NightFloyd Transcript:
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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Floyd | Loading game...
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
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Floyd | Cursed
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Floyd | ... CURSED ...
Floyd | Interactive Fiction by Nick Rogers
Floyd | Version 2.01.10
Floyd | Comments and bug reports to: nickrogers123@gmail.com
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Floyd | New players should type "help" and "commands" for information about
Floyd | playing.
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Floyd | Prologue
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Floyd | ...Eleven years ago...
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Floyd | It's been several months since my father went away to join the war.
Floyd | I promised I would look after our cottage, and that I really was old
Floyd | enough. I've done my best to keep our cottage tidy, but the winter has
Floyd | been hard and I might have used more wood than I should have, trying to
Floyd | stay warm. Our supplies are low.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | The place you call home with your father is a modest, mud-brick
Floyd | building with a thatched roof. There are two windows, one either side
Floyd | of the front door, that are framed with the lace curtains. The front
Floyd | door is currently standing open.
Floyd | The cottage stands at the top of a narrow, wooded valley. A rough
Floyd | track leads south, away from your cottage, through the trees.
Floyd | Nearby is a large pile of wood that needs to be chopped.
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Floyd | An axe lies at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Note for SCARE users: It has been detected that you are using the SCARE
Floyd | ADRIFT Interpreter (version 1.03.10). When playing this game with
Floyd | SCARE, it is highly recommended that the GLK command "GLK ABBREVIATIONS
Floyd | OFF" be executed to ensure game compatibility.
Floyd | You can use "VERBOSE" and "BRIEF" to turn on/off the verbose mode. It
Floyd | is recommended VERBOSE be turned on.
Floyd | Also, if you want to output your game session to a script file, use the
Floyd | command "GLK SCRIPT ON".
Floyd | Please see "Notes for SCARE users" in the "CURSED.TXT" file that came
Floyd | with your game package for more information about playing this game in
Floyd | SCARE.
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Floyd | [ Cottage | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Whew." | |
Ellison says, "good work" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "GLK ABBREVIATIONS OFF" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Glk abbreviation expansions are already off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "It didn't give that warning about the combat system being left on." | |
Johnny says, "I don't know how to feel about that." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x axe" | ||
Floyd | The axe is old and worn, and the handle is quite long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take axe" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "x curtains" | ||
Floyd | The curtains are white lace, with a delicate floral pattern evident in Floyd | the stitching. Your father cares for these curtains with a strange Floyd | devotion, washing them regularly and making sure nothing happens to Floyd | them. | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You are Torrin, son of Bradda. You are ten years old, almost eleven. Floyd | You are dressed in a simple woollen tunic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take curtains" | ||
Floyd | After a brief analysis, you conclude the lace curtains aren't something
Floyd | you can take.
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Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cut curtains with axe" | ||
Floyd | You think about it, but that doesn't appear to be something you can
Floyd | cut.
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Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Bah." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are wearing your tunic, and you are carrying an axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "feel curtains" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought enters your mind, but you decide to ignore it. It Floyd | didn't make any sense. Floyd | | ||
Binder arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "x wood" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The firewood or the
Floyd | trees?
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Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "firewood" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the firewood.
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Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "x firewood" | ||
Floyd | It is a pile of long branches, each about six inches thick, which your
Floyd | father collected before he went off to war. They need to be chopped
Floyd | into smaller pieces if they're going to be of any use on a fire.
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Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chop firewood" | ||
Floyd | You grip the axe firmly and try to bring it down as hard as you can on
Floyd | the wood. But the axe head is unexpectedly heavy, and it flies out of
Floyd | your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "curse!" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd | The edge of the wood starts a few hundred yards away. The trees are
Floyd | mostly spruce and evergreens. Even on a bright day like today it is
Floyd | quite dark in among the trees.
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Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "get axe head" | ||
Floyd | [unknowncommandvariation=%self_state%]
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take axe head" | ||
Floyd | [unknowncommandvariation=%self_state%]
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Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Um." | |
Ellison says, "weird" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "chop tree" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought enters your mind, but you decide to ignore it. It
Floyd | didn't make any sense.
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Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x axe" | ||
Floyd | The axe is old and worn, and the handle is quite long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I think the game meant the axe flew out of hand because the head was heavy." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take axe" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok. I definitely thought it flew apart in a hilarious manner." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x tunic" | ||
Floyd | Your father made you this tunic earlier in the year, after you had
Floyd | grown out of your previous one. It is simple but well made, from a dark
Floyd | blue wool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "I don't think this is that kind of game." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove tunic" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought enters your mind, but you decide to ignore it. It
Floyd | didn't make any sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "chop tree" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought enters your mind, but you decide to ignore it. It
Floyd | didn't make any sense.
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Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
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Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | The place you call home with your father is a modest, mud-brick
Floyd | building with a thatched roof. There are two windows, one either side
Floyd | of the front door, that are framed with the lace curtains. The front
Floyd | door is currently standing open.
Floyd | The cottage stands at the top of a narrow, wooded valley. A rough
Floyd | track leads south, away from your cottage, through the trees.
Floyd | Nearby is a large pile of wood that needs to be chopped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from oak and quite sturdy. It is currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "climb trees" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "x valley" | ||
Floyd | The valley is a quiet place, with rich green grass spread over the open
Floyd | ground near your cottage, and trees further away providing protection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Into the house?" | |
Johnny says (to Floyd), "chop wood" | ||
Floyd | You haven't done this very often - your father made sure there was
Floyd | always enough firewood whenever he left for war. It's harder than you
Floyd | think.
Floyd | You grip the axe as hard as you can and swing it over your head. You
Floyd | keep hold of the axe this time, but miss the wood completely. The head
Floyd | of the axe buries itself into the ground, and it takes a moment to pull
Floyd | it free.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I'm confused where we are exactly." | |
Johnny says, "Outside of a cottage." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "It's totally that kind of game. We fail at chopping wood." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Outside of a cottage, that is inside of the woods." | ||
Zach says, "Ah, OK, we can see the curtains from outside." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Or something." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x valley" | ||
Floyd | The valley is a quiet place, with rich green grass spread over the open
Floyd | ground near your cottage, and trees further away providing protection.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "chop wood" | ||
Floyd | You swing the axe again, this time trying not to force it, but letting
Floyd | the swing of the axe carry it to the wood. It lands on the wood, and a
Floyd | small chip flies into the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "chop wood" | ||
Floyd | Once more you swing the axe, and manage to make it strike the same
Floyd | point on the wood as the last chop. The cut is getting deeper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "take chip" | ||
Floyd | [unknowncommandvariation=%self_state%]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "chop wood" | ||
Floyd | Again you swing the axe over your head and bring it down on the wood. Floyd | There is a resounding crack as a section of wood breaks free in a very Floyd | satisfying manner. Floyd | | genericgeekgirl says, "+2 to wood chop" | |
Floyd | Even as the sound of your axe-fall echoes around the valley, you Floyd | hear another sound growing louder. In moments you see the source - a Floyd | group of about half a dozen men, most armed and mounted on horses, Floyd | rides out of the trees and stops not far away. Two of the men dismount. Floyd | One you recognise as Lord Reken, the man who took your father away to Floyd | war. The other man you haven't seen before. He is dressed in priestly Floyd | robes. Floyd | You bow in greeting to these men. Floyd | "Torrin," Lord Reken says. There's something wrong in his eyes, his Floyd | voice. "I have some bad news." Floyd | "What's wrong?" you ask. "Where's my father?" Floyd | "Your father was very brave," Lord Reken answers. "He saved the king Floyd | in a battle, but died from the wounds he received." Floyd | The other man steps toward you. Floyd | "You must also be brave," the priest said. "And trust in God. He Floyd | will have mercy on all who trust in him." Floyd | You pause for a moment. "What's going to happen to me?" you ask. Floyd | Lord Reken's smile is kind, fatherly. "You'll be coming with me. The Floyd | king has agreed to bring you into his care as ward." Floyd | You look at your cottage, and then back at Lord Reken. Floyd | A tear drops off your chin and lands on your tunic. Floyd | Floyd | [ Press any key ] | ||
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
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Floyd | ...Two years ago...
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Floyd | My studies are becoming more arduous. The honour of one day becoming
Floyd | a knight dangles like a carrot in front of me, just beyond my grasp. My
Floyd | skill in areas like swordplay, jousting and archery are more than
Floyd | competent. But in others, like my religious duties, are less well
Floyd | developed. Yet I feel driven to excel.
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Floyd | Your personal chambers
Floyd | The room is not large, but adequate for your needs. There is a small
Floyd | window in the western wall, and a door in the eastern one. A low bed
Floyd | sits against the northern wall, with an unmarked wooden chest at the
Floyd | foot of it.
Floyd | You are seated at your desk, a scroll open before you. A single
Floyd | candle rests in a metal holder close by, giving light to your work, but
Floyd | casting leaping shadows around the rest of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on the desk near the scroll is a small cup.
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Floyd | [ Your personal chambers | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda, ward of
Floyd | the ki ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Let's take the curtains to remember our father by." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cup" | ||
Floyd | The cup is a rather plain and simple, carved from wood and without
Floyd | ornamentation. Inside the cup is some liquird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh, liquird. My favourite." | |
Ellison says, "heh" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x scroll" | ||
Floyd | It is part of your studies, things you need to learn and memorise in
Floyd | your journey to becoming a knight. It is sitting in the middle of the
Floyd | desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pour cup on scroll" | ||
Floyd | You consider pouring out the liquid, but decide in the end its worth
Floyd | is greater than that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read scroll" | ||
Floyd | You read a paragraph, but the words float before your eyes, defying
Floyd | meaning. It's very late, and you've been studying for several hours.
Floyd | Your head is pounding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink cup" | ||
Floyd | You think about it for a moment, but you realise quickly that you can't
Floyd | drink the cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink liquid" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the cup and quickly swallow the contents. You feel your
Floyd | headache lifting almost instantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Your personal chambers
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "It might be poison. Or ink." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Or alcohol. Even worse." | ||
mwmiller says, "I'm vaguely annoyed the narration's flipping between first-person past and second-person present." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x candle" | ||
Floyd | The candle is burning brightly, but low. There's probably no more than
Floyd | an hour of light left.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "open chest" | ||
Floyd | There is nothing in your chest that can help you study. You choose to
Floyd | ignore it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | ||
Floyd | The shadows dance across the wall to the beat of the flickering candle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | Zach says, "Maybe we can read the scroll after the liquid cures our headache." | |
genericgeekgirl clears the save counter. | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink liquid" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the cup and quickly swallow the contents. You feel your
Floyd | headache lifting almost instantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read scroll" | ||
Floyd | You force your eyes to concentrate on the words printed on the page. A
Floyd | meaning starts to become clear. Something about having a servant's
Floyd | heart.
Floyd |
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read scroll" | ||
Floyd | Again you read the words on the page, and slowly you begin to
Floyd | understand. A true knight is a servant of the kingdom, willing to give
Floyd | his life to serve his king and, by extension, the people.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a knock on the door. The door opens and a servant walks in.
Floyd | "Her Royal Highness, Princess Tevona, asked this to be delivered to
Floyd | you," the servant says, handing you a note. With a brief bow, the
Floyd | servant exits and closes the door.
Floyd |
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "x note" | ||
Floyd | A single piece of parchment, folded over, and with a wax seal that
Floyd | bears the symbol of the Princess of Rylane imprinted in it. The note
Floyd | is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open note" | ||
Floyd | You break the seal on the note and open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||
Floyd | The note reads: Floyd | Floyd | "To Torrin, son of Bradda, Floyd | Ever since you came into our family, we have been friends. You, Floyd | Alsanter and I have grown up together, and shared so many experiences. Floyd | But in recent days I have found myself thinking about you more and Floyd | more. Floyd | This may seem forward, but I don't want to let an opportunity pass. Floyd | Is there anything in your heart for me? Do you think there is any way Floyd | you and I could become more than friends? Floyd | Floyd | Your loving friend, Floyd | Tevona" Floyd | Floyd | [ Press any key ] | genericgeekgirl says, "She loves us!" | |
Johnny says, "This is like the weird parts of Being John Malkovich." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in heart" | ||
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Floyd | ...Two months ago...
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't believe Lord Sulanar would be so callous. To be secretly
Floyd | meeting with my fiance, Princess Tevona, during one of her many visits
Floyd | to Kathrentia. It seems too coincidental for him to be disappearing so
Floyd | secretly, at exactly the same time that Tevona is in his city. I trust
Floyd | the source of this information - there can be no mistake.
Floyd | I have to confront him. I don't know what his plans are, but given
Floyd | his general antagonism towards the king, I fear the issue might be more
Floyd | complicated than I know.
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Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the stairway
Floyd | A grand marble stairway rises up before you, lit by a couple of flaming
Floyd | torches mounted on the walls. On the western wall between the torches
Floyd | is a massive shield into which has been pressed the coat of arms of the
Floyd | king of Rylane.
Floyd | There are two doors here; a rather ornate one in the northern
Floyd | wall leads towards the throne room which is open. The other door in the
Floyd | eastern wall leads to the kitchen, and is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Bottom of the stairway | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda, ward of
Floyd | the ki ]
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "ward of the king" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take torch" | ||
Floyd | After a brief analysis, you conclude the torches aren't something you
Floyd | can take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x shield" | ||
Floyd | The shield is massive, having always been intended as a decoration
Floyd | rather than for protection. The emblem of the king of Rylane, a dragon
Floyd | standing on its hind legs and breathing fire, is pressed into the
Floyd | metal, and in the flickering torchlight the image almost seems alive as
Floyd | shadows dance over its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "take shield" | ||
Floyd | After a brief analysis, you conclude the shield isn't something you can
Floyd | take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "open east door" | ||
Floyd | You don't want to waste time fooling around with the doors. You need to
Floyd | confront Lord Sulanar as soon as possible. The longer you delay, the
Floyd | worse it could be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "confront sulanar" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | For a fleeting moment you consider taking your time, but decide in the
Floyd | end it is too important to wait. You must see Lord Sulanar immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Up?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You climb up the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | The broad sweep of the marble stairway ends here at a surprisingly
Floyd | sparsely appointed landing. Aside from a portrait of the king adorning
Floyd | the western wall, there is not much refinement here at all. Two
Floyd | archways, standing opposite each other in the northern and southern
Floyd | walls, provide exits, other than the stairs that lead back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Landing | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda, ward of the king ]
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | For a fleeting moment you consider taking your time, but decide in the
Floyd | end it is too important to wait. You must see Lord Sulanar immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north, south and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "north" | ||
Floyd | For a fleeting moment you consider taking your time, but decide in the
Floyd | end it is too important to wait. You must see Lord Sulanar immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "go north" | ||
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be something you can get
Floyd | into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Johnny says (to Floyd), "open north" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "south" | ||
Floyd | You move south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long corridor stretches away to the west, lit by a series of torches
Floyd | mounted on the wall. On the floor of polished stone, running the entire
Floyd | length of the corridor, is a plush carpet. A stone archway marks the
Floyd | exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda,
Floyd | ward ]
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You don't want to get distracted by talking with
Floyd | [prologue-door-open=Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms]. You decide to
Floyd | leave his door alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You don't want to get distracted by talking with
Floyd | [prologue-door-open=Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms]. You decide to
Floyd | leave his door alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You move west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long corridor stretches away to the east and west, lit provided by a
Floyd | series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor on polished stone,
Floyd | running the entire length of the corridor, is a plush carpet. There is
Floyd | just sufficient light to see the door to Lord Adath's rooms in the
Floyd | southern wall, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of
Floyd | Bradda, w ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "So.. this is release 3? I'd expect more polish by this point." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You don't want to get distracted by talking with
Floyd | [prologue-door-open=Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms]. You decide to
Floyd | leave his door alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Is there some issue with the terp we're using?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You move west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long corridor stretches away to the east and west, lit by a series of
Floyd | torches mounted on the wall. On the floor on polished stone, running
Floyd | the entire length of the corridor, is a plush carpet. There is just
Floyd | sufficient light to see the door to Lord Sulanar's rooms in the
Floyd | southern wall, while a banner in the colours of the region of Alallsia
Floyd | hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you approach Sulanar's door, a servant rushes in from the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | "Excuse me, Lord Torrin," he says breathlessly. "Prince Alsanter is
Floyd | demanding to speak with you."
Floyd | "What, now?" you ask.
Floyd | "Yes, my lord," the servant replies.
Floyd | You sigh. "Very well. I'll be right there."
Floyd | The servant hurries away to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of
Floyd | Bradda, ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "That might be part of it, but just the game in general, too." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x banner" | ||
Floyd | [regional-banner=Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||
Floyd | The carpet, which runs the entire length of the corridor in an unbroken
Floyd | stretch of weaving, is made up of a swirling green and blue pattern
Floyd | that is quite soothing on the eyes, as the carpet is to the feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You think about pursuing your own problems first, but decide in the end
Floyd | that Alsanter must have a very good reason for sending for you. It's
Floyd | probably better to see him first, then come back and deal with Lord
Floyd | Sulanar later.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Fine, fine." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of
Floyd | Bradda, w ]
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Have we seen Alsanter's room?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | The game is now in its verbose mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I don't know. Probably some direction it blocked us from earlier." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long corridor stretches away to the west, lit by a series of torches
Floyd | mounted on the wall. On the floor of polished stone, running the entire
Floyd | length of the corridor, is a plush carpet. A stone archway marks the
Floyd | exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda,
Floyd | ward ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You move north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | The broad sweep of the marble stairway ends here at a surprisingly
Floyd | sparsely appointed landing. Aside from a portrait of the king adorning
Floyd | the western wall, there is not much refinement here at all. Two
Floyd | archways, standing opposite each other in the northern and southern
Floyd | walls, provide exits, other than the stairs that lead back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Landing | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda, ward of the king ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You move north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Prince Alsanter's rooms
Floyd | A long corridor stretches away to the west, lit by a series of torches
Floyd | mounted on the wall. On the floor of polished stone, running the entire
Floyd | length of the corridor, is a plush carpet. A stone archway marks the
Floyd | exit to the south. There is a closed door in the northern wall which
Floyd | you know to be the entrance to Prince Alsanter's rooms. Mounted on the
Floyd | southern wall, beside the archway, is a plaque featuring the emblem of
Floyd | the crown prince of Rylane.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard is on duty here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Prince Alsanter's rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of
Floyd | Brad ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "punch guard" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion crosses your mind, to somehow inflict harm on the
Floyd | guard. With a brief shake of your head you dismiss the thought as being
Floyd | unworthy of a knight of the realm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x plaque" | ||
Floyd | [royal-plaque=Corridor outside Prince Alsanter's rooms]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Johnny says (to Floyd), "kiss guard" | ||
Floyd | You open the door. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just Floyd | didn't make sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
Johnny says (to Floyd), "read plaque" | ||
Floyd | After a brief analysis, you conclude the plaque isn't something you can
Floyd | read.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You walk through the open door.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Prince Alsanter's rooms
Floyd | A standard table of unremarkable size stands in the centre of the room,
Floyd | on top of which is a cup. To the left, in front of a wide hearth and
Floyd | low-burning fire, is a chair of leather and wood that speaks of
Floyd | comfort, with an embroidered pillow resting on it. There is a window in
Floyd | the far wall with curtains open, through which you can see the late
Floyd | afternoon sky.
Floyd | In the centre of the room, spread on the floor, is a large, circular
Floyd | rug of rich green.
Floyd | A passage leads westwards, while the door back to the corridor
Floyd | stands open to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Prince Alsanter is standing on the rug, his face red with rage.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is the meaning of this?" the prince demands almost before
Floyd | you've entered, as he waves a parchment at you. His voice is slurring
Floyd | slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can respond by saying:
Floyd | (1) "What are you talking about?"
Floyd | (2) "I don't know."
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Prince Alsanter's rooms | Prologue as Torrin, son of Bradda, ward of
Floyd | the k ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "(3) None of your damn business." | |
Ellison says, "heh" | ||
genericgeekgirl asks, "1?" | ||
Zach says, "Sure" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd | "I have no idea what you're talking about," you reply.
Floyd | "This!" The prince steps closer and waves the parchment in your
Floyd | face. "Recognise this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can respond by saying:
Floyd | (1) "No."
Floyd | (2) "Yes." (sarcastic)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd | "No," you reply as calmly as you can. "I've never seen that before."
Floyd | "This is your seal," the prince continues, pointing to the imprint
Floyd | in the wax. "This is your letter."
Floyd | "I have never seen that letter before in my life," you reply. "If it
Floyd | has my seal, then someone has made a forgery."
Floyd | "Do you deny that you're trying to usurp the throne?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can respond by saying:
Floyd | (1) "Yes, I deny trying to usurp the throne."
Floyd | (2) "No, I am trying to usurp the throne." (sarcastic)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "We can totally play it the other way if people prefer." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "But I'm going for the straight answers." | ||
Zach says, "No, I'd just *love* to be king." | ||
Johnny says, "I don't think he'd get sarcasm." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd | "Of course I'm not trying to usurp the throne," you respond, your
Floyd | voice rising a level. "Why on earth would I try to do that? You're my
Floyd | best friend, Tevona is my fiance, and I love the king like a father.
Floyd | What have I got to gain?"
Floyd | "You want power," Alsanter says. "You always have. This proves it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can respond by saying:
Floyd | (1) "That's a complete lie."
Floyd | (2) "Goodbye."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny asks, "Not "Goodbye (sarcastic)"?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Heh" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "1" | ||
Floyd | "That's a complete lie, and you know it," you almost shout. "How Floyd | dare you insult me like that." Floyd | "Get out!" the prince yells in your face. "This isn't over, Torrin! Floyd | I'll deal with you later!" Floyd | Floyd | You turn for the door, but as you do you hear a the sudden sound of Floyd | rushing feet behind you. You just have time to hear Alsanter give some Floyd | sort of shout before you feel an arm around your neck and a sickly Floyd | smelling cloth is put over your mouth and nose. You struggle briefly, Floyd | then all strength leaves your legs and you fall to the floor. Darkness Floyd | claims you. Floyd | [ Press any key ] | Zach says, "(3) You, sir, have besmirched my honor and I demand satisfaction." | |
mwmiller says, "Oooookay." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "press space" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and find yourself lying on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Johnny says (to Floyd), "tell the truth" | ||
Floyd | [tell truth]
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd | You stand up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Prince Alsanter's rooms
Floyd | You see all the things you expect to in the prince's rooms: the table
Floyd | and rug, the hearth, the chair and pillow, the curtains and window, the
Floyd | passage to the west, and the closed door to the south. But it all seems
Floyd | to fade into the background.
Floyd |
Floyd | The prince is lying face down on the rug, unmoving, with a dagger
Floyd | stuck in the middle of his back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I didn't do it." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "panic" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x dagger" | ||
Floyd | All you can see of it is the jewelled handle protruding from Prince
Floyd | Alsanter's back, but even so, you recognise it. It's the one the king
Floyd | gave to you on your birthday a few years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "You see all the things you expect to in the prince's rooms: a dead prince." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x prince" | ||
Floyd | The body of the prince is lying face down near the edge of the rug,
Floyd | completely still. Blood has poured out of the wound in his back,
Floyd | pooling on the rug. There are no other injuries on Alsanter's body,
Floyd | other than the knife-wound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take knife" | ||
Floyd | There is nothing in here that you want to take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take dagger" | ||
Floyd | You reach out your hand towards the dagger, but even as you do the Floyd | situation changes. Floyd | Floyd | The door suddenly bursts open and three guards rush into the room. Floyd | They take in the situation at once, and they all seem to reach the same Floyd | conclusion. Floyd | They draw their swords and level them at you. Floyd | [ Press any key ] | ||
inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Part One: Mistake in Identity
Floyd |
Floyd | The lords of the kingdom have given their verdict, and with the
Floyd | smallest of movements the king, my foster father for more than ten
Floyd | years, has accepted their judgement. However reluctant they might have
Floyd | been in performing their task, it is done.
Floyd | I have been found guilty of the murder of Prince Alsanter.
Floyd | All my protestations of innocence have been in vain. Maybe trying to
Floyd | take the dagger wasn't the smartest idea.
Floyd | What do I feel? Pain? Fear? Anger?
Floyd | Nothing at all. I just want to see the face of Princess Tevona, to
Floyd | see her smile at me. To hear her whisper her love for me. Desires that
Floyd | can now never be fulfilled.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne room
Floyd | An enormous hall surrounds you, floored completely with marble, with
Floyd | regional banners hanging down from the vaulted ceiling. Large,
Floyd | stained-glass windows are set high in the wall, allowing the weak
Floyd | daylight to cast faint beams of varicoloured light into the cavernous
Floyd | space. Additional light is provided by torches set in iron stands
Floyd | around the walls.
Floyd | To the north, the throne doors stand open.
Floyd | King Rithusar is seated on his throne at the far end of the hall.
Floyd | Two rows of chairs mark a narrow corridor leading to the dais, and
Floyd | seated in them are all seven lords of the kingdom. A table stands just
Floyd | before the throne at the end of the corridor of judgement, and the
Floyd | wizard Rixomas stands beside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard is approaching, here to take you to your execution.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Throne room | Part One as Torrin, son of Bradda, prisoner of the king
Floyd | ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "beg for life" | ||
Floyd | You start into your plea, attempting to convince the court of your
Floyd | innocence, but you are cut short by Rixomas.
Floyd | "It's too late for that now," the wizard tells you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rixomas" | ||
Floyd | The wizard is old, but his body is still sprightly and he moves with
Floyd | ease and grace, although you notice that he is looking a little pale
Floyd | today. He is perhaps the most powerful wizard in Rylane, and has been
Floyd | your personal friend for years. Rithusar's father brought Rixomas into
Floyd | the court in a permanent position many years ago, and since becoming
Floyd | king you know Rithusar considers him his closest friend and ally.
Floyd | In his hands he is holding a wooden staff you have never seen him
Floyd | without.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I bet the wizard did it." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take staff" | ||
Floyd | The guard's threatening sword tells you not to try anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait!"
Floyd | The shout comes from the king, who is standing before the throne.
Floyd | All eyes turn to the throne, and all sounds cease.
Floyd | "As king, it's my duty to see the law carried out. However, it's
Floyd | also in my power to decide how a judgement will be carried out. Is this
Floyd | correct, Rixomas?"
Floyd | The wizard nods. "That is correct, your Majesty."
Floyd | "Now," the king continues, "it's plain that for this particular
Floyd | crime I can't commute it to life-imprisonment, because the laws of the
Floyd | kingdom demand that punishment be equivalent to the crime committed.
Floyd | Indeed, it's by applying the law that people can see that this kingdom
Floyd | is fair, and that her ruler is just."
Floyd | A frown forms on the face of the wizard. "But, your Majesty..."
Floyd | "A curse," the king proclaims. "You will pronounce a curse on him,
Floyd | something that will make him unacceptable for human contact, expelling
Floyd | him forever from our midst."
Floyd | Confusion follows. Voices are raised in dissent, others in tacit
Floyd | agreement, as if they like the idea, but are not sure they like it
Floyd | enough. Arguments break out between lords on either side, while the
Floyd | king, the wizard and you look on.
Floyd | "Peace, my lords," the king finally commands in a loud voice, and
Floyd | order slowly returns to the throne room. "I'm not looking for debate on
Floyd | this matter. We need only for the wizard to present us with those
Floyd | curses he is capable of performing, and for us to decide which is the
Floyd | most appropriate."
Floyd | There is reluctance from some members of the court, Lord Sulanar in
Floyd | particular. But once the wizard begins listing the different curses
Floyd | most of that reluctance turns to grudging praise as the possibilities
Floyd | for adding to your sentence become clear.
Floyd | For almost an hour the debate rages, eliminating possibilities
Floyd | until, finally, the choice comes down to one of three things. And to
Floyd | add to your torment, the final decision is given to you.
Floyd | "You must choose your fate," the wizard says. "The court has decided
Floyd | to curse you by transforming you into either a rat, a fox, or a snake.
Floyd | All of these creatures are hunted and killed without remorse. You will
Floyd | be shunned by men, and your life may very well be short. But you must
Floyd | choose now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Thoughts?" | |
mwmiller says, "I know which one GGG would pick. :)" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Hee." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Is it fox? It's totally fox." | ||
mwmiller says, "But I vote for fox." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Zach, Johnny? Speak now or forever be a fox." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "I'm a fox." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fox" | ||
Floyd | "So be it," the wizard says. "May God have mercy on your soul."
Floyd | An expectant silence falls on the throne room as the wizard moves to
Floyd | stand directly in front of you and closes his eyes. He raises his staff
Floyd | above his head, with the top of the staff pointing in your direction.
Floyd | The silence of the throne room is shattered when he mutters
Floyd | something unintelligible and a bolt of blue lightning arcs between his
Floyd | staff and your body, crackling through the air. You scream in agony as
Floyd | wave after wave of electrical fire flows through you, your body
Floyd | flopping on the floor in convulsions. Pain reaches every nerve, every
Floyd | point on your body, and yet amid the pain you begin to feel your body
Floyd | shrink, change and mutate. You feel bones crunch, muscles stretch and
Floyd | contract, and a strange, evil odour fills your nostrils. Your tunic
Floyd | rips apart and falls to the floor as your body changes within it.
Floyd | And then, as suddenly as it starts, the pain vanishes, the lightning
Floyd | fades, and the echoes of your last scream as a human fade into silence,
Floyd | leaving you lying on the floor with all eyes staring at you.
Floyd | The wizard steps closer, and whispers so only you can hear. "I'm so
Floyd | sorry I wasn't able to help. Go to Master Limos in the Rylane
Floyd | mountains. He might be able to help you."
Floyd | In a louder voice he says, "You will have safety only while in this
Floyd | hall. Once you leave, your fate is in your own hands."
Floyd | The wizard points northwards towards the doors, to the way of
Floyd | torment.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Throne room | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I want to be a foxy rat." | |
Johnny says, "(%foxnoise%)" | ||
mwmiller hums "Whistle Stop". | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You scramble to your feet and trot out of the throne room, surprising Floyd | yourself at how natural movement is. As you leave the guard closes the Floyd | doors behind you. The noise as the doors shut seems so loud, as if they Floyd | were slammed, and it makes you jump slightly. Floyd | [ Press any key ] | ||
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | This well appointed room seems significantly larger now than it used
Floyd | to. It is dominated by the towering, ornately carved doors which occupy
Floyd | almost the entire south wall, and by a thick carpet that covers the
Floyd | stone floor with intricate designs and patterns. In the two far corners
Floyd | opposite the throne room doors stand two massive suits of armour, one
Floyd | made from silver, and the other apparently from gold.
Floyd | Apart from the doors to the throne room, which are currently closed,
Floyd | there are cavernous exits to the east and west, although you can see
Floyd | that both hallways make a sharp turn to the south after a short
Floyd | distance, and a slightly smaller passage leads north.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | What just happened? Has the king, my foster father, just rescued me
Floyd | or condemned me? Somehow death might have been preferable to this life
Floyd | without life, death without death. All my thoughts for the last two
Floyd | months have focused on my potential execution. Now, it seems, I'm
Floyd | destined to have one last adventure, with or without God's help.
Floyd | But there is no time for reverie. If anything is to become of my
Floyd | life I need to stay alive, and that means escaping the castle, and
Floyd | hiding from anyone who might see me. I'll have to start thinking like a
Floyd | fox. Already my senses are giving me signals beyond what I've ever
Floyd | experienced before. Yet how will I be able to do anything without
Floyd | hands? The castle gates feel like they're miles away...
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Save Game Warning: The castle is a dangerous place for you now. It is
Floyd | recommended that you save the game at this point so you can easily
Floyd | restore it if necessary. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Antechamber | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | You hear movement to the east. You can also hear a soft murmuring
Floyd | coming from behind the throne room doors.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "East?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Sure" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, ok." | |
genericgeekgirl asks, "Uh. west?" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plain hallway
Floyd | The walls of this otherwise plain hallway are decorated with
Floyd | tapestries, and a number of small statues on pedestals stand at regular
Floyd | intervals down the length of the hallway. The hallway itself runs along
Floyd | the side of the castle, with a passage to the east at the northern end,
Floyd | and a small door, which is closed, blocking the exit to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Plain hallway | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | At the moment, you don't see any avenue for movement in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x statues" | ||
Floyd | The statues are of former kings of Rylane, carved from granite. The
Floyd | faces, while obviously intended to capture a look of nobility, just
Floyd | seem somber and stern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | This well appointed room seems significantly larger now than it used
Floyd | to. It is dominated by the towering, ornately carved doors which occupy
Floyd | almost the entire south wall, and by a thick carpet that covers the
Floyd | stone floor with intricate designs and patterns. In the two far corners
Floyd | opposite the throne room doors stand two massive suits of armour, one
Floyd | made from silver, and the other apparently from gold.
Floyd | Apart from the doors to the throne room, which are currently closed,
Floyd | there are cavernous exits to the east and west, although you can see
Floyd | that both hallways make a sharp turn to the south after a short
Floyd | distance, and a slightly smaller passage leads north.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | A guard enters from the east.
Floyd | With a cry of alarm, the guard draws his sword and rushes at you.
Floyd | You leap away, trying to escape the fast approaching blade, but instead
Floyd | feel the cold steel stab painfully into your side. You fall to the
Floyd | floor in a pool of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 0 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | Yes Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Restore failed. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | That wasn't one of the options. Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "y" | mwmiller says, "So for the moment, it's Wumpus-y. Okay." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Antechamber | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "hooray. 1st puzzle solved." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with drawn curtains, but a few have been
Floyd | opened and grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall leads out to the courtyard, although
Floyd | it is closed at the moment, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | A tall, basalt pedestal is positioned in the north-western corner of
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On top of the pedestal is a large, ornamental vase.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vase" | ||
Floyd | The vase is large and features some amazingly detailed etchings on the
Floyd | side, which depict a forest and a variety of woodland creatures. There
Floyd | is even a fox in one corner of the picture.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||
Floyd | You look around for somewhere to hide. The curtains might offer a
Floyd | feasible place to hide, especially behind them.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtains" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Always the curtains." | |
mwmiller says, "If it worked for Hamlet, it'll work for us. Maybe." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x curtains" | ||
Floyd | The curtains are made from a light, thin cloth, reddish in colour, and
Floyd | reach almost all the way to the floor. In fact, they are almost the
Floyd | same colour as your fur. They are outset from the windows, which leaves
Floyd | a small space between the curtains and the window.
Floyd | One of the curtains appears to be frayed at the top where it is
Floyd | attached to the rail. You doubt it would take much effort to pull it
Floyd | down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Why are my feet red and not black?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | You are a small, red fox with a long snout and bushy red tail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tail" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "wag tail" | ||
Floyd | You wag your tail a few times.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "perk ears" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pant" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | The smell of the fire dominates here, but you also smell a something
Floyd | musty, but you can't pinpoint its location.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull curtain" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach the frayed curtain from your current hiding spot.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "We can wag our tail, but not look at it. Okay." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "unhide" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with drawn curtains, but a few have been
Floyd | opened and grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall leads out to the courtyard, although
Floyd | it is closed at the moment, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | A tall, basalt pedestal is positioned in the north-western corner of
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On top of the pedestal is a large, ornamental vase.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x fire" | ||
Floyd | The fire is burning low, but it is still pushing out a lot of heat. Floyd | Some of the logs look well burnt. If you could drag something onto the Floyd | fire, you imagine it would still burn fairly well. | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cupboard" | ||
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south. Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side Floyd | of the door. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in Floyd | relation to the cupboard. Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south. Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side Floyd | of the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cupboard" | ||
Floyd | Made of acacia wood, the cupboard features intricate details on its
Floyd | doors. It is tall, too, about seven feet in total. The base is standing
Floyd | a couple of inches above the ground, courtesy of four small feet, and
Floyd | the height extended another couple of inches by small fascia running
Floyd | along the top edge which conceals the flat surface on top of the
Floyd | cupboard. At present, the cupboard is firmly shut.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your animal senses are screaming at you to hide.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull curtain" | ||
Floyd | You grab the frayed curtain with your teeth and tug firmly, but nothing
Floyd | seems to happen. Again you pull and this time are rewarded with the
Floyd | sound of cloth tearing high above you. With one more firm pull the
Floyd | entire curtain rips away from the rail and ends up in a pile at your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Eeeeee. We're going to die." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "put curtain in fire" | ||
Floyd | You grab one end of the fallen curtain with your teeth and drag it to
Floyd | the fire. With a toss of your head you manage to throw it onto the low
Floyd | burning fire, where it smoulders for a moment before bursting into
Floyd | flame. Smoke billows into the hall.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | A guard enters from the south.
Floyd | With a cry of alarm, the guard draws his sword and rushes at you.
Floyd | You leap away, trying to escape the fast approaching blade, but instead
Floyd | feel the cold steel stab painfully into your side. You fall to the
Floyd | floor in a pool of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 0 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Antechamber | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Meanies. =(" | |
Zach asks, "Maybe knock over the vase and then hide behind the curtain?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Plain hallway
Floyd | The walls of this otherwise plain hallway are decorated with
Floyd | tapestries, and a number of small statues on pedestals stand at regular
Floyd | intervals down the length of the hallway. The hallway itself runs along
Floyd | the side of the castle, with a passage to the east at the northern end,
Floyd | and a small door, which is closed, blocking the exit to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Plain hallway | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Antechamber
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Antechamber | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with drawn curtains, but a few have been
Floyd | opened and grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall leads out to the courtyard, although
Floyd | it is closed at the moment, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | A tall, basalt pedestal is positioned in the north-western corner of
Floyd | the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On top of the pedestal is a large, ornamental vase.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push vase" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach the vase, although the pedestal is well within reach.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push pedestal" | ||
Floyd | Placing your paws against the side of the pedestal you give it a push,
Floyd | and it rocks alarmingly back and forth. The vase tips one way, then
Floyd | another, and ends up balancing on the edge of the stand. Slowly,
Floyd | inexorably, it topples from the pedestal and smashes into a thousand
Floyd | pieces on the floor, and the room echoes with the sound of its demise.
Floyd | The pedestal itself follows a second later, slamming into the floor
Floyd | with considerable force and further crushing the remains of the vase.
Floyd | Where the base of the pedestal rested a small hole in the floor can
Floyd | now be seen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | The hole is only a few inches across, and has a ragged edge. It seems
Floyd | to lead to an area under the meeting hall, but you are too big to
Floyd | squeeze through such a small opening.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "If only we was a rat." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide under cupboard" | ||
Floyd | You look at the space beneath the cupboard, but you quickly reach the
Floyd | conclusion there is no way you could fit under it.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter fire" | ||
Floyd | You decide that getting burnt alive in the fire is not the destiny you
Floyd | had in mind.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | The door to the courtyard opens and a servant walks in. You don't
Floyd | hear the door close again.
Floyd | "Oh dear, what a mess!" she cries, and immediately tries to lift the
Floyd | pedestal. After a few moments of straining she finally gives up with a
Floyd | huff and turns her attention to picking up pieces of the vase.
Floyd | The servant turns and sees you, all colour draining from her face.
Floyd | "A fox!" the servant cries, before fleeing as fast as her feet will
Floyd | carry her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Servant doesn't like foxes? Pfft." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtains" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd | The door to the courtyard opens and a servant walks in. You don't
Floyd | hear the door close again.
Floyd | "Oh dear, what a mess!" she cries, and immediately tries to lift the
Floyd | pedestal. After a few moments of straining she finally gives up with a
Floyd | huff and turns her attention to picking up pieces of the vase.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says (to mwmiller), "I mean, it's not like we're a *rat*, after all." | |
mwmiller exclaims, "Now check out the overhead compartments while they're distracted!" | ||
mwmiller says, "...Wait, wrong game." | ||
Zach says, "A rat in the middle ages inspires the respect that a plague bearing critter deserves." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You feel that exposing yourself now would not be in your best
Floyd | interests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | You hear movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "unhide" | ||
Floyd | You feel that exposing yourself now would not be in your best
Floyd | interests.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | The servant exits to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "unhide" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The area immediately in front of the pedestal is covered with the
Floyd | scattered shards of an ornamental vase.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell hole" | ||
Floyd | There is no need to smell any particular item. You can use your
Floyd | enhanced, vulpine sense of smell in each location - if you detect
Floyd | anything unusual or noteworthy with your olfactory senses, you can then
Floyd | examine the item for more information.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your animal senses are screaming at you to hide.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | A servant enters from the south.
Floyd | The servant turns and sees you, all colour draining from her face.
Floyd | "A fox!" the servant cries, before fleeing as fast as her feet will
Floyd | carry her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "The first result for create interactive fiction is Aaron's book." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Johnny says, "ilac" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtain" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A servant enters from the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A guard enters from the south.
Floyd | The servant exits to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | The guard exits to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A servant enters from the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hm." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd | In Debris Room
Floyd | You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface.
Floyd | A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris
Floyd | here, but an awkward canyon leads...**error**
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Error 350: Bad Adventure reference. Error has been corrected.
Floyd | Returning you to your normal transmission. ]
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hahaha" | |
Johnny says, "He claims TADS is the first result." | ||
Johnny says, "sigh, ilac, sorry" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unhind" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unhide" | ||
Floyd | You feel that exposing yourself now would not be in your best
Floyd | interests.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | The servant exits to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtain" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | You don't hear anything out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unhide" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "C'mon, go away." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your animal senses are screaming at you to hide.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd | A guard enters from the south.
Floyd | With a cry of alarm, the guard draws his sword and rushes at you.
Floyd | You leap away, trying to escape the fast approaching blade, but instead
Floyd | feel the cold steel stab painfully into your side. You fall to the
Floyd | floor in a pool of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 0 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtain" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A guard enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | The guard exits to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "unhide" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north, south and down.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd | You check the size of the hole, and quickly calculate that you can't
Floyd | fit down it.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" | ||
Floyd | From the base to the flat platform at the top the basalt pedestal is
Floyd | carved in a thin spiral, like vines winding around a tree. It stands
Floyd | about five feet high. Or it would if it was upright - it is currently
Floyd | lying on its side. On the floor where the base of the pedestal was
Floyd | located is a small, ragged hole.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- voices on the other side
Floyd | of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | You can just make out the sound of voices that seem to be coming from
Floyd | the other side of the door.
Floyd | "Do you think he's guilty?"
Floyd | "Sure. You've heard the evidence, haven't you?"
Floyd | "Well, yeah, but it doesn't make sense. He's always been close
Floyd | friends with the prince."
Floyd | You also hear movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You can just make out the sound of voices that seem to be coming from
Floyd | the other side of the door.
Floyd | "What about the fight he and the prince had, eh?"
Floyd | "I never heard what he said the fight was about."
Floyd | "Well, apparently the prince accused him of trying to usurp the
Floyd | throne."
Floyd | You also hear movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You can just make out the sound of voices that seem to be coming from
Floyd | the other side of the door.
Floyd | "I just don't understand it. He had everything, and yet...bah! What
Floyd | a waste."
Floyd | "He's a murderer. He's getting what he deserved."
Floyd | You also hear movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You hear movement on the other side of the door, and after a moment or
Floyd | two you hear voices.
Floyd | "I can't wait for this to end! I hate guard duty."
Floyd | "Yeah. Me too."
Floyd | You also hear movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You hear movement on the other side of the door, and after a moment or
Floyd | two you hear voices.
Floyd | "Any chance I can swap a sentry duty with you?"
Floyd | "Not a chance." the second voice replies.
Floyd | You also hear movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You hear movement on the other side of the door, and after a moment or
Floyd | two you hear voices.
Floyd | "You still seeing Vendra?"
Floyd | There is only a grunt in reply.
Floyd | "Oh."
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You hear movement on the other side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Why does it print it three times?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "I keep hoping they'll pass through here and we can run north." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat curtain" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd | Your animal senses are screaming at you to hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtain" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A guard enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd | He is one of the palace guard. He appears to be on a patrol of the
Floyd | castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | The guard exits to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb curtains" | ||
Floyd | You consider changing your hiding spot, but decide in the end that your
Floyd | current position is safe enough.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat fire" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd | The table is long and broad, capable of handling with some of the
Floyd | larger gatherings the court may want to entertain. The wood is stained
Floyd | a rich, deep brown colour, and has been polished until reflections can
Floyd | be seen on the surface, although you only know that from experience.
Floyd | From your current position you can't see the top of the table at all.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Did we try going north?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. It tells us it's not safe." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb on table" | ||
Floyd | You leap up unto the table, but your vulpine senses immediately start
Floyd | saying you are too exposed. You fight it for a moment but decide to
Floyd | jump down again.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Johnny says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open cupboard" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb cupboard" | ||
Floyd | You look up towards the top of the cupboard, but you quickly reach the
Floyd | conclusion there is no way you could get up there.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull curtain" | ||
Floyd | You grab the frayed curtain with your teeth and tug firmly, but nothing
Floyd | seems to happen. Again you pull and this time are rewarded with the
Floyd | sound of cloth tearing high above you. With one more firm pull the
Floyd | entire curtain rips away from the rail and ends up in a pile at your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtain" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, so we can do both of those things." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond. One of the windows is
Floyd | missing a curtain altogether.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large pile of reddish cloth here, the remains of one of
Floyd | the curtains.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put curtain in fire" | ||
Floyd | You grab one end of the fallen curtain with your teeth and drag it to
Floyd | the fire. With a toss of your head you manage to throw it onto the low
Floyd | burning fire, where it smoulders for a moment before bursting into
Floyd | flame. Smoke billows into the hall.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement on the other
Floyd | side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide behind curtain" | ||
Floyd | You wriggle your body behind the curtains. Your feet are still visible,
Floyd | but given the curtain colour you should be well enough concealed until
Floyd | you are reayd to unhide yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains)
Floyd | You are concealed behind one of the curtains in the meeting hall. There
Floyd | are windows right next to you that hold views of the grey sky, but
Floyd | there is not much else to see. The curtains effectively block your view
Floyd | of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall (hiding behind the curtains) | Part One as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe they'll come out now." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | You hear voices from the other side of the courtyard door. The
Floyd | voices are raised in alarm.
Floyd | "Can you smell that?"
Floyd | "Yes, it smells like... something's burning..."
Floyd | "Look! There's smoke coming from the hall!"
Floyd | Two guards suddenly rush through the open door and into the meeting
Floyd | hall. Shouting to each other, they quickly smother the fire burning in
Floyd | the curtain, and carry the remains away. They make their exit through
Floyd | the courtyard door.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by three. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Or we'll burn to dea--" | |
Zach says, "Hooray!" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You emerge from behind the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting hall
Floyd | A high ceiling and an enormous hearth give the meeting hall an imposing
Floyd | feel, but not to the level of the throne room. There are windows on the
Floyd | east wall, mostly draped with curtains, but a few have been drawn and
Floyd | grey clouds can be seen in the sky beyond. One of the windows is
Floyd | missing a curtain altogether.
Floyd | The floor is polished stone, covered in places by large, featureless
Floyd | rugs. There is a table stretching for a good length of the expansive
Floyd | room, around which are a number of chairs. In the south-western corner
Floyd | there is a tall cupboard, and next to it is the hearth where a fire is
Floyd | burning low.
Floyd | A wide door in the north wall, which is standing open at the moment,
Floyd | leads out to the courtyard, while a passage southwards leads to the
Floyd | antechamber.
Floyd | There is a tall, basalt pedestal lying on its side in the
Floyd | north-western corner of the room, next to which you can see a small
Floyd | hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Meeting hall | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot through the open door and descend the stone steps into the
Floyd | courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard
Floyd | You are currently hiding in the shadow cast by an overhanging balcony
Floyd | at the southern end of the castle courtyard. Battlements surround this
Floyd | area, tall walls topped with parapets, while in front of you to the
Floyd | north stretches a wide, open area paved with flagstones.
Floyd | To the east you can see the stables, while westwards is the castle
Floyd | smithy. To the south, up a small series of stone steps, lies the
Floyd | entrance to the meeting hall.
Floyd | There is a large stack of barrels just off to the left, along with
Floyd | some discarded and empty crates, and a single wooden plank.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a horse-drawn cart standing nearby, the driver idly holding
Floyd | the reins of a large, grey draught horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Southern end of the courtyard | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Woo!" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "And here I thought Zach was just being destructive :)" | ||
Ellison says, "wow" | ||
Zach says, "Hey, they turn us into a fox, fires get started." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barrels" | ||
Floyd | The barrels are made of wood wrapped in steel bands. They are stacked
Floyd | four high in places, and seem to be mostly filled with wine, although
Floyd | you can smell a number of other things, like barley and wheat too.
Floyd | The stack is arranged in a step-like manner, with the tallest
Floyd | sections at the southern-most end, and the smallest pointing towards
Floyd | the north.
Floyd | A barrel right at the top of the stack is poorly positioned, and
Floyd | threatens to fall at the least provocation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The servant rushes in from the west, and grabs another sack from the
Floyd | rear of the cart.
Floyd | "All right," the driver drawls. "I'd better get going now."
Floyd | The servant hurries off carrying the sack.
Floyd | With a flick of the reins, the cart driver urges his horse on, and
Floyd | the cart makes its way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Into the cart?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter cart" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The servant rushes in from the west, and grabs another sack from the
Floyd | rear of the cart.
Floyd | "All right," the driver drawls. "I'd better get going now."
Floyd | The servant hurries off carrying the sack.
Floyd | With a flick of the reins, the cart driver urges his horse on, and
Floyd | the cart makes its way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Sure" | |
Zach says, "Dany" | ||
Zach says, "*Dang" | ||
Johnny says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Johnny says (to Floyd), "climb barrels" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | The servant rushes in from the west, and grabs another sack from the
Floyd | rear of the cart.
Floyd | "All right," the driver drawls. "I'd better get going now."
Floyd | The servant hurries off carrying the sack.
Floyd | With a flick of the reins, the cart driver urges his horse on, and
Floyd | the cart makes its way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "x plank" | ||
Floyd | The plank is about 5 feet long and 3 inches wide. It is resting against
Floyd | one of the discarded crates in a way that reminds you of a see-saw your
Floyd | father made for you when you were small.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push barrel" | ||
Floyd | You place your paws against the side of the closest one and push as
Floyd | hard as you can, but nothing seems to happen. It would take someone
Floyd | larger to have any impact on the stack of barrels, you decide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "jump on plank" | ||
Floyd | There doesn't appear to be any compelling reason to expend energy in
Floyd | such a manner.
Floyd | You hear the sound of the portcullis being raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x cart" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x crates" | ||
Floyd | The crates are made of wood, slats of pine hammered together rather
Floyd | shoddily. There are only about three or four of them. What they might
Floyd | have contained is a mystery, as they are all empty. A plank is leaning
Floyd | against one of the crates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x portcullis" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | You hear the sound of the portcullis being lowered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | The stack of barrels is a smorgasbord of powerful smells, but none
Floyd | stand out on their own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Smithy?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smithy
Floyd | The smithy is normally an active place, but today the smithy doors are
Floyd | closed, and no sounds can be heard from within. A pile of discarded
Floyd | iron, leftovers from smithy work, lies next to the doors, along with a
Floyd | barrel filled with water. Nearby is another door which you know leads
Floyd | to the stores, but this door, too, is closed.
Floyd | To the east is the southern end of the courtyard, while northeast
Floyd | leads you into the wide, northern end.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Smithy | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd | Having been used by the blacksmiths to clean equipment, the water
Floyd | doesn't look clean enough to drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Mineral water." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x iron" | ||
Floyd | The pile is made of various bits of twisted metal, none of which looks
Floyd | to be of any use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | The archers on the walls are too skilled at their work to risk moving
Floyd | into the open like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Stables?" | |
Zach says, "Eek, I didn't know there were archers." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard
Floyd | You are currently hiding in the shadow cast by an overhanging balcony
Floyd | at the southern end of the castle courtyard. Battlements surround this
Floyd | area, tall walls topped with parapets, while in front of you to the
Floyd | north stretches a wide, open area paved with flagstones.
Floyd | To the east you can see the stables, while westwards is the castle
Floyd | smithy. To the south, up a small series of stone steps, lies the
Floyd | entrance to the meeting hall.
Floyd | There is a large stack of barrels just off to the left, along with
Floyd | some discarded and empty crates, and a single wooden plank.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Southern end of the courtyard | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Stables
Floyd | You are outside the stables, the doors to which are closed, except for
Floyd | the top half of one door which is tied back against the wall with a
Floyd | rope. A load of hay still to be stowed in a stall lies to one side, a
Floyd | pitchfork stuck in it forlornly. In front of the stable doors is a
Floyd | barrel, lying on its side.
Floyd | The southern end of the courtyard is towards the west, while to the
Floyd | northwest is the northern end, near the gatehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | A horse is standing inside the stables but with its head sticking
Floyd | through the open stable door. It appears to be asleep.
Floyd | You hear the sound of the portcullis being raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Stables | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick horse" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the chestnut horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat horse" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hay" | ||
Floyd | The mound is quite high, perhaps eight feet. A pitchfork in standing up
Floyd | in the pile, obviously left there by an absent stable hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Weird, I was going to try the same thing." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barrel" | ||
Floyd | The barrel is made of wood, with steel bands wrapped around it for
Floyd | strength. It is lying on its side, which you imagine is because a
Floyd | servant was moving it and has not returned to complete the job. You are
Floyd | unsure what the barrel contains, your fox senses not giving you any
Floyd | insight. It is currently sitting directly in front of the stable doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "climb on horse" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter barrel" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x horse" | ||
Floyd | The horse is a chestnut, a fine looking animal with a small patch of
Floyd | white hair, like a star, on its forehead. It looks to be asleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "roll barrel" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stand on barrel" | ||
Floyd | You place your paws on the barrel, and using all the leverage your body Floyd | can manage, you give it a push. It is so heavy that you wonder if you Floyd | will be able to move it at all. But after a moment or two of straining, Floyd | it finally starts to roll. And once started the barrel rolls easily, Floyd | coming to rest against the castle wall. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You think about it, but there doesn't appear to be any reason to stand Floyd | on that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb on barrel" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move west and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pitchfork" | ||
Floyd | The pitchfork is stuck vertically in the mound of hay.
Floyd | You hear the sound of the portcullis being raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x barrel" | ||
Floyd | The barrel is made of wood, with steel bands wrapped around it for
Floyd | strength. It is lying on its side, which you imagine is because a
Floyd | servant was moving it and has not returned to complete the job. You are
Floyd | unsure what the barrel contains, your fox senses not giving you any
Floyd | insight. It is currently resting against the castle wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "roll barrel" | ||
Floyd | Because the barrel is right up against the castle wall you can't get
Floyd | any leverage to push it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull barrel" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to pull the barrel, but you can't imagine there
Floyd | being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | Surprisingly, the horse remains asleep. Some sort of physical
Floyd | intervention may be required to rouse the beast from slumber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite horse" | ||
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | Made from pine, the stable doors mark the entrance to the stables where
Floyd | the kings horses, and those of any visiting dignitaries, are housed.
Floyd | You know from experience that around one hundred horses can be bedded
Floyd | in the stalls inside. While the main doors are closed, the top half of
Floyd | one door is open, tied back against the wall with a rope that hangs
Floyd | down invitingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd | The rope is thin, short and worn, and has frayed ends. It looks as if
Floyd | it was part of a longer piece some time in the past. It is attached to
Floyd | the handle on one of the stable doors, securing the door against the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat rope" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull rope" | ||
Floyd | You leap up to grab the end of the rope with your teeth and the weight
Floyd | of your body unties the knot that is holding the door back. As it
Floyd | swings free you let go and drop back to the ground.
Floyd | As the door swings closed it gathers momentum and it strikes the
Floyd | sleeping horse with some force. Startled out of sleep, the horse is
Floyd | instantly agitated and begins to rear and neigh in a frightened manner.
Floyd | The horse lunges at the stable doors and they burst open, allowing
Floyd | the horse escape the stables and rush towards the northern end of the
Floyd | courtyard.
Floyd | Before you can even think to hide, a stable hand comes rushing out
Floyd | of the stables closing the doors behind him, and then bolts after the
Floyd | escaped horse. He doesn't even glance in your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Whee." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Stables
Floyd | You are outside the stables, the doors to which are closed, except for
Floyd | the top half of one door which was previously tied back against the
Floyd | wall but is currently swinging free. A load of hay still to be stowed
Floyd | in a stall lies to one side, a pitchfork stuck in it forlornly. A
Floyd | barrel, lying on its side, is resting against the wall.
Floyd | The southern end of the courtyard is towards the west, while to the
Floyd | northwest is the northern end, near the gatehouse.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd | You hear the sound of the portcullis being raised.
Floyd | You can hear a horse neighing in distress coming from the northern
Floyd | end of the courtyard. You also hear hooves beating on the flagstones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move west and northwest.
Floyd | You can hear a horse neighing in distress coming from the northern
Floyd | end of the courtyard. You also hear hooves beating on the flagstones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl | You have been trampled to death by a distressed horse. | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | The archers on the walls are too skilled at their work to risk moving
Floyd | into the open like that.
Floyd | You can hear a horse neighing in distress coming from the northern
Floyd | end of the courtyard. You also hear hooves beating on the flagstones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search hay" | ||
Floyd | [examine hay]
Floyd | The mound is quite high, perhaps eight feet. A pitchfork in standing up
Floyd | in the pile, obviously left there by an absent stable hand.
Floyd | You can hear a horse neighing in distress coming from the northern
Floyd | end of the courtyard. You also hear hooves beating on the flagstones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard
Floyd | You are currently hiding in the shadow cast by an overhanging balcony
Floyd | at the southern end of the castle courtyard. Battlements surround this
Floyd | area, tall walls topped with parapets, while in front of you to the
Floyd | north stretches a wide, open area paved with flagstones.
Floyd | To the east you can see the stables, while westwards is the castle
Floyd | smithy. To the south, up a small series of stone steps, lies the
Floyd | entrance to the meeting hall.
Floyd | There is a large stack of barrels just off to the left, along with
Floyd | some discarded and empty crates, and a single wooden plank.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cart, pulled by a large grey horse, arrives from the northern end
Floyd | of the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | A servant rushes in from the west, oblivious to your presence, and
Floyd | approaches the cart.
Floyd | "Another load for ya," the driver says to the servant.
Floyd | "Thanks," he replies.
Floyd | The servant grabs one of the sacks from the rear of the cart, heaves
Floyd | it onto his shoulder, then disappears back to the west, heading for the
Floyd | castle storeroom.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Southern end of the courtyard | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we can get onto the cart now?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cart" | ||
Floyd | It's a fairly uninteresting cart, a little old and ramshackle. The rear
Floyd | section of the cart is surrounded by barriers of wood which, combined
Floyd | with your small stature, make determining the contents impossible. It
Floyd | has four wheels, and a small seat at the front for the driver. There is
Floyd | a reasonable space under the cart which would be out of sight of the
Floyd | archers, if you could reach it.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | To your ears comes the sound of a horse in distress, along with a
Floyd | few shouts of someone trying to calm the horse. The sounds are coming
Floyd | from the northern end of the courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Or under." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "hide under cart" | ||
Floyd | With the archers distracted by the agitated horse, you slip unnoticed
Floyd | beneath the cart where its shadow and bulk conceal you. However, should
Floyd | the cart move you know you will be exposed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard (hiding under the cart)
Floyd | With the cart standing above you and hiding you from the eyes of the
Floyd | archers on the battlements, you are safe for the moment. In front of
Floyd | you to the north, looking past the cart and horse you are hiding
Floyd | beneath, stretches a wide, open area paved with flagstones. Normally
Floyd | this area would be bustling with activity, but today it seems a little
Floyd | quiet.
Floyd | There are an assortment of barrels and crates just off to the left,
Floyd | while in the eastern corner are the stables. To the west is the castle
Floyd | smithy, and to the south, up a small series of stone steps, lies the
Floyd | entrance to the meeting hall.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A servant appears from the west, grabs a sack from the cart and
Floyd | takes it away. He appears so focused on his work he doesn't see you
Floyd | cowering under the cart.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Southern end of the courtyard (hiding under the cart) | Part One as
Floyd | Torrin ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | To move north now would mean exposing yourself to the archers on the
Floyd | walls. You decide to wait for the cart to move and follow underneath
Floyd | it.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A servant arrives from the west and grabs a sack from the cart,
Floyd | before heading back towards the storage room. Your presence under the
Floyd | cart goes unnoticed.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hmm" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | You can hear a horse neighing in distress coming from the northern
Floyd | end of the courtyard. You also hear hooves beating on the flagstones.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The servant rushes in from the west, and grabs another sack from the
Floyd | rear of the cart.
Floyd | "That's the lot," the driver says. "See you after the execution."
Floyd | The servant hurries off carrying the sack.
Floyd | With a flick of the reins, the cart driver urges his horse on, and
Floyd | the cart makes its way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the cart moves away, you find yourself standing out in the open,
Floyd | and it takes less than a second for an archer to spot you.
Floyd | "Look!" a voice cries. "A fox!"
Floyd | Amid exclamations of surprise by other archers you hear the sound of
Floyd | an arrow being launched. You were already moving, even before the arrow
Floyd | left the string, but it still hits you, spearing through your body and
Floyd | throwing you to the ground. Another arrow hits you, but you can hardly
Floyd | feel it as your life slowly ebbs away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 3 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Southern end of the courtyard (hiding under the cart)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Southern end of the courtyard (hiding under the cart) | Part One as
Floyd | Torrin ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | To move north now would mean exposing yourself to the archers on the
Floyd | walls. You decide to wait for the cart to move and follow underneath
Floyd | it.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "So.." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "follow cart" | ||
Floyd | Knowing that timing is everything, you wait for the cart to move. If
Floyd | you can stay under it, you might be able to avoid being seen.
Floyd | The servant rushes in from the west, and grabs another sack from the
Floyd | rear of the cart.
Floyd | "That's the lot," the driver says. "See you after the execution."
Floyd | The servant hurries off carrying the sack.
Floyd | There is a sudden flick of the reins and with a jolt the cart
Floyd | lurches forward. You keep pace with it, forcing yourself to stay calm,
Floyd | willing the archers to keep their attention on the still-upset horse.
Floyd | A cat, sunning itself in the northern end of the courtyard, spots
Floyd | you as you pass. It leaps up, hissing wildly at you, and for a moment
Floyd | you think that all is lost. But the whinnying of the chestnut horse
Floyd | drowns out most of the sound, and the cat is ignored.
Floyd | Finally, the cart comes to a halt in the gatehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gatehouse (hiding under the cart)
Floyd | The mass of the cart immediately above you adds to the dimness of the
Floyd | tunnel-like gatehouse. You can see daylight ahead to the north where
Floyd | the bars of the lowered portcullis allow light through. There are holes
Floyd | in the flagstones here, where the spikes on the end of the portcullis
Floyd | rest when it is down.
Floyd | From behind you, at the northern end of the courtyard, comes the
Floyd | sound of a horse whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Gatehouse (hiding under the cart) | Part One as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Well, fine." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "follow cart" | ||
Floyd | There is no further need to follow the cart, as you have crossed the
Floyd | courtyard and only the portcullis stands in your way. Following the
Floyd | cart out of the castle would complicate your ability to avoid the
Floyd | archers on the walls.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | With an enormous groan and the clanking of gears and chains, the
Floyd | portcullis slowly rises up.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "follow cart" | ||
Floyd | There is no further need to follow the cart, as you have crossed the
Floyd | courtyard and only the portcullis stands in your way. Following the
Floyd | cart out of the castle would complicate your ability to avoid the
Floyd | archers on the walls.
Floyd | With a flick of the reins, the cart driver urges his horse on, and
Floyd | the cart makes its way north through the raised portcullis.
Floyd | As the cart moves away, you find yourself standing out in the open.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gatehouse
Floyd | The light is dim here, owing to the tunnel-like nature of the
Floyd | gatehouse. Daylight streams through the northern end, unhindered by the
Floyd | raised portcullis. There are holes in the flagstones here, where the
Floyd | spikes on the end of the portcullis rest when it is down.
Floyd | From behind you, at the northern end of the courtyard, comes the
Floyd | sound of a horse whinnying in distress.
Floyd | From the northern end of the courtyard comes the sound of a horse
Floyd | whinnying in distress.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Gatehouse | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | With the portcullis up, you dash out of the gatehouse, looking for the Floyd | safety of distance from the castle. Before you is the long slope of the Floyd | stone ramp that leads down and away from the castle gates. At the base Floyd | of the ramp, spread out before you like a map, lies the city of Ryla. Floyd | You make a dash for the bottom, knowing that you will not be safe Floyd | while you are still in range of the archers on the battlements. Floyd | It's a long way, and you feel like you've only just started when Floyd | from above and behind you hear a shout. Floyd | "Hey, look! A fox!" Floyd | One of the archers on the battlements has spotted you. Your red fur Floyd | coat makes you stand out against the weather-worn grey stone of the Floyd | ramp. And then you hear a sound that fills you with dread. Floyd | Twang...zip! A arrow hits the ground less than an inch from your Floyd | nose and ricochets away. Floyd | You change direction, twisting and turning to throw off the archers Floyd | aim, all the time racing to reach the bottom of the ramp and be out of Floyd | the archers range. Desperately you dart left and right, this way and Floyd | that, but ever downwards and away from the castle. More arrows strike Floyd | the ground near you, and one grazes your side, drawing blood. But Floyd | finally, you reach the bottom and quickly seek cover beneath some Floyd | bushes on the side of the road. Your rapid breathing slows as you catch Floyd | your breath. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your score just went up by five. ] Floyd | Floyd | I'm out of the castle in one piece, and so I still have a chance of Floyd | discovering the true murderer of my best friend and getting this curse Floyd | lifted. But it's quite a walk to the Rylane Mountains to see this Floyd | Master Limos, whoever he is, and first I must escape the city. Floyd | [ Press any key ] | ||
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western side of the road
Floyd | You are hiding in some bushes on the west side of the main road that
Floyd | leads through the city of Ryla. Behind you to the south is the stone
Floyd | ramp that leads up to the castle gates, the castle looming above you,
Floyd | elevated on its rocky crag. The main road heads north, but the amount
Floyd | of traffic on it precludes any thought of using it yourself. Westwards
Floyd | the way is barred by the rocky base of the castle, but an alley that
Floyd | might provide sufficient cover can be seen to the northwest. There is
Floyd | also a small drainage pipe here, about a foot in diameter, which runs
Floyd | eastwards underneath the road.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Western side of the road | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd | Your score is 8 out of a maximum of 101. Enter FULL SCORE to see a
Floyd | complete breakdown of the scoring items.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "I assume Master Limos is in charge of fancy long carriages." | |
Zach says, "Bwah" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe" | ||
Ellison says, "well, I chose rat when I played it, but you guys have already gotten farther than I ever did" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, me too. I never made it out of the castle with the rat." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "And then I took a break and, well, never bothered to go back." | ||
mwmiller says, "Need to work on your plague-spreading skillz." | ||
Zach says, "I wish the game had started when we were turned into an animal." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You dash across the open space, looking for the concealment offered by
Floyd | the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern end of the alley
Floyd | Less of an alley and more of a area left over between buildings, it
Floyd | stretches some distance to the north. The gap between the rear of each
Floyd | building is barely six feet, and from what you can see of the
Floyd | buildings, this is not their best side. Construction is haphazard,
Floyd | materials are mismatched, and everything is smeared with dirt and
Floyd | grime. It is a depressing scene, especially when viewed under a leaden
Floyd | sky. To the southeast, beyond the alley, an open area can be seen
Floyd | beside the main road.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you pause to survey the area, a faint shimmer of light appears a
Floyd | few feet away, hovering in the air. You stare at it as it shifts and
Floyd | wavers, like a veil of silk in the wind. And as you watch it begins to
Floyd | expand, growing larger each moment, becoming more distinct and well
Floyd | formed.
Floyd | And finally, standing before you, is the ghostly image of a man.
Floyd | It is not a man you can ever remember meeting, but his face catches
Floyd | in your mind, signalling that it is somehow familiar. The man's
Floyd | features are strong, but while his body seems youthful, his eyes seem
Floyd | much older, as if he has looked on all the evil in the world and
Floyd | accepted it as his own. He is dressed in black robes, with a strange
Floyd | amulet of vivid blue set in gold around his neck.
Floyd | The wraith-like man looks around, taking in his surroundings, and
Floyd | his eyes fall on you. You see him blink, perhaps in unbelief, and for
Floyd | some seconds his gaze is unwavering, piercing.
Floyd | Suddenly, the phantom throws his head back and laughs. Or at least,
Floyd | he makes a laughing motion, for no sounds reach your ears. But you can
Floyd | tell he is not appreciating some clever pun or practical joke; the look
Floyd | in his eyes tells you he thinks of your misfortune as humorous.
Floyd | Somehow, this apparition knows what has happened to you, and finds the
Floyd | knowledge funny.
Floyd | Then, like a candle being snuffed, the ghost disappears, leaving you
Floyd | with the image of a man laughing at your fate burned in your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Southern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "the intro text wasn't quite as interminable as I remembered it, either" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "The tiny amount of backstory we care about could certainly have been in static intro text." | ||
Zach says, "And there were less text dumps." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, this is release 3. It's possible he added a lot of new stuff." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Actually, it looks like he did exactly in the first release. You start in a cell, and it tells you why you're there, and then you wait a billion times and get turned into the critter of your choice. Anyway.." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "That wraith guy is a jerk." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | The alley widens here to some degree, although the quality of the
Floyd | building construction hasn't changed. A vine growing up the side of a
Floyd | nearby building provides you with cover in an otherwise exposed area.
Floyd | Off to the right is a small corral, inside which is a herd of sheep,
Floyd | bleating nervously. In the building next to the corral is a plain,
Floyd | white door that has some blood-like stains near at the base. The alley
Floyd | continues to the northwest, and narrows to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter corral" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You trot northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | not busy, but a short distance away you see a shopkeeper standing in
Floyd | the doorway of his shop, looking around indifferently, and his presence
Floyd | keeps you from leaving the safety of the alley. The road runs
Floyd | east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction goes, but to
Floyd | the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the side of one of the buildings nearby is a
Floyd | rake.
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is an ragged, burlap sack, full to bursting with
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and faces the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rake" | ||
Floyd | It is a simple rake, constructed of a wooden pole and iron head. The
Floyd | iron is somewhat rusted, but otherwise it looks in good condition. You
Floyd | could probably move the rake by dragging it in a direction.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search sack" | ||
Floyd | [examine sack]
Floyd | It is a large, burlap sack that is stained and torn in a number of
Floyd | places, yet it is still bulging at the seams, filled with brown, autumn
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "roll around in leaves" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dump sack" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the sack.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and looks to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x shopkeeper" | ||
Floyd | The shopkeeper looks bored, as if he is waiting for something
Floyd | interesting to happen. The shopkeeper is currently looking away to the
Floyd | east, towards the city gates.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x east" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and faces the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag rake west" | ||
Floyd | You notice the shopkeeper is facing this way. Attempting to move in
Floyd | such an obvious way is bound to attract his unwanted attention.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drag rake east" | ||
Floyd | You notice the shopkeeper is facing this way. Attempting to move in
Floyd | such an obvious way is bound to attract his unwanted attention.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and looks to the east.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drag rake west" | ||
Floyd | You decide that attempting to get past the shopkeeper without being
Floyd | seen, especially while dragging a rake with your teeth, is a foolhardy
Floyd | proposition.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and faces the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Let's see what's east?" | |
Ellison says, "sure" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Attempting to leave the safety of the alley at this point would be
Floyd | futile, given the presence of the shopkeeper, who would almost
Floyd | certainly see you if you moved out. You decide to come up with another
Floyd | plan.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Blah." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and looks to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Attempting to leave the safety of the alley at this point would be
Floyd | futile, given the presence of the shopkeeper, who would almost
Floyd | certainly see you if you moved out. You decide to come up with another
Floyd | plan.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite shopkeeper" | ||
Floyd | You consider an attack on the shopkeeper. He is unarmed, after all. But
Floyd | there is too much distance to cover, and no guarantee of success, so
Floyd | you decide in the end to try something else.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and faces the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, west and
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You trot southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | The alley widens here to some degree, although the quality of the
Floyd | building construction hasn't changed. A vine growing up the side of a
Floyd | nearby building provides you with cover in an otherwise exposed area.
Floyd | Off to the right is a small corral, inside which is a herd of sheep,
Floyd | bleating nervously. In the building next to the corral is a plain,
Floyd | white door that has some blood-like stains near at the base. The alley
Floyd | continues to the northwest, and narrows to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sheep" | ||
Floyd | There are perhaps a dozen or so animals. They are looking at you
Floyd | nervously, and occasionally bleating their fear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick chops" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x corral" | ||
Floyd | The corral is a box shape, with cross-beams on the sides to keep the
Floyd | occupants from escaping. The sides are only about four feet high. A
Floyd | small gate is built into one side to provide access. Inside the corral
Floyd | is a small herd of sheep.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You rush forward and push against the small gate of the corral with
Floyd | your paws, but it refuses to move. There appears to be some form of
Floyd | latch keeping it from opening. You dart back to your position under the
Floyd | vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open latch" | ||
Floyd | You dart out of cover and race to the gate. Putting your front legs on
Floyd | top of the gate, you use your nose to lift the latch, before quickly
Floyd | returning to your position under the vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You rush forward and push the small gate of the corral with your paws,
Floyd | and it swings open gently. The sheep back away into the far corner of
Floyd | the corral and start bleating in a far more urgent manner as the gate
Floyd | comes to a stop. You dart back to your position under the vines.
Floyd | You have only just reached the vines when the white door suddenly
Floyd | swings open and a large, bearded man strides out. He is dressed in work
Floyd | clothes, and is wearing a apron covered in blood. He quickly looks
Floyd | around and spots the open gate.
Floyd | "How did that get open?" he asks of no one, and shuts the gate again
Floyd | just before the sheep find it themselves.
Floyd | The man looks around again, this time a little more intently. You
Floyd | freeze, and eventually the man gives a simple grunt, then disappears
Floyd | back through the door.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sheep are stupid." | |
mwmiller says, "Sheep going 'HOLY CRUD THE FOXES HAVE LEARNED HOW TO USE TOOLS'" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x building" | ||
Floyd | This is definitely not the buildings best side. Aside from the general
Floyd | dirt and grime, the walls themselves are in need of maintenance.
Floyd | The building beside the corral has a white door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | Other than the blood stains near the base of the door, there is nothing
Floyd | else particularly interesting about it. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x stains" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x blood stains" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yip" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open latch" | ||
Floyd | You dart out of cover and race to the gate. Putting your front legs on
Floyd | top of the gate, you use your nose to lift the latch, before quickly
Floyd | returning to your position under the vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You rush forward and push the small gate of the corral with your paws,
Floyd | and it swings open gently. The sheep back away into the far corner of
Floyd | the corral and start bleating in a far more urgent manner as the gate
Floyd | comes to a stop. You dart back to your position under the vines.
Floyd | You have only just reached the vines when the white door suddenly
Floyd | swings open and a large, bearded man strides out. He is dressed in work
Floyd | clothes, and is wearing a apron covered in blood. He quickly looks
Floyd | around and spots the open gate.
Floyd | "How did that get open again?" he asks of no one, and shuts the gate
Floyd | again. Some of the sheep had been about to make use of the exit.
Floyd | Once again you freeze as the man looks around intently. But finally
Floyd | the man shrugs his shoulders then disappears back through the door.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "They're getting bolder." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open latch.open gate" | ||
Floyd | You dart out of cover and race to the gate. Putting your front legs on
Floyd | top of the gate, you use your nose to lift the latch, before quickly
Floyd | returning to your position under the vines.
Floyd |
Floyd | You rush forward and push the small gate of the corral with your paws,
Floyd | and it swings open gently. The sheep back away into the far corner of
Floyd | the corral and start bleating in a far more urgent manner as the gate
Floyd | comes to a stop. You dart back to your position under the vines.
Floyd | You have only just reached the vines when the white door suddenly
Floyd | swings open and a large, bearded man strides out. He is dressed in work
Floyd | clothes, and is wearing a apron covered in blood and carrying a large
Floyd | butcher's knife. He quickly looks around and spots the open gate.
Floyd | "What the..." he exclaims, quickly shutting the gate before the
Floyd | sheep can escape. "That can't be opening on its own."
Floyd | There is a determined look in the man's face as she looks around the
Floyd | alley. You freeze as before, but his gaze comes to rest on you.
Floyd | "A stinking fox!" he cries and throws his knife at you before you
Floyd | can even move.
Floyd | He is a very good shot. The knife buries itself into your neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 8 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Whoops." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open latch" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move south and northwest.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I am confused about where undo put us." | |
mwmiller says, "Hey now, we're not a stinking fox, we're a perfectly clean fox. :(" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You trot southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | The alley widens here to some degree, although the quality of the
Floyd | building construction hasn't changed. A vine growing up the side of a
Floyd | nearby building provides you with cover in an otherwise exposed area.
Floyd | Off to the right is a small corral, inside which is a herd of sheep,
Floyd | bleating nervously. In the building next to the corral is a plain,
Floyd | white door that has some blood-like stains near at the base. The alley
Floyd | continues to the northwest, and narrows to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "It was 'Alley behind markets'. Okay." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open latch" | ||
Floyd | You dart out of cover and race to the gate. Putting your front legs on
Floyd | top of the gate, you use your nose to lift the latch, before quickly
Floyd | returning to your position under the vines.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe they'll figure it out themselves?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You trot northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | not busy, but a short distance away you see a shopkeeper standing in
Floyd | the doorway of his shop, looking around indifferently, and his presence
Floyd | keeps you from leaving the safety of the alley. The road runs
Floyd | east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction goes, but to
Floyd | the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the side of one of the buildings nearby is a
Floyd | rake.
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is an ragged, burlap sack, full to bursting with
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drag rake se" | ||
Floyd | You grip the rake in your teeth and drag it to the southeast.
Floyd | You sense some danger in the area and seek the limited concealment
Floyd | offered by the vine.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | The alley widens here to some degree, although the quality of the
Floyd | building construction hasn't changed. A vine growing up the side of a
Floyd | nearby building provides you with cover in an otherwise exposed area.
Floyd | Off to the right is a small corral, inside which is a herd of sheep,
Floyd | bleating nervously. In the building next to the corral is a plain,
Floyd | white door that has some blood-like stains near at the base. The alley
Floyd | continues to the northwest, and narrows to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the ground nearby is a rake.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chew rake" | ||
Floyd | [bite rake]
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move south and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You trot northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | not busy, but a short distance away you see a shopkeeper standing in
Floyd | the doorway of his shop, looking around indifferently, and his presence
Floyd | keeps you from leaving the safety of the alley. The road runs
Floyd | east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction goes, but to
Floyd | the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is an ragged, burlap sack, full to bursting with
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take bag" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and looks to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take sack" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sack" | ||
Floyd | It is a large, burlap sack that is stained and torn in a number of
Floyd | places, yet it is still bulging at the seams, filled with brown, autumn
Floyd | leaves.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and faces the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drag sack se" | ||
Floyd | The sack is too bulky to move.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open sack" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "tear sack" | ||
Floyd | Making any obvious movements will alert the shopkeeper to your
Floyd | presence.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "rip sack" | ||
Floyd | Making any obvious movements will alert the shopkeeper to your
Floyd | presence.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | The shopkeeper turns his head and looks to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "rip open sack" | ||
Floyd | You tear the sack with your teeth, expanding the existing tears and
Floyd | spreading the leaves and debris inside around the general area.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | The gust of wind catches the leaves lying on the ground and sends
Floyd | flurries of them whirling along the alley.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Let's play guess the verb." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You trot southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | The alley widens here to some degree, although the quality of the
Floyd | building construction hasn't changed. A vine growing up the side of a
Floyd | nearby building provides you with cover in an otherwise exposed area.
Floyd | Off to the right is a small corral, inside which is a herd of sheep,
Floyd | bleating nervously. In the building next to the corral is a plain,
Floyd | white door that has some blood-like stains near at the base. The alley
Floyd | continues to the northwest, and narrows to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the ground nearby is a rake.
Floyd | The ground here is covered with autumn coloured leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x leaves" | ||
Floyd | The leaves are a variety of autumn colours, with red, brown and yellow
Floyd | being predominant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You rush forward and push the small gate of the corral with your paws,
Floyd | and it swings open gently. The sheep back away into the far corner of
Floyd | the corral and start bleating in a far more urgent manner as the gate
Floyd | comes to a stop. You dart back to your position under the vines.
Floyd | You have only just reached the vines when the white door suddenly
Floyd | swings open and a large, bearded man strides out. The leaves on the
Floyd | ground hide the presence of the rake and he steps on it, the pole
Floyd | flying up and striking him on the head. He falls to the ground with a
Floyd | groan.
Floyd | The sheep, sensing their opportunity, rush through the open gate and
Floyd | past the man lying on the ground, before disappearing to the northwest.
Floyd | After a moment or two the man gets up, rubs his head gingerly, and
Floyd | then staggers off in pursuit of his lost sheep.
Floyd | In the distance you hear the excited cries of people attempting to
Floyd | catch sheep, and the bleating of the sheep trying not to be caught.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by two. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl :D | |
Ellison says, "nice" | ||
Zach says, "Huzzah! Sorry I disappeared for that." | ||
mwmiller says, "A gag worthy of Tom & Jerry." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat sheep" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | The gust of wind brings with it a flurry of leaves that spread
Floyd | themselves around the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You trot northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | empty, opening the way up for you to leave the safety of the alley. The
Floyd | road runs east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction
Floyd | goes, but to the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the
Floyd | city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground here is carpeted with autumn-coloured leaves.
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is the remains of an old, burlap sack, lying on the
Floyd | ground in tatters.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, west and
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Church
Floyd | The road widens here and terminates in a cul-de-sac. Dominating the
Floyd | street is the large, imposing edifice of the church, which towers above
Floyd | you, dwarfing you into insignificance. There is a strong smell here,
Floyd | too, which you assume is coming from within the church itself.
Floyd | In front of the church some scaffolding has been set up, on top of
Floyd | which is a workman who appears to be repairing some stonework.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in
Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Church | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x workman" | ||
Floyd | The workman is standing on the scaffolding, a good thirty feet above
Floyd | the ground, fixing the aging stonework on the church with plaster. He
Floyd | doesn't appear to be interested in you at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | The scaffolding is set up in front of the church at the western end of
Floyd | the road. Made from bamboo poles and hardwood planks, it is quite tall,
Floyd | reaching a height of almost thirty feet. The structure looks quite
Floyd | rickety.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | While the scaffolding might be rickety, it is far too big to be
Floyd | influenced by anything you could do.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in
Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter church" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | empty, opening the way up for you to leave the safety of the alley. The
Floyd | road runs east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction
Floyd | goes, but to the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the
Floyd | city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground here is carpeted with autumn-coloured leaves.
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is the remains of an old, burlap sack, lying on the
Floyd | ground in tatters.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | The gust of wind catches the leaves lying on the ground and sends
Floyd | flurries of them whirling along the alley.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tree" | ||
Floyd | The maple tree is not as tall as other maples you've seen, which is
Floyd | probably explained by its location in the city. The surrounding
Floyd | buildings have stunted its growth. With the onset of autumn most of its
Floyd | leaves have fallen, leaving the branches denuded and stark.
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in
Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, west and
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You trot southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley behind markets
Floyd | The alley widens here to some degree, although the quality of the
Floyd | building construction hasn't changed. A vine growing up the side of a
Floyd | nearby building provides you with cover in an otherwise exposed area.
Floyd | Off to the right is a small corral, which is completely empty. In the
Floyd | building next to the corral is a plain, white door that has some
Floyd | blood-like stains near at the base. The alley continues to the
Floyd | northwest, and narrows to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the ground nearby is a rake.
Floyd | The ground here is covered with autumn coloured leaves.
Floyd | A cold, northerly wind rushes down the alley and makes you shiver
Floyd | momentarily.
Floyd | The gust of wind brings with it a flurry of leaves that spread
Floyd | themselves around the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Alley behind markets | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | Other than the blood stains near the base of the door, there is nothing
Floyd | else particularly interesting about it. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag rake nw" | ||
Floyd | You grip the rake in your teeth and drag it to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | empty, opening the way up for you to leave the safety of the alley. The
Floyd | road runs east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction
Floyd | goes, but to the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the
Floyd | city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the ground nearby is a rake.
Floyd | The ground here is carpeted with autumn-coloured leaves.
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is the remains of an old, burlap sack, lying on the
Floyd | ground in tatters.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag rake w" | ||
Floyd | You grip the rake in your teeth and drag it to the west, along the
Floyd | road.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Church
Floyd | The road widens here and terminates in a cul-de-sac. Dominating the
Floyd | street is the large, imposing edifice of the church, which towers above
Floyd | you, dwarfing you into insignificance. There is a strong smell here,
Floyd | too, which you assume is coming from within the church itself.
Floyd | In front of the church some scaffolding has been set up, on top of
Floyd | which is a workman who appears to be repairing some stonework.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the ground nearby is a rake.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in
Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Church | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hmm, I don't really know what I'm doing." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x workman" | ||
Floyd | The workman is standing on the scaffolding, a good thirty feet above
Floyd | the ground, fixing the aging stonework on the church with plaster. He
Floyd | doesn't appear to be interested in you at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x church" | ||
Floyd | The church is an huge structure. Its angular roof, towering spire and
Floyd | the dark stones used in construction make you feel even smaller than
Floyd | you already do as they rise above you. The building is old, though, and
Floyd | time has ravaged the walls to some degree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x stonework" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in
Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | The scaffolding is set up in front of the church at the western end of
Floyd | the road. Made from bamboo poles and hardwood planks, it is quite tall,
Floyd | reaching a height of almost thirty feet. The structure looks quite
Floyd | rickety.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | While the scaffolding might be rickety, it is far too big to be
Floyd | influenced by anything you could do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x poles" | ||
Floyd | The scaffolding is set up in front of the church at the western end of
Floyd | the road. Made from bamboo poles and hardwood planks, it is quite tall,
Floyd | reaching a height of almost thirty feet. The structure looks quite
Floyd | rickety.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig under scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | Wasting no time, you sprint across to the base of the scaffolding. The
Floyd | workman above shows no signs of having seen you as you get to work.
Floyd | Your paws easily dig through the compacted dirt of the road as you
Floyd | undermine one of the bamboo poles holding up the structure. The hole is
Floyd | a foot deep by the time you finish, and you move away a good distance
Floyd | to await the results.
Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in
Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep.
Floyd | You notice the scaffolding wobble slightly. The workman above looks
Floyd | around, but on seeing nothing, returns to his task.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "We're going to fox hell." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | While the scaffolding might be rickety, it is far too big to be
Floyd | influenced by anything you could do.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd | The scaffolding wobbles noticeably, and the workman steadies himself
Floyd | against the building. He looks nervous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "All foxes go to hell." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "dig under scaffolding" | ||
Floyd | There doesn't seem to be any need to dig further holes under the
Floyd | scaffolding.
Floyd | The scaffolding shakes alarmingly, and the workman, as if sensing
Floyd | imminent danger, begins his descent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wag tail" | ||
Floyd | You wag your tail a few times. Floyd | With a sickening creak, the scaffolding pulls away from the Floyd | building. The workman, unable to reach the ground in time, grabs hold | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push scaffolding with rake" | ||
Floyd | of a window ledge and is left hanging by his arms, shouting for help. Floyd | Then, with a resounding crash, the scaffolding smashes into the ground, Floyd | spreading planks and bamboo around the area. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You consider trying to push the scaffolding, but you can't imagine Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so. Floyd | Somewhere in the distance you hear the sound of voices raised in Floyd | excitement, mingled with a few bleats from excited sheep. Floyd | "Help!" the workman cries, as he dangles from the window ledge. Floyd | "Help!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Church
Floyd | The road widens here and terminates in a cul-de-sac. Dominating the
Floyd | street is the large, imposing edifice of the church, which towers above
Floyd | you, dwarfing you into insignificance. There is a strong smell here,
Floyd | too, which you assume is coming from within the temple itself.
Floyd | In front of the church are some bamboo poles and a number of wooden
Floyd | planks, the remains of some scaffolding that was knocked down recently.
Floyd | A hole has been dug into the road near the church.
Floyd | Your eyes, however, are drawn to the plight of a workman who is
Floyd | clinging to a small window ledge on the front of the church and
Floyd | bellowing for someone to help him.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on the ground nearby is a rake.
Floyd | A harsh, cold wind whistles by, making you shiver.
Floyd | "Help!" the workman cries, as he dangles from the window ledge.
Floyd | "Help!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east.
Floyd | Guards from the city gates rush to assist the man hanging from the
Floyd | window ledge. They don't even glance in your direction.
Floyd | "Hold on," they call out, "We'll get you down in a moment."
Floyd | One of the guards has brought a ladder, but when they set it up
Floyd | discover it is short by a good six or seven feet.
Floyd | "Come on," the workman cries. "I can't hold on much longer."
Floyd | "You'll have to let go!" the guard at the top of the ladder says.
Floyd | "What!" the workman yells.
Floyd | "We can catch you," the guard assures him.
Floyd | In the end the choice was taken away from them. The workman's hands
Floyd | give way and he plummets into the guards on the ladder. The ladder
Floyd | breaks in two, and all of them end up in a heap on the ground.
Floyd | As they each rise, brush themselves off, and realise that no one is
Floyd | hurt their fear gives way to happiness, and there is much backslapping
Floyd | and joking as the guards congratulate themselves on a fine, but
Floyd | unorthodox, rescue. The workman soon turns his attention back to his
Floyd | job, and begins the task of sorting out the shattered remains of his
Floyd | scaffold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Church
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern end of the alley
Floyd | The alley runs into a road here and comes to an end. The road itself is
Floyd | empty, opening the way up for you to leave the safety of the alley. The
Floyd | road runs east/west; it's hard to see where the westward direction
Floyd | goes, but to the east, past a line of shops and houses, you can see the
Floyd | city gates.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground here is carpeted with autumn-coloured leaves.
Floyd | An old maple tree stands at the corner of the alley, looking a
Floyd | little sad and neglected, particularly with most of its foliage lost to
Floyd | autumn. Beneath it is the remains of an old, burlap sack, lying on the
Floyd | ground in tatters.
Floyd | Two guards, one of whom is carrying a ladder, hurry past heading
Floyd | west towards the church.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Northern end of the alley | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Ah" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | City gates
Floyd | Noise and movement surround you. The main road through the city exits
Floyd | here at the city gates, and it is filled with traffic entering or
Floyd | leaving the city. Horse-drawn carts and wagons rumble by, oxen bellow
Floyd | on their way to market, people yell and shout at each other; your
Floyd | senses are overwhelmed.
Floyd | The city gates themselves are wide open, allowing free access in and
Floyd | out. Through them you can see open farmland, trees and hills: freedom.
Floyd | To the south you can see the town square where a crowd of people has
Floyd | gathered. Between you and the crowd you can see a number of sheep
Floyd | running around, pursued by a few people who are not having much success
Floyd | in capturing them.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ City gates | Part One as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You streak towards the gates and the comparative safety beckoning Floyd | beyond. Dodging around horses and people, each heartbeat brings you Floyd | closer. Voices are raised: you have been seen. People are shouting and Floyd | exclaiming, cries of "Look! A fox!" or "Quick! Kill it!" Floyd | Closer now. Ahead is a line of men armed with clubs, beside a cart Floyd | they have just leapt from. A feint to the left, then a dive under the Floyd | cart to the right avoids the danger and the gates are right before you. Floyd | Your animal sense makes you veer sharply right, and a spear thrown Floyd | by someone behind you plants itself into the ground where your body was Floyd | just moments before. You leap over it and make the final dash through Floyd | the gates and out of city. Floyd | You waste no time in putting as much distance between you and the Floyd | city as possible. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your score just went up by ten. ] Floyd | Floyd | And so I leave my former home behind. Although I'm determined not to Floyd | lose hope, it's difficult not to descend into morbid speculation. I Floyd | don't know what the future holds, and whether I'll ever be able to Floyd | return here. I don't know if I can find this Master Limos in the Rylane Floyd | Mountains. I don't even know if I'll live to see the end of this day. Floyd | I long for human contact. I've been a fox for less than a day and Floyd | already I miss it. I long, in particular, for Tevona, to simply hold Floyd | her hand. It is an ache in my heart that won't go away. Floyd | Now I'm faced with a daunting journey. The Rylane Mountains are a Floyd | good three days ride away; how long it'll take on foot as a fox I can't Floyd | imagine. All I know is that the road is likely to be hard. The ghostly Floyd | image of the black-robed man still haunts my mind, but with effort I Floyd | put it aside, and focus on the task at hand and the journey ahead of Floyd | me. Floyd | [ Press any key ] | genericgeekgirl says, "Yay!" | |
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [windmessage=Rixomas]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Interlude: Conversations with the King
Floyd |
Floyd | From the moment I raised my staff and placed the curse on Torrin I
Floyd | knew that the king would want to speak with me, although I expected it
Floyd | would happen much earlier. Night has fallen now. I came at once when
Floyd | the servant informed me of the King's request, but Rithusar has hardly
Floyd | moved in the ten minutes it's been since the King's chamberlain arrived
Floyd | with my wine and then quietly departed, closing the door behind him.
Floyd | Even before then Rithusar was not entirely himself. There is something
Floyd | in his eyes I have never seen before. If I had to think of a word to
Floyd | describe how he looks, it would be "haunted".
Floyd | Outside, a bitter north wind is bringing occasional sheets of rain,
Floyd | but mostly is just making life cold and hard, and only the most
Floyd | foolhardy or desperate would spend any time out in the frigid night
Floyd | air.
Floyd | Here in the Royal apartments, the room is quiet and still, save for
Floyd | the crackling of the fire in the hearth before me. The flames dance
Floyd | over the wood, like players in some ancient ritual, jumping and
Floyd | twisting in delight. But although I'm seated quite close to it I still
Floyd | feel a chill, and I try wrapping my cloak around my shoulders a little
Floyd | tighter.
Floyd | I know he wants to talk. It doesn't take a wizard's knowledge and
Floyd | perception to reach that conclusion. It also doesn't take a lot of
Floyd | insight to know what the king will want to talk about.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Royal apartments
Floyd | The wide hearth with a welcoming fire burning brightly within it gives
Floyd | this room a warm, comforting feel. Before the fire are two chairs, in
Floyd | one of which you are seated. Around the room are a number of candles,
Floyd | which add further light to the room. Next to your chair is a small
Floyd | table, while a small, silver stand is positioned next to the king's
Floyd | chair. The room is spacious and open, with the only exit being a door
Floyd | in the west wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your wooden staff is leaning against your chair within easy reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | The king is seated in his chair, staring into the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Use "TOPICS" at any time to view a list of subjects that King
Floyd | Rithusar might want to discuss. Simply enter the topic name to ask
Floyd | about it. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Royal apartments | Interlude as Rixomas, court wizard ]
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You suspect the king might want to talk about some of the following
Floyd | things:
Floyd | Torrin
Floyd | Princess Tevona
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "torrin" | ||
Floyd | "Have you heard anything?" you ask simply.
Floyd | The king is slow in responding. "He escaped the city, according to
Floyd | the information I have at the moment. Or at least, no one has reported
Floyd | killing a fox, or seeing a dead one in an unusual place. There are
Floyd | unconfirmed reports of a fox running through the main gates, but
Floyd | nothing definite. I have to assume he made it out alive."
Floyd | "He's smart," you say. "He always has been."
Floyd | The king nods. "Much like his father, Bradda, was." He is silent for
Floyd | a moment before continuing.
Floyd | "What did you say to Torrin in the throne room," he asks.
Floyd | You sigh. "I told him to see another wizard," you say with a touch
Floyd | of reluctance.
Floyd | The king raises his eyebrows. "Indeed. Why did you do that?"
Floyd | "I don't really know," you reply. "Your change of direction in
Floyd | having Torrin cursed threw me off balance. Now he was going to remain
Floyd | alive. I was constrained by the law to execute the judgement, but I
Floyd | thought the wizard I sent him to might be able to assist him to some
Floyd | degree."
Floyd | The king leans forward. "Would they be able to lift the curse?"
Floyd | "No, only I can do that. But they might be able to help him in other
Floyd | ways."
Floyd | "How?"
Floyd | "Honestly, I don't know. But I thought that any help would be
Floyd | beneficial."
Floyd | The king sits back and is thoughtful for a moment.
Floyd | "Who did you send him to?"
Floyd | "Master Limos," you say.
Floyd | The king raises his eyebrows.
Floyd | "I hope you know what you're doing," is all he says.
Floyd | "So do I," you reply.
Floyd | The king turns back to the fire and stares intently into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Info Dump Interlude." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "princess" | ||
Floyd | "Tevona must feel fairly upset by what's happened," you say.
Floyd | "She seems...strange," the king replies, confusion in his eyes.
Floyd | "She's been mourning since Alsanter died, but I think she's been
Floyd | avoiding me."
Floyd | You raise your eyebrows in surprise. "What makes you say that?"
Floyd | "I see it in her eyes whenever she sees me," the king says. "It's
Floyd | like she's withdrawing from me, from her family."
Floyd | "You're probably overreacting. She needs time. She's been spending
Floyd | some time in Alallsia, hasn't she?"
Floyd | "Yes, which she's been doing for a number of years now, but I don't
Floyd | know." The king falls silent once more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You suspect Rithusar might want to talk about some of the following
Floyd | things:
Floyd | Bradda, Torrin's father
Floyd | Curse
Floyd | Master Limos
Floyd | Fatherhood
Floyd | Prince Alsanter
Floyd | Rithusar glances quickly at your glass of wine.
Floyd | "Don't forget your wine, Rixomas," he says with a small smile. He
Floyd | then turns his attention back to the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | A silence had fallen, but the king breaks it by asking in a whisper,
Floyd | "What have I done?"
Floyd | You assume he is referring to how he orchestrated Torrin's escape
Floyd | from execution, but he is not looking directly at you, which leaves you
Floyd | a little uncertain as to whether he is asking you a question at all.
Floyd | "Rixomas, what have I done?" he asks again.
Floyd | "Sire..." you begin, but are cut off by the king.
Floyd | "Please, I don't want formality here," he says. He takes off his
Floyd | crown and places it on the stand nearby. "There. At least for a little
Floyd | while, I don't have to be king. I can be Rithusar, you can be Rixomas,
Floyd | and it can be like it used to be, when we were just good friends."
Floyd | You smile in response. "I'd like that, Rithusar."
Floyd | Rithusar repeats his earlier question, this time with no doubt he
Floyd | wants an answer. "Did I do the right thing, Rixomas?" he persists.
Floyd | [ You can respond by saying either Yes, No, or I don't know. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Fatherhood, heh. Also, uh. I'm not so sure about this wine." | |
mwmiller says, "Yes. If he didn't do it, we wouldn't have much of a game to play." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Heh" | ||
mwmiller says, "More seriously, because he wants reassurance. Why not give it to him? No point encouraging him to possibly change his mind." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | "Rithusar, you achieved something I didn't believe possible," you
Floyd | reply. "Torrin was found guilty of murder. Every court in the world
Floyd | would have sentenced him to death. But you saved his life. Torrin is
Floyd | still alive because of you."
Floyd | Rithusar shakes his head. "What life, Rixomas? I have still
Floyd | condemned him. What life have I bestowed on him? What hope does he have
Floyd | for the future?"
Floyd | "Some life is better than no life," you answer philosophically. "As
Floyd | long as there is life, there is hope."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Wax on." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "curse" | ||
Floyd | "Why a curse?" you ask. "Of all things, why that?"
Floyd | "I didn't want it," Rithusar explains. "I didn't want anything to
Floyd | happen. My preference was for Torrin to remain in prison."
Floyd | "That would never have worked," you reply.
Floyd | "I know, but a curse seemed like the only way to keep him alive and
Floyd | yet satisfy the demands of justice."
Floyd | You give Rithusar a smile. "I think you surprised everyone with it.
Floyd | When did you come up with the idea?"
Floyd | Rithusar is a little slow to respond. "About three weeks ago."
Floyd | "Now I'm really surprised," you say. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Floyd | "I would've thought the answer to that was obvious. There have
Floyd | always been stirrings of dissent with the throne of Rylane having a
Floyd | court wizard. Sulanar in particular. If I'd told you my plan beforehand
Floyd | and it was discovered, it would've undermined your objectivity in their
Floyd | eyes, and you would have been excluded from the council on the matter.
Floyd | That would have left execution as the only option."
Floyd | "Maybe," is all you allow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sulanar" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Sulanar didn't seem particularly happy with the result today,"
Floyd | you say. "I'm surprised he actually went along with it."
Floyd | "He and I have never really worked well together," Rithusar says.
Floyd | "That's hardly news," you return in a light-hearted way. "Your
Floyd | houses have been bickering for centuries. He's not that fond of me,
Floyd | either. In fact, I suspect Torrin picked up on your dislike for Sulanar
Floyd | in his repeated accusations against him."
Floyd | "That could be, but Sulanar's alibi was checked out. I'm a little
Floyd | concerned by Sulanar's news about this mysterious wizard, though."
Floyd | You nod. "That is concerning. I haven't heard his full report."
Floyd | "Well, neither have I," Rithusar replies ruefully. "Sulanar is
Floyd | notorious for the brevity of his reports. He initially told me about
Floyd | this a couple of months ago but he hasn't reported anything else until
Floyd | today. Sulanar just said that when he returns to Alallsia tomorrow he
Floyd | will be following up on reports that he has received. Have you sensed
Floyd | anything unusual lately."
Floyd | "No," you say. "If there is a wizard somewhere in the kingdom
Floyd | causing problems, I haven't felt anything. But that's not unusual
Floyd | really. I'd need to be fairly close to any magical activity to sense
Floyd | it. Did Sulanar say what he was going to do?"
Floyd | Rithusar shakes his head. "Just that he will be following it up." He
Floyd | turns his attention back to the fire.
Floyd | You feel a draft from under the door and it makes you shiver. You
Floyd | pull your cloak around yourself even tighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "What mysterious wizard?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "fatherhood" | ||
Floyd | You sense something underlying Rithusar's comments about his children.
Floyd | "Do you feel you've let your children down?" you ask.
Floyd | "I haven't been a good father," Rithusar replies. Seeing your aghast
Floyd | expression, he goes on. "I've spent so much time being king, so much
Floyd | time dealing with issues in the kingdom, I feel I've neglected Alsanter
Floyd | and Tevona."
Floyd | "You're the king," you reply. "Your duty is to the kingdom. You've
Floyd | done nothing to be ashamed of."
Floyd | "I'm a father, too," Rithusar says. His voice is sad. "That duty I
Floyd | seem to have overlooked time and time again."
Floyd | "I think you're being too hard on yourself."
Floyd | "Maybe," Rithusar allows and returns to his contemplation of the
Floyd | fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are almost cut in half by a sudden coughing fit that lasts a
Floyd | couple of minutes and leaves you feeling light-headed and weak.
Floyd | Rithusar looks at you with some concern.
Floyd | "Are you alright, Rixomas?" he asks.
Floyd | You nod in reply. "I'm fine," you say.
Floyd | The king looks at you with questions about the veracity of your
Floyd | answer clearly on his mind, but he doesn't pursue it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wine" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the wine glass.
Floyd | "Please enjoy your wine," Rithusar reminds you. "Don't let it go to
Floyd | waste." He then returns his gaze to the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell wine" | ||
Floyd | The wine glass smells normal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf13" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink wine" | ||
Floyd | You take a small sip of wine, and feel the spices in the liquid warm
Floyd | you from the inside.
Floyd | The wind rattles against the windows, making both you and the king
Floyd | jump slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "alsanter" | ||
Floyd | "Do you want to talk about Alsanter?" you ask.
Floyd | There is a long pause, and you wonder if the king is going to
Floyd | respond at all. "I miss him," Rithusar says finally. "Part of me still
Floyd | can't believe he's gone."
Floyd | "Is that why you've ordered his rooms to be left untouched?"
Floyd | "Yes," Rithusar answers simply. "Somehow it seems wrong to remove
Floyd | all of his things."
Floyd | "You have to let go, Rithusar," you say. "You can't hold onto
Floyd | Alsanter forever."
Floyd | Rithusar nods. "You're right. But not yet." He turns his gaze back
Floyd | towards the depths of the fire. "Not yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | You are lost in contemplation of the fire when Rithusar breaks into
Floyd | your thoughts.
Floyd | "Why did the court find Torrin guilty?" he asks. His tone indicates
Floyd | that the question might be rhetorical, but you answer anyway.
Floyd | "The evidence was compelling," you say.
Floyd | "No, it wasn't," he replies shortly.
Floyd | You hesitate to disagree and point out his lack of objectivity, but
Floyd | decide that wouldn't be helpful. Instead, you simply ask, "Why?"
Floyd | Rithusar looks at you.
Floyd | "Because all the evidence didn't take into consideration Torrin's
Floyd | character," he replies. He leans forward, earnest in his response.
Floyd | "Nothing in Torrin's character suggested he would ever do something
Floyd | like that. Yes, looking purely at the evidence, the logical conclusion
Floyd | is that Torrin must have been responsible. But there is more to this
Floyd | than just evidence. More than just a series of facts."
Floyd | Your initial reaction to this is to simply concede the point to him;
Floyd | he is the king, after all. But you notice again the crown sitting on
Floyd | the silver stand and realise that he doesn't want that sort of
Floyd | response.
Floyd | "We don't know what's in a man's heart," you reply. "The most noble
Floyd | of men can be brought low by temptation, given the right opportunities.
Floyd | The evidence points towards a possibility that is extremely hard to
Floyd | disprove."
Floyd | Rithusar looks thoughtful for a moment, then turns towards you and
Floyd | looks you in the eye.
Floyd | "Do you believe Torrin is guilty?" he asks.
Floyd | You have to admit this was not a question you expected from
Floyd | Rithusar. But he is waiting for your answer.
Floyd | [ You can respond by saying either Yes, No, or I don't know. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd | "Well, it seems a little moot at this point to answer that, but, no, I
Floyd | don't believe he was guilty."
Floyd | Rithusar looks relieved. "I was beginning to think I was the only
Floyd | one."
Floyd | "However," you add, "whether we consider Torrin innocent or not, he
Floyd | was convicted and sentenced. How we feel about the decision won't
Floyd | change what happened."
Floyd | "Actually, it matters a great deal to me," Rithusar says, with a
Floyd | smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cough" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought comes to your mind, but you quickly dismiss it. It
Floyd | really made no sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You suspect Rithusar might want to talk about some of the following
Floyd | things:
Floyd | Bradda, Torrin's father
Floyd | Master Limos
Floyd | Sulanar's Alibi
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "alibi" | ||
Floyd | "So what was Lord Sulanar's alibi?" you ask.
Floyd | Rithusar gives you a weak smile. "He was with me!" he replies.
Floyd | "And he'd been with you all day, hadn't he?" you put in.
Floyd | Rithusar pauses for a moment and looks at you intently. "Actually,
Floyd | he'd only just arrived when Torrin raised the alarm."
Floyd | "You'd sent for him, correct?"
Floyd | "Yes, I wanted him to tell me what Tevona had been doing on her
Floyd | frequent visits to Alallsia. I'd heard reports that he was taking far
Floyd | more interest in her movements than I thought was appropriate. He
Floyd | arrived rather breathless."
Floyd | "Breathless?" you reply. This wasn't information that was in the
Floyd | court documents.
Floyd | "Sulanar explained that when the messenger had delivered the request
Floyd | he'd rushed see me as fast as he could because he wanted to avoid any
Floyd | misunderstandings."
Floyd | "That's certainly unusual," you allow.
Floyd | Rithusar nods. "In a way. But it was then that he first mentioned
Floyd | his information about another wizard possibly operating in his
Floyd | province, which does explain his eagerness to fill me in."
Floyd | "Do you know where he was when the messenger found him?"
Floyd | "No," Rithusar replies. "It didn't seem important at the time. I
Floyd | assumed he was in his apartments."
Floyd | Rithusar shifts in his chair and turns his gaze back to the fire.
Floyd | Rithusar points to your wine glass. "I don't want to distract you
Floyd | too much with talk," he says. "Drink your wine and enjoy it." His
Floyd | attention then returns to the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "limos" | ||
Floyd | "I can see you're worried about where I sent Torrin," you say.
Floyd | "Do you really think it was a good idea sending him to Master
Floyd | Limos?" Rithusar asks. "Surely there was someone else. Master Limos is
Floyd | pretty reclusive. He may not want to help at all."
Floyd | "I'm aware of the difficulties," you reply. "But there was no one
Floyd | else I could think of who might have been capable of helping in
Floyd | Torrin's unique situation."
Floyd | Rithusar still looks uncertain, but he nods and turns back to the
Floyd | fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bradda" | ||
Floyd | "I hardly knew Bradda at all," you say. "He was always Reken's first
Floyd | choice for dangerous missions, though."
Floyd | "I did a lot of training with him, actually, before the war with
Floyd | Gord. He was so quick, always anticipating the outcome of events,
Floyd | almost like he knew what was going to happen before it did."
Floyd | "I suppose that's how he managed to save you," you say.
Floyd | Rithusar nods. "You weren't at the battle of Lounor, were you?"
Floyd | "I was close to tracking down the wizard of Gord at that point,
Floyd | trying to stop the creation of more of those Ralyon warriors."
Floyd | "It was a dreadful battle. It was supposed to be a small outpost,
Floyd | one quick fight and then move on. I think King Horalas knew that, and
Floyd | set up a surprise. After the battle started, two squads of Ralyons
Floyd | materialised out of the forest behind us and attacked. We were fighting
Floyd | the battle on three fronts. I called for reinforcements to strengthen
Floyd | the rear, but a sudden surge from the front left me cut off from the
Floyd | rest of our forces."
Floyd | "And Bradda saw this happen?"
Floyd | "He'd seen it about to happen for a couple of minutes," Rithusar
Floyd | replies. "He'd been working his way towards me the whole time, bashing
Floyd | people out of the way. A few men joined him, Lord Reken was one of them
Floyd | I think. They cut through the soldiers around me and restored the
Floyd | line."
Floyd | "Was that when he died?"
Floyd | "Yes," Rithusar says simply. "As we were organising our retreat, the
Floyd | outpost let fly with a few volleys of arrows. I had lost my shield in
Floyd | the melee and Bradda had given me his. He raised his arms for
Floyd | protection, but an arrow struck him in the neck."
Floyd | "It's strange," you say. "In all the time since the war I haven't
Floyd | heard all the details about what Bradda did. I only knew he'd saved you
Floyd | in battle."
Floyd | One of the logs in the fire settles into the ash softly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "logs" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x logs" | ||
Floyd | The fire is burning well, pushing out a good amount of heat as the logs
Floyd | within are slowly but inexorably consumed by the flames. Embers fly up
Floyd | the chimney out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | Rithusar invited you here to talk with him, so it would be impolite to
Floyd | try to leave without giving him the opportunity.
Floyd | The fire pops loudly, sending a few embers and ash whirling around
Floyd | the hearth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You suspect Rithusar might want to talk about some of the following
Floyd | things:
Floyd | War with Gord
Floyd | Horalas, King of Gord
Floyd | Wizard of Gord
Floyd | Ralyon warriors
Floyd | Lord Reken
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "And it just keeps going :(" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "kiss king" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought comes to your mind, but you quickly dismiss it. It
Floyd | really made no sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "I wouldn't mind the pileup of topics if the narration wasn't so verbose and 'moody'." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wizard" | ||
Floyd | "Did you ever learn the name of the wizard who Horalas used to create
Floyd | the Ralyon warriors?" you ask. Rithusar shakes his head. "No, I didn't
Floyd | either."
Floyd | "That's a surprise," Rithusar says. "You had more to do with him than
Floyd | anyone."
Floyd | "My one meeting with him, if you can call it that, devolved into
Floyd | violence before a word had been spoken, and it was over in moments."
Floyd | "You managed to strike him, though. I seem to recall you mentioning
Floyd | that."
Floyd | "Oh, yes, I hit him. Once. But he vanished before I could determine
Floyd | if the wound was mortal or not. I did manage to destroy his workshop
Floyd | where he was creating more Ralyon warriors."
Floyd | Rithusar nods. "And gave us the edge in the war. Did I ever thank
Floyd | you for your contributions."
Floyd | You smile. "Numerous times, Rithusar. I was very glad to have played
Floyd | some part in ending the war."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Then again that probably isn't a bad thing playing normally." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "reken" | ||
Floyd | "I didn't get a chance to speak with Lord Reken after the trial," you
Floyd | say.
Floyd | "He seemed quite upset by the outcome today," Rithusar replies
Floyd | thoughtfully.
Floyd | "You can't really blame him," you say. "Torrin's father was one of
Floyd | his knights. He was the one who told you about the orphaned son after
Floyd | the battle where Bradda died. So he has a stake in what happens to
Floyd | Torrin. But I was surprised when he said Torrin was guilty."
Floyd | "When Reken put forward the idea of making Torrin my ward, he knew
Floyd | how dedicated Torrin was, and how much he wanted to excel. But Reken
Floyd | knew more about Bradda than Torrin, and much of his decision in
Floyd | suggesting to make Torrin my ward would have been driven by that. What
Floyd | I've seen since then is Torrin's desire to please, to do what is right,
Floyd | and his commitment to his new family. I don't think Reken has the same
Floyd | level of involvement that I do, Rixomas."
Floyd | You nod. "Probably not," you say, and you both fall silent for a
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "war" | ||
Floyd | "The war with Gord seems like an lifetime ago now," you put in. Floyd | "I hated that war," Rithusar replies. Floyd | "Everyone did," you respond. "It was a long war, and a lot of good Floyd | people died." Floyd | "Too many." Rithusar is silent for a moment. "Part of me wishes we'd Floyd | never gone into it." Floyd | "Your father had been assassinated by Gord," you say. "Assassins had Floyd | even tried to kill you. War was demanded. The whole kingdom demanded Floyd | it." Floyd | "Oh yes, it was all noble and right, but looking back now, I think Floyd | we should have explored some other options before charging head first Floyd | into war." Floyd | "I doubt anything else would have worked. Gord wanted a war. They Floyd | were attempting to destabilise our kingdom and hoping to win the Floyd | resulting war before we could regroup." Floyd | "And were it not for Torrin's father, they would have won." Floyd | "It's over," you remind Rithusar. "The war ended ten years ago. Floyd | There's no need for this morbid reflection." Floyd | Rithusar looks at you sharply. "You're right, Rixomas. Dwelling on Floyd | the past is not going to do any good right now." He turns and looks Floyd | into the fire deeply. Floyd | Floyd | A silence descends on the room. The logs in the fire continue to Floyd | burn, the flames biting into the wood greedily. Floyd | Rithusar breaks the silence. "Can you see into the future, Rixomas?" Floyd | he asks. This was not a question you expected Rithusar to ask. Floyd | "Not very well," you reply. "I've never been skilled at the art of Floyd | foresight, and my attempts have been about as accurate as anyone's Floyd | guess." Floyd | Rithusar sighs. "I keep trying to analyse my actions, to plot the Floyd | path from where I am now to where I want to be. Did I do the right Floyd | thing? What will happen to Torrin? I wish I could see what the end Floyd | result will be." Floyd | "I wish I could give you what you want," you reply. "I wish I could Floyd | raise my staff and recite some ancient incantation and restore your Floyd | sons to their proper place. But we can't let this tragedy divert us Floyd | from our responsibility. You are the king of Rylane. You have a Floyd | responsibility to the people to lead them and protect them. Mourn and Floyd | grieve for your sons, but don't fall into depression. Don't let these Floyd | things weigh you down to where your ability as a king is compromised." Floyd | Rithusar looks at you intently as he nods in agreement. His features Floyd | are still gaunt, but the haunted look around his eyes has lessened Floyd | somewhat, and his eyes are brighter. Floyd | "You're ever a true friend, Rixomas," he replies. "Thank you for Floyd | your insights, and for taking the time to listen to my ramblings." Floyd | "It was an honour," you reply. Floyd | Rithusar stands and rings the bell. The chamberlain opens the door Floyd | swiftly. You also stand, but a little unsteadily. Floyd | "Are you all right?" the king asks, genuine concern in his voice. Floyd | You give a little chuckle. "I think I'm just feeling old," you Floyd | reply. Floyd | Rithusar doesn't look convinced. "I'll have my physician come and Floyd | see you," he says. Floyd | "Your daughter has already been providing me with a tonic, but I Floyd | appreciate your concern." Floyd | As you leave the kings chambers and head for your own you feel a Floyd | touch of satisfaction of having achieved something significant. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your score just went up by four. ] Floyd | Floyd | [ Press any key ] | genericgeekgirl says, "Whew." | |
genericgeekgirl pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
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Floyd | Part Two: Lost in Transformation
Floyd |
Floyd | I miss Tevona. I miss her smile, her gentle touch. I miss being able
Floyd | to confide in her, to shine the light of her love on the dark corners
Floyd | of my heart. How often she helped me look up and see my own self worth.
Floyd | When I remember how much Tevona helped me I'm reminded of how she dealt
Floyd | with all of life's struggles so effortlessly. She inspired me to keep
Floyd | going. I learnt so much from her, and I miss her terribly.
Floyd | Whether by the providence of God or my own good fortune I have had
Floyd | safety for the five days I've been running. Aside from an occasional,
Floyd | restless nap, drinking from whatever water source I stumbled across,
Floyd | and staying as far away from human and non-human contact as I could,
Floyd | nothing else has distracted me from my goal. In that time I've wondered
Floyd | long and deeply about just how Master Limos can help me. What can he
Floyd | do? Can he undo the curse? Will he help me to find Alsanter's murderer?
Floyd | I know so little about this wizard I don't know if I'll even be
Floyd | welcome.
Floyd | The ground has been rising steadily for the last day as I made my
Floyd | way north, and this morning I entered the foothills of the Rylane
Floyd | Mountains, marked by a broad stretch of forest that adorns valley after
Floyd | valley. I passed a small outpost earlier, which I gave a wide berth,
Floyd | particularly when I heard a hunting horn being blown. The valley I have
Floyd | entered leads to the only village I know of in the mountains, Tallum,
Floyd | where I hope to gain information that will lead me to this wizard. The
Floyd | wind is bitter and cold, and I expect to find snow the higher up the
Floyd | mountains I go, but at the moment the ground is thankfully clear.
Floyd | But right here and now, things have changed. In my mind I feel like
Floyd | I've been pushing against something intangible for each moment of the
Floyd | five days of my journey, like some spiritual shroud that threatens to
Floyd | envelop me. But now something feels wrong, out of place. My thoughts
Floyd | run like wild horses, uncontrollable...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | All you can see are trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Possibly a good place to stop?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfcursed1" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Probably so, yes." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd | CURSED
Floyd | Version 2.01.10
Floyd | (C) 2011,2012 by Nick Rogers
Floyd |
Floyd | Send bug reports and comments to nickrogers123@gmail.com
Floyd |
Floyd | With thanks to:
Floyd | My wife, Karen, for all her great ideas;
Floyd | Campbell Wild, Mark Tilford, and Simon Baldwin for all their great code
Floyd | for creating Interactive Fiction;
Floyd | And to my beta testers for all their help, persistence, comments and
Floyd | suggestions: James Webb; Finn Rosenlov; Katzy; Simon Baldwin; Richard
Floyd | Otter; Duncan Bowsman; Brad Morcombe; Kevin Cantara
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Yeah, I need to go to sleep. I'm a little bit too tired for lots of texts." | |
*** SESSION TWO *** | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfcursed1" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh dear, I guess I missed part one last week." | |
Zach asks, "Is this right after we escaped the city?" | ||
[LINK] | ||
Johnny says (to DavidW), "I hava log. Oh." | ||
DavidW says, "thanks" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "For us,yes. For Torrin, it's magically five days later." | ||
Zach says (to DavidW), "We were framed for a murder and magically transformed into a fox as punishment." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an
Floyd | odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Um." | |
DavidW says, "seems like a fallthrough logic error." | ||
Ellison says, "maybe 'smell' needs an object" | ||
Ellison says (to Floyd), "smell odour" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Ellison says, "sorry, guess not" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "open eyes" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Weird." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "A restore might be needed." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. ... I can't ... Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn sound
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. ... think ... Your vulpine senses detect
Floyd | an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "or maybe not" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses
Floyd | detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "think" | ||
Floyd | It is so hard to think, your mind wanders constantly, randomly...but
Floyd | you think you feel something...
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect
Floyd | an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "think about Tevona" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a
Floyd | horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an
Floyd | odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn sound
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to horn" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something
Floyd | like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to horn" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect
Floyd | an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like dogs barking
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a hunting horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "run" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen to dogs" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect
Floyd | an odour nearby. ... I need to ... Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a hunting horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. ... feel ... Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a hunting
Floyd | horn sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hide" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like
Floyd | a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like dogs barking
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses
Floyd | detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I can't tell if this is trippy or buggy." | |
DavidW says, "The interspersed 'I need to' 'feel' parts, seem like this is on purpose." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel" | ||
Floyd | You can feel your feet.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like
Floyd | a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like
Floyd | dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Ah" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch me" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects something like a hunting horn sound nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an
Floyd | odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn sound nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "feel tail" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses
Floyd | detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a
Floyd | hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses
Floyd | detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses
Floyd | detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a
Floyd | horn sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel feet" | ||
Floyd | You can feel your feet, and beneath them you can feel the ground.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a hunting
Floyd | horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an
Floyd | odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel ground" | ||
Floyd | The ground is covered in grass.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | The sound of barking dogs fills your ears as they fall on you,
Floyd | tearing you apart. But you don't feel a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Eeek." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | Zach says, "Huh. At least we seemed to be on the right track." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfcursed1" | ||
Floyd | No
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfcursed1" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Yeah, eek at being hunted by dogs." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "think" | ||
Floyd | It is so hard to think, your mind wanders constantly, randomly...but
Floyd | you think you feel something...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "feel" | ||
Floyd | You can feel your feet.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an
Floyd | odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell odour" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel feet" | ||
Floyd | You can feel your feet, and beneath them you can feel the ground.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel ground" | ||
Floyd | The ground is covered in grass.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel grass" | ||
Floyd | The grass is thick and soft, cool to the touch. In various places you
Floyd | can see clumps of small white flowers.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "feel flowers" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. ... My nose ... Your vulpine hearing detects some
Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn sound
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects some sounds nearby. ... I need to ... Your vulpine senses
Floyd | detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell flowers" | ||
Floyd | There is no need to smell any particular item. You can use your Floyd | enhanced, vulpine sense of smell in each location - if you detect Floyd | anything unusual or noteworthy with your olfactory senses, you can then Floyd | examine the item for more information. | ||
Floyd Your [playerfamily=fox] hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your | ||
Floyd [playerfamily=fox] senses detect an odour nearby. Your | ||
Floyd [playerfamily=fox] eyes detect movement nearby. Your [playerfamily=fox] | ||
Floyd senses detect an odour nearby. Your [playerfamily=fox] hearing detects | ||
Floyd some sounds nearby. Your [playerfamily=fox] hearing detects some sounds | ||
Floyd nearby. Your [playerfamily=fox] senses detect an odour nearby. Your | ||
Floyd [playerfamily=fox] hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your | ||
Floyd [playerfamily=fox] eyes detect movement nearby. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look at flowers" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing
Floyd | detects something like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect
Floyd | an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes
Floyd | detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a
Floyd | horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an
Floyd | odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn sound
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | The flowers are giving off a gentle, sweet fragrance that mingles with
Floyd | the crisp, alpine smell of the pines trees all around which you hear
Floyd | creaking in a strong wind.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects
Floyd | some sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something
Floyd | like a horn sound nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby.
Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect
Floyd | movement nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect
Floyd | an odour nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like dogs barking
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour
Floyd | nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects something like a hunting horn
Floyd | sound nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your
Floyd | vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch trees" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment... Floyd | Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects Floyd | something like a hunting horn sound nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect Floyd | movement nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine eyes detect movement nearby. Your vulpine Floyd | hearing detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some Floyd | sounds nearby. Your vulpine senses detect an odour nearby. Your vulpine Floyd | hearing detects something like dogs barking nearby. Your vulpine Floyd | hearing detects some sounds nearby. Your vulpine hearing detects some Floyd | sounds nearby. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A wind is blowing through the forest making eerie howling sounds in the Floyd | trees. The branches of the trees are creaking as the wind pushes them, Floyd | and you can hear leaves falling to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | The veil is lifted - my mind has returned to me. Although just what Floyd | brought about this overload of senses I hesitate to guess. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forest clearing Floyd | The track you have been following through the forest widens here into a Floyd | small clearing. You can see that some of the space has been created Floyd | unnaturally - there are a number of stumps nearby that indicate the Floyd | influence of man. A bitter northerly wind brings with it the smells of Floyd | the forest, scents of trees and even other animals. Small shrubs have Floyd | grown prolifically here, forming large stretches of thick foliage, Floyd | while the rest of the open space is covered with grass that waves in Floyd | the wind. Dotted here and there are small bunches of late blooming Floyd | alpine flowers that are giving off a strong fragrance. Despite the Floyd | undergrowth, you have freedom of movement in every direction, although Floyd | the track itself leads north. Floyd | Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ] Floyd | > | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x flowers" | ||
Floyd | The flowers appear to be a late blooming variety, although you're not
Floyd | sure of the type. The petals are white and delicate, and the centre is
Floyd | a bright yellow spot. The fragrance the flowers are emitting is
Floyd | delightful, a fresh and pure smell that lifts the spirit.
Floyd | To your ears come the sounds of dogs barking, not too far away to
Floyd | the south. And with it is the sound of a horn.
Floyd | You notice your scent has been left behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Off the path, probably?" | |
DavidW asks, "I think we need to find a way to mask our scent. Roll in flowers, maybe?" | ||
Zach says, "Unless we have some body spray." | ||
Zach says (to DavidW), "That might be an idea." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "roll in flowers" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh well. Find a river, then." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "East or West? North seems too obvious, I think." | ||
Zach says, "Yeah, I'm confused by "the track."" | ||
DavidW says, "I really don't know. I think we just have to risk a direction and hope it's right." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | West of clearing
Floyd | Tall trees surround you on all sides, but not so densely as to prevent
Floyd | movement in any direction. You can see for some distance all around
Floyd | you, although the only thing you note is that the light is brighter to
Floyd | the east where the forest clearing is. The base of most trees are
Floyd | surrounded by the same shrubs you noticed earlier, although here in the
Floyd | dimness of the trees it is not quite as prolific. The forest floor here
Floyd | is carpeted with moss which feels cool to your feet. A frigid northerly
Floyd | wind is blowing, and it carries with it the scents of the forest, an
Floyd | array of smells in which you can make out various plants and trees and
Floyd | even animals.
Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you
Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ West of clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest clearing
Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog
Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | West of clearing
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ West of clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Sorry" | |
Zach says, "Oops. soory" | ||
Zach says, "Sorry even." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Just going to explore, I guess." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest near cliff wall
Floyd | The towering western wall of the valley confronts you here, rising up
Floyd | out of sight, while the forest ends right at the base. A few small
Floyd | plants have found purchase in the cliff face, but you can see no way to
Floyd | scale the cliff yourself. A bitter northerly wind continues to assault
Floyd | the trees, bending the upper branches and howling in discordant waves
Floyd | of sound. There is little undergrowth here, mostly made up of moss and
Floyd | the small shrubs that appear to be endemic to the region. Apart from
Floyd | the limitations imposed by the valley wall to the west, you can move in
Floyd | any direction.
Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog
Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest near cliff wall | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Any direction, despite there being a cliff wall?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, it says that." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest near cliff wall
Floyd | Trees still surround you, but they come to an end abruptly as the
Floyd | valley floor rises sharply and becomes a wall of rock to the west. The
Floyd | rock face is adorned with the few small shrubs that could find a
Floyd | footing, but there is no way you could scale the cliff, rising as it
Floyd | does out of sight above you. The trees are being pounded by a strong
Floyd | northerly wind, the trees and your own fur offering scant protection
Floyd | against the bitter cold. There is little undergrowth, just a few shrubs
Floyd | spotted around the area, along with some moss, so aside from the
Floyd | restrictions imposed by the cliff wall to the west you have unimpeded
Floyd | movement in any direction.
Floyd | You hear the blast of a horn somewhere to the south, but closer now
Floyd | than it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Probably back east, then?" | |
DavidW says, "I suspect we'll need to smell in places to find things." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | You can smell an amazing variety of trees and bushes, along with some
Floyd | animals, but you are having a hard time trying to distinguish between
Floyd | them.
Floyd | The noise of a pack of dog barking with the excitement of a chase
Floyd | sounds loud in your ears, even above the sound of the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | There are only trees in every direction you look. It is quite dim, the
Floyd | little light there is with the sky fully overcast hardly penetrates the
Floyd | thick layer of greenery above. Occasionally a gap will open up, caused
Floyd | by the strong northerly wind, and a patch of weak light flashes across
Floyd | the moss and shrubs that adorn the forest floor. You can see no
Floyd | impediment for movement in any direction.
Floyd | Another howl cuts through the sound of the wind, followed almost
Floyd | immediately by a horn.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | Tall, primordial trees surround you on all sides, but you notice they
Floyd | have thinned somewhat; there is more space between the trees, and as a
Floyd | consequence more light filters down through the canopy of leaves above.
Floyd | The northerly wind, bitterly cold as it strikes your body, stirs the
Floyd | leaves and branches overhead, bringing with it various scents and
Floyd | fragrances that you are still learning to catalogue. Shrubs decorate
Floyd | the base of the trees, and have spread all over, but they don't impede
Floyd | your progress too much. There is a track here that runs north/south,
Floyd | but you can move in any direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The sound
Floyd | resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you, barking
Floyd | their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "y" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Nothing seems to make sense at the moment...
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Didn't we save after that?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, 16" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Trying east" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east. Floyd | Floyd | East of clearing | Zach says, "Sounds good" | |
Floyd | Towering trees surround you on all sides, their upper reaches buffeted
Floyd | by an icy northerly wind. With the sky completely overcast, the light
Floyd | that penetrates to the forest floor is dim, but to the west it is
Floyd | somewhat lighter. At the ground level there are numerous small shrubs
Floyd | growing in clumps all around you, particularly near the base of the
Floyd | trees, but no so thickly as to prevent movement in any direction. Large
Floyd | patches of moss also cover the ground.
Floyd | To your ears come the sounds of dogs barking, not too far away to
Floyd | the south. And with it is the sound of a horn.
Floyd | You notice your scent has been left behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ East of clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest near cliff wall
Floyd | The ground rises sharply here before meeting a steep cliff wall that
Floyd | soars above you, the upper reaches of it lost in the low-lying clouds.
Floyd | Trees have grown right to the base of the cliff, and surround you on
Floyd | all sides. The ground is liberally covered in moss and small shrubs are
Floyd | growing everywhere you look. A freezing northerly wind is blowing,
Floyd | making whistling sounds through the trees. You can move in almost any
Floyd | direction, except where the cliff wall to the east blocks passage.
Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you
Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest near cliff wall | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Nope." | |
Zach asks, "north?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest near cliff wall
Floyd | The sheer cliffs of the valley wall rise up before you, blocking any
Floyd | further movement east. The height of the cliffs can't be determined,
Floyd | with the low lying clouds masking their true extent. The forest
Floyd | continues to surround you on all sides, although you feel that the
Floyd | density lessens somewhat to the north. The northerly wind is tossing
Floyd | around the upper branches violently, and howling loudly as it does. You
Floyd | feel the chill of the wind even while protected from most of the force
Floyd | by the trees.
Floyd | At ground level there is a lot of undergrowth, the same small shrubs
Floyd | you have seen everywhere, but none of it will restrict your movement.
Floyd | There are also occasional patches of moss spotted around, mostly
Floyd | beneath the trees and where the light from overhead is weakest.
Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog
Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Better north than south." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge
Floyd | The southern forest ends here at a stream that flows in from the west.
Floyd | The stream itself also seems to end here, disappearing underground
Floyd | through a crack in the sheer cliff wall to the east that towers over
Floyd | you. The sheerness of the cliff prevents even the thought of climbing
Floyd | it, and it bends around you to the north as well. The northern bank of
Floyd | the stream is made of shale, but it quickly recedes into a vast, open
Floyd | grassland you can see in the northwest. A frigid northerly wind is
Floyd | blowing, a sign of the approaching winter.
Floyd | You hear the blast of a horn somewhere to the south, but closer now
Floyd | than it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "crack in the cliff wall" | |
DavidW asks, "Can we go east, into the crack?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | The cliff wall is unclimbable and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | The noise of a pack of dog barking with the excitement of a chase
Floyd | sounds loud in your ears, even above the sound of the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | The cliff wall is unclimbable and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | Another howl cuts through the sound of the wind, followed almost
Floyd | immediately by a horn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You wade through the water and cross the stony northern bank. As you
Floyd | do, your feet cause the stones to clatter, the sound incredibly loud in
Floyd | your ears. The dogs are fast, and you hear the rapid approach of canine
Floyd | feet. The sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before
Floyd | you, barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "So we need to get here." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Maybe we can try swimming?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | You position yourself in the centre of the creek. While not deep, you
Floyd | are only just able to keep your footing in the water. The water is icy;
Floyd | it feels like your body has been pierced with a thousand needles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with water up to your neck. The
Floyd | stream, which flows in from the west, gurgles through a crack in the
Floyd | valley wall in the east, preventing any further passage in that
Floyd | direction. The great forest to the south is being buffeted by a strong
Floyd | northerly wind, while to the northeast, across the loose shale of the
Floyd | northern stream bank, is open grassland.
Floyd | The valley wall to the east is quite sheer and precludes any thought
Floyd | of climbing it.
Floyd | The dogs are so close you can hear them panting, even their feet
Floyd | pounding over the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | You are already standing in the creek.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit, of dogs barking as they pick up your
Floyd | scent. You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The
Floyd | sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you,
Floyd | barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You scramble out of the stream and flee, fear driving your
Floyd | desperation to escape. But it is too late. The dogs have seen you, and
Floyd | the hunters are too close behind. There is no way you can throw off
Floyd | their pursuit, no tricks you can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit
Floyd | does not last long, and you are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Maybe now we can go east." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You struggle through the neck-deep water, going against the flow
Floyd | towards the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The water flows from the west and continues eastwards, and you struggle
Floyd | to keep your footing against the flow. Southwards is a great forest,
Floyd | which appears to end here at the stream, for beyond the stream, over
Floyd | the loose shale on the northern bank, is nothing but open grasslands,
Floyd | waving in the cold, northerly wind. Apart from the northeast, where the
Floyd | valley wall protrudes into the valley itself, you can move in any
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit, of dogs barking as they pick up your
Floyd | scent. You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The
Floyd | sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you,
Floyd | barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You scramble out of the stream and flee, fear driving your
Floyd | desperation to escape. But it is too late. The dogs have seen you, and
Floyd | the hunters are too close behind. There is no way you can throw off
Floyd | their pursuit, no tricks you can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit
Floyd | does not last long, and you are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Bleh" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | The cliff wall is unclimbable and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit, of dogs barking as they pick up your
Floyd | scent. You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The
Floyd | sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you,
Floyd | barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You scramble out of the stream and flee, fear driving your
Floyd | desperation to escape. But it is too late. The dogs have seen you, and
Floyd | the hunters are too close behind. There is no way you can throw off
Floyd | their pursuit, no tricks you can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit
Floyd | does not last long, and you are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "I think we need to get here sooner. Maybe just go straight?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter crack" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit, of dogs barking as they pick up your
Floyd | scent. You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The
Floyd | sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you,
Floyd | barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You scramble out of the stream and flee, fear driving your
Floyd | desperation to escape. But it is too late. The dogs have seen you, and
Floyd | the hunters are too close behind. There is no way you can throw off
Floyd | their pursuit, no tricks you can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit
Floyd | does not last long, and you are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Yeah, maybe the track is the way to go." | |
DavidW says, "dive" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "dive" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move south, west, southwest
Floyd | and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit, of dogs barking as they pick up your
Floyd | scent. You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The
Floyd | sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you,
Floyd | barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You scramble out of the stream and flee, fear driving your
Floyd | desperation to escape. But it is too late. The dogs have seen you, and
Floyd | the hunters are too close behind. There is no way you can throw off
Floyd | their pursuit, no tricks you can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit
Floyd | does not last long, and you are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suspect we need to reach the river, and go along it before crossing." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | Tall, primordial trees surround you on all sides, but you notice they
Floyd | have thinned somewhat; there is more space between the trees, and as a
Floyd | consequence more light filters down through the canopy of leaves above.
Floyd | The northerly wind, bitterly cold as it strikes your body, stirs the
Floyd | leaves and branches overhead, bringing with it various scents and
Floyd | fragrances that you are still learning to catalogue. Shrubs decorate
Floyd | the base of the trees, and have spread all over, but they don't impede
Floyd | your progress too much. There is a track here that runs north/south,
Floyd | but you can move in any direction.
Floyd | To your ears come the sounds of dogs barking, not too far away to
Floyd | the south. And with it is the sound of a horn.
Floyd | You notice your scent has been left behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge
Floyd | The forest comes to an end here, the last few trees petering out into
Floyd | open grassland. The sky above is bleak and grey, and the northerly wind
Floyd | is harsh and cold. A small brook, no more that a few feet wide, winds
Floyd | its way from the west and continues eastwards, bubbling and gurgling
Floyd | softly as it goes. The water depth is not great though, for the track
Floyd | makes no attempt to bridge the water. The far bank consists of loose
Floyd | stones and shale, and beyond you can see the track continuing to the
Floyd | north. Otherwise you can move in any direction.
Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you
Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | You position yourself in the centre of the creek. While not deep, you
Floyd | are only just able to keep your footing in the water. The water is icy;
Floyd | it feels like your body has been pierced with a thousand needles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The stream flows from the west and continues eastwards, while a track
Floyd | from the south emerges from the depths of the forest and heads
Floyd | northwards into open grassland, over the loose shale of the stream
Floyd | bank. A northerly wind blows cold, frigid mountain air, along with a
Floyd | variety of scents and smells, plants and animals you are still trying
Floyd | to pinpoint. Above you the sky is grey and forbidding.
Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog
Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move through the neck-deep water, moving with the flow towards the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The water flows from the west and continues eastwards, and you struggle
Floyd | to keep your footing against the flow. Southwards is a great forest,
Floyd | which appears to end here at the stream, for beyond the stream, over
Floyd | the loose shale on the northern bank, is nothing but open grasslands,
Floyd | waving in the cold, northerly wind. Apart from the northeast, where the
Floyd | valley wall protrudes into the valley itself, you can move in any
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | You hear the blast of a horn somewhere to the south, but closer now
Floyd | than it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You struggle out of the water and cross the stony northern bank. As you
Floyd | do, your feet cause the stones to clatter, the sound incredibly loud in
Floyd | your ears. The dogs are fast, and you hear the rapid approach of canine
Floyd | feet. The sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before
Floyd | you, barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You move off, but you soon hear the rapid approach of canine feet. The
Floyd | sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you,
Floyd | barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hmm. Maybe we just have to follow the track." | |
DavidW asks, "hm. Perhaps there's only one save crossing point that isn't noisy rock inhabited?" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move through the neck-deep water, moving with the flow towards the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with water up to your neck. The
Floyd | stream, which flows in from the west, gurgles through a crack in the
Floyd | valley wall in the east, preventing any further passage in that
Floyd | direction. The great forest to the south is being buffeted by a strong
Floyd | northerly wind, while to the northeast, across the loose shale of the
Floyd | northern stream bank, is open grassland.
Floyd | The valley wall to the east is quite sheer and precludes any thought
Floyd | of climbing it. The sound of the dogs is close but confused. You can
Floyd | hear them whining as they try to recover the scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit getting closer, but then something
Floyd | changes. The barking of the dogs becomes frantic, confused. You can
Floyd | hear them rushing around trying to find your scent.
Floyd | The coldness of the water begins to sap your strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | The cliff wall is unclimbable and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | You are finding it difficult to move because of the freezing water.
Floyd | You struggle to keep your footing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You struggle out of the water and cross the stony northern bank. As you
Floyd | do, your feet cause the stones to clatter, the sound incredibly loud in
Floyd | your ears. The dogs are fast, and you hear the rapid approach of canine
Floyd | feet. The sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before
Floyd | you, barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | Tall, primordial trees surround you on all sides, but you notice they
Floyd | have thinned somewhat; there is more space between the trees, and as a
Floyd | consequence more light filters down through the canopy of leaves above.
Floyd | The northerly wind, bitterly cold as it strikes your body, stirs the
Floyd | leaves and branches overhead, bringing with it various scents and
Floyd | fragrances that you are still learning to catalogue. Shrubs decorate
Floyd | the base of the trees, and have spread all over, but they don't impede
Floyd | your progress too much. There is a track here that runs north/south,
Floyd | but you can move in any direction.
Floyd | To your ears come the sounds of dogs barking, not too far away to
Floyd | the south. And with it is the sound of a horn.
Floyd | You notice your scent has been left behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge
Floyd | The forest comes to an end here, the last few trees petering out into
Floyd | open grassland. The sky above is bleak and grey, and the northerly wind
Floyd | is harsh and cold. A small brook, no more that a few feet wide, winds
Floyd | its way from the west and continues eastwards, bubbling and gurgling
Floyd | softly as it goes. The water depth is not great though, for the track
Floyd | makes no attempt to bridge the water. The far bank consists of loose
Floyd | stones and shale, and beyond you can see the track continuing to the
Floyd | north. Otherwise you can move in any direction.
Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you
Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You wade through the water and cross the stony northern bank. As you
Floyd | do, your feet cause the stones to clatter, the sound incredibly loud in
Floyd | your ears. The dogs are fast, and you hear the rapid approach of canine
Floyd | feet. The sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before
Floyd | you, barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.] Floyd | | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ] Floyd | > Floyd | Forest Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.] Floyd | Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ] Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sneak over stones" | ||
Floyd | [creep over stones]
Floyd | Your movement as a fox is already silent while you're travelling over
Floyd | solid ground, so there is no need to creep around specifically.
Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you
Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "creep over stones" | ||
Floyd | Your movement as a fox is already silent while you're travelling over
Floyd | solid ground, so there is no need to creep around specifically.
Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog
Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Well, that wasn't the place to cross either." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "creep north" | ||
Floyd | Your movement as a fox is already silent while you're travelling over
Floyd | solid ground, so there is no need to creep in that direction
Floyd | specifically.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the rapid approach of canine feet from the south. The sound
Floyd | resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before you, barking
Floyd | their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Bleh" | |
Zach says, "Maybe we have to be tricky like before." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Maybe just wait and hope the pursuit goes the wrong way?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | Tall, primordial trees surround you on all sides, but you notice they
Floyd | have thinned somewhat; there is more space between the trees, and as a
Floyd | consequence more light filters down through the canopy of leaves above.
Floyd | The northerly wind, bitterly cold as it strikes your body, stirs the
Floyd | leaves and branches overhead, bringing with it various scents and
Floyd | fragrances that you are still learning to catalogue. Shrubs decorate
Floyd | the base of the trees, and have spread all over, but they don't impede
Floyd | your progress too much. There is a track here that runs north/south,
Floyd | but you can move in any direction.
Floyd | To your ears come the sounds of dogs barking, not too far away to
Floyd | the south. And with it is the sound of a horn.
Floyd | You notice your scent has been left behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Setting curtains on fire and such mischief" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge
Floyd | The forest comes to an end here, the last few trees petering out into
Floyd | open grassland. The sky above is bleak and grey, and the northerly wind
Floyd | is harsh and cold. A small brook, no more that a few feet wide, winds
Floyd | its way from the west and continues eastwards, bubbling and gurgling
Floyd | softly as it goes. The water depth is not great though, for the track
Floyd | makes no attempt to bridge the water. The far bank consists of loose
Floyd | stones and shale, and beyond you can see the track continuing to the
Floyd | north. Otherwise you can move in any direction.
Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you
Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | You position yourself in the centre of the creek. While not deep, you
Floyd | are only just able to keep your footing in the water. The water is icy;
Floyd | it feels like your body has been pierced with a thousand needles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The stream flows from the west and continues eastwards, while a track
Floyd | from the south emerges from the depths of the forest and heads
Floyd | northwards into open grassland, over the loose shale of the stream
Floyd | bank. A northerly wind blows cold, frigid mountain air, along with a
Floyd | variety of scents and smells, plants and animals you are still trying
Floyd | to pinpoint. Above you the sky is grey and forbidding.
Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog
Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move through the neck-deep water, moving with the flow towards the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The water flows from the west and continues eastwards, and you struggle
Floyd | to keep your footing against the flow. Southwards is a great forest,
Floyd | which appears to end here at the stream, for beyond the stream, over
Floyd | the loose shale on the northern bank, is nothing but open grasslands,
Floyd | waving in the cold, northerly wind. Apart from the northeast, where the
Floyd | valley wall protrudes into the valley itself, you can move in any
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | You hear the blast of a horn somewhere to the south, but closer now
Floyd | than it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You struggle out of the water and cross the stony northern bank. As you
Floyd | do, your feet cause the stones to clatter, the sound incredibly loud in
Floyd | your ears. The dogs are fast, and you hear the rapid approach of canine
Floyd | feet. The sound resolves into vision as a pack of hounds appears before
Floyd | you, barking their excitement at having caught sight of their quarry.
Floyd | You turn and flee, fear driving your desperation to escape. But it
Floyd | is too late. The dogs have seen you, and the hunters are too close
Floyd | behind. There is no way you can throw off their pursuit, no tricks you
Floyd | can pull to elude your fate. The pursuit does not last long, and you
Floyd | are pulled down by the ravaging beasts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move through the neck-deep water, moving with the flow towards the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with water up to your neck. The
Floyd | stream, which flows in from the west, gurgles through a crack in the
Floyd | valley wall in the east, preventing any further passage in that
Floyd | direction. The great forest to the south is being buffeted by a strong
Floyd | northerly wind, while to the northeast, across the loose shale of the
Floyd | northern stream bank, is open grassland.
Floyd | The valley wall to the east is quite sheer and precludes any thought
Floyd | of climbing it. The sound of the dogs is close but confused. You can
Floyd | hear them whining as they try to recover the scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit getting closer, but then something
Floyd | changes. The barking of the dogs becomes frantic, confused. You can
Floyd | hear them rushing around trying to find your scent.
Floyd | The coldness of the water begins to sap your strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | The cliff wall is unclimbable and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | You are finding it difficult to move because of the freezing water.
Floyd | You struggle to keep your footing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | The cliff wall is unclimbable and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | The coldness of the water overcomes you. Realising that you are
Floyd | slowing freezing, you make a desperate effort to reach the bank, but it
Floyd | is too late. Your lifeless, frozen body is carried away by the stream.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 24 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Drat." | |
DavidW says, "hm. So we can't stay in the river indefinitely." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "I need an extra turn. Restoring." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest clearing | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest
Floyd | Tall, primordial trees surround you on all sides, but you notice they
Floyd | have thinned somewhat; there is more space between the trees, and as a
Floyd | consequence more light filters down through the canopy of leaves above.
Floyd | The northerly wind, bitterly cold as it strikes your body, stirs the
Floyd | leaves and branches overhead, bringing with it various scents and
Floyd | fragrances that you are still learning to catalogue. Shrubs decorate
Floyd | the base of the trees, and have spread all over, but they don't impede
Floyd | your progress too much. There is a track here that runs north/south,
Floyd | but you can move in any direction.
Floyd | To your ears come the sounds of dogs barking, not too far away to
Floyd | the south. And with it is the sound of a horn.
Floyd | You notice your scent has been left behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Forest | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north. Floyd | Floyd | Forest edge Floyd | The forest comes to an end here, the last few trees petering out into | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | open grassland. The sky above is bleak and grey, and the northerly wind Floyd | is harsh and cold. A small brook, no more that a few feet wide, winds Floyd | its way from the west and continues eastwards, bubbling and gurgling Floyd | softly as it goes. The water depth is not great though, for the track Floyd | makes no attempt to bridge the water. The far bank consists of loose Floyd | stones and shale, and beyond you can see the track continuing to the Floyd | north. Otherwise you can move in any direction. Floyd | Somewhere to the south, over the sound of the wind in the trees, you Floyd | can hear dogs barking excitedly not far away. Floyd | Floyd | [ Forest edge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ] Floyd | > Floyd | You position yourself in the centre of the creek. While not deep, you Floyd | are only just able to keep your footing in the water. The water is icy; Floyd | it feels like your body has been pierced with a thousand needles. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream) Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck. Floyd | The stream flows from the west and continues eastwards, while a track Floyd | from the south emerges from the depths of the forest and heads Floyd | northwards into open grassland, over the loose shale of the stream Floyd | bank. A northerly wind blows cold, frigid mountain air, along with a Floyd | variety of scents and smells, plants and animals you are still trying Floyd | to pinpoint. Above you the sky is grey and forbidding. Floyd | Piercing through the sound of the wind, the howl of a hunting dog Floyd | following a scent reaches your ears. Floyd | Floyd | [ Forest edge (standing in the stream) | Part Two as Torrin, a small Floyd | red fox ] Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You struggle through the neck-deep water, going against the flow
Floyd | towards the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The stream flows from the west and continues eastwards. A deep forest
Floyd | is evident to the south, while to the north, over the loose shale of
Floyd | the stream bank, you can see open grassland. There is a northerly wind
Floyd | blowing cold, frigid mountain air, and above you the sky is leaden.
Floyd | You can move in almost any direction, except for the northwest where
Floyd | the valley wall juts in somewhat.
Floyd | You hear the blast of a horn somewhere to the south, but closer now
Floyd | than it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move through the neck-deep water, moving with the flow towards the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with icy water up to your neck.
Floyd | The water flows from the west and continues eastwards, and you struggle
Floyd | to keep your footing against the flow. Southwards is a great forest,
Floyd | which appears to end here at the stream, for beyond the stream, over
Floyd | the loose shale on the northern bank, is nothing but open grasslands,
Floyd | waving in the cold, northerly wind. Apart from the northeast, where the
Floyd | valley wall protrudes into the valley itself, you can move in any
Floyd | direction.
Floyd | You hear the blast of a horn somewhere to the south, but closer now
Floyd | than it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move through the neck-deep water, moving with the flow towards the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest edge (standing in the stream)
Floyd | You are standing in the narrow stream with water up to your neck. The
Floyd | stream, which flows in from the west, gurgles through a crack in the
Floyd | valley wall in the east, preventing any further passage in that
Floyd | direction. The great forest to the south is being buffeted by a strong
Floyd | northerly wind, while to the northeast, across the loose shale of the
Floyd | northern stream bank, is open grassland.
Floyd | The valley wall to the east is quite sheer and precludes any thought
Floyd | of climbing it. The sound of the dogs is close but confused. You can
Floyd | hear them whining as they try to recover the scent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of pursuit getting closer, but then something
Floyd | changes. The barking of the dogs becomes frantic, confused. You can
Floyd | hear them rushing around trying to find your scent.
Floyd | The coldness of the water begins to sap your strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "creep over stones" | ||
Floyd | You pass through the water of the stream and creep over the mass of
Floyd | loose shale, barely making a sound. As the wind strikes your soaking
Floyd | fur you find yourself shivering uncontrollably.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by three. ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy plain
Floyd | The howling of the wind fills your ears as you survey the eastern side
Floyd | of the grasslands. The grass, while not tall, is still being whipped
Floyd | about by the icy wind, making it resemble a tempest on the sea. The
Floyd | valley wall rises to the east, and then narrows to the north, limiting
Floyd | any move further up the valley to just the northwest. The grasslands
Floyd | extend westwards, while to the south you can make out the line of trees
Floyd | marking the edge of the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Grassy plain | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf17" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Woohoo" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | The wind on your wet body makes you shiver uncontrollably. You can
Floyd | barely move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter grass" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "roll on ground" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dry fur" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "shake" | ||
Floyd | You shake yourself vigorously, sending droplets of water in all
Floyd | directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wag tail" | ||
Floyd | You wag your tail a few times.
Floyd | Your fur coat dries out completely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hooray for wagging" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You trot northwest, through the waving grass. A short time later you
Floyd | emerge from it completely.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Track
Floyd | The walls of the valley narrow substantially here, almost joining in
Floyd | the middle. Boulders and loose stones fill the valley floor having
Floyd | fallen from the imposing cliffs on either side. The track meanders
Floyd | around the largest obstacles as it continues northwards, but the view
Floyd | to the north is cut short by a small rise which you can't see beyond.
Floyd | To the south the track emerges from a vast green expanse, a stretch of
Floyd | waving grass that fills up your southern view entirely but stops quite
Floyd | unexpectedly a short distance away.
Floyd | You can hear a strong wind howling as it blows over the cliffs, but
Floyd | little of the wind can be felt below.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Track | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north towards the rise, but stop suddenly when your vulpine
Floyd | senses detect movement ahead. You creep forward and peer carefully over
Floyd | the rise.
Floyd | A short distance ahead you can see the village of Tallum. Closest to
Floyd | you is what looks like the village square, a large paved area that is
Floyd | probably used for village celebrations and gatherings but is now almost
Floyd | deserted.
Floyd | Almost. There are four men in the centre of the square. One man is
Floyd | hovering about five feet above the ground, whimpering as his legs and
Floyd | arms flail wildly, his face and arms marked by bruises and cuts, his
Floyd | greying beard and hair unkempt. The incongruity of a man suspended in
Floyd | the air without apparent support distracts you momentarily and you fail
Floyd | to examine the other men closely.
Floyd | Two of the men are like apparitions from the past. Every story
Floyd | you've heard about the war with Gord ten years ago includes horrific
Floyd | tales of the destructive force that were the Ralyon warriors. Their
Floyd | magically enhanced endurance and strength, evidenced by the
Floyd | overdeveloped muscles in their upper body, were the cause of nightmares
Floyd | for the King of Rylane during the war. They were supposed to have been
Floyd | destroyed, with no chance they could ever come back.
Floyd | And then you notice the other man standing there. A man dressed
Floyd | completely in black, with an amulet of blue around his neck.
Floyd | The mysterious phantom you saw in Ryla.
Floyd | The man appears to be really present this time, with nothing
Floyd | wraith-like about his appearance. He is facing the hovering man with
Floyd | one arm upraised almost as if to help him down.
Floyd | "Why do my men continue to die on the mountain?" the black-robed man
Floyd | demands, his voice carrying to you quite clearly. "You tell me there's
Floyd | nothing to fear, but my men continue to die. Why?"
Floyd | "I'm sorry, my lord," the hovering man replies, his voice breaking.
Floyd | "We didn't know..."
Floyd | "Didn't know?! How could you not know? You're the mayor of this
Floyd | pathetic little village, aren't you? You live so close you must have
Floyd | contact with him. Don't your people go up there from time to time?"
Floyd | "My lord, we don't go up the mountain. He doesn't visit us here.
Floyd | Please my lord, I'm speaking the truth..."
Floyd | "Maybe I'll just send your children up the mountains instead. You
Floyd | have a daughter, don't you?"
Floyd | The mayor, who had been struggling against his predicament, freezes
Floyd | and his face turns white.
Floyd | "No!" he gasps. "Please, she's only five. I'll do anything you
Floyd | want..."
Floyd | "Look, I'm tired of your grovelling. You obviously can't help me,
Floyd | and I'm too busy to waste more time on you. I'll come back later and
Floyd | find someone who can."
Floyd | And with that, the black robed man waves his hand and the hapless
Floyd | man suddenly flies upwards at an incredible rate, screaming the entire
Floyd | time. You hear the scream move in a southerly direction as the wind
Floyd | catches the man and carries him away, and eventually the sound fades
Floyd | away completely.
Floyd | In front of you, the black robed man turns to the Ralyon guards, and
Floyd | speaks in a voice even you can't hear. The guards immediately turn and
Floyd | head west. When they have departed, the black robed man waves his hand
Floyd | again, and there is a bright flash of green light which blinds you
Floyd | momentarily. When your eyes clear, the black robed man has vanished.
Floyd | You wait for a moment or two to make sure there is no further
Floyd | danger, then make your way to the village square.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "East?" | |
Zach says, "Sure." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | Zach says, "I wonder if this author has written non-interactive fiction." | |
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Because he really likes non-interactive text dumps?" | |
Zach says, "I think I'd like the text dumps more as part of a fiction story." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Well, we might blend in with the barn. Let's go terrorize some critters." | ||
Zach says, "Yeah." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal stalls
Floyd | Three large animal stalls have been constructed here, each one
Floyd | separated from the next by a small wooden wall. Each stall has an
Floyd | enclosed area at the rear for the comfort of any animals during harsh
Floyd | weather. The first of the three stalls is a pig pen, which contains
Floyd | about half a dozen animals who are actively moving around in search of
Floyd | food. A gate keeps the pigs contained in the pen. The other stalls are
Floyd | currently vacant and appear to have been so for some time.
Floyd | Looking to the north you can see a large barn and silo, while the
Floyd | village square lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Animal stalls | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Mmm critters." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "> lick lips" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pigs" | ||
Floyd | There are about half a dozen pigs in the pen, all rooting around in the
Floyd | dirt looking for food. They appear to be a little on the thin side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pen" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The pig stall or
Floyd | the empty stalls?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pig stall" | ||
Floyd | The pig stall is a small fenced area with a small gate, a trough for
Floyd | feed and water, and a small roofed area at the rear that would be used
Floyd | by the pigs for shelter. The pen currently holds six pigs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You place both paws on the top of the gate and give it a push, but the
Floyd | gate is secured by the loop of rope and will not open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull rope" | ||
Floyd | The rope is used to secure the gate to a hook which is embedded in the Floyd | gatepost. The rope is currently looped over the hook, keeping the gate Floyd | from opening. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You consider trying to pull the loop of rope, but you can't imagine Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lift rope" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "oink" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hook" | ||
Floyd | It is a crude, metal hook, hammered into the gatepost, and used for
Floyd | keeping the gate shut. A loop of rope that runs through the gate and
Floyd | over the hook is currently doing this job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chew rope" | ||
Floyd | [bite rope]
Floyd | You attack the loop of rope with vigour, and in moments it lies at your
Floyd | feet in a shredded, tangled mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Silly, oinks are for pigs!" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You place both paws on the top of the gate and give it a push. It
Floyd | swings open easily and then bangs into the wall, startling both
Floyd | yourself and the pigs within.
Floyd | There is a moment of sudden quietness. The pigs are all looking at
Floyd | you standing in the open gate, and you wonder for a moment what might
Floyd | be going on in their minds. Then the stillness is broken as the pigs,
Floyd | almost as one, stampede towards the gate, squealing in delight. You
Floyd | barely have time to jump out of the way, before the pigs rush past you
Floyd | and vanish to the northwest.
Floyd | The sight of the pigs running away was almost comical, but then you
Floyd | hear a sinister cry coming from the other side of town that drains any
Floyd | vestige of joy from your heart.
Floyd | "Arrrgh! There is someone here! Find them!"
Floyd | That could only be the Ralyon guards. And they now know you're here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no!" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Pigs are smarter than sheep." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Animal stalls
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe not yet." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | The game is now in its verbose mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x silo" | ||
Floyd | The silo is of a round, flattish construction, with a single access
Floyd | port embedded in the roof near the peak. It is quite large and made
Floyd | from stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes through
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. The mill has a single
Floyd | point of entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting just in front of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x wheelbarrow" | ||
Floyd | It is fairly crude in construction, made completely of wood, even the
Floyd | wheel. The two handles for pushing the barrow are well worn, and the
Floyd | wheel has a number of cracks and divots. At the moment, the wheelbarrow
Floyd | is sitting almost directly in front of the door into the mill.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in wheelbarrow" | ||
Floyd | It is fairly crude in construction, made completely of wood, even the
Floyd | wheel. The two handles for pushing the barrow are well worn, and the
Floyd | wheel has a number of cracks and divots. At the moment, the wheelbarrow
Floyd | is sitting almost directly in front of the door into the mill.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push wheelbarrow" | ||
Floyd | You grab one of the handles with your teeth and pull back with all your
Floyd | might. The barrow resists your efforts at first, but slowly it begins
Floyd | to swing around until at last it is clear of the mill door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Maybe that's something?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "> load wheelbarrow up with pigs" | ||
Zach says, "heh" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Hmpf" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes through
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. The mill has a single
Floyd | point of entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the mill door with your paws, but you can't get it to
Floyd | move.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push wheelbarrow e" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the wheelbarrow, but you can't imagine
Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I'm unclear what our goal is in this town." | |
genericgeekgirl asks, "To get out?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | It is a small, wooden door with no distinguishing features to note,
Floyd | except that it is closed. The mill door is closed.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "We're trying to find some wizard I think. Maybe it was the guy we saw." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||
Floyd | A narrow creek flows in from the west, out of the back end of the mill,
Floyd | and then runs around the edge of the field. While not wide, the stream
Floyd | is quite deep and flowing quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hmm. Maybe releasing the pigs was the thing to do." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You trot northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes through
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. The mill has a single
Floyd | point of entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf18" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push wheelbarrow in front of door" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the wheelbarrow, but you can't imagine
Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push wheelbarrow" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the wheelbarrow, but you can't imagine
Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, south and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal stalls
Floyd | Three large animal stalls have been constructed here, each one
Floyd | separated from the next by a small wooden wall. Each stall has an
Floyd | enclosed area at the rear for the comfort of any animals during harsh
Floyd | weather. The first of the three stalls is a pig pen, which contains
Floyd | about half a dozen animals who are actively moving around in search of
Floyd | food. A gate keeps the pigs contained in the pen. The other stalls are
Floyd | currently vacant and appear to have been so for some time.
Floyd | Looking to the north you can see a large barn and silo, while the
Floyd | village square lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled mess of shredded rope lies on the ground near the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Animal stalls | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You place both paws on the top of the gate and give it a push. It
Floyd | swings open easily and then bangs into the wall, startling both
Floyd | yourself and the pigs within.
Floyd | There is a moment of sudden quietness. The pigs are all looking at
Floyd | you standing in the open gate, and you wonder for a moment what might
Floyd | be going on in their minds. Then the stillness is broken as the pigs,
Floyd | almost as one, stampede towards the gate, squealing in delight. You
Floyd | barely have time to jump out of the way, before the pigs rush past you
Floyd | and vanish to the northwest.
Floyd | The sight of the pigs running away was almost comical, but then you
Floyd | hear a sinister cry coming from the other side of town that drains any
Floyd | vestige of joy from your heart.
Floyd | "Arrrgh! There is someone here! Find them!"
Floyd | That could only be the Ralyon guards. And they now know you're here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the barn doors with your paws, but you can't get them
Floyd | to move.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | After your previous drenching, you don't feel like repeating the
Floyd | experience. The water in the mountains is too cold.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the west.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 27 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Good lord" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the southwest.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the southwest.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 27 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Or maybe not a good idea." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe not yet, no." | ||
DavidW says, "I get the impression that there's more than one domino to set up besides the pigs." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf18" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes through
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. The mill has a single
Floyd | point of entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter wheelbarrow" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | You don't smell anything here that stands out or captures your
Floyd | attention.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | You detect a very faint smell in the air, like stale beer, which hides
Floyd | behind the smell of men and something else quite undefinable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | You don't smell anything here that stands out or captures your
Floyd | attention.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in window" | ||
Floyd | There is at least one window in the front of every house you can see,
Floyd | sometimes two. You can see some curtains in some, while other are bare.
Floyd | But they are all closed.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north and northeast.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You trot northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes through
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. The mill has a single
Floyd | point of entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | It is a small, wooden door with no distinguishing features to note,
Floyd | except that it is closed. The mill door is closed.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wheelbarrow" | ||
Floyd | It is fairly crude in construction, made completely of wood, even the
Floyd | wheel. The two handles for pushing the barrow are well worn, and the
Floyd | wheel has a number of cracks and divots. At the moment, the wheelbarrow
Floyd | is sitting just to the side of the door into the mill.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barn" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The barn or the
Floyd | burnt barn?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barn" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The barn or the
Floyd | burnt barn?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "barn" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x burnt barn" | ||
Floyd | There is little left of the burnt barn. Half of one wall is still
Floyd | erect, along with a couple of the corner posts. The interior is a mess
Floyd | of ash and mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the barn doors with your paws, but you can't get them
Floyd | to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x silo" | ||
Floyd | The silo is of a round, flattish construction, with a single access
Floyd | port embedded in the roof near the peak. It is quite large and made
Floyd | from stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x ground" | ||
Floyd | The ground here is mostly just packed earth, harder where traffic has
Floyd | been.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "wall" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig under door" | ||
Floyd | The ground beneath the barn door is soft, and soon your paws are
Floyd | sending clods of earth flying behind you. In no time there is a
Floyd | serviceable tunnel under the barn door that is large enough to allow
Floyd | you through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Ah, neat" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Zach), "There is no verb in that sentence." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You crawl through the tunnel under the door.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space. The upper reaches of
Floyd | the barn are dim, but light through the window over the door gives
Floyd | adequate light to the lower areas. The main door out of the barn is
Floyd | currently closed, although a tunnel has been dug beneath it which looks
Floyd | large enough to provide an exit.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder,
Floyd | which would provide access to the loft if it weren't in a stored
Floyd | position, tied up with a rope that looks to be out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the rear wall is a pick.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the barn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf19" | Zach says, "Ah, that action that you, genericgeekgirl, accomplished in the game was neat." | |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Haha. I meant "wall."" | |
Zach says, "Heehee" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x pick" | ||
Floyd | [x mattock]
Floyd | The pick has a long wooden shaft, and the head is a curved piece of
Floyd | iron fashioned into points. You notice that it appears to have been
Floyd | well maintained. The points have all been sharpened recently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pick" | ||
Floyd | [take mattock]
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd | The rope is designed to raise or lower the ladder which provides access
Floyd | to the loft. At the moment the rope is tied up, holding the ladder in
Floyd | place and out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||
Floyd | It is a simple wooden step-ladder that is the only means of access to
Floyd | the loft. At the moment it is tied up with a rope, and is unusable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space. The upper reaches of
Floyd | the barn are dim, but light through the window over the door gives
Floyd | adequate light to the lower areas. The main door out of the barn is
Floyd | currently closed, although a tunnel has been dug beneath it which looks
Floyd | large enough to provide an exit.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder,
Floyd | which would provide access to the loft if it weren't in a stored
Floyd | position, tied up with a rope that looks to be out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the rear wall is a pick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hay" | ||
Floyd | The hale bales are stacked in the corner of the barn, to the left of
Floyd | the door, and fill up almost a third of the floor space of the barn.
Floyd | They are stacked about four bales high and three deep. The bales making
Floyd | up the nearest corner of the entire stack seem to be sagging outwards
Floyd | somewhat, which looks to be because of a poorly bound bale at the
Floyd | bottom of the stack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push bale" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the poorly bound hay bale, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chew bale" | ||
Floyd | [bite bale]
Floyd | You attack the disintegrating hay bale with vigour, ripping hay out
Floyd | with your teeth and digging into it with your paws. You notice the
Floyd | sagging in the upper bales increasing, and just as they fall you jump
Floyd | out of the way to avoid being crushed. Two bales from near the top
Floyd | bounce across the floor, one coming to rest near the rear of the barn,
Floyd | while the other slams into the opposite wall and dislodges one of the
Floyd | planks that form part of its construction. The plank falls into the
Floyd | barn, and weak daylight filters through the opening. A third bale also
Floyd | falls, but it rolls to a stop not far from the stack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yay!" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x plank" | ||
Floyd | The plank of wood is about six feet in length, and about six inches
Floyd | across. It appears to have been part of the wall of the barn. The plank
Floyd | is currently lying on the floor beside the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stand on bale" | ||
Floyd | You think about it, but there doesn't appear to be any reason to stand
Floyd | on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb bale" | ||
Floyd | In your current state, climbing that would be impossible. You could
Floyd | really only climb on something lower or more easily scaled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push bale" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to push? The poorly bound hay
Floyd | bale or the scattered hay bales?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "move plank" | ||
Floyd | You could probably drag the plank with your teeth, but you should
Floyd | indicate to which location you want to drag it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push scattered" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the scattered hay bales, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hmm, I'm thinking we could prop the plank at an angle against the wall." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd | The rope is designed to raise or lower the ladder which provides access
Floyd | to the loft. At the moment the rope is tied up, holding the ladder in
Floyd | place and out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ah" | |
Zach says, "And stand on that. But I don't know how to phrase that." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull rope" | ||
Floyd | The hay bale that landed nearby provides you will the additional height
Floyd | you need to allow you to jump up and grab the rope with your teeth. You
Floyd | hold on grimly as the weight of your body pulls the rope free and with
Floyd | a sudden bang the ladder drop down into place. You let go of the rope
Floyd | and land on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "That works too." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You clamber awkwardly up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loft
Floyd | The wide, wooden floor of the loft surrounds you, covered in dust and
Floyd | wheat husks. Right in the centre of the floor is an open trapdoor, the
Floyd | door hanging down well out of reach, but there is little else to see
Floyd | here. A ladder leading down, located at the far end of the platform, is
Floyd | the only avenue for movement. You can see quite clearly into the barn
Floyd | area below, noting the barn door and the window above it, and the stack
Floyd | of hay bales beside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on its side nearby is an empty barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Loft | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Why do I feel there's a teeter-totter puzzle coming up?" | |
mwmiller arrives, ready to play with the toys. | genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe" | |
Zach says, "I hope we get to be the one flying through the air." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf20" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barrel" | ||
Floyd | The three foot high barrel is unremarkable in its emptiness, if
Floyd | somewhat aged and worn. There is a residual smell of wine, but very
Floyd | faint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter barrel" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push barrel" | ||
Floyd | You give the barrel a firm push with your paws and it trundles towards
Floyd | the trap door before falling through it. You hear the barrel strike the
Floyd | hay bale and then continue rolling across the floor of the barn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Loft
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" | ||
Floyd | [x trapdoor]
Floyd | The trap door is open, hanging down out of reach, and is quite large, a
Floyd | good four feet square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The trapdoor or the
Floyd | barn door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" | ||
Floyd | [x trapdoor]
Floyd | The trap door is open, hanging down out of reach, and is quite large, a
Floyd | good four feet square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd | There is a single window situated in the wall above the door. It looks
Floyd | to be around three feet square, and has a simple vertical and
Floyd | horizontal brace inside it. From your position in the loft there is
Floyd | little else to note about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barn door" | ||
Floyd | The main door to the barn, which is currently closed, is big enough to
Floyd | allow carts and horses easy access. It looks quite solid. Underneath
Floyd | the door a hole has been dug, which looks large enough to allow entry
Floyd | to the barn. The barn door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe we can launch the pick at someone's chest." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | The trap door is open, hanging down out of reach, and is quite large, a
Floyd | good four feet square.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look through hole" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x opening" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You clamber awkwardly down the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space, although a couple of
Floyd | bales appear to have fallen from the main stack and are now scattered
Floyd | around the dirt floor of the barn. The upper reaches of the barn are
Floyd | dim, but light through the window over the door gives adequate light to
Floyd | the lower areas. The main door out of the barn is currently closed,
Floyd | although a tunnel has been dug beneath it which looks large enough to
Floyd | provide an exit.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder
Floyd | which provides access to the loft. The bottom of the ladder now rests
Floyd | on the ground, with the rope that previously secured it hanging down
Floyd | beside the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the rear wall is a pick. A wooden plank is lying
Floyd | on the floor near the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the barn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push plank to hay" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the plank, but you can't imagine there
Floyd | being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull plank to hay" | ||
Floyd | Using your teeth, you drag the plank by one end and position it on the
Floyd | hay bale at the rear of the barn so that one end is on the floor and
Floyd | the other is balanced on the bale, pointing towards the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull pick to hay" | ||
Floyd | [pull mattock to hay]
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be somewhere you could drag
Floyd | the pick to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull pick to plank" | ||
Floyd | [pull mattock to plank]
Floyd | Grabbing the end of the pick with your teeth, you drag it to where the
Floyd | plank is currently sitting, balanced on the hay bale. You position the
Floyd | pick on the lower end of the plank, ready to be launched.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Put the pick on the plank?" | |
Zach asks, "Maybe that's what we have to drop the barrel on?" | ||
DavidW asks, "so... where are we firing the pick?" | ||
genericgeekgirl sits back and cackles. | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Is there someway to get the guards in here? Like how opening the gate has them come running to that room." | ||
Zach says, "Wherever we want! haha!" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf21" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Wanna test :D" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You clamber awkwardly up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loft
Floyd | The wide, wooden floor of the loft surrounds you, covered in dust and
Floyd | wheat husks. Right in the centre of the floor is an open trapdoor, the
Floyd | door hanging down well out of reach, but there is little else to see
Floyd | here. A ladder leading down, located at the far end of the platform, is
Floyd | the only avenue for movement. You can see quite clearly into the barn
Floyd | area below, noting the barn door and the window above it, and the stack
Floyd | of hay bales beside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on its side nearby is an empty barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Loft | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push barrel" | ||
Floyd | You want to initiate the plan, but none of the guards have taken the
Floyd | bait. When the guards know you're in here and come looking for you,
Floyd | then the trap can be sprung. You fidget impatiently while you wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh fine." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "So.. bait." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "moo" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "meow" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Wait, what did the guards ever do to us? Is this just evil foxiness?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "They keep killing us and forcing us to restore!" | ||
DavidW says, "The guards killed us in an alternate future in the past." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cause distraction" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "That's good enough for me" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Release the pigs?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "mark territory" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Eeewww" | |
genericgeekgirl asks, "We might need that for another trap. And do we have enough time to get here?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd | You clamber awkwardly down the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space, although a couple of
Floyd | bales appear to have fallen from the main stack and are now scattered
Floyd | around the dirt floor of the barn. The upper reaches of the barn are
Floyd | dim, but light through the window over the door gives adequate light to
Floyd | the lower areas. The main door out of the barn is currently closed,
Floyd | although a tunnel has been dug beneath it which looks large enough to
Floyd | provide an exit.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder
Floyd | which provides access to the loft. The bottom of the ladder now rests
Floyd | on the ground, with the rope that previously secured it hanging down
Floyd | beside the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden plank has been positioned on the hay bale underneath the
Floyd | loft, and a pick has been placed on one end of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the barn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You crawl through the tunnel under the door.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut. A hole has been dug in the ground
Floyd | underneath the door to the undamaged barn, which looks large enough to
Floyd | allow entry to the barn.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "We do have time" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Hm. Maybe, then." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You trot southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal stalls
Floyd | Three large animal stalls have been constructed here, each one
Floyd | separated from the next by a small wooden wall. Each stall has an
Floyd | enclosed area at the rear for the comfort of any animals during harsh
Floyd | weather. The first of the three stalls is a pig pen, which contains
Floyd | about half a dozen animals who are actively moving around in search of
Floyd | food. A gate keeps the pigs contained in the pen. The other stalls are
Floyd | currently vacant and appear to have been so for some time.
Floyd | Looking to the north you can see a large barn and silo, while the
Floyd | village square lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled mess of shredded rope lies on the ground near the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Animal stalls | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf22" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You place both paws on the top of the gate and give it a push. It
Floyd | swings open easily and then bangs into the wall, startling both
Floyd | yourself and the pigs within.
Floyd | There is a moment of sudden quietness. The pigs are all looking at
Floyd | you standing in the open gate, and you wonder for a moment what might
Floyd | be going on in their minds. Then the stillness is broken as the pigs,
Floyd | almost as one, stampede towards the gate, squealing in delight. You
Floyd | barely have time to jump out of the way, before the pigs rush past you
Floyd | and vanish to the northwest.
Floyd | The sight of the pigs running away was almost comical, but then you
Floyd | hear a sinister cry coming from the other side of town that drains any
Floyd | vestige of joy from your heart.
Floyd | "Arrrgh! There is someone here! Find them!"
Floyd | That could only be the Ralyon guards. And they now know you're here.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The door to the barn, which is painted a
Floyd | dull red colour, is currently shut. A hole has been dug in the ground
Floyd | underneath the door to the undamaged barn, which looks large enough to
Floyd | allow entry to the barn.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You crawl through the tunnel under the door.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space, although a couple of
Floyd | bales appear to have fallen from the main stack and are now scattered
Floyd | around the dirt floor of the barn. The upper reaches of the barn are
Floyd | dim, but light through the window over the door gives adequate light to
Floyd | the lower areas. The main door out of the barn is currently closed,
Floyd | although a tunnel has been dug beneath it which looks large enough to
Floyd | provide an exit.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder
Floyd | which provides access to the loft. The bottom of the ladder now rests
Floyd | on the ground, with the rope that previously secured it hanging down
Floyd | beside the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden plank has been positioned on the hay bale underneath the
Floyd | loft, and a pick has been placed on one end of it.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the barn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You clamber awkwardly up the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loft
Floyd | The wide, wooden floor of the loft surrounds you, covered in dust and
Floyd | wheat husks. Right in the centre of the floor is an open trapdoor, the
Floyd | door hanging down well out of reach, but there is little else to see
Floyd | here. A ladder leading down, located at the far end of the platform, is
Floyd | the only avenue for movement. You can see quite clearly into the barn
Floyd | area below, noting the barn door and the window above it, and the stack
Floyd | of hay bales beside the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on its side nearby is an empty barrel.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Loft | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | From outside the barn you hear a cry, a guttural bellow that sounds
Floyd | like the precursor to an attack. A second later the door to the barn
Floyd | bursts open and the hulking form of a Ralyon warrior rushes in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "A ha." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push barrel" | ||
Floyd | You give the barrel a firm push with your paws and it trundles towards
Floyd | the trapdoor before falling through it. You hear it strike the plank,
Floyd | and fire the pick through the air towards the door.
Floyd | From your position in the loft you see the warrior give a started
Floyd | look before the end of the pick pierces his eye. The force of the
Floyd | weapon throws him onto his back, just inside the door, where he
Floyd | twitches for a few moments and then falls still.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by five. ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl :D | |
Zach says, "Take that! We free pigs as we please." | ||
mwmiller says, "Injury to the eye motif. D:" | ||
DavidW asks, "well, that's one guard down, but how does that help us in the long run?" | ||
genericgeekgirl | [LINK] | ||
DavidW says, "I don't suppose his uniform fits us." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Hee" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "down" | ||
Floyd | You clamber awkwardly down the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space, although a couple of
Floyd | bales appear to have fallen from the main stack and are now scattered
Floyd | around the dirt floor of the barn. The upper reaches of the barn are
Floyd | dim, but light through the window over the door and through the open
Floyd | door itself give adequate light to the lower areas. The main door out
Floyd | of the barn is standing open, and a hole has been dug in the ground
Floyd | where the door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder
Floyd | which provides access to the loft. The bottom of the ladder now rests
Floyd | on the ground, with the rope that previously secured it hanging down
Floyd | beside the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on its side nearby is an empty barrel.
Floyd | A wooden plank is lying on the ground here.
Floyd | The body of one of the Ralyon warriors lies on the floor just inside
Floyd | the barn door, a pick protruding from his head.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | barn.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the barn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd | Ralyon warriors are known for their fearsome strength and endurance,
Floyd | and as you look at the dead body before you, you understand why. The
Floyd | muscles in the man's arms and legs are overdeveloped, bulging beneath
Floyd | his plain tunic and trousers. Even in death they look powerful. The
Floyd | warrior is lying on his back, just inside the door of the barn. A pick
Floyd | has pierced his eye and is still embedded in his skull.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | barn.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat guard" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search guard" | ||
Floyd | [examine guard]
Floyd | Ralyon warriors are known for their fearsome strength and endurance,
Floyd | and as you look at the dead body before you, you understand why. The
Floyd | muscles in the man's arms and legs are overdeveloped, bulging beneath
Floyd | his plain tunic and trousers. Even in death they look powerful. The
Floyd | warrior is lying on his back, just inside the door of the barn. A pick
Floyd | has pierced his eye and is still embedded in his skull.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bite guard" | ||
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Lies." | |
mwmiller says (to Floyd), "pee on guard" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dead Ralyon warrior.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf23" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose we can't reset the trap and roll down another barrel." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take pick" | ||
Floyd | [take mattock]
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take mattock" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take eye" | ||
Floyd | You look at yourself briefly and wish things were different, but you
Floyd | simply cannot carry anything in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push pick" | ||
Floyd | [push mattock]
Floyd | You consider trying to push the pick, but you can't imagine there being
Floyd | anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull pick to plank" | ||
Floyd | [pull mattock to plank]
Floyd | The pick is embedded quite firmly in the guard and can't seem to be
Floyd | moved.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we can dig our way into the mill, too. Or are we a one-digging-trick ponyfox?" | |
Zach says, "We have duggen before" | ||
DavidW asks, "Thinking of rolling the guard in flower and scaring the other guards with his 'ghost'?" | ||
DavidW says, "er flour." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull guard" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to pull the dead Ralyon warrior, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push guard" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the dead Ralyon warrior, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take guard" | ||
Floyd | You can't carry anything in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You trot out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the south.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 33 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the barn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The trapdoor, the
Floyd | opening or the hole?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x opening" | ||
Floyd | The opening in the wall is about six inches wide and about six feet
Floyd | tall. It looks like one of the planks that make up the wall has been
Floyd | knocked out.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | barn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter opening" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | barn.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "squeeze through opening" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "go through opening" | ||
Floyd | You need only choose a direction to travel in.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move up and out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "And searching the guard didn't turn up anything? No secret super strength serum or anything?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Nope" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull guard" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to pull the dead Ralyon warrior, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | You don't hear anything out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the barn
Floyd | A stack of hay bales dominates the interior of the barn, sitting just
Floyd | to the left of the main door, towering above you and occupying a large
Floyd | proportion of the barn's available floor space, although a couple of
Floyd | bales appear to have fallen from the main stack and are now scattered
Floyd | around the dirt floor of the barn. The upper reaches of the barn are
Floyd | dim, but light through the window over the door and through the open
Floyd | door itself give adequate light to the lower areas. The main door out
Floyd | of the barn is standing open, and a hole has been dug in the ground
Floyd | where the door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | Towards the rear of the barn is a loft, a platform that provides an
Floyd | additional level of storage, which comes about halfway towards the
Floyd | front of the barn. At one end of the loft you spy a moveable ladder
Floyd | which provides access to the loft. The bottom of the ladder now rests
Floyd | on the ground, with the rope that previously secured it hanging down
Floyd | beside the ladder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying on its side nearby is an empty barrel.
Floyd | A wooden plank is lying on the ground here.
Floyd | The body of one of the Ralyon warriors lies on the floor just inside
Floyd | the barn door, a pick protruding from his head.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You trot out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I guess he comes and goes" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes through
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. The mill has a single
Floyd | point of entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "dig under door" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||
Floyd | The stream is not particularly wide, but it is quite deep and moving
Floyd | quickly. On first glance the stream appears to flow in from the west,
Floyd | through the mill, and head east towards the fields. But on closer
Floyd | inspection, however, you see that the stream actually flows around the
Floyd | rear of the mill, and a man-made culvert has been dug which leads into
Floyd | the mill. Water flows into this channel by means of a small gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Can you swim in?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Earlier it wouldn't let us get back into water." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | After your previous drenching, you don't feel like repeating the
Floyd | experience. The water in the mountains is too cold.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Maybe we can go in the inn ow" | |
Zach says, "*now" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | Before you stands the inn of the village Tallum, a large structure with
Floyd | whitewashed walls and thatched roof and a sign hanging over the door
Floyd | which reads, "The Ploughman's Repast". There is no smoke coming from
Floyd | the chimney but faint sounds can be heard coming from within. To the
Floyd | right of the inn is a pyramid of stacked beer barrels, while on the
Floyd | southern side there is a small stable before which a rather ungroomed
Floyd | pack-horse is tethered.
Floyd | This part of the village appears to be on a natural hillock, and so
Floyd | for directions other than north there is a slight descent involved. To
Floyd | the south past the stable is a cluster of houses that must make up the
Floyd | residential part of the town, while a mill can also be seen to the
Floyd | northeast. A well-worn path leads east to the village square, but a
Floyd | less travelled path heads north up a sharp incline.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x barrels" | ||
Floyd | The pyramid of beer barrels is tall, made up of four rows of barrels
Floyd | all lying on their side. Given the barrels are still standing outside,
Floyd | and haven't been moved inside the inn itself, you surmise that they
Floyd | have only been recently delivered.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push barrels" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the pyramid of barrels, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | northeast.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the northeast.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 33 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x horse" | ||
Floyd | The horse is a uniform brown colour, although dirt and grim cover his
Floyd | lower legs and the underside of his body, but this seems to match his
Floyd | matted mane and tail. His eyes, though, are wild and his nostrils are
Floyd | flaring; you suspect the presence of the Ralyon guards has instilled in
Floyd | this beast a feeling of panic. It probably wouldn't take much to put
Floyd | the horse over the edge.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | northeast.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the northeast.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 33 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, he *does* come in. We just didn't get the "in the north" response I expected." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Go away, Mister Warrior." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the north.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 33 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You trot northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes behind
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. A narrow channel allows
Floyd | water to flow into the mill itself. The mill has a single point of
Floyd | entry, a small wooden door, which is currently closed. A wheelbarrow is
Floyd | sitting to one side of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the southwest.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 33 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Hmm. Is he chasing after or moving randomly?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | Before you stands the inn of the village Tallum, a large structure with
Floyd | whitewashed walls and thatched roof and a sign hanging over the door
Floyd | which reads, "The Ploughman's Repast". There is no smoke coming from
Floyd | the chimney but faint sounds can be heard coming from within. To the
Floyd | right of the inn is a pyramid of stacked beer barrels, while on the
Floyd | southern side there is a small stable before which a rather ungroomed
Floyd | pack-horse is tethered.
Floyd | This part of the village appears to be on a natural hillock, and so
Floyd | for directions other than north there is a slight descent involved. To
Floyd | the south past the stable is a cluster of houses that must make up the
Floyd | residential part of the town, while a mill can also be seen to the
Floyd | northeast. A well-worn path leads east to the village square, but a
Floyd | less travelled path heads north up a sharp incline.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | The horse reacts instantly to the noise, rearing away and screaming
Floyd | in equine terror. The rope tethering him to the stable breaks and now
Floyd | free, the horse bolts wildly, running in circles for a few moments
Floyd | before heading north and disappearing from view entirely.
Floyd | As they collapse, one on the barrels rolls down the hill to the
Floyd | northeast. And after a moment or two you hear a crashing sound in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Woo" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf24" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You trot northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes behind
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. A narrow channel allows
Floyd | water to flow into the mill itself. The mill has a single point of
Floyd | entry, a small wooden door, which has been smashed to splinters. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door. Several pieces of a
Floyd | broken barrel lie scattered around the remains of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, south, in and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd | A hulking Ralyon warrior stalks in from the east.
Floyd | It takes barely a second for the warrior to notice your presence,
Floyd | and even less time to whip out his sword and impale you on it, before
Floyd | tossing your lifeless body onto the ground and crushing your head under
Floyd | his boot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 34 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You trot in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill
Floyd | The interior of the mill is quite dim, but your vulpine eyesight allows
Floyd | you to see things quite clearly. An enormous, motionless, paddle wheel
Floyd | is directly in front of you, mounted in a narrow channel that bisects
Floyd | the room left to right. A variety of gears connect the paddle wheel to
Floyd | an equally huge mill stone, and a short lever appears to control the
Floyd | machine. Overhead you can see a large, metal tray, suspended from the
Floyd | ceiling by a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Sooo many ropes" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x tray" | ||
Floyd | The metal tray is probably used to lift up equipment for work on the
Floyd | upper parts of the mill. Its dimensions are not large, about four feet
Floyd | square, but made of thick iron it looks to have considerable weight.
Floyd | The tray is attached by a rope to some indeterminate fixture in the
Floyd | ceiling and sits suspended some twenty feet above the floor.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "> chew all the ropes, get knocked in head by metal tray" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wheel" | ||
Floyd | Around fifteen feet in diameter, the paddle wheel is made up of wide,
Floyd | flat blades at the end of long poles, radiating out from a centre
Floyd | spindle. The spindle is connected to some gears that turn the huge mill
Floyd | stone.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x lever" | ||
Floyd | The lever appears to control the motion of the paddle wheel. The lever
Floyd | appears to be in an 'off' position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd | The rope is secured to the metal tray, and disappears upwards to some
Floyd | fixture in the ceiling which you can't see. The rope itself looks a bit
Floyd | worn from long use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf25" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chew rope" | ||
Floyd | [bite rope]
Floyd | You can't reach the rope from your current position.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd | It is an enormous stone, rough around its circular edge. It is
Floyd | connected to the paddle wheel by a series of gears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so we're gonna take out another guard with another trap, eh?>" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Maybe!" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push lever" | ||
Floyd | You grab the lever with your teeth and pull back, but nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||
Floyd | You grab the lever with your teeth and pull back, but nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "turn on lever" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x channel" | ||
Floyd | The channel is used to contain the flow of water from the stream. Very
Floyd | little water is flowing through the channel at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink water" | ||
Floyd | You lap up a couple of mouthfuls of water from the stream, but it is
Floyd | extremely cold.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "We've already been found guilty for murder. We might as well" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "This is, uh, self defense. Or something." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||
Floyd | There is the barest trickle of water flowing through the channel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "We need more water." | |
DavidW says, "I assume there's some gate that needs to be opened." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x channel" | ||
Floyd | The channel is used to contain the flow of water from the stream. Very
Floyd | little water is flowing through the channel at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb stone" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I wonder if the wheelbarrow comes into play here." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "I think we just needed to get it out of the way." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x board" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Ah" | |
DavidW says, "like, there has to be something blocking the inflow." | ||
Zach asks, "Have we tried climbing that hill?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | All your senses are telling you it would be dangerous to go there at
Floyd | the moment.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I don't think so." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill
Floyd | The interior of the mill is quite dim, but your vulpine eyesight allows
Floyd | you to see things quite clearly. An enormous, motionless, paddle wheel
Floyd | is directly in front of you, mounted in a narrow channel that bisects
Floyd | the room left to right. A variety of gears connect the paddle wheel to
Floyd | an equally huge mill stone, and a short lever appears to control the
Floyd | machine. Overhead you can see a large, metal tray, suspended from the
Floyd | ceiling by a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You trot out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes behind
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. A narrow channel allows
Floyd | water to flow into the mill itself. The mill has a single point of
Floyd | entry, a small wooden door, which has been smashed to splinters. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door. Several pieces of a
Floyd | broken barrel lie scattered around the remains of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You look to find some way up the hill, but it is just too steep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, south, in and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||
Floyd | The stream is not particularly wide, but it is quite deep and moving Floyd | quickly. On first glance the stream appears to flow in from the west, Floyd | through the mill, and head east towards the fields. But on closer Floyd | inspection, however, you see that the stream actually flows around the Floyd | rear of the mill, and a man-made culvert has been dug which leads into Floyd | the mill. Water flows into this channel by means of a small gate. Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The stream is not particularly wide, but it is quite deep and moving Floyd | quickly. On first glance the stream appears to flow in from the west, Floyd | through the mill, and head east towards the fields. But on closer Floyd | inspection, however, you see that the stream actually flows around the Floyd | rear of the mill, and a man-made culvert has been dug which leads into Floyd | the mill. Water flows into this channel by means of a small gate. Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x channel" | ||
Floyd | It is a man-made culvert which allows water to be directed into the
Floyd | mill. It is controlled by a small wooden gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x gate" | ||
Floyd | The water gate is situated at the head of a man-made channel that leads
Floyd | into mill. It is made of wood, and swings on a simple hinge. At the
Floyd | moment, the gate is closed and very little water is passing along the
Floyd | channel into the mill.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open gate" | ||
Floyd | You place your paws on top of the gate and swing it into the open
Floyd | position. Immediately water flows through the channel and into the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You trot in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill
Floyd | The interior of the mill is quite dim, but your vulpine eyesight allows
Floyd | you to see things quite clearly. An enormous, motionless, paddle wheel
Floyd | is directly in front of you, mounted in a narrow channel that bisects
Floyd | the room left to right and from which the sounds of gurgling water
Floyd | emanate. A variety of gears connect the paddle wheel to an equally huge
Floyd | mill stone, and a short lever appears to control the machine. Overhead
Floyd | you can see a large, metal tray, suspended from the ceiling by a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf26" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hooray for fox thumbs" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x channel" | ||
Floyd | The channel is used to contain the flow of water from the stream. A
Floyd | steady flow of water is making its way through the channel
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||
Floyd | You grab the lever with your teeth and pull back. It takes some effort,
Floyd | but you are rewarded to feel it click into position. A moment or two
Floyd | later, the paddle wheel begins to turn slowly as the flowing water
Floyd | pushes it around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd | It is an enormous stone, rough around its circular edge. It is
Floyd | connected to the paddle wheel by a series of gears. It is turning
Floyd | slowly as the paddle wheel moves around.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "get on wheel to get higher?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb wheel" | ||
Floyd | You run forward and jump onto one of the blades as it exits the water,
Floyd | letting your forelegs hang over the edge to keep you in place.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill (riding the paddle wheel)
Floyd | You are positioned precariously on one of the blades on the paddle
Floyd | wheel and being lifted up slowly.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill (riding the paddle wheel) | Part Two as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "heh heh" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb on tray" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd | As the paddle wheel turns, you move yourself into a better, more
Floyd | comfortable position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "chew rope" | DavidW says, "hm. Hope there's a suitable place to jump to up here." | |
Floyd | [bite rope]
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd | The paddle wheel turns and takes you higher. It is getting close to
Floyd | the top now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb on tray" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill (riding the paddle wheel)
Floyd | [ridingpaddlewheeldescription=0]
Floyd | The paddle wheel is approaching its zenith when you realise you are
Floyd | in danger of falling into the gears. You leap back down onto the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill
Floyd | The interior of the mill is quite dim, but your vulpine eyesight allows
Floyd | you to see things quite clearly. An enormous paddle wheel is directly
Floyd | in front you, mounted in a narrow channel that bisects the room left to
Floyd | right. The wheel is turning slowly as water flows through the channel.
Floyd | A variety of gears are grinding away in the effort to turn the massive
Floyd | mill stone that is spinning slowly on its axis. A short lever is
Floyd | connected to the machine and appears to control it. Overhead you can
Floyd | see a large, metal tray, suspended from the ceiling by a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Inside the mill (riding the paddle wheel)
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill (riding the paddle wheel) | Part Two as Torrin, a
Floyd | small re ]
Floyd | >
| ||
mwmiller says (to Floyd), "jump on tray" | ||
Floyd | You move carefully into position, take a deep breath, before launching
Floyd | yourself through the air. There is a moment where you think you might
Floyd | have missed the platform entirely. But you land solidly in the centre,
Floyd | which starts it swinging slightly, but it slowly returns to stillness.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill (on the metal tray)
Floyd | You are standing on the metal tray, suspended by a rope from the roof
Floyd | of the mill. Below you the paddle wheel continues to turn as water
Floyd | flows through the channel.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill (on the metal tray) | Part Two as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Aha" | |
Zach says, "Yes, our plan is coming together nicely." | ||
DavidW says, "movin' on up" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "chew rope" | ||
Floyd | [bite rope]
Floyd | You consider chewing through the rope to drop the metal tray to the
Floyd | floor. But on reflection, you think that there might be a better time
Floyd | to do it. You decide to wait.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | You wait for something to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement outside the
Floyd | mill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "bark, silly" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | From outside the mill you hear a cry, a guttural bellow that sounds
Floyd | like the precursor to an attack. A second later the hulking form of a
Floyd | Ralyon warrior rushes through the open door and into the mill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "chew rope" | ||
Floyd | [bite rope]
Floyd | You bite into the rope, your teeth quickly cutting through the coarse
Floyd | braid. Then the rope snaps and you feel yourself falling as the tray
Floyd | drops away beneath you, a yelp of alarm escaping your throat. There is
Floyd | a sickening crunch as the tray hits the floor, and you bounce off it,
Floyd | rolling into the room.
Floyd | As you regain your feet you see that the tray has landed on the
Floyd | Ralyon warrior, smashing him to the ground and crushing his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by five. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "woot. now save" | |
mwmiller exclaims, "I'm crushing your head!" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf27" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "haha" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Hehehe, yay" | ||
Zach says, "So now the town is ours!" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You trot out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes behind
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. A narrow channel allows
Floyd | water to flow into the mill itself. The mill has a single point of
Floyd | entry, a small wooden door, which has been smashed to splinters. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door. Several pieces of a
Floyd | broken barrel lie scattered around the remains of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east, south, in and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You trot in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the mill
Floyd | The interior of the mill is quite dim, but your vulpine eyesight allows
Floyd | you to see things quite clearly. An enormous paddle wheel is directly
Floyd | in front you, mounted in a narrow channel that bisects the room left to
Floyd | right. The wheel is turning slowly as water flows through the channel.
Floyd | A variety of gears are grinding away in the effort to turn the massive
Floyd | mill stone that is spinning slowly on its axis. A short lever is
Floyd | connected to the machine and appears to control it. A large metal tray
Floyd | is lying on the floor here, beside the body of a Ralyon warrior,
Floyd | occupying the spot where the warriors head used to be.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Inside the mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "search guard" | ||
Floyd | [examine guard]
Floyd | Ralyon warriors are known for their fearsome strength and endurance,
Floyd | and as you look at the dead body before you, you understand why. The
Floyd | muscles in the man's arms and legs are overdeveloped, bulging beneath
Floyd | his plain tunic and trousers. Even in death they look powerful. The
Floyd | warriors head is missing, crushed by the falling tray which now,
Floyd | mercifully, obscures the wound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You trot out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mill
Floyd | Made from oak and painted a dark brown colour, the mill is more of a
Floyd | functional building than providing any visual appeal. A narrow stream
Floyd | flows in from the west via a series of small cascades, passes behind
Floyd | the mill, then continues its flow eastwards. A narrow channel allows
Floyd | water to flow into the mill itself. The mill has a single point of
Floyd | entry, a small wooden door, which has been smashed to splinters. A
Floyd | wheelbarrow is sitting to one side of the door. Several pieces of a
Floyd | broken barrel lie scattered around the remains of the door.
Floyd | To the east, following the stream, you can see an open area of
Floyd | farmland, while to the south you can see the village square. To the
Floyd | southwest, up a short incline, is the village inn, but to the west the
Floyd | hill becomes unclimbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mill | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | Before you stands the inn of the village Tallum, a large structure with
Floyd | whitewashed walls and thatched roof and a sign hanging over the door
Floyd | which reads, "The Ploughman's Repast". There is no smoke coming from
Floyd | the chimney but faint sounds can be heard coming from within. To the
Floyd | right of the inn is a disorganised pile of beer barrels, while on the
Floyd | southern side there is a small stable.
Floyd | This part of the village appears to be on a natural hillock, and so
Floyd | for directions other than north there is a slight descent involved. To
Floyd | the south past the stable is a cluster of houses that must make up the
Floyd | residential part of the town, while a mill can also be seen to the
Floyd | northeast. A well-worn path leads east to the village square, but a
Floyd | less travelled path heads north up a sharp incline.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I guess the inn is the next puzzle, involving the horse." | |
Zach says, "We scared away the horse." | ||
DavidW asks, "oh?" | ||
Zach says, "That's how we got in the mill." | ||
DavidW says, "oh" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I'm not sure what comes next." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | Before you stands the inn of the village Tallum, a large structure with
Floyd | whitewashed walls and thatched roof and a sign hanging over the door
Floyd | which reads, "The Ploughman's Repast". There is no smoke coming from
Floyd | the chimney but faint sounds can be heard coming from within. To the
Floyd | right of the inn is a disorganised pile of beer barrels, while on the
Floyd | southern side there is a small stable.
Floyd | This part of the village appears to be on a natural hillock, and so
Floyd | for directions other than north there is a slight descent involved. To
Floyd | the south past the stable is a cluster of houses that must make up the
Floyd | residential part of the town, while a mill can also be seen to the
Floyd | northeast. A well-worn path leads east to the village square, but a
Floyd | less travelled path heads north up a sharp incline.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north, east, south and
Floyd | northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | You suspect the front door of the inn is made of oak, although it is
Floyd | hard to tell under the brown paint that adorns it. In any case, it
Floyd | looks to be very solid. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the door with your paws, but you can't get it to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig under door" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Alas" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "chew door" | ||
Floyd | [bite door]
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Can you reach the roof from the barrels?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "climb barrels" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x barrels" | ||
Floyd | The pile of beer barrels is a disorganised mess. Given the barrels are
Floyd | still outside, and haven't been moved inside the inn itself, you
Floyd | surmise that they have only been recently delivered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north, east, south and
Floyd | northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on barrels" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barrel" | ||
Floyd | The pile of beer barrels is a disorganised mess. Given the barrels are
Floyd | still outside, and haven't been moved inside the inn itself, you
Floyd | surmise that they have only been recently delivered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on barrel" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. ok." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x pole" | ||
Floyd | The poles are set firmly into the ground at each corner of the paved
Floyd | area. They are tall too, standing at least fifteen or twenty feet high.
Floyd | Near the top of each pole is a remnant of coloured streamer, evidence
Floyd | of some recent celebration.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Can we enter the pig stall?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Animal stalls
Floyd | Three large animal stalls have been constructed here, each one
Floyd | separated from the next by a small wooden wall. Each stall has an
Floyd | enclosed area at the rear for the comfort of any animals during harsh
Floyd | weather. All the stalls are vacant, although it appears the first of
Floyd | the three was, until quite recently, a pig pen. The other stalls appear
Floyd | to have been empty for some time.
Floyd | Looking to the north you can see a large barn, while the village
Floyd | square lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tangled mess of shredded rope lies on the ground near the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Animal stalls | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter stall" | ||
Floyd | There is nowhere to hide in the animal stalls; they are all open and
Floyd | offer no concealment whatsoever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Could it be we have to leave town?" | |
genericgeekgirl asks, "Probably. But in which direction?" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fields
Floyd | The northeastern side of the valley stretches out here and accommodates
Floyd | fields undoubtedly used by the people of Tallum to provide for
Floyd | themselves. Given the proximity of winter, there is nothing in the
Floyd | fields at the moment, just tilled earth awaiting the rejuvenation of
Floyd | spring. A narrow stream, which flows in from the west, marks the
Floyd | boundary, skirting around the fields and disappearing somewhere beyond.
Floyd | To the south you can see a barn and silo, a tall building which
Floyd | looks like a mill lies to the west, while the village square lies to
Floyd | the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Fields | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move south, west and
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "North seems to be the general heading." | |
Zach says, "I'm not sure that's an option." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Barns
Floyd | The eastern edge of the village is devoted solely to barns and grain
Floyd | storage. Two barns are visible, although one of them has recently burnt
Floyd | to the ground leaving only half a wall and some beams. Alongside the
Floyd | undamaged barn is a grain silo, a cylindrical structure standing almost
Floyd | as tall as the barn itself. The barn door is currently open, but little
Floyd | of the interior can be seen from here. A hole has been dug in the
Floyd | ground underneath where the barn door would be if it were closed.
Floyd | To the south you can see some animal stalls, and in the north you
Floyd | can see some fields. The village square lies to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Barns | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Track
Floyd | The walls of the valley narrow substantially here, almost joining in
Floyd | the middle. Boulders and loose stones fill the valley floor having
Floyd | fallen from the imposing cliffs on either side. The track meanders
Floyd | around the largest obstacles as it continues northwards, but the view
Floyd | to the north is cut short by a small rise which you can't see beyond.
Floyd | To the south the track emerges from a vast green expanse, a stretch of
Floyd | waving grass that fills up your southern view entirely but stops quite
Floyd | unexpectedly a short distance away.
Floyd | You can hear a strong wind howling as it blows over the cliffs, but
Floyd | little of the wind can be felt below.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Track | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy plain
Floyd | The open grassland that surrounds you here is bisected by the rough
Floyd | track that meanders northwards. The bitterly cold wind howls through
Floyd | the valley and whips the grass around you, cutting right through to
Floyd | your skin. The valley narrows extensively to the north, while to the
Floyd | south you can make out the edge of the forest. More grasslands can be
Floyd | seen to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Grassy plain | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy plain
Floyd | The vast expanse of open grassland in which you stand is being thrashed
Floyd | by the viciously cold wind. The grass is short and offers little in the
Floyd | way of protection from the wind. The grey overcast sky and bitter wind
Floyd | has turned what might have been a picturesque mountain scene into one
Floyd | of barrenness and isolation, draining the landscape of colour. The
Floyd | valley wall rises to the west and narrows to the north, limiting
Floyd | further progress along the valley to the northeast. The grasslands
Floyd | extend to the east, while you can just make out the edge of the forest
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hmm." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | The valley wall narrows here and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | The valley wall narrows here and prevents you from moving in that
Floyd | direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | The hunting party is not far away. Heading back into the forest is only
Floyd | likely to bring about your swift demise, so you decide to keep moving
Floyd | forward.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You trot northeast, through the waving grass. A short time later you
Floyd | emerge from it completely.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Track
Floyd | The walls of the valley narrow substantially here, almost joining in
Floyd | the middle. Boulders and loose stones fill the valley floor having
Floyd | fallen from the imposing cliffs on either side. The track meanders
Floyd | around the largest obstacles as it continues northwards, but the view
Floyd | to the north is cut short by a small rise which you can't see beyond.
Floyd | To the south the track emerges from a vast green expanse, a stretch of
Floyd | waving grass that fills up your southern view entirely but stops quite
Floyd | unexpectedly a short distance away.
Floyd | You can hear a strong wind howling as it blows over the cliffs, but
Floyd | little of the wind can be felt below.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Track | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village square
Floyd | A broad area of stone pavement marks the centre of the village of
Floyd | Tallum. At each corner of the square is a tall wooden pole, around the
Floyd | top of which are the remains of some decorations from some previous
Floyd | village celebration.
Floyd | A rough track to the northeast leads to what looks like some land
Floyd | devoted to farming, to the southeast you can see some animal stalls,
Floyd | and directly east is a large, barn-like structure. A cluster of houses
Floyd | that must make up the residential part of the town can be seen to the
Floyd | southwest, while a tall building, which resembles a mill, can also be
Floyd | seen to the north. A well-worn path leads west, up a small incline, to
Floyd | what seems to be an inn.
Floyd | The village appears to be protected from the howling wind somewhat,
Floyd | with only a few light gusts reaching ground level.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village square | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "We haven't been inside the inn yet, correct?" | |
Zach says, "Correct" | ||
DavidW says, "I haven't been mapping at all, so I don't know the geography limits." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You trot southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cluster of houses
Floyd | There are around a dozen houses nestled in this southwestern corner of
Floyd | the village, but you can see little to distinguish them. They all have
Floyd | the same construction, with thatched roofs, low doors, and few windows.
Floyd | Most are daubed with mud or grime. What is more surprising is the
Floyd | complete lack of activity here; no chimneys smoking, no open doors or
Floyd | windows, no sounds coming from within, just an eerie silence.
Floyd | To the northeast you can see the village square, while a
Floyd | well-trodden path leads north up a brief incline to the inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Cluster of houses | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x doors" | ||
Floyd | The doors of the houses are all made of wood. Some of them have mud or
Floyd | grime markings near their base, and one or two have been painted. But
Floyd | they are all closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x markings" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move north and northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x roof" | ||
Floyd | The roofs of all the houses are make from thatch, some of which looks
Floyd | to have been refreshed recently. Otherwise there is little else to note
Floyd | about them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Village Inn
Floyd | Before you stands the inn of the village Tallum, a large structure with
Floyd | whitewashed walls and thatched roof and a sign hanging over the door
Floyd | which reads, "The Ploughman's Repast". There is no smoke coming from
Floyd | the chimney but faint sounds can be heard coming from within. To the
Floyd | right of the inn is a disorganised pile of beer barrels, while on the
Floyd | southern side there is a small stable.
Floyd | This part of the village appears to be on a natural hillock, and so
Floyd | for directions other than north there is a slight descent involved. To
Floyd | the south past the stable is a cluster of houses that must make up the
Floyd | residential part of the town, while a mill can also be seen to the
Floyd | northeast. A well-worn path leads east to the village square, but a
Floyd | less travelled path heads north up a sharp incline.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Village Inn | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||
Floyd | The sign hangs over the front door of the inn, and in a large, basic
Floyd | script reads "The Ploughman's Repast". The letters are painted in
Floyd | yellow on a green background, which gives the sign a rather jolly tone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig barrels" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig under barrels" | ||
Floyd | The ground is certainly soft enough to allow you to dig, but you're not
Floyd | sure what could be gained by digging random holes. You decide to think
Floyd | about this further before expending unnecessary energy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "chew barrels" | ||
Floyd | [bite barrels]
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "When in doubt, bark." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | The smell of stale beer is quite noticeable here, as is the smell of
Floyd | horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search barrels" | ||
Floyd | [examine barrels]
Floyd | The pile of beer barrels is a disorganised mess. Given the barrels are
Floyd | still outside, and haven't been moved inside the inn itself, you
Floyd | surmise that they have only been recently delivered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone bridge
Floyd | A narrow but deep stream, that flows in from the west and departs to
Floyd | the east down a series of cascades, is crossed here by a simple stone
Floyd | bridge. The bridge is wide enough to take perhaps two men abreast, but
Floyd | that is all, and on the other side the track begins to veer sharply
Floyd | upwards as the valley comes to an end. The howling wind is louder here,
Floyd | but you still feel the protection of the cliffs to the east and west
Floyd | which are again closing. Apart from the northern direction presented by
Floyd | the bridge, to the south you can see the village inn.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Stone bridge | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "......" | |
genericgeekgirl asks, "We've never tried this, huh?" | ||
DavidW says, "nope" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You look to find some way down the hill, following the stream, but it
Floyd | is just too steep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Ok, cool." | |
Zach says, "Ah, missed that" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "So we're on the other side of the cliff we couldn't pass from the mill." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north across the stone bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountain trail
Floyd | The ground here drops away to the north quite suddenly, leaving you
Floyd | standing at the top of a cliff, from which you are given a spectacular
Floyd | vista of snow-capped mountain peaks rising above dim valleys, although
Floyd | many of the higher peaks are lost in the clouds overhead. The wind is
Floyd | once again whipping around you now you have left the protection
Floyd | afforded by the valley. The trail, if something so vague and indistinct
Floyd | can be called that, veers westward here, following a ridge as it rises
Floyd | upwards. To the south the trail heads back to a small stone bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Mountain trail | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pool
Floyd | A natural hollow off to one side of the ridge has become, over time, a
Floyd | mountain pool, filled with the runoff from melting winter snows. The
Floyd | water is dark and still, reflecting the glowering clouds overhead with
Floyd | startling clarity, although the surface is regularly disturbed by the
Floyd | blustery wind. The trail follows the ridge-line west up the
Floyd | mountainside, and eastwards down.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the pool a vixen is standing, staring at you
Floyd | intently.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Pool | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "a lady SHE-fox" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf28" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh my." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "kiss vixen" | ||
Floyd | The vixen is watching you intently from her position on the other side
Floyd | of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | She is captivating, and I find myself drawn to her in ways I can't
Floyd | begin to explain. She is a undoubtedly a beautiful creature, her red
Floyd | fur coat full and rich, her tail long and lustrous. But with each
Floyd | moment I look at her I feel emotion building within me. It's a strange,
Floyd | almost alien feeling, while at the same time part of me. Where did it
Floyd | come from, and how did it build so fast?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x vixen" | ||
Floyd | The vixen has not moved, but she continues to watch you with wide eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes are so deep, drawing me in, almost human-like in their
Floyd | ability to communicate with me. I sense her desire matching my own,
Floyd | although how I know that I can't explain. I feel a forceful urge to go
Floyd | with her, to lose myself in this well of feeling, which I am fighting,
Floyd | but I don't know for how long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to vixen" | ||
Floyd | You feel like you'd like to talk, but you realise that in your current
Floyd | state, this is impossible. The best you could do is bark or growl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "oh, phermones, hm?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "growl" | ||
Floyd | You growl fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "mate with vixen" | ||
Floyd | You slowly circle the pool and draw close to the vixen.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't control these feelings. My body reacts without my direct
Floyd | impulse, and I'm virtually a passenger as I watch myself draw close to
Floyd | the vixen. I try to take control and turn back, to stop this atrocity
Floyd | from continuing, but I fear I've left it too late. I've allowed this
Floyd | animal desire to overwhelm me, and I am no more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goodbye, Tevona...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your game is over. You achieved a score of 40 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Game over | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Pool
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Pool | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, man." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "run away" | ||
Floyd | You try to move but you seem unable at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | I want to move, to tear my eyes away from her, but it is so hard. My
Floyd | eyes are drawn to her beauty, her presence. I am torn with longing and
Floyd | confusion. I try to think about Tevona, but my thoughts are scattered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You slowly circle the pool and draw close to the vixen.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't control these feelings. My body reacts without my direct
Floyd | impulse, and I'm virtually a passenger as I watch myself draw close to
Floyd | the vixen. I try to take control and turn back, to stop this atrocity
Floyd | from continuing, but I fear I've left it too late. I've allowed this
Floyd | animal desire to overwhelm me, and I am no more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goodbye, Tevona...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your game is over. You achieved a score of 40 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Game over | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Pool
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Pool | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I said run, damnit." | |
Zach says, "Maybe we need a cold shower" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | You slowly circle the pool and draw close to the vixen.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't control these feelings. My body reacts without my direct
Floyd | impulse, and I'm virtually a passenger as I watch myself draw close to
Floyd | the vixen. I try to take control and turn back, to stop this atrocity
Floyd | from continuing, but I fear I've left it too late. I've allowed this
Floyd | animal desire to overwhelm me, and I am no more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Goodbye, Tevona...
Floyd |
Floyd | Your game is over. You achieved a score of 40 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Game over | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, try a swim." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Pool
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Pool | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Or a restore" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf28" | ||
Floyd | Yes
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "run" | ||
Floyd | The vixen is watching you intently from her position on the other side
Floyd | of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | She is captivating, and I find myself drawn to her in ways I can't
Floyd | begin to explain. She is a undoubtedly a beautiful creature, her red
Floyd | fur coat full and rich, her tail long and lustrous. But with each
Floyd | moment I look at her I feel emotion building within me. It's a strange,
Floyd | almost alien feeling, while at the same time part of me. Where did it
Floyd | come from, and how did it build so fast?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | The vixen has not moved, but she continues to watch you with wide eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes are so deep, drawing me in, almost human-like in their
Floyd | ability to communicate with me. I sense her desire matching my own,
Floyd | although how I know that I can't explain. I feel a forceful urge to go
Floyd | with her, to lose myself in this well of feeling, which I am fighting,
Floyd | but I don't know for how long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Pool
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, ">do not be horny" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You try to move but you seem unable at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | I want to move, to tear my eyes away from her, but it is so hard. My
Floyd | eyes are drawn to her beauty, her presence. I am torn with longing and
Floyd | confusion. I try to think about Tevona, but my thoughts are scattered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You try to move again but you legs are refusing to obey you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Again I try to leave, to escape the tidal wave of emotions that
Floyd | threaten to overwhelm me completely. I try to focus my attention more
Floyd | on Tevona, to remember her beauty, to recall the times we spent
Floyd | together, watching her comb her hair, riding our horses together, but
Floyd | my thoughts flee like minnows before a shark, and all I see is the
Floyd | wonder of this animal before me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | With the greatest effort I pull my eyes away and depart. And with my
Floyd | departure comes another wave of emotion, a sadness so deep I wonder if
Floyd | any of it comes from me at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by two. ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Plateau
Floyd | The ridge, which the trail has been following, comes to an end here,
Floyd | flattening out into a broad, open area that stretches out before you. A
Floyd | number of scraggly gorse bushes have managed to find enough soil to
Floyd | grow at various points on the plateau, and they break up the otherwise
Floyd | barren nature of the location.
Floyd | To the north, past a couple of enormous piles of boulders, a narrow
Floyd | passage can be seen which leads into a tight ravine. The only other
Floyd | viable direction for movement is back along the trail eastwards.
Floyd | Your vulpine senses detect danger nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Plateau | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Whew." | |
Zach says, "We resisted the furry path." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Clearly the ending should be that Tevona becomes a fox and we run away and live happily ever after." | ||
Zach says, "That's who I was hoping the vixen was." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north, but you have only travelled a few steps when the ground
Floyd | almost magically opens up beneath your feet, and you plunge downwards.
Floyd | You have the briefest glimpse of a pile of rotting bodies before you
Floyd | slam into them yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 42 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Plateau
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Plateau | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "We had to choose between death and sex..." | |
mwmiller says, "And yet, all the attempts to piddle to mark territory just didn't work." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x ravine" | ||
Floyd | The ravine looks to have been formed through some pre-historic
Floyd | geological upheaval that tore into the mountain and left this scar. The
Floyd | walls are sheer, narrowing to almost a point at the base.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "is this a place for 'smell'?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rocks" | ||
Floyd | The boulders are huge, like a giant's marbles, and are piled up in
Floyd | groups near the entrance to the ravine.
Floyd | You feel a tingling sensation as you stand and survey the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "smell" | DavidW says, "or listen>" | |
Floyd | There is a faint rotting smell coming from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "climb boulders" | ||
Floyd | You give it a brief examination, but quickly reach the conclusion that
Floyd | it isn't climbable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x bushes" | ||
Floyd | The gorse bushes are not very big, but their branches are quite dense.
Floyd | There are a number of bushes scattered around the plateau.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig under bushes" | ||
Floyd | The rocky terrain around you is unsuitable for digging.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | The sound of the wind fills your ears, but you also hear a faint noise,
Floyd | like some ethereal music, coming from the gorse bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search bushes" | ||
Floyd | [examine bushes]
Floyd | The gorse bushes are not very big, but their branches are quite dense.
Floyd | There are a number of bushes scattered around the plateau.
Floyd | However, on further examination, you notice that there appears to be
Floyd | something hidden within several of the bushes, something that looks
Floyd | like small tubes. Noting where each of them are, you should be able to
Floyd | avoid their fields of fire.
Floyd | Despite having uncovered this trap, you sense there are more here
Floyd | somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ground" | ||
Floyd | The ground is flat and mostly made from rock, but on further
Floyd | investigation you begin to see a vague outline traced in the ground.
Floyd | The outline covers a wide, square area that you would have probably
Floyd | crossed if you travelled further north. You should now be able to avoid
Floyd | it.
Floyd | You sense that, even though you have uncovered two traps now, there
Floyd | is still danger lurking nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Danger! Death Ray" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "search rocks" | ||
Floyd | [examine rocks]
Floyd | The boulders are huge, like a giant's marbles, and are piled up in
Floyd | groups near the entrance to the ravine.
Floyd | Since experiencing that odd tingling sensation, you focus a little
Floyd | more on the boulders. At first you don't notice anything, but then it
Floyd | strikes you - some of the boulders aren't balanced. They appear to be
Floyd | resting in precarious positions, held in place by some sort of magic.
Floyd | But having noted which boulders are set to fall, you can easily avoid
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yay" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north, stepping around the edge of the mysterious outline on
Floyd | the ground, and moving carefully past each of the bushes where blow
Floyd | darts are stationed, watching them fire their darts uselessly into the
Floyd | air. You also give the magically balanced boulders a wide birth, and
Floyd | they each fall to the ground safely. And so you pass into the ravine.
Floyd | Behind you, you hear the sound of boulders grinding against each
Floyd | other, which you imagine is the magical trap resetting itself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow ravine
Floyd | The walls of the ravine rise almost straight up from the ground,
Floyd | leaving only the barest spit of rock to walk on. You can barely see the
Floyd | top of the cliffs from here, and indeed, the entire area is rather dim
Floyd | due to the cliffs towering above. Progress further along the ravine has
Floyd | been blocked by a monstrous pile of rubble directly in front of you.
Floyd | The only way out is back to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes have barely adjusted to the dimness when they are blinded
Floyd | by a flash of blue light, and your ears are deafened by a roar of
Floyd | thunder. You stagger backwards a couple of steps, dazed.
Floyd | When your eyes clear, you see standing before you a woman. She is a
Floyd | giant of a woman, standing ten feet tall, chest encased in armour of
Floyd | burnished bronze, and wielding a sword of polished steel. Her face is
Floyd | tanned, and her hair dark and lustrous.
Floyd | The woman looks around with a suspicious glare before her eyes
Floyd | finally seek out your diminutive form. And then her expression becomes
Floyd | confused.
Floyd | "What is this?" her voice booms in the narrow confines of the
Floyd | ravine. "A fox has defeated my traps? I expected to see more of Vetan's
Floyd | minions, but not a fox."
Floyd | The massive warrior's eyes narrow as she looks at you. "Perhaps you
Floyd | are more than what you seem. I will give you one chance. Prove to me
Floyd | that you are more than just a fox, and I will spare your life."
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Narrow ravine | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Hooray for teamwork" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf29" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Magical traps. We must be getting closer to wossname." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x woman" | ||
Floyd | The warrior must be at least ten feet tall, and is wearing bronze
Floyd | armour on her body. She is not wearing a helmet, though; her dark hair
Floyd | is free and flows over her shoulders in rich brown cascades. Her skin
Floyd | is also quite tanned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "This woman must be a magic worker." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "perform math by tapping paws" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "haha" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd | The warrior looks at you curiously. "I thought as much. A spy of the
Floyd | wizard!" she shouts, and her massive sword swings down towards you. You
Floyd | can't get out of the way in time and the sword neatly slices you in
Floyd | two.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 45 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Narrow ravine
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Narrow ravine | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I don't suppose we have a ring or crown to show her?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "'A spy of the wizard'? Oooooooookay." | |
Zach says, "Paranoia" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick warrior" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to giant warrior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search warrior" | ||
Floyd | [examine warrior]
Floyd | The warrior must be at least ten feet tall, and is wearing bronze
Floyd | armour on her body. She is not wearing a helmet, though; her dark hair
Floyd | is free and flows over her shoulders in rich brown cascades. Her skin
Floyd | is also quite tanned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hair" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x armour" | ||
Floyd | The bronze armour is a feat of metallurgical skill, and would be the
Floyd | envy of Jonati the blacksmith back at the castle in Ryla. Intricate
Floyd | designs have been traced on the breast plate that are at once both
Floyd | beautiful and disturbing, flowing into patterns that seem to suggest
Floyd | both life and death.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x designs" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "write on ground" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose we can't claw our name into the dirt or anything like that." | |
Zach says, "My thoughts exactly" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "draw" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "draw in dirt" | ||
Floyd | You try to write a message on the ground, but your paws are not at all
Floyd | suited to the task and the result is illegible.
Floyd | The warrior looks at you curiously, her eyebrows raised, but doesn't
Floyd | otherwise respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "roll over" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "play dead" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lie down" | ||
Floyd | You lie down on the ground. Floyd | "Aha!" the warrior shouts, finally sheathing her sword. "You show Floyd | trust and courage, revealing something of your true nature. That in Floyd | itself is a mystery I am keen to unravel." Floyd | There is another flash of light and peal of thunder, and suddenly Floyd | the female warrior is gone. Instead, a wizened old man stands before Floyd | you, his face wrinkled by the weight of years, half bent over and Floyd | leaning on a walking stick. His beard is so long it almost touches the Floyd | ground in front of him. He is wearing a thick, woollen cloak and Floyd | sturdy, fur-lined boots. Floyd | The man looks down at you with a confused expression. Floyd | "So what do have we here?" he says, looking directly at you. "I Floyd | never expected my traps would be overcome by a fox," he says quietly. Floyd | "But you are quite obviously more than just a fox." Floyd | There is a long pause as he looks at you carefully. Floyd | "I see," the man says. "I think I'd better find out what this is all Floyd | about." Floyd | He raises his arms, and a golden light envelopes you. You feel a Floyd | strange sensation pass through you, and for a moment you can't feel the Floyd | ground under your feet. But slowly everything clears and you find Floyd | yourself somewhere else. Floyd | Floyd | [ Your score just went up by ten. ] Floyd | Floyd | [ Press any key ] | genericgeekgirl asks, "o, rly?" | |
mwmiller exclaims, "A wizard in drag. Okay!" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wizard's cottage
Floyd | A warm fire is glowing in the hearth, which is providing the cottage
Floyd | with light and giving it a cosy feel. It is not a large cottage by any
Floyd | standard, and made even smaller by the number of things that fill the
Floyd | room. On either side of the fireplace are two enormous bookshelves,
Floyd | loaded with books and scrolls. A low table in the centre of the room is
Floyd | likewise burdened with parchments, and a variety of small bowls and
Floyd | implements. There is a cupboard with a glass door in the far corner of
Floyd | the room which holds a number of pots and jars, the contents of which
Floyd | you can't determine. Next to this is a simple wooden bed, and a single
Floyd | door leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Limos is here, seated on a stool next to the table, and
Floyd | regarding you with keen eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So," Master Limos says, stretching his legs out in front of him
Floyd | while looking at you directly. "Who are you and why are you here?"
Floyd | All you can do is stare back at him.
Floyd | "Hmm," the wizard continues. "I think what we need here is a little
Floyd | vocal stimulation."
Floyd | He raises a hand above his head, mumbles something in a strange
Floyd | tongue, and suddenly you are struck to the ground by an invisible hand.
Floyd | You feel your throat tighten, almost as if someone is strangling you,
Floyd | then it releases and the pain subsides.
Floyd | You stagger to your feet again, groaning.
Floyd | Groaning?
Floyd | "How's that?" the wizard asks.
Floyd | You clear your throat, and say, "Err..." -- I can talk! -- "...I
Floyd | feel quite strange..."
Floyd | Limos nods. "That's to be expected. Well, given that you are
Floyd | actually talking, that means you aren't really a fox. If you had been a
Floyd | fox nothing would have happened."
Floyd | "Thank you for helping me..." you begin, your voice sounding strange
Floyd | in your ears, but Limos interrupts.
Floyd | "I think I'm entitled to start this off. Back to my first question:
Floyd | who are you are why are you here?"
Floyd | You fill Limos in briefly on your plight, how you were wrongly
Floyd | convicted of the murder of Prince Alsanter, and how King Rithusar, your
Floyd | foster father, saved you from execution by having the wizard Rixomas
Floyd | curse you, turning you into a fox. You also relate Rixomas' instruction
Floyd | to you, that you should head for a wizard in the Rylane mountains,
Floyd | called Master Limos.
Floyd | "I see," the wizard says. "Did Rixomas give you any idea about what
Floyd | I might be able to do for you?"
Floyd | "Err, no not really," you reply. "However, you have already helped
Floyd | me immensely by giving me the ability to communicate."
Floyd | "I'll have to think about how else I can help you," Limos says. "In
Floyd | the meantime, I suppose you have some questions yourself. Now that you
Floyd | have a voice, you could probably ask them."
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Use "TOPICS" at any time to view a list of subjects that Master Limos
Floyd | might be willing to discuss. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Wizard's cottage | Part Two as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Oh good, another mega conversational menu." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x wizard" | ||
Floyd | Master Limos is old, possibly the oldest man you've ever seen. His face
Floyd | is wrinkled by the weight of years, and his beard is white and long,
Floyd | but there is a kindness and light in his eyes that seem almost
Floyd | youth-like. His walking stick is leaning up against the table next to
Floyd | him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I don't know the backstory, but I am curious why the village was empty of normal people." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "They were probably all killed by the guy in that cut scene." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about curse" | ||
Floyd | "Is there anything you can do about the curse?" you ask.
Floyd | "Well, unfortunately not," Limos says. "That's the nature of a
Floyd | curse. If the curse was given with an escape clause, then it's in your
Floyd | power to remove it. But if not, then only the wizard who instituted the
Floyd | curse can lift it."
Floyd | "There was no escape clause in my curse," you reply sadly.
Floyd | Limos nods. "Then Rixomas is the only one who can restore you. I can
Floyd | only help you in small ways."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about village" | ||
Floyd | "There's no need to change the conversation so dramatically, Torrin,"
Floyd | the wizard says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You believe that Master Limos might be willing to discuss some of the
Floyd | following things:
Floyd | Himself
Floyd | Prince Alsanter
Floyd | Rixomas
Floyd | King Rithusar
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW asks, "limos about rixomas" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about rixomas" | ||
Floyd | "Tell me, what do you know of Rixomas?"
Floyd | "He is a powerful wizard," Limos responds.
Floyd | "I know," you reply dryly.
Floyd | "I actually studied with Rixomas for a number of years," Limos says.
Floyd | "Rixomas was always for intervention, for jumping in and trying to fix
Floyd | things. Which is how he ended up at court."
Floyd | "What?" you respond, startled by such a comment.
Floyd | Limos looks at you for a moment before continuing. "Rithusar's
Floyd | father asked Rixomas to be the court wizard many years ago. I never did
Floyd | find out why."
Floyd | "I just assumed that having a wizard connected to the throne gave
Floyd | the throne more power," you respond.
Floyd | "Undoubtedly," Limos responds. "But I've heard rumours that
Floyd | Rithusar's father had other reasons to ask Rixomas to join him."
Floyd | "Do you think he suspected that the Gord might be trying to
Floyd | assassinate him?"
Floyd | "That's certainly a possibility," he says. "But regardless, you
Floyd | should probably know that Rixomas has fallen seriously ill."
Floyd | "Ill?" you say, your jaw dropping open. "When? How?"
Floyd | "In the last couple of days," Limos says. "Apparently he's been
Floyd | feeling off-colour for a while now, and a couple of days ago he
Floyd | collapsed. If it wasn't for all these other things going on, like
Floyd | Alsanter's murder, I'd just say it was Rixomas working too hard. But I
Floyd | don't think that's the case at all."
Floyd | "How bad is it?" you ask, unsure if you want to hear the answer.
Floyd | "Bad," Limos explains. "He's not responding to treatment."
Floyd | "But if Rixomas is the only one who can lift the curse..." you can't
Floyd | finish the thought.
Floyd | "I know," Limos replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl gasp! | |
Zach asks, "Why the heck did Rixomas send us to this guy?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about rithusar" | ||
Floyd | "I've always admired what the king has achieved," you say. "He's been
Floyd | through a lot."
Floyd | "He's a troubled man," Limos replies. "Very troubled."
Floyd | "Losing his only son will do that to you."
Floyd | The wizard's eyebrows rise up. "Indeed. But his troubles lie deeper
Floyd | than that. I think the burden of the crown has been weighing on him
Floyd | more lately."
Floyd | "How could you know that?" you ask.
Floyd | Limos smiles briefly. "I may be a recluse up here in the mountains,
Floyd | but that doesn't mean I don't keep tabs on the state of the world. I am
Floyd | a wizard, remember."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about himself" | ||
Floyd | "Why do you live so remotely?" you ask.
Floyd | "I like being reclusive," Limos says. "It gives me time to think."
Floyd | "Isn't it lonely, though?"
Floyd | "A little. I can always relocate myself to somewhere more bustling
Floyd | if I feel the need. But most of the time I like the solitude."
Floyd | "Unlike Rixomas?"
Floyd | The wizard nods his head sadly. "In my opinion, I feel that Rixomas
Floyd | interferes too much in the flow of history. Some things were meant to
Floyd | happen. Trying to change them or prevent them only leads to greater
Floyd | calamity. My feeling is that we should let things take their natural
Floyd | course."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask limos about princess" | ||
Floyd | "There's no need to change the conversation so dramatically, Torrin,"
Floyd | the wizard says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "ask limos about tevona" | ||
Floyd | "There's no need to change the conversation so dramatically, Torrin,"
Floyd | the wizard says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You believe that Master Limos might be willing to discuss some of the
Floyd | following things:
Floyd | Prince Alsanter
Floyd | Rithusar's father
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| mwmiller says, "Limos doesn't give a darn about your romance subplot./" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about rithusar's father" | ||
Floyd | "I never met Rithusar's father," you say.
Floyd | "I only met him once," Limos responds. "He came to ask me if I'd be
Floyd | willing to come to court."
Floyd | "You were asked to be the court wizard?" you respond, surprised.
Floyd | "Now, now," the wizard says, chuckling. "I'm not that bad. I just
Floyd | wasn't ready for that level of commitment."
Floyd | "So did he tell you why he needed you at court?"
Floyd | Limos sighs. "Not really. Oh, he made an eloquent speech about nobly
Floyd | serving the people of Rylane, but he never mentioned specifics."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about prince alsanter" | ||
Floyd | "Did you know Prince Alsanter at all?" you ask.
Floyd | "Not really. His murder was a tragedy, though," Limos says, "but I
Floyd | don't think all the story has been told yet."
Floyd | "I didn't kill him," you put in.
Floyd | "Obviously," Limos says. "But someone did."
Floyd | "I couldn't prove anything. I was sure that Lord Sulanar killed him.
Floyd | But I couldn't find proof."
Floyd | "Perhaps if you'd looked with an open mind you might have found
Floyd | something."
Floyd | You give Limos a hard stare. "What?"
Floyd | "Tell me," Limos says, "How many people did you consider as suspect
Floyd | while searching for evidence?"
Floyd | "I..." you begin, and then stop as the truth sinks in.
Floyd | "I see. So when you didn't find the evidence, did you reach the
Floyd | conclusion that perhaps he was innocent?"
Floyd | You consider trying to shake your head in defiance. "No," you say
Floyd | firmly. "He must have done it! He was the one with the most reason, the
Floyd | most opportunity..."
Floyd | "But no evidence."
Floyd | You fall silent.
Floyd | "Now, I'm not saying Sulanar is innocent. But you have to consider
Floyd | all possibilities. And maybe one of the possibilities to consider is
Floyd | our black-robed friend, Vetan."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about vetan" | ||
Floyd | "So who is this other wizard? Vetan, I think you said?" you ask.
Floyd | "Ah, the mysterious young wizard who's trying to rid the world of
Floyd | me," Limos laughs.
Floyd | "I've seen him a couple of times since becoming cursed. Why does he
Floyd | want to kill you?" you ask.
Floyd | "Isn't it obvious? Vetan has some plan to take control of Rylane,
Floyd | and he wants all possible obstacles out of the way."
Floyd | "Who is Vetan?" you ask again.
Floyd | Limos is silent for a moment, his brow furrowed in thought. "I'm not
Floyd | totally sure," he says at last. "There is such a deep seated bitterness
Floyd | and determination in him I've never seen before. I feel he's got some
Floyd | connection to the throne of Rylane, but I don't have any details."
Floyd | "How much of a threat is he?"
Floyd | "You'd be able to assess that as well as I," Limos responds. "He's a
Floyd | wizard, and has demonstrated considerable power as such. He has rebuilt
Floyd | the Ralyon warriors, which in itself is bad enough. But he wouldn't do
Floyd | that, and be trying to kill me, if he wasn't planning for some sort of
Floyd | attack on the throne."
Floyd | "Can you stop him?" you ask.
Floyd | Limos looks at you shrewdly. "I suppose I could stop him. But I
Floyd | don't think that's the answer to your problems."
Floyd | You look confused, as much as the face of a fox can convey
Floyd | confusion. "What does he have to do with me?"
Floyd | "The king's son is murdered, Rixomas has fallen gravely ill, and a
Floyd | strange wizard appears in the country looking to usurp the throne.
Floyd | That's too much of a coincidence in my book."
Floyd | "Are you saying that this Vetan is responsible for killing
Floyd | Alsanter?"
Floyd | "That seems logical, don't you think?"
Floyd | "But wait," you say. "If this Vetan wants to use his Ralyon warriors
Floyd | to take over Rylane, why would he kill off the heir to the throne? Why
Floyd | not just kill him in battle?"
Floyd | "That's a good question," Limos replies. "But it presupposes that
Floyd | Vetan wants an all-out war. Vetan is undoubtedly trying to take the
Floyd | throne, but maybe brute force is not what he has in mind."
Floyd | You consider this for a moment. "If that's the case, if Vetan is
Floyd | trying to destabilise the throne of Rylane by removing all the heirs,
Floyd | then both Rithusar and Tevona are in danger, too."
Floyd | Limos nods. "That could well be."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Quick! Turn them all into foxes!" | |
Zach says, "Well, at least Tevona." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | You believe that Master Limos might be willing to discuss some of the
Floyd | following things:
Floyd | Lord Sulanar
Floyd | Princess Tevona
Floyd | Ralyon warriors
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about princess tevona" | ||
Floyd | "I'm worried now," you say. "If what you say is true, it may be
Floyd | Tevona's life is in danger."
Floyd | "Yes," Limos agrees. "And I think it's clear that you need to return
Floyd | to the castle at Ryla to resolve all of this."
Floyd | "What?!" you cry. "I almost got killed getting out of there. How am
Floyd | I supposed to go back?"
Floyd | "You want the curse lifted, don't you?" Limos argues. "The only way
Floyd | that is going to happen is for you to prove your innocence. The answers
Floyd | must be in the castle. That's where the evidence is. Someone in the
Floyd | castle killed Prince Alsanter. You have to return to find the answers."
Floyd | Limos stands up suddenly. "And with your return in mind, I believe I
Floyd | might be able to help you a bit more."
Floyd | The wizard moves to the cupboard and pulls a number of small pots
Floyd | and jars off the shelves. He mixes the contents on a silver plate and
Floyd | then places it at your feet. He then sits down again.
Floyd | "Drink this," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "perhaps save before proceeding?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf30" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask limos about plate" | ||
Floyd | "What is it?" you ask, looking at it dubiously.
Floyd | "It won't hurt, if that's what you're worried about," Limos
Floyd | explains.
Floyd | "But what is it, exactly?" you persist.
Floyd | "It's a potion that's going to give you a new skill."
Floyd | "You don't want to be more specific, do you?"
Floyd | Limos grins at you. "Think of it as a surprise."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Wizards." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Foxes love surprises!" | ||
DavidW asks, "shall we drink?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drink" | ||
Floyd | (the potion)
Floyd | You drink the liquid, lapping it up quickly. It tastes very spicy and
Floyd | bitter. You're not sure, but you think you feel a little different.
Floyd | "Now," Master Limos continues, "what I've done is given you a new
Floyd | skill. You should be able to turn yourself invisible. All you should
Floyd | need to do is think 'invisible' to make yourself vanish, and think
Floyd | 'visible' to make yourself appear again. Give it a try."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "think invisible" | ||
Floyd | You think about invisibility, and immediately you disappear. You turn
Floyd | your head to look back at your body, but don't see anything.
Floyd | "Excellent!" Master Limos says. "And now make yourself visible
Floyd | again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Nah. See ya." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "think visible" | ||
Floyd | You concentrate on being visible and instantly your body reappears. You Floyd | look back at yourself for confirmation. Floyd | "Very good," Master Limos says. "Now, there is one limitation. You Floyd | probably won't be able to stay invisible for too long. Probably only a Floyd | couple of minutes at a time. But it may help you gain access to the Floyd | castle." Floyd | "I don't know how I can ever thank you," you say. Floyd | "Well, you've given me a good conversation, which I haven't had in a Floyd | long time, so we're even." Limos smiles at you. "But I also knew your Floyd | father, too. He was a good man, and it's the least I can do to help his Floyd | son." Floyd | You head for the door, but Limos stops you. "There's no immediate Floyd | rush. I can get you to the castle much faster if you'd like, so there's Floyd | no need to walk. And it would be better to arrive after dark, so I can Floyd | probably give you a rest and a bite to eat, if you'd like." Floyd | "Thank you," is all you can say. Floyd | Floyd | I can't believe how much things have changed in so short a time. An Floyd | hour ago I was running for my life, trying to get away. But now I have Floyd | a new direction to follow, one that gives me a chance at life. I hope I Floyd | can save Tevona, and that I'm not too late. Floyd | Maybe I was too narrow-minded to focus on Lord Sulanar during my Floyd | trial. Maybe I should've broadened my outlook. But what's done is done. Floyd | Now's not the time for reflection. My path is set, and my goal is Floyd | clear. I must return to the castle to find out the truth about who Floyd | killed Alsanter. Floyd | Floyd | [ Tip: You can use "VIS" as shorthand for "THINK VISIBLE" and "INVIS" Floyd | for "THINK INVISIBLE". ] Floyd | Floyd | [ Press any key ] | ||
Zach pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
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Floyd | Interlude: Lair
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't like wizards. There. I've said it. Now all the world can
Floyd | know that I, Lord Sulanar of Alallsia, am a wizard-hater. My dislike
Floyd | for members of the magical profession is less to do with the people
Floyd | themselves, and more to do with their propensity to think too much of
Floyd | themselves. Power, in my experience, tends to corrupt, and wizards
Floyd | appear to be more susceptible than others.
Floyd | Which was why I couldn't abide these reports of magical activity
Floyd | occurring in my province. It's all very well for Rithusar to keep his
Floyd | pet wizard on a leash - I don't need mystical powers to maintain
Floyd | control on my lands. Besides, magic makes my hands twitch. Initially
Floyd | the reports had been benign; a few of the lords of Alallsia had
Floyd | reported being met by a stranger with magical powers who offered power
Floyd | and wealth in return for their support in a revolt against King
Floyd | Rithusar. I would have ignored these reports, at least until the wizard
Floyd | deigned to contact me. But then Lord Alsohn vanished, quite literally,
Floyd | in front of witnesses. I can't say I was particularly upset, as his
Floyd | vocal support for the throne and active pacifism was a constant
Floyd | irritant to me. However, as he is one of my supporters as well I
Floyd | couldn't just ignore his disappearance, and so I sent a trusted agent
Floyd | to investigate.
Floyd | Two days later, my agent turned up in the main harbour, sawn in two.
Floyd | Which is why I'm now in this run-down warehouse on the outskirts of
Floyd | the city with a flaming torch in my hands and my sword at my side. My
Floyd | agent's last report included information that had led him here.
Floyd | Sometime after coming here he had met his fate.
Floyd | I need to know why he died. I need to find my missing lord. I need
Floyd | to find this mysterious wizard.
Floyd | And rid the world of him.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Warehouse
Floyd | The light from the torch doesn't completely illuminate the area, but
Floyd | what you can see is not inspiring. The warehouse has been abandoned for
Floyd | a long time, and all that remains are the outer shell, which is in
Floyd | danger of falling down at any moment, and piles of rotting garbage,
Floyd | which lends an unpleasant aroma to the area. Overhead, the roof is
Floyd | disintegrating; large stretches of night sky can be seen through it.
Floyd | There is an exit to the north which leads back to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Warehouse | Interlude as Lord Sulanar of Alallsia ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Wonder what our lordish senses tell us." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | The smell of rotting debris fills your nostrils.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Heh" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | You are Sulanar, Lord of the province of Alallsia, holder of the Shield
Floyd | of Manus-Py, descendant from the lines of kings.
Floyd | You are wearing some unremarkable street clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are wearing some unremarkable street clothes, and you are carrying
Floyd | a torch and a sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" | ||
Floyd | A strange thought occurs to you, but you dismiss it immediately.
Floyd | Removing your clothes would be completely inappropriate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x torch" | ||
Floyd | The torch is providing light. The flame flickers occasionally but is
Floyd | otherwise steady.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "How unseemly" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x sword" | ||
Floyd | It's the most nondescript sword you could find when you came out on
Floyd | this mission.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat torch" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | A bizarre notion crosses your mind which you quickly dismiss as
Floyd | irrational.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search garbage" | ||
Floyd | [examine garbage]
Floyd | Rubbish is scattered almost the entire length and breadth of the
Floyd | warehouse floor. Due to the overhead ventilation, most of what you can
Floyd | see is rotting away slowly, and the smell is atrocious. There is
Floyd | nothing useful in any of it.
Floyd | What does strike your attention is a small section of the floor
Floyd | where the debris has been cleared away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x floor" | ||
Floyd | The ground is made of stone and covered with rotting detritus. One part
Floyd | of the floor, however, appears to be free of debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "search floor" | ||
Floyd | [examine floor]
Floyd | The ground is made of stone and covered with rotting detritus. One part
Floyd | of the floor, however, appears to be free of debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tap floor" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x part" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x section" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stone" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that Floyd | description. Floyd | | Zach says, "blargh" | |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floor" | ||
Floyd | [examine floor]
Floyd | The ground is made of stone and covered with rotting detritus. One part
Floyd | of the floor, however, appears to be free of debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig floor" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move ground" | ||
Floyd | For a moment you consider it, but you decide in the end there is
Floyd | nothing to be gained by trying to move the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch floor" | ||
Floyd | You can't touch the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn floor" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open secret trapdoor" | ||
Floyd | [open secret trapdoor]
Floyd | You struggle to lift the metal plate, but finally manage to pull it
Floyd | away, whereupon it slams into the ground with a resounding metallic
Floyd | clang. You make a mental note to be quieter in your future
Floyd | explorations.
Floyd | The metal plate was hiding a dark passage that leads down by means
Floyd | of a rusty ladder, and an evil smell wafts up to greet you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Haha, I didn't think that would work" | |
DavidW says (to Zach), "wizard! You are the hidden wizard!" | ||
Zach says, "But that's obviously where things were going." | ||
Zach says, "heehee" | ||
DavidW asks, "What 'metal plate'?" | ||
Zach says, "The metal plate we should have found through other clues I guess." | ||
DavidW says, "To the victor goes the spoiled garbage." | ||
Zach asks, "hooray...?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go down" | ||
Floyd | You gingerly grasp the rungs of the ladder and climb down into the vile
Floyd | stench.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sewer
Floyd | The smell here is vile, making you gag. The sewer is a tall, round
Floyd | tunnel made from brick, and it lies in a generally east/west
Floyd | orientation. A thin stream of brown-coloured water flows towards the
Floyd | east, while in the west you can hear a faint splashing sound. The rungs
Floyd | of a rusty ladder are visible here, leading up to a dark hole above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Sewer | Interlude as Lord Sulanar of Alallsia ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You move west.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sewer
Floyd | Three smaller sewer pipes enter here, one from the north, south and
Floyd | west, but they are far too small to follow. A small stream of
Floyd | brown-coloured water is gushing out of the northern pipe, splashing
Floyd | into the bottom of the main pipe you are in and flowing east, which
Floyd | appears to be the only exit. The smell here is extremely bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "This is no place for a man of our nobility and lineage to be,." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sewer
Floyd | The smell here is vile, making you gag. The sewer is a tall, round
Floyd | tunnel made from brick, and it lies in a generally east/west
Floyd | orientation. A thin stream of brown-coloured water flows towards the
Floyd | east, while in the west you can hear a faint splashing sound. The rungs
Floyd | of a rusty ladder are visible here, leading up to a dark hole above
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Indeed" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move east.
Floyd | Your hand twitches momentarily.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sewer
Floyd | The sewer passage comes to an end here at a large, metal grate in the
Floyd | floor, through which the brown stream of runoff is flowing. You can
Floyd | hear it splashing far below. The grate is damaged, though; a large hole
Floyd | has been punched through the centre. Blood is smeared across the walls
Floyd | of the tunnel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near the blood-spattered walls lies a similarly blood-spattered saw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x saw" | ||
Floyd | The saw is a vicious, three-foot blade with jagged teeth. It is covered
Floyd | in dried blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take saw" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the saw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x grate" | ||
Floyd | The metal grate is thick and solid, but has been broken some time in
Floyd | the past, leaving a two-foot hole in the centre. How such a hole could
Floyd | have been made in such a solid piece of metal is a mystery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x blood" | ||
Floyd | The blood is rust coloured, indicating it is reasonably fresh, perhaps
Floyd | a day or two old.
Floyd | As you look at the blood, you sense something odd about the walls
Floyd | the blood is smeared across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x walls" | ||
Floyd | The walls are circular, around seven feet in diameter. What the walls
Floyd | consist of exactly is actually quite impossible to determine given the
Floyd | amount of muck that clings to them. You suspect they are made of brick,
Floyd | but who knows. There is a broad splattering of blood on the walls here.
Floyd | Something seems a little different about the southern wall, although
Floyd | you can't quite put your finger on it. It's like there is a thin,
Floyd | almost invisible veil of dust hovering in the air like a curtain just
Floyd | in front of the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dust" | ||
Floyd | You can hardly see it, and it seems to shift in and out of visibility
Floyd | almost at random. If you had to guess, you would estimate it to be
Floyd | about six feet high, and probably about three feet wide, but it is so
Floyd | hard to be sure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open secret door" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Is there an invisible beast RIGHT THERE?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill veil" | ||
Floyd | [attack veil]
Floyd | You doubt that violence will have any impact on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "touch wall" | ||
Floyd | You can't touch the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "touch dust" | ||
Floyd | You can't touch the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch curtain" | ||
Floyd | You can't touch the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch south wall" | ||
Floyd | A bizarre notion crosses your mind which you quickly dismiss as
Floyd | irrational.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "enter grate" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "take grate" | ||
Floyd | After a brief analysis, you conclude the metal grate isn't something
Floyd | you can take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "cut south wall" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut south wall" | ||
Floyd | You think about it, but that doesn't appear to be something you can
Floyd | cut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You attempt to step into the strange veil, but a powerful force pushes
Floyd | you back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab veil" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch veil" | ||
Floyd | You can't touch the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "stab veil" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick dust" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill veil" | ||
Floyd | [attack veil]
Floyd | You doubt that violence will have any impact on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
mwmiller says (to Floyd), "touch veil" | ||
Floyd | You can't touch the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn veil" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
mwmiller says (to Floyd), "push veil" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the dust, but you can't imagine there being
Floyd | anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
mwmiller says (to Floyd), "hold torch up to veil" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the torch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | The hole in the grate leads down to another level of the sewer, which
Floyd | would then ultimately flow into the nearby harbour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look down hole" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look in hole" | ||
Floyd | The hole in the grate leads down to another level of the sewer, which
Floyd | would then ultimately flow into the nearby harbour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf31" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. I worry that this invisible thing will kill us if we go past it." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "One sec." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||
Floyd | You drop the torch, the saw and the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You step forward into the strange veil of dust. There is a moment of
Floyd | bright, green light, followed by a brief feeling of disorientation, and
Floyd | you find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A well appointed room
Floyd | A wide, low hearth in the west wall holds a brightly burning fire that
Floyd | gives warmth and light to the otherwise darkened room. Two comfortable
Floyd | looking chairs sit in front of the fire, both unoccupied, and between
Floyd | them is a small wooden table. Bookshelves line the walls of either side
Floyd | of the hearth, neatly filled with a library of volumes and scrolls
Floyd | beyond count. A large, deep cabinet is set against the northern wall,
Floyd | beside which is a desk that is covered in papers and assorted
Floyd | miscellany. The southern wall holds a door, which is currently closed.
Floyd | A rich carpet covers the floor from wall to wall, and most of the
Floyd | eastern wall is taken up with an enormous picture window.
Floyd | You notice that an area beside the window is shimmering slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ A well appointed room | Interlude as Lord Sulanar of Alallsia ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Sewer
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Sewer | Interlude as Lord Sulanar of Alallsia ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take saw" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the saw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Huzzah!" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You attempt to step into the strange veil, but a powerful force pushes
Floyd | you back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop saw" | ||
Floyd | You drop the saw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take sword" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take torch" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the torch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You attempt to step into the strange veil, but a powerful force pushes
Floyd | you back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop sword" | ||
Floyd | You drop the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You attempt to step into the strange veil, but a powerful force pushes
Floyd | you back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop torch" | ||
Floyd | You drop the torch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take sword" | ||
Floyd | You pick up the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "oh, it's a ward, not a beast then?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You attempt to step into the strange veil, but a powerful force pushes
Floyd | you back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drop sword" | ||
Floyd | You drop the sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Fine. We can't have anything." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "take off clothes" | ||
Floyd | [remove clothes]
Floyd | A strange thought occurs to you, but you dismiss it immediately.
Floyd | Removing your clothes would be completely inappropriate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You step forward into the strange veil of dust. There is a moment of
Floyd | bright, green light, followed by a brief feeling of disorientation, and
Floyd | you find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A well appointed room
Floyd | A wide, low hearth in the west wall holds a brightly burning fire that
Floyd | gives warmth and light to the otherwise darkened room. Two comfortable
Floyd | looking chairs sit in front of the fire, both unoccupied, and between
Floyd | them is a small wooden table. Bookshelves line the walls of either side
Floyd | of the hearth, neatly filled with a library of volumes and scrolls
Floyd | beyond count. A large, deep cabinet is set against the northern wall,
Floyd | beside which is a desk that is covered in papers and assorted
Floyd | miscellany. The southern wall holds a door, which is currently closed.
Floyd | A rich carpet covers the floor from wall to wall, and most of the
Floyd | eastern wall is taken up with an enormous picture window.
Floyd | You notice that an area beside the window is shimmering slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ A well appointed room | Interlude as Lord Sulanar of Alallsia ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd | If you had to guess, you would say the desk was made from mahogany. It
Floyd | is pushed up against the wall next to the cabinet.
Floyd | Spread across the surface of the table are a vast assortment of
Floyd | papers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "read papers" | ||
Floyd | Most of what the papers say means nothing to you. There are mentions of
Floyd | different weights and volumes, some complex formula whose parameters
Floyd | appear to be random squiggles, and there are also sections talking
Floyd | about potency. Only one word stands out in all the documents and makes
Floyd | any sense at all - 'Ralyon'.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take papers" | ||
Floyd | You take the assorted papers from the desk.
Floyd | As you move the papers around, you find a wax seal hidden underneath
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x seal" | ||
Floyd | The wax seal is of a type used for sealing scrolls and letters, usually
Floyd | by dripping hot wax on the edge of the scroll and then pressing the
Floyd | seal into it to imprint the image. The seal's image is of a hawk with
Floyd | wings outstretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" | ||
Floyd | The dimensions of the cabinet are oversized in every way; height, width
Floyd | and depth. You imagine that half a dozen men could stand quite
Floyd | comfortably inside. The cabinet door is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "take seal" | ||
Floyd | You take the wax seal from the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||
Floyd | You open the cabinet.
Floyd | The naked, dead body of Lord Alsohn lies crumpled inside the
Floyd | cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "eek" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Oh my." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x body" | ||
Floyd | Lord Alsohn's body lies in a crumpled heap inside the cabinet,
Floyd | completely naked, although his legs have mercifully folded in a way
Floyd | that covers his private parts. His face is purple, evidently from
Floyd | strangulation, and is registering a look of horror, his mouth hanging
Floyd | open from his last attempt at breath. His eyes are open, which gives
Floyd | the lifeless body a macabre, chilling image. Aside from some contusions
Floyd | around his neck, you see no other signs of violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "search body" | ||
Floyd | [examine body]
Floyd | Lord Alsohn's body lies in a crumpled heap inside the cabinet,
Floyd | completely naked, although his legs have mercifully folded in a way
Floyd | that covers his private parts. His face is purple, evidently from
Floyd | strangulation, and is registering a look of horror, his mouth hanging
Floyd | open from his last attempt at breath. His eyes are open, which gives
Floyd | the lifeless body a macabre, chilling image. Aside from some contusions
Floyd | around his neck, you see no other signs of violence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Oh right, seeing his private parts would make it gross." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "open desk" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Merciful for *him*, perhaps. Maybe he was into strangulation." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "I mean, uh. Nevermind." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in cabinet" | ||
Floyd | The dimensions of the cabinet are oversized in every way; height, width
Floyd | and depth. You imagine that half a dozen men could stand quite
Floyd | comfortably inside.
Floyd | The dead, naked body of Lord Alsohn is lying inside the cabinet.
Floyd | The door to the cabinet is standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Nothing behind him?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take body" | ||
Floyd | While you regret what has happened to Lord Alsohn, there doesn't appear
Floyd | to be any reason to move his body at the moment. Besides, Alsohn wasn't
Floyd | a small man, and you doubt you'd be able to lift his lifeless mass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push body" | ||
Floyd | While you regret what has happened to Lord Alsohn, there doesn't appear
Floyd | to be any reason to move his body at the moment. Besides, Alsohn wasn't
Floyd | a small man, and you doubt you'd be able to lift his lifeless mass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bookshelf" | ||
Floyd | The bookshelves are stacked very neatly, with all the spines upright
Floyd | and all of the books arranged alphabetically. There are hundreds of
Floyd | books lining the shelves, and a few shelves have been allocated to hold
Floyd | scrolls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x miscellany" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x scrolls" | ||
Floyd | You can't determine what the scrolls might contain, but there are quite
Floyd | a number of them on the shelves, stacked in neat piles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||
Floyd | The entire floor of the room is cover in a rich, thick carpet which
Floyd | feels soft to your feet. It's hard to determine the colour, but it
Floyd | looks to be a dark shade of burgundy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look under carpet" | ||
Floyd | You don't find anything of interest under that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "read scrolls" | ||
Floyd | You select a scroll from the shelf and, ignoring the twitching of your
Floyd | hand, examine the contents. You are surprised to find that the entire
Floyd | length of the scroll is blank. Suspecting magic is at work, you roll up
Floyd | the scroll and replace it on the shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd | The window provides a magnificent view over the city. Because night has
Floyd | fallen, at first you assume that it would be too hard to pin-point
Floyd | exactly where you are just by observation. But then you notice the
Floyd | curve of the bay to the east, which reveals the place where you are has
Floyd | some elevation, and with the light from the full moon overhead you are
Floyd | able to spot various landmarks in the city. This allows you to work out
Floyd | the precise location of the building you are in.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Aha" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||
Floyd | You select a volume from the shelf and, ignoring the twitching of your
Floyd | hand, examine the contents. It is with no small amount of surprise that
Floyd | you discover that all the pages are blank. You suspect magic is at
Floyd | work, so you replace the volume on the shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x fire" | ||
Floyd | The fire in the hearth looks to have been stoked recently, given its
Floyd | current brightness and the heat being generated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Try the door or escape?" | |
DavidW asks, "might want to hide evidence of our visit and go back?" | ||
Zach asks, "You mean put the papers back?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "I say try the door/escape." | ||
Zach asks, "Maybe the seal is enough?" | ||
DavidW says, "and rehide the body" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "close cabinet" | ||
Floyd | You close the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "cf32" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You try the handle of the door, but discover that the door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock" | ||
Floyd | A bizarre notion crosses your mind which you quickly dismiss as
Floyd | irrational.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "can the seal go through the veil?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You move to step back through the strange veil of light, but are pushed Floyd | back by a powerful force. Floyd | Even as you try to comprehend the magical force preventing you from Floyd | leaving, you hear footsteps in the corridor outside. A key rattles in Floyd | the lock and then the door suddenly swings open. Floyd | A man walks in. He is dressed entirely in black, although you notice Floyd | a strange, blue amulet hanging around his neck, which is striking Floyd | against the dark clothes. The man is younger than you expected. You Floyd | estimate he could be no more than twenty-five years old, but the look Floyd | in his eyes is ancient; cold and hard like stone, but weathered through Floyd | untold experiences. You suppress a shiver and give the man your most Floyd | imperious gaze. Floyd | "Nice to meet you at last, Lord Sulanar," the man says without any Floyd | hint of surprise, his voice smooth and clear. He has brought a candle Floyd | with him which he sets on the small table between the two chairs, Floyd | before turning back to face you. Floyd | "A pleasure," you say coldly. "Although I don't recall having been Floyd | introduced." Floyd | The man gives you a surprisingly warm smile. "My deepest apologies. Floyd | My name is Vetan. I assume you must be looking for something." He Floyd | indicates the items in your hand. "Did you find it?" Floyd | "Mostly," you reply evenly. "I came looking for Lord Alsohn, who I'm Floyd | devastated to report I found in your cabinet, rather dead." Floyd | "Ah, yes, poor Lord Alsohn," Vetan says sadly. "I'm afraid he didn't Floyd | appreciate some of my questions. He took them quite personally, and for Floyd | some reason he jumped to a variety of unwarranted conclusions about Floyd | what I offered him." Vetan's voice conveys a certain amount of regret, Floyd | but his eyes are unmoved. "He tried to attack me, and I was forced to Floyd | kill him in self-defence." Floyd | "Indeed," you say. "What was it that could have caused Lord Alsohn Floyd | to overcome his well-renowned hatred of violence to attempt harm on Floyd | your person?" Floyd | The smallest smile curls the ends of Vetan's mouth. "Actually, I Floyd | could run you through the things I talked with Lord Alsohn about, if Floyd | you'd like," Vetan says. He moves around to stand in front of one of Floyd | the chairs. "Why don't we sit down and have a chat?" Floyd | Floyd | I know he is lying, but right now that's probably the least of my Floyd | concerns. While I don't want to stay, I sense that his pleasantly Floyd | worded request is actually a veiled threat. I will sit. I will listen. Floyd | But this may prove to be a very long night. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [ Press any key ] | Zach says, "I wonder if we could have made it through by dropping everything." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "I doubt it." | ||
DavidW says, "I wonder if we could've entered the cabinet and closed it up from inside." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Hm." | ||
Zach says, "eeaggh" | ||
mwmiller pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Part Three: The Plan for Salvation
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been said that when disaster looms, God will provide. While I'm
Floyd | still struggling with the concept of God, I can't help but see some
Floyd | order in all that's happened to me. What I originally thought was just
Floyd | about me and the tragedy I was enduring has turned into something much
Floyd | bigger, with more than my own life at stake. Does this mean there is a
Floyd | God, and he has a plan that I'm part of? Does this give meaning to my
Floyd | suffering? I have no answer.
Floyd | No answer was what Master Limos gave me when I asked about where I
Floyd | would land in Ryla as a result of his wizardry. "Somewhere in the
Floyd | castle," was all he could tell me. Then he was gone, my final word of
Floyd | thanks unspoken on my now working lips, as he raised his arms and sent
Floyd | me on my magical journey. Colours and lights swirl around me now,
Floyd | almost blinding me in intensity, my destination only moments away.
Floyd | Somewhere in the castle is the answer, the stitch that joins all the
Floyd | threads together. I know that the king hasn't touched Alsanter's room
Floyd | since the murder, so there is a chance I can learn something that was
Floyd | previously overlooked. I have a chance to save the king, his daughter
Floyd | and Rixomas, to prove to the king my worthiness to be his ward, and
Floyd | maybe prove to Tevona my own love for her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spectral display of light vanishes, and you find yourself
Floyd | standing on your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "It's large enough for several men, it said." | |
mwmiller exclaims, "I guess Lord Sulanar is kibble now. At least we avoided another conversation menu!" | ||
DavidW says, "ah, but our fox form talks now." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x garden" | ||
Floyd | The garden beds have been made in a series of rows, running east/west.
Floyd | The beds are raised up from the ground about a foot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig garden" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the gardens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Shed?" | |
DavidW says, "I may be losing concentration. Also, go wherever. It's a new section of geography." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. It's getting pretty later." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden shed
Floyd | The darkness is deeper here in the confines of the shed, but still you
Floyd | have reasonable vision thanks to your fox abilities and the vague,
Floyd | night-time light that is seeping in through the doorway to the west.
Floyd | Tools are various kinds are hanging on the northern and southern walls,
Floyd | neatly arranged in functional groups. A wide workbench stands against
Floyd | the eastern wall, but it is too high to see on top of.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the bench nearby is a long-handled spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Garden shed | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
mwmiller says (to Floyd), "call a spade a spade" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "hm. climb spade? What's on the wide workbench?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb spade" | ||
Floyd | In your current state, climbing that would be impossible. You could
Floyd | really only climb on something lower or more easily scaled.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump onto workbench" | ||
Floyd | [jump on workbench]
Floyd | There doesn't appear to be any compelling reason to expend energy in
Floyd | such a manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tools" | ||
Floyd | The are a number of tools hanging up on the walls, like garden shears,
Floyd | pitchforks, and scythes. But they are all out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x workbench" | ||
Floyd | The workbench is quite solidly made, but worn and battered from years
Floyd | of hard labour. It is also quite high, higher than most benches you've
Floyd | encountered. You can't see the surface of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "On the workbench is a note: 'Dear gardener, please don't tell anyone the key to the inner sanctum is under the heart-shaped rock in the center of the hedge maze.'" | |
DavidW says, "perhaps there's a shopping cart we can push in here and climb up via that or something. I think exploring elsewhere might be good." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x spade" | ||
Floyd | The spade has a long, wooden handle and a metal blade. Given the marks
Floyd | along the handle and blade it appears to have been worked hard.
Floyd | It looks like you would be able to drag it, although it would make a
Floyd | lot of noise on the cobblestones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf33" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfcursed2" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Maybe we can stop here?" | |
DavidW says, "sure" | ||
mwmiller exclaims, "Might as well!" | ||
DavidW says, "I'm just zoning out here, I think." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to quit? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | Yes | ||
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | DavidW says, "that was interesting. Sorry I missed last week's." | |
*** SESSION THREE *** | ||
Floyd | Do you really want to restore? | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "nfcursed2" | ||
Floyd | Yes Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd | Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red Floyd | fox ] Floyd | > Floyd | [attack fox] Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just Floyd | didn't make sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | says, "Please do not whisper commands to Floyd." | |
Zach says, "I'm guessing that was Tzahnke. It doesn't look like he's on the channel." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah, I just paged him." | ||
Zach says, "Ah, OK" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| says, "can I continue to whisper sweet nothings to Floyd? He's so dreamy" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Hehe" | ||
Zach says, "Take it to #robot-love" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "be my valentine" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Remind me what our situation is? We're a fox, we can talk now, and ...?" | |
Zach says, "We're trying to get back in the castle I think." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "We're fairly certain the evil wizard is the murderer, and not the.. lord or whoever we first accused." | ||
Zach says, "Because now we have superpowers." | ||
Gerynar arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW asks, "Besides talking?" | |
Zach says, "Invisibility!" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "So I guess we need to figure out how to dispatch him in order to protect the king and the woman we love, and we have to do all this before the good wizard dies." | ||
DavidW says, "oh right. I forgot about the invisibility." | ||
Zach asks, "Or am I making that up?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. I forgot about that. Type 'invisible' and 'visible'." | ||
DavidW says, "or 'invis' and 'vis', for short." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x garden" | ||
Floyd | The garden beds have been made in a series of rows, running east/west.
Floyd | The beds are raised up from the ground about a foot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x beds" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "up" | ||
Floyd | You can't go in that direction, but you can move east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "The shed had a workbench whose top we couldn't see the top of, right? And there was a spade or shovel?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden shed
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Garden shed | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | The game is now in its verbose mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden shed
Floyd | The darkness is deeper here in the confines of the shed, but still you
Floyd | have reasonable vision thanks to your fox abilities and the vague,
Floyd | night-time light that is seeping in through the doorway to the west.
Floyd | Tools are various kinds are hanging on the northern and southern walls,
Floyd | neatly arranged in functional groups. A wide workbench stands against
Floyd | the eastern wall, but it is too high to see on top of.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the bench nearby is a long-handled spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x spade" | ||
Floyd | The spade has a long, wooden handle and a metal blade. Given the marks Floyd | along the handle and blade it appears to have been worked hard. Floyd | It looks like you would be able to drag it, although it would make a Floyd | lot of noise on the cobblestones. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't carry anything in your current condition. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Someone whispered." | |
Zach says, "Maybe dragging the spade while we're invisible would scare people." | ||
DavidW says, "Maybe as a last resort." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "But I'd hope guards aren't scared by dragging noises quite so easily if I had a castle." | |
Zach says, "I bet we have to haunt the evil wizard to show him the error of his ways." | ||
DavidW asks, "Did we check out the veggies yet?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "We should explore a little, I guess." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "I don't think so" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Western end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The neat rows of vegetables and herbs end here against the solid,
Floyd | imposing walls of the castle that rise up to the east and south. The
Floyd | castle stands to the north, but you can't see any entry points from
Floyd | here. You can make out the shadows of some windows high up in the
Floyd | walls, but they are well out of reach. Your only option for movement is
Floyd | back to the east.
Floyd | Piled against the base of the castle wall is a large mound of what
Floyd | could only be described as rubbish.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Western end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubbish" | ||
Floyd | It's mostly made up of kitchen waste, dumped here possibly with the
Floyd | idea of turning it into compost. That idea hasn't been developed very
Floyd | far, you think, given the general neglect the pile has been subjected
Floyd | to. It is shabby and sprawling, giving off a powerful aroma which is
Floyd | mostly unpleasant.
Floyd | The only thing that catches your eye is the corner of some sort of
Floyd | material that is protruding from the mound of rubbish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x material" | ||
Floyd | There's not much to see at present. It's only about two inches in size,
Floyd | so it's hard to determine what it might be. You gauge that you could
Floyd | probably dig it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull material" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to pull the corner of material, but you can't
Floyd | imagine there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig material" | ||
Floyd | You dig around in the pile of rubbish, and fully uncover the material
Floyd | which you can now see is an old sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x sack" | ||
Floyd | The sack is rather putrid, with lots of holes and tears that were
Floyd | probably the cause of it being discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in sack" | ||
Floyd | The sack is rather putrid, with lots of holes and tears that were
Floyd | probably the cause of it being discarded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Ew" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "put sack on head" | ||
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be an action you can
Floyd | achieve, particularly in your current state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sack" | ||
Floyd | You are not holding the old sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sack" | ||
Floyd | You can't carry anything in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drag sack" | ||
Floyd | You think about dragging the sack, and decide that it certainly would
Floyd | be possible, once you decide where you want to drag it to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enter sack" | ||
Floyd | You have a closer look, but there doesn't appear to be any way to enter Floyd | that. Floyd | | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubbish" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | It's mostly made up of kitchen waste, dumped here possibly with the Floyd | idea of turning it into compost. That idea hasn't been developed very Floyd | far, you think, given the general neglect the pile has been subjected Floyd | to. It is shabby and sprawling, giving off a powerful aroma which is Floyd | mostly unpleasant. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig rubbish" | ||
Floyd | You scrape around a bit with your paws but don't find anything else of
Floyd | interest in the rubbish pile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell sack" | ||
Floyd | There is no need to smell any particular item. You can use your
Floyd | enhanced, vulpine sense of smell in each location - if you detect
Floyd | anything unusual or noteworthy with your olfactory senses, you can then
Floyd | examine the item for more information.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | The smell of turned earth permeates the air here, along with another
Floyd | odour coming from the pile of rubbish which isn't quite as appealing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Gerynar has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "I'm not sure what use a putrid sack is, just yet, especially if we can't carry or wear it." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | The gap between the door and the jam is too small to allow you to pass
Floyd | through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is quite small and sturdy, and would probably require some
Floyd | people who pass through it to duck their heads. While it looks closed
Floyd | at the moment, you notice that it hasn't quite closed properly. There's
Floyd | a narrow gap between door and the jam.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I'm guessing putrid pillow?" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Ew." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||
Floyd | The gap between the door and the jam is very narrow, about half an inch
Floyd | wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Somehow we have to use it to open this door." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "stick paw under gap" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the small gap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x herbs" | ||
Floyd | There are a variety of herbs you can see and smell in the garden beds;
Floyd | mint, thyme, and rosemary being the predominant ones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Inflate the sack in the jam?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x vegetables" | ||
Floyd | The darkness veils much of the details, but from what you can see of
Floyd | the plants there appears to be potatoes, carrots and beans growing
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x potatoes" | ||
Floyd | The darkness veils much of the details, but from what you can see of
Floyd | the plants there appears to be potatoes, carrots and beans growing
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take potatoes" | ||
Floyd | After a brief analysis, you conclude the vegetables aren't something
Floyd | you can take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "eat potatoes" | ||
Floyd | You look at it, but decide in the end that it's not really edible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "dig" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "dig potatoes" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the vegetables.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks (of DavidW), "Isn't it full of holes?" | |
DavidW says, "Details." | ||
Zach says, ">sew sack" | ||
Zach says, "Maybe if we drag the spade it'll make noise and someone will open the door. Then we can slip by." | ||
DavidW says, "Wish I was mapping this. I get lost in these sessions without a map." | ||
* Tzahnke has joined the channel. | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Do you want to start mapping? We only just started this part, you haven't missed anything." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden shed
Floyd | The darkness is deeper here in the confines of the shed, but still you
Floyd | have reasonable vision thanks to your fox abilities and the vague,
Floyd | night-time light that is seeping in through the doorway to the west.
Floyd | Tools are various kinds are hanging on the northern and southern walls,
Floyd | neatly arranged in functional groups. A wide workbench stands against
Floyd | the eastern wall, but it is too high to see on top of.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Leaning up against the bench nearby is a long-handled spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Garden shed | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "We can backtrack as needed." | |
DavidW asks, "Or maybe the spade can fall onto the sack, and we can drag the sack (with the spade on it) silently?" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Ooh." | ||
Zach says, "Fancy." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Western end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The neat rows of vegetables and herbs end here against the solid,
Floyd | imposing walls of the castle that rise up to the east and south. The
Floyd | castle stands to the north, but you can't see any entry points from
Floyd | here. You can make out the shadows of some windows high up in the
Floyd | walls, but they are well out of reach. Your only option for movement is
Floyd | back to the east.
Floyd | Piled against the base of the castle wall is a large mound of what
Floyd | could only be described as rubbish.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, rather shabby-looking sack is lying on the ground here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Western end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag sack east" | ||
Floyd | You grip the sack with your teeth and drag it to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, rather shabby-looking sack is lying on the ground here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag sack east" | ||
Floyd | You grip the sack with your teeth and drag it to the east, into the
Floyd | shed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Garden shed
Floyd | The darkness is deeper here in the confines of the shed, but still you
Floyd | have reasonable vision thanks to your fox abilities and the vague,
Floyd | night-time light that is seeping in through the doorway to the west.
Floyd | Tools are various kinds are hanging on the northern and southern walls,
Floyd | neatly arranged in functional groups. A wide workbench stands against
Floyd | the eastern wall, but it is too high to see on top of.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, rather shabby-looking sack is lying on the ground here.
Floyd | Leaning up against the bench nearby is a long-handled spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Garden shed | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "drag sack to spade" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to drag it, but you doubt you would have much
Floyd | impact on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push spade" | ||
Floyd | Using your paws you push at the spade and it slides down the bench,
Floyd | coming to rest lying on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Garden shed
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag spade into sack" | ||
Floyd | [drag spade in sack]
Floyd | You consider trying to drag it, but you doubt you would have much
Floyd | impact on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "Not sure if that's what we wanted?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put spade on sack" | ||
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be an action you can
Floyd | achieve, particularly in your current state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Let's save and find out." | |
Zach says, "That might be the first step." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf39" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push spade" | ||
Floyd | Using your paws you push at the spade and it slides down the bench,
Floyd | coming to rest lying on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, I don't know where we'd use the spade anyway." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Take all the things. Figure it out later :D" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "put spade in sack" | ||
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be an action you can
Floyd | achieve, particularly in your current state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push spade onto sack" | ||
Floyd | [push spade on sack]
Floyd | Using your paws you push at the spade, moving it from its current
Floyd | position until it is positioned on top of the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Yay!" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag sack w" | ||
Floyd | You grip the sack with your teeth and drag it to the west, out of the Floyd | shed. Floyd | Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Can we use the spade as a lever to open the door?" | |
Floyd | Eastern end of the castle gardens
Floyd | The darkness of night does not hide your location from your vulpine
Floyd | eyesight. The castle gardens surround you, row upon row of neatly
Floyd | arranged vegetables and herbs laid out between cobblestone walkways
Floyd | that continue towards the west. A doorway into a small shed lies to the
Floyd | east, the entrance permanently open as the door was removed long ago.
Floyd | The main castle lies to the north, accessible here through a small door
Floyd | that opens onto the garden. The limits of the garden are marked by the
Floyd | high, stone ramparts of the castle wall that you can see to the east
Floyd | and south, silhouetted against the black curtain of the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, rather shabby-looking sack is lying on the ground here.
Floyd | Lying on top of the sack is a long-handled spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Eastern end of the castle gardens | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Good call." | |
Tzahnke says, "Yeah, I don't even know what it's for." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push spade into gap" | ||
Floyd | [push spade in gap]
Floyd | You consider trying to push the spade, but you can't imagine there
Floyd | being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "put spade in gap" | ||
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be an action you can
Floyd | achieve, particularly in your current state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||
Floyd | The gap between the door and the jam is very narrow, about half an inch
Floyd | wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag spade in gap" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to drag it, but you doubt you would have much
Floyd | impact on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "drag sack in gap" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to drag it, but you doubt you would have much
Floyd | impact on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Are there any other locations we've overlooked?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the door with your paws, but it seems stuck. You can't
Floyd | get it to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push door with spade" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to push the small oak door, but you can't imagine
Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "I'm not sure." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in gap" | ||
Floyd | The gap between the door and the jam is very narrow, about half an inch
Floyd | wide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pry door with spade" | ||
Floyd | [lever door with spade]
Floyd | Grabbing the end of the spade in your jaws, you wedge the blade into
Floyd | the small gap between the door and the jam. Then you push against the
Floyd | handle with your paws. You have to exert a surprising amount of force
Floyd | before the door finally opens with a sudden, jarring lurch.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by one. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl guesses the verb! | |
DavidW says, "ah. Guess The Verb." | ||
Zach says, "Woohoo!" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf40" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "congrats ggg." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You slip through the open door and into the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small vestibule
Floyd | This is little more than a convenience for the kitchen helpers who need
Floyd | to access the garden. Just a few feet square, the only exit, apart from
Floyd | the small door to the south, is into the kitchens to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Small vestibule | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd | You don't hear anything out of the ordinary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | You detect an odour in the air, like the smell of a dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | You detect an odour in the air, like the smell of a dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a mammoth room, luridly lit by the red, glowing embers
Floyd | of a fire that still smoulders in the wide hearth in the southern wall.
Floyd | The centre of the room is dominated by a long wooden workbench, over
Floyd | which are hanging an array of cooking implements; pots, pans, knives
Floyd | and spoons. Cupboards cover almost the entire northern wall, except for
Floyd | a small section where the stonework is visible, and in that brief space
Floyd | you notice a small hole in the wall, just above the floor.
Floyd | Mounted on the wall beside the hearth is a simple shelf that
Floyd | operates as a spice rack, where a number of jars and containers are
Floyd | stored.
Floyd | There is a narrow passage visible to the east, while a door to the
Floyd | west stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long-handled broom is leaning up against the side of the hearth,
Floyd | next to the spice rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large, hairy dog lies on the floor just inside the western door,
Floyd | sleeping.
Floyd | The dog sneezes a couple of times, whimpers, then settles down
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Kitchen | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "uh-oh. That could be trouble" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x dog" | ||
Floyd | The dog is a shaggy-haired thing of uncertain breed. His coat is rather
Floyd | matted and soiled. He is sleeping somewhat fitfully just inside the
Floyd | kitchen door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x spice rack" | ||
Floyd | The spice rack is just a simple wooden shelf attached to the wall
Floyd | beside the fire, about three feet off the ground. You notice that the
Floyd | shelf appears to be on a slight angle, as if the fastening is loose.
Floyd | Some jars of spices are on the spice rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ok. My IF instinct says use pepper on the dog." | |
genericgeekgirl says, "Sounds good." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x broom" | ||
Floyd | The broom has a long, wooden handle and thick, coarse bristles. It is
Floyd | currently standing up against the wall, next to the fireplace, beside
Floyd | the spice rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "push broom" | ||
Floyd | You push against the broom with your paws and send it skating across
Floyd | the wall on a short journey to the ground. On the way down it rakes
Floyd | across the spice rack, sending all the jars tumbling to the ground
Floyd | where they smash in a spectacular display of coloured spices and
Floyd | shattered glass.
Floyd | A draft from the chimney briefly stirs the powdery spices into a
Floyd | small eddy, but slowly everything settles to stillness.
Floyd | The dog stirs briefly at the noise, but does not wake up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Aw, sleepy dog" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x spices" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to examine? The smashed jars of
Floyd | spices or the mound of spices?
Floyd | A low growl comes from the dog lying nearby. You see his feet
Floyd | twitching, then he falls still again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x mound" | ||
Floyd | The spices lie in a pile on the smashed remains of the jars that
Floyd | previously contained them. They are all mixed together in a way that
Floyd | would be impossible to separate.
Floyd | An occasional draft of wind from the nearby fireplace lifts up some
Floyd | of the spice into an colourful eddy, but otherwise they lie still.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blow spices" | ||
Floyd | You blow on the pile of spices, and note how the small particles easily
Floyd | fly around on your breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. We need a breeze, I think." | |
Tzahnke concentrates, and disappears. | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "wag tail on spices" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "sneeze" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flue" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd | Opening his jaws wide, the dog yawns and rolls over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flue" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "tickle dog" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow spices at dog" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | The hole is no bigger than a couple of inches. It's more of a flaw in
Floyd | the seam between two stones in the wall and would probably be ignored
Floyd | by anyone else.
Floyd | You hear a swishing sound, and notice the dog's tail is swinging
Floyd | back and forth across the floor. After a few moments he becomes still
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "look in hole" | ||
Floyd | The hole is no bigger than a couple of inches. It's more of a flaw in
Floyd | the seam between two stones in the wall and would probably be ignored
Floyd | by anyone else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x hearth" | ||
Floyd | The fireplace is very wide to allow for a number of things to be cooked
Floyd | at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x embers" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | The dog sneezes a couple of times, whimpers, then settles down
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put broom in hole" | ||
Floyd | You consider it, but that doesn't appear to be an action you can
Floyd | achieve, particularly in your current state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You edge forward carefully, attempting to slip past the dog unnoticed.
Floyd | It's when you are closest to him that he lifts his head and sniffs the
Floyd | air vigourously. You stare at him apprehensively.
Floyd | Then his eyes open. For a moment your eyes meet.
Floyd | With a yelp you jump away, but the pursuit doesn't last long.
Floyd | However quick you are, the dog is too large and too close to escape
Floyd | from. The end comes mercifully quickly, your neck lost in the massive
Floyd | jaws of the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 60 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Kitchen | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "invis" | ||
Floyd | You think about invisibility, and immediately you disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You edge forward carefully, attempting to slip past the dog unnoticed
Floyd | while invisible. It's when you are closest to him that he lifts his
Floyd | head and sniffs the air vigourously. You stare at him apprehensively.
Floyd | He stands, and starts growing at you, even though he can't actually see
Floyd | you. But he is now filling the doorway, and you can't see any way past
Floyd | him.
Floyd | You back away slowly, silently. As your scent fades, you see the dog
Floyd | relax somewhat and lie down again. He shuts his eyes and returns to his
Floyd | fitful sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Maybe the spices masked our scent?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll in spices" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear spices" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to wear? The smashed jars of
Floyd | spices or the mound of spices?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear mound of spices" | ||
Floyd | You are not holding the mound of spices.
Floyd | You feel a change, and notice you have become visible again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "take mound" | ||
Floyd | You can't carry anything in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | A low growl comes from the dog lying nearby. You see his feet
Floyd | twitching, then he falls still again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bite mound" | ||
Floyd | Biting that seems such a random, pointless thing to do, and you dismiss
Floyd | the thought quickly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mound" | ||
Floyd | The spices lie in a pile on the smashed remains of the jars that
Floyd | previously contained them. They are all mixed together in a way that
Floyd | would be impossible to separate.
Floyd | An occasional draft of wind from the nearby fireplace lifts up some
Floyd | of the spice into an colourful eddy, but otherwise they lie still.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow mound" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the mound of spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "take spices" | ||
Floyd | Please be more clear, what do you want to take? The smashed jars of
Floyd | spices or the mound of spices?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "take mound of spices" | ||
Floyd | You can't carry anything in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "lick mound of spices" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the mound of spices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blow spices" | ||
Floyd | You blow on the pile of spices, and note how the small particles easily
Floyd | fly around on your breath.
Floyd | Opening his jaws wide, the dog yawns and rolls over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "blow spices at dog" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "blow spices into fireplace" | ||
Floyd | [blow spices in fireplace]
Floyd | You position yourself on one side of the pile of spices, and blow on
Floyd | the mound, sending a billow of particles towards the glowing remains of
Floyd | the fire. You continue to blow even as you see spice ignite on the live
Floyd | coals and burn. A powerful smell begins to spread out from the hearth,
Floyd | almost overwhelming your senses and causing your eyes to water. Soon
Floyd | the whole room is filled with the rich, acrid smell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "Nice" | |
DavidW asks, "now west, invisible?" | ||
Zach says, "We might not even have to be invisible" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You edge forward carefully, attempting to slip past the dog unnoticed.
Floyd | It's when you are closest to him that he lifts his head and sniffs the
Floyd | air vigourously. You stare at him apprehensively.
Floyd | Then his eyes open. For a moment your eyes meet.
Floyd | With a yelp you jump away, but the pursuit doesn't last long.
Floyd | However quick you are, the dog is too large and too close to escape
Floyd | from. The end comes mercifully quickly, your neck lost in the massive
Floyd | jaws of the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tevona, I'm so sorry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You have died, having achieved a score of 60 out of a possible 101.
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE, UNDO a turn, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Dead | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Kitchen | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "invisible" | ||
Floyd | You think about invisibility, and immediately you disappear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You gingerly step past the dog, your invisible feet silent on the stone
Floyd | floor, and your scent masked by the burnt spices. You slip through the
Floyd | door unnoticed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Your score just went up by three. ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the stairway
Floyd | A grand marble stairway rises up before you, lit by a couple of flaming
Floyd | torches mounted on the walls. On the western wall between the torches
Floyd | is a massive shield into which has been pressed the coat of arms of the
Floyd | king of Rylane.
Floyd | There are two doors here; a rather ornate one in the northern wall
Floyd | leads towards the throne room but the door is closed. The other door in
Floyd | the eastern wall leads to the kitchen, and is currently standing open.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Bottom of the stairway | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x shield" | ||
Floyd | The shield is massive, having always been intended as a decoration
Floyd | rather than for protection. The emblem of the king of Rylane, a dragon
Floyd | standing on its hind legs and breathing fire, is pressed into the
Floyd | metal, and in the flickering torchlight the image almost seems alive as
Floyd | shadows dance over its surface.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I guess the hole was for non-fox solutions." | |
Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. | ||
Ellison has disconnected. | genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, yeah. That makes sense." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x torches" | ||
Floyd | The torches are mounted on the walls and give off a flickering, wan
Floyd | light.
Floyd | You feel a change, and notice you have become visible again.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x north door" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You trot up the marble stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | The broad sweep of the marble stairway ends here at a surprisingly
Floyd | sparsely appointed landing. Aside from a portrait of the king adorning
Floyd | the western wall, there is not much refinement here at all. Two
Floyd | archways, standing opposite each other in the northern and southern
Floyd | walls, provide exits, other than the stairs that lead back down.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Landing | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x portrait" | ||
Floyd | The portrait of the king is simple, in that there is no background
Floyd | detail at all, just a plain black backdrop. There is a sadness to his
Floyd | expression, while still being regal. You remember being told this
Floyd | portrait was commissioned soon after he took the throne, just as the
Floyd | war with Gord was commencing.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Tzahnke says, "It doesn't say on the BB for #clubfloyd that you guys were having a meeting on the 14th." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the west, with occasion pools of
Floyd | light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor
Floyd | of polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, is a
Floyd | plush carpet. A stone archway marks the exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "NightFloyd is every Thursday night at 10:30pm ET." | |
DavidW says, "I forget which wizard is which." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Rixomas is ours. Vetan is evil." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "oh. So, in theory, we could knock on Rixomas's door and not be killed instantly?" | |
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the west, with occasion pools of
Floyd | light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor
Floyd | of polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, is a
Floyd | plush carpet. A stone archway marks the exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||
Floyd | You think about trying to knock on the door, but you can't see how you
Floyd | could accomplish such a feat in your present condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "hit door with paw" | ||
Floyd | You doubt that violence will have any impact on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "scratch door" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "bark" | ||
Floyd | You bark fiercely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | [The previous turn has been undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from polished wood. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to open the door, but you quickly realise there is
Floyd | not way you could achieve such a feat in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the door with your paws, but you can't get it to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to rixomas" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "headbutt door" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "door, open" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Open what?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say open to door" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to door" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "say friend" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the west, with occasion pools of
Floyd | light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor
Floyd | of polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, is a
Floyd | plush carpet. A stone archway marks the exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||
Floyd | The carpet, which runs the entire length of the corridor in an unbroken
Floyd | stretch of weaving, is made up of a swirling green and blue pattern
Floyd | that is quite soothing on the eyes, as the carpet is to the feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "enjoy carpet" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the carpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I forgot, but conversation is limited to 'talk to' in this one, right?" | |
Zach says, "Yeah" | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Alallsia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf41" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to open the door, but you quickly realise there is
Floyd | not way you could achieve such a feat in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from polished wood. It is closed quite firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x banner" | ||
Floyd | On a golden background, the central image in the banner is a set of
Floyd | scales, celebrating Alallsia's key position in trade for the kingdom.
Floyd | The dragon of Rylane takes its place on top of the scales. The banner
Floyd | is about three feet wide, and five feet high. Around the edge of the
Floyd | banner are a series of smaller symbols, each one representing one of
Floyd | the major houses in Alallsia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl asks, "back to the east for a second, to check that door?" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from polished wood. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There's probably a rat hole behind one of these banners." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "push door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the door with your paws, but you can't get it to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Alallsia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "pull banner" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to pull the regional banner, but you can't imagine
Floyd | there being anything to gain by doing so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lady Hallyn's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the colours
Floyd | of the region of Pethilia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red f ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from polished wood. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You consider trying to open the door, but you quickly realise there is
Floyd | not way you could achieve such a feat in your current condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x banner" | ||
Floyd | The background for the region of Pethilia is a deep brown, and on this
Floyd | are four images of cattle spread around a central image of the royal
Floyd | dragon of Rylane. The banner is about three feet wide, and five feet
Floyd | high. Around the edge of the banner are a series of smaller symbols,
Floyd | each one representing one of the major houses in Pethilia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Gaxin's rooms in the southern wall, which is closed, while a
Floyd | banner in the colours of the region of Sylaph hangs on the opposite
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from polished wood. It is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so lost" | |
genericgeekgirl says, "I'm just going down the hallway, checking doors." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "I'm not sure if I missed any before Rixomas's room, though." | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Vonisor's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Vonisor's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Borako hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Vonisor's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | The door is made from polished wood. You notice, though that it isn't
Floyd | closed properly, and some light from within is visible around the door.
Floyd | Your vulpine hearing detects some sounds -- movement to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Here's one." | |
Zach says, "I think we could have gone north from the stairs instead of south" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Ah." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Oh, but there was someone to the north." | ||
DavidW says, "There was sounds of movement north from the stairs, yeah." | ||
Zach says, "Ah, yeah" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You push against the door with your paws and it swings open suddenly,
Floyd | banging into the wall with a resounding thud. Light from within the
Floyd | room floods out into the corridor, before it is blocked somewhat by the
Floyd | sudden appearance of Lord Vonisor in the doorway. On seeing you he
Floyd | leaps back and draws his sword.
Floyd | "Wait, Lord Vonisor," you say. "It's me. Torrin."
Floyd | Vonisor's eyes widen as he takes in the marvel of words coming from
Floyd | the mouth of a fox.
Floyd | "Torrin?" he asks. "Is it really you?"
Floyd | "Yes, it's really me," you reply. "I had some help from another
Floyd | wizard and now I can talk."
Floyd | Vonisor looks up and down the corridor for a moment in confusion.
Floyd | "But what are you doing here? If any of the guards find you here you'll
Floyd | get killed on sight."
Floyd | "I need to find out who the real murderer of Prince Alsanter is,"
Floyd | you reply, "because I think they're linked to the sudden reappearance
Floyd | of Ralyon warriors in Rylane."
Floyd | "What?!" Vonisor gasps. "No! They were destroyed!"
Floyd | "Someone has brought them back," you say. "But I need your help. I
Floyd | need to look for evidence that might have been overlooked before in the
Floyd | investigation into the death of Prince Alsanter. Hopefully the answers
Floyd | will reveal who is behind the plot."
Floyd | Vonisor puts his hand to his sword hilt. "If there is a threat to
Floyd | the kingdom I am yours to command. I will be your hands and feet."
Floyd | He dashes into his room and returns with a lit candle, before
Floyd | closing the door behind him.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Note: You don't need to command Lord Vonisor directly. Any command
Floyd | you enter that you can't do for yourself will be automatically directed
Floyd | to Lord Vonisor. ]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach says, "I guess we can knock now" | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "cf42" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "so, fox/human team-up giant size spectacular?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Vonisor's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Vonisor's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Borako hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing a short distance away is Lord Vonisor, who is looking at
Floyd | you but is obviously ready for anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "Try out the good wizard's room?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Gaxin's rooms in the southern wall, which is closed, while a
Floyd | banner in the colours of the region of Sylaph hangs on the opposite
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lady Hallyn's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the colours
Floyd | of the region of Pethilia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red f ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Alallsia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the west, with occasion pools of
Floyd | light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor
Floyd | of polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, is a
Floyd | plush carpet. A stone archway marks the exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock on door" | ||
Floyd | You think about trying to knock on the door, but you can't see how you
Floyd | could accomplish such a feat in your present condition.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "afk to make a few quick sandwiches." | |
Zach says, "OK." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "knkock" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "knock" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "opend oor" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Vonisor," you begin, "would you open this door?"
Floyd | "Absolutely," Lord Vonisor says, before stepping forward and opening
Floyd | the door.
Floyd | Lord Vonisor pulls out his sword and checks the blade for any marks
Floyd | and flaws. He returns the blade to the scabbard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
arfy arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You trot in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | The wizard Rixomas preferred to keep his rooms as bare as possible. A
Floyd | hearth in the western wall contains a brightly burning fire, but it is
Floyd | the only bright thing in the room. The two chairs standing before the
Floyd | fire are basic, and the rug on the floor is a drab olive colour. The
Floyd | window in the southern wall is hidden by long, grey drapes.
Floyd | A bed stands against the eastern wall, and in it you can see the
Floyd | pallid figure of Rixomas lying almost motionless beneath the covers.
Floyd | The door to the north stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "x rixomas" | ||
Floyd | The wizard Rixomas is barely breathing. You can just make out the
Floyd | smallest movement in his chest that indicates that life is still
Floyd | present. His skin is deathly grey, his face drawn and withered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Oh no." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "talk to rixomas" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
genericgeekgirl says (to Floyd), "lick rixomas" | ||
Floyd | A strange notion comes to your mind, but it doesn't make much sense in
Floyd | relation to the wizard.
Floyd | Lord Vonisor crosses his arms and sighs deeply as he looks at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Didn't we hear from the other wizard that Rixomas was very ill?" | |
arfy asks, "what game are we playing today?" | genericgeekgirl says, "Yeah. And we desperately need him to not die." | |
genericgeekgirl says (to arfy), "Cursed. And pleased @joinc #clubfloyd if you would like to discuss the game." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to rixomas" | ||
Floyd | A stray thought enters your mind, but you dismiss it quickly. It just
Floyd | didn't make sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| * arfy has joined the channel. | |
genericgeekgirl says (to arfy), "To talk on the channel, type #clubfloyd Hello" | ||
arfy says, "like this." | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "Yup :)" | ||
says, "And you can give commands to floyd by prefacing them with 'f'" | ||
genericgeekgirl says, "In the toyshop, I mean. Not on channel." | ||
arfy says, "yup, played a little with floyd yesterday" | ||
Zach asks, "Do we know which lords/ladies might be sympathetic to us?" | ||
Zach says (to arfy), "Welcome" | ||
genericgeekgirl asks, "Where is our special lady friend?" | ||
arfy says, "hello zach. I'm just going to sit back and watch a little, having not played this game." | ||
arfy says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | The wizard Rixomas preferred to keep his rooms as bare as possible. A
Floyd | hearth in the western wall contains a brightly burning fire, but it is
Floyd | the only bright thing in the room. The two chairs standing before the
Floyd | fire are basic, and the rug on the floor is a drab olive colour. The
Floyd | window in the southern wall is hidden by long, grey drapes.
Floyd | A bed stands against the eastern wall, and in it you can see the
Floyd | pallid figure of Rixomas lying almost motionless beneath the covers.
Floyd | The door to the north stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor stands close by, his hand on the hilt of his sword,
Floyd | ready for action.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open drapes" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Vonisor," you say, "could you open the curtains here?"
Floyd | Lord Vonisor considers this for a moment before answering. "Very
Floyd | well," he says at last.
Floyd | He steps forward and flings the curtains back, revealing the window
Floyd | behind them. The window itself is closed, and holds only a view of the
Floyd | blackness of night outside. You look carefully at the window but don't
Floyd | see anything noteworthy.
Floyd | "Thank you," you say. Lord Vonisor nods and draws the curtains once
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| arfy says, "darn" | |
Zach says, "I guess we can try some more doors." | ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the west, with occasion pools of
Floyd | light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor
Floyd | of polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, is a
Floyd | plush carpet. A stone archway marks the exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under rug" | ||
Floyd | You don't find anything of interest under that.
Floyd | Lord Vonisor fiddles with his sword hilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh well" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You trot south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | The wizard Rixomas preferred to keep his rooms as bare as possible. A
Floyd | hearth in the western wall contains a brightly burning fire, but it is
Floyd | the only bright thing in the room. The two chairs standing before the
Floyd | fire are basic, and the rug on the floor is a drab olive colour. The
Floyd | window in the southern wall is hidden by long, grey drapes.
Floyd | A bed stands against the eastern wall, and in it you can see the
Floyd | pallid figure of Rixomas lying almost motionless beneath the covers.
Floyd | The door to the north stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "look under rug" | ||
Floyd | You don't find anything of interest under that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| genericgeekgirl says, "Open all the doors." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the west, with occasion pools of
Floyd | light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On the floor
Floyd | of polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, is a
Floyd | plush carpet. A stone archway marks the exit to the north.
Floyd | There is a door in the southern wall which you know to be the
Floyd | entrance to the wizard Rixomas' rooms. It is currently stands open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Rixomas' rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red
Floyd | fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Vonisor," you begin, "would you open this door?"
Floyd | "Absolutely," Lord Vonisor says, before stepping forward and opening
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | As you move to enter the door, Lord Vonisor steps forward and says, "It
Floyd | looks dark in there. I'd better go first with the candle." He moves
Floyd | into the room ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | The flickering light of the candle held by Lord Vonisor doesn't hide
Floyd | the richness of the appointments of Lord Adath's rooms. A plush carpet
Floyd | covers the floor, matching beautifully with the velvet curtains across
Floyd | the window and the canopy over the bed. Two luxurious armchairs are
Floyd | positioned in front of the empty fireplace in the eastern wall, while a
Floyd | broad desk of carved wood sits in front window in the southern wall.
Floyd | The door back to the corridor is to the north, and is currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor is standing nearby, with a determination in his stance
Floyd | as if he is ready to attack the first enemy to come into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd | The desk is beautifully carved, at least the part of it you can see,
Floyd | with a leaf motif flowing up the legs and branches spreading out near
Floyd | the surface as if in support for the desk top. The wood seems to glow
Floyd | in the light of the candle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open desk" | ||
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Alallsia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Not checking the fireplace at all?" | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | The door is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You trot east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | As you move to enter the door, Lord Vonisor steps forward and says, "It
Floyd | looks dark in there. I'd better go first with the candle." He moves
Floyd | into the room ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | The flickering light of the candle held by Lord Vonisor doesn't hide
Floyd | the richness of the appointments of Lord Adath's rooms. A plush carpet
Floyd | covers the floor, matching beautifully with the velvet curtains across
Floyd | the window and the canopy over the bed. Two luxurious armchairs are
Floyd | positioned in front of the empty fireplace in the eastern wall, while a
Floyd | broad desk of carved wood sits in front window in the southern wall.
Floyd | The door back to the corridor is to the north, and is currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor is standing nearby, with a determination in his stance
Floyd | as if he is ready to attack the first enemy to come into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||
Floyd | [x fireplace]
Floyd | The fireplace is cold and dark, black scorch marks from previous fires
Floyd | the only thing visible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x candles" | ||
Floyd | You look around briefly, but don't see anything here that fits that
Floyd | description.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x candle" | ||
Floyd | The candle is in a simple brass holder and is providing light.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Adath's rooms in the southern wall, which is currently open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Adath's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Alallsia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Vonisor," you begin, "would you open this door?"
Floyd | "Absolutely," Lord Vonisor says, before stepping forward and opening
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | As you move to enter the door, Lord Vonisor steps forward and says, "It
Floyd | looks dark in there. I'd better go first with the candle." He moves
Floyd | into the room ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | The hearth in the eastern wall is empty and dark, leaving the single
Floyd | candle held by Lord Vonisor to reveal a tidy and uncluttered room. The
Floyd | canopy over the bed is perfectly straight, the bed equally neat, as are
Floyd | the charcoal toned curtains over the windows in the southern wall. The
Floyd | chairs in front of the fire are aligned at a precise angle with a low
Floyd | table that sits between them. Nothing appears to be out of place at
Floyd | all.
Floyd | The door back to the corridor stands open to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor is standing nearby, with a determination in his stance
Floyd | as if he is ready to attack the first enemy to come into view.
Floyd | Lord Vonisor rubs the back of his head impatiently.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
arfy says (to Floyd), "open the curtains" | ||
Floyd | [open curtains]
Floyd | You consider attempting to open it, but in the end conclude there is no
Floyd | way to achieve it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW | Underneath the pillow is a suspicious manila folder labelled 'Incriminating Details of My Crimes Against the Kingdom'. | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | The bed looks to be quite comfortable and soft.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Sulanar's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Alallsia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Sulanar's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lady Hallyn's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the colours
Floyd | of the region of Pethilia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red f ]
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Vonisor," you begin, "would you open this door?"
Floyd | "Absolutely," Lord Vonisor says, before stepping forward and opening
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | As you move to enter the door, Lord Vonisor steps forward and says, "It
Floyd | looks dark in there. I'd better go first with the candle." He moves
Floyd | into the room ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lady Hallyn's rooms
Floyd | The light from the candle might be soft, but something about the way
Floyd | Lady Hallyn has furnished her rooms has a certain softness to it. There
Floyd | is the delicate, rose-coloured canopy over the bed, a sheer fabric with
Floyd | a rose pattern woven into it. On the bed is a lace coverlet with
Floyd | intricate flower patterns that falls to the floor on all sides. The
Floyd | chairs before the empty fireplace have a rose motif embroidered into
Floyd | the cushions. Even the curtains that cover the window in the southern
Floyd | wall are a soft, rose colour.
Floyd | On the eastern wall above the fireplace is a painting of a family
Floyd | group.
Floyd | The door back to the corridor stands open to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor stands close by, his hand on the hilt of his sword,
Floyd | ready for action.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Lady Hallyn's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||
Floyd | The painting is of a family group. There are three people in it, one of
Floyd | whom you recognise as Lady Hallyn. Beside her is a tall man with strong
Floyd | features. Standing in front of them is a young boy, probably about ten
Floyd | or eleven years old. All three figures are smiling warmly.
Floyd | Lord Vonisor taps his foot on the ground for a moment or two.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lady Hallyn's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the colours
Floyd | of the region of Pethilia hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lady Hallyn's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red f ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Gaxin's rooms in the southern wall, which is open, while a banner
Floyd | in the colours of the region of Sylaph hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | "Lord Vonisor," you begin, "would you open this door?"
Floyd | "Absolutely," Lord Vonisor says, before stepping forward and opening
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | As you move to enter the door, Lord Vonisor steps forward and says, "It
Floyd | looks dark in there. I'd better go first with the candle." He moves
Floyd | into the room ahead of you.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Gaxin's rooms
Floyd | A large, canopied bed is the dominant feature in Lord Gaxin's rooms,
Floyd | being the largest item of furniture visible. It occupies space against
Floyd | the eastern wall. The southern wall is taken up with long, deep blue
Floyd | curtains hanging in front of the window, and a single armchair sits in
Floyd | front of the silent fireplace in the western wall. The door back to the
Floyd | corridor stands open to the north..
Floyd | Hanging on the wall above the hearth is a portrait of a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing a short distance away is Lord Vonisor, who is looking at
Floyd | you but is obviously ready for anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Lord Gaxin's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small red fox ]
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Incidentally, we should really try 'smell' in every room." | |
Zach says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||
Floyd | There is a faint smell of burnt wood coming from the hearth, but
Floyd | nothing else is noticeable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You trot north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Gaxin's rooms in the southern wall, which is open, while a banner
Floyd | in the colours of the region of Sylaph hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Gaxin's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red fo ]
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor outside Lord Vonisor's rooms
Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion
Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On
Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor,
Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to
Floyd | Lord Vonisor's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the
Floyd | colours of the region of Borako hangs on the opposite wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ Corridor outside Lord Vonisor's rooms | Part Three as Torrin, a small
Floyd | red ]
Floyd | >
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Zach says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You trot west. Floyd | Floyd | Corridor outside Lady Edukam's rooms Floyd | A long dark corridor stretches away to the east and west, with occasion Floyd | pools of light provided by a series of torches mounted on the wall. On Floyd | the floor on polished stone, running the entire length of the corridor, Floyd | is a plush carpet. There is just sufficient light to see the door to Floyd | Lady Edukam's rooms in the southern wall, while a banner in the colours Floyd | of the region of Lestum hangs on the opposite wall. Floyd | Floyd | Lord Vonisor enters from |