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ToyShop & Floyditorium	#ClubFloyd Discussion

	Binder stands around looking cool.
	Gerynar stands next to Binder so he can look cool as well
	Binder says, "It's a potent penumbral effect."
	Gerynar says, "that's exactly what I was hoping for"
	Gerynar asks, "where's everyone else?"
	K-Y says, "you realize that penumbra means to cast a shadow on"
	Gerynar says, "yes"
	Gerynar says, "even Binder's shadow is cooler than me (unfortunately)"
	Binder says, "Shadows are pretty cool."
	DavidW asks, "We don't start until 12:30, no?"
	Gerynar says, "I have no idea, but that works for me, I got up late and still haven't had my morning cigarette"
	DavidW says, "I had to go back to bb #clubf 213 to find the time."
genericgeekgirl arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk.	Binder asks, "Is there a sense that Andromeda Dreaming is the game of the day or has everyone already mastered it?"
	Binder asks in his role as Emergency Failover Jacqueline.
Limax arrives, full of fun, but no funk.	Limax says, "Wow... I'm here"
	Binder says, "Wow."
	Limax asks, "How did that happen?"
	DavidW says, "I haven't played any of the Andromeda games yet."
	Binder says, "Well, when a socket and a port love each other very much..."
	Limax says (to Binder), "Ha ha"
	Binder says, "All righty. So it looks like it's time and it sounds like Androida Dreaming will be fine."
Binder says (to Floyd), "load andromedadreaming"
Floyd \| > Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| "...deflagged the bitster down in big M, but he had less than four." Floyd \| Floyd \| "By Fat! That must've lagged." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Thought I was gonna be deflagged too but no, they zip me up here with Floyd \| you one-oh." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Cold as Korh. Well us we... wait... our reg is stirring. Space it." Floyd \| Floyd \| Andromeda Dreaming Floyd \| A Space Operetta by Joey Jones Floyd \| Release 2 / Serial number 120716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd \| 6/12N) Floyd \| Please type ABOUT. Floyd \| Floyd \| Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You awake in Bunk C of Pod 19-Q, in the Morbozzo space station, Floyd \| location unknown. It's a narrow cylinder, big enough for one person to Floyd \| float in, with four bunks. You must have been shuttled in through the Floyd \| airlock on one end; the other end is taken up by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Across the pod, a bearded man leans out of Bunk A, staring avidly at Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) and Bunk D (closed) here. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "oh dear. I didn't understand any of the newfaggled space-lingo of the future."
	Binder says, "They sound like drunk people of the present to me."
	DavidW asks, "May I request an ABOUT, please?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd \| >Welcome to Andromeda Dreaming, a sequel to Marco Innocenti's Andromeda Floyd \| Awakening made for The Andromeda Legacy" competition. Knowledge of Floyd \| Andromeda Awakening might make the game more fun or understandable but Floyd \| isn't strictly necessary for understanding the plot. Floyd \| Floyd \| If you spot any bugs or typos or just want some lucid dreaming tips, Floyd \| send me an email at notquitethere@gmail.com. Floyd \| Floyd \| Hints: Floyd \| Though all the usual things are accepted, the game can in fact be Floyd \| played in its entirety through just six commands: look (at), sleep, Floyd \| wake, touch, remove, and talk to. Other commands like listen and switch Floyd \| on may be helpful. Floyd \| Floyd \| Thanks goes to: Floyd \| Marco Innocenti AKA James P. King Floyd \| All the wonderful people behind Inform and its extensions Floyd \| Jenny Roomy Floyd \| Jasmine Lavages Floyd \| Melvin Rangasamy Floyd \| Jon Stall Floyd \| Andrew Schultz Floyd \| Paul Lee Floyd \| Sarah Nerboso Floyd \|	Binder says, "Yeah, I was just about to hit that"
	Binder says, "Wow, only 6 verbs needed to complete? Interesting."
	Binder says, "If only 'dance' were one of them."
	DavidW says, "Weird that sleep and wake are two of the six."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >You are strapped into a bunk in a quarantine pod, and despite the Floyd \| bizarre lack of gravity, you feel like you could sleep easily here. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Maybe it's like Christmas Eve where you strategically feign sleep to fake out Santa."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Across the pod, a bearded man leans out of Bunk A, staring avidly at Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) and Bunk D (closed) here. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunk b"
Floyd \| >The bunks are like micro-pods set into the sides of the main pod and Floyd \| they can each be sealed off. Bunk B is currently closed. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man"
Floyd \| >The man has a great bushy beard that obscures his face. And yet... Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to man"
Floyd \| >You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \| "So at last the reg awakes. Stato me amato?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Uh, sorry?
Floyd [2] My name is Aliss?
Floyd [3] I had a bad flu?
Floyd \|	Limax says, "I like option 3"
	Gerynar says, "me too"
	Binder says, "OK by me"
	DavidW says, "My general inclination would be 1, but go on with 3."
Binder says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >"Amato, that's cold as Korh. I hope the bitsters deflagged it. Floyd \| Wouldn't want to catch something I couldn't throw back." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Don't worry- it's not infectious.
Floyd [2] Why do you speak so strangely?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Zach arrives, ready to play with the toys.	Binder says, "Oh man, I bet we're confused because we caught some retro-flu. Like Pac-Man Fever."
	Binder says, "I have no dialogue preference at this time, so I'd be picking 3, again."
	Limax says, "Hm"
	Limax says, "Sounds good"
	DavidW says, "I'm guessing Amato and Korh are planets."
	Binder asks, "Or gods?"
	DavidW says, "oh, wait, amato was in lowercase earlier."
	Binder says, "maybe amato is 'pal'"
	Binder says, "dude, chummer, friend, &c"
jojo arrives, full of funk, but no fun.	DavidW says (to Binder), "That makes sense from the Latin word for 'to love'."
	Binder says, "I'm going to 3 unless there's a squeal of distress."
Binder says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"	Zach says, "Sure it's not infectious"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Across the pod, a bearded man leans out of Bunk A, staring avidly at Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) and Bunk D (closed) here. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "well, I'd've went with 2, since I like to get info."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x screen"
Floyd \| >A low-res screen, not even vibertronic. It's showing what looks like Floyd \| some incredibly dumb looking action vid, but it's hard to tell with the Floyd \| speakers off. Floyd \|	Binder asks, "Maybe talk to him again will let us re-walk?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to man"
Floyd \| >You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Don't worry- it's not infectious.
Floyd [2] Why do you speak so strangely?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Look amato, if you're gonna get far in Morbozzo you gotta speak the Floyd \| right frequency, you bit?" Floyd \| Floyd \| He looks at your look of incomprehension and continues, "You ever even Floyd \| been to a sky city, reg?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Uh...
Floyd [2] Well...
Floyd [3] Not quite...
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "1"
	Limax says, "Those are pretty much all the same"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Monarch true, huh?" Floyd \| Floyd \| The man opens his palms and says, "Well, most places gots their own Floyd \| slang, you bit? Uh, 'you know'? Well us age-long Morbozzans have our Floyd \| words for things. It's so regs and prens don't bit our frequency." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What's a 'reg', or a 'pren' for that matter?
Floyd [2] Tell me about Morbozzo
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "we got both kinds, law AND enforcement"
	Limax says, "Do we wnat 1 or 2"
	DavidW says, "1, then 2."
	Binder says, "sure"
	Limax says, "I'm thinking 2, but I can maybe see some .okay"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"A pren is someone who apprehends you but Fat knows why they call Floyd \| Monarchans 'reg' or 'nob' or 'queeny'. There's a lot I don't bit, like Floyd \| what a hyerotrope is or why the bad guys never deflag Gettare," he says Floyd \| emphasising his last point by pointing at the big screen. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Tell me about Morbozzo
Floyd [2] What was that about hyerotropes?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Morbozzo is the best quarantine space station there is," he says. "Of Floyd \| course, there's less than four others. It's the place for deflagging Floyd \| disease and each of its self-contained pods can be attached to shuttles Floyd \| and zipped elsewhere, totally spaced so the rest of the station won't Floyd \| even miss it." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Have you been to any others?
Floyd [2] How long have you been here?
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "oh, I guess 'reg' is like regus, king."
	Binder says, "hm"
	Limax says, "I'm taking this is future slang"
	Binder says, "Yeah."
	Binder says, "But looks like it's Latinish."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"I said that there was less than four others didn't I?" He shakes his Floyd \| head in despair. "That means there's exactly oh-one Morbozzo and not a Floyd \| station more." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What was that about hyerotropes?
Floyd [2] Why are you here?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "which is bizarre, I agree. Perhaps the slang is Latin by way of Italian or Spanish or French."
	Zach says, "Is this new slang? I haven't played the first games."
	Binder asks, "eh? <4 == 1?"
	Binder recognizes some of the terms from the other Andromeda he played in November with #cf
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Ah Fat bits," says Kadro shrugging his shoulders, "there's more than Floyd \| four but less than a googolplex of them." Floyd \| Floyd \| Now that you think about it, you recall that the hyerotropes are Floyd \| perfect spheres sometimes found under the surface of Monarch. You Floyd \| haven't the foggiest about them, but then, you didn't exactly study Floyd \| hard sciences. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why are you here?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "That one, for example."
	Binder says, "That was material to Andromeda Apocalypse."
	Binder says, "So there's continuity of language across the works, which is nice."
	Zach says, "Yeah, I remember that one."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >He coughs unconvincingly and leaves it at that. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "A malingerer!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Across the pod, a bearded man leans out of Bunk A, staring avidly at Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) and Bunk D (closed) here. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >You are strapped into a bunk in a quarantine pod, and despite the Floyd \| bizarre lack of gravity, you feel like you could sleep easily here. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x straps"
Floyd \| >The straps bind you to the bunk. As you're not going anywhere, you Floyd \| might as well get some rest. Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "Can we leave the bunk? Wander around?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "undo straps"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| >You are wearing: Floyd \| a medical shift Floyd \|	DavidW says, "hm. Maybe not."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x shift"
Floyd \| >It's a strange cover-all that's pricked into the skin in various Floyd \| places. It seems to be supplying you with nutrients and taking care of Floyd \| personal cleansing all by itself. If you'd have studied a more Floyd \| practical degree, you might have known how it works. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >It's very quiet in the pod. Each bunk has its own localised sound Floyd \| system and yours is switched off. Floyd \|	Binder asks, "It's WHAT in to the skin?"
	Binder says, "oic, we're plugged into our clothes. Of course. Why wouldn't we be."
	DavidW says, "That's gross."
	Binder asks, "Well, sure, that's ONE reason why we wouldn't be, but what is that against the ... medicinal uses?"
	Binder says, "I guess it's a shiftsuit for convalescing fremen"
	DavidW says, "So our pajamas are also our toilet and feeding tube. Bleh."
	Zach says, ""Personal cleansing" sounds like something from a TV commerical."
	Binder says, "We must be a bachelor."
	Zach says, "heh"
	DavidW says, "I see no beer cans and empty pizza boxes here."
	Binder says, "I'm curious what we did study, if not a practical degree."
	Binder says, "Perhaps it'll emerge."
	Zach asks, "Space art?"
	Binder asks, "Maybe this is one of the game points where we 'sleep' to transition?"
	DavidW asks, "y'know, I hope our pj's don't become sentient and go all Venom on us. We might have to deflag ourselves, you bit?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "x screen"
Floyd \| >A low-res screen, not even vibertronic. It's showing what looks like Floyd \| some incredibly dumb looking action vid, but it's hard to tell with the Floyd \| speakers off. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "I agree, this may be a time for 'sleep' ."
Zach says (to Floyd), "turn on speakers"
Floyd \| >You turn on the speakers, and noise starts burbling out. It's quite Floyd \| quiet, so you'll have to actively listen to pick up anything. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >On the screen Gettare Rinors is saying "He looks to be heading to Floyd \| Phelios!" Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "touch straps"
Floyd \| >You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Ooh, this is a good one."
	DavidW says, "'Gettare Rinors' so looks like an anagram for something."
Binder says (to Floyd), "touch bunk"
Floyd \| >You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "change channel"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|	Binder LAUGHS
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"There's only one thing worth going to Phelios for... the Terracentral Floyd \| Fortress!" Floyd \|	Binder says, "smartgenes said the same thing [LINK]"
	Zach says, "It's an anagram for "Seating Terror""
	Binder says, "There was a rough consensus that 'a testing error' might be plausible."
	DavidW says, "oh. And I was there for that. Weird. I'd completely forgotten that session."
	Binder says, "I didn't remember that exchange until you asked here and then I thought 'wait, did we already do this?'"
	Binder says, "So I'm done monkeying around with this bit and ready to 'sleep' when others reach that state."
	DavidW says, "I'll have to reread that transcript. Seriously, I don't remember it."
	Zach says, "Or "Rearing Otters." That would be a good hippy name."
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Selection Hall Floyd \| The hall is full of vibertron screens for picking modules. There are Floyd \| dozens of stalls where experts stand, ready to give advice. You guess Floyd \| there should be other students here, but you find it hard to focus on Floyd \| any of them. Floyd \| Floyd \| One expert stands near you. This is the one you will speak with. Floyd \|	Limax says, "I think we've gone past 6 verbs"
	Limax asks, "Or have we?"
	DavidW says, "no, I think we've stuck to them."
	Zach asks (of Limax), "Was that a limit?"
	Binder says, "No, the ABOUT just said it could be won using only 6"
	Limax says, "No. The hint just said we cold... yes"
	Binder says, "There are others available."
	Binder says, "sleep & wake were on that list, which we found interesting."
	Binder says, "Implying to me, at least, that they transition scenes."
	Zach says, "Ah. I thought maybe that was part of the comp."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x expert"
Floyd \| >You can't remember whether it was a man or woman. As you stare, the Floyd \| expert looks like the professor that taught you later and your mother's Floyd \| second sister at the same time. Floyd \|	Binder says, "I always have this expert when I go to Fry's."
	DavidW says, "good ol' Professor Aunt Cheryl Higgenbottom."
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to expert"
Floyd \| >You approach the nearby expert and it seems to tower over you. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What course do you represent?" you ask. You don't remember there being Floyd \| any banner or reading material laid out. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What is a dream?" the expert asks. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Is that what you represent? Dream research?
Floyd [2] A dream is an illusion while you sleep.
Floyd [3] A dream can be a hope or aspiration.
Floyd [4] A dream is just your brain processing things while you sleep.
Floyd [5] Everything is a dream.
Floyd [6] I don't know. You tell me.
Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "oh no, dream pop quiz. I'm not ready!"
	Binder says, "I like 5 or 6."
	Limax says, "I do too"
	Zach says, "Yeah, he is the expert."
	DavidW says, "6"
	Binder exclaims, "[7] I know you are but what am I?!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "6"
Floyd \| >"Education is not training. I do not give you answers for you to Floyd \| memorise. Would you like to discover the truth for yourself?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Yes
Floyd [2] No
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "ha ha"
	Binder says, "oh nice."
	Limax says, "Cool"
	Binder WOULD like to discover the truth for himself.
	Binder asks, "1?"
	DavidW says, "yeah"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >The expert takes out an E-Pad from below the stall. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You won't find oneironautics on the core syllabus. Touch the pad Floyd \| here." Floyd \|	Binder says, "mmm dream travels"
	DavidW says, "oneiro- means sleep"
	DavidW says, "or dreams, I guess"
	Zach says, "Neat"
	Binder says, "Yeah, I inferred from Unknown Armies."
Binder says (to Floyd), "touch pad"
Floyd \| >You begin to enter in your details in the E-Pad and the expert turns Floyd \| to you and says, "Are you awake, reg?" Floyd \|	Binder asks, "no?"
	DavidW asks, "uh, no?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "no"
Floyd \| >That was a rhetorical question. Floyd \|	Binder says, "oh"
	Gerynar says, "sounds like our bunkmate is trying to wake us up"
	DavidW asks, "also, no > for that one?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "say no"
Floyd \| >Whom do you want to say that to? Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| A thin woman has leaned out of Bunk D as far as her straps will allow, Floyd \| staring right at you. Floyd \| Floyd \| The bearded man is looking on with interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says, "DANGIT"
	Binder says, "o hai a new friend"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x woman"
Floyd \| >The woman has very angular features and is perhaps in her mid-forties, Floyd \| but it's hard to tell for sure. Although she is very thin, her cheeks Floyd \| are flush with colour and she doesn't seem to be displaying any outward Floyd \| signs of illness. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to woman"
Floyd \| >"You don't know how lucky you are," says the thin woman. "I'm Sen Floyd \| Kulpa, you can call me Sen. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Hello Sen. I'm Aliss.
Floyd [2] Why do you say I'm lucky?
Floyd [3] Stato me amato?
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "I'm getting the bizarre idea that this pod is a dream also."
	Binder can't rule that out.
	Binder asks, "2?"
	DavidW says, "yeah 2"
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Oh, you'll see," she says before withdrawing to her bunk, sealing Floyd \| herself in again. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Well that was informative."
	Zach asks, "What is 'stato'?"
	Binder says, "She doesn't talk like beardy guy which seems interesting."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| The man in Bunk A has resumed watching the never ending series of Floyd \| action vids. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says (to Zach), "In context I would guess something like "what's up?""
	DavidW says (to Zach), "Not sure yet. We might be asking 'what is your status, my friend?'"
	DavidW says, "that is, 'how are you?' or 'how ya doin'?'"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bunk"
Floyd \| >The bunks are like micro-pods set into the sides of the main pod and Floyd \| they can each be sealed off. Bunk A is currently open. Floyd \| Floyd \| In Bunk A is a bearded man. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Ah."
Binder says (to Floyd), "open bunk d"
Floyd \| >You can't reach, what with being strapped to your bunk. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bunk b"
Floyd \| >The bunks are like micro-pods set into the sides of the main pod and Floyd \| they can each be sealed off. Bunk B is currently closed. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| >You are wearing: Floyd \| a medical shift Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man"
Floyd \| >You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Do you ever dream?
Floyd [2] What's with Sen?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Oho, new choices"
	DavidW says, "either 1 or 2."
Zach says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Hah! She's a regular cannery girl, that is to say, she's not a reg Floyd \| like you or a Morbozzan like me and Jimmy. She's from the sky cities Floyd \| but I'd say she's spent time grounded." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Do you ever dream?
Floyd [2] Who's Jimmy?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "We're a cop?!"
	DavidW says, "Reg means Monarchan."
	Binder says, "oic"
	Binder says, "So we're just planet trash."
	Binder says, "Jimmy being the occupant of the still sealed bunk, perhaps."
	DavidW asks, "very likely, except Jimmy's a Morbozzan, he said?"
	Limax says, "Ah, the girls of Cannery Row..."
Zach says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"You bit Morbozzo's the can where they space whatever the prens don't Floyd \| want spreading. Jimmy, well he has a head full of ideas and there's Floyd \| less than four more infectious." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Do you ever dream?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Limax says, "I think I see why it's only six verbs. The conversations are long"
olethros arrives, full of fun and funk.
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >He smiles wickedly. "Dreaming is a very bad habit." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] No it's not.
Floyd [2] Ah, you're probably right.
Floyd \|	olethros says, "what are you guys playing'"
	DavidW says, "Andromeda Not-Waking."
	DavidW says, "(that is, Andromeda Dreaming)"
	Binder says, "On such a winter's day"
yournamehere arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
yournamehere says, "hiya"	Binder says, "I begin to suspect Jimmy of being behind our dreamy existence."
	Binder says, "I'd say 1, myself, here."
	DavidW asks, "If having ideas is considered an infection that has to be quartantined, it seems possible that our infection might be that of dreaming?"
	Zach says, "Yeah"
	Binder says (to DavidW), "Definitely."
	DavidW says, "anyway, I vote for 1"
	Binder says, "So their treatment course is to strap us to a bed until we stop dreaming? That seems somehow, hm, counterproductive."
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Well you keep on dreaming, if that's how you feel," he says, his Floyd \| speech more pellucid than before. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "ooooh, 'pellucid'."
	Binder exclaims, "He's a dream pusher!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| The man in Bunk A is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| The man in Bunk A is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "touch bunk d"
Floyd \| >You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "float"
Floyd \| >You can't, you're strapped too tightly in. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "knock on bunk d"
Floyd \| >I only understood you as far as wanting to knock. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "I think it's time for another dream."
	Binder says, "Sure."
	Gerynar asks, "what would happen if one were to 'touch' bunk b?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sleeping Chamber Floyd \| You're lying in the soft cyanotic glow of the sleeping chamber. It's Floyd \| the third week of your new course. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jaspers, a new instructor with sparkling eyes and perma-stubble, sits Floyd \| nearby whispering. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your eyes are shut. Floyd \|	Zach says (to Gerynar), "We're strapped down."
Zach says (to Floyd), "open eyes"
Floyd \| >You stir and find yourself back Morbozzo, strapped in a bunk in Pod Floyd \| 19-Q. Floyd \| Floyd \| Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| The man in Bunk A is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says, "We've got really good vision to see Jaspers with our eyes shut"
	DavidW says, "ack."
	Zach says, "Dang"
	Binder says, "hm."
	Zach asks, "I thought we could open our dream eyes. Undo?"
	DavidW says, "go back to Mr. Sparkling Eyes and Perma-stubble!"
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| Sleeping Chamber Floyd \| You're lying in the soft cyanotic glow of the sleeping chamber. It's Floyd \| the third week of your new course. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jaspers, a new instructor with sparkling eyes and perma-stubble, sits Floyd \| nearby whispering. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your eyes are shut. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the word duty, a new feeling of calm will come over Floyd \| you." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"Duty." Floyd \|	Binder says, "hee hee doodie"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch jaspers"
Floyd \| >Now is the time for listening to Jaspers and trying not to fall Floyd \| asleep. Floyd \|	Binder says, "afk brb"
	DavidW says, "Jaspers, you're such a tease."
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the phrase do your duty, you will listen." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to jaspers"
Floyd \| >Now is the time for listening to Jaspers and trying not to fall Floyd \| asleep. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "hm. hypnotherapy, I assume"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"Do your duty." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the word..." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >And so it goes on and on as the need to sleep grows. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >And so it goes on and on as the need to sleep grows. Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "er.... sleep within this dream?"
	Binder returns
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You begin to drift off as Jaspers' whispered words wash over you. You Floyd \| wake up and the room is dark and there's no one around. Then you wake Floyd \| up again, back in Pod 19-Q. That was the last time you remember seeing Floyd \| Jaspers. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| The man in Bunk A is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (in which is a sleeper) here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| The man in Bunk A is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (in which is a sleeper) here. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Sorry, I'm lagging"
	Binder asks, "So Jaspers bored us with hypnotic conditioning?"
	Zach says, "Sniff He was our best friend"
	DavidW says, "I guess so. The word 'duty' and phrase 'do your duty' are our triggers."
Zach says (to Floyd), "say duty"
Floyd \| >Whom do you want to say that to? Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "say duty to man"	Binder says, "Great, the Andromedean Candidate"
Floyd \| >Do you mean: Floyd \|
Floyd [1] The sleeper
Floyd [2] The bearded man
Floyd \|	Zach says, "Oh, Bunk B is open"
	Binder says, "ooh"
	Zach says, "I wonder what saying that to him would do"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleeper"
Floyd \| >The man is fast asleep, turned away from you, and all you can see of Floyd \| him is his wild shock of hair and scars interlaced down his back. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jimmy"
Floyd \| >The man is fast asleep, turned away from you, and all you can see of Floyd \| him is his wild shock of hair and scars interlaced down his back. Floyd \|	Binder says (to DavidW), "Nice validation."
	DavidW says, "Me am clever."
olethros has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
olethros arrives, full of fun and funk.
Zach says (to Floyd), "say duty to jimmy"
Floyd \| >[If you want to communicate with the sleeper, just TALK TO SLEEPER (or Floyd \| T SLEEPER for short).] Floyd \| The man is asleep and it would be rude to rouse him without a reason. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Seeing if he's a sleeper agent (ho ho) is a reason."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to man"
Floyd \| >(the bearded man) Floyd \| You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "hmmm"
	Binder asks, "ha. We've ran out of things to say to him?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Just lie here strapped in, exchanging meaningful glances."
Zach says (to Floyd), "stare at man"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "dance"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|	Binder is outraged. Again.
Zach says (to Floyd), "t sleeper"
Floyd \| >The man is asleep and it would be rude to rouse him without a reason. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "I suppose we can try to sleep or try 'wake' and see if we wake up."
	Binder says (to DavidW), "Go for it. Either. Both."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >A female side-kick is incensed, saying "That fiend! What could he be Floyd \| doing there?" Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >Gettare on the screen says, "He must be going to change one of the Floyd \| secret bounds so that it favours his ascension to the council!" Floyd \|	Zach says, "Yeah, let's see if 'wake' does anything"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake"
Floyd \| >You don't think you're asleep yet. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "pinch me"	Binder says, "hrmph"
Floyd \| >You pinch yourself: still awake. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open eyes"
Floyd \| >You don't think you're asleep yet. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch screen"
Floyd \| >That's not something you can switch. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bunk"
Floyd \| >The bunks are like micro-pods set into the sides of the main pod and Floyd \| they can each be sealed off. Bunk A is currently open. Floyd \| Floyd \| In Bunk A is a bearded man. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "touch bunk c"
Floyd \| >You feel nothing unexpected. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close bunk c"
Floyd \| >Strapped down so harshly, you can't reach to close Bunk C. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x straps"
Floyd \| >The straps bind you to the bunk. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close bunk"
Floyd \| >Strapped down so harshly, you can't reach to close Bunk A. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "close bunk b"
Floyd \| >Strapped down so harshly, you can't reach to close Bunk B. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "close our bunk"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "close bunk c"
Floyd \| >Strapped down so harshly, you can't reach to close Bunk C. Floyd \|	Binder says, "We can't even hide ourselves."
Zach says (to Floyd), "escape"
Floyd \| >You're strapped in tight to your bunk and unable to move out. Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "I thought we had something in our bunk that we were listening to and switched on. What was it?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x speakers"
Floyd \| >The speakers emit sound in a localised field around you. They're Floyd \| linked to the shared screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| The speakers is currently switched on. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "x bunk c"
Floyd \| >You are strapped to a bunk which doesn't look very soft, but that Floyd \| doesn't really matter in zero-g. There are built in speakers for the Floyd \| big vid-screen which (despite you being strapped in) can be turned on Floyd \| or off. There doesn't seem to be a way of changing the channel. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch speakers off"
Floyd \| >You switch the speakers off. Floyd \|	Zach says, "It's just like flying"
	Binder says, "Interesting. I wonder if dreaming with speakers on/off changes what we dream."
	DavidW says, "I want to ... yeah, see if it makes any difference."
ASchultz arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Final Exam (on the hard chair) Floyd \| It's your final exam; you've already passed all the practical lucid Floyd \| dreaming and hypnosis tests. You're at a steel table, there are no Floyd \| other students around you. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the steel table is an Exam-Pad. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pad"
Floyd \| >In many way like a normal E-Pad, the Exam-Pad is thin black block of Floyd \| psychoglass primed for touch commands and waiting for you to orate your Floyd \| final thesis. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to pad"
Floyd \| >You have in front of you the vibertron exam-pad. You must dictate a Floyd \| short thesis encapsulating your position on the nature of dreaming. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Dream is caused by memories filling in for veridical sensation.
Floyd [2] Dream creates a world anew: existence is the collective dream.
Floyd [3] Dream is a powerful tool for control.
Floyd [4] Dream is nonsense.
Floyd [5] We live as we dream, alone.
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Oh, I guess our impractical degree is in oneironautics. Huh."
	Binder says, "I like all of these answers."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf34"
Floyd \| >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Hmm. Me too, but I'm leaning towards 3"
	Binder says, "It does seem the subtext the interactions are exposing, yeah."
	Zach says, "I wonder if that's really the test"
	DavidW says, "Any of these answers sounds reasonable."
	Binder says, "well, we've got a save game, let's hit 3."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >You take a perpendicular leap from the main question and use it as an Floyd \| excuse to discuss the possible uses and abuses of hypnotism and Floyd \| dream-suggestion, ending with a recommendation that in future Floyd \| dream-defence might be taught in schools. You'll get a poor mark for Floyd \| not sticking to the question, but you won't really care. Floyd \| Floyd \| The invigilator says, "Time's up, we're gonna be there any moment now." Floyd \|	olethros says, "ha ha perpendicular leap"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x invigilator"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "so, do we wake up now, or talk to the pad more or touch it or what?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men are leaning out of their bunks, engaged in a low Floyd \| conversation that you can't quite make out. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \|	Binder says, "I think we were woken after we wrote."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >You can't quite make out the conversation between the two men. Perhaps Floyd \| you should interrupt? Floyd \|	Binder says, "Or touched or spoke or whatever the UI is"
	Binder says, "But interrupting precludes eavesdropping. Tsk."
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >You can't quite make out the conversation between the two men. Perhaps Floyd \| you should interrupt? Floyd \|	Zach asks, "Would it be worth trying the different test answers?"
	Binder says, "If you like. I'm also okay with proceeding under the assumption that we are still on a valid win path."
	DavidW says, "well, we haven't seen the result of our first choice yet"
yournamehere was hungry for change, particularly new composite number flavor change.
yournamehere has disconnected.	Zach says, "Ok"
Binder says (to Floyd), "interrupt"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "interrupt"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to men"
Floyd \| >You listen on for a lull in their conversation before jumping in. Floyd \| While you do, you catch both their names: Kadro and little Jimmy. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Ah, excuse me," you venture. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What is it, reg?" says the man in Bunk A. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What was that about arriving somewhere?
Floyd [2] Ah, never mind.
Floyd \|	Binder says, "There we go."
	Binder says, "Pretty obviously 1, I think."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"You shoulda spaced it," says little Jimmy. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Yeah, but the reg was asleep. She's always asleep," says Kadro. Then, Floyd \| turning to you he says, "Look amato, all one-double-oh of us are Floyd \| zipping out of this can in just a few clicks. Would you do your duty Floyd \| and give us a hand when we dock?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Sure thing.
Floyd [2] Wait, I think you have a lot to explain.
Floyd [3] No way!
Floyd [4] We're leaving Morbozzo?
Floyd \|	Binder says, "He just used one of our trigger phrases. Hm."
	DavidW says, "one-double-oh is 4 in binary."
	Zach asks, "2?"
	Binder says, "It could also be short for 100 (percent) which would amount to the same thing."
	Binder says (to Zach), "Yeah, try to provoke more infodump"
	DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards 4"
	Binder says, "I'm mostly indifferent so feel free to race for it."
	DavidW says, "oh, I don't mind another choice. Zach, go for 2 if you like."
Zach says (to Floyd), "2"	Zach says, "Thanks"
Floyd \| >You open your mouth to question him, but to your surprise you say Floyd \| "Sure thing!" instead. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men share a knowing glance, and little Jimmy floats out of his Floyd \| bay towards the airlock, his straps clearly undone. In moments, he has Floyd \| it open and has disappeared out. Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "!"
	Binder says, "That WAS our conditioning phrase."
	Zach says, "Aha, I was wondering if that might happen"
	DavidW says, "Hypno did work."
PaulS arrives, ready to play with the toys.	Binder says, "I guess that'll teach us to sleep with the telly on."
	DavidW says, "I suppose we'll now be an obedient consumer and drone and never dream again."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro looks on at you expectantly. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove straps"
Floyd \| >(first taking the straps) Floyd \| That seems to be a part of Bunk C. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "float"
Floyd \| >You can't, you're strapped too tightly in. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to kadro"
Floyd \| >"I'm very much still strapped to the bunk here Kadro," you say. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You bit that I can't just let you loose. It's not time for you to Floyd \| leave the can. Float tight, I'll go and see what Jimmy's snaffling. Floyd \| This may take a while." Floyd \| Floyd \| With that he floats over to the airlock, opening and closing it behind Floyd \| him. Much time passes and no one returns, and still it is warm in the Floyd \| pod. Floyd \|	DavidW says, "hmmmm. I'm not liking this."
	Zach says, "I'm definitely going to start saying "float tight""
	Binder asks, "Maybe we dream again and learn ... something?"
	DavidW says, "There's a non-zero chance of a bomb timer ticking down to zero somewhere close by."
	Binder says, "Yeah, but panic makes me sleeeepy."
	Zach says, "We should have known better than to trust someone named "little Jimmy""
Zach says (to Floyd), "x screen"
Floyd \| >A low-res screen, not even vibertronic. It's showing what looks like Floyd \| some incredibly dumb looking action vid, but it's hard to tell with the Floyd \| speakers off. Floyd \|	Binder says, "I thought the scars on his back were indications of integrity."
	Zach asks, "Sleep?"
	DavidW asks, "Sleep does seem to be our only option 'out' of here, doesn't it?"
	Binder says, "Yeah, sleep."
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Bedroom Floyd \| The pink light of two of the three suns paints your bedroom pink, but Floyd \| the morning scene is hard to appreciate as you're covered in blood. Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "!"
	Zach says, "Damn cat"
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >You're dressed to go out, which is odd for this time of morning, and Floyd \| you're covered in blood. Floyd \|	Binder says, "unrelated, you're covered in blood"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| >From here you can go absolutely nowhere. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blood"
Floyd \| >Your jumpsuit is coated in blood. This must be part of the sickness Floyd \| for which you were quarantined. It's becoming very uncomfortable to Floyd \| wear the jumpsuit now. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove jumpsuit"
Floyd \| >You pull your sodden jumpsuit off. Perhaps you had an external injury Floyd \| to have so much blood? Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >Looking at yourself now, you realise that you have no injury and you Floyd \| don't feel unwell. The blood can't be your own. The words 'do your Floyd \| duty' echo faintly and your bedroom fades into darkness. Floyd \| Floyd \| Backstreet Floyd \| You're in a narrow backstreet, hunched over the dead body of the Floyd \| scientist, Dr. Andy Re's. He's supposed to have a folder on him. It was Floyd \| your duty to find it. To find it and forget. Except in dreams no one Floyd \| ever truly forgets. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Huh, "draws on memories to fill in the gaps." that was one of the test answers."
	Binder exclaims, "Oho, our backstory!"
	Binder says, "That'll teach that scientist to mock our -lesser- degree."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x scientist"	Zach says, "heh"
Floyd \| >You rifle through Andy's pockets, his sticky blood coating your Floyd \| jumpsuit even more. But he has nothing on him. You know that this Floyd \| wasn't supposed to happen, but you can't recall who ever gave you the Floyd \| order to kill and search his body. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You really are luckier than you know," someone says behind you. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "look behind me"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x someone"
Floyd \| >Sen has very angular features and is perhaps in her mid-forties, but Floyd \| it's hard to tell for sure. Although she is very thin, her cheeks are Floyd \| flush with colour and she doesn't seem to be displaying any outward Floyd \| signs of illness. Floyd \|	Binder says, "I was so hoping that command would actually do that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to sen"
Floyd \| >You turn to the woman before you. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] I think you owe me some answers.
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "1?"
	Binder says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Answers?" Sen says, "I owe you many things, but answers are not one Floyd \| of them." Floyd \| Floyd \| Then, pondering for a moment, she says, "Actually, you'll be of more Floyd \| use to us if you're not completely in the dark. Do you know much about Floyd \| the ancients?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Um... a little bit.
Floyd [2] Not much admittedly.
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Those seem interchangeable."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"About two thousand years ago a great event wiped out part of our Floyd \| galaxy and our ancestors came to live in the mechanosatellites, long Floyd \| range orbitals floating around Monarch. I have arranged for our pod to Floyd \| be dislocated from Morbozzo and taken to the Mechanosatellites. The Floyd \| quarantine was, if you like, a ruse to get us all up there without Floyd \| certain someones finding out." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you want us to go to the mechanosatellites?
Floyd [2] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [3] What's this got to do with me?
Floyd [4] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "These are ALL good questions."
	Binder says, "But I like 3 because it is, after all, all about me."
	DavidW asks, "so 3, then?"
	DavidW says, "(I agree, all good questions)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >"We've been priming you for a long time to act as a sleeper assassin. Floyd \| The best killer is someone who doesn't know they are one. But it turns Floyd \| out that there might be another good use for you." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you want us to go to the mechanosatellites?
Floyd [2] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [3] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [4] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Zach says, "Sure"
	Zach asks, "Huh, untie us. Maybe this is the real Sen talking to us?"
	DavidW asks, "Sen, you're really outrageous. Sen, were we ever contagious?"
	Zach says, "Andromeda: The Musical"
	DavidW says, "so, what choice now? I'm thinking 1 or 2."
	Zach says, "Yeah, I think we get to ask them all"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"You'll have to wait and see. You'll be quite instrumental when we get Floyd \| there." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [2] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "right. We're gonna kill somebody else there. Got it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Why the other council members of course. After we had you knock off Floyd \| poor Dr. Re's, I was supposed to have you and the other sleeper agents Floyd \| killed too. Be glad that I had other plans." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why did you have me do this?
Floyd [2] Plans?
Floyd [3] Other council members?
Floyd \|	DavidW says, "ah, this is our 'luck', that Sen didn't kill us immediately after we killed Re's."
	DavidW says, "I'm thinking 2, except I kinda doubt she'll tell us her plans."
	DavidW says, "Somehow I think she'll fob that off with a 'wait and see' as well."
	Binder says, "Then it couldn't hurt to ask."
	Binder says, "Maybe a save would be in order."
	DavidW asks, "So 2 then?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf35"
Floyd \| >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Yeah, 2"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Yes," she says wryly, "I have access to records in the Phelios Floyd \| Fortress, and I have reason to believe that the end of the human race Floyd \| is afoot, and I rather like living. You three are useful towards that Floyd \| end." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What's this about council members?
Floyd [2] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "The Phelios Fortress was in that movie."
	Binder says, "Or a Fortress on Phelios, anyway."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Haven't you figure it out yet?" I'm Sen Kulpa, one the masked Council Floyd \| of the Thirteen, and I have read all the bounds and known things beyond Floyd \| the ken of all others alive." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Yeah, secret bounds were mentioned as tunable to allow someone ascension to the council."
	DavidW says, "I don't remember anything."
	says, "DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen""
Binder says, "Floyd \| >A female side-kick is incensed, saying "That fiend! What could he be" Binder says, "Floyd \| doing there?"" Binder says, "Floyd \|"		says, "DavidW says (to Floyd), "g""
Binder says, "Floyd \| >Gettare on the screen says, "He must be going to change one of the" Binder says, "Floyd \| secret bounds so that it favours his ascension to the council!"" Binder says, "Floyd \|"		Binder says, "That part."
	Binder says, "So there were possible hints to what's going on in the video entertainment, assuming Sen is not also filling us up with marshmallow fluff."
	jojo says, "Gotta love foreshadowing through the method of cheesy action films."
	DavidW says, "I'm not really following the politics of this, but ok, Sen doesn't want to die is at least understandable."
	Binder says, "Yeah, humanity surviving seems Worthy even if we're only a pawn in this scheme."
	Zach asks, "Or maybe the video was a dream from our memories?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"When we arri..." and Sen is cut short by gravity suddenly emerging in Floyd \| the tiny pod. She lands roughly on her shoulder, and you're left Floyd \| dangling unceremoniously from your binds. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Here," she says, "let me get you down so you can do your duty." Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen leads you through the airlock into a series of narrow chambers. The Floyd \| gravity is not quite what you're used to on Monarch but is better than Floyd \| the weightlessness of the Morbozzo pod. Soon you reach the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| Ancient Observation Window Floyd \| You are standing with the others in front of a vast window, through Floyd \| which you can see a tiny blue dot (half illuminated by Sehrn) in the Floyd \| distance of space: Monarch. Floyd \| Floyd \| The place is strewn with the detritus of past archaeological Floyd \| expeditions. Floyd \| Floyd \| "By Fat! Would you look at that view," says Kadro. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "look at view"
Floyd \| >You once heard that space isn't really black, but a dark blue. Or was Floyd \| it beige? In any case it would be very black and forbodious beyond the Floyd \| window were it not for all the brilliant stars. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's about to get more spectacular," says Sen Kulpa, peering out into Floyd \| the void. Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "oh dear. Is Sehrn gonna go nova then?"
	Binder says, "I get the feeling that Sen is one of those people who's never happy in the moment."
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >You once heard that space isn't really black, but a dark blue. Or was Floyd \| it beige? In any case it would be very black and forbodious beyond the Floyd \| window were it not for all the brilliant stars. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's going to lag hard if Monarch really does explode," little Jimmy Floyd \| says. Floyd \|	Zach says, "heh"
	Binder says, "Not the sun but the world. That seems not great."
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to sen"
Floyd \| >For now you can't get in a word edgeways as the others speak. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It will," says Sen, "the alpha radiation readings are unequivocal: Floyd \| there will be no Monarch soon enough. If my research is right, the Floyd \| ancients had put in place technology to harness the energy of an Event Floyd \| such as this. This must be how they travel from galaxy to galaxy." Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "Great Krypton!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x monarch"
Floyd \| >Monarch, the planet of your birth, sixth in Andromeda's trinary Floyd \| system. Something looks wrong with it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is looking uncomfortable, as if the truth of it is starting to Floyd \| sink in. "Amato are you sure that this can we're in is the oh-one Floyd \| that'll zip us the next galaxy?" Floyd \|	Zach says, "Is this related to the other games? I think I remember Monarch being destroyed in the latest Andromeda game."
	DavidW says, "It's supposed to be related enough to be within canon, yes."
	Binder says, "OK, I concede the 'Kadro speaks in boolean' point."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Ancient Observation Window Floyd \| You are standing with the others in front of a vast window, through Floyd \| which you can see a tiny blue dot in the distance of space: Monarch. Floyd \| Floyd \| The place is strewn with the detritus of past archaeological Floyd \| expeditions. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Well," says Sen, "there's a small possibility that it's the Floyd \| Hyerotropes we want instead." Floyd \| Floyd \| And that's when Monarch implodes and the mechanosatellite fills with Floyd \| brilliant white light. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the final moment, you know what to do. You desperately perform a Floyd \| reality check, hoping fervently that this is just a suggested dream. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd** \| command?	Binder exclaims, "whoops!"
	Binder says, "That seems like a lose and I think I remember that the hyerotropes were the escape route in another Andromeda."
	Zach says, "Sure, but I didn't know if the events paralleled each other."
	Binder says, "Sen's not as smart as she thinks she is."
Binder says (to Floyd), "wake"
Floyd \| > Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?	Binder says, "awww"
	DavidW says, "I'm not sure if we lost the game or not."
	Binder says, "My read is that we blew up just there, with Monarch."
Binder says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| > Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?
Binder says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| > The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| Ancient Observation Window Floyd \| You are standing with the others in front of a vast window, through Floyd \| which you can see a tiny blue dot in the distance of space: Monarch. Floyd \| Floyd \| The place is strewn with the detritus of past archaeological Floyd \| expeditions. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| >There is no score in this story. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Yeah, the character in Andromeda Apocalypse survives because he's in a Hyerotrope."
	Binder asks, "Do we want to restore a save or start over knowing what we know now?"
	Zach asks, "Is there anything different we can do in the last few turns?"
	DavidW says, "I thought a hyerotrope was a sphere, not a type of person."
	Binder says, "I feel like we're on rails from the point Jimmy uses our command word."
	Binder says, "It is a sphere and it's a kind of Ancient ship, as I recall."
	Zach says, "Yeah"
	Binder asks, "Maybe if we eschew telly and fake obedience when we have a chance we can have more agency?"
	Zach says, "I guess in this game Sen thought we needed to be on one of the Mechanostations."
	DavidW says, "I'm really tired again. I don't know why. I gotta lie down. Not sure how long I need."
	Zach asks, "Could we try waking up at the very end?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "wake"
Floyd \| >You suspect that this is another sabotaged dream. You're probably Floyd \| lying on a bed back in Monarch with these creeps whispering over you. Floyd \| Before Monarch is destroyed, you calmly try opening your eyes for the Floyd \| second time... Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd** \| command?	Binder says, "That looks like no."
	Binder says, "Or at least ambiguously not-obviously-correct."
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| > The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| Ancient Observation Window Floyd \| You are standing with the others in front of a vast window, through Floyd \| which you can see a tiny blue dot in the distance of space: Monarch. Floyd \| Floyd \| The place is strewn with the detritus of past archaeological Floyd \| expeditions. Floyd \|	Binder says (to DavidW), "OK, we'll struggle on without you."
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You couldn't possibly sleep now. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Well," says Sen, "there's a small possibility that it's the Floyd \| Hyerotropes we want instead." Floyd \| Floyd \| And that's when Monarch implodes and the mechanosatellite fills with Floyd \| brilliant white light. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the final moment, you know what to do. You desperately perform a Floyd \| reality check, hoping fervently that this is just a suggested dream. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd** \| command?	Binder says, "Yeah, I think this is the real stuff, at the end. We've been freed from the bunk and much is revealed."
	Binder says, "The play outside of the play."
	Zach says, "Sure, let's restart and try to change our fate."
Binder says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| "...deflagged the bitster down in big M, but he had less than four." Floyd \| Floyd \| "By Fat! That must've lagged." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Thought I was gonna be deflagged too but no, they zip me up here with Floyd \| you one-oh." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Cold as Korh. Well us we... wait... our reg is stirring. Space it." Floyd \| Floyd \| Andromeda Dreaming Floyd \| A Space Operetta by Joey Jones Floyd \| Release 2 / Serial number 120716 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib Floyd \| 6/12N) Floyd \| Please type ABOUT. Floyd \| Floyd \| Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You awake in Bunk C of Pod 19-Q, in the Morbozzo space station, Floyd \| location unknown. It's a narrow cylinder, big enough for one person to Floyd \| float in, with four bunks. You must have been shuttled in through the Floyd \| airlock on one end; the other end is taken up by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Across the pod, a bearded man leans out of Bunk A, staring avidly at Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) and Bunk D (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Wow this prologue dialogue makes much more sense, now."
	Binder says, "They caught somebody on Monarch, but he didn't have anything. That must have sucked. I thought they would catch me too, but they sent me up here with you two. Very nice, but the Monarchian is waking, shut up."
Zach says (to Floyd), "ask man about dreams"
Floyd \| >[If you want to communicate with the bearded man, just TALK TO BEARDED Floyd \| MAN (or T BEARDED MAN for short).] Floyd \| You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \| "So at last the reg awakes. Stato me amato?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Uh, sorry?
Floyd [2] My name is Aliss?
Floyd [3] I had a bad flu?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Digital! I'm Kadro, but that's not what I asked you, reg." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Uh, sorry?
Floyd [2] I had a bad flu?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Amato, that's cold as Korh. I hope the bitsters deflagged it. Floyd \| Wouldn't want to catch something I couldn't throw back." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Don't worry- it's not infectious.
Floyd [2] Why do you speak so strangely?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Why'd they can you then?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] I'm not sure.
Floyd [2] There must have been some sort of risk?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >Now you come to think about it, your memories of your illness are very Floyd \| vague. You remember coughing up a lot of blood, passing out and waking Floyd \| up here. Maybe a nurse talked to you in between and told you where you Floyd \| were going. It's all a bit unclear. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Digital," Kadro says emphatically, as if that settled it. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you speak so strangely?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Oho, that's an interesting bit."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Look amato, if you're gonna get far in Morbozzo you gotta speak the Floyd \| right frequency, you bit?" Floyd \| Floyd \| He looks at your look of incomprehension and continues, "You ever even Floyd \| been to a sky city, reg?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Uh...
Floyd [2] Well...
Floyd [3] Not quite...
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Monarch true, huh?" Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro opens his palms and says, "Well, most places gots their own Floyd \| slang, you bit? Uh, 'you know'? Well us age-long Morbozzans have our Floyd \| words for things. It's so regs and prens don't bit our frequency." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What's a 'reg', or a 'pren' for that matter?
Floyd [2] Tell me about Morbozzo
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"A pren is someone who apprehends you but Fat knows why they call Floyd \| Monarchans 'reg' or 'nob' or 'queeny'. There's a lot I don't bit, like Floyd \| what a hyerotrope is or why the bad guys never deflag Gettare," he says Floyd \| emphasising his last point by pointing at the big screen. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Tell me about Morbozzo
Floyd [2] What was that about hyerotropes?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Ah Fat bits," says Kadro shrugging his shoulders, "there's more than Floyd \| four but less than a googolplex of them." Floyd \| Floyd \| Now that you think about it, you recall that the hyerotropes are Floyd \| perfect spheres sometimes found under the surface of Monarch. You Floyd \| haven't the foggiest about them, but then, you didn't exactly study Floyd \| hard sciences. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Tell me about Morbozzo
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Morbozzo is the best quarantine space station there is," he says. "Of Floyd \| course, there's less than four others. It's the place for deflagging Floyd \| disease and each of its self-contained pods can be attached to shuttles Floyd \| and zipped elsewhere, totally spaced so the rest of the station won't Floyd \| even miss it." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Have you been to any others?
Floyd [2] How long have you been here?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Oh probs one-oh-one months by now, but who's counting?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why are you here?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >He coughs unconvincingly and leaves it at that. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Across the pod, a bearded man leans out of Bunk A, staring avidly at Floyd \| the screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) and Bunk D (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says (to Zach), "sleep now, I think, unless there's more delving you wanted to do"
	Binder says, "Or anyone else. It's just been us mostly."
	Zach asks, "Sleep sounds good. Do you have any ideas about what to do differently this time?"
	Zach says, "I wonder if the test question does matter."
	Binder asks, "Not turn on the speakers, maybe?"
	Binder says, "Yeah, maybe that matters."
	PaulS says, "I got here late, so I've just been watching you guys, and happy to keep doing that."
Binder says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Binder says (to Floyd), "cf36"
Floyd \| >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \|	Binder says (to PaulS), "That's fair. Jump in if you think of something."
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Selection Hall Floyd \| The hall is full of vibertron screens for picking modules. There are Floyd \| dozens of stalls where experts stand, ready to give advice. You guess Floyd \| there should be other students here, but you find it hard to focus on Floyd \| any of them. Floyd \| Floyd \| One expert stands near you. This is the one you will speak with. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x expert"
Floyd \| >You can't remember whether it was a man or woman. As you stare, the Floyd \| expert looks like the professor that taught you later and your mother's Floyd \| second sister at the same time. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to expert"
Floyd \| >You approach the nearby expert and it seems to tower over you. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What course do you represent?" you ask. You don't remember there being Floyd \| any banner or reading material laid out. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What is a dream?" the expert asks. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Is that what you represent? Dream research?
Floyd [2] A dream is an illusion while you sleep.
Floyd [3] A dream can be a hope or aspiration.
Floyd [4] A dream is just your brain processing things while you sleep.
Floyd [5] Everything is a dream.
Floyd [6] I don't know. You tell me.
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Before we did 6."
	Zach asks, "Maybe 4?"
	Binder asks, "4 is okay. If we think we need to change the tenor of our dream interactions, maybe a less cynical response?"
	Binder says, "Like 3, for example, which gives dreaming a positive spin."
	Binder says, "as opposed to the realism of 4"
	Zach asks, "Or show that we know what the deal is?"
	Binder says, "Yeah, that was my intent with a later response where 'dreams are control' but maybe saying that makes it so."
	Binder says, "Let's do 4."
Binder says (to Floyd), "4"
Floyd \| >"And is your consciousness just your brain processing things while Floyd \| you're awake?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] I suppose so.
Floyd [2] No, I have free will when I'm awake.
Floyd [3] Good question. Where do I sign up?
Floyd [4] Enough of this, I'm not interested.
Floyd \|	Binder says, "HM"
	Zach says, "Interesting"
	Binder asks, "Is having free will as simple as saying we have it?"
	Zach says, "Perhaps!"
	Binder says, "More than is dreamt of in your IF."
	Zach asks, "Or maybe that would be naive?"
	Binder says, "Let's try naive."
	olethros asks, "if the player is controlled by a bunch of mudders, who has free will?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"And you don't have free will when you're asleep?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Hmm... maybe we do.
Floyd [2] No, we cannot control our dreams.
Floyd \|	Zach says, "I'd say it's worth trying though."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"I think you may be ready for our course," the expert says, "are you Floyd \| ready to join?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Yes
Floyd [2] No
Floyd \|	Binder asks, "... ok?"
olethros has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.	Binder says, "I feel like I accidentally passed a secret society screening."
	Zach says, "yeah"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >The expert takes out an E-Pad from below the stall. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You won't find oneironautics on the core syllabus. Touch the pad Floyd \| here." Floyd \|	Zach says, "Indeed"
Binder says (to Floyd), "touch pad"
Floyd \| >You begin to enter in your details in the E-Pad and the expert turns Floyd \| to you and says, "Are you awake, reg?" Floyd \|	Binder asks, "OK, so it exits the same way but maybe our answers will be meaningful later?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| A thin woman has leaned out of Bunk D as far as her straps will allow, Floyd \| staring right at you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is looking on with interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|	Zach says, "I hope so"
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to woman"
Floyd \| >"You don't know how lucky you are," says the thin woman. "I'm Sen Floyd \| Kulpa, you can call me Sen. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Hello Sen. I'm Aliss.
Floyd [2] Why do you say I'm lucky?
Floyd [3] Stato me amato?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >""Kadro here tells me that you were quarantined for illness, is that Floyd \| true?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Yes, but I'm not infectious.
Floyd [2] No, I'm not unwell.
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Then I wonder why they quarantined you then," she says. Floyd \| Floyd \| The strange thing is, she doesn't sound curious. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you say I'm lucky?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Oh, you'll see," she says before withdrawing to her bunk, sealing Floyd \| herself in again. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Ominous Sen is ominous."
	Zach asks, "Could we try 2 before?"
	Binder says (to Zach), "Feel free to undo and run it again."
	Binder will stay out of the way.
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has leaned out of Bunk D as far as her straps will allow, staring Floyd \| right at you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is looking on with interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to sen"
Floyd \| >"You don't know how lucky you are," says the thin woman. "I'm Sen Floyd \| Kulpa, you can call me Sen. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you say I'm lucky?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has leaned out of Bunk D as far as her straps will allow, staring Floyd \| right at you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is looking on with interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| [I need some kind of reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a Floyd \| number, or say REPEAT to reacquaint yourself with your options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "repeat"
Floyd \| >The available options are: Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Yes, but I'm not infectious.
Floyd [2] No, I'm not unwell.
Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| [I need some kind of reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a Floyd \| number, or say REPEAT to reacquaint yourself with your options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >[Valid responses range from 1-2. Type REPEAT to relist the options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"Quite so," she says, "you don't look ill." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you say I'm lucky?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Zach says, "Hmm. Maybe it doesn't matter"
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Oh, you'll see," she says before withdrawing to her bunk, sealing Floyd \| herself in again. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Yeah."
	Binder says, "I think it matters more what she hints at knowing but doesn't tell us."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. The pod is quite warm, and warm enclosed spaces have Floyd \| a naturally soporific effect on you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro has resumed watching the never ending series of action vids. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sleeping Chamber Floyd \| You're lying in the soft cyanotic glow of the sleeping chamber. It's Floyd \| the third week of your new course. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jaspers, a new instructor with sparkling eyes and perma-stubble, sits Floyd \| nearby whispering. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your eyes are shut. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the word duty, a new feeling of calm will come over Floyd \| you." Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| Sleeping Chamber Floyd \| You're lying in the soft cyanotic glow of the sleeping chamber. It's Floyd \| the third week of your new course. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jaspers, a new instructor with sparkling eyes and perma-stubble, sits Floyd \| nearby whispering. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your eyes are shut. Floyd \|	Binder says, "It occurs to me to wonder if NOT listening is the right thing here."
	Binder says, "If we're remembering previous conditioning, probably it doesn't matter."
	Binder says, "if we're experiencing conditioning in the bunk, maybe it does."
	Zach asks, "What if we try waking right now?"
	Zach says, "Before listening"
Binder says (to Floyd), "wake"
Floyd \| >You stir and find yourself back Morbozzo, strapped in a bunk in Pod Floyd \| 19-Q. Floyd \| Floyd \| Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says, "That's the question. Either we missed a memory of conditioning we have or we missed being conditioned."
	Binder says, "Hm, looks the same as when we went under. Maybe we didn't progress anything with that glimpse."
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to kadro"
Floyd \| >You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Do you ever dream?
Floyd [2] What's with Sen?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Zach says, "Right, maybe we aren't dreaming at all"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >He smiles wickedly. "Dreaming is a very bad habit." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] No it's not.
Floyd [2] Ah, you're probably right.
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"I'm always right, by Fat! Except when I ain't." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why's everything always 'by Fat'?
Floyd [2] That's a tautology.
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Look amato," he says, taking on a condescending tone, "you probably Floyd \| didn't notice what with being so grounded all the time, but there are Floyd \| three suns in the sky, right? Fatimah, Korhos and a certain Sehrn. Ring Floyd \| a bell?" Floyd \| Floyd \| You decide not to rise to the bait. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What's with Sen?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder exclaims, "Oh man he's trolling us about the suns!"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Hah! She's a regular cannery girl, that is to say, she's not a reg Floyd \| like you or a Morbozzan like me and Jimmy. She's from the sky cities Floyd \| but I'd say she's spent time grounded." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Who's Jimmy?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"You bit Morbozzo's the can where they space whatever the prens don't Floyd \| want spreading. Jimmy, well he has a head full of ideas and there's Floyd \| less than four more infectious." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (closed) here. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Well I guess we sleep again to get to the opening of Bunk B."
	Zach says, "Yeah"
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sleeping Chamber Floyd \| You're lying in the soft cyanotic glow of the sleeping chamber. It's Floyd \| the third week of your new course. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jaspers, a new instructor with sparkling eyes and perma-stubble, sits Floyd \| nearby whispering. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your eyes are shut. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Oh, back here. Hm."
	DavidW says, "I'm back too. Hi Jaspers!"
	Binder says, "So just 'wake' before didn't bypass this. We may have to listen."
	Zach says, "Dang"
	Zach says, "Yeah"
	Binder says, "Well that's good in a way."
	Binder says, "It seems confirmation that this is memory of conditioning we start with."
	Binder says, "So how the heck can we break it to get agency."
	Binder says (to DavidW), "WB."
	DavidW asks (of Binder), "Warner Brothers?"
	Binder says (to DavidW), "Absolutely. Alternately, Welcome Back."
	Binder says (to DavidW), "I've no way to enforce auctorial intent, so deconstruct all you like."
	DavidW asks, "I'm not certain we have any real agency in this game. If we were preconditioned before the game even begins...?"
	Zach says (to DavidW), "Hey hey."
	Binder says, "Yeah, that's the question."
	Binder asks, "How railed are we. In which case maybe there is no 'happy' ending where we survive?"
	Binder says, "But it seems weird we didn't kill anyone in the finale."
	Binder asks, "Like does Sen have us along as an intimidator in case someone doesn't go along with her plan?"
	Zach says, "Oh, yeah"
	Zach says, "Maybe we can >kill sen or something and escape"
	Zach asks, "So, listen through this sequence?"
	Binder says, "Sure."
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the word duty, a new feeling of calm will come over Floyd \| you." Floyd \|	DavidW says, "I suppose there's a chance we can remember that we fooled our instructors into thinking we were conditioned when we really weren't and therefore we aren't conditioned now..."
Binder says (to Floyd), "ignore jasper"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "fight hypnosis"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|	Binder says, "resist conditioning"
	Binder says, "er, ilaf"
	Zach says, ">say la la la I can't hear you"
Binder says (to Floyd), "resist conditioning"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill jaspers"
Floyd \| >Now is the time for listening to Jaspers and trying not to fall Floyd \| asleep. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| >"Duty." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the phrase do your duty, you will listen." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >"Do your duty." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >"...and when I say the word..." Floyd \|	Binder says, "I guess this is like the NSA recruiting math grads, the assassin bureau recruits dream grads."
Zach says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >And so it goes on and on as the need to sleep grows. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You begin to drift off as Jaspers' whispered words wash over you. You Floyd \| wake up and the room is dark and there's no one around. Then you wake Floyd \| up again, back in Pod 19-Q. That was the last time you remember seeing Floyd \| Jaspers. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "remember jaspers"
Floyd \| >I only understood you as far as wanting to remember. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "remember"
Floyd \| >What a good idea. Floyd \|	Binder says, "hrmph"
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is staring at the big screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Bunk B (in which is a sleeper) here. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to kadro"
Floyd \| >You turn to the bearded man and he temporarily turns off his speakers. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You stay quiet for now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x sleeper"
Floyd \| >The man is fast asleep, turned away from you, and all you can see of Floyd \| him is his wild shock of hair and scars interlaced down his back. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x scars"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x sleeper's scars"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x hair"
Floyd \| >Jimmy's hair is vast and incredibly messy. It's unusual that he was Floyd \| allowed to keep his. Floyd \|	Binder says, "So we can see his hair but not his scars. Which we can see. OK."
Zach says (to Floyd), "x back"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|	Binder says, "I guess not all hair is equal if it's unusual to keep your hair in these pods but we didn't remark on beardy guy in that way."
	Binder asks, "Anything else before sleep again?"
	Zach says, "We've got hairy and beardy as roommates. Aren't we lucky."
	Zach says, "Nope"
	Binder says, "Hairy, Beardy and Ominous."
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Final Exam (on the hard chair) Floyd \| It's your final exam; you've already passed all the practical lucid Floyd \| dreaming and hypnosis tests. You're at a steel table, there are no Floyd \| other students around you. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the steel table is an Exam-Pad. Floyd \|	Binder asks (of Zach), "You had some ideas you wanted to try here?"
Binder says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Binder says (to Floyd), "cf37"
Floyd \| >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Yeah"
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to pad"
Floyd \| >You have in front of you the vibertron exam-pad. You must dictate a Floyd \| short thesis encapsulating your position on the nature of dreaming. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Dream is caused by memories filling in for veridical sensation.
Floyd [2] Dream creates a world anew: existence is the collective dream.
Floyd [3] Dream is a powerful tool for control.
Floyd [4] Dream is nonsense.
Floyd [5] We live as we dream, alone.
Floyd \|	Zach says, "Well, if these answers do indeed matter..."
	Zach says, "I was thinking at first 1 because it would be realistic, but maybe 2 would give us some control."
	PaulS says, "2 is the only answer which suggests control at all."
Zach says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >You explain how we do not see reality directly, but as through a glass Floyd \| darkly. Dreaming involves the same processes of waking conciousness, Floyd \| but our dreams do not have to cohere with the perceptions of others. Floyd \| Your more phenomenological approach gels well with the prejudices of Floyd \| your department and you'll come top of the class. (Though by this Floyd \| stage, there are only three of you left in the unadvertised Advanced Floyd \| Onieronautics course.) Floyd \| Floyd \| The invigilator says, "Time's up, we're gonna be there any moment now." Floyd \|	Zach says, "Hmm"
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| [I need some kind of reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a Floyd \| number, or say REPEAT to reacquaint yourself with your options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "4"
Floyd \| >You'll explain how, although it is possible to experience dreams Floyd \| lucidly, real deep sleep dreams are nonsensical experiences that bear Floyd \| no direct relation to veridical experience and are perhaps best ignored Floyd \| in favour of more concrete pursuits. It is only your measured style and Floyd \| good marks in other modules that allows you to pass the course. Floyd \| Floyd \| The invigilator says, "Time's up, we're gonna be there any moment now." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| [I need some kind of reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a Floyd \| number, or say REPEAT to reacquaint yourself with your options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >You explain how dreams are a neurological feature hard-wired into our Floyd \| biology, and you reel off the main theories as to what evolutionary Floyd \| purpose they serve. You're guaranteed a good mark, but you know that Floyd \| some of your instructors would vehemently disagree with you. Floyd \| Floyd \| The invigilator says, "Time's up, we're gonna be there any moment now." Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| [I need some kind of reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a Floyd \| number, or say REPEAT to reacquaint yourself with your options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "5"
Floyd \| >You put forward a full defence of solipsism, arguing that, Floyd \| theoretically, full dream control might allow one to alter waking Floyd \| experience, as all experience is only in the mind. You'll get a fairly Floyd \| high mark but will convince none of the markers of your position. Floyd \| Floyd \| The invigilator says, "Time's up, we're gonna be there any moment now." Floyd \|	Zach says, "That might be promising"
	Zach asks, "Any thoughts?"
	Binder says, "Seems fine to me."
	DavidW says, "none from me. I suppose just go with it."
	PaulS says, "I've got no idea at all."
	Binder says, "We've got a save if we want to roll back again."
Zach says (to Floyd), "z"	Binder says, "It's cf37."
Floyd \| >Time passes. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men are leaning out of their bunks, engaged in a low Floyd \| conversation that you can't quite make out. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \|	PaulS says, "And I have to go and get something to eat, too."
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men are leaning out of their bunks, engaged in a low Floyd \| conversation that you can't quite make out. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to men"
Floyd \| >You listen on for a lull in their conversation before jumping in. Floyd \| While you do, you catch the two of them pointedly not looking at Bunk Floyd \| D. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Ah, excuse me," you venture. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What is it, reg?" says Kadro Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What was that about arriving somewhere?
Floyd [2] Ah, never mind.
Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"You shoulda spaced it," says little Jimmy. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Yeah, but the reg was asleep. She's always asleep," says Kadro. Then, Floyd \| turning to you he says, "Look amato, all one-double-oh of us are Floyd \| zipping out of this can in just a few clicks. Would you do your duty Floyd \| and give us a hand when we dock?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Sure thing.
Floyd [2] Wait, I think you have a lot to explain.
Floyd [3] No way!
Floyd [4] We're leaving Morbozzo?
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Try something other than 1 and if we answer 1 anyway, seems bad."
Zach says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >You open your mouth to question him, but to your surprise you say Floyd \| "Sure thing!" instead. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men share a knowing glance, and little Jimmy floats out of his Floyd \| bay towards the airlock, his straps clearly undone. In moments, he has Floyd \| it open and has disappeared out. Floyd \|	Binder says, "crud"
Zach says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| >The previous turn has been undone. Floyd \| [I need some kind of reaction from you to continue the scene. Enter a Floyd \| number, or say REPEAT to reacquaint yourself with your options.] Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Sure thing!" you say, and it seems the most natural thing in the Floyd \| world to help these people out. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men share a knowing glance, and little Jimmy floats out of his Floyd \| bay towards the airlock, his straps clearly undone. In moments, he has Floyd \| it open and has disappeared out. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Hmm. Maybe we do have to kill someone at the end."
Zach says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro looks on at you expectantly. Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to kadro"
Floyd \| >"I'm very much still strapped to the bunk here Kadro," you say. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to kadro"
Floyd \| "You bit that I can't just let you loose. It's not time for you to Floyd \| leave the can. Float tight, I'll go and see what Jimmy's snaffling. Floyd \| This may take a while." Floyd \| Floyd \| With that he floats over to the airlock, opening and closing it behind Floyd \| him. Much time passes and no one returns, and still it is warm in the Floyd \| pod. Floyd \| Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|	Binder says, "timing"
Zach says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Bedroom Floyd \| The pink light of two of the three suns paints your bedroom pink, but Floyd \| the morning scene is hard to appreciate as you're covered in blood. Floyd \|	DavidW asks, "How would killing someone stop the disaster?"
	Zach says, "Maybe there's an escape pod."
	Binder says, "If there's one thing action movies has taught me, it's that killing the villain will always fix the problem."
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >You're dressed to go out, which is odd for this time of morning, and Floyd \| you're covered in blood. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x blood"
Floyd \| >Your jumpsuit is coated in blood. This must be part of the sickness Floyd \| for which you were quarantined. It's becoming very uncomfortable to Floyd \| wear the jumpsuit now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x jumpsuit"
Floyd \| >Your favourite jumpsuit is now soaked in blood. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Bedroom Floyd \| The pink light of two of the three suns paints your bedroom pink, but Floyd \| the morning scene is hard to appreciate as you're covered in blood. Floyd \|	Zach \| each of its self-contained pods can be attached to shuttles
Binder says (to Floyd), "remove jumpsuit"
Floyd \| >You pull your sodden jumpsuit off. Perhaps you had an external injury Floyd \| to have so much blood? Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >Looking at yourself now, you realise that you have no injury and you Floyd \| don't feel unwell. The blood can't be your own. The words 'do your Floyd \| duty' echo faintly and your bedroom fades into darkness. Floyd \| Floyd \| Backstreet Floyd \| You're in a narrow backstreet, hunched over the dead body of the Floyd \| scientist, Dr. Andy Re's. He's supposed to have a folder on him. It was Floyd \| your duty to find it. To find it and forget. Except in dreams no one Floyd \| ever truly forgets. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x body"
Floyd \| >You rifle through Andy's pockets, his sticky blood coating your Floyd \| jumpsuit even more. But he has nothing on him. You know that this Floyd \| wasn't supposed to happen, but you can't recall who ever gave you the Floyd \| order to kill and search his body. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You really are luckier than you know," someone says behind you. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x someone"
Floyd \| >Sen has very angular features and is perhaps in her mid-forties, but Floyd \| it's hard to tell for sure. Although she is very thin, her cheeks are Floyd \| flush with colour and she doesn't seem to be displaying any outward Floyd \| signs of illness. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to sen"
Floyd \| >You turn to the woman before you. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] I think you owe me some answers.
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Answers?" Sen says, "I owe you many things, but answers are not one Floyd \| of them." Floyd \| Floyd \| Then, pondering for a moment, she says, "Actually, you'll be of more Floyd \| use to us if you're not completely in the dark. Do you know much about Floyd \| the ancients?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Um... a little bit.
Floyd [2] Not much admittedly.
Floyd \|	Binder says, "Not sure this choice makes a difference."
	Zach says, "Yeah"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"About two thousand years ago a great event wiped out part of our Floyd \| galaxy and our ancestors came to live in the mechanosatellites, long Floyd \| range orbitals floating around Monarch. I have arranged for our pod to Floyd \| be dislocated from Morbozzo and taken to the Mechanosatellites. The Floyd \| quarantine was, if you like, a ruse to get us all up there without Floyd \| certain someones finding out." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you want us to go to the mechanosatellites?
Floyd [2] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [3] What's this got to do with me?
Floyd [4] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "I think we managed to see all of these before."
	Binder says, "So I'll just walk them."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"You'll have to wait and see. You'll be quite instrumental when we get Floyd \| there." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [2] What's this got to do with me?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Why the other council members of course. After we had you knock off Floyd \| poor Dr. Re's, I was supposed to have you and the other sleeper agents Floyd \| killed too. Be glad that I had other plans." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why did you have me do this?
Floyd [2] Plans?
Floyd [3] Other council members?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"We've been priming you for a long time to act as a sleeper assassin. Floyd \| The best killer is someone who doesn't know they are one. But it turns Floyd \| out that there might be another good use for you." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What's this got to do with me?
Floyd [2] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"As I said, I think you'll be useful beyond being just an expendable Floyd \| assassin. The benefit of having you here is that the others think that Floyd \| you're dead." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "See? This sure seems like we could and should do something at the end."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"When we arri..." and Sen is cut short by gravity suddenly emerging in Floyd \| the tiny pod. She lands roughly on her shoulder, and you're left Floyd \| dangling unceremoniously from your binds. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Here," she says, "let me get you down so you can do your duty." Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen leads you through the airlock into a series of narrow chambers. The Floyd \| gravity is not quite what you're used to on Monarch but is better than Floyd \| the weightlessness of the Morbozzo pod. Soon you reach the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| Ancient Observation Window Floyd \| You are standing with the others in front of a vast window, through Floyd \| which you can see a tiny blue dot (half illuminated by Sehrn) in the Floyd \| distance of space: Monarch. Floyd \| Floyd \| The place is strewn with the detritus of past archaeological Floyd \| expeditions. Floyd \| Floyd \| "By Fat! Would you look at that view," says Kadro. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Binder says (to Floyd), "cf38"
Floyd \| >Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "kill sen"
Floyd \| >You're not a violent person. You cannot self-conjure a violent impulse Floyd \| even if you wanted it. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's about to get more spectacular," says Sen Kulpa, peering out into Floyd \| the void. Floyd \|	Binder says, "I AM A TRAINED ASSASSIN."
Zach says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| >You are wearing: Floyd \| a medical shift Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's going to lag hard if Monarch really does explode," little Jimmy Floyd \| says. Floyd \|	Binder asks, "What, do I kill people with KINDNESS?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "kill jimmy"
Floyd \| >You're not a violent person. You cannot self-conjure a violent impulse Floyd \| even if you wanted it. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It will," says Sen, "the alpha radiation readings are unequivocal: Floyd \| there will be no Monarch soon enough. If my research is right, the Floyd \| ancients had put in place technology to harness the energy of an Event Floyd \| such as this. This must be how they travel from galaxy to galaxy." Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to sen"
Floyd \| >For now you can't get in a word edgeways as the others speak. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is looking uncomfortable, as if the truth of it is starting to Floyd \| sink in. "Amato are you sure that this can we're in is the oh-one Floyd \| that'll zip us the next galaxy?" Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "escape"
Floyd \| >From here you can go absolutely nowhere. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Well," says Sen, "there's a small possibility that it's the Floyd \| Hyerotropes we want instead." Floyd \| Floyd \| And that's when Monarch implodes and the mechanosatellite fills with Floyd \| brilliant white light. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the final moment, you know what to do. You calmly lie on the ground, Floyd \| close your eyes, and wake up to create a new universe. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd** \| command?	Binder says, "Bah."
	Zach says, "Wait, that's good"
	Binder says, "That ending is different."
	Zach says, "The last bit"
	Binder says, "Yeah."
	Binder asks, "Maybe that's what we change with our thesis response?"
	DavidW says, "huh. I guess so."
	Binder says, "98 tags on ifdb for 'puzzleless'"
	Binder says, "And this has one of them."
	DavidW asks, "You do reach a reasonable ending regardless, no?"
	Binder says, "I think this is one of the places I disagree with some more artistic/experiential IF."
	Binder says, "I want more resolution in my resolutions."
	Zach says, "I find this ending more satisfying"
	Zach says, "But I would like a resolution from the game itself"
	Zach says, "Even if it's just 'try to find all the endings!'"
	Binder says, "Well, we could go again from save cf37 or whatever that was where we have our grad exam."
	Binder says, "See if it plays out the same until the end."
	Zach says, "OK."
Binder says (to Floyd), "restore cf3"
Floyd \| > Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?
Binder says (to Floyd), "restore"
Binder says (to Floyd), "cf37"
Floyd \| > Enter saved game to load: Ok. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Final Exam (on the hard chair) Floyd \| It's your final exam; you've already passed all the practical lucid Floyd \| dreaming and hypnosis tests. You're at a steel table, there are no Floyd \| other students around you. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the steel table is an Exam-Pad. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to epad"
Floyd \| >You can't see any such thing. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd \| >One of the many light steel-alloy tables designed to fit into the Floyd \| university's 9720"s décor. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the steel table is an Exam-Pad.
PaulS goes home.
Floyd \|
Zach says (to Floyd), "talk to pad"
Floyd \| >You have in front of you the vibertron exam-pad. You must dictate a Floyd \| short thesis encapsulating your position on the nature of dreaming. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Dream is caused by memories filling in for veridical sensation.
Floyd [2] Dream creates a world anew: existence is the collective dream.
Floyd [3] Dream is a powerful tool for control.
Floyd [4] Dream is nonsense.
Floyd [5] We live as we dream, alone.
Floyd \|	Zach says, "I think we tried 3 and 5"
	Binder says, "Yeah. 3 was first game and 5 was second"
	Binder asks, "2?"
	DavidW says, "yes please"
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >You explain how we do not see reality directly, but as through a glass Floyd \| darkly. Dreaming involves the same processes of waking conciousness, Floyd \| but our dreams do not have to cohere with the perceptions of others. Floyd \| Your more phenomenological approach gels well with the prejudices of Floyd \| your department and you'll come top of the class. (Though by this Floyd \| stage, there are only three of you left in the unadvertised Advanced Floyd \| Onieronautics course.) Floyd \| Floyd \| The invigilator says, "Time's up, we're gonna be there any moment now." Floyd \|	Binder says, "It's interesting there are only 3 left. I wonder who they are."
	Binder says, "Kadro & Little Jimmy would be a little pat."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men are leaning out of their bunks, engaged in a low Floyd \| conversation that you can't quite make out. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "eavesdrop"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|	Zach says, "Kadro is always mentioning the number 4"
Binder says (to Floyd), "listen to men"
Floyd \| >You can't quite make out the conversation between the two men. Perhaps Floyd \| you should interrupt? Floyd \|	Binder says, "Less than 4 seems to be slang for 'none'"
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to men"
Floyd \| >You listen on for a lull in their conversation before jumping in. Floyd \| While you do, you catch the two of them pointedly not looking at Bunk Floyd \| D. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Ah, excuse me," you venture. Floyd \| Floyd \| "What is it, reg?" says Kadro Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What was that about arriving somewhere?
Floyd [2] Ah, never mind.
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"You shoulda spaced it," says little Jimmy. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Yeah, but the reg was asleep. She's always asleep," says Kadro. Then, Floyd \| turning to you he says, "Look amato, all one-double-oh of us are Floyd \| zipping out of this can in just a few clicks. Would you do your duty Floyd \| and give us a hand when we dock?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Sure thing.
Floyd [2] Wait, I think you have a lot to explain.
Floyd [3] No way!
Floyd [4] We're leaving Morbozzo?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "4"
Floyd \| >You open your mouth to question him, but to your surprise you say Floyd \| "Sure thing!" instead. Floyd \| Floyd \| The two men share a knowing glance, and little Jimmy floats out of his Floyd \| bay towards the airlock, his straps clearly undone. In moments, he has Floyd \| it open and has disappeared out. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Always with the sure thing."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| >Pod 19-Q (in Bunk C) Floyd \| You have been quarantined in Pod 19-Q. It's a narrow cylinder, big Floyd \| enough for one person to float in, with four bunks. You must have been Floyd \| shuttled in through the airlock on one end; the other end is taken up Floyd \| by a huge screen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen has withdrawn to Bunk D, now closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro looks on at you expectantly. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| >You let the warm stale air of the pod overcome you and soon you drift Floyd \| into altconsciousness. Your internal world-creator is deprived of your Floyd \| full range of senses and draws on memories to fill in the gaps. Floyd \| Floyd \| Bedroom Floyd \| The pink light of two of the three suns paints your bedroom pink, but Floyd \| the morning scene is hard to appreciate as you're covered in blood. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >You're dressed to go out, which is odd for this time of morning, and Floyd \| you're covered in blood. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x blood"
Floyd \| >Your jumpsuit is coated in blood. This must be part of the sickness Floyd \| for which you were quarantined. It's becoming very uncomfortable to Floyd \| wear the jumpsuit now. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "remove jumpsuit"
Floyd \| >You pull your sodden jumpsuit off. Perhaps you had an external injury Floyd \| to have so much blood? Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| >Looking at yourself now, you realise that you have no injury and you Floyd \| don't feel unwell. The blood can't be your own. The words 'do your Floyd \| duty' echo faintly and your bedroom fades into darkness. Floyd \| Floyd \| Backstreet Floyd \| You're in a narrow backstreet, hunched over the dead body of the Floyd \| scientist, Dr. Andy Re's. He's supposed to have a folder on him. It was Floyd \| your duty to find it. To find it and forget. Except in dreams no one Floyd \| ever truly forgets. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x body"
Floyd \| >You rifle through Andy's pockets, his sticky blood coating your Floyd \| jumpsuit even more. But he has nothing on him. You know that this Floyd \| wasn't supposed to happen, but you can't recall who ever gave you the Floyd \| order to kill and search his body. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You really are luckier than you know," someone says behind you. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "x someone"
Floyd \| >Sen has very angular features and is perhaps in her mid-forties, but Floyd \| it's hard to tell for sure. Although she is very thin, her cheeks are Floyd \| flush with colour and she doesn't seem to be displaying any outward Floyd \| signs of illness. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "talk to sen"
Floyd \| >You turn to the woman before you. Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Stato me amato?
Floyd [2] I think you owe me some answers.
Floyd [3] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Binder says, "OHO"
	Binder says, "I remember that from first play but not second."
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >Across the pod Kadro chuckles. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You're new here so I'll forgive the indiscretion," Sen says. "I am not Floyd \| nor will I ever be your 'amato' in either a serious or a jocular Floyd \| sense." Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro laughs again saying, "Don't mind her, reg, she's still sore from Floyd \| her inoculations." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] What inoculations?
Floyd [2] What are you in here for?
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Just some jabs to make dormant the illness that wracked me." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] I think you owe me some answers.
Floyd [2] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|	Zach says, "Huh!"
	Binder says, "hm"
Binder says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| >"Answers?" Sen says, "I owe you many things, but answers are not one Floyd \| of them." Floyd \| Floyd \| Then, pondering for a moment, she says, "Actually, you'll be of more Floyd \| use to us if you're not completely in the dark. Do you know much about Floyd \| the ancients?" Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Um... a little bit.
Floyd [2] Not much admittedly.
Floyd \|
Limax walks slowly out of the room and into the sunset.
Binder says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd \| >"About two thousand years ago a great event wiped out part of our Floyd \| galaxy and our ancestors came to live in the mechanosatellites, long Floyd \| range orbitals floating around Monarch. I have arranged for our pod to Floyd \| be dislocated from Morbozzo and taken to the Mechanosatellites. The Floyd \| quarantine was, if you like, a ruse to get us all up there without Floyd \| certain someones finding out." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you want us to go to the mechanosatellites?
Floyd [2] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [3] What's this got to do with me?
Floyd [4] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >"We've been priming you for a long time to act as a sleeper assassin. Floyd \| The best killer is someone who doesn't know they are one. But it turns Floyd \| out that there might be another good use for you." Floyd \|
Floyd [1] Why do you want us to go to the mechanosatellites?
Floyd [2] Who are these someones that you don't want finding out?
Floyd [3] Are you going to untie me any time soon?
Floyd [4] [Say nothing]
Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd \| >"When we arri..." and Sen is cut short by gravity suddenly emerging in Floyd \| the tiny pod. She lands roughly on her shoulder, and you're left Floyd \| dangling unceremoniously from your binds. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Here," she says, "let me get you down so you can do your duty." Floyd \| Floyd \| Sen leads you through the airlock into a series of narrow chambers. The Floyd \| gravity is not quite what you're used to on Monarch but is better than Floyd \| the weightlessness of the Morbozzo pod. Soon you reach the others. Floyd \| Floyd \| Ancient Observation Window Floyd \| You are standing with the others in front of a vast window, through Floyd \| which you can see a tiny blue dot (half illuminated by Sehrn) in the Floyd \| distance of space: Monarch. Floyd \| Floyd \| The place is strewn with the detritus of past archaeological Floyd \| expeditions. Floyd \| Floyd \| "By Fat! Would you look at that view," says Kadro. Floyd \|	Binder says, "Now I guess we wait for our prince^Wending to arrive."
Binder says (to Floyd), "l view"
Floyd \| >You once heard that space isn't really black, but a dark blue. Or was Floyd \| it beige? In any case it would be very black and forbodious beyond the Floyd \| window were it not for all the brilliant stars. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's about to get more spectacular," says Sen Kulpa, peering out into Floyd \| the void. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "push sen out airlock"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that number. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "survive fate"
Floyd \| >I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd \| >Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's going to lag hard if Monarch really does explode," little Jimmy Floyd \| says. Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It will," says Sen, "the alpha radiation readings are unequivocal: Floyd \| there will be no Monarch soon enough. If my research is right, the Floyd \| ancients had put in place technology to harness the energy of an Event Floyd \| such as this. This must be how they travel from galaxy to galaxy." Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| Kadro is looking uncomfortable, as if the truth of it is starting to Floyd \| sink in. "Amato are you sure that this can we're in is the oh-one Floyd \| that'll zip us the next galaxy?" Floyd \|
Binder says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| >Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Well," says Sen, "there's a small possibility that it's the Floyd \| Hyerotropes we want instead." Floyd \| Floyd \| And that's when Monarch implodes and the mechanosatellite fills with Floyd \| brilliant white light. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the final moment, you know what to do. Floyd \| Floyd \| "This is the vessel to another galaxy, it is, it is!" Floyd \| Floyd \| You scream, hoping desperately that the other three survivors of Floyd \| humanity believe it as fervently as you do. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd** \| command?	Binder says, "Oh nice."
	Zach says, "Yeah, that's a good one"
	Zach says, "This is the first Joey Jones game I've played. He's a good writer."
	Binder says, "It does seem that the grad exam question is a (the?) determinate for ending."
	Zach says, "I think so. That seems to be the only choice that gives us a different past."
	Zach says, "It seems like first dream is important, but I don't know if it changes anything."
	Binder says, "I think I've probably explored as much as I feel the need to so I'm going to bail."
Binder has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.	DavidW says, "I'm satisfied too."
	Zach says, "Sounds good"
	DavidW asks, "so 'f quit'?"
Zach says (to Floyd), "help"
Floyd \| > Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?
Zach says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.	DavidW says, "good show"
Gerynar disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.	Zach says, "I nominate the game for "Best Use of Slang""
genericgeekgirl disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
jojo goes home.
jojo arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
jojo disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.	jojo asks, "I managed to observe a little bit of CF earlier on my phone but I mostly missed it. Did people have fun?"
	Zach says, "I really enjoyed the game."
	Zach asks (of jojo), "Were the exam questions the only factor affecting the ending?"
	jojo says, "That's good to hear! Uh, !!SPOILER!! (yes)"
	Zach says, "That's what we thought, but I wasn't sure if the questions from the first dream had any effect."
	jojo says, "Basically, the exam demonstrates the protagonist/player's view on dreams, which then affects whether dreams can help you in the end."
	Binder says, "I think Jacqueline will cut the transcript long before this part."
***** Note: Just because he said that, here's the whole transcipt! *	jojo says, "The original question is before Aliss has taken the course so it'd be unfair to base her later experience on her earlier half-formed opinions."
	jojo says, "The first question primes the player/Aliss to think about the nature of dreams early in the narrative."
	Zach says, "That it did."
	Binder says, "Yeah. There was some good philosophiphilizing in there."
	jojo says, "I've got very lucky with Clubfloyd: this was the seventh game of mine played here (well, including joint projects)."