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is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
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| Jacqueline hollers, "ClubFloyd in 5 minutes - last ClubFloyd before the Xyzzy Awards." | |||
| Jacqueline arrives, full of fun and funk. | |||
| djfletch arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | DavidW says, "I notice a lonely Best of Speed item here. We may want to revisit it some day." | ||
| Jacqueline nods. | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, if you're here early, I encourage you to swing past the survey site and vote for any games you'd like to play today (i.e. ones you haven't already played and are curious about): [LINK]" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I have the results from the previous survey, but that was based on who was there that day, not today's people with their moods on this particular day, so even if you took it the first time, please go take it again." | |||
| cyberskunk arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says, "And I didn't get in touch with the folks I needed to connect with to upload ChoiceScript stuff today, and I really am sorry about that, as I wanted to take a look at those, but we could maybe do those in a cut & paste way, or we could just all do those on our own." | ||
| Johnny says, "ClubFloyd Book Club" | |||
| DavidW says, "If we did them on our own, there'd be no transcript. Just sayin'." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Silly bit is, I actually *saw* Dan Fabulich yesterday and could have asked him, but we spoke of other things and it never entered my head." | |||
| zarf arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says (to DW), "True. And the authors might like to see transcripts... I don't think they often get to see that (ChoiceScript authors, I mean...) except that perhaps they get reports of how people play their games, since they're hosted online." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Whatever we do, I have to run in 3.5 hours." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, let me update that survey. Stand by." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Do ChoiceScript games usually give auto-feedback to their authors?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Not sure." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I need to remove the games we've already played, too, so... yeah, one sec." | |||
| DavidW says, "I suppose someday I should try to use ChoiceScript. Just to see what it's like from that end of things." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we have done that before." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "The issue is that I need the full offline package to upload, and I didn't know where to get those - I could only find the online versions." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But we've played ChoiceScript using Floyd before." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, let's begin - everyone go take the survey, let me know when you're done:" | |||
| maga asks, "link?" | |||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | |||
| DavidW asks, "I thought we did Kerkerkruip already?" | |||
| olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "I thought I removed... wait, don't take it yet." | ||
| Jacqueline smiles. | |||
| DavidW says, "(also, is it okay if I pick non-CS games? Or is it a CS day today?)" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i already took it. if you ever want to see it again, deposit 200 m&m's in unmarked candies (which I guess makes them & 's instead), in the hollow log in the forest...." | |||
| smartgenes arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Jacqueline says, "No, it's not a CS day. We can play whatever people want to playt." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, play." | |||
| DavidW says, "Let me know when I can push 'Done'." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry, but I'm going to reset the survey one more time. Wait a second..." | |||
| djfletch asks, "how did you guys get on in Kerkerkruip? I stopped watching after a while. Did you manage to win it?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I will want you to refresh and retake the survey (apologies)." | |||
| DavidW says (to djf), "I didn't participate; I think I was exhausted at the time or something." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "ggg got pretty far driving and then i forget who took over but they were mostly on their own. i dont think anyone finished" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Now, go take it (again) (last time): [LINK]" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to djf), "Kerkerkruip went well, and was fun, but no, we didn't win it." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Pretty sure." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, let me know when you've voted, please." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "voted" | |||
| maga says, "done" | |||
| DavidW says, "I voted, but I didn't see any change to the survey." | |||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Did you refresh before you took it?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Tried to. Didn't make any difference. It even refreshed my choices." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "7 people here, so far 5 votes..." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And just to reiterate: You were allowed to vote for more than one game." | |||
| DavidW says, "We're gonna have to remember to use surveymonkey more often. This tool is useful." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it is." | |||
| djfletch says, "I've voted now." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I'm guessing olethros and zarf aren't voting..." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "If I'm wrong, 30 more seconds... starting... now" | |||
| DavidW hums final jeopardy theme. | |||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, it was a tie, but I hadn't voted, so I'm breaking the tie." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We will play Metula Macanus by Adam Thornton." | |||
| DavidW says, "ha ha ha" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hee. Sorry I'm missing that ;)" | |||
| DavidW says, "Mentula, if you please." | |||
| maga says, "don't crowd around, kids, there's enough Stiffy for everyone" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, I haven't played this, but I'm guessing I'll need to get out my 'not family-friendly transcript' warning for this installment of CF, right?" | |||
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh yes." | |||
| cyberskunk O_O | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load mentula" | |||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FOR MARK RYAN Floyd | Floyd | il miglior uomo. [reference 1] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Battlement Floyd | The battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the Floyd | black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through Floyd | a doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the Gostak chief here. Floyd | Floyd | [To look up a reference, use REFERENCE number-of-reference] Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "o no. not a gostak again" | ||
| DavidW says, "The dedications in this game are random." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "reference 1" | |||
Floyd | >[You can disable bibliographic references with BIBLIOGRAPHY OFF] Floyd | Floyd | [Reference 1]: Eliot, T.S. The Waste Land, dedication. Floyd | | DavidW says, "Mark Ryan was the author of the original Stiffy Makane, I believe." | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x chief" | |||
Floyd | >The Gostak chief [reference 2] [reference 3] is a giant of a man, with Floyd | lank, thinning blond hair [reference 4]. He carries an enormous mace, Floyd | which he wields as if it weighed nothing at all. Floyd | Floyd | The Gostak chief aims a vicious blow at your head. You twist away Floyd | desperately, skidding on the wet flagstones. The mace smashes into the Floyd | stone, throwing a shower of sparks. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "gah" | ||
| maga says (to Floyd), "ref 2" | |||
Floyd | >[Reference 2]: Ogden, C.K. and Ian Richards. The Meaning of Meaning, Floyd | (citation unknown). Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "gonna be the first tourist to get our brains smashed out because we were checking the wikipedia citations on our killer" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ref 3" | |||
Floyd | >[Reference 3]: Muckenhaupt, Carl. The Gostak, passim. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ref 4" | |||
Floyd | >[Reference 4]: Wolfe, Gene. The Sword of the Lictor, Chapter XXXVII, Floyd | Terminus Est. Floyd | | DavidW says, "btw, paragraph 3 of [LINK] is interesting in regards to the word 'mentula'." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Except we didn't get knobbled for that, mostly just for >X CHIEF" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "yeah. ref seems ok" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, now I'm afriad to type anything." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "grab club" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "But I'm curious about whether or not we have a weapon." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | the Golden Banana of Discord Floyd | a toga (being worn) Floyd | Floyd | The giant jabs at you with the mace, forcing you to retreat towards the Floyd | edge of the battlement. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | DavidW asks, "We have a weapon under our toga, surely?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "As in wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I should keep silent, I suppose, since I've played this already." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "save jacq? i want to examine our banana" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "enh, we can just restart at this point" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x banana" | |||
Floyd | >The Golden Banana Of Discord is about ten inches from tip to tip. Floyd | It's slightly curved. Its brass-and-bronze peel has been split away, Floyd | revealing the golden fruit within. In short, a banana, made out of Floyd | gold. Floyd | Floyd | The chieftan sneers. "I'll distim your dosh, laddie!" he cries in a Floyd | barbarically thick accent. He looks quite pleased with himself for Floyd | this linguistic feat. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Examine your banana as much as you'd like." | ||
| DavidW says (to cyberskunk), "I don't blame you. Examining our banana is fun." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "so much for banana peeling this juicebox" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "use banana on gostak" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kill chief" | |||
Floyd | >The giant contemptuously beats aside your puny blow with his Floyd | gargantuan mace. You are, after all, a lover, not a fighter. Floyd | Floyd | The giant pulverizes a flagstone from which you leapt just in time. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "'use'?" | ||
| DavidW says, "How gauche." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "offer banana" | |||
Floyd | >(to the Gostak chief) Floyd | the Gostak chief doesn't seem interested. Floyd | Floyd | The Gostak chief drives you towards the drop with a terrifying flourish Floyd | of his mace. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss chief" | |||
Floyd | >You'd have to get past the mace first. Not much chance of that. Floyd | Floyd | A glancing blow catches your shoulder, sending you reeling to the very Floyd | verge of the battlement. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "throw banana" | |||
Floyd | >Not after all you went through to get it. Floyd | Floyd | A crushing blow from the giant's mace strikes you full in the chest. Floyd | Your mouth fills with blood as you pinwheel towards the dark water far Floyd | below. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** You have been bludgeoned to death *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You did not score with anyone. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last Floyd | command, show the list of CAST members, or roll the CREDITS? | Jacqueline says, "ha" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "T_T" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Score takes on a different meaning in Adam's games." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | |||
Floyd | >
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Floyd | FOR T.S. ELIOT
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Floyd | il miglior fabbro. [reference 1]
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Floyd | Battlement
Floyd | The battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the
Floyd | black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through
Floyd | a doorway to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the Gostak chief here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [To look up a reference, use REFERENCE number-of-reference]
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "seduce chief" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | DavidW says, "see, the dedication is different now." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >The Gostak chief steps smoothly into the doorway, laughing nastily as Floyd | he twirls his mace. Floyd | Floyd | The Gostak chief aims a vicious blow at your head. You twist away Floyd | desperately, skidding on the wet flagstones. The mace smashes into the Floyd | stone, throwing a shower of sparks. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x mace" | |||
Floyd | >The huge iron mace crackles with eldritch fire. Floyd | Floyd | The giant jabs at you with the mace, forcing you to retreat towards the Floyd | edge of the battlement. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "So, the rest of the castle is not exactly accessible through a doorway blocked by a Gostak chief to the south." | ||
| cyberskunk says, "oh no. when i was young i was told not to touch an eldritch stove, but i didnt listen" | |||
| maga says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | >Battlement Floyd | The battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the Floyd | black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through Floyd | a doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the Gostak chief here. Floyd | Floyd | The chieftan sneers. "I'll distim your dosh, laddie!" he cries in a Floyd | barbarically thick accent. He looks quite pleased with himself for Floyd | this linguistic feat. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | >The only way down is to jump. You might not survive the fall or the Floyd | subsequent immersion. Floyd | Floyd | The giant pulverizes a flagstone from which you leapt just in time. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" | |||
Floyd | >Offering up a silent prayer, you leap from the battlement and plummet Floyd | toward the water below... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *SPLASH* Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Surfacing and spitting out dark, bitter water, you realize that you Floyd | seem to have survived. However, in water this icy, you surely will not Floyd | for long. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The lake waters are deadly cold. The craggy southern shore, upon which Floyd | is perched the Gostak castle, seems impossibly far away. In all other Floyd | directions, the lake stretches without visible end. Floyd | Floyd | The frigid water is sapping your strength. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "Want me to take it back?" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "no" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "dive" | |||
Floyd | >It seems likely that you'll be headed that way soon enough. Floyd | Floyd | You hear your blood roaring in your ears as you frantically try to stay Floyd | afloat. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest Floyd | progress. Floyd | Floyd | Something cold and wriggly brushes your foot. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "Who here hasn't played this? Me, cs, ?" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "and i have to go in 30 minutes" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "eep" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i no rite" | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Well, you'd best solve at least one puzzle before you go!" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest Floyd | progress. Floyd | Floyd | You start to slip beneath the water, but, choking, get your head above Floyd | the surface again. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "float" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove toga" | |||
Floyd | >You take off the toga. Floyd | Floyd | Your strength is nearly exhausted. Floyd | Floyd | As you flounder feebly in the lake, something slimy and tentacular Floyd | grabs your leg and yanks you under the surface. As the frigid waters Floyd | close around you and everything goes black, the voice of the seer Floyd | echoes in your ears: Fear death by water [reference 2]. Floyd | Floyd | As your life passes before your eyes, your recollections pause at that Floyd | fateful morning in the Forum when all your adventures, and all your Floyd | troubles, began. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | Jacqueline asks, "May I?" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ref 2" | cyberskunk says, "yes" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Stiffy Makane: Apocolocyntosis Floyd | An Interactive Perversion by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110329 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Stiffy Makane: Apocolocyntosis is licensed under the Creative Commons Floyd | 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Unported license: Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Floyd | The cover art is from Wikimedia Commons Floyd | ([LINK] Floyd | _Cubiculum.jpg), copyrighted by Heinrich Stürzel. It is licensed Floyd | under the GNU Free Documentation License: Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | on_License Floyd | Floyd | If Interactive Fiction is new to you, or so old that you've mostly Floyd | forgotten how to play, please read the document found at the Floyd | "Introduction to IF" link on the game's website, or at: Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | pdf Floyd | Floyd | Type CREDITS to roll the credits. Floyd | Floyd | Forum Floyd | This is the Forum. White marble stretches off in all directions. To Floyd | the west is the Temple of Jupiter Virilis. The Curia is north, its Floyd | steps cluttered with a knot of men. To the east you can see the Via Floyd | Sacra, and the Temple of Eris gleams golden to the south. Crowds of Floyd | people fill the space. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh, we were supposed to die." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Because it seems like there might be another way to do that." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i hope so. it would play to our strengths" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can I just retry my idea before we go on?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | |||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "natch" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Does that mean... no?" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "'naturally'. go ahead and rety" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "retry" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh. Okay, thanks." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | |||
Floyd | >Are you sure you want to restart? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | FOR EMILY SHORT Floyd | Floyd | la migliore fabbra. [reference 1] Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Battlement Floyd | The battlement perches precariously over the long, long drop into the Floyd | black waters of the lake. The rest of the castle is accessible through Floyd | a doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the Gostak chief here. Floyd | Floyd | [To look up a reference, use REFERENCE number-of-reference] Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove toga" | |||
Floyd | >You take off the toga. Floyd | Floyd | The giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers. Floyd | Floyd | The Gostak chief aims a vicious blow at your head. You twist away Floyd | desperately, skidding on the wet flagstones. The mace smashes into the Floyd | stone, throwing a shower of sparks. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "yay emily" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | >Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus [footnote 1]): perhaps not the noblest Floyd | Roman of them all [reference 2], but certainly one of the better-hung. Floyd | Floyd | The giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers. Floyd | Floyd | The giant jabs at you with the mace, forcing you to retreat towards the Floyd | edge of the battlement. Floyd | Floyd | [To look up a footnote, use FOOTNOTE number-of-footnote] Floyd | | DavidW asks, "You want to wave your toga as a white flag for mercy?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No, I want to not have the toga impede our swimming." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i think she was trying to raise our 'score'" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop toga" | |||
Floyd | >Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers. Floyd | Floyd | The chieftan sneers. "I'll distim your dosh, laddie!" he cries in a Floyd | barbarically thick accent. He looks quite pleased with himself for Floyd | this linguistic feat. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "foot 1" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | >The only way down is to jump. You might not survive the fall or the Floyd | subsequent immersion. Floyd | Floyd | The giant glances at your blue-glowing genitals and sniggers. Floyd | Floyd | The giant pulverizes a flagstone from which you leapt just in time. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" | |||
Floyd | >Offering up a silent prayer, you leap from the battlement and plummet Floyd | toward the water below... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *SPLASH* Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Surfacing and spitting out dark, bitter water, you realize that you Floyd | seem to have survived. However, in water this icy, you surely will not Floyd | for long. Floyd | Floyd | Lake Floyd | The lake waters are deadly cold. The craggy southern shore, upon which Floyd | is perched the Gostak castle, seems impossibly far away. In all other Floyd | directions, the lake stretches without visible end. Floyd | Floyd | The frigid water is sapping your strength. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "footnote 1" | |||
Floyd | >[To disable poncy footnotes, you can type PONCY OFF] Floyd | Floyd | [Footnote 1]: Lucius Macanus Mentula, to be pedantic about it. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest Floyd | progress. Floyd | Floyd | You hear your blood roaring in your ears as you frantically try to stay Floyd | afloat. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Okay, wearing the toga wasn't the only issue. We're supposed to get pulled under, it would seem." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest Floyd | progress. Floyd | Floyd | Something cold and wriggly brushes your foot. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest Floyd | progress. Floyd | Floyd | You start to slip beneath the water, but, choking, get your head above Floyd | the surface again. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >You paddle painfully towards shore, but make only the tiniest Floyd | progress. Floyd | Floyd | Your strength is nearly exhausted. Floyd | Floyd | As you flounder feebly in the lake, something slimy and tentacular Floyd | grabs your leg and yanks you under the surface. As the frigid waters Floyd | close around you and everything goes black, the voice of the seer Floyd | echoes in your ears: Fear death by water [reference 3]. Floyd | Floyd | As your life passes before your eyes, your recollections pause at that Floyd | fateful morning in the Forum when all your adventures, and all your Floyd | troubles, began. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Stiffy Makane: Apocolocyntosis Floyd | An Interactive Perversion by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110329 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Stiffy Makane: Apocolocyntosis is licensed under the Creative Commons Floyd | 3.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Unported license: Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Floyd | The cover art is from Wikimedia Commons Floyd | ([LINK] Floyd | _Cubiculum.jpg), copyrighted by Heinrich Stürzel. It is licensed Floyd | under the GNU Free Documentation License: Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | on_License Floyd | Floyd | If Interactive Fiction is new to you, or so old that you've mostly Floyd | forgotten how to play, please read the document found at the Floyd | "Introduction to IF" link on the game's website, or at: Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | pdf Floyd | Floyd | Type CREDITS to roll the credits. Floyd | Floyd | Forum Floyd | This is the Forum. White marble stretches off in all directions. To Floyd | the west is the Temple of Jupiter Virilis. The Curia is north, its Floyd | steps cluttered with a knot of men. To the east you can see the Via Floyd | Sacra, and the Temple of Eris gleams golden to the south. Crowds of Floyd | people fill the space. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | DavidW says, "The reason why you need to drown will become clear, oh, hours and hours from now." | ||
| cyberskunk posts cat videos to the forums. | |||
| djfletch says, "haha" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I suspect we won't finish this today." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | >Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus): perhaps not the noblest Roman of them Floyd | all, but certainly one of the better-hung. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ref 2" | |||
Floyd | >[You can disable bibliographic references with BIBLIOGRAPHY OFF] Floyd | Floyd | [Reference 2]: Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act Floyd | V, Scene 5. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "o rite. brutus was the noblest roman of them all" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Shall we keep those on, or disable them?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jupiter virilis" | |||
Floyd | >The temple of Jupiter Virilis juts into the sky, a cylindrical Floyd | building in pink marble, capped with a red sandstone dome. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x men" | |||
Floyd | >(the sycophants) Floyd | It looks like Caesar and his friends, but it's hard to be sure from Floyd | here. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x caesar" | |||
Floyd | >It looks like Caesar and his friends, but it's hard to be sure from Floyd | here. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x via sacra" | |||
Floyd | >The Sacred Way is off to your east. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x temple of eris" | |||
Floyd | >The Temple of Eris is a smallish square building, painted yellow and Floyd | hung with brass plates around the walls. It's Greek in appearance, Floyd | with a peaked brass-plated roof. Floyd | Floyd | Driven by a cruel-looking legionnaire with a whip, a string of Floyd | miserable prisoners in chains is marched past. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x prisoners" | |||
Floyd | >You've lost sight of them in the crowd. Floyd | Floyd | A juggler with a monkey on a leash passes through the crowd, the monkey Floyd | catching coins that passers-by fling. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "we'll need to go to eris eventually" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x crowd" | |||
Floyd | >Crowds of men and women throng the streets, Romans going about the Floyd | daily business of the greatest city in the world. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "Shall we head toward Caesar and his dudes?" | ||
| DavidW says, "That would be a good first step, yes." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Curia Steps
Floyd | The Curia Steps lead up to the Curia to the north; the Forum is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Julius Caesar is here: a surprisingly short, surprisingly bald, man,
Floyd | although rather handsome and certainly charismatic.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gaggle of sycophants surround Caesar.
Floyd |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x gaggle" | |||
Floyd | >Anthony, Brutus, Marcus, Quintus, Naughtius Maximus, Biggus Dickus, Floyd | Magnus Prickus, and a few others you don't know. Frankly, they're Floyd | pretty much interchangeable. They're "stabbing" Caesar with their Floyd | "daggers." Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "I don't recall all of those chaps." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh dear, it's *that* old joke again." | |||
| DavidW says, "Biggus Dickus was in Monty Python" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stab caesar" | |||
Floyd | >You aren't undressed for the occasion. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x me" | Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
Floyd | >Stiffy Makane (Mentula Macanus): perhaps not the noblest Roman of them Floyd | all, but certainly one of the better-hung. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove toga" | |||
Floyd | >(the toga) Floyd | You take off the toga. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | your penis Floyd | a toga Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x penis" | |||
Floyd | >The root of all existence, at least for you. Floyd | | maga asks, "you've still not seen Life of Brian?" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "stab caesar" | |||
Floyd | >You join in the fun, which is considerable: Caesar is both talented Floyd | and well-practiced. After a few minutes, Caesar "dies," covered in Floyd | "blood" from multiple "stab wounds." As he and his friends rearrange Floyd | their togas and leave, he blows you a kiss and flips you a coin. Floyd | Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.] Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Who, me? Yes. Long time ago, admittedly." | ||
| cyberskunk says, "yikes. we 'came' not to praise caesar but to bury him" | |||
| maga says (to Floyd), "score" | |||
Floyd | >You have scored once: with Julius Caesar. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Evidently." | ||
| DavidW says, "bukake him, you mean." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "that was the subtext yes" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | an aureus Floyd | your penis Floyd | a toga Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x aureus" | |||
Floyd | >An aureus: a small golden coin, with the Roman wolf on one face and a Floyd | winged phallus on the other. Floyd | | olethros says, "ha ha ha" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | >Curia Steps Floyd | The Curia Steps lead up to the Curia to the north; the Forum is south. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "So, is this one filed under the genre of 'alternate history' or 'historical fiction'? Discuss." | ||
| cyberskunk says, "going north" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to cs), "mmkay" | |||
| DavidW says, "anyway, that's another puzzle solved." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "historical fan-fiction" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Curia Interior
Floyd | The Curia is still under reconstruction; renovations won't be completed
Floyd | for quite some time [footnote 2]. For the time being, the Senate still
Floyd | meets over at Pompey's porch. Frankly, this place is basically just a
Floyd | construction site. Steps to the Forum lead down to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An olive-colored velvet bag rests empty on the ground here.
Floyd |
| Jacqueline says (to cs), "haha" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "although given the content so far this is more within the interactive friction genre" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "footnote 2" | |||
Floyd | >[Footnote 2]: The Curia Hostilia burned in 52 BC; Julius Caesar Floyd | started its renovation, but the Curia Julia (named in his honor) was Floyd | not completed until 29 BC during the reign of Augustus. I hope you now Floyd | feel better-educated. Floyd | | cyberskunk does! | ||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | |||
| DavidW says (to cs), "There's a fair bit of historical content in the game, yes. And some of a fanfic nature." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x bag" | |||
Floyd | >This is an olive-colored velvet bag; it's large enough to hold, say, a Floyd | large melon, or a human head. Unfortunately, it has a fairly large Floyd | hole partway down one side. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get bag" | |||
Floyd | >Taken. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x hole" | |||
Floyd | >It's a hole maybe three inches across and an inch high. It is large Floyd | enough and near enough the bottom of the bag to make trying to carry Floyd | things in the bag a bad idea. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fix bag" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | >You are carrying: Floyd | a velvet bag Floyd | an aureus Floyd | your penis Floyd | a toga Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear toga" | |||
Floyd | >You put on the toga. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bag on penis" | |||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "wear bag" | |||
Floyd | >But then you couldn't see. The hole isn't that near the bottom. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove toga" | |||
Floyd | >You take off the toga. Floyd | | Johnny says, "History is already fan-fiction, arguably." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bag on penis" | |||
Floyd | >Putting things on the cock would achieve nothing. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Good to know." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear toga" | |||
Floyd | >You put on the toga. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "maybe we're not trying hard enough" | ||
| smartgenes says, "how come it accepted that the 2nd time�" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove toga" | |||
Floyd | >You take off the toga. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear bag on penis" | |||
Floyd | >I only understood you as far as wanting to wear the velvet bag. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear bag" | |||
Floyd | >But then you couldn't see. The hole isn't that near the bottom. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear toga" | |||
Floyd | >You put on the toga. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "i was being arch" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "sorry" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "np" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, where to?" | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "um south and south and east?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Either west or east of the first location." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Curia Steps
Floyd | The Curia Steps lead up to the Curia to the north; the Forum is south.
Floyd |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Forum
Floyd | This is the Forum. White marble stretches off in all directions. To
Floyd | the west is the Temple of Jupiter Virilis. The Curia is north. To the
Floyd | east you can see the Via Sacra, and the Temple of Eris gleams golden to
Floyd | the south. Crowds of people fill the space.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the distance, a mustachioed Gaul with a despondent bear on a chain
Floyd | briefly coaxes it into a shambling dance. The crowd cheers.
Floyd |
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Via Sacra
Floyd | The Via Sacra doesn't look too sacred from here, although it is choked
Floyd | with people rushing past on errands of their own. The Forum is west.
Floyd | To the north and east, the city deteriorates into a maze of twisty
Floyd | little alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x people" | |||
Floyd | >Crowds of men and women throng the streets, Romans going about the Floyd | daily business of the greatest city in the world. Floyd | Floyd | A small knot of arguing senators wanders past in their purple-striped Floyd | togas, surrounded by menacing bodyguards with clubs. Floyd | | |||
| perwil arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Twisty Little Alley
Floyd | This is a maze of twisty little alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
| cyberskunk says, "o no" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Via Sacra
Floyd | The Via Sacra doesn't look too sacred from here, although it is choked
Floyd | with people rushing past on errands of their own. The Forum is west.
Floyd | To the north and east, the city deteriorates into a maze of twisty
Floyd | little alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
| * Jacqueline has added perwil to the channel. | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Twisty Little Alley
Floyd | This is a maze of little twisty alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
| cyberskunk says, "amazing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Perwil, be warned: we're playing a game that is, shall we say, not suitable for all audiences." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And we are keeping a transcript, so if you'd like to stay, please only speak on the channel, not in the Toyshop." | |||
| cyberskunk asks, "mind if I try to LHR with cardinal directions?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to cs), "Go for it." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Via Sacra
Floyd | The Via Sacra doesn't look too sacred from here, although it is choked
Floyd | with people rushing past on errands of their own. The Forum is west.
Floyd | To the north and east, the city deteriorates into a maze of twisty
Floyd | little alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Twisty Little Alley
Floyd | This is a maze of little twisty alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Seedy Tavern
Floyd | This is an almost unimaginably seedy tavern. Wine, of the undigested,
Floyd | partially digested, and completely digested varieties, stains all
Floyd | visible surfaces. The exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Priest of Jupiter Virilis sways gently from side to side as he sits
Floyd | on a bench at a wooden table.
Floyd |
Floyd | A clay bottle of wine, adorned with a leering satyr, rests on a leaning
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x priest" | |||
Floyd | >The priest's long white beard is stained with wine, and his eyes are Floyd | vaguely defocussed. He has clearly had better days. Floyd | Floyd | An eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian Floyd | snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | |||
Floyd | >A clay bottle filled, presumably, with cheap wine. Floyd | Floyd | A drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the Floyd | words, and lapses into besotted silence. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "get bottle" | |||
Floyd | >The priest glowers so fiercely that you meekly retreat. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x beard" | |||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "talk to priest" | |||
Floyd | >All conversations in Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis are of the form Floyd | ASK [SOMEONE] ABOUT [SOMETHING]. Floyd | Floyd | A drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the Floyd | words, and lapses into besotted silence. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask priest about jupiter" | |||
Floyd | >"The god withholds his strength from me." Floyd | Floyd | [ At any point you can review conversations you have had with the RECAP Floyd | command. ] Floyd | Floyd | An eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian Floyd | snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask priest about wine" | |||
Floyd | >"Mine!" Floyd | Floyd | A drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the Floyd | words, and lapses into besotted silence. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask priest about beard" | |||
Floyd | >"Shut up. I'm trying to drink here." Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask priest about sex" | |||
Floyd | >"It's the nose. I just....can't. Oh! The shame! If only she looked Floyd | like, say, Syra. Ah, Syra." Floyd | Floyd | A drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the Floyd | words, and lapses into besotted silence. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask priest about syra" | |||
Floyd | >"Ah, yes. Syra. Another woman with a large and ugly nose. Floyd | Yet...alluring. Olive complexion, hair like midnight, eyes like topaz, Floyd | skin like velvet, breasts like melons, ass like Caesar's, lips like Floyd | wine, a kiss like fire." He sighs. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "ok. i giggled at the caesar comment" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask priest about me" | |||
Floyd | >"Shut up. I'm trying to drink here." Floyd | Floyd | A drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the Floyd | words, and lapses into besotted silence. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask priest about nose" | |||
Floyd | >"If, perhaps, something were to hide it, to cover it with something Floyd | more alluring." Floyd | Floyd | An eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian Floyd | snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening. Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sing" | |||
Floyd | >Your singing is abominable. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "give bag to priest" | |||
Floyd | >The priest looks at the bag. "Enh," he says. "It's not exactly Floyd | alluring, now is it?" Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "aw" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "i told you we should have brought our bedazzler" | |||
| DavidW says, "The bag _is_ velvet, but it needs a bit more." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | >Seedy Tavern Floyd | This is an almost unimaginably seedy tavern. Wine, of the undigested, Floyd | partially digested, and completely digested varieties, stains all Floyd | visible surfaces. The exit is south. Floyd | Floyd | The Priest of Jupiter Virilis sways gently from side to side as he sits Floyd | on a bench at a wooden table. Floyd | Floyd | A clay bottle of wine, adorned with a leering satyr, rests on a leaning Floyd | table. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x table" | |||
Floyd | >The table is about as stained as everything else in here. Floyd | Floyd | On the table is a bottle of wine. Floyd | Floyd | A drunkard begins to sing an obscene song, but can't remember the Floyd | words, and lapses into besotted silence. Floyd | | DavidW says, "yeah, a Roman bedazzler would help, if you can find one." | ||
| cyberskunk asks, "come back?" | |||
| smartgenes exclaims, "to the Temple!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Twisty Little Alley
Floyd | This is a maze of little twisty alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Artist's Hut
Floyd | This is a hovel of the sort classically frequented by artists. The
Floyd | exit is west. A sign on the wall reads: "Portraits 1 aureus. Bring
Floyd | your own canvas."
Floyd |
Floyd | An insufferable-looking artist sits behind an easel.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x artist" | |||
Floyd | >The artist is a young man with a small goatee. If eyeglasses had been Floyd | invented yet, he would have little rectangular ones with heavy black Floyd | frames [footnote 3]. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "footnote 3" | |||
Floyd | >[Footnote 3]: This is a rather loose translation from the original. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "x sign" | |||
Floyd | >"Portraits 1 aureus. Bring your own canvas." Floyd | | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask artist about artist" | |||
Floyd | >The artist is much too hip to talk to the likes of you. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "golly" | ||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "ask artist about portraits" | |||
Floyd | >The artist is much too hip to talk to the likes of you. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "give bag to artist" | |||
Floyd | >The artist takes the velvet bag from you and indicates the first Floyd | sentence of the sign with a small twitch of his goatee in its Floyd | direction. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "give aureus to artist" | |||
Floyd | >The artist bites down on the coin, then flinches. "You coulda told me Floyd | it was one of Big Julie's, eh? Dude, that's totally been in his butt. Floyd | Nasty, man. Nasty." Floyd | Floyd | "Hmmm," says the artist. "A bag. Kinky." He rolls his eyes. "Guess Floyd | you're wanting it to put over someone's head, to make him...her?...more Floyd | alluring, huh? Yeah, I get a lot of these...So. Guy? Girl? Eh, it Floyd | doesn't matter. I'll put one on each side. That way, if it's a girl, Floyd | you can do her from the front and then flip her over and do her up the Floyd | butt and it'll be like doing a guy. Only a guy with a broken neck. Floyd | But some people like that, you know? Floyd | Floyd | "Anyway, so, yeah. Interesting olive color, velvety texture. Reminds Floyd | me of this totally hot MILF I knew named Syra. Wow. She was like Floyd | riding one of the mares of Diomedes...Hey, there's a hole over here Floyd | already for the mouth. Cool. Tell you what, I'll cut a matching slit Floyd | on the other side for that picture too, so you can kiss him...or her, Floyd | hey, whatever floats your boat, man...or, you know, receive oral." Floyd | Floyd | In a few minutes, he paints a portrait of an attractive, if not very Floyd | young, woman on one side of the bag, and an attractive young man on the Floyd | other. He hands you the bag and lapses again into sullen silence. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Would not have thought of that as a canvas." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "i would not have thought of it as a gimp mask so we both got more education" | |||
| DavidW says, "I seem to recall you'll hear more about Syra elsewhere in the game. She's like a running joke." | |||
| perwil has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | cyberskunk says, "giving it to the priest and then i have to go" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "hehes. 'Giving it'." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Twisty Little Alley
Floyd | This is a maze of twisty little alleys, all alike.
Floyd |
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| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | >
Floyd | Seedy Tavern
Floyd | This is an almost unimaginably seedy tavern. Wine, of the undigested,
Floyd | partially digested, and completely digested varieties, stains all
Floyd | visible surfaces. The exit is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Priest of Jupiter Virilis sways gently from side to side as he sits
Floyd | on a bench at a wooden table.
Floyd |
Floyd | A clay bottle of wine, adorned with a leering satyr, rests on a leaning
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd | An eructation, a whiff of sour wine, a splash, a thump, and stentorian
Floyd | snores signify the end of someone else's drinking evening.
Floyd |
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| Binder arrives, full of fun and funk. | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "give bag to priest" | |||
Floyd | >The priest looks at the mask, comprehension dawning on his sodden Floyd | features. "Yes!" he cries. "This looks a lot like Syra! I think this Floyd | will do!" He downs the rest of the wine, smashes the empty bottle on Floyd | the floor, and dashes off, mask grasped in his hand. Floyd | | Binder asks, "not suitable for all audiences, you say?" | ||
| cyberskunk says, "wait i what" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | >Seedy Tavern Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | | Jacqueline says (to Binder), "I do say." | ||
| maga says, "well, not really suitable for anyone" | |||
| maga says, "at a first approximation" | |||
| Binder says, "my participation will be very minor today, I'm about to check out of a hotel in Seattle" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Right." | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "trade bag for wine" | |||
Floyd | >That's not a verb I recognize. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "boo" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Binder), "You're here in Seattle?" | |||
| DavidW says, "You don't need the wine." | |||
| maga says, "but entertainingly unsuitable for many" | |||
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Yeah, came up for Potlatch." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "kick canvas in artistic strop" | |||
Floyd | >You can't see any such thing. Floyd | | cyberskunk says, "thats what they keep telling me but i want it anyway" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Would have liked to have met up. Darn." | |||
| Binder says (to jacqueline), "Likewise, but my weekend was booked solid going into it, which is why I didn't mention it." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I can imagine." | |||
| cyberskunk says, "anyway i have to go. good luck" | |||
| cyberskunk says, "thanks guys" | |||
| cyberskunk says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | >Seedy Tavern Floyd | This is an almost unimaginably seedy tavern. Wine, of the undigested, Floyd | partially digested, and completely digested varieties, stains all Floyd | visible surfaces. The exit is south. Floyd | Floyd | The Priest of Jupiter Virilis sways gently from side to side as he sits Floyd | on a bench at a wooden table. Floyd | Floyd | A clay bottle of wine, adorned with a leering satyr, rests on a leaning Floyd | table. Floyd | | |||
| cyberskunk has had its fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "I've been to a potlatch before, more than once... they're not a small affair." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to cs), "Bye." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, here's what I'm thinking." | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look under table" | |||
Floyd | >You find nothing of interest. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "I am now the only person here who's played this, and we got (dare I say it?) a taste of this game." | ||
| Binder says (to jacqueline), "Ah! Before the confusion goes further, this is not the potlatch you might be thinking of. [LINK]" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So maybe we should now play the other game people wanted to play." | |||
| smartgenes says, "i played it, and so did davidw i think" | |||
| smartgenes says, "but i got just a little further than this" | Jacqueline says, "Which was Cana According to Micah (Chris Huang)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | |||
Floyd | >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd | | DavidW says (to smartgenes), "on channel, please" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | |||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | Binder says, "sure, a new game sounds good" | ||
| perwil arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | smartgenes says, "played it, and so did davidw i think.. but i got just a little further than this" | ||
| maga says, "that's... quite the segue" | |||
| DavidW says, "yes, I finished Mentula. With a perfect 'score' too." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "My." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load cana" | |||
Floyd | >Are you sure you want to quit? Welcome to the Cheap Glk Floyd | Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [pausing to show unread error message] | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PREFACE Floyd | Floyd | This account of the wedding at Cana, by the servant Micah, was Floyd | considered apocryphal as early as the third century; it was therefore Floyd | excluded from consideration at the Synod of Hippo in AD 393. Various Floyd | surviving texts, notably the writings of Julius of Damascus and of Floyd | Nestor of Nice, suggest that the account was a late fiction based on Floyd | the relevant verses in the Gospel of John, intended perhaps as Floyd | instruction to the faithful. Floyd | Floyd | Of particular interest is the fact that the account was written in the Floyd | second person, and in liturgical Hebrew instead of the more common Floyd | Greek or Aramaic of the time. This latter point implies that "Micah" Floyd | is not a lowly servant as described in the story, but a mouthpiece, a Floyd | fictional character through which the actual author -- a much more Floyd | learned person who might or might not be named Micah -- might speak; Floyd | whereas the former point supports the hypothesis of Nestor of Nice that Floyd | the author's primary intention was to engage the reader in the action Floyd | of an already-existing story, rather than to present an actual Floyd | eyewitness account. Floyd | Floyd | Be that as it may, it is hoped that this translation will prove to be Floyd | as edifying to the modern scholar as its original author, whoever that Floyd | might be, had intended. Floyd | Floyd | - Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson Floyd | Barchester, AD 1893 Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | DavidW says, "I even 'scored' the 'Last Lousy Point'." | ||
| djfletch says (to maga), "they both have Romans in them" | |||
| DavidW says, "Unfortunately, this also means I never saw Kentucky." | |||
| smartgenes says, "oh, well, guess i'll have to go back and trawl through on my own" | smartgenes says, "oh, well, guess i'll have to go back and trawl through on my own" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
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Floyd | "There's no more wine."
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Floyd | You straighten up and turn to look at Amos, the head steward. Outside
Floyd | the kitchen, the wedding party continues in full swing. Inside, you
Floyd | look at Amos and Amos looks back at you and the disaster looms over
Floyd | both of you. No more wine! What would the master say! For that
Floyd | matter, what would a courtyard full of friends and relatives from all
Floyd | over Judaea say!
Floyd |
Floyd | Martha (technically one of the guests, but she insisted, as usual, on
Floyd | helping out in the kitchen) interrupts your growing horror to point out
Floyd | that one of the wine jugs is missing. "You should try to find it. If
Floyd | we're lucky, there'll be enough wine in it to buy us a little more
Floyd | time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A little more time? Time for what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Time to get to the market and back, of course. It's late, but
Floyd | hopefully there'll be one wine merchant still hanging about. Amos, get
Floyd | a donkey and a small cart, and be quick about it." Amos scurries off
Floyd | to do as he's told, and Martha turns to you: "And Micah, you see if you
Floyd | can find that missing jug!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Martha hurries off after Amos, through the back garden, avoiding the
Floyd | other guests and leaving you with your half of the mission. Where on
Floyd | earth could that missing wine jug be? As you consider the possible
Floyd | hiding places, you notice a flash of red hair disappearing out the
Floyd | doorway into the courtyard. Just your luck: it's the little orphan
Floyd | brat that Martha and her brother and sister adopted, the one who's been
Floyd | getting underfoot all evening and who's probably heard everything.
Floyd | Hopefully she'll have enough sense to not tell the whole world that
Floyd | you're out of wine. Hah, you should be so lucky.
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Floyd | (Readers unfamiliar with the conventions of Interactive Fiction should
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Floyd | Cana According To Micah
Floyd | Translated from the Hebrew by Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 111013 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
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Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Except for you and Amos, because you're both ever so reliable, all the
Floyd | other servants have been given leave to go get some rest after the
Floyd | preparations earlier; no-one was expecting a sudden emergency to crop
Floyd | up before it came time to wash the dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the actual food has been served, except for a plate of honeyed
Floyd | locusts that sits untemptingly nearby, unsurprisingly untouched.
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| Jacqueline says, "See, there's also wine in both games." | ||
| djfletch says, "it is historical fiction theme day" | |||
| maga says (to DW), "and Jews! and, um, orphans" | |||
| maga says, "er, ..djfletch" | |||
| Binder says, "mm honeyed locusts" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take plate" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | Your name is Micah, and you are a servant in the household of the
Floyd | family of Clopas.
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a plate of honeyed locusts
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Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "W?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm thinking of bribing the brat to silence with a plate of honeyed locusts." | |||
| DavidW says, "So, S." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "hm, okay" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Go for it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, mister!" Little Anna trots up to you. "Is it true that there's
Floyd | no more wine? I saw Martha and Amos get into the cart with the donkey
Floyd | and they rode off in such a hurry. Martha said you were going to find
Floyd | a missing jug of wine and maybe that would help. Can I help? Just say
Floyd | the word, sir!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Heaven help us.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "Little ... Orphan ... Anna" | ||
| Binder says, "> give pupils to anna" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | |||
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say yes" | |||
Floyd | (to Little Orphan Anna)
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "> sing tomorrow" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about wine" | |||
Floyd | "I think I saw John, the Rabbi's son, sneaking away from the courtyard
Floyd | with a jug of wine earlier, before the feast actually started."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Lionheart arrives, full of fun and funk. | Binder says, "that scamp John" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about john" | |||
Floyd | "I think John is Lazarus's brother, but not a close brother. I mean
Floyd | his parents are totally different people. I wish there were a word for
Floyd | brothers and sisters who aren't actually your brothers and sisters,
Floyd | don't you? Anyway, Mary likes to listen to him, and Lazarus likes to
Floyd | argue with him, but Martha says he ought to clean himself up and marry
Floyd | a nice, respectable girl and settle down. She says he lives out in the
Floyd | wilderness and eats honey and locusts every day, which can't be
Floyd | healthy, but I guess he must like it or he wouldn't do it. Or maybe
Floyd | he's so busy talking he forgets to eat -- his father's the same way."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...had this dream about the
Floyd | butcher's late wife, so they called off the wedding...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "I think we found our customer" | ||
| DavidW says, "uh-huh. The locusts aren't for Annie after all." | |||
| maga says, "Cana is nominated for Best NPCs, by the way." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, sing tomorrow" | |||
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about lazarus" | |||
Floyd | "Martha worries about him because he's not very strong, but he's very
Floyd | smart. Everybody says he's going to be High Priest some day, if he
Floyd | lives long enough. They don't say that last part to his face, of
Floyd | course, and both Martha and Mary get very upset when they hear it.
Floyd | They say it's bad luck, but Lazarus says that if his time comes early,
Floyd | then that's just the way it is."
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| maga says, "(and Mentula is nominated for Game, Writing, Setting, Puzzles and Individual PC)" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Belatedly, not a big feast where people are honored and songs are sung and drums beat and gifts are given and speeches go into the night. Got it." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Anna is very jarring in this context." | |||
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "Correct. More nerdy, less exotic." | |||
| DavidW asks, "I'm not sure which way the 'wilderness' is. Thru the guests to the west, or somewhere past the garden to the nw of Kitchen?" | |||
| Binder says, "I'd guess past garden" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Exotic is a very relative term, but gotcha." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we go to the garden then?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Or do we have more to ask Anna?" | |||
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "though, continuing the digression, there's apparently a totem pole going to be erected here this afternoon to commemorate someone being killed by cops or somesuch." | |||
| Binder says, "garden, I'd say" | |||
| DavidW says, "ok" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "great, she's clamped on to our leg" | ||
| zarf says, "de-idling: Anna is a Biblical name, it seems" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Yeah, at Seattle Center, I know. I have to work this afternoon, or I'd go see it go up." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "huh" | ||
| maga asks (of zarf), "well, it's just a version of Hannah, no?" | |||
| Binder says, "I thought this would pass as a wilderness" | |||
| DavidW says, "ask anna about wilderness" | |||
| Binder says, "> call lazarus to come out" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about wilderness" | |||
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take figs" | |||
Floyd | You pick a fig and eat it. Yum.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fig trees" | |||
Floyd | The fig trees have been planted a little too close together here.
Floyd | Their branches spread and interlace overhead, drenching the space
Floyd | between them in shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | |||
Floyd | Now is really not the time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Try west through the courtyard?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Via entry way, since it's en route?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | As you turn to leave, you hear what sounds like a lion's roar, followed
Floyd | by a slight rustle of leaves. It takes you a few moments to recognise
Floyd | the roar as merely the rumble of an empty stomach. Be that as it may,
Floyd | there's clearly someone hiding here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "uh-oh" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | |||
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "oh" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search leaves" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trees" | |||
Floyd | You poke about the trees, searching for the intruder, but he's too
Floyd | stealthy for you. Anyway, do you really want to meet up with this
Floyd | person, alone (small orphan girls don't count) out here in the dark?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "Leave the plate and hide?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop plate" | |||
Floyd | You carefully set down the plate of ... food.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||
Floyd | As you walk away from the plate of honeyed locusts, you hear some
Floyd | distinctly interested rustling in the bushes nearby. You quickly duck
Floyd | behind one of the fig trees and wait. A minute later, the rather
Floyd | unkempt form of John -- the Rabbi's son, no less -- slinks out of the
Floyd | shadows and descends upon the honeyed locusts. (Better him than you,
Floyd | mate.) More interesting is the fact that he's washing down the "food"
Floyd | with deep quaffs from the missing wine jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hullo, John," you say, stepping out of the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | John only sighs and wipes his mouth on his sleeve. "Why don't you
Floyd | leave me alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "w00t" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "Busted!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about jug" | |||
Floyd | "Mine. Hands off."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wine" | |||
Floyd | John clutches the jug closer to himself and snarls, "hands off! Mine!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press save" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about lazarus" | |||
Floyd | "Such a good boy, that Lazarus," says John, a little bitterly. "Well,
Floyd | we all have our roles to play, and he'll play his soon enough. Far be
Floyd | it for me to envy him his lot."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | |||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about wedding" | |||
Floyd | John doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about mary" | |||
Floyd | Who do you mean, the bride, Mary of Bethany or Mary of Nazareth?
Floyd |
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bride" | |||
Floyd | John frowns. "She seems nice enough, but I seem to recall some rather
Floyd | odd business involving a candle and a mirror, and...." John stops
Floyd | suddenly and shakes his head. "No, wait, that's a different Mary.
Floyd | Your new mistress is a fine and honourable woman, and your master is
Floyd | fortunate indeed to have her."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plate" | |||
Floyd | That seems to belong to John.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about locusts" | |||
Floyd | "What? I happen to like honeyed locusts. Don't knock 'em till you've
Floyd | tried 'em."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about father" | |||
Floyd | "Father wanted me to make an appearance. That's the only reason I'm
Floyd | here at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john for wine" | |||
Floyd | John has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about figs" | |||
Floyd | John doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "We should have spiked the locusts." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about martha" | |||
Floyd | "That woman wants to be everyone's mother. I swear, she could subdue a
Floyd | dragon with her fussing."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "oh, maybe." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was being facetious, but only slightly." | |||
| DavidW says, "We haven't been everywhere, so yeah, perhaps I acted too quickly." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I was on the bandwagon with you, fwiw." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Unfortunately, our save is after that." | |||
| DavidW says, "In any case, more exploring seems called for." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "True - but should we restart?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "In case we've screwed up here?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Don't worry. We're so close to the beginning we can restart, but wait until we have a new plan." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Explore away, Driver David." | |||
| olethros says, "hmmmm" | |||
| DavidW says, "Let's see the entry way, winery, bridal chamber, and our guests." | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| olethros asks, "did we have something to spike the locusts with ?" | ||
| DavidW says (to olethros), "no." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "No." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "This was mere speculation." | |||
| olethros says, "ok" | |||
| DavidW says, "But AS I SAID... sigh... we haven't been many places yet." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alcove" | |||
Floyd | In the alcove are some jars and a bucket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jars" | |||
Floyd | There are six large jars in the alcove, placed there so the guests may
Floyd | wash the dust from their feet after the long journey to get here. All
Floyd | that splashing about has left each of them about half-full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | |||
Floyd | This is the bucket used to carry water from the village well to the
Floyd | house. It's larger than average, but at least that means not having to
Floyd | make quite so many trips back and forth when filling up all those jars
Floyd | in the entryway. Currently, the bucket is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search jars" | |||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Sounds like we'll want water for some reason." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridesmaid" | |||
Floyd | You recognise her as one of the bridesmaids who'd been arranged for the
Floyd | wedding. She wasn't actually at the wedding, though: Clopas was
Floyd | running a little late, and a bunch of the bridesmaids, including this
Floyd | one, had to run off to the market to replenish the oil in their lamps
Floyd | when he finally arrived. These bridesmaids missed the wedding
Floyd | altogether as a result, and you thought they'd all gone home.
Floyd | Apparently one of them, at least, is still hanging around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about oil" | |||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the ancient mariner appears to have the bridesmaid's
Floyd | whole and unwilling attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mariner" | |||
Floyd | This is a pitiful old beggar who's been hanging around town lately.
Floyd | He's a former sailor, apparently, and they say he's possessed, but it's
Floyd | just as likely that he's spent a little too much time in the sun with
Floyd | his head uncovered. Either way, you know better than to sit down and
Floyd | let him tell you any of his interminable seafaring stories.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There passed a weary time ... a weary time! a weary time!" the old
Floyd | sailor mumbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can well imagine," mutters the bridesmaid, with a glazed and weary
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "An ancient mariner? Colderidge ref?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, no." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hello sailor" | |||
Floyd | "Shalom."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...and all that time, it hung there, a reminder of my sin, and I would
Floyd | have given a whole herd of goats as a sin offering if I could...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "ha" | ||
| Binder says, "HA" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait, it *is* the ancient mariner." | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't actually know the poem." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask mariner about albatross" | |||
Floyd | What, and get him to talk to you? You've seen this man pin down
Floyd | stronger men than yourself, for hours on end, with the simple
Floyd | introduction "There was a ship..." and you really don't have the hours
Floyd | to listen to it all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I'm thinking we should see the well next." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking grumpy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, you there!" says one of the soldiers, approaching you. "You're
Floyd | from the house of Clopas, aren't you? Do us a favour. There's this
Floyd | man we're supposed to arrest, one John son of Zechariah. And we know
Floyd | he's at this wedding, but see, we have no idea what he looks like."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Crazy wild man living in the wilderness, dressed in animal skins,"
Floyd | says another, "great description if he were doing his thing over on the
Floyd | Jordan, but here's this wedding and he's probably all cleaned up for
Floyd | it. Probably looks like decent folk. So if you know the guy and could
Floyd | point him out to us, we'd be much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "soldiers, follow me" | |||
Floyd | One of the soldiers, apparently the leader of the group, grins at you.
Floyd | "Good boy, I knew we could count on you. Here, we'll need a signal.
Floyd | When you see this John son of Zechariah character, you let us know it's
Floyd | him by, uh, kissing him. How's that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why can't he just point at the guy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shut up. Weddings are crowded things and we want absolutely no
Floyd | mistakes, got it? So no pointing from a distance or any of that sort
Floyd | of rubbish. And this way, our new friend here can say that he never
Floyd | actually told us who our man was. It's genius."
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Anna tugs on your sleeve and whispers, "are you sure this is a
Floyd | good idea, sir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about soldiers" | |||
Floyd | "Nobody seems to like Herod's soldiers, which I think is a little sad.
Floyd | I mean, they're just doing their job, right? Mary says that doing
Floyd | their job is one thing, but a lot of them could be a little nicer about
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about herod" | |||
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "It occurs to me that we could kiss any guy to get rid of him, not necessarily John." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lower bucket" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | The village well is a large, low stone ring with a rough wooden cover.
Floyd | During the day, it's a gathering space for local servants, women,
Floyd | shepherds, and pretty much the whole town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | Oh no, you hauled enough water from the well earlier today, filling up
Floyd | those jars for washing feet. You're not doing this again unless you
Floyd | absolutely have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | It's cold and dark and wet and you're just asking for trouble, aren't
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | |||
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The soldiers creep along behind you with rather more stealth and
Floyd | subtlety than you'd have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient
Floyd | mariner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bridesmaid glances hopefully at the soldiers following you -- and
Floyd | you know she must be pretty desperate if she's expecting help from
Floyd | Herod's guards -- but they pretend not to notice. One of them peers
Floyd | suspiciously at the old mariner and nudges you with his elbow, brow
Floyd | raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "So, should we restart and sic the soldiers on John, then get the wine?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Shall we delete the mariner?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss sailor" | |||
Floyd | You approach the ancient mariner and cough discreetly. He glances at
Floyd | you and blinks. "There was--" he begins, but you quickly step back and
Floyd | jerk your head in the direction of the soldiers standing just behind
Floyd | you. Their eyes meet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There was a ship," says the ancient mariner, with a sudden rush of
Floyd | unholy enthusiasm.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh no," whispers one of the soldiers as the first one stops in his
Floyd | tracks and, clearly against his will, tries to sit down. The whole
Floyd | group of soldiers try to drag themselves away, as the old mariner
Floyd | hobbles along after them, claiming one after another one of them for
Floyd | his captive audience.
Floyd |
Floyd | In all the confusion, the bridesmaid manages to get away and slip
Floyd | inside the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, that wasn't quite the effect I expected, but close enough." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | You don't have any business in town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and a bridesmaid here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you," says the bridesmaid, "I didn't think the old man would
Floyd | ever stop talking, and somehow I just couldn't stop listening to him.
Floyd | It's not that his story was all that long and terrible; it's actually
Floyd | not bad, once you've put the pieces together. But he would insist on
Floyd | jumping around at random, and repeating some bits over and over." She
Floyd | sighs and turns to enter the courtyard. "Well, ask me about the story
Floyd | sometime, if you want to know what it was all about, and I'll tell it
Floyd | to you so that it makes sense. For now, I'm just going to go and enjoy
Floyd | what's left of the party."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about oil" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, guess she left." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about oil" | |||
Floyd | "Oh, don't remind me. You have no idea how mortifying it all was,
Floyd | being turned away from the door like that!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...honour one's father and mother.
Floyd | Say what you like, he's always done his duty by her...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guests" | |||
Floyd | Friends and family from all over Judaea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety set of shelves stands against one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anna takes a step back and points up to the top of the shelves. "Look,
Floyd | there's a jug up there! Maybe there's some wine in it!" You tell her
Floyd | not to be silly, you know for a fact.... but Anna's already begun
Floyd | clambering up the front of the shelves. As might be expected, the
Floyd | shelves creak alarmingly and begin to sway forward as Anna reaches the
Floyd | top....
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| olethros says, "eeeek" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh dear" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "eep" | |||
| DavidW asks, "catch anna?" | |||
| olethros asks, "save?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | |||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "get anna" | |||
Floyd | You snatch Little Anna away from the toppling shelves, and not a moment
Floyd | too soon. The shelves and their precious contents smash into the floor
Floyd | and shatter into pieces. Clopas will have your head in the morning,
Floyd | assuming he's not too hungover then (fat chance of that, all things
Floyd | considered) but in the meantime, Anna just stares wide-eyed at the mess
Floyd | she's caused. "Ooh," she says, "I guess I shan't be trying that
Floyd | again...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I must say that I am beginning to really appreciate all the different ways in which Anna is described as a thing which follows." | ||
| perwil goes home. | olethros says, "hm" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mess" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken set of shelves lies shattered and scattered across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" | |||
Floyd | You always knew that this was how those shelves were going to end up.
Floyd | At least no-one got hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oil" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shelves" | |||
Floyd | The splintered shelving may be pointy, but trying to take it would be
Floyd | worse than pointless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search shelves" | |||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about shelves" | |||
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. The winery doesn't seem at all helpful." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wine" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oil" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jugs" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stairs" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken set of shelves lies shattered and scattered across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steps" | |||
Floyd | You want to be careful going up and down these steps. they're rather
Floyd | steep and dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | |||
Floyd | The door to the garden is old and battered and wide open. Through it,
Floyd | you can just make out the peace and quiet of the garden itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x curtain" | |||
Floyd | It's not exactly Persian, but it's a heavy, good-looking piece of
Floyd | material.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | No-one enters the bridal chamber except Clopas and his bride, and then
Floyd | not until they're good and ready.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi is holding court with a crowd of would-be scholars, among
Floyd | whom you recognise Lazarus of Bethany.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| * Amanda has joined the channel. | ||
| DavidW says, "ha 'Egyptian plague'" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "x me" | |||
Floyd | Your name is Micah, and you are a servant in the household of the
Floyd | family of Clopas.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| olethros says, "ok I thought we were still playing Stiff McCain" | ||
| Firion arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Firion asks, "What are we playing?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to olethros), "haha" | |||
| DavidW says, "Cana According to Micah" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Firion), "Cana According to Micah" | |||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we can talk to these people or go southeast?" | |||
| Amanda asks, "Oh, I played that one. OK if I watch?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Chat? Maybe learn something." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Amanda), "Sure." | |||
| Amanda arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "It's always fine to watch, just don't give us unsolicited hints." | ||
| DavidW asks, "So ask guests about [whatever] or se?" | |||
| Amanda says, "No sweat. To be honest, I was pretty bad at this game anyway so I probably would forget any hints." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Let's talk to them, yes." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mary" | |||
Floyd | It seems like every woman is named Mary these days, but this particular
Floyd | Mary is an odd one. She can usually be found hanging about wherever
Floyd | there are learned men having learned discourse; and they say she wants
Floyd | to be a female Rabbi. As if.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wagon driven by a pack of
Floyd | drunken scoundrels. She was barely more than...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask guests about wedding" | |||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that you could get much help there, and anyway it's
Floyd | really not your place to intrude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about anna" | |||
Floyd | Mary smiles indulgently, but says nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about john" | |||
Floyd | "He's certainly very learned. I could listen to him for hours. I
Floyd | haven't seen him this evening, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rabbi" | |||
Floyd | Zechariah, the Rabbi, is a venerable and ancient man, a learned and
Floyd | highly respected member of the community. Now if only he would shut up
Floyd | once in a while. You've heard it said that he was struck dumb with
Floyd | surprise when he heard he was going to be a father -- given his age and
Floyd | the age of his wife, anyone would be -- and remained that way until his
Floyd | son John was born. But you can hardly believe it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...in the middle of winter.
Floyd | Anyway, she was lost and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask rabbi about john" | |||
Floyd | The crowd around the Rabbi is too thick and loud and full of
Floyd | themselves, and won't let you through to him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmmm." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crowd" | |||
Floyd | Friends and family from all over Judaea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is a pale, somewhat sickly-looking fellow who was
Floyd | invited along with his sisters Mary and Martha. Martha fusses over him
Floyd | something awful, and you suspect that he brought Little Anna into his
Floyd | household just to divert some of Martha's attention away from himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about anna" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is rather too involved in the ongoing discussion
Floyd | with the Rabbi to pay much attention to what you have to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "So only Mary will talk to us." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about bridesmaid" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...so the diplomat grabbed the
Floyd | elephant's ear, and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about wine" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about locusts" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is rather too involved in the ongoing discussion
Floyd | with the Rabbi to pay much attention to what you have to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask mary about mary" | |||
Floyd | (Mary of Bethany)
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...must be starving! So I left a
Floyd | platter of her favourite sweetmeats...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I'm stumped here. Southeast?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary, the bride, is about to take a sip from her cup when a guest comes
Floyd | up to offer her congratulations. Mary puts down her cup to thank the
Floyd | guest and promptly forgets about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wine" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take cup" | |||
Floyd | You don't really want to draw any attention to that, under the
Floyd | circumstances.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour cup in bucket" | |||
Floyd | You don't really want to draw any attention to that, under the
Floyd | circumstances.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a terrible snob, but you won't
Floyd | find a more honest man...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cup" | |||
Floyd | Clopas and Mary have been so busy receiving everyone's well-wishes, and
Floyd | with making eyes at each other, that they've barely had time to touch
Floyd | their cups. Under the circumstances, this is probably a good thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clopas" | |||
Floyd | As far as employers go, Clopas is not a bad sort. He was rather
Floyd | fearfully late coming in -- his story was that he had to stop and give
Floyd | a hand to some poor Samaritan traveller who'd been set upon by bandits
Floyd | -- and then when he finally did arrive, a bunch of bridesmaids who'd
Floyd | been caught unprepared were sent packing. That's just the kind of guy
Floyd | he is: a bit hard and uncompromising, but always willing to bend over
Floyd | backwards if you need help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "How do people feel about the way the conversation is written in this game?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Average. I haven't really pushed." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I mean, how do people feel about the fact that the conversation style (the words people use and the way in which they use them) feels modern, even though the setting is ancient." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask clopas about lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Clopas seems rather pre-occupied with all the complicated business of
Floyd | being a newlywed. It would be a shame to disturb him.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Then again, obviously it's also in English and wouldn't have been, so there's artistic license any way you cut it." | ||
| DavidW says, "That doesn't bother me one whit." | |||
| maga says, "well, the attitude to setting is very cavalier in all respects" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Yes." | |||
| maga says, "and a lot of the fun of the game is noticing all the out-of-place references" | |||
| Firion goes home. | DavidW says, "It doesn't feel ancient times at all, really." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Right." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Just curious how that sits with people playing it." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "True." | |||
| maga says, "I rather like it, to be honest" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, me too" | |||
| maga says, "it's actually quite like Mentula in that regard" | |||
| DavidW says, "I'm at a bit of a loss on how to proceed from this point. The only thing that suggests itself is 'ask bridesmaid about story'." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Mary seems rather pre-occupied with the complicated business of being a
Floyd | newlywed. It would be a shame to disturb her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clopas reaches for his cup just as a guest decides to offer her
Floyd | congratulations. Clopas sets down his cup again, reluctantly, to do
Floyd | the polite thing and exchange some small talk with the guest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I have ideas about the wine jug John has, but other than that I have no real opinion." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Fill a jar from the alcove and claim it's wine instead of hand-washing water?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "bleh, no" | |||
| DavidW says, "well, lemme talk to the bridesmaid again, if I may." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "My thought was to restart, get the locusts, go get the soldiers, and somehow sic the soldiers on John so we can get the wine." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But maybe we don't want John to be gotten." | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I think siccing the soldiers on the mariner was probably the right thing there." | |||
| DavidW says, "We could also ask John about the soldiers." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "The main objective is the wine... anything we haven't explored yet?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "Rhubarb?" | ||
| DavidW says, "That's a theatre joke." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh." | |||
| DavidW says, "Whenever you want a crowd background noise, you can say 'rhubarb canteloupe' over and over." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about story" | |||
Floyd | "There was a ship...." the bridesmaid describes the voyage of the
Floyd | mariner's ship, which seems mundane enough. "But that's only the
Floyd | beginning," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wagon driven by a pack of
Floyd | drunken scoundrels. She was barely more than...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about story" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid continues the story, describing a curse which befalls
Floyd | the mariner and his crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...honour one's father and mother.
Floyd | Say what you like, he's always done his duty by her...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid continues the story, describing the nightmarish fate of
Floyd | the mariner's crew and the terrible visions that plagued him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid tells of how the mariner's adventures ended, rather
Floyd | inexplicably, when he stops to admire some sea creatures.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "That's all there is to it, I think," says the bridesmaid, shrugging.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "That's all there is to it, I think," says the bridesmaid, shrugging.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...such a temper. Their mother's
Floyd | ambitious, though, and won't rest until...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, that didn't help any." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Talk to John again?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | |||
| DavidW says, "And if anyone has any ideas how to break through the crowd to Lazarus, that would help." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | "That's Uncle Zechariah. He's dreadfully old; I can't imagine being
Floyd | that old, can you? And you know, he never stops talking. I remember
Floyd | once Martha filled up his cup with the best wine, but he was so busy
Floyd | talking to Mary and Lazarus that he just put the cup down and forgot
Floyd | about it. Well, Mary and Lazarus and Mary like to listen, but I
Floyd | thought it was a little rude. Martha tells me so all the time. Anna,
Floyd | she says, this non-stop chatter is very tiresome. But of course she
Floyd | nevers tells Uncle Zechariah that to his face, because he's a very
Floyd | important person. But she always makes sure I'm helping her in the
Floyd | kitchen when Uncle Zechariah visits, so I don't get bored."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. I suppose there might be a cup near the Rabbi." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi is holding court with a crowd of would-be scholars, among
Floyd | whom you recognise Lazarus of Bethany.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice Mary of Bethany in deep conversation with one of the guests.
Floyd | Or rather, the guest is talking and Mary is listening intently. As the
Floyd | guest moves on towards the main courtyard area, Mary follows along
Floyd | behind, still listening intently and apparently not noticing the change
Floyd | of location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cup" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about lazarus" | |||
Floyd | "Martha worries about him because he's not very strong, but he's very
Floyd | smart. Everybody says he's going to be High Priest some day, if he
Floyd | lives long enough. They don't say that last part to his face, of
Floyd | course, and both Martha and Mary get very upset when they hear it.
Floyd | They say it's bad luck, but Lazarus says that if his time comes early,
Floyd | then that's just the way it is."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "So are you thinking we just collect wine from everyone and put it in the bucket?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "As opposed to getting the jug from John?" | |||
| DavidW says, "no, not really" | |||
| DavidW says, "I was wondering if the rabbi's cup might be so superior that John might trade. Very long shot idea." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany is listening as one of the guests spills his life story
Floyd | to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guest, continuing his story, strolls off towards the bridal table.
Floyd | Mary of Bethany follows after, still hanging on to his every word.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fruits" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garden" | |||
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | John, the Rabbi's son, lounges sullenly against a tree, hugging a
Floyd | nearly-full jug of wine to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | "Father wanted me to make an appearance. That's the only reason I'm
Floyd | here at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about soldiers" | |||
Floyd | John sniffs disdainfully, but declines to say anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss john" | |||
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about john" | |||
Floyd | "John ben Zechariah, commonly called the Baptist. What, you really
Floyd | didn't recognise me in this monkey suit (Hebrew unclear - SD.) my
Floyd | father made me put on?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| olethros says (to davidw), "see that's why I thought we were playing Stiffy" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, I kiss NPCs in games all the time." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| olethros says, "yay monkey suit" | |||
| Amanda says, "Note to self, program current game to handle that possibility" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | |||
Floyd | Is that supposed to be Punic? Your accent is execrable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Anyway, I'm out of good ideas." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I've got about half an hour, then I need to get moving for work." | |||
| DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "Do you want to try your restart idea?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "There's nothing to spike the locusts with, right?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I haven't seen anything spike-like/" | |||
| olethros says, "let us trudge on" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not in a great position to type, but yeah, I wouldn't mind trying that idea." | |||
| DavidW says, "We could drop Anna in the well, I suppose." | |||
| olethros asks, "did we ever order anna?" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | John, the Rabbi's son, lounges sullenly against a tree, hugging a
Floyd | nearly-full jug of wine to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to olethros), "nope" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "anna, take jug" | |||
Floyd | John gives Anna a look that sends her scuttling back behind you.
Floyd | "Hands off," he growls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "(My cat keeps lying on my arms. Makes it hard to type. His little head is bouncing around as I type this, because he insists on resting his chin on my forewarm.)" | ||
| olethros says, "well, I guess that's the thing" | |||
| DavidW asks, "perhaps. We occupy John while Anna grabs the jug?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab john" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fight john" | |||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat locust" | |||
Floyd | (first taking the plate of honeyed locusts)
Floyd | That seems to belong to John.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig bengal tiger pit" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "don't give a fig" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give fig to john" | |||
Floyd | (first taking the fig trees)
Floyd | You pick a fig and eat it. Yum.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I suppose one idea to try is to restart and give the locusts to Lazarus. Didn't Anna say both the father and son liked them?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, did she>" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "er, ?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about locusts" | |||
Floyd | "Please, sir, I'd rather not have any at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about john" | |||
Floyd | "I think John is Lazarus's brother, but not a close brother. I mean
Floyd | his parents are totally different people. I wish there were a word for
Floyd | brothers and sisters who aren't actually your brothers and sisters,
Floyd | don't you? Anyway, Mary likes to listen to him, and Lazarus likes to
Floyd | argue with him, but Martha says he ought to clean himself up and marry
Floyd | a nice, respectable girl and settle down. She says he lives out in the
Floyd | wilderness and eats honey and locusts every day, which can't be
Floyd | healthy, but I guess he must like it or he wouldn't do it. Or maybe
Floyd | he's so busy talking he forgets to eat -- his father's the same way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh wait. It's the 'too busy talking' part where they're alike." | ||
| olethros asks, "that's the same john we talk to no?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yes" | |||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "ask john about locusts" | |||
Floyd | "What? I happen to like honeyed locusts. Don't knock 'em till you've
Floyd | tried 'em."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to john" | |||
Floyd | "You don't have to tell me," John snaps. "That old man came to the
Floyd | Jordan to be baptised a couple of months ago, and held up two of my
Floyd | disciples for three days, telling it to them. And the whole thing
Floyd | really didn't take more than four minutes, when they repeated it to me
Floyd | later.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "maybe... we tell the story to someone else?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I can see why this was nominated for NPCs." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about disciples" | |||
Floyd | John doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask john about mariner" | |||
Floyd | John doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "john, baptize me" | |||
Floyd | John doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "oh, maybe anna can grab a cup?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "oh, yeah - perhaps" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "She is small and doesn't draw attention" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "as much" | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't know why we want a cup, though." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, your idea of swapping for the jug might work" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to bridal table" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about parents" | |||
Floyd | Anna looks a little wistful. "I don't know anything about my parents,
Floyd | but I'd bet they were young ... bet they were smart. Bet they
Floyd | collected things like ashtrays and art." She pauses, a little puzzled.
Floyd | "What's an ashtray?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "It's trash in pig latin." | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha oh dear" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, take cup" | |||
Floyd | She'll only drop it, you're sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "That was a hahaha for Anna's response about her parents, though your pun gets a ha as well" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, give cup to me" | |||
Floyd | (Little Orphan Anna first taking the cups)
Floyd | She'll only drop it, you're sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary, the bride, is about to take a sip from her cup when a guest comes
Floyd | up to offer his congratulations. Mary puts down her cup to thank the
Floyd | guest and promptly forgets about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cup in bucket" | |||
Floyd | That's hardly helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...could go for another drink right
Floyd | now. I'm not properly drunk yet...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi is holding court with a crowd of would-be scholars, among
Floyd | whom you recognise Lazarus of Bethany.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is rather too involved in the ongoing discussion
Floyd | with the Rabbi to pay much attention to what you have to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "There was a ship..." you begin, which catches Mary's attention
Floyd | immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That sounds familiar," she says, giving you her full attention.
Floyd | "Isn't it the beginning part of that rather confused story that the
Floyd | mariner outside tells? If you've got it all organised, I'd like to
Floyd | hear it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | Mary shudders as you describe the curse that befell the mariner's crew.
Floyd | "How terrible! Should all the people suffer for the sin of one man?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "What a terrible story!" Mary seems to be hanging on to your every
Floyd | word, nonetheless.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...in the middle of winter.
Floyd | Anyway, she was lost and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "And is that how it ends, with the old mariner turning his gaze away
Floyd | from his suffering to these sea snakes? But why would the Lord relent
Floyd | for something like that?" Mary looks to you for the moral of the
Floyd | story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "But why would the Lord relent for something like that?" Mary looks to
Floyd | you for the moral of the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary presses you for further details or possibly an explanation for the
Floyd | more inexplicable aspects of the story, but you have to confess that
Floyd | you cannot add to what you have told her. Disappointed, she returns to
Floyd | the Rabbi and his entourage for more erudite discourse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "huh. Was that useful or not?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a pound of flesh, of all things,
Floyd | but then the other gentile's wife pointed out that...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "tell Mary about moral" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about martha" | |||
Floyd | "My sister means well," she says vaguely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "We haven't seen Martha, have we?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh wait, she's at market." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about god" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "oh, the chick from the beginning of the game" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Remind me what your idea was?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm not sure I like it." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Should we ask the bridesmaid or the mariner about the moral?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But it was to somehow get the soldiers to take away John so we could get to the damn jug of wine." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We could ask about the moral, though I'm going to be a bit surprised if that results in anything useful." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "The idea of putting Anna in the well is gaining strength with me." | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | There is nothing in there that you need.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | |||
Floyd | (the main table)
Floyd | The table is long, much-used, and heavily stained.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wagon driven by a pack of
Floyd | drunken scoundrels. She was barely more than...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search table" | |||
Floyd | (the main table)
Floyd | There is nothing on the main table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take table" | |||
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, throw her down the well." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | There's nothing out that way but open fields, all alike, and darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bucket to anna" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, down" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get anna" | |||
Floyd | I don't suppose Little Orphan Anna would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put anna in well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | That will only get it wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "ha" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bucket in well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | Oh no, you hauled enough water from the well earlier today, filling up
Floyd | those jars for washing feet. You're not doing this again unless you
Floyd | absolutely have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | You must supply a second noun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | Oh no, you hauled enough water from the well earlier today, filling up
Floyd | those jars for washing feet. You're not doing this again unless you
Floyd | absolutely have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bucket over anna's head" | |||
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cover" | |||
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on cover" | |||
Floyd | There's no way it's going to support your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, stand on cover" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "I wonder if there's really a point where the party runs out of wine." | ||
| DavidW says, ">show plate to john. se. s. e. e. put plate on cover." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I am no longer feeling the sense of urgency we had at the beginning of the game." | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | |||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps I wasn't supposed to give the plate right away as I did." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I have to go soon, can we try restarting? (Save here if you'd like?)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | |||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "go for it" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | |||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart? | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PREFACE Floyd | Floyd | This account of the wedding at Cana, by the servant Micah, was Floyd | considered apocryphal as early as the third century; it was therefore Floyd | excluded from consideration at the Synod of Hippo in AD 393. Various Floyd | surviving texts, notably the writings of Julius of Damascus and of Floyd | Nestor of Nice, suggest that the account was a late fiction based on Floyd | the relevant verses in the Gospel of John, intended perhaps as Floyd | instruction to the faithful. Floyd | Floyd | Of particular interest is the fact that the account was written in the Floyd | second person, and in liturgical Hebrew instead of the more common Floyd | Greek or Aramaic of the time. This latter point implies that "Micah" Floyd | is not a lowly servant as described in the story, but a mouthpiece, a Floyd | fictional character through which the actual author -- a much more Floyd | learned person who might or might not be named Micah -- might speak; Floyd | whereas the former point supports the hypothesis of Nestor of Nice that Floyd | the author's primary intention was to engage the reader in the action Floyd | of an already-existing story, rather than to present an actual Floyd | eyewitness account. Floyd | Floyd | Be that as it may, it is hoped that this translation will prove to be Floyd | as edifying to the modern scholar as its original author, whoever that Floyd | might be, had intended. Floyd | Floyd | - Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson Floyd | Barchester, AD 1893 Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's no more wine."
Floyd |
Floyd | You straighten up and turn to look at Amos, the head steward. Outside
Floyd | the kitchen, the wedding party continues in full swing. Inside, you
Floyd | look at Amos and Amos looks back at you and the disaster looms over
Floyd | both of you. No more wine! What would the master say! For that
Floyd | matter, what would a courtyard full of friends and relatives from all
Floyd | over Judaea say!
Floyd |
Floyd | Martha (technically one of the guests, but she insisted, as usual, on
Floyd | helping out in the kitchen) interrupts your growing horror to point out
Floyd | that one of the wine jugs is missing. "You should try to find it. If
Floyd | we're lucky, there'll be enough wine in it to buy us a little more
Floyd | time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A little more time? Time for what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Time to get to the market and back, of course. It's late, but
Floyd | hopefully there'll be one wine merchant still hanging about. Amos, get
Floyd | a donkey and a small cart, and be quick about it." Amos scurries off
Floyd | to do as he's told, and Martha turns to you: "And Micah, you see if you
Floyd | can find that missing jug!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Martha hurries off after Amos, through the back garden, avoiding the
Floyd | other guests and leaving you with your half of the mission. Where on
Floyd | earth could that missing wine jug be? As you consider the possible
Floyd | hiding places, you notice a flash of red hair disappearing out the
Floyd | doorway into the courtyard. Just your luck: it's the little orphan
Floyd | brat that Martha and her brother and sister adopted, the one who's been
Floyd | getting underfoot all evening and who's probably heard everything.
Floyd | Hopefully she'll have enough sense to not tell the whole world that
Floyd | you're out of wine. Hah, you should be so lucky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (Readers unfamiliar with the conventions of Interactive Fiction should
Floyd | type "HELP" for further information.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cana According To Micah
Floyd | Translated from the Hebrew by Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 111013 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Except for you and Amos, because you're both ever so reliable, all the
Floyd | other servants have been given leave to go get some rest after the
Floyd | preparations earlier; no-one was expecting a sudden emergency to crop
Floyd | up before it came time to wash the dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the actual food has been served, except for a plate of honeyed
Floyd | locusts that sits untemptingly nearby, unsurprisingly untouched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take plate" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "So, I haven't been driving or keeping track of directions. Which way to the soldiers?" | ||
| DavidW says, "s. ne. e." | |||
| DavidW says, "and e again" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, mister!" Little Anna trots up to you. "Is it true that there's
Floyd | no more wine? I saw Martha and Amos get into the cart with the donkey
Floyd | and they rode off in such a hurry. Martha said you were going to find
Floyd | a missing jug of wine and maybe that would help. Can I help? Just say
Floyd | the word, sir!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Heaven help us.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking grumpy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, you there!" says one of the soldiers, approaching you. "You're
Floyd | from the house of Clopas, aren't you? Do us a favour. There's this
Floyd | man we're supposed to arrest, one John son of Zechariah. And we know
Floyd | he's at this wedding, but see, we have no idea what he looks like."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Crazy wild man living in the wilderness, dressed in animal skins,"
Floyd | says another, "great description if he were doing his thing over on the
Floyd | Jordan, but here's this wedding and he's probably all cleaned up for
Floyd | it. Probably looks like decent folk. So if you know the guy and could
Floyd | point him out to us, we'd be much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "soldier, follow me" | |||
Floyd | Come to think of it, you haven't seen the Rabbi's son since that
Floyd | initial uproar over the (bleagh) honeyed locusts. No telling where he
Floyd | is now, and no telling what you don't know.
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Anna tugs on your sleeve and whispers, "are you sure this is a
Floyd | good idea, sir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "So, back the way we came? Want to get to John (though possibly I should have just drawn him out with locusts first while alone...)" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Hm, yeah, should I do that instead?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what you're asking exactly." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" | |||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart? | DavidW says, "John is w. w. n. nw. drop plate. hide." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | PREFACE Floyd | Floyd | This account of the wedding at Cana, by the servant Micah, was Floyd | considered apocryphal as early as the third century; it was therefore Floyd | excluded from consideration at the Synod of Hippo in AD 393. Various Floyd | surviving texts, notably the writings of Julius of Damascus and of Floyd | Nestor of Nice, suggest that the account was a late fiction based on Floyd | the relevant verses in the Gospel of John, intended perhaps as Floyd | instruction to the faithful. Floyd | Floyd | Of particular interest is the fact that the account was written in the Floyd | second person, and in liturgical Hebrew instead of the more common Floyd | Greek or Aramaic of the time. This latter point implies that "Micah" Floyd | is not a lowly servant as described in the story, but a mouthpiece, a Floyd | fictional character through which the actual author -- a much more Floyd | learned person who might or might not be named Micah -- might speak; Floyd | whereas the former point supports the hypothesis of Nestor of Nice that Floyd | the author's primary intention was to engage the reader in the action Floyd | of an already-existing story, rather than to present an actual Floyd | eyewitness account. Floyd | Floyd | Be that as it may, it is hoped that this translation will prove to be Floyd | as edifying to the modern scholar as its original author, whoever that Floyd | might be, had intended. Floyd | Floyd | - Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson Floyd | Barchester, AD 1893 Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | DavidW says, "I wonder if the soldiers would take the jug with them as 'evidence'." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "John is w. w. n. nw. drop plate. hide."" | Jacqueline says, "I hope not." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get plate" | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's no more wine."
Floyd |
Floyd | You straighten up and turn to look at Amos, the head steward. Outside
Floyd | the kitchen, the wedding party continues in full swing. Inside, you
Floyd | look at Amos and Amos looks back at you and the disaster looms over
Floyd | both of you. No more wine! What would the master say! For that
Floyd | matter, what would a courtyard full of friends and relatives from all
Floyd | over Judaea say!
Floyd |
Floyd | Martha (technically one of the guests, but she insisted, as usual, on
Floyd | helping out in the kitchen) interrupts your growing horror to point out
Floyd | that one of the wine jugs is missing. "You should try to find it. If
Floyd | we're lucky, there'll be enough wine in it to buy us a little more
Floyd | time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A little more time? Time for what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Time to get to the market and back, of course. It's late, but
Floyd | hopefully there'll be one wine merchant still hanging about. Amos, get
Floyd | a donkey and a small cart, and be quick about it." Amos scurries off
Floyd | to do as he's told, and Martha turns to you: "And Micah, you see if you
Floyd | can find that missing jug!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Martha hurries off after Amos, through the back garden, avoiding the
Floyd | other guests and leaving you with your half of the mission. Where on
Floyd | earth could that missing wine jug be? As you consider the possible
Floyd | hiding places, you notice a flash of red hair disappearing out the
Floyd | doorway into the courtyard. Just your luck: it's the little orphan
Floyd | brat that Martha and her brother and sister adopted, the one who's been
Floyd | getting underfoot all evening and who's probably heard everything.
Floyd | Hopefully she'll have enough sense to not tell the whole world that
Floyd | you're out of wine. Hah, you should be so lucky.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (Readers unfamiliar with the conventions of Interactive Fiction should
Floyd | type "HELP" for further information.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cana According To Micah
Floyd | Translated from the Hebrew by Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 111013 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Except for you and Amos, because you're both ever so reliable, all the
Floyd | other servants have been given leave to go get some rest after the
Floyd | preparations earlier; no-one was expecting a sudden emergency to crop
Floyd | up before it came time to wash the dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the actual food has been served, except for a plate of honeyed
Floyd | locusts that sits untemptingly nearby, unsurprisingly untouched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get plate" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety set of shelves stands against one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Sorry, that direction list was from the well." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Right. From the start?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne, nw." | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop plate" | |||
Floyd | You carefully set down the plate of ... food.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||
Floyd | You can run, but you can't hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | |||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search trees" | |||
Floyd | You poke about the trees for a moment, but find nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat fig" | |||
Floyd | (first taking the fig trees)
Floyd | You pick a fig and eat it. Yum.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "er, you have to leave to hear a noise." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. Was trying to remember what triggered it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | As you turn to leave, you hear what sounds like a lion's roar, followed
Floyd | by a slight rustle of leaves. It takes you a few moments to recognise
Floyd | the roar as merely the rumble of an empty stomach. Be that as it may,
Floyd | there's clearly someone hiding here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | As you walk away from the plate of honeyed locusts, you hear some
Floyd | distinctly interested rustling in the bushes nearby. You quickly duck
Floyd | behind one of the fig trees and wait. A minute later, the rather
Floyd | unkempt form of John -- the Rabbi's son, no less -- slinks out of the
Floyd | shadows and descends upon the honeyed locusts. (Better him than you,
Floyd | mate.) More interesting is the fact that he's washing down the "food"
Floyd | with deep quaffs from the missing wine jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hullo, John," you say, stepping out of the shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | John only sighs and wipes his mouth on his sleeve. "Why don't you
Floyd | leave me alone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "So, se/sw/s/ne/e to the soldiers?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, there's a quicker route: se. s. e. e." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, mister!" Little Anna trots up to you. "Is it true that there's
Floyd | no more wine? I saw Martha and Amos get into the cart with the donkey
Floyd | and they rode off in such a hurry. Martha said you were going to find
Floyd | a missing jug of wine and maybe that would help. Can I help? Just say
Floyd | the word, sir!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Heaven help us.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking grumpy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, you there!" says one of the soldiers, approaching you. "You're
Floyd | from the house of Clopas, aren't you? Do us a favour. There's this
Floyd | man we're supposed to arrest, one John son of Zechariah. And we know
Floyd | he's at this wedding, but see, we have no idea what he looks like."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Crazy wild man living in the wilderness, dressed in animal skins,"
Floyd | says another, "great description if he were doing his thing over on the
Floyd | Jordan, but here's this wedding and he's probably all cleaned up for
Floyd | it. Probably looks like decent folk. So if you know the guy and could
Floyd | point him out to us, we'd be much obliged."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "soldier, follow me" | |||
Floyd | One of the soldiers, apparently the leader of the group, grins at you.
Floyd | "Good boy, I knew we could count on you. Here, we'll need a signal.
Floyd | When you see this John son of Zechariah character, you let us know it's
Floyd | him by, uh, kissing him. How's that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why can't he just point at the guy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shut up. Weddings are crowded things and we want absolutely no
Floyd | mistakes, got it? So no pointing from a distance or any of that sort
Floyd | of rubbish. And this way, our new friend here can say that he never
Floyd | actually told us who our man was. It's genius."
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Anna tugs on your sleeve and whispers, "are you sure this is a
Floyd | good idea, sir?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Now w, w, n, nw" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yes" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w. w. n. nw." | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | The soldiers creep along behind you with rather more stealth and
Floyd | subtlety than you'd have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient
Floyd | mariner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bridesmaid glances hopefully at the soldiers following you -- and
Floyd | you know she must be pretty desperate if she's expecting help from
Floyd | Herod's guards -- but they pretend not to notice. One of them peers
Floyd | suspiciously at the old mariner and nudges you with his elbow, brow
Floyd | raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The soldiers creep along behind you with rather more stealth and
Floyd | subtlety than you'd have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | The soldiers creep along behind you with rather more stealth and
Floyd | subtlety than you'd have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The soldiers creep along behind you with rather more stealth and
Floyd | subtlety than you'd have expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few soldiers are hanging about nearby, looking stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | John, the Rabbi's son, lounges sullenly against a tree, hugging a
Floyd | nearly-full jug of wine to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "point at john" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline asks, "what was the verb, again?" | ||
| DavidW says, "kiss john" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss john" | |||
Floyd | John looks at you in puzzlement, then sees the approaching soldiers
Floyd | over your shoulder. "Oh, I get it," he says, his brow darkening, "this
Floyd | is some sort of identification signal, isn't it? I thought the house
Floyd | of Clopas understood hospitality a little better than that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can come along with us," says one of the soldiers, all puffed up
Floyd | with officious importance. John puts up no resistance, but gives you a
Floyd | venomous glance over his shoulder as the soldiers lead him away.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are struck by an inexplicaple sense of déjà vu, as the Gauls put
Floyd | it. At any rate, John the Rabbi's son has been taken away and the
Floyd | soldiers are gone, and the errant jug of wine has been left behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "w00t" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, boo, but yay wine." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take wine" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I think this was a mistake, though." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "oh, wait" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | |||
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Amanda says, "I seem to recall there was another way to do it but I had to go to the hints to figure it out, and I honestly don't remember." | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. No plate." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, back to the kitchen?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Success! Well, assuming there actually is enough wine in the jug to
Floyd | hold off everyone's thirst until Martha and Amos get back. How much
Floyd | wine is there in the jug, anyway?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in jub" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in jug" | |||
Floyd | The missing wine jug! Unfortunately, it appears to contain nothing but
Floyd | water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look up from your inspection of the wine jug in time to see Martha
Floyd | and Amos bustle into the kitchen. You can tell from the looks on their
Floyd | faces that their mission has not been a success. "The only merchant
Floyd | still in the market was a man selling lamp oil," Martha tells you, "he
Floyd | said he'd gotten a very last-minute order for six jars of the stuff,
Floyd | and was hoping there'd be more to come." She sighs and glances at the
Floyd | wine jug. "At least you've been successful. If we water it down a
Floyd | little...."
Floyd |
Floyd | You confess that, as far as you know, watering down the wine is not
Floyd | going to be an issue. Martha groans. "I'll go tell Clopas," she says,
Floyd | "and see if I can distract the other guests somehow. I don't know what
Floyd | else I can do." Taking a deep breath, she marches out into the
Floyd | courtyard like a brave little Maccabean.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amos, who really should have been the one to inform Clopas, fidgets
Floyd | distractedly and finally pulls out a bowl of dough and proceeds with
Floyd | the baking for the morrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "er" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, not the way we should have done it, but that is all the time I have." | |||
| Amanda says, "er, sorry, hope that sn't really a hint" | |||
| Amanda says, "I figured you were out of time anyway. I think that way WORKS" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Feel free to restore to your save and keep going, of course." | |||
| DavidW says, "oh. We fill the jug with water and invite Jesus to the wedding!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "hahah" | |||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "perfect!" | |||
| Amanda says, "lol" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about jesus" | |||
Floyd | "Oh, I know him, he's a friend of Lazarus's. He's visited us at
Floyd | Bethany a couple of times."
Floyd |
Floyd | That was odd, now you think about it. John didn't seem at all drunk,
Floyd | and he couldn't possibly have finished off the whole jug by himself.
Floyd | What actually happened to the wine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Actually, I bet that's exactly what we need to do." | ||
| DavidW says, "We need to talk to Lazarus about Jesus." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi is holding court with a crowd of would-be scholars, among
Floyd | whom you recognise Lazarus of Bethany.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about jesus" | |||
Floyd | "Oh, he's dreadfully wise. You've just got to listen a while and
Floyd | you'll understand."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about jesus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is rather too involved in the ongoing discussion
Floyd | with the Rabbi to pay much attention to what you have to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a wine jug
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill jug" | |||
Floyd | If it's not wine, it doesn't belong in the jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clopas reaches for his cup just as a guest decides to offer his
Floyd | congratulations. Clopas sets down his cup again, reluctantly, to do
Floyd | the polite thing and exchange some small talk with the guest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill jug" | |||
Floyd | If it's not wine, it doesn't belong in the jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour cup in jug" | |||
Floyd | You don't really want to draw any attention to that, under the
Floyd | circumstances.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi is holding court with a crowd of would-be scholars, among
Floyd | whom you recognise Lazarus of Bethany.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice Mary of Bethany in deep conversation with one of the guests.
Floyd | Or rather, the guest is talking and Mary is listening intently. As the
Floyd | guest moves on towards the main courtyard area, Mary follows along
Floyd | behind, still listening intently and apparently not noticing the change
Floyd | of location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "hm. Anything significant in Mary moving around the map?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany is listening as one of the guests spills his life story
Floyd | to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guest, continuing his story, strolls off towards the bridal table.
Floyd | Mary of Bethany follows after, still hanging on to his every word.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...had this dream about the
Floyd | butcher's late wife, so they called off the wedding...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany is listening as one of the guests spills his life story
Floyd | to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guest concludes his story and disappears into the crowd. Mary nods
Floyd | thoughtfully, then suddenly notices the distinct lack of learned
Floyd | discourse nearby. She even looks a little embarrassed as she hurries
Floyd | back to the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmmm" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about guest" | |||
Floyd | (the crowd of guests)
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clopas reaches for his cup just as a guest decides to offer her
Floyd | congratulations. Clopas sets down his cup again, reluctantly, to do
Floyd | the polite thing and exchange some small talk with the guest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about mary of bethany" | |||
Floyd | "I think our Mary is the best of all. She always listens when I have a
Floyd | story to tell. Martha says she spends too much time listening and not
Floyd | enough time doing but I think Martha does enough for everybody.
Floyd | Anyway, Mary says that all stories mean something if you take the time
Floyd | to listen properly, but a lot of the time she also wants a Rabbi or
Floyd | someone like that to come explain things to her. I think she just
Floyd | likes having people tell her things."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...honour one's father and mother.
Floyd | Say what you like, he's always done his duty by her...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps Mary can be led to another location when told the mariner's story." | ||
| Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | DavidW says, "uh, is anyone else playing? I seem to be going solo here." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi is holding court with a crowd of would-be scholars, among
Floyd | whom you recognise Lazarus of Bethany.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" | |||
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, clustered around the venerable old Rabbi.
Floyd | The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamps" | |||
Floyd | Several oil lamps light up the courtyard this evening, making it almost
Floyd | as bright as day.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wouldn't believe a word of it.
Floyd | So I said to Thomas, I said...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Gerynar says, "I just got here, I'm at work, so I was only planning on watching" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lamp" | |||
Floyd | You went through a lot of trouble setting these lamps up earlier today,
Floyd | and you're not about to take them down now. And anyway, they're out of
Floyd | reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| djfletch says, "I'm watching some of the time, but I've played it before." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | You don't actually know how that convoluted mess works out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about guest" | |||
Floyd | (the crowd of would-be scholars)
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...could go for another drink right
Floyd | now. I'm not properly drunk yet...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask rabbi about story" | |||
Floyd | The would-be scholars notice the wine jug in your hands, and obligingly
Floyd | let you through to the Rabbi.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Rabbi has entirely too much to say about ... some esoteric,
Floyd | metaphysical aspect of whatever it is you were talking about, because
Floyd | you lost it somewhere between the philosophy and the theology.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oho. Wine jug is our key through here." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about jesus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is rather too involved in the ongoing discussion
Floyd | with the Rabbi to pay much attention to what you have to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask rabbi about jesus" | |||
Floyd | "That boy is entirely to smart for his own good."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...down on the Jordan. Surprised
Floyd | to see him here at all, though of course he's disappeared...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask rabbi about john" | |||
Floyd | "I take the trouble to pull the boy out of the wilderness and clean him
Floyd | up so he can be presentable, and what happens? He disappears into the
Floyd | garden to sulk. I know, I know, he's practically a prophet, but
Floyd | sometimes I think it would be better if he'd just been a nice little
Floyd | craftsman of some sort instead."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell rabbi about john" | |||
Floyd | "He what?" the old Rabbi stares at you, goggle-eyed, and throws up his
Floyd | hands in horror. "Then what am I still here talking theology for?
Floyd | Shoo, get out of the way, I got to go do something about my boy. You,
Floyd | Joshua, you're in charge! The rest of you, stay out of trouble!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Old Zechariah hustles out of the house with all the speed his old bones
Floyd | can muster, leaving his former entourage to murmur among themselves at
Floyd | this turn of events.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about jesus" | |||
Floyd | "Joshua's one of my best friends. I like to think that I'm like
Floyd | Jonathan to his David."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lazarus, invite jesus" | |||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that you could get much help there, and anyway it's
Floyd | really not your place to intrude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus for jesus" | |||
Floyd | (Lazarus of Bethany first taking Joshua)
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...and I'll be writing to
Floyd | Theophilus about that, naturally. He'll be interested to hear...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jesus" | |||
Floyd | You don't know the guy very well. Most of the guests are relative
Floyd | strangers, and this one is stranger than most: he's supposed to be a
Floyd | carpenter, or so you've heard, but apparently he was already teaching
Floyd | the priests and the Levites their own craft when he was ten. Which
Floyd | makes you kind of glad that you didn't know him way back then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | |||
| Gerynar has connected. | DavidW says, "oh, he's right here." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about wine" | |||
Floyd | "All right, maybe I did have something to do with that. I'm just
Floyd | looking out for my brother and his promises here." You tell Joshua how
Floyd | dry the party is getting, but he only shrugs. "Not my problem, really.
Floyd | Clopas doesn't really need any more wine to have a good party, does
Floyd | he?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about water" | |||
Floyd | (Clean water)
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua for wine" | |||
Floyd | (Joshua first taking the wine jug)
Floyd | Joshua has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anna leans in close to you and says, "I was wondering, do you think
Floyd | maybe Joshua would help if someone else asked him to, sir? Mary says
Floyd | sometimes that Martha would get a lot more help in the kitchen if she
Floyd | wouldn't nag so -- not that you were nagging at all, sir, but I think
Floyd | sometimes it matters who is doing the asking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "thank you anna" | ||
| DavidW says, "lazarus, ask joshua for wine" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lazarus, ask joshua for wine" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...such a temper. Their mother's
Floyd | ambitious, though, and won't rest until...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about john" | |||
Floyd | "John is a great man. If you haven't been baptised by him, you
Floyd | should."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about carpentry" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about herod" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about father" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about wedding" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, ask joshua for wine" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x joshua" | |||
Floyd | You don't know the guy very well. Most of the guests are relative
Floyd | strangers, and this one is stranger than most: he's supposed to be a
Floyd | carpenter, or so you've heard, but apparently he was already teaching
Floyd | the priests and the Levites their own craft when he was ten. Which
Floyd | makes you kind of glad that you didn't know him way back then.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x amos" | |||
Floyd | Amos is tall, dark and lanky; there's a fair bit of Ethiopian and
Floyd | Egyptian in his blood. He's been appointed head steward for the
Floyd | wedding, though you know that his first love is really the bakery. He
Floyd | has this idea for tiny little bite-sized matzah that he claims are
Floyd | going to make him famous one of these days, once he perfects the
Floyd | recipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about joshua" | |||
Floyd | Amos doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about food" | |||
Floyd | "Well, that part went wonderfully. But I guess we should have paid
Floyd | more attention to the wine, eh? At least the honeyed locusts appear to
Floyd | be gone, even if making up that dish has left us with more leftover
Floyd | honey than I know what to do with."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about honey" | |||
Floyd | "Hmm ... that could work, I suppose," says Amos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before long, Amos has filled up a tray with honey-flavoured bikkie
Floyd | dough ready for the oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dough" | |||
Floyd | Amos always resorts to baking when he's troubled by something or other.
Floyd | Lately, his recipes seem to taste better (to you, anyway) before
Floyd | they're baked than after; quite fortunately Amos never begrudges you a
Floyd | sample of his experiments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about dough" | |||
Floyd | "I'll get this recipe right one of these days. So if you have any
Floyd | suggestions as to what I can put in this, go ahead and tell me about
Floyd | them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste dough" | |||
Floyd | You taste nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amos, satisfied that the bikkies are ready for the oven, takes the tray
Floyd | and deposits its contents into the oven, then goes back to mixing up
Floyd | another batch of dough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "Has the game for this weekend started yet" | ||
| DavidW says, "three hours ago" | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "Oh. It's over, right?" | |||
| DavidW says, "no" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Oh! Cool" | |||
| DavidW says, "I seem to be the only one left playing" | |||
| ParkourHobo arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "and I needed to get a bite to eat just now," | ||
| ParkourHobo asks, "How do I join?" | |||
| DavidW says, "You'll already on channel, so you already have." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "No, i mean the game" | |||
| ParkourHobo How do i enter it? | DavidW says, "Well, you have to be in the Toyshop where Floyd is." | ||
| ParkourHobo Ok, I've done that. Now what? | |||
| smartgenes says (to Floyd), "look" | |||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo Yay! | DavidW says, "Please chat on channel. It makes the transcript look odd otherwise." | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "Sorry, acccidentally pressed shift" | |||
| DavidW says, "To tell Floyd to do something, type f then the command." | |||
| DavidW says, "for example, f i" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "What game is it" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a wine jug
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Cana According to Micah" | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "haha" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "drink wine" | |||
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "That's the problem. We need to get wine in the jug." | ||
| DavidW says, "You came in late." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ah..." | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety set of shelves stands against one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anna takes a step back and points up to the top of the shelves. "Look,
Floyd | there's a jug up there! Maybe there's some wine in it!" You tell her
Floyd | not to be silly, you know for a fact.... but Anna's already begun
Floyd | clambering up the front of the shelves. As might be expected, the
Floyd | shelves creak alarmingly and begin to sway forward as Anna reaches the
Floyd | top....
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I want Jesus to turn the water back into wine, but Anna has suggested that we can't ask Jesus directly. Someone else has to do it." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get anna" | |||
Floyd | You snatch Little Anna away from the toppling shelves, and not a moment
Floyd | too soon. The shelves and their precious contents smash into the floor
Floyd | and shatter into pieces. Clopas will have your head in the morning,
Floyd | assuming he's not too hungover then (fat chance of that, all things
Floyd | considered) but in the meantime, Anna just stares wide-eyed at the mess
Floyd | she's caused. "Ooh," she says, "I guess I shan't be trying that
Floyd | again...."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Amos pops his head into the winery, takes one good look at the mess,
Floyd | then rubs his head and returns to his baking, muttering that he sees
Floyd | nothing and knows nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "I am currently laughing my head off" | ||
| Amanda says, "That would seem like a pretty weird idea if you didn't realize that this was really a game with Jesus" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ah, the things that come with being late" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, you missed a lot" | |||
| Ellison says (to Amanda), "ha" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Just fyi, I'm gonna have to leave in ~20 minutes" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken set of shelves lies shattered and scattered across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Amanda says, "'Let's get someone to ask Jesus' would be a great solution in lots of games. River you can't cross? let's ask Jesus to carry us" | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "grab anna" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I'm unsure who should talk to Jesus, though. Does anyone remember where Martha went to?" | ||
| Ellison says, "I've played this already so I'm just watching (although I never was very good at it)" | |||
| Ellison says, "JESUS, ANALYZE FOOTPRINT" | |||
| Amanda says, "same, Ellison" | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "Why can't we have Jesus turn wine into water again?" | |||
| Ellison says (to PH), "he's too busy partying" | |||
| DavidW says, "Well, Jesus thought he was being protective of his 'brother'." | |||
| ParkourHobo dances | maga says, "why can't we get Jesus to fight the centurion for us" | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "Oh, ok." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "I'm gonna explore a bit, try to get to know the map" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken set of shelves lies shattered and scattered across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "We're trying to convince someone they made a mistake; unfortunately when that someone is Jesus..." | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "I alwas thought it was ironic that Jesus was put on the cross for blasphemy" | |||
| DavidW says, "hmmm. Since Lazarus is also at this party, maybe we should try to kill Lazarus." | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I don't know if Lazarus has any allergies." | ||
| DavidW says, "'Cause then we could get Amos to add the fatal ingredient to his baking." | |||
| maga says, "I bet it's figs" | |||
| DavidW says, "We can't carry figs." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Or we could just stab him when no-ones looking *Evil grin*" | |||
| DavidW says, "But we should ask Lazarus." | |||
| DavidW says (to ParkourHobo), "I see no knife here." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Hmm..." | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "May I take us back to Lazarus?" | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "take figs" | |||
Floyd | You pick a fig and eat it. Yum.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| olethros says, "sure" | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "OK" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...so the diplomat grabbed the
Floyd | elephant's ear, and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about food" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about honey" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about figs" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...saved the bridge, though if you
Floyd | ask me he should never have wandered off in the first place...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about allergies" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about poison" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...not very bright, but he found
Floyd | the missing animal all the same...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about allergy" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about locusts" | |||
Floyd | "I don't think it would agree with my digestion," Lazarus says, looking
Floyd | a little paler than usual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "aha" | ||
| ParkourHobo exclaims, "Yes!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...must be starving! So I left a
Floyd | platter of her favourite sweetmeats...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about locusts" | |||
Floyd | "Well, that particular experiment went well. I'm not trying it again,
Floyd | though I don't know what I'm going to do with the leftover honey.
Floyd | Thank goodness there aren't any leftover locusts, anyway."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Gerynar says "bloop" and shrinks down into a little dot, then winks out...just like those old-fashioned B&w televisions. | |||
| Gerynar has disconnected. | ParkourHobo asks, "what happened?" | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "with the locusts, i mean." | |||
| DavidW says, "well, we used the plate of locusts to flush out John." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "John?...Never mind" | |||
| DavidW says, "John the Baptist, the rabbi's son." | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "Some sort of exorcism?" | |||
| DavidW says, "no" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Oh" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ok" | |||
| DavidW says, "John stole the wine jug; we had to get it back from him." | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "A little exessive, don't you think?" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Sending a horde of locusts" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ah well." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Let's continue" | |||
| DavidW says, "no, it was a plate of honeyed locusts. Food." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Oh" | |||
| ParkourHobo facepalms | ParkourHobo says, "My bad" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose Lazarus took ill before the game started, so maybe that doesn't happen again." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dough" | |||
Floyd | Amos always resorts to baking when he's troubled by something or other.
Floyd | Lately, his recipes seem to taste better (to you, anyway) before
Floyd | they're baked than after; quite fortunately Amos never begrudges you a
Floyd | sample of his experiments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bitties" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x baking" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about wine" | |||
Floyd | Amos waves you away. "We're doomed, Micah. I've accepted that. So
Floyd | just leave me to my baking, okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about jesus" | |||
Floyd | Amos doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "amos, ask jesus for wine" | |||
Floyd | Amos doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "amos, follow me" | |||
Floyd | Amos has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about martha" | |||
Floyd | "I can't think why a woman like that isn't already the matriarch of
Floyd | some ever-growing clan. If I weren't a lowly servant --" Amos stops
Floyd | himself and turns back to his baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo asks, "I assume there's no undo?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "sure there is. Why?" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Pardon my noobishness" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "I was just wondering" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Don't worry, i won't do anything stupid" | |||
| DavidW says, "I'm just kinda stuck what to do next here, and you've missed everything I've tried so far." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "i'm not much good with puzzles anyway" | |||
| DavidW says, "But if you have an idea, please try it." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Hmm..." | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "could I look around a bit?" | |||
| DavidW says, "sure" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There's 10 rooms." | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ok" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo asks, "I wonder if the shadowyness here matters?" | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "take figs" | |||
Floyd | You pick a fig and eat it. Yum.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, it's what allowed John to hide here." | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "Oh, ok" | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "Why can't we just take a fig?" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Without eating it, i mean" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | |||
Floyd | Now is really not the time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "You eat it automatically. I guess PC loves figs." | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x ground" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "I was hoping there would be a grasshopper there" | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x fruiits" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x fruits" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There's nothing in this location." | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ok, thanks" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "What time is it" | ||
| DavidW asks, "It's 3:30pm where I am. But do you mean in the game?" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Yes" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "time" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "I assume it's night" | ||
| DavidW says, "Guess it's 'whenever'." | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "Cause of the lamps...?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, probably night, early evening." | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x lamps" | |||
Floyd | Several oil lamps light up the courtyard this evening, making it almost
Floyd | as bright as day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "take lamp" | |||
Floyd | You went through a lot of trouble setting these lamps up earlier today,
Floyd | and you're not about to take them down now. And anyway, they're out of
Floyd | reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wagon driven by a pack of
Floyd | drunken scoundrels. She was barely more than...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "We can't take one." | ||
| ParkourHobo asks, "already tried?" | |||
| DavidW says, "uh-huh" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ok..." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Hmm" | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "Anyway we could cause a breeze, or some other way to blow them out?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I don't think you can help repeating some of what I've done. Perhaps you'll have more luck with Mary or the bucket." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "ok" | |||
| ParkourHobo asks, "where is mary?" | |||
| DavidW says, "There's two Marys; I mean Mary of Bethany, not the bride. Mary of Bethany should be here, but sometimes she follows a guest if he has a good story." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Thanks for being patient, by the way. It must be annoying doing thais over" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There's a way to get a story, but we'd have to start over, and in that route I don't know how to get the wine jug." | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a terrible snob, but you won't
Floyd | find a more honest man...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "I have to run some errands, but hopefully I'll be back for this session is over" | ||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | |||
| Ellison has disconnected. | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x mary" | |||
Floyd | It seems like every woman is named Mary these days, but this particular
Floyd | Mary is an odd one. She can usually be found hanging about wherever
Floyd | there are learned men having learned discourse; and they say she wants
Floyd | to be a female Rabbi. As if.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "listen to rabbi" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "Oh, right" | ||
| DavidW says, "The rabbi left when I told him his son John was arrested." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Yeah, skim reading strikes again" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany is a pale, somewhat sickly-looking fellow who was
Floyd | invited along with his sisters Mary and Martha. Martha fusses over him
Floyd | something awful, and you suspect that he brought Little Anna into his
Floyd | household just to divert some of Martha's attention away from himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about sickness" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about face" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wouldn't believe a word of it.
Floyd | So I said to Thomas, I said...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about illness" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about martha" | |||
Floyd | "She's my sister. Why do you ask?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about anna" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus absently pats Anna on the head. "She's not bothering you, is
Floyd | she? She can be a bit of a chatterbox at times, but she means well."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask martha about illness" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | "What? He's a wise and learned man, from a fine priestly family."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about mary of bethany" | |||
Floyd | "She's my sister. Why do you ask?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...honour one's father and mother.
Floyd | Say what you like, he's always done his duty by her...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "attack lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about bride" | |||
Floyd | "That Mary is a lovely lady, though I think she's happiest when she's
Floyd | working in the garden. I hear she has quite the charming little plot,
Floyd | all lined with cockle shells and...." Lazarus pauses in uncertainty.
Floyd | "Wait, that was a different Mary. Anyway, She'll make a fine wife and
Floyd | mother, I'm sure. Your master is to be congratulated."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "Had to try" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about groom" | |||
Floyd | "Clopas is a fine fellow, and to be congratulated on his good fortune.
Floyd | Although I gather he's still busy being congratulated, or else he'd be
Floyd | over here adding a little political edge to our theological
Floyd | discussions."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about wine" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus shrugs. "A bit of wine at dinner is a good thing, but I avoid
Floyd | excess. It's not good for my health."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "attack lazaru" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "Whoops" | ||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about jesus" | |||
Floyd | "Joshua's one of my best friends. I like to think that I'm like
Floyd | Jonathan to his David."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about health" | |||
Floyd | "I'm fine. Really."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about amos" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about food" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...so the diplomat grabbed the
Floyd | elephant's ear, and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "kiss lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "Haha" | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "Sorry" | |||
| DavidW says, "That's a standard response to 'kiss'." | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "I know" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "I mean, it was kindof silly, and kinda spam, so im sorry" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus for food" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Don't worry. Just remember this is all being recorded for posting later." | ||
| DavidW says, "(grin)" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "Ok" | |||
| ParkourHobo says, "I really don't mind" | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I've already said earlier I kiss NPCs all the time." | ||
| ParkourHobo says, "I was hoping there would be food on this table..." | |||
| DavidW says, "Strangely, there's nothing at all on the table." | |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "x table" | |||
Floyd | (the main table)
Floyd | The table is long, much-used, and heavily stained.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "jump" | |||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stain" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide" | |||
Floyd | You can run, but you can't hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...walked straight up to the high
Floyd | priest without glancing back. They say this means...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get under table" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| ParkourHobo says (to Floyd), "smash table" | |||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clopas reaches for his cup just as a guest decides to offer her
Floyd | congratulations. Clopas sets down his cup again, reluctantly, to do
Floyd | the polite thing and exchange some small talk with the guest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ParkourHobo says, "I have to go- be back in a hour" | ||
| ParkourHobo succesfully divides by zero and dissapears. | Johnny says, "The weird thing about kissing Jesus is that it's not like kissing your brother." | ||
| Johnny says, "It's like kissing everybody's brother at once." | |||
| DavidW says, "uh-huh. I've never actually kissed Jesus." | |||
| olethros asks, "oh we got the wine jug?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, but I suspect we got it in a way that might make the game impossible to win. I'm not sure though." | |||
| DavidW says, "It's possible there's two ways to success." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through curtain" | |||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look at curtain" | |||
Floyd | It's not exactly Persian, but it's a heavy, good-looking piece of
Floyd | material.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...could go for another drink right
Floyd | now. I'm not properly drunk yet...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open curtain" | |||
Floyd | No-one enters the bridal chamber except Clopas and his bride, and then
Floyd | not until they're good and ready.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "crawl under curtain" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, east" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dough" | |||
Floyd | That seems to belong to Amos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jars" | |||
Floyd | There are six large jars in the alcove, placed there so the guests may
Floyd | wash the dust from their feet after the long journey to get here. All
Floyd | that splashing about has left each of them about half-full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty jars" | |||
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jars" | |||
Floyd | Even when empty, they're quite heavy; and either way they're dreadfully
Floyd | unwieldy. Best leave them where they are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | You transfer the water from the jug to the bucket. It doesn't exactly
Floyd | help, but at least the water has gone to a better place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" | |||
Floyd | Cool, clear water, with a vaguely mineral aftertaste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in jug" | |||
Floyd | If it's not wine, it doesn't belong in the jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick bucket" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" | |||
Floyd | You take a refreshing sip.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...not very bright, but he found
Floyd | the missing animal all the same...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bucket" | |||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a bucket
Floyd | a wine jug
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...so the diplomat grabbed the
Floyd | elephant's ear, and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" | |||
Floyd | You take a refreshing sip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | |||
Floyd | This is the bucket used to carry water from the village well to the
Floyd | house. It's larger than average, but at least that means not having to
Floyd | make quite so many trips back and forth when filling up all those jars
Floyd | in the entryway. Currently, the bucket is full of water, and very
Floyd | heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bucket to lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about water" | |||
Floyd | (Clean water)
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give water to lazarus" | |||
Floyd | (first taking Clean water)
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the bucket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ah. It's doing the water as a 'part of' rather than a contained object. Odd." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about martha" | |||
Floyd | "My sister means well," she says vaguely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about anna" | |||
Floyd | Mary smiles indulgently, but says nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about locusts" | |||
Floyd | "You'll have to ask Martha, I think," Mary says vaguely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "find martha" | |||
Floyd | She's somewhere about, surely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Among The Figs
Floyd | This is about as far from the maddening crowd as you can get, without
Floyd | actually leaving the house. The fig trees provide shade in the
Floyd | daytime, and the air is pleasantly cool; this time of the evening,
Floyd | though, it's rather darker and more shadowy than you care for. The
Floyd | garden itself is to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There was this albatross ... did I mention the albatross?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," says the bridesmaid, barely concealing a yawn, "yes you did."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, there was this albatross, see, and I thought...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | You don't have any business in town.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old sailor describes in lurid detail how two hundred men just
Floyd | dropped dead on the deck of a ship. The bridesmaid looks like she's
Floyd | ready to drop dead, herself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bucket on cover" | |||
Floyd | Putting things on the wooden cover would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fields" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about story" | |||
Floyd | Unfortunately, the ancient mariner appears to have the bridesmaid's
Floyd | whole and unwilling attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mariner about story" | |||
Floyd | What, and get him to talk to you? You've seen this man pin down
Floyd | stronger men than yourself, for hours on end, with the simple
Floyd | introduction "There was a ship..." and you really don't have the hours
Floyd | to listen to it all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, ask mariner about story" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old sailor seems to break off in the middle of his narrative to
Floyd | describe some beautiful water snakes. The bridesmaid doesn't seem to
Floyd | notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about john" | |||
Floyd | "I think John is Lazarus's brother, but not a close brother. I mean
Floyd | his parents are totally different people. I wish there were a word for
Floyd | brothers and sisters who aren't actually your brothers and sisters,
Floyd | don't you? Anyway, Mary likes to listen to him, and Lazarus likes to
Floyd | argue with him, but Martha says he ought to clean himself up and marry
Floyd | a nice, respectable girl and settle down. She says he lives out in the
Floyd | wilderness and eats honey and locusts every day, which can't be
Floyd | healthy, but I guess he must like it or he wouldn't do it. Or maybe
Floyd | he's so busy talking he forgets to eat -- his father's the same way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a terrible snob, but you won't
Floyd | find a more honest man...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about john" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | "What? He's a wise and learned man, from a fine priestly family."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell lazarus about john" | |||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that you could get much help there, and anyway it's
Floyd | really not your place to intrude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell lazarus about wine" | |||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that you could get much help there, and anyway it's
Floyd | really not your place to intrude.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...such a temper. Their mother's
Floyd | ambitious, though, and won't rest until...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell jesus about wine" | |||
Floyd | You tell Joshua how dry the party is getting, but he only shrugs. "Not
Floyd | my problem, really. Clopas doesn't really need any more wine to have a
Floyd | good party, does he?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...must be starving! So I left a
Floyd | platter of her favourite sweetmeats...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell clopas about wine" | |||
Floyd | Clopas seems rather pre-occupied with all the complicated business of
Floyd | being a newlywed. It would be a shame to disturb him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Ellison), "sorry. I'm still stuck." | ||
| Ellison asks, "no problem. do you want a hint?" | |||
| DavidW says, "well, it would be nice to know whether or not the game is unwinnable in its current configuartion." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "winnable" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "status" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | |||
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison asks, "I *think* you're ok. did you do anything with the soldiers?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We had them arrest John. That's how we got the wine jug." | |||
| DavidW says, "I suspect that was a mistake, but I'm not certain if it's a game killer or not." | |||
| Ellison asks, "oh yeah, that's what I did the first time when I played the game, too, which I think *does* make it trickier to win. still, it should still be possible. did you do anything with the mariner?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Not in this thread, no." | |||
| DavidW says, "I tried to talk to him, but the PC refused." | |||
| DavidW says, "So he's still monopolizing the bridesmaid." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary, the bride, is about to take a sip from her cup when a guest comes
Floyd | up to offer his congratulations. Mary puts down her cup to thank the
Floyd | guest and promptly forgets about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give jug to mariner" | |||
Floyd | Er, maybe it would be best if you don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bucket to mariner" | |||
Floyd | The ancient mariner doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw water at mariner" | |||
Floyd | (first taking Clean water)
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the bucket.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There passed a weary time ... a weary time! a weary time!" the old
Floyd | sailor mumbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can well imagine," mutters the bridesmaid, with a glazed and weary
Floyd | eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit mariner" | |||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss mariner" | |||
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bridesmaid" | |||
Floyd | I don't suppose the bridesmaid would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mariner" | |||
Floyd | I don't suppose the ancient mariner would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There was a ship," quoth the mariner.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We've been through this," says the bridesmaid, a trifle desperately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "anna, talk to mariner" | |||
Floyd | Little Orphan Anna has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...the dead men rose up, but don't be alarmed ... it was a troop of
Floyd | blessed spirits...."
Floyd |
Floyd | The bridesmaid, however alarmed she might have been the first time
Floyd | around, takes this "revelation" with not much more than a resigned
Floyd | sigh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wagon driven by a pack of
Floyd | drunken scoundrels. She was barely more than...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell lazarus about mariner" | |||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that you could get much help there, and anyway it's
Floyd | really not your place to intrude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...walked straight up to the high
Floyd | priest without glancing back. They say this means...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mary about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mary about wine" | |||
Floyd | "I'm sorry to hear it," Mary says sympathetically. "I wish there were
Floyd | something I could do to help."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mary, ask joshua for wine" | |||
Floyd | Mary of Bethany has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mary, talk to joshua" | |||
Floyd | Mary of Bethany has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about joshua" | |||
Floyd | "Oh, he's dreadfully wise. You've just got to listen a while and
Floyd | you'll understand."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give jug to mary" | |||
Floyd | Er, maybe it would be best if you don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mary, follow me" | |||
Floyd | Mary doesn't seem particularly interested in moving away from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | You don't actually know how that convoluted mess works out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about story" | |||
Floyd | "Perhaps you can tell me."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a pound of flesh, of all things,
Floyd | but then the other gentile's wife pointed out that...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison asks, "Amos will make an unlimited number of whatever-those-things-are now, right?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I haven't seen any of his baked goods." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...had this dream about the
Floyd | butcher's late wife, so they called off the wedding...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dough" | |||
Floyd | Amos always resorts to baking when he's troubled by something or other.
Floyd | Lately, his recipes seem to taste better (to you, anyway) before
Floyd | they're baked than after; quite fortunately Amos never begrudges you a
Floyd | sample of his experiments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counter" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x baking" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about dough" | |||
Floyd | "I'll get this recipe right one of these days. So if you have any
Floyd | suggestions as to what I can put in this, go ahead and tell me about
Floyd | them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about recipe" | |||
Floyd | Amos spends a minute or so nattering on about the finer points of his
Floyd | experiments. "But it's still missing something, I think."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "maybe we ate the first thing right away" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about nutmeg" | |||
Floyd | Amos doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about honey" | |||
Floyd | "Hmm ... I suppose I could make up another batch with that," says Amos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before long, Amos has filled up a tray with honey-flavoured bikkie
Floyd | dough ready for the oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tray" | |||
Floyd | Amos calls them "bakies" or "bikkies" (Hebrew unclear - SD) because
Floyd | they're supposed to be baked. These are less than half-baked, being
Floyd | raw, but look no less delicious and full of honey-flavoured goodness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tray" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh. okay." | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess the tray vanished when Jacq did the restart." | |||
| Ellison says, "or maybe the point is grabbing them before they go in the oven. I don't know how everything works in this game." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a tray of bikkies
Floyd | a bucket
Floyd | a wine jug
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bikkies" | |||
Floyd | Amos calls them "bakies" or "bikkies" (Hebrew unclear - SD) because
Floyd | they're supposed to be baked. These are less than half-baked, being
Floyd | raw, but look no less delicious and full of honey-flavoured goodness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bikkies to lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tray to lazarus" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tray to joshua" | |||
Floyd | Joshua's eyes light up as he takes a bikkie and breaks it into four
Floyd | quarters. "Thanks," he says, after muttering a quick blessing over the
Floyd | bikkie quarters and popping one into his mouth. "I love these things."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua for wine" | |||
Floyd | (Joshua first taking the wine jug)
Floyd | Joshua has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about wine" | |||
Floyd | You tell Joshua how dry the party is getting, but he only shrugs. "Not
Floyd | my problem, really. Clopas doesn't really need any more wine to have a
Floyd | good party, does he?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tray" | |||
Floyd | Amos calls them "bakies" or "bikkies" (Hebrew unclear - SD) because
Floyd | they're supposed to be baked. These are less than half-baked, being
Floyd | raw, but look no less delicious and full of honey-flavoured goodness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a tray of bikkies
Floyd | a bucket
Floyd | a wine jug
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...thankfully managed to work
Floyd | around their language differences and got the medicine for...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tray to mary" | |||
Floyd | Mary of Bethany doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tray to joshua" | |||
Floyd | Joshua's eyes light up as he takes a bikkie and breaks it into four
Floyd | quarters. "Thanks," he says, popping one into his mouth. "I love
Floyd | these things."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show tray to joshua" | |||
Floyd | Joshua's eyes light up as he takes a bikkie and breaks it into four
Floyd | quarters. "Thanks," he says, popping one into his mouth. "I love
Floyd | these things."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tray on table" | |||
Floyd | You put the tray of bikkies on the main table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the main table is a tray of bikkies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clopas reaches for his cup just as a guest decides to offer her
Floyd | congratulations. Clopas sets down his cup again, reluctantly, to do
Floyd | the polite thing and exchange some small talk with the guest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tray" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...such a temper. Their mother's
Floyd | ambitious, though, and won't rest until...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tray to anna" | |||
Floyd | "Oh, may I?" Anna takes a bikkie before you can answer, pops it into
Floyd | her mouth, and begins chewing happily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...could go for another drink right
Floyd | now. I'm not properly drunk yet...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anna finally unsticks all the bikkie dough from her teeth, and
Floyd | unfortunately returns to her chatterbox ways.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "oh. It shuts Anna up for a bit?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna, a bridesmaid and an ancient mariner
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There was this albatross ... did I mention the albatross?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," says the bridesmaid, barely concealing a yawn, "yes you did."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, there was this albatross, see, and I thought...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tray to mariner" | |||
Floyd | The ancient mariner absently takes a bikkie and begins munching on it.
Floyd | But when he tries to continue his story, the sticky bikkie dough proves
Floyd | too much for his old jaws, and he is reduced to silence. The
Floyd | bridesmaid seizes her chance. She leaps to her feet, thanks the
Floyd | mariner very nicely for sharing his story with her, and hurries into
Floyd | the house. The mariner stares sadly after her, then helps himself to
Floyd | another bikkie and hobbles off down the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | |||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "woo" | ||
| DavidW says, "hurrah!" | |||
| DavidW says, "cool" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and a bridesmaid here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you," says the bridesmaid, "I didn't think the old man would
Floyd | ever stop talking, and somehow I just couldn't stop listening to him.
Floyd | It's not that his story was all that long and terrible; it's actually
Floyd | not bad, once you've put the pieces together. But he would insist on
Floyd | jumping around at random, and repeating some bits over and over." She
Floyd | sighs and turns to enter the courtyard. "Well, ask me about the story
Floyd | sometime, if you want to know what it was all about, and I'll tell it
Floyd | to you so that it makes sense. For now, I'm just going to go and enjoy
Floyd | what's left of the party."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about story" | |||
Floyd | "There was a ship...." the bridesmaid describes the voyage of the
Floyd | mariner's ship, which seems mundane enough. "But that's only the
Floyd | beginning," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid continues the story, describing a curse which befalls
Floyd | the mariner and his crew.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid continues the story, describing the nightmarish fate of
Floyd | the mariner's crew and the terrible visions that plagued him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid tells of how the mariner's adventures ended, rather
Floyd | inexplicably, when he stops to admire some sea creatures.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...must be starving! So I left a
Floyd | platter of her favourite sweetmeats...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "That's all there is to it, I think," says the bridesmaid, shrugging.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about moral" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...saved the bridge, though if you
Floyd | ask me he should never have wandered off in the first place...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "There was a ship..." you begin, which catches Mary's attention
Floyd | immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That sounds familiar," she says, giving you her full attention.
Floyd | "Isn't it the beginning part of that rather confused story that the
Floyd | mariner outside tells? If you've got it all organised, I'd like to
Floyd | hear it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | Mary shudders as you describe the curse that befell the mariner's crew.
Floyd | "How terrible! Should all the people suffer for the sin of one man?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "What a terrible story!" Mary seems to be hanging on to your every
Floyd | word, nonetheless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "And is that how it ends, with the old mariner turning his gaze away
Floyd | from his suffering to these sea snakes? But why would the Lord relent
Floyd | for something like that?" Mary looks to you for the moral of the
Floyd | story.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "But why would the Lord relent for something like that?" Mary looks to
Floyd | you for the moral of the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary presses you for further details or possibly an explanation for the
Floyd | more inexplicable aspects of the story, but you have to confess that
Floyd | you cannot add to what you have told her. Disappointed, she returns to
Floyd | the Rabbi and his entourage for more erudite discourse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm" | ||
| DavidW says, "Telling the story to Mary still isn't helpful, it seems" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about wine" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mary about wine" | |||
Floyd | "I'm sorry to hear it," Mary says sympathetically. "I wish there were
Floyd | something I could do to help."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mary, ask joshua for wine" | |||
Floyd | Mary of Bethany has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give wine jug to mary" | |||
Floyd | Er, maybe it would be best if you don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wouldn't believe a word of it.
Floyd | So I said to Thomas, I said...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to joshua" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about story" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to lazarus" | |||
Floyd | It seems unlikely that you could get much help there, and anyway it's
Floyd | really not your place to intrude.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...thankfully managed to work
Floyd | around their language differences and got the medicine for...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about story" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "csb again" | ||
| Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | |||
| Ellison has disconnected. | DavidW says, "drat" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show wine jug to mary" | |||
Floyd | Er, maybe it would be best if you don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...must be starving! So I left a
Floyd | platter of her favourite sweetmeats...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show wine jug to jesus" | |||
Floyd | Er, maybe it would be best if you don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show wine jug to clopas" | |||
Floyd | Er, maybe it would be best if you don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...his mother-in-law, would you
Floyd | believe it? Of course he never quite forgave...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | Mary frowns. "I hope you know a little more about it than you did the
Floyd | last time." She listens as you quickly go over the initial part of the
Floyd | story again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait up," says Mary of Bethany, trailing after you, "we're not
Floyd | finished yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers nearby, her attention focussed on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...honour one's father and mother.
Floyd | Say what you like, he's always done his duty by her...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | You repeat the part about the curse that befell the mariner's crew.
Floyd | Mary nods thoughtfully, still searching your words for any grain of
Floyd | meaning she might have missed the first time around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait up," says Mary of Bethany, trailing after you, "we're not
Floyd | finished yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers nearby, her attention focussed on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "Perhaps we should skip over the plagues, if there is nothing
Floyd | significant about them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait up," says Mary of Bethany, trailing after you, "we're not
Floyd | finished yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers nearby, her attention focussed on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken set of shelves lies shattered and scattered across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "But why would the Lord relent for something like that?" Mary looks to
Floyd | you for the moral of the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "But why would the Lord relent for something like that?" Mary looks to
Floyd | you for the moral of the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary presses you for further details or possibly an explanation for the
Floyd | more inexplicable aspects of the story, but you have to confess that
Floyd | you cannot add to what you have told her. Disappointed, she returns to
Floyd | the Rabbi and his entourage for more erudite discourse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Winery
Floyd | This is where the family keeps the wine and the olive oil. It is a
Floyd | cool, windowless room; the kitchen proper is up some steps to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken set of shelves lies shattered and scattered across the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. I guess we need more of the story" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask amos about story" | |||
Floyd | "You can tell me about it tomorrow," says Amos, knowing full well that
Floyd | tomorrow you'll be too busy cleaning up to discuss any tales of the
Floyd | sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell amos about st ory" | |||
Floyd | Amos doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about story" | |||
Floyd | "I've overheard a little bit of the story that the old mariner outside
Floyd | has been telling, sir, and it's really quite amazing, only it's all
Floyd | jumbled up when he tells it. That old mariner seems to have rather an
Floyd | amazing imagination, sir. Or do you think it could all be real? I
Floyd | mean, I hear that a lot of awful things happen at sea, that's why I'm
Floyd | glad I'm not from the tribe of Zebulun. Lazarus told me all about
Floyd | Jacob's blessing on Zebulun, sir. They're supposed to be great
Floyd | sailors, and one imagines that it would be terribly romantic, to be out
Floyd | on the sea with water all around and the sky arching across overhead,
Floyd | but after listening to a bit of the old mariner's story, I think I'd
Floyd | much rather stay on land."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about zebulun" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about zebulun" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a pound of flesh, of all things,
Floyd | but then the other gentile's wife pointed out that...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about jacob" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about spirits" | |||
Floyd | Little Anna has entirely too much to say about that, none of it even
Floyd | remotely useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | The village well is a large, low stone ring with a rough wooden cover.
Floyd | During the day, it's a gathering space for local servants, women,
Floyd | shepherds, and pretty much the whole town.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cover" | |||
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water in well" | |||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the village well or the well water?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "village" | |||
Floyd | (Clean water in the village well)
Floyd | I think you've got this backwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour well water in bucket" | |||
Floyd | No sense in making a mess here, especially since you're the one who'll
Floyd | have to clean it up afterwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | Oh no, you hauled enough water from the well earlier today, filling up
Floyd | those jars for washing feet. You're not doing this again unless you
Floyd | absolutely have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill jug" | |||
Floyd | If it's not wine, it doesn't belong in the jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Ellison), "still stuck" | ||
| Ellison says, "I think there may be more people you can interact with than you realize (judging by the people I've seen you talk to)" | |||
| DavidW says, "I can't finish the story to Mary's satisfaction, I don't see where to get more info on the story, and I don't have an obvious place to lure Mary to." | |||
| Ellison says, "oh yeah, the luring" | |||
| Ellison says, "maybe the whole thing is just an alternate way to take care of John" | |||
| DavidW says, "The bride and groom are too busy to talk to me; Martha's missing; the mariner's gone." | |||
| DavidW says, "oh, maybe." | |||
| Ellison says, "hmm, yeah, I don't actually remember everything. I thought it had something to do with the rabbi that Mary is listening to, but yeah, now it's more likely that it is just another John solution" | |||
| DavidW asks, "So if I used the soldiers on the mariner, I could then lure Mary to John to get the wine jug?" | |||
| inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Ellison says, "I believe so, but I really don't remember" | ||
| DavidW says, "So that brings me back again to how to convince Jesus to turn the water back into wine. Which may be a problem because I poured the water into the bucket." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| Amanda has had its fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water into jars" | |||
Floyd | You pour the water into one of the jars. It isn't quite full to the
Floyd | top, and there are five more to go....
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water into jars" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like Raphael following
Floyd | Tobias, but with significantly less divine intent.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | Oh no, you hauled enough water from the well earlier today, filling up
Floyd | those jars for washing feet. You're not doing this again unless you
Floyd | absolutely have to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" | |||
Floyd | There's nothing suitable to drink here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close cover" | |||
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the sort of
Floyd | disciple no prophet ever wants.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jars" | |||
Floyd | There are six large jars in the alcove, placed there so the guests may
Floyd | wash the dust from their feet after the long journey to get here. All
Floyd | that splashing about has left each of them about half-full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | |||
Floyd | This is the bucket used to carry water from the village well to the
Floyd | house. It's larger than average, but at least that means not having to
Floyd | make quite so many trips back and forth when filling up all those jars
Floyd | in the entryway. Currently, the bucket is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "nertz. Now I don't have any clean water." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water into bucket" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour jars into bucket" | |||
Floyd | No sense in making a mess here, especially since you're the one who'll
Floyd | have to clean it up afterwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "I think you have to wait until someone tells you to do it" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | That's not very helpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "I don't remember who, though" | ||
| Ellison says, "the fact that it's letting you move water into the jugs before being told to might be a bug in itself" | |||
| DavidW asks, "wait until someone tells me to do what?" | |||
| Ellison says, "fill the jars" | |||
| inky says, "or get some wine or something" | |||
| DavidW asks, "So have I ruined the sequence?" | |||
| inky says, "no" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wash feet" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean feet" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jars" | |||
Floyd | There are six large jars in the alcove, placed there so the guests may
Floyd | wash the dust from their feet after the long journey to get here. All
Floyd | that splashing about has left each of them about half-full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x feet" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...saved the bridge, though if you
Floyd | ask me he should never have wandered off in the first place...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x feet" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x joshua" | |||
Floyd | You don't know the guy very well. Most of the guests are relative
Floyd | strangers, and this one is stranger than most: he's supposed to be a
Floyd | carpenter, or so you've heard, but apparently he was already teaching
Floyd | the priests and the Levites their own craft when he was ten. Which
Floyd | makes you kind of glad that you didn't know him way back then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "possibly not. I'm just surprised that it is letting you and wonder if you are using a phrasing that Miseri hadn't expected (conversely, maybe he just didn't care if people started filling right away)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about feet" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...wouldn't believe a word of it.
Floyd | So I said to Thomas, I said...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about baptism" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "joshua, baptize me" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to joshua" | |||
Floyd | You might get further if you tried either asking or telling Joshua
Floyd | about something specific.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...had this dream about the
Floyd | butcher's late wife, so they called off the wedding...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about story" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mariner's story" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "sigh. This game is ruining my rep for being good at this." | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell joshua about mariner's story" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell story to joshua" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about moral" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about moral" | |||
Floyd | Lazarus of Bethany doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anna about story" | |||
Floyd | You don't want to hear that long rigmarole again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "hmm, it's also possible that we get the moral from John, having led Mary to him." | ||
| DavidW says, "John is gone." | |||
| Ellison says, "yeah, I'm just saying. let me look up if there is an alternate path or if this game really is unwinnable." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | Mary frowns. "I hope you know a little more about it than you did the
Floyd | last time." She listens as you quickly go over the initial part of the
Floyd | story again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | You repeat the part about the curse that befell the mariner's crew.
Floyd | Mary nods thoughtfully, still searching your words for any grain of
Floyd | meaning she might have missed the first time around.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...thankfully managed to work
Floyd | around their language differences and got the medicine for...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "Perhaps we should skip over the plagues, if there is nothing
Floyd | significant about them."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "But why would the Lord relent for something like that?" Mary looks to
Floyd | you for the moral of the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...saved the bridge, though if you
Floyd | ask me he should never have wandered off in the first place...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "tell story to mary" | |||
Floyd | "But why would the Lord relent for something like that?" Mary looks to
Floyd | you for the moral of the story.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary presses you for further details or possibly an explanation for the
Floyd | more inexplicable aspects of the story, but you have to confess that
Floyd | you cannot add to what you have told her. Disappointed, she returns to
Floyd | the Rabbi and his entourage for more erudite discourse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "ask rabbi about moral" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about moral" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Rabbi is also gone." | ||
| djfletch says, "I remember one puzzle that I didn't realize was a possible thing to be trying to do at all - I haven't been watching closely but I think you might not have realized either." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x joshua" | |||
Floyd | You don't know the guy very well. Most of the guests are relative
Floyd | strangers, and this one is stranger than most: he's supposed to be a
Floyd | carpenter, or so you've heard, but apparently he was already teaching
Floyd | the priests and the Levites their own craft when he was ten. Which
Floyd | makes you kind of glad that you didn't know him way back then.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...could go for another drink right
Floyd | now. I'm not properly drunk yet...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| djfletch says, "it may come later though, I'm not sure." | ||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "tell mary about wine" | |||
Floyd | "I'm sorry to hear it," Mary says sympathetically. "I wish there were
Floyd | something I could do to help."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "tried that." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary for help" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary for water" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary for joshua" | |||
Floyd | (Mary of Bethany first taking Joshua)
Floyd | Mary of Bethany has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about jug" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...had this dream about the
Floyd | butcher's late wife, so they called off the wedding...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about well" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about jars" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary about bride" | |||
Floyd | Mary listens attentively, but has little to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "ok, looking at the hints, yeah, I think the game is unwinnable" | ||
| DavidW says, "bah" | |||
| inky asks, "huh, really?" | |||
| Ellison says, "well, I don't see any other way to convince Mary to order Joshua to help us" | |||
| inky says, "I still think there's a way to get the moral from him" | |||
| DavidW asks, "from Joshua?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about sailor" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...in the middle of winter.
Floyd | Anyway, she was lost and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell joshua about mariner" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell joshua about story" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell joshua about moral" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have anything to add to what you tell him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about lord" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "ask mary about joshua" | |||
Floyd | "Oh, he's dreadfully wise. You've just got to listen a while and
Floyd | you'll understand."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...so the diplomat grabbed the
Floyd | elephant's ear, and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "listen to joshua" | |||
Floyd | "...down on the Jordan. Surprised to see him here at all, though of
Floyd | course he's disappeared...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, I never tried to listen to him." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | |||
Floyd | "...had this dream about the butcher's late wife, so they called off
Floyd | the wedding...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "it doesn't seem to work" | ||
| inky says, "I think it's just listening to the crowd" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about jordan" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "So what was my big bad mistake? Pouring the clean water out of the wine jug?" | ||
| Ellison says, "I'd say siccing the guards on John" | |||
| DavidW says, "except that seems to be one of the routes through the game" | |||
| Ellison says (to Floyd), "look" | |||
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb
Floyd | rhubarb. Rhubarb...?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Ellison says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Ellison says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about mary" | |||
Floyd | Who do you mean, the bride, Mary of Bethany or Mary of Nazareth?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Ellison says (to Floyd), "nazareth" | |||
Floyd | "A relative of your master's, I think? I think I met her earlier in
Floyd | the evening ... a quiet woman, very dignified. You've got to admire a
Floyd | woman who can keep calm in the midst of wedding preparations."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "hmm, no, that doesn't help" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about mariner" | |||
Floyd | The bridesmaid makes a face. "That man just would not shut up. It
Floyd | would be one thing if he could tell his story straight, but he would
Floyd | insist on messing it all up. I could tell it better than he does; I
Floyd | mean, I've heard it at least five times over by now, backwards,
Floyd | forwards and sideways."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "yeah, you are supposed to be able to get through the game if you betray john" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about john" | |||
Floyd | "Rabbi Zechariah's son." She smirks a little. "I don't think there's
Floyd | anyone who doesn't know about his preaching out on the Jordan. I can't
Floyd | imagine what his father must think."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...looking for a map of Lutetia and
Floyd | instead discovering that the entire clan...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "I think then the alternate thing is you tell the story to somebody yourself" | ||
| inky says, "I don't remember what your goal is at this point in the game really" | |||
| DavidW says, "well, to get wine" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about rabbi" | |||
Floyd | "A very fine and learned man, I'm sure, and a pillar of the community.
Floyd | All the same, I think I'll keep my distance: he bores me to tears."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about story" | |||
Floyd | "That's all there is to it, I think," says the bridesmaid, shrugging.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "x lazarus" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a terrible snob, but you won't
Floyd | find a more honest man...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about mary of bethany" | |||
Floyd | "I'm afraid I don't know her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about lazarus" | |||
Floyd | "Wasn't he one of the potential candidates for the position of High
Floyd | Priest? I hear his health isn't very good."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "so IIRC you need to find Joshua's mom and ask her to ask him to make the wine" | ||
| DavidW says, "That'd be Mary of Nazareth, then." | |||
| DavidW says, "except I thought that was the bride's name." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x bridesmaid" | |||
Floyd | You recognise her as one of the bridesmaids who'd been arranged for the
Floyd | wedding. She wasn't actually at the wedding, though: Clopas was
Floyd | running a little late, and a bunch of the bridesmaids, including this
Floyd | one, had to run off to the market to replenish the oil in their lamps
Floyd | when he finally arrived. These bridesmaids missed the wedding
Floyd | altogether as a result, and you thought they'd all gone home.
Floyd | Apparently one of them, at least, is still hanging around.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a pound of flesh, of all things,
Floyd | but then the other gentile's wife pointed out that...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bridesmaid about bride" | |||
Floyd | You think you detect a hint of bitterness in the bridesmaid's tone as
Floyd | she says, "Mary? She's quite radiant tonight, isn't she?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "it looks like the bride isn't either of Bethany or of Nazareth" | ||
| Ellison says, "oh, wait, we haven't identified Mary of Nazareth yet? I wasn't reading closely and assumed we had." | |||
| DavidW asks, "I thought Mary of Nazareth was the bride. Are there three Marys?" | |||
| Ellison says, "(this game is hell on someone like me who doesn't like to read closely)" | |||
| inky says, "yes" | |||
| Ellison says, "yeah" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridal Table
Floyd | The lamps are brightest here, where the main table overlooks the crush
Floyd | of wedding guests to the north and northwest. The family's main
Floyd | sleeping quarters are beyond, to the south, but no-one has any business
Floyd | going there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The happy couple sit here, accepting congratulations and well wishes,
Floyd | and occasionally exchanging shy glances as if they'd only just met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary, the bride, is about to take a sip from her cup when a guest comes
Floyd | up to offer her congratulations. Mary puts down her cup to thank the
Floyd | guest and promptly forgets about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mary" | |||
Floyd | Mary, the bride, looks absolutely radiant, if a little thirsty. She's
Floyd | been so busy receiving everyone's congratulations that she hasn't been
Floyd | able to take more than a sip from the cup that Amos poured for her,
Floyd | hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mary of nazareth" | |||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the bride.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "there is some confusion in the gospels about how many marys there are" | ||
| inky says, "so this is kind of a joke on that" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get cup" | |||
Floyd | You don't really want to draw any attention to that, under the
Floyd | circumstances.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...of course no-one likes a
Floyd | tax-collector, but what can you do? At least he's...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a guilty
Floyd | conscience.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mary" | |||
Floyd | It seems like every woman is named Mary these days, but this particular
Floyd | Mary is an odd one. She can usually be found hanging about wherever
Floyd | there are learned men having learned discourse; and they say she wants
Floyd | to be a female Rabbi. As if.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...so the diplomat grabbed the
Floyd | elephant's ear, and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mary" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guests" | |||
Floyd | You've identified a number of women who might be Mary of Nazareth.
Floyd | That is about all you can say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| djfletch says, "yeah, I missed this when I played. It's not that obvious that you will be able to find Mary of Nazareth, but you can." | ||
| DavidW asks, "oh, we have to find her? How are we supposed to know a) she's here, b) that we need to find her in particular in the first place?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I only know because you guys have said so." | |||
| DavidW says, "No one in the game has refered to Joshua's mother." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The West Wall
Floyd | The guests gather in clumps along the western periphery of the
Floyd | courtyard, under the glow of the hanging lamps. Of particular note is
Floyd | the more scholarly crowd, milling about restlessly since the departure
Floyd | of the Rabbi. The rest of the courtyard is to east and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary of Bethany hovers on the periphery, largely ignored by the learned
Floyd | men.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Lazarus of Bethany
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...down on the Jordan. Surprised
Floyd | to see him here at all, though of course he's disappeared...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about parents" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mary" | |||
Floyd | (Mary of Bethany)
Floyd | "A lot of people would do well to learn from her."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about joseph" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...in the middle of winter.
Floyd | Anyway, she was lost and...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mother" | |||
Floyd | Joshua doesn't seem to have much to say about that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask joshua about mary of nazareth" | |||
Floyd | "She's my mother. Obviously I wouldn't say or do anything but that
Floyd | which would honour her."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x joshua" | |||
Floyd | You don't know the guy very well. Most of the guests are relative
Floyd | strangers, and this one is stranger than most: he's supposed to be a
Floyd | carpenter, or so you've heard, but apparently he was already teaching
Floyd | the priests and the Levites their own craft when he was ten. Which
Floyd | makes you kind of glad that you didn't know him way back then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask anna about mary of nazareth" | |||
Floyd | "Mary is a really common name, isn't it? I know half of the women in
Floyd | the crowd are named Mary, and I can point them out, too."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...must be starving! So I left a
Floyd | platter of her favourite sweetmeats...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask lazarus about mary of nazareth" | |||
Floyd | "Joshua's mother? We actually weren't sure if she would come, you
Floyd | know. But Martha convinced her to put away her widow's weeds and put
Floyd | on a nice, blue dress, and she's somewhere about."
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting together all the information you've gathered, you think you
Floyd | could probably now pick the right Mary out of the crowd.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I honestly don't remember any hint that Jesus's mother is someone to search for." | ||
| inky says, "yeah I don't remember either" | |||
| zarf says, "oh, it was CSI:Canaan all along" | |||
| inky says, "(that is, I remember having to use the hints on this part)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guests" | |||
Floyd | Following the clues you've gathered, you manage to identify one of the
Floyd | women hovering around the courtyard as Mary of Nazareth, mother of
Floyd | Joshua.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Mary of Nazareth here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mary of nazareth about joshua" | |||
Floyd | "I am truly blessed to have such a son," she says. She sounds like she
Floyd | means that, too, and yet the words seem to trouble her.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the guests chattering on: "...a pound of flesh, of all things,
Floyd | but then the other gentile's wife pointed out that...."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell mary about wine" | |||
Floyd | You tell Mary of Nazareth how you've almost run out of wine and how it
Floyd | has been suggested that her son might be able to help but that he
Floyd | doesn't seem interested in doing so. "Let me have a word with him,"
Floyd | she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary pulls her son aside and repeats to him what you've told her about
Floyd | the wine shortage. He glances at you and tells her what he told you,
Floyd | that it's really not his problem, adding a cryptic phrase, that his
Floyd | "hour has not yet come."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mary seems unperturbed. She simply turns to you and says, "do whatever
Floyd | he tells you to."
Floyd |
Floyd | You glance over to Joshua. For a moment it looks like you're back
Floyd | where you began, and then he quietly says to you: "All right. You know
Floyd | those large water jars in the entryway alcove? Fill them all with
Floyd | water, up to the brim."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ah. okay." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | |||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | No-one enters the bridal chamber except Clopas and his bride, and then
Floyd | not until they're good and ready.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna and Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding
Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather
Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the
Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not
Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The
Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate
Floyd | curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient
Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Little Orphan Anna, Joshua and Mary of Nazareth here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an Egyptian
Floyd | plague.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a lost sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | You lower the bucket into the well and heave it up full of water. Oof,
Floyd | it's heavy; you put down the bucket and pause to catch your breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | |||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like an annoying
Floyd | following thing that follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill jars" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "f w" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a red-headed
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill jars" | |||
Floyd | You pour the water into one of the jars. It isn't quite full to the
Floyd | top, and there are five more to go....
Floyd |
Floyd | There's really no need to describe the tedious task of refilling the
Floyd | jars of water. Suffice it to say that you make several trips to and
Floyd | from the well, with Little Anna constantly hounding at your heels. At
Floyd | last, you have five of the jars filled to the brim; one more bucket of
Floyd | water, and you should be done....
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Well
Floyd | You are standing beside the village well, a large stone structure with
Floyd | a heavy wooden cover to keep people and wandering animals from falling
Floyd | in. Off to the west is the road to town, and beyond that is the house
Floyd | and the wedding. Fields stretch out in all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're exhausted. But one more bucket should do the trick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | |||
Floyd | You lower the bucket into the well and heave it up full of water. Oof,
Floyd | it's heavy; you put down the bucket and pause to catch your breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | |||
Floyd | Before you can take the bucket, Little Anna interferes. "You've
Floyd | carried that bucket back and forth nearly twenty times already, sir,
Floyd | and you really must be exhausted! Here, I can help, it's only a bucket
Floyd | after all!" She grabs the bucket by the handle and endeavours to haul
Floyd | it up herself. It's obviously heavier than she expects -- you could
Floyd | have told her that -- and she leans back against the side of the well
Floyd | for leverage...
Floyd |
Floyd | She does, in fact, manage to lift the bucket of water off the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then she overbalances and falls backwards, with the bucket, into
Floyd | the well; she screams in fright, lets go of the bucket, and for a
Floyd | split-second -- time seems to slow down -- both girl and bucket are
Floyd | teetering on the lip of well. Instinctively, you....
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "way to get things back on track, inky!" | ||
| DavidW says, "And I closed the darn well too." | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| DavidW says, "Isn't the cover supposed to prevent kids and animals from falling in? I demand a refund!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "grab anna" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take anna" | |||
Floyd | You reach instinctively for Anna, but hesitate for a split-second.
Floyd | Sure, she's only an orphan and she's been nothing but a pest, but ...
Floyd | on the other hand, Mary of Nazareth did say to do exactly what Joshua
Floyd | told you, and Joshua -- who must be some sort of prophet along the
Floyd | lines of Elijah or Elisha if John is to be believed -- said to fill the
Floyd | jars to the brim, and if you lose the bucket.... What do you do?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take anna" | |||
Floyd | You catch hold of Anna's arm as she goes over the edge, and pull her
Floyd | back to safety. For a moment, you both sit there, a little shocked at
Floyd | what's happened. "Thank you," Anna says, weakly. "I ... I'm sorry
Floyd | about the bucket. Maybe Joshua won't mind that one of the jars isn't
Floyd | quite full?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You can't see into the well with the cover covering it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | The water seems dark and cold, at least from out here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | |||
Floyd | It's cold and dark and wet and you're just asking for trouble, aren't
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | It's cold and dark and wet and you're just asking for trouble, aren't
Floyd | you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | |||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a tray of bikkies
Floyd | a wine jug
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You heave the wooden cover aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill jug" | |||
Floyd | If it's not wine, it doesn't belong in the jug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close well" | |||
Floyd | (the village well)
Floyd | You carefully reposition the cover over the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like the too-long hem
Floyd | of an over-sized robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out On The Street
Floyd | The road to town stretches off to the south, and the house is back to
Floyd | the west. The dust has finally settled from the arrival of guests,
Floyd | and, compared to the noisy hubbub back in the courtyard, the street is
Floyd | blissfully quiet. It's probably even more quiet by the village well,
Floyd | across the street to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Rather annoyingly, Anna trails along behind you like a little lost
Floyd | puppy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entryway
Floyd | This oddly-shaped room is the house's main entryway. The street is out
Floyd | to the east, and the courtyard is to the southwest. In addition, a
Floyd | narrow passage leads north to an enclosed garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the oddity of the room's shape comes from the placement of an
Floyd | alcove, situated just so, to inconvenience any invading evil spirits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Little Orphan Anna here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joshua strolls into the entryway. "Ah, I see the jars all filled up?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head and mumble something about losing the bucket, as
Floyd | Little Anna begins a long-winded account of what happened at the well.
Floyd | Joshua looks a little bemused, and gestures for you both to settle
Floyd | down. "Please," he says, "how much of a stickler do you think I am,
Floyd | over these trivialities?" Producing a ladle which he must have swiped
Floyd | from the kitchen while you were busy hauling water, he draws out a bit
Floyd | of the water from the nearest jar and hands the ladle to you. "Here,
Floyd | let Amos have a taste of this and see what he thinks."
Floyd |
Floyd | Thankfully, Little Anna seems to have decided she can be of more "use"
Floyd | pleading your case to Joshua than following you around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden
Floyd | This rather large garden supplements the family's table with a few
Floyd | fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Currently, it's about the
Floyd | only peaceful place on the property. The kitchen is back to the
Floyd | southwest, and a passage leads south to the main entryway. There is a
Floyd | stand of fig trees off to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is dim and smoky and cluttered, the result of the chaos of
Floyd | preparing for the wedding, currently underway in the courtyard to the
Floyd | south. In the northeast corner, the door to the garden stands wide
Floyd | open, in the hopes of letting in some cool air. Down some steps to the
Floyd | west is the winery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Amos here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ladle to amos" | |||
Floyd | You hand the ladle over to Amos, uncomfortably aware that you've got to
Floyd | be playing part of a very sick joke here. Amos, all unaware and
Floyd | curious, takes a sip. His brow shoots up and, amazingly, he takes
Floyd | another sip. Before you know it, he's gone and drunk down half the
Floyd | ladle. "Micah," he gasps, incredulous, "where'd you get this? This is
Floyd | the good stuff ... Clopas has been holding out on us!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What? Amos offers the ladle to you, and you hesitantly take a sip ...
Floyd | and it is the best wine you've ever been lucky enough to taste. "It's
Floyd | perfect," Amos says exultantly, "the aroma! The bouquet! Even the way
Floyd | it sits at the bottom of the ladle, weighting it in a way that
Floyd | demonstrates the absolute perfection of its design! I must tell
Floyd | Clopas!" And with that, Amos hurries off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | You'd better go see about the rest of those jars of ... water? Wine? Floyd | Whatever it is, you've got to go see. Floyd | Floyd | Courtyard Floyd | The courtyard is a large and spacious place, but the crush of wedding Floyd | guests makes it seem a lot smaller. Off to the west, the guests gather Floyd | in smaller, tighter groups under the hanging lamps, and you can see the Floyd | bridal table to the south. You could retreat north to the kitchen (not Floyd | that that would be any better) or northeast to the entryway. The Floyd | bridal chamber is to the east, its doorway screened by an elaborate Floyd | curtain. Floyd | Floyd | You can see the bridesmaid, the one you rescued from the ancient Floyd | mariner, mingling with the guests. Floyd | Floyd | You can also see Mary of Nazareth here. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a bit of excitement off to the south, where Amos is waxing Floyd | lyrical over the sheer perfection of the wine. A job well done, you Floyd | think, smiling in satisfaction. You don't notice Joshua until he is Floyd | right behind you. "Micah?" he says, and it occurs to you that you Floyd | never told him your name. "Micah, where is John ben Zechariah?" Floyd | Floyd | "I don't know ... I'm not his keeper," you stammer, recognising only Floyd | too late the parallel with Cain's answer to a similar question about Floyd | Abel. Floyd | Floyd | There is an uncomfortable pause. Then Joshua says, "John would have Floyd | been arrested sooner or later, that is true. But all the same ... you Floyd | disappoint me, Micah." Floyd | Floyd | He pauses, waiting for you to respond, but all you can do is hang your Floyd | head in shame. Sighing, Joshua turns to join the feast. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | |||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | |||
Floyd |
Floyd |
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Floyd | Three years later...
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been out of Clopas's service for a while now. After he found
Floyd | out that you'd let a bunch of soldiers -- unclean soldiers, Herod's
Floyd | soldiers -- into his house, there wasn't much possibility of you
Floyd | staying with him. Since then, you've rattled from master to master,
Floyd | and the rise of Joshua's fame has only served to remind you of your
Floyd | guilt over those events at Clopas's wedding.
Floyd |
Floyd | Joshua was executed a few days ago; you know that Clopas had high hopes
Floyd | for the man, so he must be quite devastated at this turn of events. It
Floyd | is while musing over this that you catch sight, out of the corner of
Floyd | your eye, of a flash of red hair vanishing behind the lone tree in the
Floyd | middle of the field. For a moment, you think, could it be Little Anna?
Floyd | Before you know it, you find yourself in the middle of the field, under
Floyd | the tree. Little Anna is nowhere in sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Potter's Field
Floyd | This field isn't much to look at. There's a tall tree, more dead than
Floyd | alive; there are some rocks and a lot of clay. The road is off to the
Floyd | south, and a small stream is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clay" | |||
Floyd | Rocks and clay, thick and muddy and wonderful if you were a potter,
Floyd | which you aren't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" | |||
Floyd | More dead than alive, the tree looks like dead hand clawing at the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a nasty snapping sound from above, and duck aside just in
Floyd | time. A red-headed man lands on the rocks right beside you with a
Floyd | sound you'd rather not ever hear again. An attempted suicide, if the
Floyd | broken noose about his neck is anything to go by. With a start, you
Floyd | recognise him as Judas Iscariot, one of Joshua's friends. Has Joshua's
Floyd | execution really affected him that badly?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "(you get different ending scenes depending on whether or not you betray john, and whether or not you save annie, of course)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x judas" | |||
Floyd | You don't know all of Joshua's particular group of friends, but Judas
Floyd | always stood out because of his red hair. As you peer closely at him,
Floyd | his eyelids flutter open. He's still alive! Although, judging by the
Floyd | fall, he's not likely to be alive for much longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Judas's voice is a hoarse whisper. "Water. Please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | |||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | This is all really too much. Maybe it's best if you just get as far Floyd | away from here as you can, as quickly as you can. Floyd | Floyd | | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Floyd | *** Some things are beyond redemption *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > Floyd | Please give one of the answers above. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | inky says, "oops" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I thought the stream was south?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "/undo" | |||
Floyd | The Potter's Field
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | By The Stream
Floyd | The grasses grow a little higher here, and nearly hide a small stream
Floyd | that trickles past on its way to greener pastures. The field is back
Floyd | to the east; everywhere else is unfamiliar territory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "get water" | |||
Floyd | You scoop up a bit of water in your hands. It begins to trickle out
Floyd | between your fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | |||
Floyd |
Floyd | The Potter's Field
Floyd | This field isn't much to look at. There's a tall tree, more dead than
Floyd | alive; there are some rocks and a lot of clay. The road is off to the
Floyd | south, and a small stream is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Judas lies sprawled among the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "give water to judas" | |||
Floyd | Judas takes a sip and closes his eyes. He is very still, and for a
Floyd | moment you think he's dead, and then you hear him go on: "I have
Floyd | sinned. My teacher has been executed by crucifixion ... I betrayed him
Floyd | ... with a kiss, I betrayed him...."
Floyd |
Floyd | You draw back, startled, remembering your own experience with John ben
Floyd | Zechariah and Herod's soldiers. Judas doesn't notice. "Is there
Floyd | forgiveness? I should have sought forgiveness ... they would not have
Floyd | forgiven me ... I don't know that ... I didn't dare ... I was afraid
Floyd | ... and so I damn myself...."
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, his eyes snap open, and he looks straight at you. "Blessed
Floyd | are the merciful," he says, a little louder than you would have thought
Floyd | possible, "they shall have mercy shown upon them." And then he really
Floyd | is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Search the body for silver?" | ||
| djfletch says, "haha" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search judas" | |||
Floyd | He's dead. There's nothing more you can do for him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "bury judas" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "l" | |||
Floyd | The Potter's Field
Floyd | This field isn't much to look at. There's a tall tree, more dead than
Floyd | alive; there are some rocks and a lot of clay. The road is off to the
Floyd | south, and a small stream is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Judas lies sprawled among the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | |||
Floyd | Rocks and clay, thick and muddy and wonderful if you were a potter,
Floyd | which you aren't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "put rocks on judas" | |||
Floyd | (first taking the clay)
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd | You need to be holding the clay before you can put it on top of
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "x clay" | |||
Floyd | Rocks and clay, thick and muddy and wonderful if you were a potter,
Floyd | which you aren't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose we can only go south." | ||
| inky says, "yeah" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | |||
Floyd | You cannot leave the scene fast enough. There's no way you're going to
Floyd | end up the same way, you tell yourself. What was it he said? He
Floyd | didn't dare ask for forgiveness? You stop at the side of the road and
Floyd | look down towards Jerusalem. Neither John nor his father are still
Floyd | among the living, but there's Joshua's mother ... his closest friends,
Floyd | who'll want to know of Judas's fate ... and Clopas usually has some
Floyd | business in Emmaus at this time of the year, you might be able to catch
Floyd | him there.... It's time to get some things off your chest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Nothing is beyond redemption ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >
| inky says, "well, that's sweet" | ||
| Ellison asks, "can we undo and >FORGIVE HIM?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | The Potter's Field
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | |||
Floyd | The Potter's Field
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| inky says (to Floyd), "forgive judas" | |||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh well. It was a good thought." | ||
| Ellison says, "John seems pretty unforgivable right there" | |||
| Ellison says, "so I hadn't realized there were like four different endgames" | |||
| DavidW says, "I suspect there's only two endgames with slight alterations." | |||
| inky says, "I wonder what the super-douche endgame is" | |||
| Ellison says, "I figured letting-John-get-arrested would be the same as letting-Anna-fall" | |||
| inky says, "hmm, I'm pretty sure the anna falls one is totally different than this one" | |||
| Ellison says, "yeah, you're hanging out in a house or something" | |||
| Ellison says, "LIVING THE GOOD LIFE" | |||
| DavidW says, "Letting Anna fall simply to get wine? That's horrible." | |||
| inky says, "hey, he said to fill up the buckets, it's his own fault" | |||
| Ellison says, "eh, it said she could climb back out" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Does Kirk get a cask of the good stuff when Spock's mother falls?" | |||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "well, I'm vaguely curious to see the other endings, but I don't really want to go to the trouble of replaying." | ||
| zarf has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | |||
| olethros says, "IZ" | DavidW says, "I think I'm done. Thanks for playing, everyone, and don't forget to vote for your favourite games of 2011 at the XYZZYies!" | ||
| olethros has ordered three mega-generators to be installed in his boathouse. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | |||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit? | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" | |||
Floyd | | |||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | |||
