for repairing the security door panel Floyd | 1 point for finding the security code Floyd | 1 point for activating the second floor power Floyd | 1 point for activating the third floor power Floyd | 1 point for bypassing the radiation Floyd | 1 point for opening the containment vault Floyd | 1 point for killing the bandit leader Floyd | 1 point for rescuing Iona Floyd | 1 points for selling the device Floyd | Floyd | Total score: 13 points out of 14 Floyd | Floyd | This gives you a rank of Expeditionist. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | cyberskunk says, "ok. want to try to set off the blast and escape? it only vaporizes a half mile" | |||
| Ellison says, "sure" | ||||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok." | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf14.sav" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "dur. 15?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf15.sav" | ||||
Floyd | This file was saved by a different game, or a different version of this Floyd | game, and cannot be restored with this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | genericgeekgirl asks, "What?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. An open vault Floyd | door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else may have been in Floyd | this room has since been cleared out, except for a gas storage tank Floyd | near the automated entrance. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The massive form of the bandit leader stands before the sliding doors, Floyd | blocking any escape. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "you saved but it didnt seem to take?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "I never saved into cf15." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "got it" | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | File to restore game from > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "c14" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Containment Vault Floyd | The air is still. Even the vibrations from the ancient fusion reactor Floyd | can't seem to penetrate the hush of this metal vault. In the very Floyd | center of the small room stands a sort of pedestal, reaching about Floyd | waist high, with a circular surface approximately two feet in diameter. Floyd | Floyd | > | cyberskunk asks, "is it supposed to be c or cf?" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | The odd-looking helmet won't fit over the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Laboratory Floyd | Even after decades of disuse, this room is still astonishingly free of Floyd | dust. Stainless steel countertops gleam in the muted glow of the Floyd | overhead lights. Four white solid-block tables, their surfaces made Floyd | from some kind of synthetic material, occupy most of the space in this Floyd | room. Each of them has a deck of unfamiliar electronic equipment Floyd | attached to the top, plus a pair of tall modular chairs. A large area Floyd | of scorched metal and plastic marks the location of a large explosion. Floyd | An open vault door makes up most of the eastern wall. Whatever else Floyd | may have been in this room has since been cleared out. Floyd | Floyd | The log player contains a yellow datacube. Floyd | Floyd | The mangled remains of the bandit leader lie beside the sliding doors. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pull" | ||||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "eat pill" | ||||
Floyd | You swallow one of the radiation pills. You immediately feel a tingly Floyd | sensation spread throughout your body. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | The sliding doors open as you approach them, allowing you to enter the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Steamy Passage Floyd | Several of the thick pipes from the power plant run through this brief Floyd | north-south hallway. Three of them appear to have developed cracks Floyd | over the years, as they are swathed in clouds of steam that trail Floyd | upwards and disappear into a vent on the ceiling. Fortunately, none of Floyd | the steam completely obstructs movement to either the doorway to your Floyd | north or the automated sliding doors to the east. Floyd | Floyd | The Geiger counter is alive with noise. The combination of static and Floyd | its deafening alarm are nearly deafening. The display has flashing red Floyd | arrows pointing in all directions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter is shrieking a blare of static and a piercing alarm Floyd | bell. A glance at the indicator reveals a red arrow pointing south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | You hesitate for a moment, intimidated by the reactor's power and Floyd | complexity. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shunt" | ||||
Floyd | As soon as you bush the button, the vibrations in the room begin to Floyd | subside. Then as quickly as they started to fade, the vibrations Floyd | return and you can't help but notice that they are increasing in Floyd | intensity. In fact, the oscillations become so violent that you can Floyd | barely keep to your feet. As several pipes burst open under the Floyd | stress, spraying out superheated jets of gas, you try to scramble out Floyd | of the room. Unfortunately, a pipe directly above you splits open, Floyd | washing you in a violently corrosive substance. You survive just long Floyd | enough to discover an entirely new definition of pain. Floyd | Floyd | **** You have died **** Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 606 turns, you have achieved a score of 11 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Pathfinder. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, or Floyd | undo the current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | (Undoing one command) Floyd | Floyd | Power Plant Floyd | Every molecule of your body seems to vibrate in tune with the great Floyd | turbines of the fusion generator that sits before you. What you can Floyd | see of it is an imposing edifice, slightly curved as if you are seeing Floyd | one small section of a very large ring. Massive pipes and conduits Floyd | link to the power plant from numerous angles, connecting at multiple Floyd | points on its surface. Anchored to the ground beside the fusion Floyd | generator is a console with controls and several small screens. You Floyd | also spot a gray breaker box nestled among one bundle of wires. To the Floyd | east is an open doorway, and south of this room is a corridor shrouded Floyd | in vapor. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | The breaker box contains a circuit breaker. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shut down" | ||||
Floyd | I don't know the word "shut". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press shutdown" | ||||
Floyd | A loud buzzer sounds, and an armada of meaningless technical Floyd | information sails across one of the screens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | This fusion generator has been running for over a hundred years, though Floyd | it doesn't look like it will last much longer. You're no nuclear Floyd | physicist, but judging by these warnings in big red letters, the lack Floyd | of regular maintenance has taken its toll on the mechanisms of the Floyd | plant. While the fuel reservoirs are still in the green, the coolant Floyd | levels are practically empty, there are an alarming number of shorted Floyd | circuits across the facility, and the electromagnetic bottle containing Floyd | the superheated plasma is on the verge of collapsing. However, the Floyd | readings don't give you any indication of when a failure might occur. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "press vent" | ||||
Floyd | There's a click, but nothing else seems to happen. Floyd | Floyd | Without warning, an alarm klaxon sounds. Cleverly hidden red lights in Floyd | the ceiling come to life, bathing the room in an eerie crimson glow. Floyd | The information displayed on the screens changes, flashing in a frantic Floyd | pattern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||||
Floyd | Very bad news. The coolant meter is currently at zero and the Floyd | temperature gauge is rising at an alarming rate. There's a warning Floyd | message that a run-away thermal reaction is underway inside the Floyd | reactor. There's an ominous countdown clock, dwindling before your Floyd | eyes: 1:38 Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Third Floor Hallway Floyd | Here the walls, floor, and even the air all seem to be permeated by a Floyd | deep, resonating hum. A faint odor also catches your attention: the Floyd | scent of ozone laced with a hint of something burning. The hall, Floyd | however, doesn't appear to contain anything out of the ordinary. Floyd | Beside the stairway to the north that leads up to a security door, Floyd | there are automated doors to the east and south, plus an entryway to Floyd | the west. The room is filled with the grotesque bluish glow of the Floyd | overhead fluorescents. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "remove suit" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the radiation suit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear jacket" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the frayed jacket) Floyd | (putting a radiation suit into the survival pack to make room) Floyd | Taken. Okay, you're now wearing the frayed jacket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear helmet" | ||||
Floyd | (First taking the odd-looking helmet)Taken. Tentatively, you hoist the Floyd | helmet up above you and ease it down atop your head. It must have some Floyd | kind of hidden switch or sensor because once in place, there are a few Floyd | faint beeps followed by a quiet whirring. You don't notice anything Floyd | else happen, however. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a dark lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | There's a throbbing deep inside your skull, building to a peak and then Floyd | slowly subsiding. Your vision swims and you place a hand against a Floyd | wall to steady yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Second Floor Hallway Floyd | Unlike the first floor hallway, this corridor is coated with a thick Floyd | layer of dust, not grime and dried mud. Still, the basic structure is Floyd | the same. The floor is a grating of bright metal that glitters beneath Floyd | your footprints in the dust and ivory walls frame this hallway that Floyd | leads east and west. Directly to the north is a flight of steps Floyd | leading upwards to the first floor. The security door in the south Floyd | wall is very similar to the one you encountered above, including the Floyd | panel embedded into the wall beside it. The overhead fluorescents on Floyd | this floor are distinctly dark. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | Slowly, you become aware of strange sensation, unlike anything you've Floyd | ever experienced before. Amidst your swirling emotions, you feel a Floyd | sense of anger building. Rage. Hatred. Loathing. The bizarre thing Floyd | is how detached you find yourself from this bubble of seething Floyd | animosity floating within your consciousness. You sway on your feet as Floyd | a wave of nausea overtakes you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Top of Stairs Floyd | You are standing on a landing at the top of a flight of steps that runs Floyd | down to the south. To the north is a steel sliding door, with a button Floyd | on the wall beside it, and a brightly illuminated lamp above. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the north appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the landing. Floyd | Floyd | Focusing on the ball of rage adrift within your psyche, you come to the Floyd | sudden realization that the sensation isn't internal at all. You look Floyd | upwards and gape. The wrathful emotions emanate from the east. And as Floyd | you blink in shock, information streams into your mind like a Floyd | unstoppable tidal wave. Names and images. The ceiling before you is Floyd | overlaid with the scene of two raiders arguing, one of them stalking Floyd | away and the other left seething. It loops, going faster and faster Floyd | before fading away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | First Floor Hallway Floyd | Once pristine stainless steel has become soiled by the dirty boots of Floyd | countless pedestrians. Before the war, this hall was almost certainly Floyd | kept immaculately clean as a necessary process of this research Floyd | facility. However, new occupants have been less than fastidious in Floyd | keeping it in its original condition. The metal grating beneath your Floyd | feet is discolored and encrusted with dried mud. White walls sport Floyd | numerous scuff marks, gouges and, in several places, lewd and explicit Floyd | graffiti. The hallway continues east and west, with an exit north and Floyd | a door to the south. That door, you notice, has a number of variations Floyd | on "out of order" scribbled across its surface. On the wall beside it Floyd | is a small panel. Floyd | Floyd | The door to the south appears to have been blasted open. The thick Floyd | steel is buckled and scorched. Floyd | Floyd | Whirling red lights and warning alarms fill the corridor. Confused and Floyd | directionless raiders run through the halls, searching vainly for the Floyd | cause. You seem to go completely unnoticed. Floyd | Floyd | Your Geiger counter chitters quietly. Floyd | Floyd | Now your consciousness seems to expand. More oily recesses of emotion, Floyd | thought, and knowledge slip into your growing perception. Just when Floyd | the terrible flood of awareness seems about to overwhelm you, it dies Floyd | down to a dull and manageable array of distant auras just on the Floyd | fringes of your mind. To your amazement, you find that by Floyd | concentrating on a particular shard of emotion, you are able to Floyd | actually scan the thoughts of a single raider. Feelings, images, and Floyd | words slither like slimy worms through your brain. Floyd | Floyd | The idea that you've discovered a device to read minds from a distance Floyd | leaves you stunned. The possibilities dance in your mind, a dizzying Floyd | galaxy of futures. For now, though, the only thing you know for sure Floyd | is that it's time to leave this place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Base Entrance Floyd | At first glance, this might look like a normal clearing in the brush. Floyd | Tall grass fills in the open space between the taller vegetation, Floyd | broken only by a path leading northwest. However, the wide Floyd | concrete-lined chasm leading down into the ground is a clear indication Floyd | that this clearing was, at least initially, the result of human labor. Floyd | The opening is square, with a series of cement steps leading down to Floyd | the south, ending at a metal-framed doorway. The concrete surface Floyd | extends for several feet around the entryway in a wide rectangle. On Floyd | the edge of this short plateau, directly in front of the stairs, is a Floyd | small campfire and, beside it, a bedroll. Floyd | Floyd | On the ground you can see a lantern. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Faded Path Floyd | This grassy walkway winds through the thick dry underbrush and trees, Floyd | coming in from the north and changing directions several times before Floyd | straightening out and continuing to the southeast. This area too is Floyd | eerily quiet, without even the usual chirping of nocturnal insects. Floyd | Large bushes line the path, struggling to survive in this harsh Floyd | landscape. To the southeast, you can make out a bright, flickering Floyd | light from what appears to be a campfire. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Battered Shack Floyd | The cramped confines of this shack leave little room for movement. Floyd | Walls of bug-chewed wood and a roof of warped planks are the only thing Floyd | between you and the cloudy night sky. The shack itself contains little Floyd | of notice besides the pungent odor of ammonia. A few amorphous lumps Floyd | of wood, stone, and other less identifiable materials lie scattered Floyd | about. A pile of discarded boards leans against the wall in one corner Floyd | of the room. The door to the west leads out into the street. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | Like an unexpected cool breeze cutting through a stifling desert heat, Floyd | pure and innocent emotions roll over you from the little girl. You Floyd | feel curiosity and loneliness mixed with confusion and fear. Floyd | Floyd | You hear a faint ticking from your Geiger counter, but nothing to be Floyd | concerned about. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "tell iona to follow me" | ||||
Floyd | Iona bites her lip and looks at you for a moment, then takes your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Center of Village Floyd | The heart of this deserted village holds no more sign of human life Floyd | than its border. Your flashlight spills over irregular buildings of Floyd | poor craftsmanship and even poorer materials. A collection of shanties Floyd | lies to your south, and to your east is a single shack with an open Floyd | door. The road from the west curves north here, leading to the rest of Floyd | the village. While the town looks deserted, there is sign of recent Floyd | activity here. Tracks of some kind break up the relatively smooth Floyd | surface of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of Village Floyd | You're standing on the west edge of a small village made up of decaying Floyd | wooden buildings. Most are little more than one room shacks. Every Floyd | window is dark and no noise reaches your straining ears. The crooked Floyd | structures to the south don't look particularly inviting, but no less Floyd | than the gaping hole in the wall of a large building to your north. Floyd | The clearing where you first arrived lies to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | Browned vegetation encircles this patch of flat dusty ground. Scraggly Floyd | brush and thickets wave slowly in the glow of your flashlight. The Floyd | rustling of branches is the only sound you hear; the area seems eerily Floyd | devoid of any other noise, even crickets. Though you can make your way Floyd | east and south, thorny brambles impede your movement in most other Floyd | directions. An opening to the west leads back towards Arcadia, and a Floyd | small gap leads southwest through the thickets. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You hurriedly begin the arduous journey back home, Iona in tow. You Floyd | are amazed to find that she hardly slows you down. She obviously comes Floyd | from tough stock. The helmet you keep tucked safely within your Floyd | survival pack. Moving as quickly as you can, you rush from the base in Floyd | search of shelter. When you come across a series of cliffs you waste Floyd | no time in taking refuge behind them. And not a moment too soon. The Floyd | sky erupts in dazzling light, followed quickly by thunderous shockwave. Floyd | A brilliant mushroom cloud rises up over the location of the research Floyd | facility as its reactor goes critical. The two of you spend several Floyd | hours in the shadow, then make your way towards the awaiting city of Floyd | Arcadia. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 1 point.] Floyd | Floyd | The return trip takes slightly longer than the first leg of the Floyd | journey, though you soon find yourself gazing upon the Cyclopean Floyd | structures of your home city. The guards scrutinize yourself and young Floyd | Iona, but within no time you find yourself once again walking Arcadia's Floyd | decaying streets. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | South Gate Floyd | The high cement wall of Arcadia stretches as far as you can see to the Floyd | east and west. Directly south of you, at the end of the street, lies Floyd | the massive gate that leads out of the city and into the wasteland. Floyd | This entrance stays guarded at all times; the familiar shapes of Floyd | armor-clad Enforcers are visible in the lookout posts above and the Floyd | squat bunkers on either side the street. Howe Street draws a dark path Floyd | in the opposite direction, further into the city. Floyd | Floyd | Iona is standing close beside you. She smiles broadly. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation seems to be lessening. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Howe Street, Arcadia Floyd | The few street lights that still work on this run down section of road Floyd | do little to dispel the everpresent gloom of the city. Even in the Floyd | middle of the day the sun is barely more than a faint glow in the thick Floyd | clouds above. The street itself is ancient crumbling asphalt; they Floyd | simply don't maintain the roads this far from the city core. This one Floyd | heads north, back towards your meager home, and south, out of the city. Floyd | A cross street leads east towards CyTek Corporation's main compound, Floyd | and a small merchant shop you know well sits among derelict buildings Floyd | to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Iona follows close behind. Floyd | Floyd | A brief burst of noise comes from your Geiger counter but it quickly Floyd | falls silent again. Floyd | Floyd | The tingly sensation has faded completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Your journey has come full circle, now with your final decision made. Floyd | The technology of a century past will remain in your hands. You and Floyd | Iona return to your meager dwelling, where you place the helmet on the Floyd | bed, and simply stare at it. Your mission was a success, and though Floyd | you did not find the riches you'd hoped by selling the device to a Floyd | corporation, you begin to believe that maybe, just maybe, you'll be Floyd | able to do better on your own: just you and your newly adopted Floyd | daughter Iona. You aren't sure what comes next, but the one thing you Floyd | are sure about is that your life as a scavenger is over. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by 2 points.] Floyd | Floyd | In a total of 631 turns, you have achieved a score of 14 points out of Floyd | a possible 14, giving you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | You may restore a saved game, start over, quit, itemize your points, Floyd | read the author's notes, view amusing things to try, or undo the Floyd | current command. Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | cyberskunk says, "there we go" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "amusing" | ||||
Floyd | Have you tried... Floyd | ...winning without buying anything but the GPS? Floyd | ...winning with each of the extra items from the shop? Floyd | ...getting all 14 points? Floyd | ...asking Charlie about various famous IF authors? Floyd | ...attacking Charlie with your flashlight? Floyd | ...dropping a live grenade in Charlie's shop? Floyd | ...dropping a live grenade in the crumbling building? Floyd | ...spending a full 40 turns in the barracks? Floyd | ...shooting Charlie? Floyd | ...shooting yourself? Floyd | ...eating the grenade? Floyd | ...smelling bandits? Floyd | ...drinking the screwdriver? Floyd | ...pushing all of the various buttons on the generator? Floyd | ...walking through the radiation without a rad suit? Floyd | ...and then dropping the radiation poisoning? Floyd | ...typing "cheat"? Floyd | ...typing "xyzzy"? Floyd | ...typing it more than once? Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | genericgeekgirl exclaims, "Yay!" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "We never did use the grenade." | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "we got lots of laughs" | ||||
| cyberskunk says, "nice work! thanks, ggg" | ||||
| Ellison says, "good worok" | ||||
| Ellison says, "work" | ||||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | genericgeekgirl says, "Haha. "walking through the radiation without a rad suit? and then dropping the radiation poisoning"" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | ||||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | You have earned the following: Floyd | Floyd | 1 point for getting the store discount Floyd | 1 point for buying the GPS Floyd | 1 point for infiltrating the base Floyd | 1 point for finding the security badge Floyd | 1 point for repairing the security door panel Floyd | 1 point for finding the security code Floyd | 1 point for activating the second floor power Floyd | 1 point for activating the third floor power Floyd | 1 point for bypassing the radiation Floyd | 1 point for opening the containment vault Floyd | 1 point for killing the bandit leader Floyd | 1 point for rescuing Iona Floyd | 1 point for destroying the raider stronghold Floyd | 1 point for keeping the device for yourself Floyd | Floyd | Total score: 14 points out of 14 Floyd | Floyd | This gives you a rank of Scavenger. Floyd | Floyd | Please enter RESTORE, RESTART, QUIT, FULL, NOTES, AMUSING, or UNDO: > | genericgeekgirl asks, "All done? Anyone want to poke at the amusing things, or should I shut it down?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||||
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