ClubFloyd Transcript:
Speculative Fiction by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack
As played on ifMUD on July 8, 2012

The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.

Below is a transcript of Speculative Fiction written by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack. Speculative Fiction was originally released during the 2011 IntroComp, in which it took second place. This transcript is of the full version of the game. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.


WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.


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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask specfictionfull"
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Floyd ]         Money will come when you are doing the right thing.
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Floyd ]                                            ---Mike Phillips
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Floyd ]                          Speculative Fiction
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Floyd ]                       [Press any key to begin.]
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Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Babe, I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to cancel dinner.
Floyd | Yeah, I've got to stop the boss from being executed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Speculative Fiction
Floyd | Beginner's Lessons from "The Big Book of Financial Crimes"
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2011--2012 by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120630 / Inform v6.31 Library 6/11
Floyd | First-time players should type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | No! My shiniest of shiny objects! Don't fly aw--- Come back! I
Floyd | love you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, now that my girlfriend's mad at me, where were we? Ah, right.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a vase, a mirror, and an annoying git in
Floyd | a dress here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Wow. I6."
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison has connected.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x annoying git"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/1
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANNOYING GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a mediocre wizard. No, no, boss, don't look sad! Wait for me to
Floyd | finish! You're a great inventor! See, there was a compliment coming.
Floyd | You always have the best ideas. Remember Primo Eyeballs-in-a-Can? That
Floyd | was my personal favorite, for obvious reasons. But your ideas don't
Floyd | always, er, work right. That's why you took the wizarding job: 'cause
Floyd | it gets you money to work on your inventions until we hit it big.
Floyd | Which we will, as soon as we replace all that missing money and keep
Floyd | you from getting killed and, um, okay, this is probably not cheering
Floyd | you up as much as I'd hoped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now your body is in the corner, unconscious. You're wearing your
Floyd | completely awesome purple robe, but your hat got lost in the arrest
Floyd | fiasco. The stupid fat guy searched you and took all your stuff, but
Floyd | maybe there's something he missed. I don't know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh, this does sound vaguely familiar."
phoenix asks, "wait. Our body is in the corner unconscious?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're a mediocre wizard. No, no, boss, don't look sad! Wait for me to
Floyd | finish! You're a great inventor! See, there was a compliment coming.
Floyd | You always have the best ideas. Remember Primo Eyeballs-in-a-Can? That
Floyd | was my personal favorite, for obvious reasons. But your ideas don't
Floyd | always, er, work right. That's why you took the wizarding job: 'cause
Floyd | it gets you money to work on your inventions until we hit it big.
Floyd | Which we will, as soon as we replace all that missing money and keep
Floyd | you from getting killed and, um, okay, this is probably not cheering
Floyd | you up as much as I'd hoped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Right now your body is in the corner, unconscious. You're wearing your
Floyd | completely awesome purple robe, but your hat got lost in the arrest
Floyd | fiasco. The stupid fat guy searched you and took all your stuff, but
Floyd | maybe there's something he missed. I don't know.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x you"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YOU
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm W.D., your familiar, and I'm awesome. Check out these feathers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "oh hmm. The narrator is actually in this game"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to DW), "It probably does sound familiar, but of course this time it's the full version."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x mind"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MIND
Floyd |
Floyd | It's...well...it's hard to describe what it's like to have someone
Floyd | else in your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're the one who made it, remember? This is a Bag of Somewhat
Floyd | Holding. Much like yourself, it has marginal capacity. It lets me hold
Floyd | about as many things as you could, which is useful what with my not
Floyd | having hands. Unfortunately, most humans do have hands, and so we only
Floyd | managed to sell a few. It's too bad, really; the Bag is by far the
Floyd | most successful thing you've ever designed. It should have made us
Floyd | millionaires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search git"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, hey, there's a magic wand in one of the pockets! Man, the fat guy
Floyd | didn't even think it was worth taking? That's just sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "ok I'm pretty confused as to what point of view we're operating from"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wand"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wand"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the Aetheric Coin Generator Mark III! It turns air into faery
Floyd | coins. The Mark I only lasted through seven thousand uses or so, and
Floyd | Mark II backfired and turned coins into air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave wand"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Poof! A glittering coin materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
zarf says, "heh heh 'Much like yourself, it has marginal capacity.'"
DavidW says, "We're a bird. A raven, I think."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vase"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a delicate glass vase with a narrow neck, although it widens at
Floyd | the bottom. It's the kind of vase that holds a few flowers instead of
Floyd | a whole bouquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search vase"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get all"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | tapestry: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | bed: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | vase: Taken.
Floyd | mirror: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | annoying git in a dress: You're way too bulky and heavy for me to lift
Floyd | with my little talons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tapestry"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a garish sight. I guess the artist might have been trying to do
Floyd | something in the Colorist style. (Purple and green dyes became cheap
Floyd | around the turn of the century, and there was a rainbow explosion in
Floyd | the art world for about a decade.) I don't know, though--- these
Floyd | colors don't really go together. Colorism usually involves more
Floyd | realistic pairings, and I don't think humans are supposed to be that
Floyd | shade of orange. I think the blobby thing is meant to be a unicorn,
Floyd | but that's speculation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tapestry was probably made by the late queen. I've heard stories
Floyd | about her prolific and unusual talent. I'm sure the old guy couldn't
Floyd | bear to throw it out, and nobody else could bear to look at it.
Floyd | There's a wobbly inscription woven into the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read inscription"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ INSCRIPTION
Floyd |
Floyd | "To my beloved on our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. May our love
Floyd | always be as eternal as the flowing fountain."
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a fountain? I guess this was made by the queen. Aw,
Floyd | that's so sad. I mean, she had no taste, but they say the old guy
Floyd | really loved her and went mad with grief after she died. I guess that
Floyd | was good for us, with you getting the job here and him never caring
Floyd | what you did.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look behind tapestry"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wooden bed frame that would be big enough for one human with a
Floyd | mattress or pillows, but there aren't any around. It doesn't look
Floyd | particularly comfortable, and the wood's splintering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing but a bit of dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an oval mirror with a steel frame bolted to the wall. The frame
Floyd | has little diamond-shaped cutouts in it. The mirror itself is about as
Floyd | big as I am. It's got a big dent in it, but it still works as a
Floyd | reflective surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look in mirror"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, it's me! I'm W.D., your familiar, and I'm awesome. Check out
Floyd | these feathers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dent"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cutouts"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUTOUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big wooden door, wide enough for two humans to walk through it
Floyd | at once. Based on all the noise when they threw us in here, it's
Floyd | locked from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "flap wings"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLAP WINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The "window" is just a space in the stones. It's smaller than a human
Floyd | but bigger than a raven, if you catch my drift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't, since the door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "go through window"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/25
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Whooooosh! I'm flying out the window to sweet, delicious
Floyd | freedom! And to sweet, delicious rotting meat, with any luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a maple. It has some really nice branches higher up. It's got
Floyd | a good view and is relatively quiet, or it was until those stupid kids
Floyd | started climbing it all the time. When I settle down, my girlfriend
Floyd | and I are probably going to need something bigger--- maybe something
Floyd | where we can look out over Sandie's Hot Meats. But for now, it's where
Floyd | I tend to perch when I'm not doing anything for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "perch on tree"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > PERCH ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "yay hedgehogs"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hedgehogs are, sadly, inedible, so there's not much to say about them.
Floyd | This one is frolicking, which is very undignified. In fact, I
Floyd | think it's singing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Oh right - him."
Jacqueline says, "I remember him."
Jacqueline says, "I think."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask hedgehog about hedge"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HEDGEHOG ABOUT HEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, hedgehog, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! Got any food? Got any food? Iiiiiiiiii'm pointy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | I think I'm done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barn"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search hay"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hay"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Until we figure out how to spin straw into gold, I'd just as soon
Floyd | leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat hay"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pile of hay)
Floyd | Until we figure out how to spin straw into gold, I'd just as soon
Floyd | leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stalls"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a large barn, with space for ten or so horses and many cows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "(straw isn't hay, silly bird)"
phoenix says, "any ideas? that's the 3rd location with nothing obvious to do"
DavidW says, "tons"
phoenix says, "or we could just keep looking around"
DavidW says, "Obviously we're supposed to spin the hay into gold."
phoenix says, "yeah... But can't we magic up coins with the wand anyway"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalls"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a large barn, with space for ten or so horses and many cows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "rumplestiltskin"
jenrexrode oops DavidW says, "uh, Those coins are fake, and won't likely work on everyone."
jenrexrode says, "maybe spin them into straw"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "verbose"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | [Speculative Fiction is now in its normal "verbose" mode, which always
Floyd | gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there
Floyd | before).]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "It's a basic puzzle trope to show the way to something and then bar the way."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x statue"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/38
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tall, skinny old man. He's wearing a suit that's definitely my
Floyd | style; it's got at least twenty buttons, and at least ten of them are
Floyd | superfluous. It's a suit that says, "I would be in at least five
Floyd | different colors if I weren't made of stone." I already hate this guy
Floyd | less than I hate most humans. The stone itself is polished red
Floyd | granite, which implies to me that the statue is a few hundred years
Floyd | old; granite fell out of favor after the Neo-Blockade movement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, and there's also a plaque beneath the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x plaque"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | According to the plaque, the statue depicts Wingworm Mindo, Chancellor
Floyd | of the Kingdom from blah blah blah to blah blah. Founded the livestock
Floyd | markets yadda yadda, thus bringing Commerce to the city. He was
Floyd | apparently named in an ancient tradition in which children weren't
Floyd | given names until they survived their first disease. He had two
Floyd | sisters named Blue Fever and...Syphilis? What? Is this a joke? Oh, I
Floyd | guess it was; that last bit was in crayon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Going too fast for me."
phoenix says, "Ok"
Jacqueline says, "heehee"
DavidW says, "goodness"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/40
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a fishing rod here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "that looks promising"
phoenix says, "I bet that suspicious chalk circle killed the chancellor"
jenrexrode asks, "body?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a chalk circle drawn on the dock around the fish barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "The Chancellor's been dead a long time, hasn't he?"
DavidW says, "I'm gonna guess the circle is a magical ward."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x scarecrow"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARECROW
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarecrow is a human-shaped and roughly human-sized figure made of
Floyd | cloth. It has a rough, cartoonish face painted on it, and a sign hangs
Floyd | around its neck. It's wearing some overalls, and it's not not wearing
Floyd | a hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search scarecrow"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH SCARECROW
Floyd |
Floyd | On the scarecrow are some overalls and the Un-Hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison has connected. phoenix says, "un-hat..."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get un-hat"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET UN-HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "not not wearing"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, it's your un-hat! You created it by accident when you were trying
Floyd | to make your Infinite Closet. It's a hole in space shaped like a hat.
Floyd | I still remember the slogan, "The Un-Hat: It's what the unfashionable
Floyd | people aren't wearing!" I really thought that one was going to catch
Floyd | on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wear hat"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! No clothes on the bird! I'm not one of those little yappy dogs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "So... is it a portable hole, then?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin in hat"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN IN HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't put things in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in hat"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "well, it's not a container"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hat"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look through hat"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH HAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "I'm having trouble picturing this too"
DavidW says, "Perhaps when an un-hat and hat meet, they cancel each other out."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get overalls"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET OVERALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't have the dexterity to remove the overalls from the scarecrow.
Floyd | Hey, boss, have you humans contemplated nudity? It's a lot simpler.
Floyd | Actually, now that I consider the image, don't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search it"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I do like the 'I'm not one of those little yappy dogs' line. I saw a woman yesterday with some sort of dog that was close clipped except for a flamboyant tail and eyebrows, which she had died hot pink. People do odd things to tiny dogs."
zaphod asks, "What about the sign?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read sign"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/53
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | "No stealing fish! Seagulls, this means you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Pssh. Seagulls can't read.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an old wooden barrel. It smells slightly rotten, but the
Floyd | rot-smell is drowned out by the delicious smell of fish within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you made this! It's your Fishing-Rod-With-Self-Baiting-Hook!
Floyd | Somebody is using something you made! Or, well, maybe they were at
Floyd | some point; they've apparently abandoned it. It still counts as a
Floyd | sale, though. There's no line or hook on the fishing rod; it looks a
Floyd | lot like a tree branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to enter the circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW clears the save counter.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Ok so now we have a fishing-rod-with-self-baiting-hook, which tells us there's no hook on it."
DavidW says, "magic"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "there's the bait, but where's the hook?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "twist rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > TWIST ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x worm"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Nightcrawlers have a nutty aftertaste that I'm not fond of. (Not that
Floyd | I'd complain if you asked me to eat it; a worm's a worm, after all.)
Floyd | They do wriggle nicely, though.
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "turn rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stool"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a three-legged wooden stool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last bait first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "shall we check out the circle then"
DavidW says, "btw, we never examined the cottage or corn back at the farm."
zaphod asks, "Who is Mel?"
phoenix says, "Good question"
DavidW says, "but sure, finish up here."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who is mel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHO IS MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf (in the chalk circle)
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the chalk circle I can also see a barrel (which contains a fish).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "exit circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXIT CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "eep"
DavidW says, "Told you it was probably a magical ward."
Jacqueline says, "heh"
inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. DavidW says, "Fortunately, I saved."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
zaphod asks, "Maybe if we drop the fish?"
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
Ellison has disconnected.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Gunther hollers, "WELL HELLO TO YOU TOO INKY"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. DavidW says, "Perhaps put the fish in the barrel"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put fish in barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not holding the fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put fish in barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urghgghghgh! Almost! Nope, I can't reach it; my beak won't quite fit
Floyd | through the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put worm in barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WORM IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgghgh! Close, but I can't quite reach the barrel from inside the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison says, "sorry, having issues with the text-replacement feature on my telnet client (it's outright crashing). I will stop playing with it for now."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat worm"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Slurp. Not bad. I used to dislike nightcrawlers, but I think
Floyd | they're growing on me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put rod through bars"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD THROUGH BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put rod in barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgghgh! Close, but I can't quite reach the barrel from inside the
Floyd | cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I think we need to restore."
Jacqueline asks (of Ellison), "Hm, you mean sleepmask is doing that, or just something unrelated to CF?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push rod through cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH ROD THROUGH CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "Yeah, maybe. Do we know if this game permits dead end states?"
Jacqueline says, "We do not know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "winnable"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > WINNABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
zaphod asks, "Can we rub out part of the circle?"
phoenix says, "go ahead and restore for now, then. I dont think we can rub out th ecircle from inside the cage"
Ellison says (to Jacqueline), "my telnet client has the ability to watch for text like <em>, replace it with an HTML tag (<b> in this case) and then process it as such. half of the time, though, it is making my client crash, for whatever reason."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I suspect there's a way to defeat the circle/cage, but we haven't seen it yet."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "erase circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > ERASE CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to erase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "rub out circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB OUT CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea; the circle's probably magical in some way.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Hmm. I can't actually erase it. That must not be normal chalk. It's
Floyd | like my wings pass right through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Huh. If you think of it, perhaps mention that to vimes, Ellison. He might be able to help."
Ellison says, "well, I'm sure the problem is on my client's end. I just need to figure it out."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Ok, let's look around some then"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cord"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "some sort of alarm mechanism, no doubt"
Jacqueline says, "Hm, just found out that I'm going to have to step away in about an hour for at least a few minutes."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Done! Let's see if anything happens...
Floyd |
Floyd | A mob of guardsmen charge out of the Watchtower towards the bank. I
Floyd | think I'll follow them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three guys wearing identical green tunics and brandishing sticks rush
Floyd | in. The tallest shouts, "Nobody move! This is the Guard!" The middle
Floyd | one shouts, "Where's the robber?" They look around, confused. The
Floyd | teller shrugs. The short one complains about a false alarm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, they're leaving. That was exciting!
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x poster"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "this is a fairly large area. I guess the Introcomp version just contained the starting tower?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x forms"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're covered in tiny lines and boxes to fill in. I suppose they're
Floyd | for applying for loans, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get forms"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | I hate to break this to you, boss, but ravens don't have good credit.
Floyd | Neither do you, which is why you started funding your inventions with
Floyd | the royal treasury.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "no, I think the Introcomp version had about 10 locations."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks like any other human, I guess. He's wearing grey pants, a
Floyd | grey fedora, and a grey shirt, and he has a wispy, pathetic moustache.
Floyd | He's cursing under his breath as he tries to fill out paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, he looks vaguely like Two-Handed Bart from the poster. They both
Floyd | have noses, for example.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "lol at "they both have noses""
phoenix says (to Floyd), "kill man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Do you get the feeling we're to modify the appearance of this guy to look like the poster, pull cord, and gain reward moolah?"
phoenix says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put hat on man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HAT ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, take that, Hat Boy! I'll just drop the unhat on his head and---
Floyd |
Floyd | !moobak
Floyd |
Floyd | Er, that's me trying to mimic the sound of a 'kaboom' going backwards.
Floyd | The hat and the unhat kind of shrank into each other and, well, no
Floyd | hat. I think some of the guy's hair went with it. Uh oh, I think he's
Floyd | kind of cheesed off. Okay, no need for that kind of violence! Whoa
Floyd | whoa! I'm retreating to the chandelier now.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "huh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks like any other human, I guess. He's wearing grey pants and a
Floyd | grey shirt, and he has a wispy, pathetic moustache. He's cursing under
Floyd | his breath as he tries to fill out paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "the un-hat and hat annihilated each other, apparently"
DavidW says, "aha. I guessed that as a possibility."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x hair"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "but we'd have to sort the moustache and scarf out from somewhere"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller's a young, female human wearing something white and floofy
Floyd | and staring off into space. She's sitting on a stool behind the gold
Floyd | cage area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chandelier"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | This chandelier up here is pretty sweet. It must have been designed by
Floyd | a fan of late Moodism; it's made of about a hundred pieces of
Floyd | swooping, spiralling gold. Each element ends in a round light.
Floyd | Definitely late Moodism--- spirals were a sign of cheer. This
Floyd | chandelier is like a... a... a big nest of glowing rat tails! It's
Floyd | beautiful. Although from up here I can see it's not real gold; it's
Floyd | just iron or something with gold paint on it. Meh. Moodism always
Floyd | stressed using real materials.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, hey, there's a black cord running along the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about door"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TELLER ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caaaaw caaaaw!"
Floyd | "GETAWAYGETAWAYGETITOFFME!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "the cord's here too"
zarf says, "I kind of love that the bird is an art history major"
phoenix says, "let's see if anything different happens here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't reach it from the chandelier, and I can't get purchase on the
Floyd | ceiling. Sorry, boss, but it's out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison has connected. phoenix says, "possible clue"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vault door"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VAULT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an imposing door, presumably leading to the bank's vault.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't actually get to the vault, boss. It's behind the walled-off
Floyd | area. I can't fit through the bars in front of the teller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man grumbles under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "ooh"
Gerynar arrives, full of fun, but no funk. phoenix says, "Maybe we can use the coins here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say three florins"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY THREE FLORINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say that to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say three florins to auctioneer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY THREE FLORINS TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I doubt we can use the coins here."
Jacqueline says, "That would seem a little too good to be true."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave wand"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last coin first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Associated Marmoset Organization," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to auctioneer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "horse?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x horse"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/84
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are more kinds of animals here than I can count. There must be,
Floyd | like, ten different kinds. They're currently alive, which is not the
Floyd | most delicious state for an animal, but I can dream.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Gerynar says (to Floyd), "ask horse about glue"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/85
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HORSE ABOUT GLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | I perch near the livestock pens. "Hey, animals, are---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No time to talk! Can't stop moooooooving! The farmer might come
Floyd | back!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Factor Butterfly Leadership," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say one florin to auctioneer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/86
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY ONE FLORIN TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caaaaw caaaaw!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x coin"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/87
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of your majick faery coins. They were incredibly useful
Floyd | for a while, but then some wiseacre figured out that they explode if
Floyd | you put salt on them. Now everyone in town knows they're not real
Floyd | gold. The coins are useless as currency, at least until we find a new
Floyd | idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "hrm"
phoenix says, "new quest: find an idiot"
DavidW says, "I don't think our one coin is useful for high finance."
Gerynar hides from phoenix
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/88
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Kingdom Vanga Associates?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "why are there animals in the stock market anyway?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x auctioneer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/89
Floyd |
Floyd | > X AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer is wearing a fancy black suit. He seems faintly oily,
Floyd | but not in the delicious fried meats kind of way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Gerynar asks, "stock-yard?"
DavidW says, "ba-dum-tich"
Binder arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. phoenix says, "if we get that guy at the bank though, there's a reward in it"
phoenix says, "if we can frame him I mean"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/90
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/91
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen is simply an enclosure, presumably built hastily for this
Floyd | auction; there isn't a gate or other opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Sovereign Cassowary Properties," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "The second word in the stock name always seems to be an animal"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cassowary"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/93
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASSOWARY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a stock certificate for four shares of Sovereign Cassowary
Floyd | Properties.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "but I guess there isn't much we can do here at the moment"
Gerynar hides from phoenix
DavidW says, "There's still the guard tower and the south end of Big Street."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/94
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "(and cottage)"
Gerynar says, "sorry, bad auto-complete"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x sandie"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/96
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie is a short, round woman. To a first approximation, she's a
Floyd | sphere. To a second approximation, she's a sphere with hands. She's
Floyd | got a greasy apron on and she smells fantastic. I love her and her
Floyd | meaty ways. She only loves me when I have money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to sandie"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/97
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandy knows all about the fake money, Boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stalls"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/97
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stall"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/98
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats is exactly what it says on the tin. It's a tent
Floyd | with a couple of tables and the delicious smell of hot, hot meat
Floyd | products. You can get the "Excitement Mix", which contains the random
Floyd | meat mix of the day, or you can pay twice as much to guarantee that
Floyd | you're eating pork or beef or some other animal you humans are picky
Floyd | about. (I suspect you get the Excitement Mix no matter what you pay
Floyd | for.) As usual, Sandie's here running the stall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some meats pans inside the stall, as well as some salt and
Floyd | some pepper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ef get salt"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/98
Floyd |
Floyd | > EF GET SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get salt"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/99
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SALT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm, salt and pepper both have IF uses."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pepper"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix exclaims, "and we can get them for free!"
DavidW says, "yay"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pans"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PANS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the pork pan, the beef pan, or the Excitement pan?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x excitement pan"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/101
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EXCITEMENT PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a beef pan, a pork pan, and an Excitement pan, but I suspect
Floyd | they're all actually whatever meats Sandie's managed to scrounge up in
Floyd | the last day. That doesn't mean it's not all delicious, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/102
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red balloon is here, probably as part of some promotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about midas"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT MIDAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel notices me and greets me boisterously. "Hey, W.D.! How's my
Floyd | favorite raven doing? How's your boss? Need more color-changing
Floyd | powder? I have to warn you, I don't think this 'Cow of a Different
Floyd | Color' project is going to catch on."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not good, Mel. The Perfectly Foolproof Illusion on the
Floyd | treasury...wasn't."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Does that mean you are recently unemployed? Would you like a job?
Floyd | I've been meaning to branch out into delivery, but people are afraid
Floyd | of golems, so..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no. The boss is still good, at least for a few hours. I may be
Floyd | back tomorrow, though. (No offense, boss.) We, er, figure the only
Floyd | thing that might save the chief's bacon is to, uh, turn the fake
Floyd | treasure into...er..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "...real treasure. Uh, you wouldn't happen to have a Midas potion
Floyd | just, you know, lying around?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's normally placid face darkens, and he glowers at me. "W.D., you
Floyd | know that I like you and your master, but I do not typically keep
Floyd | potions which are primarily composed of irreplaceable components just
Floyd | 'lying around'. Besides, their manufacture is highly illegal, and I
Floyd | have an unfortunate allergy to prison."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know, I know. It was a long shot. We just thought you might have
Floyd | something."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel sighs. "I could possibly sell you some components, and then what
Floyd | you did with them would be up to you. But these ingredients are not
Floyd | cheap, and my favor to you would be selling them at all. You would
Floyd | have to come up with nearly enough money to repopulate the treasury on
Floyd | your own."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Well, I'm sure we can come up with something. I like shiny
Floyd | objects, after all. I can probably scrounge up some money."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right. Good luck, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Oh, shoot, I forgot what you asked me to do. Sorry, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about midas"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/104
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT MIDAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, the boss told me I should be asking for a Midas potion, but I'm
Floyd | not really sure what that gets us. I mean, they clearly turn things to
Floyd | into gold. Do I just pour it on the treasury walls and poof!
Floyd | Full of treasure again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you had a true Midas potion, then yes, anything the potion touched
Floyd | would turn to gold, so you could turn all of your employer's decoys
Floyd | into real treasure," answers Mel. "Midas potions are an entire class
Floyd | of potions, though. There are simpler ones which turn wood to gold, or
Floyd | metal to gold, or silver to gold. There are also un-Midas potions, but
Floyd | I suspect that is not what you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When you get enough money for the potion's ingredients," Mel
Floyd | continues, "let me know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about un-midas"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/105
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT UN-MIDAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, the boss told me I should be asking for a Midas potion, but I'm
Floyd | not really sure what that gets us. I mean, they clearly turn things to
Floyd | into gold. Do I just pour it on the treasury walls and poof!
Floyd | Full of treasure again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you had a true Midas potion, then yes, anything the potion touched
Floyd | would turn to gold, so you could turn all of your employer's decoys
Floyd | into real treasure," answers Mel. "Midas potions are an entire class
Floyd | of potions, though. There are simpler ones which turn wood to gold, or
Floyd | metal to gold, or silver to gold. There are also un-Midas potions, but
Floyd | I suspect that is not what you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | "When you get enough money for the potion's ingredients," Mel
Floyd | continues, "let me know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "wonder how much money we need"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about chalk circle"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/106
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT CHALK CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, Mel, if I hypothetically found some weird chalk circle that was
Floyd | kind of weird and magic, and you couldn't rub it out with your wings
Floyd | when you tried--- you know, some weird thing like that--- how do you
Floyd | era---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't steal fish, W.D. Those fishermen work hard for those fish."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? How did you - I mean, I didn't say anything about fish!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've only sold one cage trap lately, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sigh."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "probably have to rob the bank"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about rod"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/107
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Know anything about magic wands, Mel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much. They're really only used by less experienced or talented
Floyd | wizards. Most people outgrow them quickly. I think the usual way to
Floyd | activate one is by waving it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about sandie"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know Sandie, right? Do you have any advice for getting meats from
Floyd | her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pay her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Any other advice?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "If you had enough money to buy all that, why would you need a Midas potion?"
phoenix says, "to get even MORE money"
Binder says, "mmm munny"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel abour hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUR HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, Mel, I met a hedgehog. I don't suppose they're useful potion
Floyd | ingredients, are they?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am not aware of any potions that use hedgehogs."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Drat. Uh, what else do you know about them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, they have a reputation for being very inquisitive. As you know
Floyd | if you've seen one, they're covered in spines."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about stock market"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT STOCK MARKET
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid I don't understand," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Not very useful"
DavidW says, "I imagine he can answer on a lot of topics, though."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cockroaches"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/111
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COCKROACHES
Floyd |
Floyd | They're amazingly realistic, except for the exploding part.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about queen"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/112
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "The queen died, what, five years ago? That was before we got here.
Floyd | What was she like?" you ask Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She was very active. Always a new project. One year it was pancakes;
Floyd | the next it was tapestries. I believe the populace approved of her in
Floyd | a bemused sort of way. She never did anything too harmful, and she
Floyd | never stuck with anything for too long. She was our own little goddess
Floyd | of chaos. She and the king were very much in love, of course. He loved
Floyd | her more than anything. More than his own sanity, certainly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about pancakes"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/113
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT PANCAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about king"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/114
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT KING
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think the king will let the treasurer go ahead and off the
Floyd | boss?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think our dear king is not so mad that he can ignore the theft of
Floyd | the entire treasury. I think your employer is correct that replacing
Floyd | the money is his last, best hope for survival."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask mel about rod"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Know anything about magic wands, Mel?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not much. They're really only used by less experienced or talented
Floyd | wizards. Most people outgrow them quickly. I think the usual way to
Floyd | activate one is by waving it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "the hell did the boss do with the ENTIRE treasury"
DavidW says, "Maybe we find out when we win."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cockroaches"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/116
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COCKROACHES
Floyd |
Floyd | As you well know, those little guys are extremely unstable.
Floyd | Also, Mel's Magic Shop is you-break-it-you-buy-it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about money"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/117
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | "So where do we get money?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Typically, one gets a job and does work. I suppose this isn't an
Floyd | option, given the time. Well, there is trade, common theft,
Floyd | embezzlement (although your master already appears to be proficient
Floyd | there), insurance fraud, day-trading, kidnapping for ransom, throwing
Floyd | a birthday party for yourself, faking your own death, blackmail,
Floyd | counterfeiting, turning in a bounty to the city guard, finding lost
Floyd | kittens... "
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about scarf"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/118
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "cat's on the roof and we can't get it down..."
phoenix says, "worth a try"
phoenix says, "Hmm."
DavidW says, "A snowman would have a scarf."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/119
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alchemy Bench
Floyd | This is the back corner of the magic shop, where Mel actually puts
Floyd | magical things together. He's got a giant oak workbench. Unlike your
Floyd | workbench, though, it's perfectly clean and shows no signs of ever
Floyd | having caught on fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front counter's back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a workbench, a shelf (on top of which are three bottles of
Floyd | blue dye, and a bottle of clear fluid), and a spell book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get all"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/120
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | workbench: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | shelf: That's fixed in place.
Floyd | spell book: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get dye"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/121
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get clear"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/122
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read book"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/123
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, I'm not going to read the whole book right this minute. Let me
Floyd | check the table of contents and see if there's anything
Floyd | interesting...Hey, Midas potions, page 78...mmhm...
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm just going to rip this page out and pray Mel doesn't kill me, all
Floyd | right?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/124
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Woo hoo!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read page"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/125
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "oh great."
phoenix says, "I'm guessing we won't be able to find ANY of this stuff so we have to buy it"
DavidW says, "He did say it was a class of potions."
phoenix says, "this gold to gold potion does not look like the most useful recipe ever"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x clear"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/126
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh dear."
Jacqueline says, "Wonder what the smudge is."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x dye"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/127
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bottle of blue dye)
Floyd | This is a bottle of blue dye. It contains, in my estimation, enough to
Floyd | dye two ravens. That is not a suggestion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "For hair?"
phoenix says, "don't remember it saying anything about blue hair"
Jacqueline says, "He also mentioned that whole 'cow of a different color' and I meant to bring it up then."
DavidW says, "I guess the clear potion changes things to its homonym. Like turning hare into hair."
Jacqueline says, "No, not blue, but I think there are other dyes around."
phoenix says, "hm, enough to dye two ravens doesn't suggest it could dye a cow"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/128
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alchemy Bench
Floyd | This is the back corner of the magic shop, where Mel actually puts
Floyd | magical things together. He's got a giant oak workbench. Unlike your
Floyd | workbench, though, it's perfectly clean and shows no signs of ever
Floyd | having caught on fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | The front counter's back to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a workbench and a shelf (on top of which are two bottles of
Floyd | blue dye) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x workbench"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/129
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WORKBENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | They probably killed some really nice tree to make this thing. If it
Floyd | fell on you, it would kill you. It's spotless, and it's got a nice
Floyd | finish that glows just a little bit. I don't know whether it's magic
Floyd | or just really nice polish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "No, but we only need to dye a man's hair and moustache. I can't recall the color though."
phoenix says, "we could ask Mel about the smudge but he might not be pleased about us tearing out the page"
Jacqueline says, "Also, I'm going to have to step away and help maga with something here. Back in a bit."
Jacqueline says (to phoenix), "True."
DavidW says, "The hair needs to be shiny, the moustache needs to be a handlebar."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf2"
Floyd ]  Alchemy Bench                                               0/129
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/130
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red balloon is here, probably as part of some promotion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show page to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/131
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW PAGE TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about smudge"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/132
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT SMUDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pardon? I didn't follow that," says Mel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pile" phoenix says, "no dice"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/133
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's got a ridiculous quantity of, well, magical minutiae. There are
Floyd | the things over there with the...and the...and over there
Floyd | there's...uh, let me know if you want to search for something
Floyd | specific.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/134
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x balloon"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get it"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/136
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "I suppose this could be dyed blue too"
phoenix says, "but we now have a bunch of stuff, none of which we have any idea what to do with"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/137
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/138
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give coin to beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/139
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COIN TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/140
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got no eyeballs. Man, that's the best part of the human. His
Floyd | clothes are old but mostly in one piece. He's holding out a cup for
Floyd | money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothes"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/140
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin in cup"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/141
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN IN CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, birdi---" He narrows the empty sockets where he delicious
Floyd | eyeballs should be. He takes the coin and taps against the side of his
Floyd | mug. "This sounds wrong. This is one of those magic exploding coins!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He coldly tosses the faery coin back to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode wanders off. phoenix says, "lol even the beggar knows about fake coins"
phoenix says, "great"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/142
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the faery coin)
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about coin"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/143
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, birdie. You like shiny things, don't you? I like shiny things,
Floyd | too. Would you like to give me something shiny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No! I---" Yeah, yeah, you don't speak Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode arrives, ready to play with the toys.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/144
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "There was some of the farm we wanted to check out?"
DavidW says, "yes, the cottage and corn"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/145
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x corn"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/146
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORN
Floyd |
Floyd | The corn won't be ripe for months. I wish we still had some of that
Floyd | Numinous Plant Enhancer left. Man, that was a great invention. It
Floyd | turned plants into rotting meat! I don't understand why nobody wanted
Floyd | to buy it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/147
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a scarf here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "SCARF"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "scarf scarf"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/147
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCARF SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get scarf"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/148
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Is it green?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/149
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is very light. I think it's made of silk. It's yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "yellow + blue"
DavidW says, "of course"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put dye on scarf"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/150
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DYE ON SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, it turns a beautiful green. It reminds me of the leaves in my
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tools"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a round, wooden table. Six or seven people could fit around it.
Floyd | It's solid looking, but rough; it's functional rather than pretty. It
Floyd | has food stains that are several years old, giving it a pleasant aroma
Floyd | of meals past. Unfortunately, there's no actual food on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x stains"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/153
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x jars"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/154
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JARS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are spices and various baking supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get spices"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/155
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SPICES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't feel like baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vegetables"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/156
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a pile of potatoes and a pile of carrots. There are also a few
Floyd | radishes that look like they're about to go off. (Er, I mean "rot" and
Floyd | not "explode." That would be great, though. You should invent an
Floyd | exploding radish.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get radishes"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET RADISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't need a bunch of potatoes and whatnot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "hm. carrots -> carets?"
Jacqueline says, "hm"
Jacqueline says, "Could be."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf3"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/157
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on carrots"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON CARROTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The vegetables are a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "darn"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic dragon just appeared and took away the egg with
Floyd | magic. No! Bad dragon! That mouth-wateringly enticing egg is for my
Floyd | boss, and its spectacular deliciousness is for him, not you! Go away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, I managed to scare the dragon off, but he left with your egg.
Floyd | Sorry, boss. Burp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "meh"
RootShell says, "Hello :)"
phoenix says, "... what"
DavidW says, "W.D. is lying."
zarf says, "ha ha"
DavidW says, "We ate the egg."
jenrexrode says, "yeah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ha ha"
phoenix says, "I suppose we can eat an infinite amount of eggs"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/160
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg rolls out of the hatch into the basket, where it breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Perhaps put something soft in the basket so the egg doesn't break?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put scarf in basket"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/161
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SCARF IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops gently out of the hatch onto the scarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic dragon just appeared and took away the egg with
Floyd | magic. No! Bad dragon! That mouth-wateringly enticing egg is for my
Floyd | boss, and its spectacular deliciousness is for him, not you! Go away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, I managed to scare the dragon off, but he left with your egg.
Floyd | Sorry, boss. Burp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "but we're still going to eat it I guess"
jenrexrode says, "stick scarf in mouth"
jenrexrode says, "heh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "huh, we have the vase?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put pepper in mouth"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PEPPER IN MOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I guess we mix the Midas potion in it."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat pepper"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't like eating my spices plain. I usually want to put some
Floyd | eyeballs or a nice steak under them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "or maybe just hold something in beak to keep it busy"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "hold coin in beak"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > HOLD COIN IN BEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to hold the faery coin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "bite coin"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/165
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "or maybe we need to eat some fish or meat first?"
DavidW says, "uh, It's possible we're not supposed to get the egg."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get scarf"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/166
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/167
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/168
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops out of the hatch into the vase and breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist...must eat egg! Shoot! I can't get my beak in
Floyd | there. Stupid narrow vase with its stupid narrow neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/169
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a delicate glass vase with a narrow neck, although it widens at
Floyd | the bottom. It's the kind of vase that holds a few flowers instead of
Floyd | a whole bouquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the vase is an egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if I tip the vase over...ah, no luck. Stupid vase designed for
Floyd | stupid humans with their stupid hands. My beak doesn't seem to be up
Floyd | to the task. Don't worry, delicious egg! I'll get to you eventually!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "hmm"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x egg"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/170
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | That is a broken but still enticing chicken egg. It's mostly white
Floyd | with a couple of reddish spots. Even cracked, it looks beautifully
Floyd | delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Gerynar says, "probably need some water in the vase to float the egg"
phoenix says, "but then we'd just eat it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/171
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Right so the egg/vase is going to spam us until we do something with it"
phoenix says, "I can't think of what at the moment though"
DavidW asks, "Maybe the hedgehog can get it?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on door"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The thick oak door is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, ""ajar" -> "a jar" but no luck"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "maybe we need a deliberate misspelling."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vase to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/174
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison asks, "what does ## mean in sleepmask terminology?"
DavidW says, "see, hedgehog wants it."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/175
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "say yes"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/176
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY YES
Floyd |
Floyd | (to the hedgehog)
Floyd | "Hey, hedgehog, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! Got any food? Got any food? Iiiiiiiiii'm pointy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | I think I'm done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beetle"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "it's the Room Name."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give beetle to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/178
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BEETLE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vase to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/179
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show egg to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/180
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "it took the beetle"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x vase"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/181
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a delicate glass vase with a narrow neck, although it widens at
Floyd | the bottom. It's the kind of vase that holds a few flowers instead of
Floyd | a whole bouquet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the vase is an egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vase to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/182
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hedgehog about egg"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/183
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HEDGEHOG ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, hedgehog, I---"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! Got any food? Got any food? Iiiiiiiiii'm pointy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | I think I'm done here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/184
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     Oooohhhhh,
Floyd |     I'm going to murder that hedgehog!
Floyd |     This is the hedgehog-murdering song!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmph.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "haha"
phoenix says, "maybe Mel can help"
zarf says, "this is a wonderful confluence of the narrator and the NPCs all irritating the fuck out of each other. *and us*"
DavidW says (to phoenix), "try it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/185
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "... now it's following us"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/186
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "oh, hedgehog follows us?"
phoenix says, "maybe we can lead it into the circle trap"
phoenix says, "I can't think of anything else useful to do with the hedgehog"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/187
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "what, put the vase in the circle?"
phoenix says, "trigger the trap and hope it gets hedgehog instead ofu s"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/188
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "Do you think there's just one magical cage?"
phoenix says, "Ha, good question"
phoenix says, "we might get stuck in it with the hedgehog"
phoenix says, "but the hedgehog might just take the fish"
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "maybe."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/189
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "oh damn, it's not following anymore"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/193
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "odd directions here"
DavidW says, "I wonder where the limits of hedgehog wandering are."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/194
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show vase to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/195
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW VASE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/196
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "it's just stopped following, apparently"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/197
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/198
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A cricket materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cricket"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/199
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CRICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give cricket to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/200
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CRICKET TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/201
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Ok. It followed now"
phoenix says, "I guess we feed it and it follows us for a limited time"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Gah. It stopped here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Perhaps you have to keep feeding him."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I haven't got the nightcrawler.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm. give worm to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM. GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Hm... yeah."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "no, it just won't follow us here"
inky says (to Floyd), "x circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a chalk circle drawn on the dock around the fish barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "it's an animal... so maybe we can sell it at the stock market?"
DavidW asks, "it's an animal... so maybe Sandie will cook it?"
phoenix says, "ha let's take it into town and see"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beetle"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give beetle to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BEETLE TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give hedgehog to sandie"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HEDGEHOG TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | I haven't got the hedgehog.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | I wish I could chomp his stupid head off, but he's just too pointy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to mel"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to sandie"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show vase to sandie"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW VASE TO SANDIE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "if we had an idea what we wanted to do with the egg"
phoenix says, "hmm"
phoenix says, "Going to go to the bank and try and put the scarf on the guy there"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put scarf on man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SCARF ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I'm still annoyed you took my hat. But...I am kind of cold.
Floyd | Thank you, little magpie."
Floyd |
Floyd | Magpie? I'm a raven! A raven! Stupid humans with their not
Floyd | knowing anything and their not speaking the language and their failing
Floyd | to look like proper bank robbers unless I do a bunch of stupid work...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not done yet. Stupid humans with their stupid lack of feathers and
Floyd | stupid weird beaks and stupid clothes. "Ooh, look at me, I'm a human.
Floyd | I'm going to not fly all day, then sleep horizontally on the floor. I
Floyd | like to set perfectly good rotting meat on fire, then eat it with a
Floyd | delicate little fork so I don't get delicious grease on my weird,
Floyd | fleshy hands and oh-so-precious opposable thumbs." Bah.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, now I'm done. Let's go.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks like any other human, I guess. He's wearing grey pants, a
Floyd | scarf, and a grey shirt, and he has a wispy, pathetic moustache. He's
Floyd | cursing under his breath as he tries to fill out paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right? He actually looks a bit
Floyd | like that guy over there; they both lack wings or tail feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "need to fix the moustache"
jenrexrode says, "oh green scarf"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "and hair"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stick rod in vase"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > STICK ROD IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get egg with rod"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET EGG WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to get the egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "I was hoping I could somehow spear the egg with it, but I realize that's a long shot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie balloon to egg"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE BALLOON TO EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but ravens aren't known for their manual dexterity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "put fluid on moustache"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "or hair"
DavidW asks, "Perhaps you used up the clear potion?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on moustache"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x moustache"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x clear"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "put fluid on man" phoenix says, "no. the moustache isn't an object apparently"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "put egg on man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT EGG ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't do that without holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait, did I say there was an egg? Sorry, that was just a trick of the
Floyd | light. There was no mouth-wateringly delicious egg with the exact
Floyd | amount of staleness for perfect burp flavoring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "sorry. Just curious."
Jacqueline asks, "Wait if the moustache isn't a thing, how are we to change it? Maybe we somehow add a different one to him?"
phoenix says, "no harm done trying"
inky asks, "do we have a growth formula?"
phoenix says, "it's probably "put X on man" like the last two"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read spellbook"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a bunch of recipes we don't care about, unless you think
Floyd | turning your nose green is more important than saving your life.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to inky), "nope"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look up moustache in spellbook"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/231
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP MOUSTACHE IN SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there's anything useful in the spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "No wax either."
inky says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/232
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x blue dye"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLUE DYE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a bottle of blue dye. It contains, in my estimation, enough to
Floyd | dye two ravens. That is not a suggestion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "put dye on man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DYE ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that will hold dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode asks, "seen any candles?"
phoenix says, "not that I remember. I guess he'll take a toupee if we find one"
DavidW says, "maybe"
DavidW asks, "Did the bank chandelier use candles?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chandelier"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "also, there was FLOUR in the pantry. Can we make FLOWER?"
DavidW says, "no, east of here is the chandelier."
phoenix says, "we can try"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/235
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chandelier"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | This chandelier up here is pretty sweet. It must have been designed by
Floyd | a fan of late Moodism; it's made of about a hundred pieces of
Floyd | swooping, spiralling gold. Each element ends in a round light.
Floyd | Definitely late Moodism--- spirals were a sign of cheer. This
Floyd | chandelier is like a... a... a big nest of glowing rat tails! It's
Floyd | beautiful. Although from up here I can see it's not real gold; it's
Floyd | just iron or something with gold paint on it. Meh. Moodism always
Floyd | stressed using real materials.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode asks, "does out wand do homophones?"
jenrexrode says, "ouR"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x light"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | The chandelier must have a hundred of these glass lights attached to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
zarf says, "the correction fluid, rather"
jenrexrode says, "oh"
phoenix says, "glass lights, so no luck there"
inky asks, "has the correction fluid worked on anything yet?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x fluid"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLUID
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "No"
DavidW says, "If we had a vase of flowers, we could give it to Sandie, and since all female NPCs love flowers, it'll be her birthday and she'll love our gift and give us yummy yummy meat."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
jenrexrode asks, "pantry then?"
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "Do all female NPCs like flowers even when one of the authors is female?"
Jacqueline says, "I guess we shall see."
phoenix says, "marmoreal looks suspicious as a word, though"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on walls"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on wall"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on marmoreal"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON MARMOREAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "There may be exceptions, I suppose."
phoenix says, "Another test:"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "um, what?"
zarf says, "that was the problem with faery coins"
phoenix says, "the game mentioned that these coins exploded on contac tiwh salt earlier"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "How did you know that magic coins explode with salt? When did it say that?"
phoenix says, "Not sure where that is useful"
phoenix says, "It was an offhand narrator comment"
DavidW says, "I missed it. Must've been in one of those fast text parts."
phoenix asks, "Sorry. want to do the moving around?"
zarf walks off through the wall; pale violet light flares briefly around him.
Binder has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. DavidW says, "No, you've slowed down now that you're stuck."
Jacqueline says, "heh"
phoenix says, "yeah, feeling a bit stuck atm"
phoenix says, "let's try the flour thing"
jenrexrode asks, "where is the pantry?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "west of Cottage"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/243
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/245
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on flour"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | The jars are a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
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. jenrexrode says, "bah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flour"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't feel like baking.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chimney"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "oh, was the fireplace back a room?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/249
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can hear something rattling around behind the hatch, but no further
Floyd | eggs are forthcoming. Don't worry, egg! I'll save you! Come to think
Floyd | of it, I should also save the last one we got.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "another "one at a time" mechanism I think"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask egg about egg"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK EGG ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tip vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIP VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/251
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/252
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a sad little fireplace. There's no fire and no food.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roof"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROOF
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tools"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/254
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chimney"
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/255
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a red brick chimney. I'm not a great judge--- I don't know why
Floyd | anyone would ruin meat by setting it on fire--- but it looks nicer
Floyd | than the rest of the house. The bricks look like they're exactly the
Floyd | same size, and they're laid out in straight rows. Most of them,
Floyd | anyway; one is sticking out a bit. It looks like the mortar
Floyd | surrounding it has been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "that might be something"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x brick"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/256
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's one brick in the fireplace that's sticking out. It looks like
Floyd | the mortar around it's been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "yup"
DavidW says, "ah"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/257
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. It's a rough surface. I can probably get my claws in and drag it
Floyd | out. Rrrgh! Well, I didn't manage to pry it all the way out, but I did
Floyd | shift it a little. There's a parchment concealed under the brick.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take parchment"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/258
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     0/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is...well...man, this is a lot of text. I didn't know humans
Floyd | could write letters that tiny. Give me a minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Okay, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of insurance policy. Bearer
Floyd | gets...um, hmm. I think it's an insurance policy on a barn west of
Floyd | town, but don't quote me on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oho. Use the coin to light the hay on fire."
jenrexrode says, "destroy barn"
phoenix says, "aha. Insurance fruad time"
RootShell arrives, full of fun and funk.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/260
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/261
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "This all seems rather wrong."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin on hay"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/262
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN ON HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the faery coin on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | I think the hay is on fire. Yep, it's kind of smoking. Oooh, I see
Floyd | flame!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode exclaims, "run away!"
DavidW says, "now leave the barn quickly"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/264
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oooh, I can see flames shooting out of the barn! There's a huge cloud
Floyd | of smoke going up!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/265
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barn's collapsing! Crash! Smash! It's like the time your
Floyd | Solar-Powered Juice Extractor went wrong and took out that entire
Floyd | apple orchard!
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right. Boss, I hate to rush you, but at some point the treasurer
Floyd | is going to figure out where the king wandered off to.
Floyd |
Floyd | The barn's now a pile of ash and rubble! Aww, man. I guess that means
Floyd | the show's over.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You should have thought of that before you had me burn the barn down.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "uh-oh, Are we on a time limit overall?"
phoenix says, "just checking to see if there was a "destroyed barn" location. I think that's just flavour text for waiting"
DavidW says, "mmmaybe"
phoenix says, "but we can go back to the bank and try and cash this thing in"
DavidW says, "yes"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/268
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/269
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/270
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/271
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/272
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show insurance to man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/273
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW INSURANCE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give insurance to man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/274
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE INSURANCE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "The teller is female"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/275
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show insurance to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/276
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW INSURANCE TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm, yes, this is one of our policies. If anything unfortunate
Floyd | should..." She trails off as she notices a rising plume of smoke in
Floyd | the distance. "I see. Well, then. I suppose this is yours." She takes
Floyd | the parchment from me and hands me a check.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "I remember her not liking us much earlier"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x check"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/277
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | We got this check for burning down--- er, redeeming the policy on the
Floyd | barn at 1 Farmland Farm. Well, actually, we did both of those things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | We got this check for burning down--- er, redeeming the policy on the
Floyd | barn at 1 Farmland Farm. Well, actually, we did both of those things.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. No actual value given."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cash check"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > CASH CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give check to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/279
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CHECK TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "hrm"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open checking account"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 1/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CHECKING ACCOUNT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "what about the stock market?"
DavidW says, "maybe. Or Mel."
jenrexrode asks, "is mel the beggar?"
phoenix says, "Mel's the magic shop owner"
DavidW says, "No. Mel is the Magic Shop owner"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Also, I have to wonder if we've seen all the locations."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to bored man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO BORED MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "oh wait, this guy isn't actually a bank employee"
phoenix says, "Hmm. Maybe we can modify the *poster*"
DavidW says, "Right. He's a customer we're trying to frame."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on poster"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The wanted poster is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Nope"
Jacqueline says, "Good thought, though."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Allied Tarantula Synergy?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "I think we've been to all the locations"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to auctioneer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/284
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give check to auctioneer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CHECK TO AUCTIONEER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask auctioneer about check"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AUCTIONEER ABOUT CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is New Eagle Properties," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to bid on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "yeah, we have a check for an indeterminate amount we're not sure what to do with"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid on eagle"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ON EAGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to bid on the stock certificate with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "check"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to check?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "maybe take it back to Mel"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid on eagle with check"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/287
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ON EAGLE WITH CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! We can't give away our hard-earned treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "like someone said earlier"
jenrexrode says, "maybe"
DavidW says, "Maybe we need a 32 florin bill."
phoenix says, "maybe we can buy some stuff from him with it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up unicorn in spellbook"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/288
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP UNICORN IN SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there's anything useful in the spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up egg in spellbook"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP EGG IN SPELLBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think there's anything useful in the spell book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Efficient Crab Acquisitions," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cleaer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLEAER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "o clear"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > O CLEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle is filled with a colourless fluid. It's labelled, "Problem
Floyd | Solvent: Misspelled a word? Problem Solve-it with Problem Solvent!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on page"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn page is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on smudge"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                1/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SMUDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "good idea"
phoenix says, "maybe it's working on objects with words on them rather than mutating actual objects"
DavidW says, "If it's not a homonym potion, it might correct the tapestry."
phoenix says, "yeah, worth a try"
DavidW says, "yeah, that's possible too"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  1/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       1/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          1/293
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "will try Mel with the check, then tapestry"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  1/294
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask mel about check"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  1/295
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MEL ABOUT CHECK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not quite sure I follow you, W.D."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show check to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW CHECK TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel looks it over. "Hm, made out to cash, even. All right." Mel takes
Floyd | out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes a note in
Floyd | it. "All right, that's certainly worth an ingredient. All right, W.D.,
Floyd | I'm impressed. Perhaps you will be able to get enough money."
Floyd |
Floyd | This is wonderful, boss! I think we're well on our way to creating the
Floyd | potion and saving your bacon!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fullscore"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 2 out of a possible 40 in 296 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off Soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd |      1 for obtaining the insurance check
Floyd |      1 for buying one ingredient from Mel
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show vase to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/297
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW VASE TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, did you make this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, yes. I was experiment with unbreakable glass and ended up
Floyd | producing this vase. It's not unbreakable, unfortunately, but it does
Floyd | reform itself after a few minutes when it breaks. It is not really
Floyd | practical for protecting flowers, but it can lead to some entertaining
Floyd | parlor tricks."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Man, 2/40."
Duodave arrives, full of fun and funk. phoenix says, "oh hey, the vase reforms itself"
DavidW asks, "oh. the vase reforms?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show egg to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/298
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the egg)
Floyd | Yes, sir! Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then
Floyd | lift up the neck like this, and--- what? What? It's stuck? How is
Floyd | it stuck?
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "so I guess we can get the egg out for when we need it, etc"
DavidW asks, "So we can break the vase and drop the egg somewhere... but where?"
phoenix says, "alright, checking the tapestry idea"
Jacqueline says, "By just breaking it."
phoenix says, "Good question"
phoenix asks, "where would an egg be useful?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/299
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "yeah, but not eat it immediately"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       2/300
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/301
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "well, the hedgehog might eat the egg before we do."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/302
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on tapestry"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's beyond help, unfortunately.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "huh, different answer"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/304
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an oval mirror with a steel frame bolted to the wall. The frame
Floyd | has little diamond-shaped cutouts in it. The mirror itself is about as
Floyd | big as I am. It's got a big dent in it, but it still works as a
Floyd | reflective surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/305
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think you need any more bad luck, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give egg to git"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/306
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE EGG TO GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | I haven't got the egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vase to git"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VASE TO GIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, ""I haven't got the egg" was a different message. Seems our boss wanted it for some reason"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Duodave says, "that was interesting"
Jacqueline says, "..."
DavidW says, "I guess the egg isn't for here."
phoenix says, ""the boss' egg" looked like a clue, though"
DavidW says, "I'm thinking hedgehog or beggar."
jenrexrode asks, "ingredient for potion?"
DavidW says (to jenrexrode), "not according to the page."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x page"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a torn page from a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read page"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/309
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a list of Midas potions:
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to lead
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, and phoenix kidney
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to silver
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, and daffodil blood
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute gold to gold
Floyd | Components: phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and refined starmetal
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to pancakes
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, phoenix kidney, daffodil blood, and wizard
Floyd | ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object to gold (there's a smudge after
Floyd | 'gold', and I can't read what's written there)
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, ivory runestone, refined
Floyd | starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute any inanimate object or animal to gold
Floyd | Components: sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory runestone,
Floyd | daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | Transmute anything to gold
Floyd | Components: unicorn fur, sapphire whiskey, phoenix kidney, ivory
Floyd | runestone, daffodil blood, refined starmetal, and wizard ash
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "so we need 5-7 components"
jenrexrode asks, "so we have one?"
DavidW says, "Gotta love that one of the potions is transmute gold to gold."
phoenix says, "we can get one"
jenrexrode says, "oh"
phoenix says, "we got the shop credit form the insurance fraud check"
jenrexrode says, "hm, gold smudge"
DavidW says, "The scarecrow's sign... what did it say exactly? (re: clear potion)"
Jacqueline says, "Yeah I'm not sure what that smudge is about. It worries me."
jenrexrode asks, "can we fix that smudge?"
DavidW says, "We haven't been able to yet."
jenrexrode says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/310
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/311
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a maple. It has some really nice branches higher up. It's got
Floyd | a good view and is relatively quiet, or it was until those stupid kids
Floyd | started climbing it all the time. When I settle down, my girlfriend
Floyd | and I are probably going to need something bigger--- maybe something
Floyd | where we can look out over Sandie's Hot Meats. But for now, it's where
Floyd | I tend to perch when I'm not doing anything for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               2/312
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/313
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on tree"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/314
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "that's surely the potion I want to make then"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/315
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the piece of red paper)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/316
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, my dearest love. I am away on sudden business and could
Floyd | not meet you here in our usual place. I have prepared a game for you
Floyd | in my absence. I promise you it will be worth following through to the
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your next clue will be at the left elbow of Blue Fever's brother."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
RootShell www.ifreviews.org phoenix says, "that's the statue"
DavidW says, "yeah"
phoenix says, "Blah, "perch" didn't work earlier"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   2/317
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 2/318
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       2/319
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/320
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       2/321
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/322
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statue"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/323
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tall, skinny old man. He's wearing a suit that's definitely my
Floyd | style; it's got at least twenty buttons, and at least ten of them are
Floyd | superfluous. It's a suit that says, "I would be in at least five
Floyd | different colors if I weren't made of stone." I already hate this guy
Floyd | less than I hate most humans. The stone itself is polished red
Floyd | granite, which implies to me that the statue is a few hundred years
Floyd | old; granite fell out of favor after the Neo-Blockade movement.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, and there's also a plaque beneath the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x left elbow"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT ELBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's left elbow is made of stone and not any more interesting
Floyd | than any other part. Oh, except for the piece of violet paper stuck to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take violet paper"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/325
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VIOLET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                2/326
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you know, I've been trying to expand the business lately. I've had
Floyd | to fill out so many forms. I think my favorite was the X1-FSB: Small
Floyd | Business Loan To Be Repaid Within Thirty Days. I think you should look
Floyd | at one, too. They're quite entertaining."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
jenrexrode says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       2/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x x1-fsb"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > X X1-FSB
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x forms"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/329
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're covered in tiny lines and boxes to fill in. I suppose they're
Floyd | for applying for loans, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search forms"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/330
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the business loans are in this box....Yep, there's a green note
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take green note"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GREEN NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read green note"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  2/332
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ GREEN NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all of this travelling has made me hungry! You should follow me
Floyd | and look under the pan containing my favorite lunchtime meat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       2/333
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under pans"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PANS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the pork pan, the beef pan, or the Excitement pan?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "excitment"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXCITMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under excitement"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/335
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER EXCITEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under pork pan"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/336
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PORK PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | And now there's a yellow note. Boss, if the payoff of this is that we
Floyd | end up back at the tree and find a guy holding a bunch of roses, I'm
Floyd | going to be really cheesed off.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take yellow note"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/337
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE YELLOW NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          2/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you remember our first date? We sat out under the stars, throwing
Floyd | toy bugs at the fence and laughing as they exploded. You'll find what
Floyd | you seek back where I bought the bugs, inside a cedar box."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "That's... different."
phoenix says, "magic shop exploding cockroaches"
DavidW says, "yup"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, W.D.," says Mel. "As a reminder, you still have one
Floyd | ingredient's worth of credit."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under cedar box"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CEDAR BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/340
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's interesting. There's only one cedar box in the pile, and it's
Floyd | deliberately hidden in the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under cedar"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/341
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CEDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cedar"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  2/342
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CEDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let's see what we--- whoa. That's a diamond ring here! The
Floyd | inside of the lid reads, "Will You Marry Me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ring"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/343
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, mystery man, I hope she loves you more than she loves jewelry.
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 2 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Duodave exclaims, "yay!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave ring"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Yep, I'm waving it. Well, that was thrilling.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear ring"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey! No clothes on the bird! I'm not one of those little yappy dogs.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "marry mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  4/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > MARRY MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ring to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  5/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE RING TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, W.D., I think I'm a little too old to marry you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very funny. Is it real? Is it worth something?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel reaches under the counter and throws some sort of powder on the
Floyd | ring. "Yes. Definitely." He frowns. "W.D., I am going to ask you a
Floyd | question, and I want you to answer honestly. I will know if you are
Floyd | lying."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. "Okay, Mel."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you rob a jewelry store?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, I can 100% say I did not rob a jewelry store."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay." Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and
Floyd | carefully makes a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth
Floyd | another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "woot"
Jacqueline says, "hooray"
DavidW says, "I was wondering if we missed a location."
phoenix says, "yay"
phoenix says, "it turned out to be a completely separate puzzle"
phoenix says, "if I remember the sign thing on the wharf said something about seagulls"
DavidW says, "oh right. Let's examine that sign again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          5/347
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/348
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/349
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | "No stealing fish! Seagulls, this means you!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Pssh. Seagulls can't read.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on sign"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "boo"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get sign"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's attached to the scarecrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I want to try breaking the vase-with-egg to hedgehog, then beggar"
phoenix says, "go for it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/353
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/354
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Can't...resist....glomph nomph nom nom snarf nom
Floyd |
Floyd | You might need another egg, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 5/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison asks, "did we try listening to the egg?"
DavidW asks, "'get into my *break*'?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to egg"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't hear anything unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "lead hedgehog to stockmarket maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put clear on break"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON BREAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison says, "cool. just wanted to make sure the game wasn't being sneakily literal."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on beak"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON BEAK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky asks, "did you try putting the clear liquid on the scarecrow sign?"
DavidW says, "yes"
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, the break thing's been bothering me all along, but I figured it was just a typo."
DavidW says, "Even if we had an egg or fish, I don't see what to use them for. The bugs will lead the hedgehog to some new places, but nothing obviously useful so far."
phoenix says, "yeah it wouldn't go to the wharf"
phoenix says, "Well, i'll try the stockmarket. Maybe we can start a hedge(hog) fund"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 5/359
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Oh god."
DavidW says, "ouch"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/360
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/361
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/363
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/364
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/366
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "didn't follow"
DavidW says, "You have to feed him if you want him to follow."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/367
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "he went 2 locations off"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! An earthworm materializes in the air in front of me
Floyd | and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/371
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/373
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/374
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/375
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A nightcrawler materializes in the air in front of
Floyd | me and drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get worm"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/376
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET WORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give worm to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/377
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE WORM TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/378
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sell hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > SELL HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the hedgehog)
Floyd | I wish I could chomp his stupid head off, but he's just too pointy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Resolute Peccary Strategies," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask auctioneer about hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK AUCTIONEER ABOUT HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caaaaw caaaaw!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that, my friend? You want to buy some stock? Well, any person
Floyd | or bird with money is welcome to join my auction."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the cows shifts around uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "well, there was an animal theme here"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on cow"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON COW
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think those will hold dye.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     Oooohhhhh,
Floyd |     I'm going to murder that hedgehog!
Floyd |     This is the hedgehog-murdering song!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmph.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Majestic Duck Securities," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "There's no gate to the pen either."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/384
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/385
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but that's beyond my strength. Get a cow familiar if you
Floyd | want to go on a vicarious rampage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Associated Caterpillar League," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x certificate"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/386
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a stock certificate for two shares of Associated Caterpillar
Floyd | League.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixteen florins? Do I hear sixteen?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "put clear on certificate"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/387
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The stock certificate is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/388
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a piece of yellow paper
Floyd |   a piece of green paper
Floyd |   a piece of violet paper
Floyd |   a piece of red paper
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Consolidated Grebe Strategies," he announces.
Floyd | "We'll start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/389
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "get beetle"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/390
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "put beetle in pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/391
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEETLE IN PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't put things in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Sovereign Bison Company," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/392
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put beetle on block"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/393
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEETLE ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer dashes over to the auction block and angrily shoos me
Floyd | away. "No! Go away! Bad raven! This is for paying customers only."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "tie balloon to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, but ravens aren't known for their manual dexterity.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Aggregate Woodpecker
Floyd | Leverage?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break balloon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! Gah! That balloon is loud. Well, that was fun while it
Floyd | lasted.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha ha. That was a great noise. Oh, hey, I think it scared one of the
Floyd | cows. She's trying to break the fence. Whoa whoa, she did
Floyd | break the fence and now all of the cows are mooing really loudly and
Floyd | kind of running and now the pigs are--- woohoo! It's a stampede! Oh,
Floyd | hey, maybe I shouldn't be just standi---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 5 out of a possible 40 in 395 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off Eventually.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "hmm"
DavidW says, "Hedgehogs are pointy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two pigs huddle together, shivering nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/396
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/397
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  5/398
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a deafening combination of mooing and bleating from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/399
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint but enticing combination of mooing and bleating from
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
Ellison has disconnected.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/400
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden fence here holds in a wide variety of animals. I don't think
Floyd | it's built well by human standards.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Future Raven Properties," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ravens? I am not a commodity!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint but enticing combination of mooing and bleating from
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          5/402
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "hey, he just mentioned raven"
DavidW says, "yes"
phoenix says, "let's see where the animals went though"
DavidW says, "But I thought I should follow the cows, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/403
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       5/404
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 5/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    5/406
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "thye've all vanished"
DavidW says, "I missed them somehow."
phoenix says, "unless they went the other way"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/407
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Nope, not here"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "find cows"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       5/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIND COWS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                5/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       5/410
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "hope they didn't go back to the pen"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/411
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "There must be a reason to make the cows stampede."
phoenix says, "if he says raven again maybe that's when we can use the fluid on the stock"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Aggregate Seal Limited," he announces. "We'll
Floyd | start the bidding at one florin."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "No, maybe it was just random"
DavidW says, "Or alphabetical"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x merchants"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MERCHANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the
Floyd | merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, or the merchant?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...This clearly isn't working. To disambiguate the merchants, I'm
Floyd | going to give them human names. Let's see. I'm going to name that one
Floyd | Hortensia, and that one Percival, that one Rupertina, that one
Floyd | Elspeth, F'nyrx, Professor Demonspoon, Rombert, and Sunshine
Floyd | Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "cute"
inky says (to Floyd), "x rupertna"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUPERTNA
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x rupertina"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/413
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUPERTINA
Floyd |
Floyd | Rupertina is a sad-looking man carrying his hat before him and
Floyd | twisting its brim nervously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts F'nyrx.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sunshine"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/414
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUNSHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunshine Gristlesplat is a man with greying hair, pacing anxiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" Rupertina steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer, takes
Floyd | the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky asks, "possibly if you make them stampede then you can grab the certificate while they're distracted?"
phoenix asks, "when was our last save?"
DavidW says, "If so, we missed our chance and need to restore back to goodness knows when"
phoenix says, "Probably before the scavenger hunt thing, but it's a separate puzzle so we don't need to repeat it immediately"
DavidW says, "I don't know when we saved last, but inky's idea sounds right."
phoenix says, "let's save this on 5 and check 4"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf5"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/414
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "uh, I don't know what number we're on. I've been using the auto-save"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "ok it's before the insurance scam thing, too"
DavidW asks, "We have the scarf? How far back did you go?"
phoenix says, "a long way back obviously"
DavidW says, "We're at zero points."
phoenix says, "yeah, I dont remember saving in a while"
phoenix says, "we can try the autosave"
DavidW says, "I was autosaving, but manual saving can screw things up."
phoenix says, "erp"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "didn't know that"
phoenix says, "that's 57 turns in"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/57
Floyd | Release number, serial number or checksum doesn't match.
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/414
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                5/415
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Distributed Pigeon Leadership," he announces.
Floyd | "We'll start the bidding at one florin."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "5 is where I saved it post-stampede"
DavidW says, "you might've wiped out a good cf5"
phoenix says, "Crap"
phoenix says, "At least the puzzles aren't done in a linear order so we cnan check the stampede idea"
DavidW says, "okay."
phoenix says, "and it will only take a couple minutes to re-do"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       0/190
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "might as well see if we can solve the stampede one first."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a hedgehog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/193
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A cricket materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get cricket. give it to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/195
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CRICKET. GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/196
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/197
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/198
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A beetle materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beetle. give it to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/200
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEETLE. GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog enters from the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Reliable Caribou Company?"
Floyd | he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "can we watch without being squishd?"
DavidW says, "If we stay here, we die."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man shivers slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "um"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Why are you waiting?"
phoenix asks, "What did you do last time?"
phoenix says, "I thought you gave balloon to hedgehog, wandered away and it popped it"
DavidW says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take balloon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the cows shifts around uncomfortably.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Royal Llama Guild?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "So I went to the bank and waited for the pop"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixteen florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "it's possible it only triggers in the location SW of here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This is the floor of the stock market, and it's full of animals.
Floyd | There's hooting and honking and barking and mooing. I'm getting hungry
Floyd | just looking at their pen. From here, I can go south to the bank or
Floyd | southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon, a hedgehog, a coffer (which is open),
Floyd | and an auction block (on top of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We missed something."
phoenix says, "scrolling up to check the events last time"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is New Deer Worldwide," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Hedgehogs are, sadly, inedible, so there's not much to say about them.
Floyd | This one is frolicking, which is very undignified. In fact, I
Floyd | think it's singing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take balloon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave rod"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Pfwarmp! A cricket materializes in the air in front of me and
Floyd | drops to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Consolidated Bear Strategies," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cricket"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CRICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about thirty-two florins? Do I hear thirty-two?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give it to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE IT TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Food! Food for meeeeee! Oh---
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hooooog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And singiiiiiiiing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Good job. Now he's singing louder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Future Armadillo Agency," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Singing is the best,
Floyd |     The best, the best!
Floyd |     What's the best?
Floyd |     That's riiiiiiiiight, it's siiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" announces a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x balloon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our next company is Distributed Goat Guild," he announces. "We'll
Floyd | start the bidding at one florin. Do I hear one florin?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Happy happy hedgehog
Floyd |     Is a happy happy hog!
Floyd |     It's a good day for eating
Floyd |     And siiiiiiiiiiiinging!
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "strange"
inky says, "weird"
DavidW says, "it's like the hedgehog doesn't have the balloon really."
phoenix says, "yeah"
DavidW says, "I think restoring futzed something up."
DavidW says, "sleepmask has some bugs in it."
phoenix asks, "it's buggy?"
DavidW says, "I think so, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "huh"
phoenix says, "Maybe it's just coded weird"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block (on top
Floyd | of which is a stock certificate) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is great, boss! There are cows and pigs and ducks and sheep and
Floyd | more cows, and all of them are rushing towards me. Wow, it's a
Floyd | stampede! Oh, hey, maybe I shouldn't be just stand---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 0 out of a possible 40 in 225 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of About to Get Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man grumbles under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a deafening combination of mooing and bleating from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Amalgamated Narwhal
Floyd | Organization?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a faint but enticing combination of mooing and bleating from
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "the traders didn't seem to care"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stock"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer dashes over to the auction block and angrily shoos me
Floyd | away. "No! Go away! Bad raven! This is for paying customers only."
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid eight florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "could see where the animals went though"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination of mooing and bleating from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a combination of mooing and bleating from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "or just take stock of the situation"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "gone"
phoenix says, "they just disappear"
phoenix says, "odd"
inky says, "ok, that is pretty weird"
phoenix says, "Maybe it's weird coding"
phoenix says, "but, if we can't get at the stock during the stampede we can go back to cf5"
DavidW asks, "Maybe there's a way to be protected during the stampede proper?"
phoenix asks, "standing on the fence?"
DavidW asks, "can we stand there?"
phoenix says, "maybe the puzzle has to do with the merchants"
phoenix says, "at least we got the annoying hedgehog killed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), " n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/231
Floyd |
Floyd | >  N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/232
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Global Wren Holdings?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on fence"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We cannot stand on the fence."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "stand on block"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/235
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Sovereign Marten Limited," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in coffer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of all sorts of stock certificates for all kinds of animals.
Floyd | I can try looking for something specific, if you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look for raven in coffer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer shoos me away. "Those are just pictures of animals.
Floyd | They're not food--- oh, wait. You're that wizard's bird. Well, if you
Floyd | want to participate in the auction, I don't mind. It makes sense, I
Floyd | suppose," he says hesitantly. "He's been trying to start his own
Floyd | businesses for a while without much luck, so why not invest in someone
Floyd | else's business instead, and why not send a magical bird to handle the
Floyd | transactions?
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right, bird, you're welcome to join us. Just wait till this round
Floyd | is over."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | This the floor of the stock market, though the pen is sadly empty now.
Floyd | From here, I can go south to the bank or southwest to Big Street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some merchants crowd around an auctioneer, doing whatever it is that
Floyd | humans do.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a coffer (which is open) and an auction block here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Global Cow Company," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid one florin"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ONE FLORIN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "lol, global cow company. Mcdonalds?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid on cow"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/238
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ON COW
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to bid on the stock certificate with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "egg"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/239
Floyd |
Floyd | > EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, raven. We only accept money here," says the auctioneer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" announces another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" shouts a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer shoos me away. "Not yet, I've got to finish this
Floyd | auction first."
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" The merchant steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer,
Floyd | takes the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR RAVEN IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it! Ack! The auctioneer grabs me and takes the certificate. "You
Floyd | have to actually buy the stock, bird." He shrugs. "Well, I guess this
Floyd | one is as good as any other."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Royal Raven Leverage," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgh, I hope that's a company run by a raven and not a company that
Floyd | sells ravens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "hmm ok"
inky says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/240
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "look for hedgehog in coffer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR HEDGEHOG IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it! Ack! The auctioneer grabs me and takes the certificate. "You
Floyd | have to actually buy the stock, bird." He shrugs. "Well, I guess this
Floyd | one is as good as any other."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, who wants to own these fine shares of Effective Hedgehog
Floyd | Bureau?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "so you can pick the animal I guess"
DavidW asks, "huh. Do we want a specific one?"
inky says (to Floyd), "put fluid on certificate"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLUID ON CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The stock certificate is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" declares another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "one that we could change the name on with the clear fluid?"
DavidW asks, "We're assuming that the one we pick is misspelled?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x merchants"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MERCHANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the
Floyd | merchant, the merchant, the merchant, the merchant, or the merchant?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...This clearly isn't working. To disambiguate the merchants, I'm
Floyd | going to give them human names. Let's see. I'm going to name that one
Floyd | Hortensia, and that one Percival, that one Rupertina, that one
Floyd | Elspeth, F'nyrx, Professor Demonspoon, Rombert, and Sunshine
Floyd | Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on f'nryx"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON F'NRYX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on f'nyrx"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON F'NYRX
Floyd |
Floyd | F'nyrx is a bit wet, but nothing further happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" announces Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" shouts Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" declares Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" declares Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen florins!" bids Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" declares Elspeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/241
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Stock Market
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "worth a shot"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x demonspoon"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/242
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEMONSPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Professor Demonspoon is a tall, imposing woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" declares Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two florins!" declares Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four florins!" announces Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" bids Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" bids Elspeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about sixty-four florins? Do I hear sixty-four?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Would the value of a cow stock go up after a cow stampede?"
phoenix says, "good question"
phoenix says, "maybe it goes down"
maga says, "down, more likely"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x elspeth"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/243
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELSPETH
Floyd |
Floyd | Elspeth is an elderly man in a rumpled three-piece suit, which he
Floyd | looks to have never changed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" Elspeth steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer, takes
Floyd | the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of farmhands lead a herd of confused and exhausted livestock
Floyd | into their pen, then hastily piece together the remains of the fence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look for cow in coffer"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/244
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR COW IN COFFER
Floyd |
Floyd | Got it! I hold it up for the auctioneer. "Thanks. I'm not tipping
Floyd | you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Associated Cow Synergy," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A small group of cows crowds together, their eyes darting around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I'm just wondering which is the best stock to target."
phoenix says, "they just put the animals backo"
DavidW asks, "hm?"
DavidW says, "oh"
phoenix says, "someone rounded up the animals"
phoenix says, "maybe it's possible to buy cow stock low / sell high"
DavidW asks, "And does the hedgehog and balloon get spawned too?"
inky asks, "we don't have any money, though, right?"
phoenix says, "only the false coin"
DavidW says, "We can get a fake coin, yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave wand"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/245
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAVE WAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens. I think Mel said something about having to destroy
Floyd | the last coin first. Conservation of energy, or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One!" bids Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight!" announces F'nyrx.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid thirty-two florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A depressed horse mutters something about glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coin"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/246
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of your majick faery coins. They were incredibly useful
Floyd | for a while, but then some wiseacre figured out that they explode if
Floyd | you put salt on them. Now everyone in town knows they're not real
Floyd | gold. The coins are useless as currency, at least until we find a new
Floyd | idiot.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...sold!" Rupertina steps up to the block, pays the auctioneer, takes
Floyd | the stock, and sits down again.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ah. I didn't think we had it."
phoenix says, "we can make new copies of it but only one can exist at a time"
DavidW says, "I doubt the auctioneer would accept this coin, though."
phoenix says, "the merchants having names suggests theyre somehow relevant"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x f'nyrx"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > X F'NYRX
Floyd |
Floyd | F'nyrx is a short, corpulent man.
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is Personal Frog Producers," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "(wait... when Mel sprinkled something on the diamond ring... was he using salt?)"
phoenix says, "probably"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show coin to f'nryx"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/247
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO F'NRYX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show coin to f'nyrx"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO F'NYRX
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" bids Sunshine Gristlesplat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" announces Rombert.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" shouts Percival.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" declares F'nyrx.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" declares Hortensia.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two!" announces Rupertina.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixty-four!" bids Elspeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do I hear any more bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "wonder how they value the stocks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bid zero"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/248
Floyd |
Floyd | > BID ZERO
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I'm guessing one stock equals one potion ingredient."
phoenix says, "going to quickly check if hedgehog/balloon respawn"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/249
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/250
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/251
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get balloon"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/252
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/253
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/254
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/255
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/256
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "no hedgehog"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        0/257
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/258
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search maize"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/259
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH MAIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Hey"
phoenix says, "I think we mimssed a location"
phoenix says, "that tower"
DavidW says, "The guard tower? yeah, never been there."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/260
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh, a watchtower"
phoenix says, "Might be an idea to restore to before the stampede though, if we can't restart it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/261
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-built but solid storage cabinet with "EVIDENCE" painted on
Floyd | the door. It's in bad shape; the wood is splintering in several
Floyd | places, and there's even a sizeable crack on top. It's padlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crack"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/262
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large crack on the top of the evidence box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through crack"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking through the crack, I can see a scrap of paper and a metal
Floyd | device inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/263
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x padlock"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/264
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The padlock's rusty. It looks like the latch is nearly rusted through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guardsman"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/265
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARDSMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I think this guard is pretty young, although I'm not great at telling
Floyd | with you humans. He's wearing the standard-issue guard tunic. He's
Floyd | dozing lightly. He has an impressive moustache that makes him look
Floyd | older than I suspect he actually is, or at least it would if it
Floyd | weren't obviously glued on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix exclaims, "moustache!"
DavidW says, "oooh"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get moustache"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Let me just peel the glue off....got it! The guard stirs a bit, but
Floyd | goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ha"
inky says, "ha ha"
inky says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/266
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x metal"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/267
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large (as in, about my size) bronze bell on the wall, tied
Floyd | to a cord going out the window. The bell's actually fairly
Floyd | interesting; its surface is covered with bronze dots making a floral
Floyd | pattern. I tend to associate Pre-Classical dots with sculpture, but
Floyd | there's no reason you couldn't cast a bell in that style.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Only in IF can a raven steal a moustache off a sleeping guard."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/268
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of crumpled vellum pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get pages"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/269
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read pages"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/270
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAGES
Floyd |
Floyd | In familiar handwriting, the text of the page reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Guards,
Floyd |
Floyd | Please return the machine you confiscated from the king's wizard, who
Floyd | is very powerful and very good at magic except for that one time with
Floyd | the pancakes, which was a reasonable accident that could happen to
Floyd | anyone. Also, I am stupid and I smell bad and my mother is a platypus.
Floyd |
Floyd | The signature on this letter is somewhat unusual.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "normally you have to make the moustache yourself so this is an advancement"
inky says (to Floyd), "x signature"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/271
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-executed forgery of the treasurer's signature. I suspect his
Floyd | name is not actually "The Treasurer." I also suspect he knows how to
Floyd | spell "treasurer." I wish your Spelling Wasp had caught on, boss. That
Floyd | one should have made us millionaires. Anaphylactic shock is a small
Floyd | price to pay for proper spelling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put clear on signature"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/272
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CLEAR ON SIGNATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let me sprinkle a few drops on it. Wow, the signature completely
Floyd | disappeared, and without the paper catching fire or turning into a
Floyd | swarm of angry bees or worse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "at last!"
phoenix says, "unfortunately, rather than correcting the signature it just... erased it"
inky says, "well, now we can trick somebody into re-signing it maybe"
Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
phoenix says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/273
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This must be where the guards sleep. There are a bunch of cots here. A
Floyd | tired guardsman is sitting before a pile of paperwork, with an inkpad
Floyd | and wastebasket next to him. There's a staircase leading down to the
Floyd | main part of the guardhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see some cots (on top of which is a coarse blanket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x paperwork"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/274
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPERWORK
Floyd |
Floyd | They look like various administrative forms. The guardsman is
Floyd | methodically stamping a signature onto each one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman presses his stamp into the inkpad.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "think that stamp will work?"
DavidW says, "So, here's where we add our pages to his paperwork."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put pages in stack"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/275
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAGES IN STACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the vellum page on the pile of paperwork.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman picks up the vellum page and looks at it
Floyd | blearily. "Heh, platypus." The guard dutifully stamps the page and
Floyd | sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vellum"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/276
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VELLUM
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/277
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | A slightly better forgery on vellum, crumpled up a bit. It's stamped
Floyd | with the treasurer's signature.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "surprised that worked without any additional fuss"
DavidW says, "Sometimes you get an easy one."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get blanket"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/278
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nghnghhngh! Sorry, boss, but the blanket is too heavy for me
Floyd | to budge. I did manage to tear a bit off the corner with my beak,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/279
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a mechanical moustache
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/280
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket by the guardsman. It's full of crumpled papers
Floyd | and other debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/281
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The papers in the wastebasket are crumpled up beyond recognition and
Floyd | covered in a slurry of ale, coffee grounds, and something that I'm not
Floyd | even going to try to identify. There's nothing salvageable in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "we didnt actuall get the blanket piece"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look under blanket"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/282
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Maybe there are some shiny coins or something!
Floyd |
Floyd | No, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take corner"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/283
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x corner"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    0/284
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORNER
Floyd |
Floyd | The corner from a wool blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sleepy guardsman takes the top page off the stack, gives it a
Floyd | cursory glance, stamps it, and sets it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "What possible use is a corner of a blanket?"
phoenix says, "no idea"
phoenix says, "lets see about this form"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give page to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE PAGE TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, a vellum page or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "vellum"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/285
Floyd |
Floyd | > VELLUM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/286
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He pats his tunic, then sits down again.
Floyd | "I can't find my keys, so you'll have to come back some other time."
Floyd | He gives me back the form and immediately nods off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break padlock"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/287
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, I can probably break it, boss! ...Hrm, no. Even with the rust,
Floyd | it's still a little too solid for me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break crack"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/288
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x moustache"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/289
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is one of your Multitudinous Mechanical Moustaches! You can
Floyd | wind it to change its shape. The first version was prone to stuck
Floyd | gears. It's too bad; I thought this was going to be a popular
Floyd | invention. Right now it's shaped like a pencil moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We want a handlebar moustache"
phoenix says, "rigt"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/290
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a giant, bushy, overgrown moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/291
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a long moustache that would hang past the chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "wind moustache"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/292
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIND MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's now a handlebar moustache.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "tada"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/293
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/294
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/295
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man grumbles under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x scarf"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/296
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | The scarf is very light. I think it's made of silk. It's green.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man stares at his form for several long moments, then
Floyd | deliberately checks off a box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give scarf to man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/297
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SCARF TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I'm still annoyed you took my hat. But...I am kind of cold.
Floyd | Thank you, little magpie."
Floyd |
Floyd | Magpie? I'm a raven! A raven! Stupid humans with their not
Floyd | knowing anything and their not speaking the language and their failing
Floyd | to look like proper bank robbers unless I do a bunch of stupid work...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give moustache to man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/298
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MOUSTACHE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not done yet. Stupid humans with their stupid lack of feathers and
Floyd | stupid weird beaks and stupid clothes. "Ooh, look at me, I'm a human.
Floyd | I'm going to not fly all day, then sleep horizontally on the floor. I
Floyd | like to set perfectly good rotting meat on fire, then eat it with a
Floyd | delicate little fork so I don't get delicious grease on my weird,
Floyd | fleshy hands and oh-so-precious opposable thumbs." Bah.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, now I'm done. Let's go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give moustache to man"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/299
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MOUSTACHE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you trying to destroy my moustache now? Well, I've always wanted
Floyd | to grow a better moustache, really..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, oh, he's taking it...he's putting it on...yes! Moustache go! Aw,
Floyd | man, don't pat me on the head. I'm not a dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ordinary man crumples up his form and starts over on a clean one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/300
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right? He actually looks a bit
Floyd | like that guy over there; they both lack wings or tail feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Shiny hair still"
phoenix says, "yeah, the hair wasn't mentioned"
phoenix says, "Well, maybe destroying the hat was enough"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/301
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull cord"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/302
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Done!
Floyd |
Floyd | A mob of guardsmen charge out of the Watchtower towards the bank. I
Floyd | think I'll follow them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking man at the tables trying to fill out some
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Three guards come rushing into the bank. "Stop right there, Two-Handed
Floyd | Bart!" shouts the tallest guard. "You're under arrest!" shouts the
Floyd | middle guard. "Wait! I don't think that's Two-Handed Bart!" cries the
Floyd | shortest guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But he's got the moustache and the scarf and the no hat. He looks
Floyd | just like him!" says the tallest guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Isn't he the same guy we didn't arrest last time?" says the short
Floyd | guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think so. He looks exactly like Two-Handed Bart," says the
Floyd | middle guard. "Maybe you were just mistaken before."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I ... guess ..." says the short guard. "He does look just
Floyd | like the poster....Well, take him in. Good job, guys."
Floyd |
Floyd | The three guards drag the man out of the bank, while he wails
Floyd | incoherently about just being here for a loan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Heh heh heh. Time to go collect our reward money!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Lol"
DavidW asks, "How do we collect our reward money?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/303
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "ask teller about reward"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/304
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TELLER ABOUT REWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quork quork quork!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aaahh! Get it out off here! Quick, someone get me a broom!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Boss, why do you people not speak any reasonable languages?
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "maybe at the guardhouse"
DavidW asks, "What does the poster say?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/305
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wanted poster on the wall by the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x poster"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/306
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wanted poster offering five thousand florins for the capture of
Floyd | the infamous bank robber Two-Handed Bart (not to be confused with
Floyd | One-Handed Bart). He looks dashing with his shiny hair, his handlebar
Floyd | moustache, and his flapping green scarf. Is that dashing? That's the
Floyd | sort of thing you guys find dashing, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get poster"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/307
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/308
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give poster to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/309
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POSTER TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "show poster to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 0/310
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW POSTER TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Aside from generally being nonplussed at serving a bird, the teller
Floyd | seems uninterested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "guardhouse maybe"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  0/311
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "We've never been there."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/312
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "I mean the tower"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                0/313
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  0/314
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give poster to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/315
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POSTER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw!" I brandish the poster and perch on the guard's head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, uh, bird. Huh, Two-Handed Bart. You know, we just captured
Floyd | him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw!" Yes, I was there.
Floyd |
Floyd | "He's supposed to be a criminal mastermind, but he was just standing
Floyd | around idly in the middle of the bank."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awk awwwwk."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I wonder who pulled the alarm," muses the guard. "The teller insists
Floyd | she didn't do it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Caw caw!" I hate you. I hate you I hate you I hate you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll get a bonus for being the guard shift that caught him. I guess
Floyd | nobody gets that five-thousand florin reward."
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe I can kill this guy and cash in his body with Mel. "Awk.
Floyd | Awk. Awk awk cawk awwwk awwk caww awk." Complicated pantomime
Floyd | ensues.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is incredulous. "You? You're a bird."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awwwk quork awww." Yes, I am a bird waving a poster at you
Floyd | and miming pulling an alarm cord. Maybe I know what I am talking
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard is still incredulous. "Enh, we get our bonus anyway. Here's
Floyd | a credit slip." Finally, you people.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ha"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/316
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He pats his tunic, then sits down again.
Floyd | "I can't find my keys, so you'll have to come back some other time."
Floyd | He gives me back the form and immediately nods off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give corner to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/317
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CORNER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Is there a hacksaw in those tools in the cottage?"
inky says, "maybe we just have to give him his keys"
Ellison says, "I hope, in the end, it turns out that the egg solution is quite easy, as having to suffer through a million egg messages in a game seems a bit unkind to the player"
DavidW asks, "well, I have no idea where his keys are, do you?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search wastebasket"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/318
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WASTEBASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's full of crumpled vellum pages.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/319
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I think this guard is pretty young, although I'm not great at telling
Floyd | with you humans. He's wearing the standard-issue guard tunic. He's
Floyd | dozing lightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x tunic"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/320
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TUNIC
Floyd |
Floyd | All the guards have green tunics with a stylized unicorn on the front.
Floyd | This guard also has a key on his belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x key"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/321
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a rusty iron key. If it's anything like the padlock, it's
Floyd | indestructable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "get key"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/322
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ah"
phoenix asks, "the hell?"
inky says (to Floyd), "unlock padlock with key"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/323
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK PADLOCK WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, boss. I'll just hover three feet off the ground, delicately
Floyd | insert the key into the lock using my beak, and then spin around a
Floyd | couple of times in mid-air to open it. I can't perch on the lock or
Floyd | reach it from the ground, and keys are tricky to handle with beaks. I
Floyd | don't think this is a job for a raven, even one as fiendishly clever
Floyd | as me.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "ha ha"
phoenix says, "f give key to guard"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give key to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE KEY TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard's suspicion and sleepiness fight it out for a while. After a
Floyd | couple of moments of painful deliberation, he takes the key from me
Floyd | and goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "give parchment to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/324
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE PARCHMENT TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give vellum to guard"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/325
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE VELLUM TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard reluctantly stirs. He scans the form. "Oh, you belong to the
Floyd | crazy wizard. That explains so much. Well, I suppose this looks
Floyd | legit." He fishes out his key, opens the cabinet, and drags out a
Floyd | metal device from it. After carefully relocking the cabinet while
Floyd | watching me suspiciously, he goes back to sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/326
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I have no idea what this is, boss. It's a metal box with red, blue,
Floyd | and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot beneath them. There's
Floyd | a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top. The machine looks
Floyd | great--- the metal is wonderfully shiny--- but there aren't any
Floyd | convenient labels or instructions. I don't think this is something you
Floyd | designed. Hey, maybe that means it'll work!
Floyd |
Floyd | Er, sorry, boss. That came out wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "he can't find a key that is ON HIS BELT?"
DavidW says, "er, there was a paper in the cabinet too."
phoenix says, "worst guards ever"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in crack"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking through the crack, I can see a scarf, a mechanical moustache,
Floyd | and a scrap of paper inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x scrap"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x paper"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, a vellum page or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "torn"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/327
Floyd |
Floyd | > TORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the torn bit of wool or the torn page?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says, "oh wait"
DavidW says, "The scrap isn't in scope"
phoenix says, "right. He only gave us the device, then relocked it with the other stuff inside"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/328
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I have no idea what this is, boss. It's a metal box with red, blue,
Floyd | and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot beneath them. There's
Floyd | a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top. The machine looks
Floyd | great--- the metal is wonderfully shiny--- but there aren't any
Floyd | convenient labels or instructions. I don't think this is something you
Floyd | designed.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "What did the vellum say this does?"
phoenix says, "Nothing"
inky says (to Floyd), "push red"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/329
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED
Floyd |
Floyd | (the red balloon)
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "push red button"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/330
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bleep blorp!
Floyd | Fraction disposal commencing." Whoa! It talks! The top of the machine
Floyd | pops open, and it spits out a dog-eared pamphlet. The top then snaps
Floyd | back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky says (to Floyd), "x pamphlet"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAMPHLET
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you muchly for buyinged Super Wonderful Very Legal Money
Floyd | Device! For happy money time, please three of etherial fraction to
Floyd | take inside Device:
Floyd | - A wool (of clothing or not)
Floyd | - A blue of dye (inside bottle is happy-good also)
Floyd | - A egg (after breaked, is it acceptable? Very no!)
Floyd | The blue of button is for to transport fraction from platform to
Floyd | inside the Device. The red of button is for to unmake transportation
Floyd | by eversion. The green of button is for to Device initiation money
Floyd | protocols. Let's money together in every day!
Floyd |
Floyd | Neither this company nor its subsidiaries assume any liability for
Floyd | misuse of this Device for anything other than its recommended novelty
Floyd | purposes."
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, that's right, this is that counterfeiting machine you sent away
Floyd | for a while ago. I'm surprised you had so many problems with it; it
Floyd | sounds reliable enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on platform"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/331
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/332
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press blue"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/333
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS BLUE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bottle of blue dye)
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press blue button"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/334
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box. Wow, boss. This thing
Floyd | is amazing. Are you getting all this? You need to make something like
Floyd | this.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." Ack! It
Floyd | talks! The top of the machine unfolds as it spits out the vase, then
Floyd | reassembles itself in a complicated way that gives me a headache just
Floyd | thinking about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/335
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't do that without holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/336
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/337
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of
Floyd | glass...disappear? Huh, weird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, man, a magic faery just appeared and took away the egg.
Floyd | Burp. That's so sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "gah"
inky asks, "we tried putting liquid inside the vase, right?"
DavidW asks, "um, no?"
phoenix says, "no"
DavidW says, "The vase supposedly reforms after breaking."
phoenix says, "the problem is the egg getting eaten"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put corner on platform"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/338
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CORNER ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "also, that scrap of paper"
phoenix says, "wonder how we get at it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put corner on tray"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/339
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CORNER ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on tray"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/340
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough room in the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/341
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip! Wool
Floyd | reception!" The talking creeps me out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blue dye on tray"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/342
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BLUE DYE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle of blue dye is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/343
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip bip! Dye
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Kniolp! Shards of glass pop into existence and reform
Floyd | themselves into a glass vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x egg"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/344
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "this game is apparently rated "tough" on forgiveness rating"
DavidW says, "I guess we need another egg."
phoenix says, "question is how we stop ourselves eating the damn thing"
inky asks, "does breakng the bottle break the egg?"
DavidW asks, "Can we put the machine in the basket?"
inky says, "also, maybe if we were eating something sticky it would stop us from eating the egg"
DavidW says, "hm. Peanut butter, for example."
Ellison says, "yeah, we hate nuts"
DavidW says, "I haven't seen any sticky foods though. Fish, meat, eggs."
Ellison says, "er, wait"
phoenix says, "breaking the bottle doesnt break the egg"
phoenix says, "although I think its cracked atm"
phoenix says, "we could probably stick the scarf in the vase before using the dispenser actually"
DavidW says, "Except the scarf is no longer available."
phoenix says, "yeah this game appears to have irreversible things"
phoenix says, "Sigh"
phoenix says, "oh well."
phoenix says, "There should be a way to get stuff out of that safe, though"
phoenix says, "Scrap of paper teasing us"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet, a metal device, and a young
Floyd | guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "Sorry, guys - difficult and unexpected phone call. I've been away for awhile."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dots"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/345
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bell"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a large (as in, about my size) bronze bell on the wall, tied
Floyd | to a cord going out the window. The bell's actually fairly
Floyd | interesting; its surface is covered with bronze dots making a floral
Floyd | pattern. I tend to associate Pre-Classical dots with sculpture, but
Floyd | there's no reason you couldn't cast a bell in that style.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline asks, "How are things going?"
DavidW says, "oh, awkwardly"
phoenix says, "We solved a couple more puzzles, although there are a couple of irreversible things that worried us"
DavidW says, "We were at five points out of 40, and overwrote our best save."
phoenix says, "it seems we can do the puzzles in any order though"
phoenix says, "We got a counterfeiting machine which needs the egg"
Jacqueline asks, "How did you overwrite a save?"
phoenix says, "I didn't know about the autosave function. cf5 isn't actually overwritten I don't think"
DavidW says, "He manually saved."
Jacqueline says, "Ah."
phoenix says, "Right"
Duodave goes home. Jacqueline asks, "Well, is it worth a restart with a quick run through to get you back to where you want to be?"
phoenix says, "well, I think we can still try and get an idea of the remaining puzzles"
DavidW says, "You say 'quick run' so easily."
DavidW asks, "We may be screwed anyway. The hedgehog is gone, right?"
phoenix says, "yeah"
DavidW says, "So, we know how to get the reward money, the insurance claim, the diamond ring."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, it'll be a lot quicker now than it was the first time. You know a path to get to some of what you want."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Right."
phoenix says, "however,"
phoenix says, "we dont know if there's a certain order we have to do things in"
DavidW says, "We don't know quite how to get the moneymaker to make money or exactly what to do with the stock market or how (or why) to get a fish."
phoenix says, "Yeah actually that comes back to the egg problem. In order to get the device to make money we need to put the egg in a tray on the machine. When we do that, we eat it"
DavidW asks, "Can we put the egg in vase, a coin in the vase, put the vase on the tray, sprinkle salt on the coin, push the blue button?"
phoenix says, "Or rather, we put the vase on the tray, then break the vase, then the game makes us eat it"
DavidW says, "I like inky's idea of a too-gummy food in our beak."
DavidW asks, "Was our tree a maple?"
phoenix says, "yea"
DavidW asks, "Could there be maple sap?"
phoenix says, "Maybe"
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst..
Ellison has disconnected.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to tree"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/346
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO TO TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/347
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/348
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/349
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in tree"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sap"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bark"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/350
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bank"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/351
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANK
Floyd |
Floyd | The bank's probably our best bet for getting a lot of money at once.
Floyd | It's a fair distance north and then northeast of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x magic shop"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/352
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAGIC SHOP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's Mel's, a bit north of here and then east. We should go there to
Floyd | ask for advice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stall"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/353
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats is to the north. If we get some spare money, I'd
Floyd | love lunch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x castle"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/354
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Usually, I'd say the castle is a cheerful stone building, full of
Floyd | unnecessary towers and parapets and crenellations and such.
Floyd | (Crenellations are those holes so you can shoot arrows, right? Do I
Floyd | mean crumpets? Maybe I mean crumpets.) But since you're about to be
Floyd | executed there, I find it looking more like a grumpy stone building,
Floyd | full of unnecessary heights you can be thrown down from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x farm"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   1/355
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FARM
Floyd |
Floyd | There are various fields off to the west. I can see at least one farm
Floyd | in the near distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
inky asks, "sandie won't take our fairy gold, will she?"
inky says, "(or he)"
DavidW says, "She won't"
DavidW says, "Even the beggar won't take it."
phoenix says, "so far we only managed to use it for arson"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/356
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a maple. It has some really nice branches higher up. It's got
Floyd | a good view and is relatively quiet, or it was until those stupid kids
Floyd | started climbing it all the time. When I settle down, my girlfriend
Floyd | and I are probably going to need something bigger--- maybe something
Floyd | where we can look out over Sandie's Hot Meats. But for now, it's where
Floyd | I tend to perch when I'm not doing anything for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sap"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/357
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "peck tree"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/358
Floyd |
Floyd | > PECK TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/359
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search maize"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/360
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH MAIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter maize"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/361
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER MAIZE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some farming tools in the corner of the cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix asks, "tools?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hacksaw"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/362
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HACKSAW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tools"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/363
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't see anything interesting or valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get tools"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/364
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/365
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of an annoying wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x tools"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/366
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're some tools that you humans probably use to farm, uh, farm
Floyd | stuff. Some of them have pointy bits, if that helps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "pretty vague"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chit"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/367
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an IOU the city guard gave us for assisting in the capture of the
Floyd | infamous Two-Handed Bartholomew, notorious bank thief.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put machine in basket"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MACHINE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/368
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to watchtower"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/369
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO TO WATCHTOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/370
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/371
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f nw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/372
Floyd |
Floyd | > F NW
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/373
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/374
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet, a metal device, and a young
Floyd | guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cord"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/375
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CORD
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running through the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/376
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/377
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Huff puff puff. My load is too heavy to fly, or even hop,
Floyd | boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/378
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/379
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "So the egg has to be brought to the device."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device s"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/380
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/381
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a metal device here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "And obviously, the vase has to be what holds the egg in transit."
phoenix says, "hmm we can move the device"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push device sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/382
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push device s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/383
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push device w"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/384
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take device"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/385
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put device in basket"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/386
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DEVICE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal device is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/387
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/388
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg drops out of the hatch onto the metal device and breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | narf narf nom nom...Man, I love eggs. Uh, sorry, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/389
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/390
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg drops out of the hatch onto the metal device and breaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | narf narf nom nom...Man, I love eggs. Uh, sorry, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/391
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take device"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/392
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop device"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/393
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/394
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/395
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/396
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mind in vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/397
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MIND IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | If only it was that easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/398
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/399
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/400
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        1/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hay in vase"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        1/401
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HAY IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hay"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        1/402
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Until we figure out how to spin straw into gold, I'd just as soon
Floyd | leave it here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/403
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/404
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a mirror, and an annoying git in a dress
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tear tapestry"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/405
Floyd |
Floyd | > TEAR TAPESTRY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull it"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/406
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "must be some way to stop us eating the egg"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/407
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "well, we can't eat it when it's in the vase"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/408
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wooden bed frame that would be big enough for one human with a
Floyd | mattress or pillows, but there aren't any around. It doesn't look
Floyd | particularly comfortable, and the wood's splintering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break bed"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel so wrong for saying this, but I just don't see a reason for
Floyd | random violence right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump on bed"
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               1/409
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP ON  BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 1/410
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       1/411
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          1/412
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       1/413
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/414
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/415
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet and a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/416
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barracks
Floyd | This must be where the guards sleep. There are a bunch of cots here. A
Floyd | tired guardsman is sitting before a pile of paperwork, with an inkpad
Floyd | and wastebasket next to him. There's a staircase leading down to the
Floyd | main part of the guardhouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see some cots (on top of which is a coarse blanket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blanket"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/417
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Nghnghhngh! Sorry, boss, but the blanket is too heavy for me
Floyd | to budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rip blanket"
Floyd ]  Barracks                                                    1/417
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIP BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Watchtower                                                  1/418
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Watchtower
Floyd | The inside of the watchtower is even more oppressive than the outside.
Floyd | It's still a dark stone building, but now there's the smell of guard
Floyd | everywhere. I think bathing is illegal if you want to keep your job on
Floyd | the watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition to the stench, there's an evidence cabinet and a spiral
Floyd | staircase leading upwards. The street and fresh air are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a wastebasket in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large (as in, about my size) bronze bell is on the wall, tied to a
Floyd | cord going out the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a dog-eared pamphlet and a young guardsman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/419
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/420
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/421
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/422
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a metal device here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/423
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps sadly, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop!
Floyd | Missing fraction cannot commence money protocols. Adding before to
Floyd | continue is a necessary."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat vegetables"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT VEGETABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the vegetables)
Floyd | I don't need a bunch of potatoes and whatnot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read manual"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read brochure"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/424
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BROCHURE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/425
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/426
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bleep blorp!
Floyd | Fraction disposal commencing." The talking still creeps me out. The
Floyd | top of the machine pops open, and it spits out a bottle of blue dye
Floyd | and a torn bit of wool. The top then snaps back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dye, wool"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/427
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DYE, WOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | bottle of blue dye: Taken.
Floyd | torn bit of wool: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wool in vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/428
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WOOL IN VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase in basket"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/429
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE IN BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/430
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | An egg plops out of the hatch into the vase, landing gingerly on the
Floyd | torn bit of wool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist...must eat egg! Shoot! I can't get my beak in
Floyd | there. Stupid narrow vase with its stupid narrow neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "cool"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/431
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tray splits apart into several pieces and then reassembles.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe if I tip the vase over...ah, no luck. Stupid vase designed for
Floyd | stupid humans with their stupid hands. My beak doesn't seem to be up
Floyd | to the task. Don't worry, delicious egg! I'll get to you eventually!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Didn't need the scarf, great"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x egg"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/432
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | That is a perfect chicken egg. It's mostly white with a couple of
Floyd | reddish spots. It looks beautifully delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "unbroken now. but we still have the problem of it being eaten"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/433
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/434
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/435
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." The
Floyd | talking still creeps me out. The top of the machine unfolds as it
Floyd | spits out the vase, then reassembles itself in a confusing way I can't
Floyd | quite follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Duodave asks, "i stepped away for a bit... what game was this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/436
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of glass
Floyd | disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, no, the treasurer just walked in! No, evil treasurer, you can't
Floyd | have my boss's egg! I know it looks irresistably tasty, but he needs
Floyd | it for some unnecessarily complicated scheme involving financial
Floyd | skulduggery. You can't just---
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, boss, he grabbed the egg and ran away. Man, that guy's
Floyd | horrible. Burp. Let's go stop him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Speculative Fiction"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/435
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Duodave asks, "and you're... a bird?"
DavidW says, "A raven, yes."
Duodave exclaims, "nevermore!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x you"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/436
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YOU
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm W.D., your familiar, and I'm awesome. Check out these feathers!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/437
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps sadly, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop!
Floyd | Missing fraction cannot commence money protocols. Adding before to
Floyd | continue is a necessary."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/438
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RED BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, but nothing else happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/439
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is apparently some sort of counterfeiting machine. It's a metal
Floyd | box with red, blue, and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot
Floyd | beneath them. There's a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slot"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/440
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a narrow slot on the side of the machine, just below the three
Floyd | buttons.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in slot"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/441
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark inside to see anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull blue button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/442
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Ngrrghnhgh! ...Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wool"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/443
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE WOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm, that's going to be tricky. Let me tip it over, then lift up the
Floyd | neck like this, and...got it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/444
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't do that without holding it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/445
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a metal tray mounted on top of the strange device.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/446
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing on the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/447
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/448
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/449
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." The
Floyd | talking still creeps me out. The top of the machine unfolds as it
Floyd | spits out the vase, then reassembles itself in a complicated way that
Floyd | gives me a headache just thinking about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says, "hrm"
phoenix says, "I have an idea"
DavidW says, "I was hoping the vase would break as it enters the machine, but that's not happening."
DavidW asks (of phoenix), "yes?"
phoenix says, "remember that cage"
Jacqueline says, "Also, more phone calls and such (dealing with something that's come up with family), so I'm probably going to be mostly away, but I'm checking in when I an and am really glad this is being played today."
DavidW asks, "The fish cage?"
phoenix says, "yeah. If we're in the cage, and break the vase by poking the pointy farm tools out"
phoenix says, "maybe we can't eat the egg"
DavidW says, "hmmm. Maybe. But how do we escape the cage afterwords? And that's assuming we can reach anything outside the cage."
phoenix says, "dunno"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device e"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/450
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/451
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/452
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push device w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/453
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DEVICE W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a chalk circle (which contains a barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Duodave arrives, ready to play with the toys. phoenix asks, "can I save safely at this point?"
phoenix says, "bearing in mind that we may or may not have messed things up anyway"
DavidW says, "I suppose"
DavidW says, "We're already messed up, I think, since we have no hedgehog."
phoenix says, "true"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/453
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/454
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/455
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "eat fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/456
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the fish)
Floyd | Done! Not bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase with tools"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/458
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a torn bit of wool
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x device"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/459
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is apparently some sort of counterfeiting machine. It's a metal
Floyd | box with red, blue, and green buttons on its side and a narrow slot
Floyd | beneath them. There's a tray, also made of metal, mounted on the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "oh it's back in the pantry isn't it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/453
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/454
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I don't know"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/455
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/456
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/457
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is an alcove bordered by two sets of shelves. I think it's a
Floyd | food-storage area, based on the jars labeled "FLOUR" and such. There
Floyd | are assorted vegetables arranged in a few piles. The rest of the
Floyd | cottage is back east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a hatch set into the wall, with a lever next to it and a
Floyd | basket underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vase (which contains an egg) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get vase"
Floyd ]  Pantry                                                      1/458
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     1/459
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    1/460
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                1/461
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/462
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wharf
Floyd | This is where all the big ships coming in from Pancake Bay (pancakes
Floyd | are round) dock and unload goods. We primarily export fish and
Floyd | financial instruments. The rest of the Gordanian kingdoms send us
Floyd | textiles, livestock, and money. I can see several boats out on the
Floyd | bay, but there aren't any docked now. Mindo Street is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a scarecrow on a stool here, wearing a sign around its neck.
Floyd | Next to it is a barrel with a suspicious chalk circle around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a metal device and a chalk circle (which contains a
Floyd | barrel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/463
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/463
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "ok, trying again"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get device"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/464
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/465
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop device"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/466
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/467
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase with tools"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/469
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | As I am stuck in this freaky cage, I can't reach that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "hmm that message"
phoenix says, "looks like a clue"
DavidW says, "Maybe the tools are an alternate for the hedgehog (both pointy)."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/470
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x bars"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/471
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I...don't know how. There's no lock or door. Oh no I am going to
Floyd | die here haaaaaaaaaalp!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "hm. This does sound promising."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open cage with tools"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I...don't know how. There's no lock or door. Oh no I am going to
Floyd | die here haaaaaaaaaalp!
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cut cage with tools"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to cut the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "We still can't break the vase or push the blue button?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/474
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Urghgghghgh! Almost! Nope, I can't reach it; my beak won't quite fit
Floyd | through the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You know what would make being stuck in this weird magic cage worth
Floyd | it, boss? That egg. Help me get out of here so I can get my talons on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/475
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   a torn bit of wool
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh! The delicious egg is right there, but I'm stuck in
Floyd | this freaky magical cage. This is unbearably frustrating, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button with rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the fishing rod will just barely fit through the bars,
Floyd | and....nrgh...almost...success!
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps. "Bip! Bad reception causes very sadness." The top
Floyd | of the machine unfolds as it spits out the vase, then reassembles
Floyd | itself in a confusing way I can't quite follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no, the delectable egg is just out of reach! Don't worry, egg, I'll
Floyd | get out of here soon and will savor your eggy deliciousness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break vase the rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE THE ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase with rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit vase"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Urrghghgh! So close, but my beak's a bit too large to fit through the
Floyd | bars of this cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh! The delicious egg is right there, but I'm stuck in
Floyd | this freaky magical cage. This is unbearably frustrating, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit vase with rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT VASE WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to hit the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "maybe we can do it just before the cage spawns"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/463
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put vase on tray"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/464
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT VASE ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The vase is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/465
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to enter the circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get device"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/466
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken. Urgh, this thing weights a ton.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "enter circle"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/467
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CIRCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can feel a faint eldritch humming in the air as I step into the
Floyd | circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop device"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/468
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get fish"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/469
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now I can hear the humming and not just feel it. Something is rumbling
Floyd | beneath the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break vase"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/470
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ploink! The vase cracks apart, and the shards of glass
Floyd | disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sproing! Some sort of weird magical glowing beams are
Floyd | shooting up from the circle and--- help! They're surrounding me! The
Floyd | beams coalesce into a sphere barely large enough to contain me, then
Floyd | solidify into iron bars as their glow fades. Help, boss! I'm stuck in
Floyd | some sort of freaky magical cage! Let me out!
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh! The delicious egg is right there, but I'm stuck in
Floyd | this freaky magical cage. This is unbearably frustrating, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Ok that worked"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "press blue button with rod"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/471
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRESS BLUE BUTTON WITH ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the fishing rod will just barely fit through the bars,
Floyd | and....nrgh...almost...success!
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bop bop! Egg
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ooh"
DavidW asks, "put fish in barrel?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put fish in barrel"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FISH IN BARREL
Floyd |
Floyd | Urrghghgh! So close, but my beak's a bit too large to fit through the
Floyd | bars of this cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "this seems to be the solution, but now we have to escape the cage"
DavidW says, "right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut cage with tools"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/472
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to cut the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cut cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/473
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting up that wouldn't help us at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/474
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is some kind of magic cage, serenely floating about a foot off
Floyd | the ground. There's a very unserene raven trapped inside. The bars are
Floyd | still faintly glowing with an unnerving green light. You didn't make
Floyd | this, did you? It doesn't look like your work. Also, it hasn't
Floyd | exploded or turned me into cucumber or anything. I don't have a lot of
Floyd | room to move around. Help, I'm becoming claustrophobic here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "walk through cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/475
Floyd |
Floyd | > WALK THROUGH CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm already in the cage, boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kniolp! Shards of glass pop into existence and reform
Floyd | themselves into a glass vase. Ohhhh, it must be made out of Mel's
Floyd | self-repairing glass. It's cheaper than his unbreakable glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "exit cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXIT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to open the cage first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "break cage with tools"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/476
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK CAGE WITH TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting me to break the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rod in slot"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/477
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROD IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Urghgghghgh! Almost! Nope, I can't reach it; my beak won't quite fit
Floyd | through the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "bite cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/478
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I can do violence! Kapow! I snapped one of the bars.
Floyd | I'm almost through!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "oh"
phoenix says, "lol"
phoenix says, "apparently it's not a very sturdy cage"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite cage"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/479
Floyd |
Floyd | > BITE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, okay. Right. Violence solves so many problems. Thud!
Floyd | The cage has enough and disappears in a puff of green smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wool on tray"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/480
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WOOL ON TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The torn bit of wool is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/481
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip! Wool
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put dye in tray"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/482
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DYE IN TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle of blue dye is now inside the metal tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue button"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/483
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BLUE BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The top of the machine opens up as the tray splits apart into several
Floyd | pieces and dumps its contents into the interior of the machine. It
Floyd | then folds itself up again into a seamless box.
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine beeps, and a tinny voice issues from it. "Bip bip bip! Dye
Floyd | reception!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green button"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       1/484
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GREEN BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine emits a complicated series of beeps, and a tinny voice
Floyd | issues from it. "Beep bleep bip bip boop bleep bip! Here is your
Floyd | money! Please remember always that Device is for happy money time with
Floyd | friends only. Using it as real money? Very never! Let's all remember
Floyd | together." The machine ejects a banknote from the narrow slot and
Floyd | beeps happily a few more times before becoming quiet again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take banknote"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/485
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BANKNOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 2 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/486
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a note for one million florins! That's only fifty thousand
Floyd | marks, but it's still nothing to sneeze at. The paint's still a little
Floyd | tacky, so I'm being careful when touching it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I wonder how many razzbucks that is."
jenrexrode asks, "then how much is 32?"
jenrexrode says, "practically nothing"
DavidW asks, "Do we use this with Mel or the auctioneer?"
phoenix says, "the auctioneer deals iwth small numbres of florins"
phoenix says, "i dont think a 1m note would go down well"
jenrexrode says, "heh"
DavidW says, "He might give change. I don't know."
phoenix exclaims, "try it!"
DavidW says, "What save are we at? Hard to remember without using autosave,"
jenrexrode says, "I just woke up"
phoenix says, "cf7"
DavidW says, "I'm ready to fall asleep. We've been at this for almost 6 hours."
DavidW says, "I need a pee break."
phoenix says, "I can just run us through the puzzles we did before while you do"
phoenix says, "or even *gulp* restart"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "fullscore"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/486
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULLSCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 3 out of a possible 40 in 486 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of Going to Get Your Head Cut Off Soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | 1 for obtaining the reward money for turning in Two-Handed Bart
Floyd | (more or less)
Floyd |      2 for obtaining the counterfeit banknote
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/487
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/488
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to get out of the chalk circle first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  Wharf                                                       3/489
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've gotten out of the chalk circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/490
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/491
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/492
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | Yep, big red barn. It's got a new paint job, too. It looks like it's
Floyd | in good condition, actually. I don't see any cobwebs in the corners or
Floyd | birds' nests, so either it's been freshly-built or they really cleaned
Floyd | the place out recently. Even the hay in the stalls is untrampled. The
Floyd | exit back to the fields is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pile of hay and some stalls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/493
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put coin on hay"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/494
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT COIN ON HAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I've put the faery coin on the pile of hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "put salt on coin"
Floyd ]  Barn                                                        3/495
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALT ON COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fwoooom! The faery coin explodes! Sparks everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | I think the hay is on fire. Yep, it's kind of smoking. Oooh, I see
Floyd | flame!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/496
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oooh, I can see flames shooting out of the barn! There's a huge cloud
Floyd | of smoke going up!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/497
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | These little country houses are hit or miss. Sometimes they have good
Floyd | food to steal; sometimes their owners want to cook and eat you. This
Floyd | particular one is a one-room cottage with a thatched roof. The
Floyd | chimney's the nicest thing here. Unfortunately for us, there's nothing
Floyd | cooking on the fireplace. No fire either, so waiting around here isn't
Floyd | going to get us any food. Nobody's here, though the door to the north
Floyd | is ajar. The cottage continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ramshackle table stands against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/497
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x chimney"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/498
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a red brick chimney. I'm not a great judge--- I don't know why
Floyd | anyone would ruin meat by setting it on fire--- but it looks nicer
Floyd | than the rest of the house. The bricks look like they're exactly the
Floyd | same size, and they're laid out in straight rows. Most of them,
Floyd | anyway; one is sticking out a bit. It looks like the mortar
Floyd | surrounding it has been cut away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pull brick"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/499
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL BRICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. It's a rough surface. I can probably get my claws in and drag it
Floyd | out. Rrrgh! Well, I didn't manage to pry it all the way out, but I did
Floyd | shift it a little. There's a parchment concealed under the brick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get parchment"
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                     3/500
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/501
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read parchment"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/502
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is...well...man, this is a lot of text. I didn't know humans
Floyd | could write letters that tiny. Give me a minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Okay, I'm pretty sure it's some kind of insurance policy. Bearer
Floyd | gets...um, hmm. I think it's an insurance policy on a barn west of
Floyd | town, but don't quote me on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 3/503
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "climb tree"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/504
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll just fly, if you don't mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a Tree
Floyd | From here, I can see all sorts of things. Sandie's got her Hot Meats
Floyd | stall set up in the middle of Big Street. The castle (and your body)
Floyd | are off to the south. The bank sparkles faintly in the distance. There
Floyd | are streamers and balloons out in front of the magic shop. Farmland
Floyd | stretches off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a piece of red paper here. Argh. Humans. Get your own
Floyd | tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get paper"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/505
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the piece of red paper)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read red paper"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/506
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ RED PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, my dearest love. I am away on sudden business and could
Floyd | not meet you here in our usual place. I have prepared a game for you
Floyd | in my absence. I promise you it will be worth following through to the
Floyd | end.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your next clue will be at the left elbow of Blue Fever's brother."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh, okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ]  In a Tree                                                   3/507
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 3/508
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    3/509
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ruins of a red barn lie to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/510
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mindo Street
Floyd | This is Mindo Street. I think Mindo was the chancellor a long time ago
Floyd | or something. There's a statue of some ugly human here. The guard
Floyd | tower is north of here, a big, oppressive stone thing. I always feel
Floyd | like I'm about to fly into it even when I'm nowhere near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's fields or farms or something southwest of here, which is less
Floyd | likely to contain snacks but also less likely to smell like people.
Floyd | Big Street's back east, and the wharf is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x left elbow"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/511
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEFT ELBOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue's left elbow is made of stone and not any more interesting
Floyd | than any other part. Oh, except for the piece of violet paper stuck to
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get violet paper"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/512
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET VIOLET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Mindo Street                                                3/513
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The note says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "As you know, I've been trying to expand the business lately. I've had
Floyd | to fill out so many forms. I think my favorite was the X1-FSB: Small
Floyd | Business Loan To Be Repaid Within Thirty Days. I think you should look
Floyd | at one, too. They're quite entertaining."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       3/514
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/515
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search forms"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/516
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the business loans are in this box....Yep, there's a green note
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get green note"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/517
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET GREEN NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  3/518
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all of this travelling has made me hungry! You should follow me
Floyd | and look under the pan containing my favorite lunchtime meat!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       3/519
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/520
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "look under pork"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/521
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER PORK
Floyd |
Floyd | And now there's a yellow note. Boss, if the payoff of this is that we
Floyd | end up back at the tree and find a guy holding a bunch of roses, I'm
Floyd | going to be really cheesed off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get yellow note"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/522
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET YELLOW NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "read it"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          3/523
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you remember our first date? We sat out under the stars, throwing
Floyd | toy bugs at the fence and laughing as they exploded. You'll find what
Floyd | you seek back where I bought the bugs, inside a cedar box."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/524
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "search trinkets"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/525
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TRINKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's interesting. There's only one cedar box in the pile, and it's
Floyd | deliberately hidden in the back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "open box"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  3/526
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, let's see what we--- whoa. That's a diamond ring here! The
Floyd | inside of the lid reads, "Will You Marry Me?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get ring"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  6/527
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET RING
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, mystery man, I hope she loves you more than she loves jewelry.
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 3 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give ring to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  7/528
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE RING TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, W.D., I think I'm a little too old to marry you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very funny. Is it real? Is it worth something?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel reaches under the counter and throws some sort of powder on the
Floyd | ring. "Yes. Definitely." He frowns. "W.D., I am going to ask you a
Floyd | question, and I want you to answer honestly. I will know if you are
Floyd | lying."
Floyd |
Floyd | Uh oh. "Okay, Mel."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you rob a jewelry store?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mel, I can 100% say I did not rob a jewelry store."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay." Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and
Floyd | carefully makes a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth an
Floyd | ingredient. All right, W.D., I'm impressed. Perhaps you will be able
Floyd | to get enough money."
Floyd |
Floyd | This is wonderful, boss! I think we're well on our way to creating the
Floyd | potion and saving your bacon!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  7/529
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a piece of yellow paper
Floyd |   a piece of green paper
Floyd |   a piece of violet paper
Floyd |   a piece of red paper
Floyd |   an insurance policy
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a reward chit
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a foolish wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give chit to mel"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  8/530
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE CHIT TO MEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "You captured Two-handed Bart?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Single-winged."
Floyd |
Floyd | "How?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He showed up in the bank, so I pulled the alarm."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, that's something. I suppose I'll cash this in before I mention
Floyd | knowing that Two-Handed Bart is always in Caberry this time of year."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh, yeah, you do that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel takes out a ledger from underneath the counter and carefully makes
Floyd | a note in it. "All right, that's certainly worth another ingredient."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 1 point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          8/531
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       8/532
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Lobby                                                  8/533
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Lobby
Floyd | Let me tell you, these walls gleam. They're made of Marmoreal
Floyd | marble, known for the gold lines running through it. The floors and
Floyd | ceilings are made of the same material. The lobby of the bank is
Floyd | fairly open. There are exits to the north and west leading outside,
Floyd | and the bank continues to the east. There's also a table with forms
Floyd | and stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 8/534
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bank Window
Floyd | This part of the bank is cut off from the public by a gilded cage.
Floyd | There's a big, grey, solid-looking door back there, presumably a
Floyd | vault. The room is big and echoey, thirty or forty feet high and
Floyd | brightly lit from a huge gold chandelier overhead. The main lobby is
Floyd | back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a bored-looking teller behind the bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give policy to teller"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 12/535
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE POLICY TO TELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm, yes, this is one of our policies. If anything unfortunate
Floyd | should..." She trails off as she notices a rising plume of smoke in
Floyd | the distance. "I see. Well, then. I suppose this is yours." She takes
Floyd | the parchment from me and hands me a check.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Our score has just gone up by 4 points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Bank Window                                                 12/536
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   an insurance check
Floyd |   a piece of yellow paper
Floyd |   a piece of green paper
Floyd |   a piece of violet paper
Floyd |   a piece of red paper
Floyd |   a counterfeit banknote
Floyd |   a fish
Floyd |   some farming tools
Floyd |   a wanted poster
Floyd |   a vellum page
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a desperate wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "drop yellow paper. drop green paper. drop violet paper. drop red paper" DavidW says, "catching up, I see"
phoenix says, "yeah I re-did those two puzzles"
phoenix says, "the hedgehog's still lost"
phoenix says, "but we do hvae the big banknote if you want to try it in the stock market"
DavidW says, "well, it's either stock market, Mel, Sandie, or beggar."
jenrexrode says, "I was wondering what had happened to our score, but I guess it's restored now"
phoenix says, "Yeah I fixed the mess I made"
DavidW says, "We could try giving the fish to the beggar, I suppose."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" phoenix says, "uh oh"
phoenix says, "I hope I didnt break it again"
DavidW asks, "so... you didn't save after all that, did you?"
phoenix says, "with that multiple drop command"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w" DavidW asks, "Possibly that breaks sleepmask?"
phoenix says, "I don't know the details"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%showpartial"
Floyd says (to DavidW), "No partial line. Bo-ring." DavidW says, "I can do a forced quit if necessary."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. phoenix says, "ok our status is we solved. 1) Scavenger hunt. 2) Counterfeiting. 3) Framing the bank guy. 4) Insurance scam"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%quit"
Floyd says, "game ended by request of DavidW." jenrexrode asks, "what did you do to the bank guy?"
phoenix asks, "we still don't know about a) The paper in the cabinet b) The stampede c) The stockmarket, anything else unresolved?"
DavidW says, "Beggar"
phoenix says, "We dressed him up as the bank robber on the poster and got him arrested for the reward"
phoenix says, "cause the police are dumb"
jenrexrode asks, "I remember the scarf, waht else did you have to change about him?"
DavidW says, "hat, moustache"
phoenix says, "moustache (Which we stole from the police) and the anti-hat"
phoenix asks, "would restarting the game break all our saves?"
DavidW says, "No. Only rewriting on top of saves."
phoenix says, "i think if we reload to cf4 that's before the hedgehog incident"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask specfictionfull"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]         Money will come when you are doing the right thing.
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                            ---Mike Phillips
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                          Speculative Fiction
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                       [Press any key to begin.]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/0
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Babe, I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to cancel dinner.
Floyd | Yeah, I've got to stop the boss from being executed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Speculative Fiction
Floyd | Beginner's Lessons from "The Big Book of Financial Crimes"
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2011--2012 by Diane Christoforo and Thomas Mack
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 120630 / Inform v6.31 Library 6/11
Floyd | First-time players should type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | No! My shiniest of shiny objects! Don't fly aw--- Come back! I
Floyd | love you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, now that my girlfriend's mad at me, where were we? Ah, right.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of boring here. I hear the king hasn't put anybody in the
Floyd | dungeon in over a year. Must make you feel special. It's drafty, being
Floyd | up in the tower, and the stones in the wall have chips and various---
Floyd | do you really care? They're old. The door looks pretty sturdy. There's
Floyd | some light coming into the room from a window about, uh, twice your
Floyd | height up. Can we leave?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a tapestry, a bed, a vase, a mirror, and an annoying git in
Floyd | a dress here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ok. restore it."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cff4"
Floyd | %% Critical error.
Floyd | %% Message: stream_open_file: unable to open file.
Floyd ]  Not a Dungeon                                               0/0
Floyd | [Restore failed.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
phoenix says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/201
Floyd | [Ok.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | In my bag of holding, I have:
Floyd |   a vase
Floyd |     an egg
Floyd |   a scarf
Floyd |   a red balloon
Floyd |   a torn page
Floyd |   a bottle of clear fluid
Floyd |   a bottle of blue dye
Floyd |   a spell book
Floyd |   some pepper
Floyd |   some salt
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   a faery coin
Floyd |   a magic wand
Floyd |   the mind of a mediocre wizard
Floyd |
Floyd | The auctioneer fishes around in the coffer, pulls out a stock, and
Floyd | puts it on the auction block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next up is New Hyrax System," he says. "Any bids?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts to sing:
Floyd |
Floyd |     Doop de dooooooo,
Floyd |     It's a round life for meeeeee!
Floyd |     We're roly and poly
Floyd |     And hedgyhogoly,
Floyd |     A life in the hedge is for meeeeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh oh! Hey! Hey! Can I have that? It looks delicious! I love food.
Floyd | Don't you love food? Oh hog oh hog I love food."
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Duodave goes home. phoenix asks, "and yeah, that's back quite a way but we might as well try and figure out this stampede right?"
phoenix says, "maybe we can follow it while it's in progress without being squashed"
jenrexrode asks, "there was a hedgehog stampede?"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to hedgehog"
Floyd ]  Stock Market                                                0/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO HEDGEHOG
Floyd |
Floyd | The hedgehog starts playing delightedly with the balloon. Whee.
Floyd |
Floyd | "One florin!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two!" bids another merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Four!" bids a different merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Eight florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sixteen!" shouts a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thirty-two florins!" announces a merchant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who wants to bid sixty-four florins?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, North End
Floyd | This is the heart of Moneyville, the financial district. There's a
Floyd | bank, the stock market, money changers--- you want to spend and get
Floyd | money, you come here. This is a terrible part of town for getting
Floyd | food, but it's a great place for shiny, shiny gold. Everything here
Floyd | sparkles. Yeah...coins everywhere....Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a
Floyd | minute there.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can go west deeper into the city if you want me to get harrassed by
Floyd | guards. The bank's east of here and the stock market's northeast, and
Floyd | Big Street continues to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a black cord running from the guard tower to the bank.
Floyd | To the the northeast, I hear a cow cry out, "Augh, it's the Farmer!
Floyd | The Farmer is coming! It's the Farmer! Oh no oh no oh no oh no run run
Floyd | run run run runrunrunrunrun!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "yeah"
phoenix says, "that started it"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Big Street, North End                                       0/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | All right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Augh! It's a cow quake! Cows and dogs and pigs and chickens and at
Floyd | least one wildebeest charge in from the north, screaming and bleating.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Help! We're running!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whee! We're running!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm going to get stepped on!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Panic! Panic panic panic!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Freedom! Panic! Freedom!"
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a breathtaking, mouth-watering sight, boss, but it might be a
Floyd | bit dangerous to hang around a horde of stampeding animals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie whips out a ladle and starts beating back some dogs that look
Floyd | more hungry than scared.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Huh."
phoenix says, "How could they charge in from the south. Must be a bug"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get beef"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BEEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Boss, that is an excellent idea, but Sandie has a mean
Floyd | backhand.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is great, boss! There are cows and pigs and ducks and sheep and
Floyd | more cows, and all of them are rushing towards me. Wow, it's a
Floyd | stampede! Oh, hey, maybe I shouldn't be just stand---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 0 out of a possible 40 in 207 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of About to Get Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Oops"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "push beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is great, boss! There are cows and pigs and ducks and sheep and
Floyd | more cows, and all of them are rushing towards me. Wow, it's a
Floyd | stampede! Oh, hey, maybe I shouldn't be just stand---- ack!
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | We have so far scored 0 out of a possible 40 in 208 turns, earning you
Floyd | the rank of About to Get Your Head Cut Off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "yeah, I know, not being very nice there"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Farmland                                                    0/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Farmland
Floyd | I've stopped in front of a cottage to the south, which is the only
Floyd | interesting thing for miles. Fields of corn barely taller than I am
Floyd | surround me and make for a really dull view. Civilization is back to
Floyd | the northwest, and the castle is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a red barn off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede charges in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stampede disperses as the animals spread out into the surrounding
Floyd | farmland, running excitedly but aimlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "Ok so the stampede just goes down the street and disperses here"
phoenix says, "still not sure what that's good for"
phoenix says, "it didn't knock over any of the stalls"
DavidW says, "yeah, I still don't see the advantage of the stampede."
inky asks, "have you done anything with the auction or the stock certificates yet?"
phoenix says, "no"
phoenix says, "i'm thinking though that this stampede wouldn't have been coded to move down the street if there wasn't some sort of interaction"
DavidW says, "We've learned we need money to bid with and that we can choose which animal stock to be auctioned."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Castle Gate                                                 0/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Gate
Floyd | The gate's closed, which is a pity since we could probably steal a lot
Floyd | of nice stuff if we could get into the throne room or the king's
Floyd | bedroom. But the castle's sealed up while the treasurer tries to
Floyd | figure out where the king's wandered off to, and I'm not going to
Floyd | attempt to peck my way through the giant wooden doors. There's a
Floyd | window above me leading to the room your body is in. There's farmland
Floyd | to the west, and Big Street is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | My hanging-out tree is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "I suspect we use the banknote for our 'cash', but I'm not certain what animal stock to select."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "x beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got no eyeballs. Man, that's the best part of the human. His
Floyd | clothes are old but mostly in one piece. He's holding out a cup for
Floyd | money.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cup"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the chipped cup is a strange coin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x strange coin"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it's made of gold and silver swirled together. The face
Floyd | I can see shows a lighthouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. This coin isn't our money. It's not any money I recognize. It
Floyd | looks vaguely familiar, though, like--- oh! I've seen that in a book
Floyd | before! This is a coin from the ancient Se--- Sevoran, maybe? Anyway,
Floyd | there was some kind of ancient empire, and this is a coin from it. It
Floyd | could be worth something to a collector.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says, "hmmmm"
DavidW says, "well, now we have a clue what the beggar's for."
phoenix says, "Ok, maybe if we can get the stampede to run him over"
phoenix says, "we can take the coin"
phoenix says, "what? We're a bird who despises humans :p"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get coin"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the faery coin)
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | If I can just get my beak a bit further in to the vase...Caw! No, the
Floyd | egg is too far down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get strange coin"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't think I can't hear you, birdie?"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Sheesh. The story of my life is getting slapped by humans.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello, birdie. You like shiny things, don't you? I like shiny things,
Floyd | too. Would you like to give me something shiny?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No! I---" Yeah, yeah, you don't speak Raven.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "Balloons are shiny."
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "we need another"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a red balloon and a pile of assorted trinkets here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get balloon"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, South End
Floyd | Big Street is the main street in the city. It's big enough for four
Floyd | wagons to pass side by side (hence the name), and it's actually
Floyd | cobbles instead of dirt like all the other roads. There are various
Floyd | shops selling clothes and other things we don't care about. This
Floyd | stretch of the road is pretty boring, but the financial district is
Floyd | farther north, and the castle is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a beggar here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "give balloon to beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BALLOON TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, this is hard-earned stuff. I'm not just giving it away here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, egg. Get out of that vase and get into my break. Arrgh, I can't
Floyd | reach. Come on, egg, just crawl up here so I can eat you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a shiny red balloon on a string, filled with that special air
Floyd | that makes things float. It's really shiny. We should keep it and look
Floyd | at it for a while.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show balloon to beggar"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW BALLOON TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not getting any response. Pssh. I wish I had one of your Extremely
Floyd | Loud Icebreaker Crackers. Those always got a response, even if it was
Floyd | usually a violent one.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ack! Can't...resist....must eat egg! Shoot! I still can't get my beak
Floyd | in there!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "pop balloon"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > POP BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Pop! Gah! That balloon is loud. Well, that was fun while it
Floyd | lasted.
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is calling to me...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "trade balloon"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRADE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "get strange coin"
Floyd ]  Big Street, South End                                       0/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET STRANGE COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't think I can't hear you, birdie?"
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Sheesh. The story of my life is getting slapped by humans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW asks, "Did you have to break it before I tried all my verbs?"
phoenix says, "sorry"
phoenix says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Big Street, Center                                          0/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Big Street, Center
Floyd | Big Street is as big here as it is further to the south, although
Floyd | people have set up stalls in the middle, so it's more crowded. Mel's
Floyd | is to the east. We might be able to find something useful there. The
Floyd | financial district is farther north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sandie's Hot Meats stall is here. Sandie's at the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time for a delicious eggy snack! ...Oh crud. I still can't get to the
Floyd | egg at the bottom of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
phoenix says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Magic Shop                                                  0/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magic Shop
Floyd | Mel's Magnificent Mystical Minutiae is the real deal. You can get all
Floyd | sorts of magical things here. Some of it is cheap junk that doesn't
Floyd | work, and that's what most people get; but if you want serious magic
Floyd | (and you've got serious money), Mel's is the place. We're here to ask
Floyd | Mel for a Midas potion specifically, which might save your
Floyd | bacon.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit to the street is to the west, and there's another, smaller
Floyd | area of the shop to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of Mel's famous Exploding Cockroaches are on display here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mel's at the cou