ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load perditionsflames" | ||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perdition's Flames -- Copyright 1993, 2002 Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have died. ***
Floyd |
Floyd | All is dark and quiet. There is no sensation, no time. Your mind
Floyd | floats peacefully in a void. You perceive nothing, you feel nothing,
Floyd | you think nothing. Sleep without dreams.
Floyd |
Floyd | All is hazy and gray. Sensation is vague and indistinct. Your mind
Floyd | is sluggish, sleepy. You see gray shapes in a gray fog; you hear
Floyd | distant, muffled sounds. You think, but your thoughts are fleeting,
Floyd | disconnected, momentary flashes of light in a dark night. Time is
Floyd | still frames separated by eons of nothing, brief awakenings in a long
Floyd | sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | All is clear and sharp. Sensation crystalizes from a fog. You see,
Floyd | you hear, you feel. Your mind awakens; you become aware of a place,
Floyd | and a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on a boat.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Perdition's Flames
Floyd | TADS Interactive Fiction
Floyd | By Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd | Version 1.01/Release 020203
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 by Michael J. Roberts. All Rights Reserved.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hell is paved with good intentions.
Floyd | -- Fortune cookie
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Boat, on seat J-33
Floyd | You're in the main passenger compartment of a large luxury yacht.
Floyd | Your seat, J-33, is a large, plush seat next to a window that occupies
Floyd | most of the wall. The boat is about half-filled with people of various
Floyd | ages and races, most dressed in casual clothes. A stairway leads up,
Floyd | and another compartment lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are empty-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd | It's quite dark outside, but a red glow on the horizon provides enough
Floyd | light to see that the boat is traveling rapidly down a wide river. You
Floyd | can't make out any detail on the banks. The waters of the river are
Floyd | dark and still below a thin film of mist, which the boat seems barely
Floyd | to upset.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "south?" | |
Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of seat J-33.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on seat J-33.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x seat" | ||
Floyd | It's a large, plush seat, labeled J-33. It's a window seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under it" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing under seat J-33.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | You're in the yacht's wet bar. The only exit is north, back into
Floyd | the main cabin.
Floyd | A bartender is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bartender" | ||
Floyd | He's a middle-aged man with slightly graying hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to bartender" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "talk".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about boat" | ||
Floyd | "The captain knows more about it than I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about bartender" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell, really."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about bar" | ||
Floyd | "The drinks are all free. Beer, liquor -- we have a wide selection."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "order a drink" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "order".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bartender, give me a beer" | ||
Floyd | "Right away!" He gets out a large mug and fills it with beer from the
Floyd | tap. He hands you the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drink beer" | ||
Floyd | You drink the mug of beer all at once. It's very good. You notice a
Floyd | slight alcoholic buzz, but it clears fairly quickly. After you finish,
Floyd | the glass vanishes into thin air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Objects were so tidy in early games, vanishing like that." | |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about destination" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "destination".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about hell" | ||
Floyd | "I kind of like it here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about heaven" | ||
Floyd | "You probably know as much as I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about captain" | ||
Floyd | "You can't go ask him yourself. He's happy to talk to passengers."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I think we should go find the captain." | |
Jacqueline says, "Sure, seems wise." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd | You're on the deck of the yacht. You have a clearer view of the
Floyd | river and the shores from here. The river is very wide; the shores are
Floyd | rocky and desolate, with only a few short, leafless, twisted plants
Floyd | growing along the riverbank. The sky is densely clouded, but not dark;
Floyd | the clouds reflect the red glow that seems to come from the horizon in
Floyd | all directions. It strikes you that it is exceedingly quiet; you hear
Floyd | no noise from the boat's engines, and even the boat's rapid slicing
Floyd | through the still waters seems to make no sound. It is so quiet that
Floyd | you hear only your own breathing -- you realize that it's surprising
Floyd | that you're breathing at all, given that you're dead. A stairway leads
Floyd | down, and a doorway leads east.
Floyd | You see a printed note here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Perdition's Flames
Floyd | TADS Interactive Fiction
Floyd | By Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd | Version 1.01/Release 020203
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 by Michael J. Roberts. All Rights Reserved.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is freeware. You may use and copy it free of charge, subject
Floyd | to certain restrictions. Please see the included readme file for
Floyd | details.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game was implemented with TADS, the Text Adventure Development
Floyd | System, also available from High Energy Software. TADS is a tool that
Floyd | lets you write your own adventure games using a high-level C-like
Floyd | object-oriented language. TADS is available as freeware, so you can
Floyd | probably obtain a copy from the same place you obtained this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | The source code to this game is available, and, like the game, is free.
Floyd | If you're a TADS programmer, you may be interested in getting a copy as
Floyd | an example of a full-scale game.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you need instructions for playing this game, type INSTRUCTIONS at
Floyd | the > prompt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ah, the celebrated leaflet o' yore." | |
Jacqueline says, "Heh. Yeah, haven't seen one of those in awhile." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | You're in the boat's control room. A large window looks out onto
Floyd | the river. A doorway leads west, back out onto the deck.
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pilot" | ||
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, and this is an update from 2002. Nice." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about boat" | ||
Floyd | "This is a very nice boat, don't you think? We used to use a small
Floyd | rowboat, but lots of people complained that the passage to the
Floyd | afterlife should be a little nicer. Besides, with more people dying
Floyd | these days, it was getting crowded."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about captain" | ||
Floyd | "I was a programmer before I got here. But there's not much need for
Floyd | programming skills here, so I do this instead."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x captain" | ||
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain starts fiddling with the controls. "We're there," he
Floyd | says. Outside, you can see a pier come into view on the western bank;
Floyd | the captain guides the boat silently alongside the pier and brings it
Floyd | to a halt. As the boat comes to rest against the pier, a gangway
Floyd | extends toward the boat, and settles on the deck.
Floyd | "Attention, passengers," the captain says into a microphone. "We
Floyd | have arrived. You may disembark at your leisure." You see a few
Floyd | passengers start to disembark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about me" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about bartender" | ||
Floyd | "The drinks at the bar are free. Help yourself! Just ask the
Floyd | bartender for a beer, liquor, what have you. But let me know if you
Floyd | see any of those Infernolab guys down there -- they always come running
Floyd | when they hear there's an open bar somewhere."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about infernolab" | ||
Floyd | "They're just a bunch of drunkards, if you ask me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about infernolab" | ||
Floyd | "They're just a bunch of drunkards, if you ask me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Timing" | |
DavidW says, "heh. jinx." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about hell" | ||
Floyd | "It's a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about river" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about name" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "name".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about death" | ||
Floyd | "It's a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x charon" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "charon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "There seems little to do on the boat; shall we disembark?" | |
Jacqueline says, "You know what, David? Go to Hell." | ||
Jacqueline says, "That is to say, 'Sure, let's disembark.'" | ||
DavidW asks, "That's payback for my 'shoulder your burden' pun earlier, isn't it?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd | You see a printed note here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline shrugs. | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take note" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "(the note might be useful for maze mapping, if there is a maze)" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | You're on a large, brightly-lit pier. The pier is obviously quite
Floyd | new; it's constructed from steel, and the walkway has a rubbery surface
Floyd | and attractive wooden handrails to make it safer. The large white
Floyd | yacht which brought you here is docked alongside; a gangway leads east
Floyd | onto the boat's deck. To the north lies the entrance to a large
Floyd | one-story brick building. The building has the look of a high school
Floyd | or a post office -- that sort of simple, utilitarian style of a
Floyd | government building.
Floyd | You see a rope here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up. If you don't want to be notified of score
Floyd | changes like this in the future, just type NOTIFY.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "You never know. We may encounter Satan, and he'll want to know who wrote-- oh, okay. I guess there are probably mazes in Hell, that is a real possibility." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "notify on" | ||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "notify" | ||
Floyd | You will no longer be notified of score changes. If you change your
Floyd | mind and want to be notified again, just type NOTIFY again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "notify" | ||
Floyd | You will now be notified of score changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd | It's a thick rope, about ten feet long, for securing boats at the pier.
Floyd | One end of the rope is tied into a loop, so it can be slipped over
Floyd | posts on the pier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "slip rope onto post" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "slip".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rope on post" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "post".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rope" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to climb the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note and a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure, but maybe the rope isn't attached to the boat." | |
Jacqueline says, "We took a rope that big? Okay. Suspending my disbelief." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building" | ||
Floyd | The building has the look of a high school or a post office -- that
Floyd | sort of simple, utilitarian style of a government building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room Floyd | This is a large room with a high ceiling, brightly illuminated with Floyd | fluorescent lights. Most of your fellow passengers are here, sitting | Jacqueline asks, "Let's check it out?" | |
Floyd | in folding chairs facing a podium; many empty chairs are available. An
Floyd | exit leads to the south, and another passage leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Timing" | |
Jacqueline says, "I feel like we're about to receive an intro lecture to Hell." | ||
DavidW says, "If we sit down. I suppose if we go north, we miss the intro." | ||
DavidW says, "I suggest we sit." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd | (the folding chair)
Floyd | As you sit down, a middle-aged woman enters the room and walks to the
Floyd | podium. "Good afternoon, everyone," she says, addressing the assembled
Floyd | group of passengers. "Welcome to the afterlife. I'm here to help you
Floyd | get started, give you basic information about the underworld, and
Floyd | answer any questions you have.
Floyd | "Let me start by saying that we're very glad to have you here. Just
Floyd | take your time getting acquainted with your surroundings. There's no
Floyd | hurry -- you're going to be here for a long time!" She chuckles and
Floyd | smiles. "Seriously, though, I think you'll find that being dead isn't
Floyd | very hard once you find your way around.
Floyd | "Now, once you've had a chance to explore for a while, you'll
Floyd | probably want to find a job. There are many very interesting positions
Floyd | available, and we'll be happy to help you find something that's right
Floyd | for you.
Floyd | "I'm sure you all have many questions, so don't be shy. Who's
Floyd | first?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the front of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | front," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Is this heaven or hell?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "You know what they say -- if you have to ask
Floyd | --" she chuckles. "It is technically hell, although that's such a
Floyd | loaded word that we don't like to use it. Most ideas people have about
Floyd | hell are very outdated. Ever since the deregulation of the afterlife
Floyd | industry, we've had to compete with Heaven for eternal souls -- because
Floyd | you're free to switch to Heaven at any time. So, we've been
Floyd | modernizing! There really isn't much eternal torment these days, for
Floyd | example. And, thanks to the Environmental Clean-up Superfund, we have
Floyd | the brimstone problem mostly under control at this point."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about job" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "job".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "snrk. Oh dear." | |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask woman about woman" | ||
Floyd | Try as you might, you can't seem to attract her attention -- someone
Floyd | always gets in with a question first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the middle of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you in the
Floyd | middle," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Can I go back to earth as a ghost and haunt people?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "No, unfortunately not. However, our top
Floyd | scientists are working on this problem, and the latest reports indicate
Floyd | that it may be possible in the near future. Those of you with
Floyd | scientific backgrounds, in particular those of you who went to Caltech
Floyd | and really understand what makes a good prank, may want to look into
Floyd | joining the project."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "I was wondering, where is the famous 'All hope abandon, ye who
Floyd | enter here' sign? I want to get some pictures with it." she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Actually, the sign said 'Lasciate ogni
Floyd | speranza, voi ch'entrate,' and I'm afraid it's been taken down. People
Floyd | found it too depressing. But there are several very nice vista points
Floyd | that you can find in the tour book."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "tour book?" | |
Jacqueline says, "We should try to get one of those, yes." | ||
DavidW says, "unless it's a feelie" | ||
Jacqueline says, "If, in fact, they actually exist." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Oh, there are other files. One sec." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Heh. So, there is a user manual, but no feelie tourbook." | ||
DavidW says, "ah." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the left of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | left," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "Which circle of hell are we doomed to?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "We abolished the circle system shortly after
Floyd | the middle ages after the 'separate and unequal' principle was ruled
Floyd | illegal. You're free to go wherever you'd like -- even up to Heaven."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "This is a very weird version of Hell." | |
Binder arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the rear of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | rear," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Why did I end up here? What did I do wrong?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Really, you must shed your outdated notions of
Floyd | hell. You don't have to do anything wrong to end up here. New souls
Floyd | are randomly assigned to Heaven or Hell based on the last four digits
Floyd | of your Celestial Security Number. The Heaven-Hell border was opened a
Floyd | long time ago, though, so your initial assignment is not permanent."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "That said, and I didn't go to deeply into the manual because eventually there are hints, but the initial pages promise no death (we are already dead), no need to eat or sleep, no unrecoverable situations, no inventory size or weight limits... and the game is certified to be 100% maze-free." | |
DavidW says, "oh. That's pleasant." | ||
Jacqueline says, "It goes on to say if you actually find a maze, you should report it to the software company." | ||
DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||
Jacqueline says, "So, given that addendum, I'm not 100% believing that there is no maze." | ||
DavidW says, "Either way, I feel vindicated for taking maze-mapping garbage." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "You said we can go to Heaven. How do we get there?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "The easiest way is to use the HadesCorp Space
Floyd | Needle. It's impossible to miss -- it's the tallest free-standing
Floyd | structure in hell. The view from the elevator is fantastic."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "credits" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Perdition's Flames
Floyd | TADS Interactive Fiction
Floyd | By Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd | Version 1.01/Release 020203
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 by Michael J. Roberts. All Rights Reserved.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Game design and implementation: Mike Roberts.
Floyd | Testing: Roger Dominick, John Eras, Jeff Laing, Steve McAdams, Bob
Floyd | Newell, Trevor Powell, Lon Thomas.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the left of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | left," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "You mentioned jobs. What if I don't want to work?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "That's up to you. Dead people have no material
Floyd | needs. And, unlike in real life, you'll find that you won't need to
Floyd | eat or sleep every forty or fifty turns, which is a real convenience.
Floyd | However, most people like to feel useful, and derive a sense of purpose
Floyd | from their employment here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "ok, I wondered what was up with the 'job' thing. Is there a currency?" | |
Jacqueline says, "I guess we shall see. One would assume not." | ||
DavidW says, "heh: every forty or fifty *turns*." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Well, for values of 'one' that equal 'me'" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, that was cute, the forty or fifty turns bit." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the middle of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you in the
Floyd | middle," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "I used to work as a lobbyist. Are similar positions available
Floyd | here?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Absolutely! However, you may find that there
Floyd | are quite a few lobbyists in Hell, which will probably not surprise
Floyd | anyone. Incidentally, anyone interested in public affairs should tune
Floyd | in to H-SPAN, which broadcasts programs that cover a wide array of
Floyd | current events. I believe the station number is 319."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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two-star arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Jacqueline says, "ba-dum-tish" | |
DavidW writes down the station number for later use. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the rear of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | rear," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "I'm a very rich individual and I refuse to be treated in this
Floyd | manner. I've made charitable contributions all my life, and we've
Floyd | never beaten the help -- not when they didn't deserve it, anyway, the
Floyd | lazy bastards. This is an outrage! You can be sure you will be
Floyd | hearing from my lawyer! What do you have to say for yourself?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "I'm sure you have a very good case. However,
Floyd | I'm afraid that the legal system in Hell is based on the United States
Floyd | judicial system. So, as you must know, the courts are so overloaded
Floyd | with frivolous lawsuits that legitimate claims, such as yours
Floyd | undoubtedly is, cannot be accepted. Any lawsuit found to have merit is
Floyd | immediately and summarily dismissed. There are some very good personal
Floyd | injury lawyers that you might wish to contact, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says (to **), "Welcome. We're not that far in. You can @recap toyshop a few hundred lines and get caught up pretty quickly, I think." | |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the front of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | front," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "I used to drive nitro-burning ground-pounding six-second funny
Floyd | cars. Is there any chance that I'll be able to shake hands with the
Floyd | devil while I scream through the gates of Hell?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "I'm afraid that, due to the volume of new
Floyd | immigrants, the devil is unable to personally greet each new arrival."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "An eternity of Q&A." | |
Jacqueline says, "I do not mind." | ||
Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Also, when did you show up? I didn't see you come in." | ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room, on the folding chair
Floyd | This is a large room with a high ceiling, brightly illuminated with
Floyd | fluorescent lights. Most of your fellow passengers are here, sitting
Floyd | in folding chairs facing a podium; many empty chairs are available. An
Floyd | exit leads to the south, and another passage leads north.
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the front of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | front," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "Is this heaven or hell?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "You know what they say -- if you have to ask
Floyd | --" she chuckles. "It is technically hell, although that's such a
Floyd | loaded word that we don't like to use it. Most ideas people have about
Floyd | hell are very outdated. Ever since the deregulation of the afterlife
Floyd | industry, we've had to compete with Heaven for eternal souls -- because
Floyd | you're free to switch to Heaven at any time. So, we've been
Floyd | modernizing! There really isn't much eternal torment these days, for
Floyd | example. And, thanks to the Environmental Clean-up Superfund, we have
Floyd | the brimstone problem mostly under control at this point."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Binder), "I think we can leave at any time, but I imagine it must cycle eventually." | |
Limax arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "and it just did" | |
Binder says, "I wasn't complaining, I was merely imagining what kind of hell it would be" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Heh." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Also, seems we may have hit a loop." | ||
Limax says, "I thought I recognized the recap" | ||
DavidW says, "It seems to be a modernized hell, not much different from Anytown, USA so far." | ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room, on the folding chair
Floyd | This is a large room with a high ceiling, brightly illuminated with
Floyd | fluorescent lights. Most of your fellow passengers are here, sitting
Floyd | in folding chairs facing a podium; many empty chairs are available. An
Floyd | exit leads to the south, and another passage leads north.
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the left of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | left," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Can I go back to earth as a ghost and haunt people?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "No, unfortunately not. However, our top
Floyd | scientists are working on this problem, and the latest reports indicate
Floyd | that it may be possible in the near future. Those of you with
Floyd | scientific backgrounds, in particular those of you who went to Caltech
Floyd | and really understand what makes a good prank, may want to look into
Floyd | joining the project."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I snuck in when I saw DavidW say: this is a very weird versino of hell" | |
Jacqueline says, "Sorry, meant z, not l." | ||
Binder says, "er, version" | ||
DavidW says, "I suggest stand then north." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Let me hear one more." | ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the rear of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | rear," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "I was wondering, where is the famous 'All hope abandon, ye who
Floyd | enter here' sign? I want to get some pictures with it." she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Actually, the sign said 'Lasciate ogni
Floyd | speranza, voi ch'entrate,' and I'm afraid it's been taken down. People
Floyd | found it too depressing. But there are several very nice vista points
Floyd | that you can find in the tour book."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, okay. Proceed." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the folding chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Which circle of hell are we doomed to?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "We abolished the circle system shortly after
Floyd | the middle ages after the 'separate and unequal' principle was ruled
Floyd | illegal. You're free to go wherever you'd like -- even up to Heaven."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | You're in a large courtyard surrounded by buildings. To the south
Floyd | is the Immigration Building, to the east is the Department of Motor
Floyd | Vehicles, and to the west is a Celestial Security office. An archway
Floyd | leads out of the courtyard to the north. In the center of the
Floyd | courtyard is a vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" | ||
Floyd | It looks similar to a soft-drink vending machine, but it's labeled
Floyd | "Space Needle Tickets". It has a slot labeled "20 Hellmids", and a
Floyd | small receptacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Of course... a DMV" | |
DavidW says, "'hellmids'" | ||
Jacqueline says, "So there is indeed currency, then." | ||
DavidW says, "yeah. And I assume our goal is to go visit Heaven." | ||
Binder says, "Issued by J. Pierpont Flathell." | ||
DavidW says, "Where the cookies are chewier or crunchier, based on personal preference." | ||
Limax says, ".bin. Heh" | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x receptacle" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the small receptacle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | You're in a large courtyard surrounded by buildings. To the south
Floyd | is the Immigration Building, to the east is the Department of Motor
Floyd | Vehicles, and to the west is a Celestial Security office. An archway
Floyd | leads out of the courtyard to the north. In the center of the
Floyd | courtyard is a vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "So... north thru archway, east to Motor, or west to Celestial Securities?" | |
Binder asks, "Motor?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Department of Motor Vehicles
Floyd | You're in a very large, very drab room. In the center of the room
Floyd | is a long counter that runs the length of the room. As is typical of
Floyd | such facilities, there is a customer at almost every window, and
Floyd | practically no employees to be seen behind the counter. In fact, the
Floyd | only employee in sight is standing at a window with no customers,
Floyd | looking bored. The exit is to the west.
Floyd | A DMV official is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to the window where the employee is standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee says, "Let's see your appointment card. Service is by
Floyd | appointment only."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "Let's experience Hell on wheels." | |
Limax says (to Binder), "DMV" | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x official" | ||
Floyd | She's a middle-aged woman. She looks profoundly disinterested in being
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee says, "Let's see your appointment card. Service is by
Floyd | appointment only."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Typical" | |
DavidW says, "I'm not surprised to find bureaucracy in hell." | ||
Jacqueline says, "So, either another goal or just a cute injoke." | ||
Floyd | "It's against policy to answer questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee says, "Let's see your appointment card. Service is by
Floyd | appointment only."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Um, f, not wf, please." | |
Limax says, "I was a walk-in recently... thy tol me 3 to 4 hours... two hours later, they said itw as going to be at least another 3 to 4 hours" | ||
Jacqueline says, "wow" | ||
two-star says, "Oops, sorry." | ||
Limax says, "I left at that point and got my stuff done at AAA" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Ours here is not nearly that bad." | ||
two-star says (to Floyd), "ask official about appointment" | ||
Floyd | "It's against policy to answer questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee says, "Let's see your appointment card. Service is by
Floyd | appointment only."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "(Which I wish I'd known about earlier)" | |
Binder says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note and a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee says, "Let's see your appointment card. Service is by
Floyd | appointment only."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says (to **), "It's okay. Werewolf habits die hard." | |
DavidW says, "Looks like this location is blocked for now; let's explore elsewhere." | ||
Binder says, "You have to apply silver discipline to kill a werewolf habit." | ||
Binder says (to DavidW), "OK." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Celestial Security Office
Floyd | You're in the Celestial Security Office. At one end of the room is
Floyd | a counter, and next to the counter is a wastebasket that's full of
Floyd | crumpled up paper. The exit is to the east, and a door behind the
Floyd | counter leads west.
Floyd | Behind the counter is a middle-aged man dressed in a light blue
Floyd | Celestial Security Administration uniform. You're relieved to see that
Floyd | there's only one person in line. You were afraid that the line would
Floyd | be longer, with so many new people arriving at the same time you did,
Floyd | but this will obviously take no time.
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer notices you enter, and looks up at
Floyd | you. "I'll be right with you, after I finish with this applicant," he
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What is your
Floyd | middle initial?" The woman replies, "G." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Slowly and carefully." | |
Jacqueline says, "This does not bode well." | ||
DavidW says, "yeah, I'm not fooled." | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x wastebasket" | ||
Floyd | In the waste basket you see some waste paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What was your
Floyd | date of birth?" The woman replies, "Um, November 12, 1959." The
Floyd | officer slowly and carefully transcribes the information onto the
Floyd | application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search wastebasket" | ||
Floyd | In the waste basket you see some waste paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "And your date of
Floyd | death?" The woman replies, "June 23, 2013." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Maybe get the aper?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" | ||
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer doesn't let you. "Those contain private
Floyd | information," he scolds you. "Besides, we recycle all of our paper.
Floyd | We're trying to be environmentally conscious."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you have any
Floyd | deceased dependents?" The woman replies, "No." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder gasps | |
Limax says, "paper..." | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "take waste" | ||
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer doesn't let you. "Those contain private
Floyd | information," he scolds you. "Besides, we recycle all of our paper.
Floyd | We're trying to be environmentally conscious."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you wear any
Floyd | prescription eyewear?" The woman replies, "No." The officer slowly
Floyd | and carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search waste paper" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What is your IQ?"
Floyd | The woman replies, "I'm not sure." The officer slowly and carefully
Floyd | transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "Look! A cow!" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read waste paper" | ||
Floyd | The waste basket is full of crumpled-up application forms, evidently
Floyd | discarded due to errors made in preparation.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "How many fingers
Floyd | am I holding up?" The woman replies, "Three." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" | ||
Floyd | She looks to be in her mid-thirties.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you know your
Floyd | blood pressure?" The woman replies, "130 over 70." The officer slowly
Floyd | and carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Wow, that was clever, the using today's date bit. Nice." | |
Binder says, "Yeah." | ||
Limax says, "Hm? I missed htat" | ||
Binder says (to Limax), "Her date of decease in the dialogue." | ||
Limax says, "I just saw it" | ||
Limax says, "She can't b in her mid-thirties, then" | ||
Jacqueline says, "But -- yeah." | ||
Binder says, "Looks to be != is" | ||
DavidW says, "I suspect we can't do much here yet." | ||
Jacqueline shrugs. "Maybe when you die you will always look as you did in your thirties." | ||
Binder... great | two-star says, "Well, it's a thirty year old game." | |
Binder says, "ilac" | ||
DavidW says, "I'm guessing we light the waste paper on fire as a distraction, then head west." | ||
Limax says, "I'm not sure if I ever looked like I was in my mid-30s" | ||
Jacqueline asks, "Really?" | ||
Jacqueline asks, "You... skipped your thirties?" | ||
Limax says, "Maybe when I Was 18" | ||
Binder says (to two-star), "That would be kind of awesome, if NPCs in a game looked as old as the game was. 'the two year warrior rushes at you'" | ||
Binder says (to DavidW), "Sure, let's move on" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | You're in the center of Hell's business district. To the north is
Floyd | an extremely tall tower, which reaches up into the sky; the top is lost
Floyd | in mist high above. An archway leads south. You can go down the
Floyd | street to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||
Floyd | The tower is extremely tall. You can see its lighted windows high
Floyd | above, disappearing into the dark mist of the sky above. The words
Floyd | "HadesCorp Space Needle" are engraved in large letters above the
Floyd | entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x street" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "street".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x sky" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "sky".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x east" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any east here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose it won't hurt to try to go north, even though we don't have a ticket." | |
Binder says, "The worst they can do is throw us out. From the top." | ||
Binder asks, "Besides, we're dead! What further indignities could ensue?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Base of Tower
Floyd | You're in a gigantic, imposing lobby. The ceiling is at least five
Floyd | stories above; the dark granite walls are adorned with strange
Floyd | gargoyles looking down on you from high overhead. The exit out to the
Floyd | street is to the south.
Floyd | An elevator is to the north. The elevator doors are open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x gargoyles" | ||
Floyd | They look like unusual gargoyles to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, there might be an observation window." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd | You're in a large, ornate elevator. The walls are tiled with gold
Floyd | panels decorated with an intricate pattern of interweaved lines,
Floyd | resembling vines; the floor is covered with deep, plush carpeting; and
Floyd | hanging from the ceiling is a chandelier with thousands of tiny lights.
Floyd | The open door leads south, back out into the lobby.
Floyd | An old, white-bearded man wearing a white robe is standing in the
Floyd | corner of the elevator near the controls. He is evidently the elevator
Floyd | operator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "oh sure, a robed elevator operator" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about elevator" | ||
Floyd | He points to a small sign: "For safety reasons, please do not talk to
Floyd | operator unnecessarily."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x carpet" | ||
Floyd | That isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary chandelier to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, up" | ||
Floyd | "Ticket, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "Ordinary chandelier, unusual gargoyles" | |
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd | You're in a large, ornate elevator. The walls are tiled with gold
Floyd | panels decorated with an intricate pattern of interweaved lines,
Floyd | resembling vines; the floor is covered with deep, plush carpeting; and
Floyd | hanging from the ceiling is a chandelier with thousands of tiny lights.
Floyd | The open door leads south, back out into the lobby.
Floyd | An old, white-bearded man wearing a white robe is standing in the
Floyd | corner of the elevator near the controls. He is evidently the elevator
Floyd | operator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x walls" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x panels" | ||
Floyd | That isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mug man" | ||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x vines" | ||
Floyd | That isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x robe" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "robe".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "attack man" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to attack it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||
Floyd | He looks quite old, and seems very energetic, especially given what you
Floyd | think must be a boring job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push buttons" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any buttons here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd | You're in a large, ornate elevator. The walls are tiled with gold
Floyd | panels decorated with an intricate pattern of interweaved lines,
Floyd | resembling vines; the floor is covered with deep, plush carpeting; and
Floyd | hanging from the ceiling is a chandelier with thousands of tiny lights.
Floyd | The open door leads south, back out into the lobby.
Floyd | An old, white-bearded man wearing a white robe is standing in the
Floyd | corner of the elevator near the controls. He is evidently the elevator
Floyd | operator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "attack man with bureaucracy" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bureaucracy".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Zach arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "well, I guess this is blocked too for now. Let's try west or east of 'Downtown'." | |
Binder says, "Sure." | ||
DavidW says, "Maybe we can find an brothel of good repute." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Base of Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, ". o O ( brothell )" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | You're on a street in downtown Hell. To the south is the entrance
Floyd | to a large low-rise building labeled "Infernolab," and to the north is
Floyd | the fortress-like Bank of Hell. The street continues east and west. A
Floyd | narrow alley leads alongside the Infernolab building to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "There seems to be a lot of blocked areas... alwasy difficult finding the key to unlock everything" | |
Binder asks, "Infernolab?" | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x infernolab" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any infernolab here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "s" | |
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bank" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any bank here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | Jacqueline says (to Binder), "They're drunkards, every one of them. Allegedly." | |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You're in a lobby, decorated with a very high-tech look: the walls
Floyd | are brushed stainless steel; the illumination is provided by black
Floyd | track lighting suspended from an intricate network of black metal
Floyd | railing; the furniture is black and angular. Along the far wall,
Floyd | spelled out in four-foot-high Helvetica Medium Extended letters carved
Floyd | from granite, is the word:
Floyd |
Floyd | I N F E R N O L A B
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the lobby is a huge black leather couch, and a low
Floyd | black marble coffee table. A hallway leads east, and an exit leads
Floyd | north, back out to the street.
Floyd | A pair of maintenance workers in white overalls walks in from the
Floyd | east. One is carrying a toolbox, and the other is carrying a light
Floyd | bulb and a sheet of paper.
Floyd | "Let's see," says the one carrying the sheet of paper, carefully
Floyd | reading it. "The trouble ticket says that bulb number 47 has blown
Floyd | again." He looks up at the track lighting. "Damn! We forgot the
Floyd | ladder!"
Floyd | "No need," says the other. He sets his toolbox on the coffee table,
Floyd | then climbs up onto the table. "I can reach number 47 from here," he
Floyd | says. He reaches up and unscrews one of the bulbs, then lays it on top
Floyd | of the railing. "Hand me that new bulb," he says. The other worker
Floyd | hands him the bulb, and he screws it into the socket. As he's screwing
Floyd | it in, a huge flash of light suddenly erupts from the socket, followed
Floyd | by a shower of glass. The flash of light is quickly replaced by a
Floyd | cloud of smoke, and flames engulf the worker. He jumps off of the
Floyd | table, his clothes in flames, screaming and flailing his arms, and runs
Floyd | out into the street. The other worker shrugs and disappears down the
Floyd | hall.
Floyd | Sitting on the marble coffee table is a toolbox. Sitting on the
Floyd | black metal railing is a dead light bulb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "Of COURSE the signs in Hell use Hellvetica, er Helvetica." | |
Limax says, "Huh" | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "get all" | ||
Floyd | toolbox: Taken.
Floyd | dead light bulb: You can't reach it from here; it's up in the railing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x toolbox" | ||
Floyd | It's a gray metal toolbox. The toolbox is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "open toolbox" | ||
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Is there a ladder?" | |
Binder says, "grr" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bulb" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x bulb" | ||
Floyd | It's a dead light bulb. It seems slightly charred inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toolbox" | ||
Floyd | It's a gray metal toolbox. The toolbox is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "I guess light bulbs don't go to a separate afterlife when they die" | |
DavidW says, "I envision a mad scientist lab where we can bring the light bulb back to life with a jacob's ladder." | ||
Binder jots a note for a future project. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on railing" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the black metal railing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb railing" | ||
Floyd | With a little effort, you manage to climb up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd | You're crouching in the intricate network of rails above the lobby
Floyd | floor. You can't stand up, because the ceiling is only a few feet
Floyd | above the top of the rails, but there's plenty of room to move around.
Floyd | You can go down, back to the lobby floor.
Floyd | In the ceiling, you notice an access panel. The panel is currently
Floyd | closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||
Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||
Floyd | It's open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in panel" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the access panel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd | You're crouching in the intricate network of rails above the lobby
Floyd | floor. You can't stand up, because the ceiling is only a few feet
Floyd | above the top of the rails, but there's plenty of room to move around.
Floyd | You can go down, back to the lobby floor.
Floyd | In the ceiling, you notice an access panel. The panel is currently
Floyd | open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter panel" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd | You're in a maintenance crawlway. It's cramped, but you can easily
Floyd | move around on your hands and knees. The crawlway continues to the
Floyd | north and south; you can also climb down through a hole in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "y'know, I have no idea why we want to be in a crawlway yet." | |
DavidW asks, "Shall I go back down and explore first?" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Because it's there." | ||
Limax asks, "Maybe there's an appointment for the DMV up ther?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd | You're at a "T" intersection between a crawlway that continues off
Floyd | to the north, and an east-west crawlway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd | You're at the east end of a crawlway. There's a small access panel
Floyd | in the floor (which is currently closed), although it's too small for
Floyd | you to go through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||
Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through it" | ||
Floyd | Through the hole, you can see a room below. The room seems to consist
Floyd | of a series of small cubicles, each separated by a six-foot-high
Floyd | partition. Each cubicle contains a chair and a desk. In most of the
Floyd | cubicles, a person is occupying the chair.
Floyd | South of the cubicles is a large, white room, in which a number of
Floyd | people in white labcoats are moving about, consulting with one another
Floyd | and writing notes on the clipboards they're carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x notes" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any notes here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd | You're at the west end of a crawlway. Large metal pipes run along
Floyd | the walls. The crawlway continues to the east.
Floyd | One of the pipes ends here. The end of the pipe is not connected to
Floyd | anything at all; you assume it's being left for future expansion. Just
Floyd | before the end of the pipe is a valve, evidently to cut off the flow of
Floyd | whatever the pipe carries until something is attached here. The valve
Floyd | is currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pipe" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch pipe" | ||
Floyd | Touching the pipe doesn't seem to have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open valve" | ||
Floyd | You turn the wheel, opening the valve. As you do, the pipe starts
Floyd | hissing, and you smell natural gas pouring out of the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close pipe" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to close the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close valve" | ||
Floyd | You close the valve. The gas slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd | You're at the north end of a crawlway. The only way to crawl out is
Floyd | to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Does this count as a maze?" | |
DavidW says, "hm, not really." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You're in a lobby, decorated with a very high-tech look: the walls
Floyd | are brushed stainless steel; the illumination is provided by black
Floyd | track lighting suspended from an intricate network of black metal
Floyd | railing; the furniture is black and angular. Along the far wall,
Floyd | spelled out in four-foot-high Helvetica Medium Extended letters carved
Floyd | from granite, is the word:
Floyd |
Floyd | I N F E R N O L A B
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the lobby is a huge black leather couch, and a low
Floyd | black marble coffee table. A hallway leads east, and an exit leads
Floyd | north, back out to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search couch" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x couch" | ||
Floyd | The couch is very large. It's upholstered in black leather, and has a
Floyd | shiny chrome frame. There's nothing on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under couch" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing under the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a hallway that leads east and west. All along the south
Floyd | wall are closely-spaced doors; all of the doors are closed, except for
Floyd | one. The hall continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | You're in a small cubicle, bordered on the east and west by
Floyd | six-foot-high partitions, and on the south by a desk. There's a chair
Floyd | that occupies most of the rest of the space. A door is to the north;
Floyd | the door is open.
Floyd | On the other side of the desk is a very large, bright white room.
Floyd | Several men and women are walking about the room, consulting with each
Floyd | other; each is wearing a long white lab coat, and carrying a black
Floyd | metal clipboard stuffed with papers. Overhead, you notice a small
Floyd | opening in the ceiling.
Floyd | As you enter, one of the women in labcoats walks over to you. "Ah,
Floyd | you must be subject 32," she says with a bit of impatience in her
Floyd | voice. "Everyone else is ready to begin. Now, if you'd take your
Floyd | seat, we could proceed with the experiment." She walks back toward the
Floyd | center of the room and confers with another of the scientists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "brb" | |
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
Jacqueline arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
DavidW clears the save counter. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push save" | ||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "shall we sit? or run away?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd | (the chair)
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on the chair.
Floyd | As you sit down, the door behind you slides closed. One of the
Floyd | scientists walks over to one of the others, and asks him, "Are you
Floyd | ready to begin, Doctor Merkwurtigblatt?"
Floyd | Merkwurtigblatt turns to face her. "A moment please!" He stands
Floyd | facing away from the cubicles, and runs his hands through his hair,
Floyd | inhaling deeply. He then abruptly turns on his heel to face the
Floyd | cubicles. He has short, curly black hair, and is wearing very thick,
Floyd | dark glasses, a white lab coat, and black leather gloves.
Floyd | "Thank you all for coming. I'm Doctor Merkwurtigblatt, and I'll be
Floyd | your scientist today. The experiment we're performing is in a field
Floyd | called Micro-Economics, which means that we're going to attempt to
Floyd | model a particular set of market forces under controlled conditions.
Floyd | As a result, you may find the experiment to be quite abstract, but
Floyd | don't worry; we don't actually want you to understand the point of this
Floyd | experiment, for two reasons. First, if you knew what we were
Floyd | attempting to prove, it would bias the results. And second, our
Floyd | theories might seem strange, or even laughable, to the layman, and you
Floyd | might be left with the impression that Economics is something less --
Floyd | much less -- than the precise and exacting science that we Economists
Floyd | know it to be. But you will be able to rest assured in your confusion
Floyd | that the economic future of Hell is in capable hands. You can tell by
Floyd | our white labcoats, clipboards, and seemingly effortless use of large
Floyd | words that we are authority figures to be respected -- yes -- and
Floyd | feared!
Floyd | "Now, the rules of the experiment are quite simple. Each of you is
Floyd | a trader in goods we will call 'widgets.' The experiment will consist
Floyd | of a series of trading rounds. In each trading round, you will conduct
Floyd | a transaction with the subject to your left and the one to your right.
Floyd | "We will be using what we Economists refer to as the Extended RSP
Floyd | Trading Model, which stands for Rock, Scissors, Paper. We call it
Floyd | 'extended' because we have added a new element that radically changes
Floyd | the equation: dynamite. In this model, dynamite pulverizes rock, rock
Floyd | crushes scissors, scissors cut paper -- yes, to shreds! -- but paper
Floyd | covers dynamite.
Floyd | "You start with 5 widgets. In each trading round, you will choose
Floyd | dynamite, rock, scissors, or paper, and your trading choice will be
Floyd | compared with the choices of those to your left and right. The subject
Floyd | who prevails out of each group of three will acquire one widget each
Floyd | from the subjects on the left and right. The experiment will proceed
Floyd | for five trading rounds.
Floyd | "As an incentive to do your best, if you manage to win every round,
Floyd | you will be awarded Twenty Hellmids at the end of the experiment.
Floyd | Choose carefully."
Floyd | You notice a control panel on the desk that you hadn't seen before.
Floyd | The control panel has a numeric display, which is currently displaying
Floyd | "5", and four buttons, labeled Dynamite, Rock, Scissors, and Paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 1," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Zach asks, "What game is this?" | |
DavidW says, "Perdition's Flames by Michael J. Roberts." | ||
Binder says, "Wow this is awesome." | ||
Binder says, "Can we view our opponents in some fashion? Sorry, I was afk re-freshing my coffee." | ||
Binder asks, "Or is this zero information RPSD for quatloos?" | ||
DavidW says, "I was just wondering if we could view our opponents. I bet if we had a mirror in the panel above, we could see what our opponents do." | ||
Binder says, "Yeah, no reason to not cheat in Hell." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x opponents" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "opponents".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push scissors" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose scissors," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose paper, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose rock. I'm afraid that rock crushes scissors, so you've
Floyd | lost this round. You lose one widget."
Floyd | Your display now reads "4".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 2," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dynamite" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose dynamite," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose paper, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose rock. I'm afraid that paper wraps dynamite, so you've
Floyd | lost this round. You lose one widget."
Floyd | Your display now reads "3".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 3," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x left" | ||
Floyd | They're just tall enough that you can't see over them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 3," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder asks, "Or do they make the same choices each round and we can reload-cheat?" | |
DavidW says, "I think my mirror idea is more likely." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rock" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose rock," she says, looking at your
Floyd | button. "The subject on your left chose scissors, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose dynamite. I'm afraid that dynamite blows up rock, so
Floyd | you've lost this round. You lose one widget."
Floyd | Your display now reads "2".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 4," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rock" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose rock," she says, looking at your
Floyd | button. "The subject on your left chose dynamite, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose scissors. I'm afraid that dynamite blows up rock, so
Floyd | you've lost this round. You lose one widget."
Floyd | Your display now reads "1".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 5," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push paper" | ||
Floyd | Pushing the scientist's possession doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 5," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder laughs | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push paper button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose paper," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose scissors, and the subject
Floyd | on the right chose dynamite. I'm afraid that scissors cuts paper, so
Floyd | you've lost this round. You lose one widget."
Floyd | Your display now reads "0".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt announces loudly, "That concludes the experiment.
Floyd | Thank you all for participating. You've provided a great deal of
Floyd | valuable data that will significantly advance this important field of
Floyd | science. Those of you with with fifteen widgets will be given your
Floyd | checks now."
Floyd | The cubicle's door slides open.
Floyd | One of the men in labcoats walks up to your desk and looks at your
Floyd | console's display. He bursts into laughter. "Zero! What a loser!
Floyd | Don't you realize that you'd do a lot better than this by PURE RANDOM
Floyd | CHANCE?" He calls to a couple of the other scientists. "Hey, have a
Floyd | look at this! He got zero! I've never seen one of these before!"
Floyd | Several scientists come over and gawk at your display, and walk off
Floyd | laughing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, I think it's rigged so it's zero wins unless we cheat." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd | You're at the east end of a long hallway. To the east is a closed
Floyd | door. Next to the door is a slot; a small red light is above the slot.
Floyd | The hall continues back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "So, I am wondering if there was any other pssible result than zero." | |
Jacqueline says, "Timng." | ||
Limax asks, "Do we have any clue what we're trying to do?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | It's a sliding metal door. It's currently closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "which is a shame, because... prize money. I'm betting we need to cheat." | |
Binder says, "Make de munny to buy de ticket to ride de elevator" | ||
DavidW says, "Looks like we need a keycard here." | ||
DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "and Binder uh-huh" | ||
Binder is following along here, which is nice. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ll" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ll".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a hallway that leads east and west. All along the south
Floyd | wall are closely-spaced doors; all of the doors are closed, except for
Floyd | one. The hall continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You're in a lobby, decorated with a very high-tech look: the walls
Floyd | are brushed stainless steel; the illumination is provided by black
Floyd | track lighting suspended from an intricate network of black metal
Floyd | railing; the furniture is black and angular. Along the far wall,
Floyd | spelled out in four-foot-high Helvetica Medium Extended letters carved
Floyd | from granite, is the word:
Floyd |
Floyd | I N F E R N O L A B
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the lobby is a huge black leather couch, and a low
Floyd | black marble coffee table. A hallway leads east, and an exit leads
Floyd | north, back out to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "It goes to ll!" | |
Binder says, "llama" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bank of Hell
Floyd | You're in the cavernous interior of the main office of the Bank of
Floyd | Hell. The style is very 19th Century: the building itself is made of
Floyd | granite blocks; huge oak desks with dark green and burgundy leather
Floyd | armchairs are arranged in neat rows behind the counter that runs the
Floyd | width of the room; and dozens of tellers dressed in dark pinstripe
Floyd | vests and bow ties stand behind the counter, each at a window with a
Floyd | stack of papers and a green banker's light, waiting on a customer.
Floyd | The exit is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the tellers waves you over to his window. "Can I help you?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "x teller" | ||
Floyd | He looks to be in his early thirties. Like all the other tellers, he's
Floyd | dressed in a pin-stripe vest, white shirt, and bow tie.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "30s agin" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller for account" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "account".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open account" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "account".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "Yeah, a graduate thesis: This IF is a commentary on the tv series 30 Something." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about bank" | ||
Floyd | He seems more interested in discussing bank business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Oh" | |
Binder says (to Floyd), "tell banker 319" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any banker 319 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about accounts" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "accounts".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "ask teller about account 319" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "account".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask teller for money" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any money here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "ask teller about 319" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to ask anything about the number 319.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Ask about 391?" | |
Limax says, "Er.. 319" | ||
DavidW says, "hm. Maybe we cash a cheque here instead of opening an account." | ||
Binder says, "Oh hm" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about bank" | ||
Floyd | He seems more interested in discussing bank business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about bank business" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "business".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask teller about bank business" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about withdrawal" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "business". Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | I don't know the word "withdrawal". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, this guy is useless" | |
Limax asks, "Ask teller about bank?" | ||
Binder says (to Floyd), "wink at teller" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "wink".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Let's check out the alley that goes behind Infernolabs." | |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask teller about ban" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ban".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Binder says, "okee" | |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask teller about bank" | ||
Floyd | He seems more interested in discussing bank business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Alley
Floyd | You're in an alley between two large low-rise buildings, one to the
Floyd | east and one to the west. The alley dead-ends to the south; you can go
Floyd | out to the north.
Floyd | At the south end of the alley is a large dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's a really large, very smelly dumpster. Over the edge of the
Floyd | dumpster, you can see a pair of flippers sticking up. Unfortunately,
Floyd | you can't quite reach them from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop toolbox" | ||
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on toolbox" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the toolbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take toolbox" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flippers" | ||
Floyd | They're sticking up out of the trash in the dumpster. You can't quite
Floyd | reach them from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, and a toolbox.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flippers with rope" | ||
Floyd | All you can manage to do is push them away from you. You'll have to
Floyd | get into the dumpster somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's too high to climb into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buildings" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "buildings".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building" | ||
Floyd | It's just a building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose a stepladder or spings on our boots or something." | |
DavidW asks, "And.... flippers? Is there a pool around here?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | A man whose clothes are on fire is running around in circles, flailing
Floyd | his arms and screaming. He runs off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh dear. He's still on fire." | |
DavidW says, "And we haven't even found a coffee machine." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd | You're in a sparsely-populated rural area east of town. The road
Floyd | leads west into the city, but ends here; to the east is an open field;
Floyd | you can also go south, where the terrain becomes rocky and hilly. A
Floyd | small farmhouse lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "So, things to try: the table worked as a ladder-substitute elsewhere, so we could try it here. Also, we could leave the gas on and see if that firey dude explodes the building." | |
Binder says, "OK, I'm going to go work on my IntroComp entry. So, work before fun." | ||
Binder goes home. | DavidW says, "I'll try the coffee table later, but I suspect it's not portable." | |
DavidW asks, "Farm first?" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Well the game manual does explicitly speak of there being no size/weight/volume inventory limit, but you're probably right. Just tossing it out there." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd | You're in a small, deserted, one-room farmhouse. The building is
Floyd | very old and rickety, and all the paint has long since peeled off the
Floyd | walls. You can go through doors to the south and east.
Floyd | You see a portable radio here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock toolbox" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to unlock it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "force of will" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "force".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take radio" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||
Floyd | The radio is now turned on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio plays annoying heavy metal music.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x radio" | ||
Floyd | It's a HadesCorp WaveMaster 2000 portable transistor radio. It has a
Floyd | dial that lets you set the frequency, and a switch for turning the
Floyd | radio on and off (the switch is currently in the on position). On the
Floyd | back is a small compartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the radio, an annoying heavy metal deejay talks about a radio
Floyd | contest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn radio dial" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to turn it to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "319" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 319.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Many drivers find it very confusing that
Floyd | every type of zone has its own speed limit. No two zones have the same
Floyd | speed limit. In addition, there are too many types of zones -- we have
Floyd | School Zones, Hospital Zones, Library Zones, Residential Zones, and
Floyd | Freeway Zones. This is more than we need."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd | You're in a large yard outside an old, abandoned barn. The area is
Floyd | overgrown with weeds; it obviously hasn't been used in many years. A
Floyd | rusty old wellhead sticks out of the weeds; a large metal bucket is
Floyd | hanging from the well. The farmhouse is to the west, and the entrance
Floyd | to the barn is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman on the radio says, "I believe that both Hospital Zones and 43
Floyd | mile-per-hour zones need to be reconsidered."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||
Floyd | bucket: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Possibly, but I think it's a much more
Floyd | pressing problem that the color of speed limit signs in School Zones is
Floyd | blue."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bucket" | ||
Floyd | You already have the bucket!
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman on the radio responds, "What color would you suggest? Green
Floyd | is already taken by 59 mile-per-hour zones."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Bizzarre" | |
DavidW says, "Gee, the radio is describing a logic puzzle." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Roberts had fun writing this, I'll bet." | ||
Limax says, "Sounds like it" | ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | On the radio, a second woman enters the conversation. "Yes, but both
Floyd | School Zones and 27 mile-per-hour zones have large signs, while Library
Floyd | Zones -- not to mention 43 mile-per-hour zones -- have only
Floyd | medium-sized signs. It doesn't seem appropriate somehow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bucket" | ||
Floyd | It's an old rusty metal bucket. It's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man on the radio says, "Now I've forgotten -- is the speed limit in
Floyd | a residental zone 17 or 23 miles per hour?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| two-star says, "Perhaps we'll need this info later when we take a driving test at the DMV." | |
Jacqueline says, "Hm, good point." | ||
two-star says, "Or perhaps we're being messed with." | ||
DavidW says, "oh, good point." | ||
Jacqueline says, "Always a possibility, but the coincidence seems promising." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x well" | ||
Floyd | It's a hand-pumped well. It has a long lever, and a spout. The pump
Floyd | looks very old and corroded.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first woman on the radio says, "I can't remember, but I know that
Floyd | either School Zones or Hospital Zones are 23 miles per hour."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" | ||
Floyd | You work the lever, to no avail; the well is long since dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | The announcer comes back on the radio. "That's all the time we have
Floyd | for today's edition of Vehicle Code Forum. Next on, live coverage of
Floyd | the swearing-in ceremony for new civil servants in the Ministry of
Floyd | Information."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "north into barn?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search weeds" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Do you swear to uphold the procedures and
Floyd | policies of the Ministry of Information, to use appropriate rubber
Floyd | stamps on all forms, and to completely and accurately fill in all parts
Floyd | of forms marked Office Use Only and/or Do Not Write Above and/or Below
Floyd | Line?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline shrugs. "Sure. I will be afk for a little while, but watching the screen." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | You're in an old, rickety barn. The area smells of rotting wood and
Floyd | damp decay. The usual farm implements are scattered around the barn:
Floyd | a pitchfork stuck into a bale of hay, several stalls for horses.
Floyd | In the center of the barn is a small single-engine airplane. It's
Floyd | an open-cockpit, high-wing tail-dragger. It's painted a faded yellow.
Floyd | The exit is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x airplane" | ||
Floyd | It's a tail-dragger with an open cockpit. Unfortunately, it doesn't
Floyd | look like there's any hope that it can be made to work; the engine
Floyd | looks dismantled and corroded. It looks like you could get in the
Floyd | plane if you wanted, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" | ||
Floyd | cockpit
Floyd | You're in the cockpit of a very old airplane. From here, you can
Floyd | see just how hopeless it would be to try to get it flying: the control
Floyd | stick has been removed, leaving a gaping hole in the floor, and the
Floyd | airframe is quite rotted.
Floyd | Even the seat has been removed. At the rear of the cockpit area is
Floyd | a large compartment, which is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open compartment" | ||
Floyd | Which compartment do you mean, the radio compartment, or the storage
Floyd | compartment?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "storage" | ||
Floyd | It's jammed shut; you'll need to get something to pry it open with.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "We've probably got the right tool already in our locked toolbox." | |
DavidW says, "I suppose... if we found water for our bucket, we might put out the guy on fire and thus get the toolbox key from him." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Barn
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Wouldn't he be dead by now?" | |
Limax says, "Oh wait" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pitchfork" | ||
Floyd | It has a handle about five feet long, and three sharp metal prongs
Floyd | space about six inches apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||
Floyd | Taken. Now all you need is some horns and a pointy tail, and you'd own
Floyd | this place!
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search hay" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio announces, "This is H-SPAN, the Hades Public Affairs Network.
Floyd | Next on: a discussion of the Motor Vehicle Code."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalls" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing interesting about them.
Floyd |
Floyd | An announcer on the radio says, "Welcome to Vehicle Code Forum.
Floyd | Today's topic is speed limits."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter stall" | ||
Floyd | Why? Hoping to return as a horse in your next life?
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Many drivers find it very confusing that
Floyd | every type of zone has its own speed limit. No two zones have the same
Floyd | speed limit. In addition, there are too many types of zones -- we have
Floyd | School Zones, Hospital Zones, Library Zones, Residential Zones, and
Floyd | Freeway Zones. This is more than we need."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I think we've exhausted the farm for now. Should check out the open field and hills next." | |
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||
Floyd | I don't see what you're referring to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, and a pitchfork.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman on the radio says, "I believe that both Hospital Zones and 43
Floyd | mile-per-hour zones need to be reconsidered."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Okay." | |
Jacqueline asks, "Also, the radio is recyling, no?" | ||
Jacqueline says, "That's good to know, in case we are too lazy to take notes and that info is necessary at the DMV later." | ||
Limax asks, "Notes? What's that?" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Exactly." | ||
Jacqueline goes to rinse her hair and will be back in a sec. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Possibly, but I think it's a much more
Floyd | pressing problem that the color of speed limit signs in School Zones is
Floyd | blue."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman on the radio responds, "What color would you suggest? Green
Floyd | is already taken by 59 mile-per-hour zones."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | On the radio, a second woman enters the conversation. "Yes, but both
Floyd | School Zones and 27 mile-per-hour zones have large signs, while Library
Floyd | Zones -- not to mention 43 mile-per-hour zones -- have only
Floyd | medium-sized signs. It doesn't seem appropriate somehow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | The man on the radio says, "Now I've forgotten -- is the speed limit in
Floyd | a residental zone 17 or 23 miles per hour?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Field
Floyd | You're in a large, open field. The ground is peppered with clumps
Floyd | of scrubby grass. A road lies to the west. You can see a tall
Floyd | mountain range in the distance to the southeast.
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first woman on the radio says, "I can't remember, but I know that
Floyd | either School Zones or Hospital Zones are 23 miles per hour."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hop" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hop".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rabbit" | ||
Floyd | It's a large jackrabbit. It's hopping around happily, foraging for
Floyd | food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The announcer comes back on the radio. "That's all the time we have
Floyd | for today's edition of Vehicle Code Forum. Next on, live coverage of
Floyd | the swearing-in ceremony for new civil servants in the Ministry of
Floyd | Information."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bop rabbit on the head" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bop".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mountains" | ||
Floyd | You can't make out much detail from this distance. The tallest point,
Floyd | to the southeast, looks like a volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Do you swear to uphold the procedures and
Floyd | policies of the Ministry of Information, to use appropriate rubber
Floyd | stamps on all forms, and to completely and accurately fill in all parts
Floyd | of forms marked Office Use Only and/or Do Not Write Above and/or Below
Floyd | Line?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" | ||
Floyd | It's brown and looks very tough.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x volcano" | ||
Floyd | You can't make out much detail from this distance. The tallest point,
Floyd | to the southeast, looks like a volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd | You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall
Floyd | mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation.
Floyd | Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds
Floyd | of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the
Floyd | mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone on the radio says, "I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I'm guessing someone will have to solve the logic puzzle if we really do ned it at the DMV" | |
DavidW says, "uh-huh" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd | You're fairly high up on the side of the mountain -- you'd guess
Floyd | that you're around two thousand feet up. (Have you noticed that they
Floyd | use the English system of measurements in Hell? What else would you
Floyd | expect?) You can go down the mountain to the west, and the volcano's
Floyd | cone looms above to the east. A small opening appears to lead into a
Floyd | cave to the south. You can also travel along a path to the north, and
Floyd | a narrow passage to the southeast.
Floyd | You have an excellent view of Hell from here. The tall buildings
Floyd | downtown all seem tiny from this distance and altitude, except for the
Floyd | Tower -- even from here, you can't see the top. The Tower looks like a
Floyd | thin, gleaming string stretching from the ground up into the dark sky.
Floyd | As your eyes follow the Tower up into the sky, you realize that you're
Floyd | high enough above the surface now that you can see stars above -- so
Floyd | many stars, all so bright, that it's quite well lit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio announces, "This is H-SPAN, the Hades Public Affairs Network.
Floyd | Next on: a discussion of the Motor Vehicle Code."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stars".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Several ways to go." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Top of Volcano
Floyd | You're standing at the rim of the volcano. Below, tons of glowing
Floyd | red-hot molten rock churn and bubble. You can climb down the mountain
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An announcer on the radio says, "Welcome to Vehicle Code Forum.
Floyd | Today's topic is speed limits."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lava" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lava here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x volcano" | ||
Floyd | It's hard to see much, thanks to all of the steam and dust rising out
Floyd | of the cauldron, but you can see quite a lot of red-hot, glowing,
Floyd | molten rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Many drivers find it very confusing that
Floyd | every type of zone has its own speed limit. No two zones have the same
Floyd | speed limit. In addition, there are too many types of zones -- we have
Floyd | School Zones, Hospital Zones, Library Zones, Residential Zones, and
Floyd | Freeway Zones. This is more than we need."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x molten rock" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "molten".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman on the radio says, "I believe that both Hospital Zones and 43
Floyd | mile-per-hour zones need to be reconsidered."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd | You're in a large, cylindrical cave with smooth, black walls.
Floyd | Running through the south end of the cave is a wide, swiftly-flowing
Floyd | river of lava, which flows downhill to the east. The lava pours in
Floyd | through an orifice in the western wall. An exit leads back outside to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man on the radio says, "Possibly, but I think it's a much more
Floyd | pressing problem that the color of speed limit signs in School Zones is
Floyd | blue."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | The searing heat of the lava shoots through your body, making you try
Floyd | desperately to escape the river. As you flail around, though, you
Floyd | start to realize that the lava isn't harming you, despite the intense
Floyd | pain. As you start to get used to the blistering heat, you notice that
Floyd | you're being swept rapidly downstream...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing swiftly downhill to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman on the radio responds, "What color would you suggest? Green
Floyd | is already taken by 59 mile-per-hour zones."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | River of Lava
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing swiftly downhill to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the radio, a second woman enters the conversation. "Yes, but both
Floyd | School Zones and 27 mile-per-hour zones have large signs, while Library
Floyd | Zones -- not to mention 43 mile-per-hour zones -- have only
Floyd | medium-sized signs. It doesn't seem appropriate somehow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man on the radio says, "Now I've forgotten -- is the speed limit in
Floyd | a residental zone 17 or 23 miles per hour?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "and we have a 10 foot rope with a loop on one end." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw rope at stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | You're up to your ears in lava. You can't manage to throw the rope
Floyd | while submerged like this.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first woman on the radio says, "I can't remember, but I know that
Floyd | either School Zones or Hospital Zones are 23 miles per hour."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn off radio" | ||
Floyd | The radio is now turned off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the
Floyd | lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs,
Floyd | catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far
Floyd | below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, oops." | |
Jacqueline asks, "Want to undo?" | ||
DavidW says, "nope" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a narrow ledge high up on the mountainside. The ledge
Floyd | continues to the southeast and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot.
Floyd | You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and
Floyd | you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and
Floyd | you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so, I'm guessing we need a raft of some sort." | |
DavidW says, "A raft that doesn't burn up in lava." | ||
Jacqueline asks, "Did we try getting out on a shore during the swim? We didn't, did we?" | ||
Limax asks, "So we went over a waterfall of lava and landed on a ledge?" | ||
DavidW says, "I did try" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Only tried lassoing the stalagmite? Oh, okay. That's when I was catching up - must have missed that in my scrolling." | ||
DavidW says, "It was quite blatant that we need to use the rope as I did, but we were submerged, so it didn't work." | ||
Jacqueline says, "True." | ||
Jacqueline says, "I see your point." | ||
Jacqueline says, "I am trying to think of things that don't melt or burn up in lava (aside from us) and am not coming up with anything." | ||
DavidW says, "There's still some areas on the mountain we haven't seen." | ||
Jacqueline nods. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd | You're fairly high up on the side of the mountain -- you'd guess
Floyd | that you're around two thousand feet up. (Have you noticed that they
Floyd | use the English system of measurements in Hell? What else would you
Floyd | expect?) You can go down the mountain to the west, and the volcano's
Floyd | cone looms above to the east. A small opening appears to lead into a
Floyd | cave to the south. You can also travel along a path to the north, and
Floyd | a narrow passage to the southeast.
Floyd | You have an excellent view of Hell from here. The tall buildings
Floyd | downtown all seem tiny from this distance and altitude, except for the
Floyd | Tower -- even from here, you can't see the top. The Tower looks like a
Floyd | thin, gleaming string stretching from the ground up into the dark sky.
Floyd | As your eyes follow the Tower up into the sky, you realize that you're
Floyd | high enough above the surface now that you can see stars above -- so
Floyd | many stars, all so bright, that it's quite well lit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "What was to the southeast on ledge?" | |
DavidW says (to Limax), "The ledge we landed on." | ||
Limax says, "Aha" | ||
Limax says, "I missed that" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Explore away, D." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd | You're on the shore of a beautiful clear blue mountain lake. The
Floyd | lake is huge -- it looks like it's almost a mile across. The water is
Floyd | very still and clear. The lake is circled by high cliffs, except here,
Floyd | where you could easily wade into the water. A path leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "water for the bucket, if nothing else" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | (the lake water)
Floyd | Swimming on the lake
Floyd | You're swimming on the lake. The shore is to the west. A rocky
Floyd | ledge to the north prevents travel in that direction, but you can go
Floyd | east or south.
Floyd | You didn't notice from the shore, but there seems to be a very
Floyd | strong undertow pulling you underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to fight the undertow, but it's just too strong. It drags you
Floyd | underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "And we can wade" | |
DavidW says, "I assume we don't need to breathe." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You try to swim against the undertow, but the current drags you down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The undertow drags you down, away from the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Floor
Floyd | You're deep underwater, just above the rocky bottom of the lake.
Floyd | The water is swirling violently around a depression in the rocky floor
Floyd | -- you realize that it's a whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "Oh no!" | |
DavidW says, "hm. We need a plug, I'm guessing." | ||
Limax asks (of DavidW), "Do the dead breathe?" | ||
Limax asks, "What about the bucket?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to fill it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "water" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any water here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Oh... I was thinking about using it as a plug" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x depression" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "depression".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x whirlpool" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "whirlpool".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Sonofa..." | |
DavidW says, "hm. Maybe we don't use a plug." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't swim against the whirlpool current.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged helplessly toward the whirlpool. You try to swim
Floyd | against it, but it's too strong. You get nearer and nearer the hole.
Floyd | You start tumbling over and over in the turbulent waters; your head
Floyd | hits a rock, then your arm, then a leg.
Floyd | You're barely able to see what's happening as you're battered
Floyd | against the rocks, but you realize that you're falling through a narrow
Floyd | tunnel. You're on your back, moving head-first through the tunnel.
Floyd | You lose track of how much time you're bounced around inside the
Floyd | tunnel, but you eventually emerge into a raging river pouring down the
Floyd | hillside. You tumble and crash into even more rocks as you're washed
Floyd | down the rocky riverbed.
Floyd | You pass under a bridge, trying to grab onto something but finding
Floyd | nothing to hold onto. The water continues to drag you downstream. You
Floyd | manage to get your head above water long enough to look at what's
Floyd | coming, and you see a dense tangle of tree branches up ahead. You
Floyd | brace yourself just in time, and crash into the thicket.
Floyd | It's difficult, but you manage to untangle yourself from the tree
Floyd | branches, and climb out onto the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The river is blocked to the
Floyd | south by a dense tangle of tree branches. A path leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I wonder if you can go east back into the river" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You can't get past the thicket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thicket" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary thicket to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter river" | ||
Floyd | Which river do you mean, the river, or the river?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "yes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Hm" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to swim in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "river" | ||
Floyd | Which river do you mean, the river, or the river?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The water pours rapidly over
Floyd | huge rocks in the river. A bridge crosses the river to the east. A
Floyd | narrow path climbs steeply up the hill to the northwest, and you can
Floyd | follow the river to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "So there's the bridge we passed under on the way downstream" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" | ||
Floyd | The bridge crosses the river to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "bet there's a troll" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bridge" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing under the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | You're at the center of a bridge that travels east and west across a
Floyd | raging rapids below.
Floyd | There's a large hairy Troll standing in the center of the bridge,
Floyd | blocking your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
smartgenes arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Limax says, "Boy, yu're good" | |
DavidW asks, "Can I call 'em or what?" | ||
Limax says, "So we need to find a bear" | ||
DavidW says, "or a goat" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x troll" | ||
Floyd | It's a huge beast, standing ten feet high, covered with bristly black
Floyd | hair and wielding a double-edged axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| smartgenes says, "ahoy" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask troll about bridge" | ||
Floyd | The Troll doesn't appear to speak your language. Your questions just
Floyd | seem to agitate it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Or a nest of golden eggs" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x axe" | ||
Floyd | It looks viscous. You wouldn't want to be caught along its line of
Floyd | travel, especially when wielded by the Troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | The troll blocks your path.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "So, the manual says we can't die or make things unrecoverable. We can't get trapped anywhere, and I'm assuming if we want to come back through these places we can just climb the volcano and take the ride again." | |
Limax asks, "'viscous'? Isn't that like watery?" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Also, I will have to go soon, but am find with you all playing on. This is a good game, but isn't grabbing me like last week's game." | ||
smartgenes asks, "new game? .. is this an intentional "viscous troll"?" | ||
DavidW says (to Limax), "uh, yeah. He meant vicious, I assume." | ||
Limax says, "I'd think so" | ||
Jacqueline says, "Well, unless he's made of coagulated lava." | ||
DavidW says, "There's another path we haven't taken yet." | ||
smartgenes says, "viscous is like the feeling of touching oil" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd | You're on a path that climbs up a sheer cliff face. The path goes
Floyd | down to the river to the southeast, and climbs steeply to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, true. Given that I'm unsure what it's like to touch coagulated lava..." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd | You're on a steeply climbing path near the top of a cliff. The path
Floyd | descends to the northeast, and continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd | You're in a narrow passage among the rocks. You can squeeze through
Floyd | to the east and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Oh look" | |
DavidW says, "I think that's all of the mountains we can do. We can still try to fill the bucket with water from the lake without entering the lake, but then we should head west of Downtown." | ||
Limax says, "Sounds like a plan" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket with water" | ||
Floyd | Okay, the bucket is now full of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | The terrain is too rocky that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd | You're on a quiet, pleasant suburban street to the west of the city.
Floyd | Somehow, you always knew there would be suburbs in hell. The street is
Floyd | lined with the type of tract housing they built copiously in California
Floyd | in the 1950's: one-story buildings with flat roofs, horizontal lines,
Floyd | lots of windows, and poor construction quality. A drab, faded
Floyd | blue-green house lies to the south, and a mini-mall lies to the north.
Floyd | The street leads east back into the city. To the west, the street
Floyd | fades to a gravel path.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man whose clothes are on fire is running around in circles, flailing
Floyd | his arms and screaming. He runs off to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "We found our fire man" | |
DavidW says, "let's douse him" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd | You're on a quiet, pleasant suburban street to the west of the city.
Floyd | Somehow, you always knew there would be suburbs in hell. The street is
Floyd | lined with the type of tract housing they built copiously in California
Floyd | in the 1950's: one-story buildings with flat roofs, horizontal lines,
Floyd | lots of windows, and poor construction quality. A drab, faded
Floyd | blue-green house lies to the south, and a mini-mall lies to the north.
Floyd | The street leads east back into the city. To the west, the street
Floyd | fades to a gravel path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | You're in the center of Hell's business district. To the north is
Floyd | an extremely tall tower, which reaches up into the sky; the top is lost
Floyd | in mist high above. An archway leads south. You can go down the
Floyd | street to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man whose clothes are on fire is running around in circles, flailing
Floyd | his arms and screaming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw water on man" | ||
Floyd | You pour the water onto the burning man, and the flames are immediately
Floyd | extinguished. He looks dazed for a moment, then sees that you're the
Floyd | kind person that did the good deed. "Hey!" he shouts at you. "What
Floyd | did you do that for? Now I've got to go back to work!"
Floyd | He fumbles through his pockets. As he does, you notice a small
Floyd | metal object drop to the ground. He eventually finds a matchbook in
Floyd | his pocket, and strikes a match; he tries to get his clothes burning
Floyd | again, but they're too wet. "Oh, well, it's no use," he says, and
Floyd | stomps away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ha ha" | |
Limax says, "He dropped something, though" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock toolbox with key" | ||
Floyd | Unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Good assumption" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open toolbox" | ||
Floyd | Opening the toolbox reveals a crowbar and a yellow note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read yellow note" | ||
Floyd | It's a small piece of yellow paper, with nothing written on it except a
Floyd | series of numbers: 6-24-10.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Hm... tomorrow three years ago" | |
DavidW asks, "I suppose the crowbar might open the storage compartment of the airplane -- should we try that first?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "brief" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Barn
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter airplane" | ||
Floyd | cockpit
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open storage with crowbar" | ||
Floyd | You jam the crowbar under the compartment door and start prying. After
Floyd | a few moments, you hear a loud snap, and the door pops open. Opening
Floyd | the storage compartment reveals a parachute.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "There you go" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take parachute. x it." | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a bulky bag with straps for attaching it to your torso. It has a
Floyd | bright red rip-cord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the parachute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Hm. Was there a place a parachute would come in handy?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Barn
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "not sure. Maybe jumping off the space needle?" | |
Limax says, "Sounds good" | ||
Limax asks, "We need money to get up there, don't we?" | ||
DavidW says, "yes" | ||
DavidW says, "Possibly the parachute is also useful at the lavafall." | ||
Limax nods | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd | You're in the parking lot of a suburban mini-mall. The street is to
Floyd | the south. To the east is a store labeled "Just Mirrors", and to the
Floyd | west is The Amulette Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I wonder what happens when you break a mirror in hell" | |
DavidW says, "ooh, I want a mirror for the infernolab." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Just Mirrors
Floyd | You're inside Just Mirrors, which seems to sell just mirrors. Lots
Floyd | of mirrors are available for sale. The shopkeeper seems to be a sullen
Floyd | teen, sitting behind the counter trying hard to ignore you. The exit
Floyd | is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mirror" | ||
Floyd | You can't afford any of these mirrors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teenager about mirror" | ||
Floyd | He ignores you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirrors" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to tell me how to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "With crowbar?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirrors with crowbar" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit teenager with crowbar" | ||
Floyd | Attacking the sullen teen doesn't appear productive.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counter" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing on the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind counter" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing behind the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Did Michael write this in T3?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy mirror" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to buy the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Limax), "not unless he ported it." | |
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Perdition's Flames
Floyd | TADS Interactive Fiction
Floyd | By Michael J. Roberts
Floyd |
Floyd | Version 1.01/Release 020203
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 by Michael J. Roberts. All Rights Reserved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Aha... T2... if it's back in 2002" | |
DavidW says, "Not sure what to do with the teen. I suppose he wants a girlfriend or a skateboard magazine or something to un-mope-ify him." | ||
Limax says, "Maybe" | ||
Limax asks, "What was the other shop here?" | ||
DavidW says, "If it's a girl he wants, she's probably the clerk in the Amulette Shoppe" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Amulette Shoppe
Floyd | You're in a small store that sells amulets of various kinds. Glass
Floyd | display cases contain the amulets, which look like assorted types of
Floyd | jewelry.
Floyd | A shopkeeper is here waiting to help you.
Floyd | The shop keeper greets you as you walk in. "How may I help you?"
Floyd | he asks cheerfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ah... amulets" | |
Limax says, "And no girl" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about amulets" | ||
Floyd | "I have a very nice selection of authentic reproductions of actual
Floyd | amulets. Of course, these amulets don't have the magical protective
Floyd | powers of the real amulets, but they make very nice jewelry."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmm. this is a wild guess, but if these amulets are powerless, then we need to find a real one to steal, and buy a fake here that looks just like it." | |
Limax says, "Sounds IF logical" | ||
DavidW says, "(also, I want to steal the -te -pe from the signage)" | ||
Limax says, "Agreed" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy amulet" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to buy the amulet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x amulet" | ||
Floyd | The display cases contain a number of different amulets. Most look
Floyd | like they're to be worn around the neck: one is a big gold disk with
Floyd | complex etchings; a second one is a clear, light blue jewel stone; a
Floyd | third is an ivory carving of a boat. Some look like other types of
Floyd | jewelry: one is a simple silver ring, and another is a bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Is there anywhere else that might be open now? I know really all we've received is the parachute" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, and a
Floyd | parachute (being worn). The toolbox seems to contain a crowbar and a
Floyd | yellow note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
smartgenes goes home. | ||
smartgenes has disconnected. | DavidW says, "We haven't explored everything yet. There's still the house south of Suburbs and the gravel path west of Suburbs." | |
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says, "but it would be nice to start solving puzzles. There's a LOT of blocked places so far." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x disk" | ||
Floyd | It's a large gold disk with complex etchings. The pattern of etchings
Floyd | resembles a starburst: a central circle with lines radiating. The
Floyd | disk is attached to a gold chain, for wearing the amulet around the
Floyd | neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about disk" | ||
Floyd | "This is a replica of an amulet that is said to provide protection
Floyd | against great heat. I think the story is that it resembles the Sun,
Floyd | which is the source of all heat. This one's been sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about blue jewel" | ||
Floyd | "This is a very nice jewel, don't you think? The amulet that it's
Floyd | based upon supposedly provides protection against extreme cold. The
Floyd | jewel looks a little like a block of ice, you see. This one's been
Floyd | sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "The lava river?" | |
DavidW asks, "We don't need protection against heat, do we?" | ||
Limax says, "There's a boat one" | ||
Limax says, "No... I don't think so" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about boat" | ||
Floyd | "This is real ivory, which is very hard to find these days. The
Floyd | original amulet was said to provide protection against sickness. I
Floyd | think the idea is that you might become ill in a rowboat. This one's
Floyd | been sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about ring" | ||
Floyd | "This was is supposed to provide protection against blinding light.
Floyd | I'm not sure why it's a ring. This one's been sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about bracelet" | ||
Floyd | "The original amulet upon which this is based is said to provide
Floyd | protection against deafening sound. This one's been sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so all five are sold. weird." | |
DavidW says, "let's visit the blue-green house" | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd | You're in the poorly-tended, mostly dead yard of a house that lies
Floyd | to the south. Now that you're closer to the house, you can see just
Floyd | how poorly built the house really is: the primary building material
Floyd | seems to be cardboard stapled onto a rotting wooden frame. The
Floyd | cardboard is ill-fitting and poorly aligned, leaving large gaps here
Floyd | and there. You can enter the house to the south, and you can leave the
Floyd | yard to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "All five are sold... I'm guessing that's to set us upto steal one" | |
DavidW says, "gee, a cardboard house." | ||
Limax says, "Set it on fire" | ||
Limax asks, "?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | As you start to open the door, you suddenly realize that it was locked.
Floyd | However, the construction quality of the house is so poor that the door
Floyd | pops open anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | You're in an old, dilapidated kitchen. The appliances are all
Floyd | ancient and appear to be in poor condition; the linoleum floor has
Floyd | large gashes here and there where the plastic is curled back. There's
Floyd | a sink, with a small cabinet underneath. An exit leads north out into
Floyd | the yard, and passages lead west and south.
Floyd | You see a paper recycling bin here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bin" | ||
Floyd | It's a blue plastic bin, labeled "Paper", with the familiar recycling
Floyd | symbol underneath. There's nothing in the paper recycling bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bin" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary sink to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "For the DMV?" | |
DavidW says, "I have no idea why I'm taking it." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||
Floyd | Opening the cabinet reveals a pair of rubber gloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gloves" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gloves" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary pair of rubber gloves to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "The clerk wouldn't let you have the paper at the DMV because they said they recycle" | |
DavidW says, "There wasn't paper at the DMV; you must mean the Celestial Securities." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on sink" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to turn the sink on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | You're in the dining room, which isn't really a separate room but
Floyd | just the northwest corner of the living room. A table dominates the
Floyd | area. A six-foot partition separates the dining room and living room
Floyd | from the kitchen, which is to the east (evidently, building a wall all
Floyd | the way up to the ceiling would have been too expensive). The living
Floyd | room lies to the south.
Floyd | Sitting on the table is some junk mail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Could the gloves be so that we don't get electrocuted?" | |
Limax says, "Ooo. Junk mal" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read mail" | ||
Floyd | It's one of those obvious pieces of junk mail that's been made up to
Floyd | look like something important, with phrases such as "Extremely Urgent!"
Floyd | and "Dated Material!" and "Super-Express-Gram" stamped on the outside,
Floyd | but addressed to "Resident (Deceased)". The letter reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, Decedent!
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you tired of the banality of everyday death in Hell? Have you been
Floyd | to Heaven, but couldn't stand the boring "cultural" activities? Do you
Floyd | long for the danger and excitement that you had when you were alive?
Floyd |
Floyd | Then join the Hades Explorers' Society!
Floyd |
Floyd | In the HES, we go to the parts of the underworld that ordinary people
Floyd | have never heard of, and we perform amazing feats that others wouldn't
Floyd | dream of, then we get together in our luxurious clubhouse and exchange
Floyd | stories over fine imported cognac and brandy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Because of your excellent credit history, you're PRE-APPROVED for
Floyd | membership in the HES. All you need to do is to bring the enclosed
Floyd | Certificate of Invitation to our Headquarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as we're concerned, you're as good as joined. However, there's
Floyd | one catch. The way to our headquarters is guarded by an evil Troll.
Floyd | The Troll will let none pass except for card-carrying members of the
Floyd | HES, or those who the Troll believes are worthy of membership. The
Floyd | Troll unfortunately does not read, so the enclosed certificate will not
Floyd | help you. Instead, you must prove yourself an accomplished Adventurer
Floyd | by bringing the Troll a great treasure. For this we can offer you no
Floyd | guidance, but if you are truly an Adventurer, you will be up to the
Floyd | quest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Good luck! We look forward to welcoming you!
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of paper that was attached to the letter falls out onto the
Floyd | table. You see that it's the Certificate of Invitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "Aha!" | |
Limax says, "So no bear or goats required" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take certificate" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, troll wants treasure. That's straightforward." | |
Limax says, "New twist on an old theme" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd | On the table you see some junk mail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x partition" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any partition here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | Limax asks, "What does the certificate say?" | |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | You're in the living room, which is long and narrow, with a brick
Floyd | fireplace on the south wall; next to the fireplace is a tool holder. A
Floyd | six-foot partition to the north separates the living room and kitchen.
Floyd | The northwest corner of the room serves as the dining room. A hallway
Floyd | leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read certificate" | ||
Floyd | It's an elaborate certificate, personalized in frilly script letters
Floyd | for "BEARER", certifying that the named individual has been
Floyd | pre-approved for membership in the Hades Explorers' Society and all of
Floyd | the privileges and responsibilities pertaining thereunto.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x holder" | ||
Floyd | It's a black metal caddy for holding fireplace tools. It has space for
Floyd | three specific tools. In the fireplace tool holder you see a poker, a
Floyd | brush, and a shovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take holder" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the fireplace tool holder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poker" | ||
Floyd | It's a black wrought-iron fireplace poker. It's about half an inch in
Floyd | diameter, and a couple of feet long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brush" | ||
Floyd | It's a black brush with a two-foot metal handle, useful for sweeping
Floyd | ashes out of a fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shovel" | ||
Floyd | It's a small black shovel with a two-foot metal handle, useful for
Floyd | collecting ashes out of a fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from holder" | ||
Floyd | poker: Taken.
Floyd | brush: Taken.
Floyd | shovel: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "see no reason not to take them all." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter fireplace" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to enter the fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd | You're in a short hallway connecting the bedrooms to the living room
Floyd | and kitchen area. The kitchen lies to the north, the living room is to
Floyd | the west, and the hall continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd | You're at the east end of the hall. Bedrooms are to the east and
Floyd | south, and a bathroom is to the north. The hall continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Master Bedroom
Floyd | You're in a large bedroom that's set up as an office. In the center
Floyd | of the room is a large desk, on which is a personal computer and a big
Floyd | pile of paper.
Floyd | The hallway lies to the west.
Floyd | Sitting on the desk is a pencil sharpener, a bag of Cheese-Doodles,
Floyd | and an empty can of ToxiCola.
Floyd | A programmer is sitting in front of the computer, looking at a
Floyd | screenful of C code.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Huh" | |
Limax says, "Pretty big house for being made of cardboard" | ||
DavidW says, "I thought the place was deserted, but I guess not." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x programmer" | ||
Floyd | You can tell just looking at him that he does nothing but program all Floyd | day: he looks pale, even for a dead guy, and he's dressed in jeans and Floyd | a t-shirt, the canonical uniform of the software developer. Clipped to | Limax says, "Agreed" | |
Floyd | one of his pockets is a small plastic card.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd | You can't get a very good look (not without being impolite, at least).
Floyd | You can see "INFERNOLAB" spelled out in large letters.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Why do I have a feeling we're going to need the card?" | |
Limax says, "Confirmed" | ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x notes" | ||
Floyd | There's pieces of scratch paper spread out all over the desk, except
Floyd | for the half of the desk occupied by the computer. Some of the pieces
Floyd | have a bunch of hex numbers with little arrows next to them; others
Floyd | have strange maps consisting of little squares (each with a label such
Floyd | as "Hall East") connected by lines, and others have lists with about
Floyd | half of the items crossed off and the other half squeezed into the last
Floyd | inch at the top of the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There was a cardslot in the lab, too." | |
inky says (to Floyd), "x screen" | ||
Floyd | It's a personal computer with the traditional accoutrements: mouse,
Floyd | keyboard, monitor, and system CPU unit. The screen is displaying a
Floyd | bunch of C code.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x code" | ||
Floyd | It doesn't shed much light on what to do next.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Hall East... I shoudl know what that's from" | |
Limax asks, "Is that a Zork game or is that Adventure?" | ||
DavidW says, "Assuming author insertion, I assume it's one of MJR's early games." | ||
Limax nods | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x michael" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "michael".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read card" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to read the ID card.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer for card" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the programmer could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take card" | ||
Floyd | The programmer is carrying the ID card and won't let you have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "debug program" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read code" | ||
Floyd | It doesn't shed much light on what to do next.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sharpener" | ||
Floyd | It's an electric pencil sharpener. It has a pencil-sized hole on one
Floyd | end. There's also a small compartment (which is closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Ask programmer about code?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open compartment" | ||
Floyd | Which compartment do you mean, the radio compartment, or the sharpener
Floyd | compartment?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sharpener" | ||
Floyd | Opening the sharpener compartment reveals an Infern-O-Vac battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x battery" | ||
Floyd | It's an Infern-O-Vac type HH battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about code" | ||
Floyd | "I'd love to chat, but I'm busy."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sharpener" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd | It's a very large desk, perhaps six feet wide by three feet deep, made
Floyd | from dark wood and done in Danish Modern style. One half of the desk
Floyd | is occupied by a computer, and most of the rest of the desk is covered
Floyd | with papers. The desk has a drawer, which is closed. On the desk you
Floyd | see a bag of Cheese-Doodles and an empty can of ToxiCola.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||
Floyd | The programmer stops you. "Hey! Leave that alone! What do you think?
Floyd | That this is your own private hell?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any bed here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x doodles" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the bag of Cheese-Doodles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x can" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary empty can of ToxiCola to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I have no immediate ideas for the programmer yet. Possibly he wants more junk food." | |
Limax says, "Possibly" | ||
Limax says, "I'm interested in what's in the other bedroom" | ||
DavidW says, "There's still another bedroom and a bathroom." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | You're in a small bathroom. In the center of a room is a sink, and
Floyd | over the sink is a medicine cabinet (which is closed). The exit is to
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Right" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||
Floyd | You try to open it, but it's stuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Cowbar?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet with crowbar" | ||
Floyd | The jammed frame creaks and moans, but it's no match for the crowbar,
Floyd | and it quickly opens with a loud cracking sound. As it comes open, the
Floyd | mirror suddenly snaps out of the frame, and and crashes down onto the
Floyd | sink. Glass flies everywhere.
Floyd | The programmer walks in, evidently having heard the commotion. "It
Floyd | looks like you tried to open the medicine cabinet," he says. "I should
Floyd | have warned you about that. It's yet another of the high-quality
Floyd | accessories of this house. The mirror always pops out when the
Floyd | medicine cabinet is opened."
Floyd | He walks out, and returns with a broom. "I'll have to go get
Floyd | another mirror," he says as he sweeps up the glass. "I'll just be a
Floyd | few minutes. There's a mirror store right across the street."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels out into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "Aha!" | |
Limax asks, "Do we follow him or check the desk?" | ||
DavidW asks, "hm, if there was a pillow in the sink, maybe the mirror wouldn't smash and we get a free mirror?" | ||
DavidW says, "check the desk" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels west down the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Master Bedroom
Floyd | Sitting on the desk is a bag of Cheese-Doodles and an empty can of
Floyd | ToxiCola.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||
Floyd | Opening the drawer reveals a pencil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pencil" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||
Floyd | It's a standard number 2 pencil. It's brand new, and hasn't been
Floyd | sharpened yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sharpen pencil" | ||
Floyd | (with the pencil sharpener)
Floyd | The pencil sharpener doesn't do anything. You withdraw the pencil from
Floyd | the hole and find it exactly as sharp as when you inserted it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take battery from sharpener compartment" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open radio compartment" | ||
Floyd | Opening the radio compartment reveals a DuraHell battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put durahell battery in sharpener compartment" | ||
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sharpen pencil" | ||
Floyd | (with the pencil sharpener)
Floyd | The pencil sharpener whirs for several seconds as you feed the pencil
Floyd | in. You take the pencil out and find it sharpened and ready for
Floyd | writing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put durahell battery in radio compartment" | ||
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close drawer" | ||
Floyd | Closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close sharpener compartment" | ||
Floyd | Closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer walks into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer walks in carrying a new mirror. He carefully pops the
Floyd | mirror into the frame and closes the medicine cabinet. "I'll have to
Floyd | get this medicine cabinet fixed at some point," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer walks into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Small Bedroom
Floyd | You're in a small bedroom. The room is almost entirely filled by
Floyd | the bed. The hall is to the north.
Floyd | Sitting on the bed is a pillow and a bedspread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pillow" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary pillow to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | The bed almost fills the room. On the bed you see a bedspread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bedspread" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary bedspread to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd | You find a dollar bill! It's too bad that US currency is totally
Floyd | useless in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You don't find anything more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bill" | ||
Floyd | You already have the dollar bill!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bill" | ||
Floyd | It looks like real United States currency. You can't imagine how it
Floyd | got into this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pillow in sink" | ||
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet with crowbar" | ||
Floyd | The jammed frame creaks and moans, but it's no match for the crowbar,
Floyd | and it quickly opens with a loud cracking sound. As it comes open, the
Floyd | mirror suddenly snaps out of the frame, and lands gently on the pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mirror" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in cabinet" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the medicine cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||
Floyd | It's a small mirror, about two feet by a foot and a half.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "okay. I have a plan for this mirror." | |
inky says (to Floyd), "look in cabinet" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the medicine cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| olethros) DavidW rummages in his closet. | |
DavidW says, "and I think we're done with this house, except for needing his card." | ||
Limax says, "Excellent" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "The mirror is for the lab, right?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yes" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb railing" | ||
Floyd | With a little effort, you manage to climb up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x panel" | ||
Floyd | It's only about one foot by one foot square. It's currently open.
Floyd | Through the hole, you can see a room below. The room seems to consist
Floyd | of a series of small cubicles, each separated by a six-foot-high
Floyd | partition. Each cubicle contains a chair and a desk. In most of the
Floyd | cubicles, a person is occupying the chair.
Floyd | South of the cubicles is a large, white room, in which a number of
Floyd | people in white labcoats are moving about, consulting with one another
Floyd | and writing notes on the clipboards they're carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mirror on panel" | ||
Floyd | The mirror fits well over the opening, covering the hole entirely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "excellent" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Cool" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | One of the scientists recognizes you, and walks over. "You're back
Floyd | for another try, are you? Well, we normally don't like to use the same
Floyd | subjects multiple times, since it can throw off the results, but given
Floyd | your pathetic performance last time, I suppose that it can't do much
Floyd | harm. It's not like you'll have any sort of advantage over the other
Floyd | subjects!" She lets out a little laugh -- actually, it's more like a
Floyd | snort -- then turns serious again. "Anyway, we're about to begin
Floyd | another experiment, so if you'll have a seat, we will proceed." She
Floyd | walks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd | (the chair)
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on the chair.
Floyd | As you sit down, the door behind you slides closed. One of the
Floyd | scientists walks over to one of the others, and asks him, "Are you
Floyd | ready to begin, Doctor Merkwurtigblatt?"
Floyd | Merkwurtigblatt turns to face her. "A moment please!" He stands
Floyd | facing away from the cubicles, and runs his hands through his hair,
Floyd | inhaling deeply. He then abruptly turns on his heel to face the
Floyd | cubicles. He has short, curly black hair, and is wearing very thick,
Floyd | dark glasses, a white lab coat, and black leather gloves.
Floyd | "Thank you all for coming. I'm Doctor Merkwurtigblatt, and I'll be
Floyd | your scientist today. The experiment we're performing is in a field
Floyd | called Micro-Economics, which means that we're going to attempt to
Floyd | model a particular set of market forces under controlled conditions.
Floyd | As a result, you may find the experiment to be quite abstract, but
Floyd | don't worry; we don't actually want you to understand the point of this
Floyd | experiment, for two reasons. First, if you knew what we were
Floyd | attempting to prove, it would bias the results. And second, our
Floyd | theories might seem strange, or even laughable, to the layman, and you
Floyd | might be left with the impression that Economics is something less --
Floyd | much less -- than the precise and exacting science that we Economists
Floyd | know it to be. But you will be able to rest assured in your confusion
Floyd | that the economic future of Hell is in capable hands. You can tell by
Floyd | our white labcoats, clipboards, and seemingly effortless use of large
Floyd | words that we are authority figures to be respected -- yes -- and
Floyd | feared!
Floyd | "Now, the rules of the experiment are quite simple. Each of you is
Floyd | a trader in goods we will call 'widgets.' The experiment will consist
Floyd | of a series of trading rounds. In each trading round, you will conduct
Floyd | a transaction with the subject to your left and the one to your right.
Floyd | "We will be using what we Economists refer to as the Extended RSP
Floyd | Trading Model, which stands for Rock, Scissors, Paper. We call it
Floyd | 'extended' because we have added a new element that radically changes
Floyd | the equation: dynamite. In this model, dynamite pulverizes rock, rock
Floyd | crushes scissors, scissors cut paper -- yes, to shreds! -- but paper
Floyd | covers dynamite.
Floyd | "You start with 5 widgets. In each trading round, you will choose
Floyd | dynamite, rock, scissors, or paper, and your trading choice will be
Floyd | compared with the choices of those to your left and right. The subject
Floyd | who prevails out of each group of three will acquire one widget each
Floyd | from the subjects on the left and right. The experiment will proceed
Floyd | for five trading rounds.
Floyd | "As an incentive to do your best, if you manage to win every round,
Floyd | you will be awarded Twenty Hellmids at the end of the experiment.
Floyd | Choose carefully."
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 1," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses rock, and the
Floyd | person on the right chooses paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Aha" | |
Limax asks, "Scissors?" | ||
DavidW says, "rock beats scissors, though" | ||
Limax asks, "Paper, then?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push paper button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose paper," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose rock, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose paper. This round tied, so we'll have to do it over."
Floyd | Your display now reads "5".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 1," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses dynamite, and
Floyd | the person on the right chooses scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Does scissors beat dynamite?" | |
DavidW says, "scissors beats paper" | ||
inky says, "scissors and dynamite don't interact, just like rock and paper" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push scissors button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose scissors," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose dynamite, and the subject
Floyd | on the right chose scissors. This round tied, so we'll have to do it
Floyd | over."
Floyd | Your display now reads "5".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 1," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses scissors, and
Floyd | the person on the right chooses dynamite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I thought maybe scissors would cut the fuse" | |
inky says, "it got explained at the start that in this version, dynamite>rock>scissors>paper>dynamite" | ||
Limax says (to inky), "That's too far back to scroll" | ||
DavidW says, "hm. We can never win if our opponents keep picking (rock and paper) or (dynamite and scissors)." | ||
inky says, "so it seems like if you pick rock, you'll get beaten by the dynamite, and if you pick paper, you'll get beaten by the scissors" | ||
inky says, "and if you pick one of the other two, it'll be a tie" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dynamite button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose dynamite," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose scissors, and the subject
Floyd | on the right chose dynamite. This round tied, so we'll have to do it
Floyd | over."
Floyd | Your display now reads "5".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 1," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses paper, and the
Floyd | person on the right chooses dynamite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push scissors button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose scissors," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose paper, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose dynamite. You've won this round! You gain two
Floyd | widgets."
Floyd | Your display now reads "7".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 2," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses dynamite, and
Floyd | the person on the right chooses rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push paper button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose paper," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose dynamite, and the subject
Floyd | on the right chose rock. You've won this round! You gain two
Floyd | widgets."
Floyd | Your display now reads "9".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 3," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses paper, and the
Floyd | person on the right chooses scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "hmm, so I guess it's just random" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rock button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose rock," she says, looking at your
Floyd | button. "The subject on your left chose paper, and the subject on the
Floyd | right chose scissors. You've won this round! You gain two widgets."
Floyd | Your display now reads "11".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 4," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses paper, and the
Floyd | person on the right chooses dynamite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "and we happened to get two bad draws" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push scissors button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose scissors," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose paper, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose dynamite. You've won this round! You gain two
Floyd | widgets."
Floyd | Your display now reads "13".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 5," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses dynamite, and
Floyd | the person on the right chooses scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push scissors button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose scissors," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose dynamite, and the subject
Floyd | on the right chose scissors. This round tied, so we'll have to do it
Floyd | over."
Floyd | Your display now reads "13".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 5," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses dynamite, and
Floyd | the person on the right chooses scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dynamite button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose dynamite," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose dynamite, and the subject
Floyd | on the right chose scissors. This round tied, so we'll have to do it
Floyd | over."
Floyd | Your display now reads "13".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt writes some notes on his clipboard. "Round 5," he
Floyd | announces. "Please make your selections."
Floyd | In the mirror above, you notice the subjects on your left and right
Floyd | making their selections. The person on the left chooses paper, and the
Floyd | person on the right chooses dynamite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push scissors button" | ||
Floyd | You push the button, making your choice. One of the scientists walks
Floyd | over and looks at your choice and the choices of the people on your
Floyd | left and right. "Let's see, you chose scissors," she says, looking at
Floyd | your button. "The subject on your left chose paper, and the subject on
Floyd | the right chose dynamite. You've won this round! You gain two
Floyd | widgets."
Floyd | Your display now reads "15".
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Merkwurtigblatt announces loudly, "That concludes the experiment.
Floyd | Thank you all for participating. You've provided a great deal of
Floyd | valuable data that will significantly advance this important field of
Floyd | science. Those of you with with fifteen widgets will be given your
Floyd | checks now."
Floyd | The cubicle's door slides open.
Floyd | One of the men in labcoats walks up to your desk and looks at your
Floyd | console's display. "Congratulations!" he says. He gets out a
Floyd | checkbook and proceeds to make out a check for Twenty Hellmids. "Here
Floyd | you go," he says, handing you the check, and walks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Go cash the check and head to the space needle?" | |
DavidW says, "ok, let's go to the bank and cash it." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "surely it can't be that easy in hell" | |
DavidW says, "of course it won't." | ||
Limax says, "Most likely not" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bank of Hell
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the tellers waves you over to his window. "Can I help you?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cash cheque" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cash".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Give check?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read cheque" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cheque".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read check" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to read the check.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give check to teller" | ||
Floyd | "Thank you," the teller says, accepting the check and looking it over
Floyd | carefully. "I'll need to see your Driver's License, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "AGH" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take check" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "To the DMV" | |
smartgenes arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | Limax says, "But we have no appiontment" | |
inky says, "ha ha" | ||
inky says, "right-o" | ||
Limax says, "I'm not spending five hours there again" | ||
DavidW says, "There's still the gravel path to check out." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd | You're on a gravel path that leads east and west. The terrain is
Floyd | growing quite dry and rocky to the west; the air is too dusty to see
Floyd | very far west. A small wooden sign is posted here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Hell Nature Preserve
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now entering the Hell Nature Preserve. This
Floyd | area has been set aside to preserve a small part of
Floyd | Hell in its original state, as it was before urbanization
Floyd | transformed Hell into what we know today. Please don't
Floyd | litter -- keep Hell beautiful!
Floyd |
Floyd | After reading the sign, you notice that someone has flagrantly violated
Floyd | the plea not to litter -- someone has carelessly tossed a cigarette box
Floyd | on the ground here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Heh" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||
Floyd | Which box do you mean, the toolbox, or the cigarette box?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cigarette" | ||
Floyd | In the cigarette box you see a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cigarette" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Do we have a lighter or match? Or was that only the fire man?" | |
DavidW says, "The man on fire had matches. Also, there's a lava river." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd | You're on the east edge of a desolate plain. The ground is
Floyd | hard-packed sand covered with small, sharp rocks. The plain extends to
Floyd | the west as far as the eye can see. You notice that you can see for a
Floyd | very long distance; the ground does not seem to have any curvature at
Floyd | all, and there is no distinct horizon. Only sheer distance seems to
Floyd | obscure your view of what may be an infinite plain.
Floyd | You can see a red glow to the north, and the city lies back to the
Floyd | east. The plain stretches off without any distinguishing features in
Floyd | all other directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we could litter and get arrested?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You walk for what seems like a very long time, but every time you look
Floyd | back, you realize that you are no further from the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd | You are on a vast, desolate plain. The ground is hot here; steam
Floyd | rises from cracks in the dry soil, and the warm, damp air smells
Floyd | strongly of sulfur. The area is littered with debris: decaying bones
Floyd | of strange animals, broken parts from ancient machinery, pools of tar
Floyd | and oil. The plain continues off in all directions; it was somewhat
Floyd | more pleasant to the south. A bright red glow comes from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Maybe a place for that one amulet?" | |
DavidW says, "Those amulets don't work, remember." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bones" | ||
Floyd | The bones are of no animals you've ever seen. Some of them look almost
Floyd | human, but not quite. As you look more closely, you notice a
Floyd | human-looking skeleton underneath some of the strange animal bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "That's what the clerk said, yes" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skeleton" | ||
Floyd | You can't see much; it's mostly covered by the strange animal bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "You think the clerk lied? Possible, I guess." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "more animal bones" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "more".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "It is hell, after all" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skeleton" | ||
Floyd | You can't get to the skeleton; it's covered by the strange animal
Floyd | bones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove bones" | ||
Floyd | As your hand approaches the pile of bones, bright blue electric arcs
Floyd | jump toward you. You jump back in pain as the electricity shoots
Floyd | through your body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Rubber gloves" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear gloves" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the pair of rubber gloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove bones" | ||
Floyd | As your hand approaches the pile of bones, bright blue electric arcs
Floyd | jump toward you, but the rubber gloves provide some protection. As you
Floyd | start to move the pile, it collapses, and sparks fly throughout the
Floyd | pile. You jump back from the fireworks. Once the smoke has cleared,
Floyd | you see that a human skeleton has been uncovered.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skeleton" | ||
Floyd | The skeleton has been stripped of flesh; only the bright white bones
Floyd | remain. You notice that the skeleton's bony hand is clutching a small
Floyd | card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "thanks for the gloves hint" | |
Limax says, "Sure" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read card" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to read the appointment card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "AHA!" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take card" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd | It's an appointment card for a driver's license test. It doesn't seem
Floyd | to specify a time or date; it's probably good any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "So now we're going to need the information from the rado" | |
DavidW asks, "what a place to find it, though, eh?" | ||
Limax says, "Agreed" | ||
DavidW says, "I assume we will need the radio info, yes." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machinery" | ||
Floyd | Most of the parts are gigantic, some standing several feet high. The
Floyd | parts are all made of dark, rough metals that look like wrought iron;
Floyd | they have myriad sharp protrusions and appendages. You can't imagine
Floyd | what these parts are or what machines they come from.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search machinery" | ||
Floyd | The machine part isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd | You are on a vast, desolate plain. The ground is hot here; steam
Floyd | rises from cracks in the dry soil, and the warm, damp air smells
Floyd | strongly of sulfur. The area is littered with debris: decaying bones
Floyd | of strange animals, broken parts from ancient machinery, pools of tar
Floyd | and oil. The plain continues off in all directions; it was somewhat
Floyd | more pleasant to the south. A bright red glow comes from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tar" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing special about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cracks" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "cracks".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oil" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing special about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take oil" | ||
Floyd | The pool of oil isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd | You're standing at the top of an enormous crater, which is at least
Floyd | several hundred feet in diameter and almost as deep. Strangely, the
Floyd | ground around the crater is not lifted as you would expect of an impact
Floyd | crater; it is more like the result of excavation. The sides of the
Floyd | crater are very steep, but it looks as though you could climb down with
Floyd | some effort. The depths of the crater are obscured by a dense fog, but
Floyd | a wavering red glow penetrates the fog from below. Overpowering
Floyd | sulfurous fumes fill the air, and waves of heat and steam rise from
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glow" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "glow".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fog" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "fog".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd | You're at the bottom of the crater. The floor of the crater is
Floyd | littered with huge, sharp rocks, making travel very difficult, and the
Floyd | ground is so hot that it glows red. It looks as though you could climb
Floyd | back up the crater wall. To the northeast is a huge stone slab.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the large rocks on the pit floor suddenly bursts into flames.
Floyd | You jump back and shield your eyes from the blinding fire. After a few
Floyd | moments, the fire subsides, and all that's left of the rock is a thick
Floyd | black cloud of sulfurous fumes that slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to move the huge stone slab out of the way first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rumbling sound under your feet. The rumbling increases
Floyd | in intensity until the sound is deafening, and the ground is shaking
Floyd | violently. As you try to maintain your balance, several rocks are
Floyd | suddenly blown upward as a huge steam geyser blasts through the
Floyd | surface. You jump backward away from the jet of pressurized steam.
Floyd | Eventually, the geyser weakens, and finally stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slab" | ||
Floyd | It's about ten feet tall and five feet wide. In the center of the
Floyd | slab, you notice three small holes, arranged in a horizontal line, six
Floyd | inches apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a noise overhead, and look up to see a number of rocks come
Floyd | sliding down the side of the crater. You jump out of the way just in
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x first hole" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "first".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x holes" | ||
Floyd | There are three holes, each about half an inch in diameter, arranged in
Floyd | a horizontal line, and spaced about six inches apart. You can't tell
Floyd | how deep the holes are.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stream of molten lava abruptly starts pouring out of the side of
Floyd | the crater. The glowing stream of liquid rock slowly cools into yet
Floyd | more hot rocks at the floor of the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put poker in holes" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick cloud of dust drifts down from the side of the crater. You
Floyd | watch the cloud as it slowly meanders through the complex air currents
Floyd | driven by the hot crater floor. As the cloud approaches the hot rocks
Floyd | at the bottom of the crater, it suddenly catches fire; you leap back as
Floyd | the cloud almost instantly vanishes in a searing wall of flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pitchfork in holes" | ||
Floyd | You slide the pitchfork's prongs into the holes, and discover that it's
Floyd | an exact fit! You hear a deep, loud rumbling sound from behind the
Floyd | slab. You cautiously remove the pitchfork from the holes, and stand
Floyd | back. The slab slowly starts to rotate. It turns until a narrow
Floyd | passage is revealed to the northeast, then the rumbling ceases.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the large rocks on the pit floor suddenly bursts into flames.
Floyd | You jump back and shield your eyes from the blinding fire. After a few
Floyd | moments, the fire subsides, and all that's left of the rock is a thick
Floyd | black cloud of sulfurous fumes that slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a ledge fifty feet above the floor of a huge cave. The
Floyd | cave below is engulfed in flames. Fire shoots out of vents in the
Floyd | rock; pools of oil on the ground burn slowly, releasing thick black
Floyd | clouds of smoke; even some of the rocks themselves smolder and burn.
Floyd | Across the cave on the north side, you can see a wide, dark lake; some
Floyd | distance into the lake is a small island. You can probably climb down
Floyd | the gently sloping walls of the cave to the floor below, and a narrow
Floyd | passage leads outside to the crater to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd | You're on the floor of the huge cave of fire. It's extremely
Floyd | difficult to see where you're going due to all of the fire and smoke.
Floyd | High above on the cave wall, you can see a ledge; you think you'll be
Floyd | able to climb back up the wall. The only path you can see through the
Floyd | cave is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You slowly make your way through the dense flames. You realize that
Floyd | this cave must be totally devoid of oxygen -- certainly it's all being
Floyd | consumed by the raging fires. It's lucky you're already dead, you
Floyd | think to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | You're at the north end of the fire cave, standing on the rocky
Floyd | shore of a huge, still lake. The water is black -- so black that it
Floyd | barely reflects the brilliant light of the fires. In the middle of the
Floyd | lake, you can see a small island. The fire cave lies to the south, and
Floyd | you could wade into the water to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x island" | ||
Floyd | The island is some distance into the lake. You can't make out any
Floyd | details from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lake" | ||
Floyd | You dip your hand into the dark water. The water is hot and thick. As
Floyd | you pull your hand out, and see the dark red fluid dripping off, you
Floyd | realize that the lake is filled not with water, but with human blood.
Floyd | You jump back and shake your hand violently to clean it of the
Floyd | horrifying liquid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake
Floyd | You're wading in the lake. The shore is to the south. An island
Floyd | lies some distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You try to wade further north, but a terrible shrieking noise rings in
Floyd | your ears, so loud that it blurs your vision and makes you tremble in
Floyd | pain, and you can go no further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ew" | |
DavidW says, "hm. One of the amulets was a replica of one for protection against sound." | ||
Limax says, "Right" | ||
Limax says, "Ihave a feeling those will become important" | ||
DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
DavidW says, "I think ... DMV should be our next target," | ||
Limax says, "Maybe so" | ||
Limax asks, "Do we need to take time to solve the logic puzzle?" | ||
inky says, "this seems like the sort of game where it might be possible to just find the answer somewhere, or it might be possible to solve it honestly" | ||
inky says, "or maybe they won" | ||
inky says, "er, won't really ask about it and it's just a fake-out" | ||
Limax asks, "Who is they?" | ||
Limax says, "Ah" | ||
DavidW says, "well, I'll take us to the DMV, save, then find out." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a ledge fifty feet above the floor of a huge cave. The
Floyd | cave below is engulfed in flames. Fire shoots out of vents in the
Floyd | rock; pools of oil on the ground burn slowly, releasing thick black
Floyd | clouds of smoke; even some of the rocks themselves smolder and burn.
Floyd | Across the cave on the north side, you can see a wide, dark lake; some
Floyd | distance into the lake is a small island. You can probably climb down
Floyd | the gently sloping walls of the cave to the floor below, and a narrow
Floyd | passage leads outside to the crater to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rumbling sound under your feet. The rumbling increases
Floyd | in intensity until the sound is deafening, and the ground is shaking
Floyd | violently. As you try to maintain your balance, several rocks are
Floyd | suddenly blown upward as a huge steam geyser blasts through the
Floyd | surface. You jump backward away from the jet of pressurized steam.
Floyd | Eventually, the geyser weakens, and finally stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Department of Motor Vehicles
Floyd | A DMV official is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to the window where the employee is standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee says, "Let's see your appointment card. Service is by
Floyd | appointment only."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show card to employee" | ||
Floyd | "Well, it's about time." She carelessly tosses your appointment card
Floyd | onto the counter and hands you a test. "Fill this out, and don't
Floyd | cheat. Bring it back to me when you're finished with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you impatiently. "Have you finished the test
Floyd | yet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x test" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | DMV Written Test Floyd | Floyd | This test consists of 10 multiple-choice questions. Please consider Floyd | each question carefully, and choose the letter of the answer that best Floyd | completes the sentence or answers the question. Floyd | Floyd | The minimum passing score is 70% (7 out of 10) correct. Floyd | Floyd | WARNING: You are required to answer the questions on this test without Floyd | any help. Anyone willfully giving answers to another person, or Floyd | accepting answers from another person, is guilty of an immoral act. Floyd | But, you're already in Hell, so who cares? Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE OWN NUMBER 2 PENCIL *** Floyd | Floyd | Last Name: | Limax exclaims, "Ha! a pencil!" | |
DavidW says, "Good think I have a pencil." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write floyd on test" | ||
Floyd | First Name: | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write club on test" | ||
Floyd | Middle Name: | Limax asks, "Of?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write of on test" | ||
Floyd | Age: | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write 52 on test" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 1: Floyd | Floyd | What is the speed limit in a School Zone? Floyd | A. 17 Floyd | B. 23 Floyd | C. 27 Floyd | D. 43 Floyd | E. 59 Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | inky says, "uh-oh" | |
Limax says, "I think it was C" | ||
Limax asks, "Can we turn on the radio ere?" | ||
inky says, "I don't think so" | ||
DavidW says, "School or hospital was 23." | ||
inky | [LINK] | ||
Limax says, "Handy" | ||
DavidW says, "school is either 23 or 17" | ||
Limax says, "I would agree with that... and residential is the other" | ||
Limax says, "Five zones, five speed limits" | ||
Limax says, "Medium sized and large signs... along with blue and green mentioned" | ||
DavidW says, "residential can't be 23" | ||
inky says, "residential are 17" | ||
inky says, "given the last two clues" | ||
DavidW says, "so Freeway is 43" | ||
DavidW says, "school is 23" | ||
Limax asks, "So school is 23?" | ||
DavidW says, "Hospital is 27 and Library is 59" | ||
Limax says, "So it's B, not C" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 2: Floyd | Floyd | What is the speed limit in a Hospital Zone? Floyd | A. 17 Floyd | B. 23 Floyd | C. 27 Floyd | D. 43 Floyd | E. 59 Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 3: Floyd | Floyd | What is the speed limit in a Library Zone? Floyd | A. 17 Floyd | B. 23 Floyd | C. 27 Floyd | D. 43 Floyd | E. 59 Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 4: Floyd | Floyd | What is the speed limit in a Freeway Zone? Floyd | A. 17 Floyd | B. 23 Floyd | C. 27 Floyd | D. 43 Floyd | E. 59 Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 5: Floyd | Floyd | What is the speed limit in a Residential Zone? Floyd | A. 17 Floyd | B. 23 Floyd | C. 27 Floyd | D. 43 Floyd | E. 59 Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 6: Floyd | Floyd | In which zone is the speed limit 17? Floyd | A. School Zone Floyd | B. Residential Zone Floyd | C. Hospital Zone Floyd | D. Library Zone Floyd | E. Freeway Zone Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 7: Floyd | Floyd | In which zone is the speed limit 23? Floyd | A. School Zone Floyd | B. Residential Zone Floyd | C. Hospital Zone Floyd | D. Library Zone Floyd | E. Freeway Zone Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 8: Floyd | Floyd | In which zone is the speed limit 59? Floyd | A. School Zone Floyd | B. Residential Zone Floyd | C. Hospital Zone Floyd | D. Library Zone Floyd | E. Freeway Zone Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | inky says, "heh" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 9: Floyd | Floyd | Given a regular pyramid with a square base, there is a sphere whose Floyd | center is in the plane of the base of the pyramid and which is tangent Floyd | to all edges of the pyramid. If each edge of the pyramid base is of Floyd | length A, what is the height of the pyramid? Floyd | Floyd | A. A Floyd | B. A/sqrt(2) Floyd | C. A/2 Floyd | D. A*sqrt(2) Floyd | E. A*2 Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | inky says, "ha ha" | |
Limax says, "Ha ha ha" | ||
Limax says, "My brain hurts" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Question 10: Floyd | Floyd | Given the pyramid and sphere from the previous question, what is the Floyd | volume of the portion common to the sphere and the pyramid? Floyd | Floyd | A. (6*sqrt(2)/64 - 1/2) * pi * (A cubed) Floyd | B. ((A/sqrt(2)) cubed)/3 * pi Floyd | C. (7*sqrt(6)/54 - 1/4) * pi * (A cubed) Floyd | D. (4/3) * pi * (A cubed) Floyd | E. 4 * pi * (A cubed) Floyd | Floyd | Your answer: > | DavidW says, "I have no idea." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you impatiently. "Have you finished the test
Floyd | yet?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give test to employee" | ||
Floyd | She looks over your test skeptically. "Fine," she says, "you got 80%.
Floyd | You pass." She takes out a camera and snaps a picture of you before
Floyd | you realize what's going on. She walks away from the counter (leaving
Floyd | the room totally devoid of employees) and remains in a back room for
Floyd | several minutes. Finally, she returns, and hands you your driver's
Floyd | license!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x license" | ||
Floyd | In addition to the terrible picture of you (with your eyes closed, of
Floyd | course), the license reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | INFERNAL DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Floyd | Driver's License
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: WRITE CLUB ON TEST WRITE OF ON TEST WRITE FLOYD ON TEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: write 52 on test
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "The last two mayube?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x license" | ||
Floyd | In addition to the terrible picture of you (with your eyes closed, of
Floyd | course), the license reads:
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | INFERNAL DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Floyd | Driver's License
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: WRITE CLUB ON TEST WRITE OF ON TEST WRITE FLOYD ON TEST
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: write 52 on test
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss employee" | inky says, "tee hee" | |
Floyd | I don't know the word "kiss".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Limax says, "Ha ha" | Limax says, "Ha ha here too" | |
DavidW says, "oh dear" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bank of Hell
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the tellers waves you over to his window. "Can I help you?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give check to teller" | ||
Floyd | "Thank you," the teller says, accepting the check and looking it over
Floyd | carefully. "I'll need to see your Driver's License, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give license to teller" | ||
Floyd | "Thank you," the teller says, accepting the driver's license and
Floyd | looking it over carefully. "I'll need to see your Celestial Security
Floyd | Card, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take check and license" | ||
Floyd | check: Taken.
Floyd | driver's license: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "darn teller" | |
Limax says, "Agh" | ||
Limax says, "So, we need to visit the rogrammer again" | ||
DavidW says, "I propose we somehow light the cigarette and put it in the wastebasket" | ||
DavidW says, "The programmer has an Infernolab card." | ||
Limax says, "Right" | ||
Limax asks, "What bout that piece of paper at he infornolab?" | ||
DavidW says, "I think the only way to light the cigarette is with lava, unless the once-on-fire guy shows up with matches." | ||
Limax asks, "And the recycling basket?" | ||
DavidW says (to Limax), "The only paper at the lab I remember was on Dr longname's clipboard." | ||
Limax says, "Oh. I thought there was paper in the wastebasket ther" | ||
Limax asks, "Or am I thinki of the wrong place?" | ||
DavidW says, "The wastebasket is at the Celestial Securities place." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Celestial Security Office
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Have you ever
Floyd | filed a claim against your automobile, homeowner's, renter's,
Floyd | malpractice, health, or dental insurance?" The woman replies, "I had
Floyd | an automobile accident in 1982, but it wasn't my fault, and I had
Floyd | regular dental checkups between 1981 and 1990 that were billed to my
Floyd | dental insurance." The officer slowly and carefully transcribes the
Floyd | information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Celestial Security Office
Floyd | You're in the Celestial Security Office. At one end of the room is
Floyd | a counter, and next to the counter is a wastebasket that's full of
Floyd | crumpled up paper. The exit is to the east, and a door behind the
Floyd | counter leads west.
Floyd | Behind the counter is a middle-aged man dressed in a light blue
Floyd | Celestial Security Administration uniform. He's helping a young woman
Floyd | fill out an application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "In what year did
Floyd | Columbus discover America?" The woman replies, "1492." The officer
Floyd | slowly and carefully transcribes the information onto the application
Floyd | form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paper in bin" | ||
Floyd | Which paper do you mean, the certificate, the yellow note, or the waste
Floyd | paper?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "waste" | ||
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer stops you. "Hey! You're not our
Floyd | regular maintenance worker! Where's your uniform?" He makes you put
Floyd | the papers back.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Are you married?"
Floyd | The woman replies, "Yes." The officer slowly and carefully transcribes
Floyd | the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer moves to block your way. "I'm sorry,
Floyd | only authorized personnel are allowed in the back office."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Is your spouse
Floyd | living or dead?" The woman replies, "Living." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "lady, the marriage ended when you died." | |
Limax says, "Ha ha" | ||
Limax asks, "oD we know what the uniform looks like?" | ||
DavidW says, "no." | ||
Limax says, "Dang" | ||
DavidW says, "We can still try the lit cig in the trash idea, but I'm now doubting it's correct." | ||
DavidW says, "We could also try listening to other radio stations." | ||
inky says, "maybe infernolab has a janitor's closet" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dial" | ||
Floyd | The radio dial can be turned to settings numbered from 1 to 999. It's
Floyd | currently set to 319.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What is your
Floyd | spouse's life expectancy?" The woman replies, "72 years." The officer
Floyd | slowly and carefully transcribes the information onto the application
Floyd | form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 666" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 666.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you now or
Floyd | have you ever smoked?" The woman replies, "No." The officer slowly
Floyd | and carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" | ||
Floyd | The radio is now turned on.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you now or
Floyd | have you ever belonged to, endorsed, supported, aided and abetted,
Floyd | given comfort to, made a contribution to, sent back a business reply
Floyd | card from, or developed an advertising slogan for a 'light beer'
Floyd | manufacturer?" The woman replies, "No, never." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio emits static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Jane lives one
Floyd | mile from school, and Billy lives four miles away. If Jill walks to
Floyd | school at three miles per hour, how fast must Billy ride his bike to
Floyd | arrive at school at the same time as Jane if they both leave home at
Floyd | the same time?" The woman replies, "12 miles per hour." The officer
Floyd | slowly and carefully transcribes the information onto the application
Floyd | form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio emits static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set dial to 911" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "set".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 911" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 911.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you use a
Floyd | hearing aid?" The woman replies, "No." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio emits static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Lets see... we got that piece of paper with 6-24-10 on it..." | |
Limax asks, "A combination?" | ||
DavidW asks, "I don't suppose anyone checked the dial's original setting before Jacqueline changed it?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "set dial to 6" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "set".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 6" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 6.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Have you ever
Floyd | experienced palpitations, heart murmurs, shortness of breath,
Floyd | convulsions, seizures, paroxysms, blurred vision, dizziness,
Floyd | queasiness, or insomnia?" The woman replies, "Yes, I regularly have
Floyd | trouble sleeping." The officer slowly and carefully transcribes the
Floyd | information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio emits static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 24" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 24.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Hot enough for
Floyd | you?" The woman replies, "Yes." The officer slowly and carefully
Floyd | transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio emits static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 10" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 10.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Can you taste the
Floyd | difference between margarine and butter?" The woman replies, "No, not
Floyd | usually." The officer slowly and carefully transcribes the information
Floyd | onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio emits static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, wasn't expecting success there." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 319" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 319.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Which of the
Floyd | following statements best describes you? I always vote Republican; I
Floyd | think math is hard; I always go around the house turning off the
Floyd | lights." The woman replies, "I think math is hard." The officer
Floyd | slowly and carefully transcribes the information onto the application
Floyd | form.
Floyd |
Floyd | The announcer comes back on the radio. "That's all the time we have
Floyd | for today's edition of Vehicle Code Forum. Next on, live coverage of
Floyd | the swearing-in ceremony for new civil servants in the Ministry of
Floyd | Information."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Would have been cool if there was" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off radio" | ||
Floyd | The radio is now turned off.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer sighs. "Oh, my," he says, "I did it
Floyd | again! I accidentally wrote down your last name in the space for your
Floyd | first name. This form is just so confusing." He crumples up the form
Floyd | and throws it into the wastebasket. "Oh, well," he says, "we'll just
Floyd | have to start over." He reaches beneath the counter and gets out a new
Floyd | form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "ok, so there's the parachute, the lava river/rope/stalagmite puzzle, the gas pipe, the keycard-locked door, the programmer with a card, the amulets, the bank, a rabbit, a troll that wants treasure, a noisy blood lake,...?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute
Floyd | (being worn), a paper recycling bin, a pair of rubber gloves (being
Floyd | worn), a certificate, a poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil sharpener, a
Floyd | pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar bill, a cigarette box, a
Floyd | cigarette, a check, and a driver's license. The toolbox seems to
Floyd | contain a crowbar and a yellow note. The radio compartment seems to
Floyd | contain a DuraHell battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What is your
Floyd | middle initial?" The woman replies, "G." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Lots of stuff" | |
inky says, "try lighting the cigarette, I guess" | ||
DavidW says, "I guess." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, assuming the boat is still docked, we can take booze to the Infernolab." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "but it's probably the guys behind the keycard door that want boozin' up." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to light the cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette with lava" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to light the cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "put cigarette in lava" | ||
Floyd | Better not -- it would probably melt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "burn cigarette" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to burn the cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "hmm" | |
DavidW says, "hmmm" | ||
inky asks, "maybe go into the area with the fires?" | ||
DavidW asks, "you mean the crater?" | ||
inky says, "yeah I guess" | ||
DavidW asks, "You think it'll light spontaneously?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | inky says, "well, maybe you could put it in the fire" | |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "otherwise I'm not sure what verb to light it with" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "maybe there is someone who will light it" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Fire dude, but we put him out" | |
DavidW says, "well, maybe we're to gift it and never light it." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a noise overhead, and look up to see a number of rocks come
Floyd | sliding down the side of the crater. You jump out of the way just in
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fire" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any fire here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stream of molten lava abruptly starts pouring out of the side of
Floyd | the crater. The glowing stream of liquid rock slowly cools into yet
Floyd | more hot rocks at the floor of the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fire" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any fire here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick cloud of dust drifts down from the side of the crater. You
Floyd | watch the cloud as it slowly meanders through the complex air currents
Floyd | driven by the hot crater floor. As the cloud approaches the hot rocks
Floyd | at the bottom of the crater, it suddenly catches fire; you leap back as
Floyd | the cloud almost instantly vanishes in a searing wall of flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lava" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lava here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "there's no fire object to use." | |
Limax says, "I guess we gift it" | ||
inky says, "hmm" | ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x cigarette" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary cigarette to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the large rocks on the pit floor suddenly bursts into flames.
Floyd | You jump back and shield your eyes from the blinding fire. After a few
Floyd | moments, the fire subsides, and all that's left of the rock is a thick
Floyd | black cloud of sulfurous fumes that slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smoke cigarette" | ||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Huh. A rock just showed up" | |
Limax says, "Oh wait" | ||
inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute
Floyd | (being worn), a paper recycling bin, a pair of rubber gloves (being
Floyd | worn), a certificate, a poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil sharpener, a
Floyd | pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar bill, a cigarette box, a
Floyd | cigarette, a check, and a driver's license. The toolbox seems to
Floyd | contain a crowbar and a yellow note. The radio compartment seems to
Floyd | contain a DuraHell battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rumbling sound under your feet. The rumbling increases
Floyd | in intensity until the sound is deafening, and the ground is shaking
Floyd | violently. As you try to maintain your balance, several rocks are
Floyd | suddenly blown upward as a huge steam geyser blasts through the
Floyd | surface. You jump backward away from the jet of pressurized steam.
Floyd | Eventually, the geyser weakens, and finally stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Never mind" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "x light bulb" | ||
Floyd | It's a dead light bulb. It seems slightly charred inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a noise overhead, and look up to see a number of rocks come
Floyd | sliding down the side of the crater. You jump out of the way just in
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Light cigarettes with dollar bills?" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "cigarette box" | ||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x cigarette box" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the cigarette box.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stream of molten lava abruptly starts pouring out of the side of
Floyd | the crater. The glowing stream of liquid rock slowly cools into yet
Floyd | more hot rocks at the floor of the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I dunno. Dollar bill might be useful to tip someone with." | |
Limax nods | ||
DavidW says, "Or the bill might be useful in Heaven." | ||
Limax asks, "All dollar bills go to heaven?" | ||
DavidW says, "I suppose there's a chance we missed some of the mall. There might be more stores in the north end." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I didn't think it went any further, but mabye so" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You walk for what seems like a very long time, but every time you look
Floyd | back, you realize that you are no further from the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Amulette Shoppe
Floyd | A shopkeeper is here waiting to help you.
Floyd | The shop keeper greets you as you walk in. "How may I help you?"
Floyd | he asks cheerfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask keeper about bracelet" | ||
Floyd | "The original amulet upon which this is based is said to provide
Floyd | protection against deafening sound. This one's been sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy bracelet" | ||
Floyd | You can't possibly afford it. Besides, it's only a genuine replica;
Floyd | you would probably find the real thing more useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay.. the game wouldn't lie to us" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about teen" | ||
Floyd | "I'd prefer to talk about amulets."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Looks like it's a quest for five mystical objects" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about store" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "store".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about original bracelet" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "original".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, let's turn on the gas in the Infernolab building, scoot outside, and see what happens." | |
Limax says, "Sounds like a plan" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, Jacqueline thought we should use this table to take to get the flippers" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | From here, you can easily reach the rails. With a little effort, you
Floyd | manage to lift yourself up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "I remember that... but can we take the table?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open valve" | ||
Floyd | You turn the wheel, opening the valve. As you do, the pipe starts
Floyd | hissing, and you smell natural gas pouring out of the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take table" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the marble coffee table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "no, we can't." | |
Limax says, "Marble wouldn't float anyway" | ||
DavidW says, "oh, wasn't thinking of it for there." | ||
Limax says, "AH" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | From here, you can easily reach the rails. With a little effort, you
Floyd | manage to lift yourself up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd | You're crouching in the intricate network of rails above the lobby
Floyd | floor. You can't stand up, because the ceiling is only a few feet
Floyd | above the top of the rails, but there's plenty of room to move around.
Floyd | You can go down, back to the lobby floor.
Floyd | In the ceiling, you notice an access panel. The panel is currently
Floyd | open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lights" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lights here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rails" | ||
Floyd | They seem sturdy enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Can you push the table?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table n" | ||
Floyd | You can't seem to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Wortha try" | |
DavidW says, "Perhaps we can stand on the recycling bin." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute
Floyd | (being worn), a paper recycling bin, a pair of rubber gloves (being
Floyd | worn), a certificate, a poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil sharpener, a
Floyd | pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar bill, a cigarette box, a
Floyd | cigarette, a check, and a driver's license. The toolbox seems to
Floyd | contain a crowbar and a yellow note. The radio compartment seems to
Floyd | contain a DuraHell battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Maybe" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bin" | ||
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on bin" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to stand on the paper recycling bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn bin over" | ||
Floyd | There are words after your command I couldn't use.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn bin" | ||
Floyd | Turning the paper recycling bin doesn't have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip bin" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to flip the paper recycling bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bin" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bin" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the paper recycling bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "So the gas is on, but nothing's happening" | |
inky says, "oh, right" | ||
inky asks, "can you put the dead bulb back in?" | ||
DavidW says, "Back in where? There's no socket." | ||
inky says, "and then the guy will come change it again and it'll explode" | ||
inky says, "or something" | ||
inky says, "oh, darn" | ||
Limax asks, "You can't see the new bulb?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | One of the scientists recognizes you, and walks over. "I'm sorry,
Floyd | but we can't allow you to participate again, now that you know all
Floyd | about the experiment. It would throw off the results if you were to
Floyd | participate. If you're looking for more money, I've heard that
Floyd | Infernolab Missiles and Space is looking for subjects in the nosecone
Floyd | crash testing lab." She walks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Nosecose crash teting?" | |
Limax says, "Er" | ||
DavidW says, "I was curious if we could return here." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | You're in a small cubicle, bordered on the east and west by
Floyd | six-foot-high partitions, and on the south by a desk. There's a chair
Floyd | that occupies most of the rest of the space. A door is to the north;
Floyd | the door is open.
Floyd | On the other side of the desk is a very large, bright white room.
Floyd | Several men and women are walking about the room, consulting with each
Floyd | other; each is wearing a long white lab coat, and carrying a black
Floyd | metal clipboard stuffed with papers. Overhead, you notice a small
Floyd | opening in the ceiling. Covering the opening is a mirror. In the
Floyd | mirror, you notice that you can easily see the people in the cubicles
Floyd | on either side of your cubicle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clipboard" | ||
Floyd | It's just something the scientist is carrying. It's not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Hm. It does no good to check my inventory" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute
Floyd | (being worn), a pair of rubber gloves (being worn), a certificate, a
Floyd | poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac
Floyd | battery, a dollar bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a
Floyd | driver's license, and a paper recycling bin. The toolbox seems to
Floyd | contain a crowbar and a yellow note. The radio compartment seems to
Floyd | contain a DuraHell battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Limax asks, "The printed note is from the beginning of the game?" | DavidW says, "yes" | |
Limax says, "Whoops" | ||
Limax asks, "Do you think that the troll woudl consider a dollar bill treasure?" | ||
DavidW says, "hm. A bit of a stretch, but worth trying." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd | You're in a narrow passage among the rocks. You can squeeze through
Floyd | to the east and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | There's a large hairy Troll standing in the center of the bridge,
Floyd | blocking your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bill to troll" | ||
Floyd | The Troll takes one look at the dollar bill and rejects your offer with
Floyd | a snarl, shoving it away with a backhanded slap.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search thicket" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I was thinking that the tolls here 12 years ago were around a dollar" | |
DavidW says, "heh" | ||
Limax says, "My wife thinks that they were aready higher" | ||
Limax says, "It's five currently" | ||
Limax asks, "We havent' found a combo lock anywhere, have we?" | ||
DavidW asks, "I'm wondering what the deal is with the programmer. Are we supposed to heal him finish his program somehow, bribe him with snacks, conk him on the head, or what?" | ||
DavidW says (to Limax), "Not that I've seen." | ||
Limax asks, "Maybe betatest his code?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Master Bedroom
Floyd | Sitting on the desk is a bag of Cheese-Doodles and an empty can of
Floyd | ToxiCola.
Floyd | A programmer is sitting in front of the computer, looking at a
Floyd | screenful of C code.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "debug code" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "betatest code" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "betatest".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "test code" | ||
Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about toxicola" | ||
Floyd | "I'd love to chat, but I'm busy."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scratch paper" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "scratch".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pile" | ||
Floyd | There's pieces of scratch paper spread out all over the desk, except
Floyd | for the half of the desk occupied by the computer. Some of the pieces
Floyd | have a bunch of hex numbers with little arrows next to them; others
Floyd | have strange maps consisting of little squares (each with a label such
Floyd | as "Hall East") connected by lines, and others have lists with about
Floyd | half of the items crossed off and the other half squeezed into the last
Floyd | inch at the top of the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read pile" | ||
Floyd | There's pieces of scratch paper spread out all over the desk, except
Floyd | for the half of the desk occupied by the computer. Some of the pieces
Floyd | have a bunch of hex numbers with little arrows next to them; others
Floyd | have strange maps consisting of little squares (each with a label such
Floyd | as "Hall East") connected by lines, and others have lists with about
Floyd | half of the items crossed off and the other half squeezed into the last
Floyd | inch at the top of the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer for card" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the programmer could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Burn the pile?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn pile" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to burn the pile of paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cigarette to programmer" | ||
Floyd | "No, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Dollar bill?" | |
Limax asks, "To get more soda?" | ||
DavidW says, "I haven't seen anywhere that sells snacks or drinks, except the bar on the boat." | ||
DavidW says, "And the boat drinks are free." | ||
Limax says, "Aha" | ||
Limax asks, "Did theyahve toxicola there?" | ||
DavidW says, "The bartender only mentioned beer and alcohol, but who knows." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about program" | ||
Floyd | The programmer is no longer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Bug" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about toxicola" | ||
Floyd | "I'd love to chat, but I'm busy."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Maybe grab the can and go fill it with alcohol?" | |
DavidW says, "hm. That might work" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take can" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the left of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | left," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "Why did I end up here? What did I do wrong?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Really, you must shed your outdated notions of
Floyd | hell. You don't have to do anything wrong to end up here. New souls
Floyd | are randomly assigned to Heaven or Hell based on the last four digits
Floyd | of your Celestial Security Number. The Heaven-Hell border was opened a
Floyd | long time ago, though, so your initial assignment is not permanent."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Wow. Still answering questions" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | A bartender is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for vodka" | ||
Floyd | "Right away!" He gets out a small glass and pours you a drink. He
Floyd | hands you the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour vodka into can" | ||
Floyd | Which vodka do you mean, the glass of liquor, or the bar's stock of
Floyd | liquor?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "glass" | ||
Floyd | You pour the fluid, and it evaporates on contact. (It must be very
Floyd | arid in Hell.) The glass vanishes into thin air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Dang" | |
DavidW says, "okay, forget the subterfuge and just give it to him directly." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for vodka" | ||
Floyd | "Right away!" He gets out a small glass and pours you a drink. He
Floyd | hands you the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the left of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | left," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "You said we can go to Heaven. How do we get there?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "The easiest way is to use the HadesCorp Space
Floyd | Needle. It's impossible to miss -- it's the tallest free-standing
Floyd | structure in hell. The view from the elevator is fantastic."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Oho. Use the space needle to get to heaven" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "we're tryin'" | |
Limax says, "I know" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Master Bedroom
Floyd | Sitting on the desk is a bag of Cheese-Doodles.
Floyd | A programmer is sitting in front of the computer, looking at a
Floyd | screenful of C code.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vodka to programmer" | ||
Floyd | "No, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a hollow voice in the distance laughing for a moment. You
Floyd | wonder what it could signify, until your eyes wander up to the status
Floyd | line and you notice the turn counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turns" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "turns".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "What did we just hit on the turn counter?" | |
Limax asks, "Status?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "status" | ||
Floyd | You are dead. Your flesh seems to be in fairly good shape (no telltale
Floyd | signs of rotting are evident).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Score?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd | In a total of 666 turns, you have achieved a score of 154 points (out
Floyd | of a possible 666 points). This gives you a rank of wandering spirit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ha ha" | |
inky says, "excellent" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "xyzzy".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" | ||
Floyd | Isn't it a little late for that?
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about alcohol" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "alcohol".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about bear" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bear".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "brz" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "x computer" | ||
Floyd | It's a personal computer with the traditional accoutrements: mouse, Floyd | keyboard, monitor, and system CPU unit. The screen is displaying a Floyd | bunch of C code. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about beer" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "I'd love to chat, but I'm busy." Floyd | Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x cpu" | ||
Floyd | It's a personal computer with the traditional accoutrements: mouse,
Floyd | keyboard, monitor, and system CPU unit. The screen is displaying a
Floyd | bunch of C code.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "turn off computer" | ||
Floyd | The programmer probably wouldn't like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x code" | ||
Floyd | It doesn't shed much light on what to do next.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Can we unplug it?" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "unplug computer" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to unplug the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "try" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "x notes" | ||
Floyd | There's pieces of scratch paper spread out all over the desk, except
Floyd | for the half of the desk occupied by the computer. Some of the pieces
Floyd | have a bunch of hex numbers with little arrows next to them; others
Floyd | have strange maps consisting of little squares (each with a label such
Floyd | as "Hall East") connected by lines, and others have lists with about
Floyd | half of the items crossed off and the other half squeezed into the last
Floyd | inch at the top of the page.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd | It's a very large desk, perhaps six feet wide by three feet deep, made
Floyd | from dark wood and done in Danish Modern style. One half of the desk
Floyd | is occupied by a computer, and most of the rest of the desk is covered
Floyd | with papers. The desk has a drawer, which is closed. On the desk you
Floyd | see a bag of Cheese-Doodles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "get bag" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "open bag" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to open the bag of Cheese-Doodles.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "eat doodles" | ||
Floyd | The bag of Cheese-Doodles doesn't appear appetizing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing under the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x programmer" | ||
Floyd | You can tell just looking at him that he does nothing but program all
Floyd | day: he looks pale, even for a dead guy, and he's dressed in jeans and
Floyd | a t-shirt, the canonical uniform of the software developer. Clipped to
Floyd | one of his pockets is a small plastic card.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "get card" | ||
Floyd | The programmer is carrying the ID card and won't let you have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Pour vodka in cheez doodles" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about card" | ||
Floyd | "I'd love to chat, but I'm busy."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vodka on t-shirt" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "t-shirt".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Have we tried just grabbing the card?" | |
DavidW says, "yes" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vodka at programmer" | ||
Floyd | You miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vodka at computer" | ||
Floyd | You're not carrying the glass of liquor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take glass" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw vodka at computer" | ||
Floyd | You miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vodka" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer about code" | ||
Floyd | "I'd love to chat, but I'm busy."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer types a bunch of code into the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a rope, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a
Floyd | portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute
Floyd | (being worn), a pair of rubber gloves (being worn), a certificate, a
Floyd | poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac
Floyd | battery, a dollar bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a
Floyd | driver's license, a paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a
Floyd | bag of Cheese-Doodles, a glass of liquor, and a yellow note. The
Floyd | toolbox seems to contain a crowbar. The radio compartment seems to
Floyd | contain a DuraHell battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pile" | ||
Floyd | You don't need those.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. It's really unclear what to do with this guy." | |
Limax asks, "Give the can to him?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give can to programmer" | ||
Floyd | "No, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer makes a few notes on some scratch paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "you could break the mirror again and this time follow him to the mirror shop" | |
DavidW says, "I was thinking about that." | ||
DavidW says, "I'm not sure how that'd help any, and we'd need to reclaim the mirror first." | ||
DavidW says, "I suppose it's worth a try" | ||
smartgenes goes home. | ||
smartgenes has disconnected. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | West end of hall Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n.n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.stand on table.u.u.s.e." | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can easily reach the rails. With a little effort, you
Floyd | manage to lift yourself up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mirror" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.d.d" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.w.w.s.s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.e.n" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | Sitting on the sink is a pillow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pillow" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mirror on cabinet" | ||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the medicine cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to tell me how to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Throw mirror?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw mirror at sink" | ||
Floyd | You miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mirror" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||
Floyd | The medicine cabinet is already open!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close cabinet" | ||
Floyd | Closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "drop miror?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mirror" | ||
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mirror" | ||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | | Limax says, "Dang" | |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mirror on cabinet" | ||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the medicine cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put mirror in cabinet" | ||
Floyd | You carefully put the mirror back in the frame. It doesn't fit all
Floyd | that well, but it you manage to wedge it into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry cabinet with crowbar" | ||
Floyd | The jammed frame creaks and moans, but it's no match for the crowbar,
Floyd | and it quickly opens with a loud cracking sound. As it comes open, the
Floyd | mirror suddenly snaps out of the frame, and and crashes down onto the
Floyd | sink. Glass flies everywhere.
Floyd | The programmer walks in, evidently having heard the commotion. "It
Floyd | looks like you tried to open the medicine cabinet," he says. "I should
Floyd | have warned you about that. It's yet another of the high-quality
Floyd | accessories of this house. The mirror always pops out when the
Floyd | medicine cabinet is opened."
Floyd | He walks out, and returns with a broom. "I'll have to go get
Floyd | another mirror," he says as he sweeps up the glass. "I'll just be a
Floyd | few minutes. There's a mirror store right across the street."
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels out into the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels west down the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels north into the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels out the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels out into the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels north into the mini-mall parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels into the "Just Mirrors" store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Just Mirrors
Floyd | A programmer is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks around the store. He finds a suitable replacement
Floyd | mirror and takes it up to the counter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer reaches into his pocket and gets out some money. As he
Floyd | does, you notice that his ID card drops to the floor. He pays the
Floyd | shopkeeper for the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take card" | ||
Floyd | The programmer notices you picking up the card. "Thanks! I must have
Floyd | dropped it." He snatches it out of your hands and clips it to his
Floyd | pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels out into the parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "drat" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Just Mirrors
Floyd | You're inside Just Mirrors, which seems to sell just mirrors. Lots
Floyd | of mirrors are available for sale. The shopkeeper seems to be a sullen
Floyd | teen, sitting behind the counter trying hard to ignore you. The exit
Floyd | is to the west.
Floyd | You see an ID card here.
Floyd | A programmer is here, carrying a mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer travels out into the parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take card" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer walks into the room. He walks around the store, looking
Floyd | for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer walks into the lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer walks into the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card in slot" | ||
Floyd | You insert the card into the slot, and the little red light changes
Floyd | into a little green light. The door slides open. You remove the card
Floyd | and the light turns red again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "oho" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a hallway. A doorway leads south, another leads north,
Floyd | and a door (which is open) is to the west. Next to the door is a card
Floyd | reader slot, and above the slot is a small red light. There's also a
Floyd | room to the east, labeled "Maintenance".
Floyd |
Floyd | The door slides shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "see, there's the janitor's closet" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Maintenance Room
Floyd | You're in a small, closet-sized room. The only notable feature is a
Floyd | locker, which is closed. The exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x locker" | ||
Floyd | The locker has a dial, which can be turned to positions from 1 to 30. Floyd | The locker is closed. Floyd | | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read yellow note" | ||
Floyd | It's a small piece of yellow paper, with nothing written on it except a
Floyd | series of numbers: 6-24-10.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn locker dial to 6" | ||
Floyd | There appear to be extra words after your command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 6" | ||
Floyd | Which dial do you mean, the radio dial, or the combination lock dial?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "lock" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 6.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "turn lock dial to 24" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 24.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "turn lock dial to 10" | ||
Floyd | Okay, it's now turned to 10. You hear a click within the lock
Floyd | mechanism.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "locker, lock, whatever" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd | Opening the locker reveals a maintenance uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn dial to 6" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||
Floyd | Which dial do you mean, the radio dial, or the combination lock dial?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "get uniform" | ||
Floyd | The locker is already open! Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x uniform" | ||
Floyd | It's a one-piece white jumpsuit. It's a bit singed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take uniform" | ||
Floyd | You already have the maintenance uniform!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "whoops, sorry, go ahead" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the maintenance uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "WOo" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear card" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the ID card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "(A long time ago)" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lab
Floyd | You're in a large laboratory filled with strange equipment -- huge
Floyd | coils of wire, glowing translucent plastic tubes, panels of randomly
Floyd | flashing lights, and in the center of it all is a large glass booth,
Floyd | big enough for a person to stand in. A door leads south.
Floyd | There's a technician here, idly sitting reading a book.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician starts telling you about a computer game. "Have you
Floyd | ever tried to pick up one of the cursed emeralds?" he asks. "It's
Floyd | pretty amazing how quickly your character gets killed when you do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd | It seems to be a book that describes a role-playing game of some kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician pages through his book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x technician" | ||
Floyd | He's a scrawny man in his mid twenties. He looks like he's been
Floyd | wearing a pocket protector since his early childhood.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician looks up from his book. "Do you know if they're going
Floyd | to get another keg in here? We finished the last one days ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician about book" | ||
Floyd | "Figure it out yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician twirls around on his chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x booth" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary booth to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician starts telling you about a computer game. "Have you
Floyd | ever tried to pick up one of the cursed emeralds?" he asks. "It's
Floyd | pretty amazing how quickly your character gets killed when you do."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician about keg" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "keg".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose the booth is a teleport thing but who knows." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter booth" | ||
Floyd | The technician yells, "Hey! We're not ready for a run!" He runs over
Floyd | and prevents you from entering, then returns to his chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician pages through his book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician about booth" | ||
Floyd | "Figure it out yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician looks up from his book. "Do you know if they're going
Floyd | to get another keg in here? We finished the last one days ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give vodka to technician" | ||
Floyd | The technician grabs it and immediately drinks the contents. "Hey!
Floyd | The boat must be in! Why didn't you say so? Cover for me, will you?
Floyd | I'm going to run over and get some free drinks as long as it's here."
Floyd | He runs gleefully out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any book here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter booth" | ||
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd | You're in a large laboratory filled with strange equipment -- huge
Floyd | coils of wire, glowing translucent plastic tubes, panels of randomly
Floyd | flashing lights, and in the center of it all is a large glass booth,
Floyd | big enough for a person to stand in. A door leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x booth" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary booth to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever" | ||
Floyd | It's labeled "Infernolab Dimensional Networking Products Division Model
Floyd | DN-2." It has a large number of dials and buttons and levers, but you
Floyd | feel safest leaving them alone. There is, however, one particularly
Floyd | large red button labeled "Activate".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button with poker" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button with pitchfork" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd | You hear a mechanical male voice through a hidden speaker: "Warning!
Floyd | System activated. Commencing primary power sequence. Diagnostics
Floyd | initiated. All personnel report to assigned stations. Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter booth" | ||
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd |
Floyd | "Warning! System activated. Power sequence complete; power flux
Floyd | stabilized within nominal range. Initiating software configuration.
Floyd | Failsafe activated; manual override disabled. Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "FINAL WARNING! Software configuration completed. Final power
Floyd | sequence calculations completed. Power flux decoupled from main power
Floyd | feed. Diagnostics completed; all systems within normal tolerances.
Floyd | Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "SYSTEM ACTIVATED." The room begins to vibrate, and a loud rumbling
Floyd | sound echoes all around. A glowing fog starts to surround you, and the
Floyd | vibration and rumbling are gradually muffled. Soon, you near nothing,
Floyd | and see only the strange glow. You feel yourself losing your balance;
Floyd | you squint your eyes trying to peer through the fog, and reach out for
Floyd | the edge of the booth, but you find nothing where the booth was. You
Floyd | feel yourself falling forward, and you reach out to brace yourself, but
Floyd | you just keep falling.
Floyd | You start to hear a distant rumbling sound. The noise grows
Floyd | steadily louder and closer, and you start to notice vague shapes out in
Floyd | the fog. The shapes draw closer, and the rumbling grows louder.
Floyd | Suddenly, the glow and the rumble are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Get out!
Floyd | -- The voice of Satan ("The Amityville Horror")
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | You're in a large, unfinished basement. The walls are gray
Floyd | cinderblock; some light is provided by a bare bulb hanging from the
Floyd | ceiling. A stairwell leads up.
Floyd | In the east wall is a strange, glowing portal. You realize that
Floyd | it's the interdimensional portal that brought you here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. One of the reporters narrates her report: "Top scientists
Floyd | are baffled by the continued presence of paranormal activity in this
Floyd | otherwise quiet rural home. Many believe this can only be the work of
Floyd | Satan, while others are not so sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd | You're in a den. The kitchen is to the east, a hall leads south,
Floyd | and a stairway leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a short north-south hallway with a very slick, shiny tile
Floyd | floor. A passage leads east into the living room; a stairway at the
Floyd | southwest corner of the hall climbs to the second floor. A closed door
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the door, nudging it just slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. One of the scientists points a radiation counter at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You pass directly through the closed door...
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You're on the porch in front of the house. A closed door is to the
Floyd | north, and all around is a meadow. The porch continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The crowd comes bursting
Floyd | through the door, slamming it behind them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "So we're a ghost in the real world now?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You're on the porch in front of the house, which is to the north.
Floyd | The porch continues to the west, and all around is meadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing over to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "oh yeah, I forgot about this bit" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and go right through it, emerging on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | You're in the living room. A kitchen lies to the north, and a hall
Floyd | is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The crowd comes bursting
Floyd | through the front door. They slam the door behind them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | You're in a kitchen. The room is a mess, as though a large group of
Floyd | people have been eating here and not cleaning up after themselves; the
Floyd | counter and the kitchen table are littered with empty styrofoam cups
Floyd | and fast-food wrappers. Passages lead south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and pass directly through, barely feeling the
Floyd | solid matter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You're in a large meadow. An old house is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You pass through a wall, and find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and pass directly through, barely feeling the
Floyd | solid matter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Floating above meadow
Floyd | You're floating above a large meadow. An old house is to the
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You pass through a wall, and find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | You're in a hall at the top of a stairway. Passages lie to the
Floyd | north and east. There's a trap door, which is currently closed, in the
Floyd | ceiling, probably leading to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | You're in an old, musty attic. The only exit is a trap door, which
Floyd | is closed. There's junk all around the room: old furniture, boxes of
Floyd | books and papers, and several storage trunks. One particularly large
Floyd | storage trunk is standing on one end near the trap door.
Floyd | Sitting on the storage trunk is a silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push trunk" | ||
Floyd | You manage to nudge it just slightly, causing it to rock back and forth
Floyd | a couple of times. You manage to disturb it enough that the ring,
Floyd | which was perched precariously on the edge, falls off the trunk and
Floyd | onto the floor. The ring bounces along the floor, and lands on the
Floyd | trap door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ring" | ||
Floyd | You manage to nudge it slightly, but it doesn't go anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "oh dear. Do we have to maneuver this ring all the way to the portal?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ring" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary silver ring to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trap door" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the trap door, nudging it just slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | You're in a bedroom. Exits are to the west and north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | You're in a bathroom. Exits are to the west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | You're in a bedroom. Exits are to the east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | You're in a hall at the top of a stairway. Passages lie to the
Floyd | north and east. There's a trap door, which is currently closed, in the
Floyd | ceiling, probably leading to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a short north-south hallway with a very slick, shiny tile
Floyd | floor. A passage leads east into the living room; a stairway at the
Floyd | southwest corner of the hall climbs to the second floor. A closed door
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | You're in the living room. A kitchen lies to the north, and a hall
Floyd | is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and pass directly through, barely feeling the
Floyd | solid matter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You're in a large meadow. An old house is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You're in a large meadow. An old house is to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You pass through a wall, and find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | You're in the living room. A kitchen lies to the north, and a hall
Floyd | is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | You're in a kitchen. The room is a mess, as though a large group of
Floyd | people have been eating here and not cleaning up after themselves; the
Floyd | counter and the kitchen table are littered with empty styrofoam cups
Floyd | and fast-food wrappers. Passages lead south and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd | You're in a den. The kitchen is to the east, a hall leads south,
Floyd | and a stairway leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a short north-south hallway with a very slick, shiny tile
Floyd | floor. A passage leads east into the living room; a stairway at the
Floyd | southwest corner of the hall climbs to the second floor. A closed door
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | You're in a hall at the top of a stairway. Passages lie to the
Floyd | north and east. There's a trap door, which is currently closed, in the
Floyd | ceiling, probably leading to the attic.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | You're in an old, musty attic. The only exit is a trap door, which
Floyd | is closed. There's junk all around the room: old furniture, boxes of
Floyd | books and papers, and several storage trunks. One particularly large
Floyd | storage trunk is standing on one end near the trap door.
Floyd | Sitting on the trap door is a silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The trap door flies open. As
Floyd | it does, the ring sitting on the trap door tumbles down into the hall
Floyd | below. The group of people scrambles up through the trap door and into
Floyd | the attic; the trap door swings shut again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | You're in a hall at the top of a stairway. Passages lie to the
Floyd | north and east. There's a trap door, which is currently closed, in the
Floyd | ceiling, probably leading to the attic.
Floyd | There's a ring here, perched precariously at the top of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The trap door flies open, and
Floyd | the people all scramble through it down into the hall. The trap door
Floyd | swings shut once they're through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ring" | ||
Floyd | You manage to nudge it down the stairs. It tumbles down to the bottom
Floyd | of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a short north-south hallway with a very slick, shiny tile
Floyd | floor. A passage leads east into the living room; a stairway at the
Floyd | southwest corner of the hall climbs to the second floor. A closed door
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd | There's a ring here, sitting on the floor, right up against the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You pass directly through the closed door...
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You're on the porch in front of the house. A closed door is to the
Floyd | north, and all around is a meadow. The porch continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" You hear motion behind the
Floyd | door. Someone says, "Hey! What's this ring doing here? I'll go put
Floyd | it back in the attic." A few moments later, the crowd comes bursting
Floyd | through the door, slamming it behind them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "damn" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You're in a large meadow. An old house is to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Porch
Floyd | You're on the porch in front of the house. A closed door is to the
Floyd | north, and all around is a meadow. The porch continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. The priest flips frantically through the pages of his bible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "The people don't follow into the meadow." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You pass directly through the closed door...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a short north-south hallway with a very slick, shiny tile
Floyd | floor. A passage leads east into the living room; a stairway at the
Floyd | southwest corner of the hall climbs to the second floor. A closed door
Floyd | leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The crowd comes bursting
Floyd | through the front door. They slam the door behind them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and pass directly through, barely feeling the
Floyd | solid matter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd | You're in a large meadow. An old house is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Floating above meadow
Floyd | You're floating above a large meadow. An old house is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You float up higher. The same strange fog that brought you here
Floyd | envelopes you again. You feel yourself being pulled backwards,
Floyd | downwards. Soon, you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd | You're in a large laboratory filled with strange equipment -- huge
Floyd | coils of wire, glowing translucent plastic tubes, panels of randomly
Floyd | flashing lights, and in the center of it all is a large glass booth,
Floyd | big enough for a person to stand in. A door leads south.
Floyd | The booth seems to contain a printed note, a rope, a dead light
Floyd | bulb, a toolbox, a portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal
Floyd | key, a parachute, a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a
Floyd | brush, a shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery,
Floyd | a dollar bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's
Floyd | license, a paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of
Floyd | Cheese-Doodles, a yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, and a maintenance
Floyd | uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oops." | |
DavidW says, "also, I didn't realize all our inventory got left behind." | ||
DavidW says, "There's still another room south of the hallway we didn't get to." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||
Floyd | printed note: Taken.
Floyd | rope: Taken.
Floyd | dead light bulb: Taken.
Floyd | toolbox: Taken.
Floyd | portable radio: Taken.
Floyd | bucket: Taken.
Floyd | pitchfork: Taken.
Floyd | small metal key: Taken.
Floyd | parachute: Taken.
Floyd | pair of rubber gloves: Taken.
Floyd | certificate: Taken.
Floyd | poker: Taken.
Floyd | brush: Taken.
Floyd | shovel: Taken.
Floyd | pencil sharpener: Taken.
Floyd | pencil: Taken.
Floyd | Infern-O-Vac battery: Taken.
Floyd | dollar bill: Taken.
Floyd | cigarette box: Taken.
Floyd | cigarette: Taken.
Floyd | check: Taken.
Floyd | driver's license: Taken.
Floyd | paper recycling bin: Taken.
Floyd | empty can of ToxiCola: Taken.
Floyd | bag of Cheese-Doodles: Taken.
Floyd | yellow note: Taken.
Floyd | pillow: Taken.
Floyd | ID card: Taken.
Floyd | maintenance uniform: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the booth first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Lab
Floyd | You're in a large laboratory filled with strange equipment -- huge
Floyd | coils of wire, glowing translucent plastic tubes, panels of randomly
Floyd | flashing lights, and in the center of it all is a large glass booth,
Floyd | big enough for a person to stand in. A door leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a hallway. A doorway leads south, another leads north,
Floyd | and a door (which is closed) is to the west. Next to the door is a
Floyd | card reader slot, and above the slot is a small red light. There's
Floyd | also a room to the east, labeled "Maintenance".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocket Lab
Floyd | You're in a large lab filled with equipment, all clustered around a
Floyd | disassembled missile. You never realized how big and complex missiles
Floyd | really are; you always pictured them as oversized model rockets, with
Floyd | big cylinders full of fuel that you just light on fire and watch it go.
Floyd | The missile here is large and complicated. The rocket motor is lying
Floyd | on the floor, with all its cover plates removed, revealing a complex
Floyd | array of pipes and electronic controls. Lying next to the rocket motor
Floyd | is the nose cone and the heat shield, which have been disassembled and
Floyd | removed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. This may be our raft for the lava river." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shield" | ||
Floyd | It's a big piece of a strange, black, flexible material, about half an
Floyd | inch thick. It's shaped like a shallow bowl about three feet in
Floyd | diameter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cone" | ||
Floyd | It's been disassembled: the cover panels have all been removed to
Floyd | reveal a network of wires and circuit boards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shield" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x missle" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "missle".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "o missile" | ||
Floyd | It's in pieces all over the lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "i'd like to return to the lava river." | |
DavidW says, "but first, a bathroom break" | ||
DavidW says, "ok" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a hallway. A doorway leads south, another leads north,
Floyd | and a door (which is closed) is to the west. Next to the door is a
Floyd | card reader slot, and above the slot is a small red light. There's
Floyd | also a room to the east, labeled "Maintenance".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swipe card in slot" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "swipe".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card in slot" | ||
Floyd | You insert the card into the slot, and the little red light changes
Floyd | into a little green light. The door slides open. You remove the card
Floyd | and the light turns red again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd | You're at the east end of a long hallway. To the east is an open
Floyd | door. Next to the door is a slot; a small red light is above the slot.
Floyd | The hall continues back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door slides shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're in a hallway that leads east and west. All along the south
Floyd | wall are closely-spaced doors; all of the doors are closed, except for
Floyd | one. The hall continues to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Field
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shield" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to drop it first.You'll have to drop the heat shield first!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop shield" | ||
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shield" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter river" | ||
Floyd | The searing heat of the lava shoots through your body, making you try
Floyd | desperately to escape the river. As you flail around, though, you
Floyd | start to realize that the lava isn't harming you, despite the intense
Floyd | pain. As you start to get used to the blistering heat, you notice that
Floyd | you're being swept rapidly downstream...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lava Cave, in the heat shield
Floyd | You're in a large, cylindrical cave with smooth, black walls.
Floyd | Running through the south end of the cave is a wide, swiftly-flowing
Floyd | river of lava, which flows downhill to the east. The lava pours in
Floyd | through an orifice in the western wall. An exit leads back outside to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd | You see a heat shield here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to get off of the heat shield first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd | You see a heat shield here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river" | ||
Floyd | You put the heat shield in the lava -- it floats on the flowing lava,
Floyd | and seems easily able to withstand the heat. You hold onto it so it
Floyd | doesn't float away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shield" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw rope at stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | You throw the rope at the stalagmite, but your aim isn't good enough;
Floyd | the rope falls short. You obviously could use some practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall, in the heat shield
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh for..." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd | Wheeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the
Floyd | lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs,
Floyd | catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far
Floyd | below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd | You see a heat shield here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shield" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a narrow ledge high up on the mountainside. The ledge
Floyd | continues to the southeast and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot.
Floyd | You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and
Floyd | you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and
Floyd | you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd | You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall
Floyd | mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation.
Floyd | Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds
Floyd | of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the
Floyd | mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd | You're fairly high up on the side of the mountain -- you'd guess
Floyd | that you're around two thousand feet up. (Have you noticed that they
Floyd | use the English system of measurements in Hell? What else would you
Floyd | expect?) You can go down the mountain to the west, and the volcano's
Floyd | cone looms above to the east. A small opening appears to lead into a
Floyd | cave to the south. You can also travel along a path to the north, and
Floyd | a narrow passage to the southeast.
Floyd | You have an excellent view of Hell from here. The tall buildings
Floyd | downtown all seem tiny from this distance and altitude, except for the
Floyd | Tower -- even from here, you can't see the top. The Tower looks like a
Floyd | thin, gleaming string stretching from the ground up into the dark sky.
Floyd | As your eyes follow the Tower up into the sky, you realize that you're
Floyd | high enough above the surface now that you can see stars above -- so
Floyd | many stars, all so bright, that it's quite well lit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tower" | ||
Floyd | From here, the tower looks like a silver thread against the black night
Floyd | sky. Even from this distance, you can't see how high the tower is --
Floyd | it goes up into the sky as far as you can see.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd | You're in a large, cylindrical cave with smooth, black walls.
Floyd | Running through the south end of the cave is a wide, swiftly-flowing
Floyd | river of lava, which flows downhill to the east. The lava pours in
Floyd | through an orifice in the western wall. An exit leads back outside to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river" | ||
Floyd | You put the heat shield in the lava -- it floats on the flowing lava,
Floyd | and seems easily able to withstand the heat. You hold onto it so it
Floyd | doesn't float away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shield" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw rope at stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | You throw the rope at the stalagmite, but your aim isn't good enough;
Floyd | the rope falls short. You obviously could use some practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall, in the heat shield
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the
Floyd | lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs,
Floyd | catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far
Floyd | below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd | You see a heat shield here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I wonder if there's a suitable practicing place." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I need a bit of a break. Gotta lie down for at least 15 minutes." | |
inky was one of those jerks who can only be damaged after he charges at you and misses. | DavidW says, "hooboy" | |
DavidW says, "I wonder if there's a post visible from the boat's desk to practice with." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shield" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a narrow ledge high up on the mountainside. The ledge
Floyd | continues to the southeast and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot.
Floyd | You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and
Floyd | you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and
Floyd | you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd | You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall
Floyd | mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation.
Floyd | Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds
Floyd | of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the
Floyd | mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear uniform" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the maintenance uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear id" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the ID card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Celestial Security Office
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What was your
Floyd | date of birth?" The woman replies, "Um, November 12, 1959." The
Floyd | officer slowly and carefully transcribes the information onto the
Floyd | application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put waste paper in bin" | ||
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "And your date of
Floyd | death?" The woman replies, "June 23, 2013." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer moves to block your way. "I'm sorry,
Floyd | only authorized personnel are allowed in the back office."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you have any
Floyd | deceased dependents?" The woman replies, "No." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x waste paper" | ||
Floyd | They all seem to be the same. You pick one and look at it:
Floyd |
Floyd | Celestial Security Administration
Floyd | Form 19937/40.Z
Floyd |
Floyd | 41. Last name spelled backwards
Floyd | 39. First Initial
Floyd | 77. Age (years)
Floyd | 70. Last name
Floyd | 63. Current date (MM/DD/YY)
Floyd | 23. First name
Floyd | 80. Date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY)
Floyd | 52. Number of letters in first name
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x waste paper" | ||
Floyd | They all seem to be the same. You pick one and look at it:
Floyd |
Floyd | Celestial Security Administration
Floyd | Form 19937/40.Z
Floyd |
Floyd | 41. Last name spelled backwards
Floyd | 39. First Initial
Floyd | 77. Age (years)
Floyd | 70. Last name
Floyd | 63. Current date (MM/DD/YY)
Floyd | 23. First name
Floyd | 80. Date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY)
Floyd | 52. Number of letters in first name
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the front of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | front," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "You mentioned jobs. What if I don't want to work?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "That's up to you. Dead people have no material
Floyd | needs. And, unlike in real life, you'll find that you won't need to
Floyd | eat or sleep every forty or fifty turns, which is a real convenience.
Floyd | However, most people like to feel useful, and derive a sense of purpose
Floyd | from their employment here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | You're on a large, brightly-lit pier. The pier is obviously quite
Floyd | new; it's constructed from steel, and the walkway has a rubbery surface
Floyd | and attractive wooden handrails to make it safer. The large white
Floyd | yacht which brought you here is docked alongside; a gangway leads east
Floyd | onto the boat's deck. To the north lies the entrance to a large
Floyd | one-story brick building. The building has the look of a high school
Floyd | or a post office -- that sort of simple, utilitarian style of a
Floyd | government building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "exits".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "list exits" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "list".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x post" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "post".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mast" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mast".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about rope" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about pier" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | A bartender is here.
Floyd | There's a technician here, plowing through mugs of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "cute" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about technician" | ||
Floyd | "You probably know as much as I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician about himself" | ||
Floyd | "Figure it out yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician about beer" | ||
Floyd | "Figure it out yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd | You're on the deck of the yacht, which is docked at a large,
Floyd | brightly-lit pier. A gangway leads west onto the pier. A stairway
Floyd | leads down, and a doorway leads east. Other passengers gradually are
Floyd | making their way out onto the pier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x passengers" | ||
Floyd | The other passengers are gradually making their way, a few at a time,
Floyd | onto the pier.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), ";" | ||
Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | You're on a large, brightly-lit pier. The pier is obviously quite
Floyd | new; it's constructed from steel, and the walkway has a rubbery surface
Floyd | and attractive wooden handrails to make it safer. The large white
Floyd | yacht which brought you here is docked alongside; a gangway leads east
Floyd | onto the boat's deck. To the north lies the entrance to a large
Floyd | one-story brick building. The building has the look of a high school
Floyd | or a post office -- that sort of simple, utilitarian style of a
Floyd | government building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handrails" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing important about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw rope at handrails" | ||
Floyd | You miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You're not carrying the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to lasso?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "me" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | A bartender is here.
Floyd | There's a technician here, plowing through mugs of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso technician" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso the technician.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write on form" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x form" | ||
Floyd | They all seem to be the same. You pick one and look at it:
Floyd |
Floyd | Celestial Security Administration
Floyd | Form 19937/40.Z
Floyd |
Floyd | 41. Last name spelled backwards
Floyd | 39. First Initial
Floyd | 77. Age (years)
Floyd | 70. Last name
Floyd | 63. Current date (MM/DD/YY)
Floyd | 23. First name
Floyd | 80. Date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY)
Floyd | 52. Number of letters in first name
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "answer form" | ||
Floyd | It's been too crumpled up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flatten form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "flatten".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "uncrumple form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "uncrumple".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "straighten form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "straighten".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smooth form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smooth".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "roll".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "photocopier" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "photocopier".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "steamroller" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "steamroller".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Sorry... I'm back" | |
Limax says, "Got called away to take my son shoppin right quick" | ||
DavidW says, "ah" | ||
Limax asks, "So, I take it that cashing the check didn't get us up the needle?" | ||
DavidW says, "We can't cash the cheque. We now need a Celestial Security Card." | ||
Limax says, "Oh right... I thought we just needed the employee card" | ||
DavidW says, "I have, however, got the waste paper from the wastebasket." | ||
Limax asks, "Excellent... and that's what you're trying to flatten?" | ||
DavidW says, "The programmer's card is for Infernolab; entirely different thing." | ||
Limax says, "Dang... I can't keep these places straight" | ||
DavidW says, "yes, trying to flatten the crumpled form, but the game doesn't seem to understand." | ||
Limax says, "ANd I see there's a technician in the bar now" | ||
DavidW says, "The heat shield works as a raft on the lava river fine, but I apparently need practice throwing the rope; I keep missing the stalagmite." | ||
DavidW says, "The technie was in the booth that takes us to Earth." | ||
DavidW says, "er, in the lab where the booth is, I mean." | ||
DavidW says, "Maybe the steam in the crater will flatten the form, but I kinda doubt it." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "steam" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "steam".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "press form" | ||
Floyd | Pushing the waste paper doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There's the gas pipe; never did determine what kind of gas it is." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso machine" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't see any machine here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the middle of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you in the
Floyd | middle," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "I used to work as a lobbyist. Are similar positions available
Floyd | here?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Absolutely! However, you may find that there
Floyd | are quite a few lobbyists in Hell, which will probably not surprise
Floyd | anyone. Incidentally, anyone interested in public affairs should tune
Floyd | in to H-SPAN, which broadcasts programs that cover a wide array of
Floyd | current events. I believe the station number is 319."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso machine" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso the vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u.u.s.w" | ||
Floyd | From here, you can easily reach the rails. With a little effort, you
Floyd | manage to lift yourself up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell gas" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smell".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put form in gas" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "gas".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close valve" | ||
Floyd | You close the valve. The gas slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suppose we can try the house on Earth again." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card in slot" | ||
Floyd | You insert the card into the slot, and the little red light changes
Floyd | into a little green light. The door slides open. You remove the card
Floyd | and the light turns red again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | The door slides shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd | You hear a mechanical male voice through a hidden speaker: "Warning!
Floyd | System activated. Commencing primary power sequence. Diagnostics
Floyd | initiated. All personnel report to assigned stations. Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter booth" | ||
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd |
Floyd | "Warning! System activated. Power sequence complete; power flux
Floyd | stabilized within nominal range. Initiating software configuration.
Floyd | Failsafe activated; manual override disabled. Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "FINAL WARNING! Software configuration completed. Final power
Floyd | sequence calculations completed. Power flux decoupled from main power
Floyd | feed. Diagnostics completed; all systems within normal tolerances.
Floyd | Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "SYSTEM ACTIVATED." The room begins to vibrate, and a loud rumbling
Floyd | sound echoes all around. A glowing fog starts to surround you, and the
Floyd | vibration and rumbling are gradually muffled. Soon, you near nothing,
Floyd | and see only the strange glow. You feel yourself losing your balance;
Floyd | you squint your eyes trying to peer through the fog, and reach out for
Floyd | the edge of the booth, but you find nothing where the booth was. You
Floyd | feel yourself falling forward, and you reach out to brace yourself, but
Floyd | you just keep falling.
Floyd | You start to hear a distant rumbling sound. The noise grows
Floyd | steadily louder and closer, and you start to notice vague shapes out in
Floyd | the fog. The shapes draw closer, and the rumbling grows louder.
Floyd | Suddenly, the glow and the rumble are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. One of the reporters narrates her report: "Top scientists
Floyd | are baffled by the continued presence of paranormal activity in this
Floyd | otherwise quiet rural home. Many believe this can only be the work of
Floyd | Satan, while others are not so sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and pass directly through, barely feeling the
Floyd | solid matter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating above meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You float up higher. The same strange fog that brought you here
Floyd | envelopes you again. You feel yourself being pulled backwards,
Floyd | downwards. Soon, you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd | The booth seems to contain a printed note, a dead light bulb, a
Floyd | toolbox, a portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a
Floyd | parachute, a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a
Floyd | shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar
Floyd | bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a
Floyd | paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles,
Floyd | a yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a heat
Floyd | shield, and a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating above meadow
Floyd | You're floating above a large meadow. An old house is to the
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Floating above meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You pass through a wall, and find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | Sitting on the storage trunk is a silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push trunk" | ||
Floyd | You manage to nudge it just slightly, causing it to rock back and forth
Floyd | a couple of times. You manage to disturb it enough that the ring,
Floyd | which was perched precariously on the edge, falls off the trunk and
Floyd | onto the floor. The ring bounces along the floor, and lands on the
Floyd | trap door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "It was natural gas" | |
Limax says, "Whoa.. a silver ring" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd | Sitting on the trap door is a silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The trap door flies open. As
Floyd | it does, the ring sitting on the trap door tumbles down into the hall
Floyd | below. The group of people scrambles up through the trap door and into
Floyd | the attic; the trap door swings shut again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | There's a ring here, perched precariously at the top of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The trap door flies open, and
Floyd | the people all scramble through it down into the hall. The trap door
Floyd | swings shut once they're through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Can we get the ring?" | |
DavidW says, "Not directly. We're a ghost." | ||
DavidW says, "I'm trying a long sequence here. Let me continue" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You pass directly through the closed door...
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The crowd comes bursting
Floyd | through the door, slamming it behind them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Floating above meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You pass through a wall, and find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Hall
Floyd | There's a ring here, perched precariously at the top of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ring" | ||
Floyd | You manage to nudge it down the stairs. It tumbles down to the bottom
Floyd | of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | There's a ring here, sitting on the floor, right up against the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You pass directly through the closed door...
Floyd |
Floyd | Porch
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. One of the reporters narrates her report: "Top scientists
Floyd | are baffled by the continued presence of paranormal activity in this
Floyd | otherwise quiet rural home. Many believe this can only be the work of
Floyd | Satan, while others are not so sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You pass directly through the closed door...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | There's a ring here, sitting on the floor, right up against the
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The crowd comes bursting
Floyd | through the front door. As the door flies open, it sends the ring
Floyd | sliding down the hall and into the den. They slam the door behind
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You approach the wall, and pass directly through, barely feeling the
Floyd | solid matter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Meadow
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You pass through a wall, and find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd | There's a ring here, perched precariously at the top of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ring" | ||
Floyd | You manage to push it hard enough that it goes tumbling down the stairs
Floyd | into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | You see a silver ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ring" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the silver ring, nudging it just slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ring east" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the silver ring, nudging it just slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "damn" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. The priest flips frantically through the pages of his bible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Basement
Floyd | You see a silver ring here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ring" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the ring, nudging it slightly.
Floyd | The priest runs over to the ring. "Can't you all see? This cursed
Floyd | ring is what the evil spirit seeks!" He picks up the ring and holds it
Floyd | in front of him, his hands trembling. "In the name of God, I condemn
Floyd | this talisman of evil to eternal damnation! Let this foul object be
Floyd | taken from the world by this portal of Satan, never to return from the
Floyd | infernal regions! Now, evil spirit, with this ring, I thee damn!" He
Floyd | throws the ring into the portal, and it disappears with a flash of
Floyd | sickly green light. "Begone, evil spirit! Return thee forthwith to
Floyd | Perdition's Flames!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh. Thanks, priest." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You enter the portal. The same strange fog that brought you here
Floyd | envelopes you again. You feel yourself being pulled backwards,
Floyd | downwards. Soon, you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd | The booth seems to contain a printed note, a dead light bulb, a
Floyd | toolbox, a portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a
Floyd | parachute, a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a
Floyd | shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar
Floyd | bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a
Floyd | paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles,
Floyd | a yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a heat
Floyd | shield, a rope, and a genuine silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Wow" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "That looked complicated" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ring" | ||
Floyd | It's a silver ring with a complex pattern of very fine etchings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "The ring was for loud noises, right?" | |
DavidW says, "It was a bit. I had to manuever the people up to the attic after the ring had fallen off the trunk, so the attic door would let it fall down, and then get the people onto the porch so the ring would be on the other side of the front door and get pushed into the den." | ||
DavidW says, "No, the bracelet is for loud noises." | ||
DavidW says, "The ring is protection against strong light." | ||
DavidW says, "Not that we've seen any light like that." | ||
DavidW says, "But maybe the booth will take us elsewhere, now that the ring is obtained." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach that from the booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Lab
Floyd | The booth seems to contain a printed note, a dead light bulb, a
Floyd | toolbox, a portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a
Floyd | parachute, a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a
Floyd | shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar
Floyd | bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a
Floyd | paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles,
Floyd | a yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a heat
Floyd | shield, a rope, and a genuine silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red button" | ||
Floyd | You hear a mechanical male voice through a hidden speaker: "Warning!
Floyd | System activated. Commencing primary power sequence. Diagnostics
Floyd | initiated. All personnel report to assigned stations. Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter booth" | ||
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd | The booth seems to contain a printed note, a dead light bulb, a
Floyd | toolbox, a portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a
Floyd | parachute, a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a
Floyd | shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar
Floyd | bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a
Floyd | paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles,
Floyd | a yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a heat
Floyd | shield, a rope, and a genuine silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Warning! System activated. Power sequence complete; power flux
Floyd | stabilized within nominal range. Initiating software configuration.
Floyd | Failsafe activated; manual override disabled. Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "FINAL WARNING! Software configuration completed. Final power
Floyd | sequence calculations completed. Power flux decoupled from main power
Floyd | feed. Diagnostics completed; all systems within normal tolerances.
Floyd | Stand by..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "SYSTEM ACTIVATED." The room begins to vibrate, and a loud rumbling
Floyd | sound echoes all around. A glowing fog starts to surround you, and the
Floyd | vibration and rumbling are gradually muffled. Soon, you near nothing,
Floyd | and see only the strange glow. You feel yourself losing your balance;
Floyd | you squint your eyes trying to peer through the fog, and reach out for
Floyd | the edge of the booth, but you find nothing where the booth was. You
Floyd | feel yourself falling forward, and you reach out to brace yourself, but
Floyd | you just keep falling.
Floyd | You start to hear a distant rumbling sound. The noise grows
Floyd | steadily louder and closer, and you start to notice vague shapes out in
Floyd | the fog. The shapes draw closer, and the rumbling grows louder.
Floyd | Suddenly, the glow and the rumble are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of people standing around the room suddenly notices your
Floyd | presence. They all gather around you, appearing slightly frightened
Floyd | but curious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. One of the reporters approaches you. "Could you make some
Floyd | wailing sounds, or rattle some chains?" One of other reporters says,
Floyd | "Don't worry about it, we can dub it in later."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Same location." | |
DavidW says, "I suppose the booth only is for the ring." | ||
DavidW says, "I'll just check the attic anyway" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the ceiling, and emerge on the other
Floyd | side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Attic
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The trap door flies open.
Floyd | The group of people scrambles up through the trap door and into the
Floyd | attic; the trap door swings shut again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trunk" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing on the storage trunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. Several of the scientists approach you with test equipment.
Floyd | "This could be bad," one of the scientists says to the other. "I'm
Floyd | getting a very high ectoplasmatic densitometer reading."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open trunk" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the storage trunk, nudging it just slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. One of the scientists points a radiation counter at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter trunk" | ||
Floyd | Your hand passes through the storage trunk, nudging it just slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance. The priest approaches you, crucifix held high in front of
Floyd | him. "Begone, foul spirit! Return thee to the bowels of Hell whence
Floyd | thou came!" One of the reporters shoves him aside to get a better
Floyd | camera angle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | You look about the same as always.
Floyd |
Floyd | The group of people is here, watching you carefully but keeping their
Floyd | distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You travel directly through the floor, and emerge on the other side...
Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Basement
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear several voices in the distance saying things like "where did
Floyd | it go?" and "I think it went this way!" The group of people comes
Floyd | rushing into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You enter the portal. The same strange fog that brought you here
Floyd | envelopes you again. You feel yourself being pulled backwards,
Floyd | downwards. Soon, you find yourself back in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lab, in the booth
Floyd | The booth seems to contain a printed note, a dead light bulb, a
Floyd | toolbox, a portable radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a
Floyd | parachute, a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a
Floyd | shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar
Floyd | bill, a cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a
Floyd | paper recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles,
Floyd | a yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a heat
Floyd | shield, a rope, and a genuine silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay... so the trunk can't be used" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||
Floyd | printed note: Taken.
Floyd | dead light bulb: Taken.
Floyd | toolbox: Taken.
Floyd | portable radio: Taken.
Floyd | bucket: Taken.
Floyd | pitchfork: Taken.
Floyd | small metal key: Taken.
Floyd | parachute: Taken.
Floyd | pair of rubber gloves: Taken.
Floyd | certificate: Taken.
Floyd | poker: Taken.
Floyd | brush: Taken.
Floyd | shovel: Taken.
Floyd | pencil sharpener: Taken.
Floyd | pencil: Taken.
Floyd | Infern-O-Vac battery: Taken.
Floyd | dollar bill: Taken.
Floyd | cigarette box: Taken.
Floyd | cigarette: Taken.
Floyd | check: Taken.
Floyd | driver's license: Taken.
Floyd | paper recycling bin: Taken.
Floyd | empty can of ToxiCola: Taken.
Floyd | bag of Cheese-Doodles: Taken.
Floyd | yellow note: Taken.
Floyd | pillow: Taken.
Floyd | ID card: Taken.
Floyd | maintenance uniform: Taken.
Floyd | heat shield: Taken.
Floyd | rope: Taken.
Floyd | genuine silver ring: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Is there another booth?" | |
DavidW says, "no" | ||
DavidW says, "However, this ring might count as a treasure for the troll." | ||
Limax says, "I was just about to suggest that" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the booth first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Lab
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put card in slot" | ||
Floyd | You insert the card into the slot, and the little red light changes
Floyd | into a little green light. The door slides open. You remove the card
Floyd | and the light turns red again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | The door slides shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.n.e." | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.se" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | There's a large hairy Troll standing in the center of the bridge,
Floyd | blocking your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ring to troll" | ||
Floyd | The Troll takes one look at the genuine silver ring and rejects your
Floyd | offer with a snarl, shoving it away with a backhanded slap.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll watches you suspiciously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Dang" | |
DavidW says, "well, I can show it to the amulet guy, I guess." | ||
Limax asks, "Did you need to show the certificate as well?" | ||
Limax says, "Sure" | ||
DavidW says, "The letter said the certificate isn't for the troll; the troll can't read." | ||
DavidW says, "btw, there's the lake area that we are also stymied with because of the undertow." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Amulette Shoppe
Floyd | A shopkeeper is here waiting to help you.
Floyd | The shop keeper greets you as you walk in. "How may I help you?"
Floyd | he asks cheerfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show ring to shopkeeper" | ||
Floyd | Which ring do you mean, the genuine silver ring, or the imitation
Floyd | silver ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "genuine" | ||
Floyd | The shopkeeper isn't impressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmph" | |
DavidW says, "Shopkeeper probably also likes margarine on pop tarts." | ||
Limax says, "Ha ha" | ||
Limax says, "I think he's just interested in selling things" | ||
DavidW says, "On the theory that the lassoing didn't work because we need to be carrying all the right tools at the time, maybe the silver ring is what we lacked and the lasso might work now." | ||
Limax says, "Maybe" | ||
Limax asks, "Did you try wearing the ring yet?" | ||
DavidW says, "I'm grasping at straws." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear ring" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine silver ring. A feeling of
Floyd | strength and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Hm. Maybe the whirlpool wont grab us either" | |
DavidW says, "that's promising" | ||
DavidW says, "oh, I dunno. The guy here said it's vs. light, not anything else." | ||
DavidW says, "And none of the five are vs. water." | ||
Limax says, "Yes..." | ||
DavidW says, "The protections are heat, cold, illness, light, and sound." | ||
Limax asks, "What about near the pool of blood? Was there any light ther?" | ||
DavidW says, "well, there was a red glow mentioned on the Desolate Plain, letting us know where the crater was." | ||
DavidW says, "It's possible the island is guarded five times and sound is just the first guardian." | ||
Limax says, "Could be" | ||
DavidW says, "I'll try both the lasso and the lake again; see if there's any difference." | ||
Limax says, "OKay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s.e.e" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river. enter shield" | ||
Floyd | You put the heat shield in the lava -- it floats on the flowing lava,
Floyd | and seems easily able to withstand the heat. You hold onto it so it
Floyd | doesn't float away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing swiftly downhill to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | You throw the rope at the stalagmite, but your aim isn't good enough;
Floyd | the rope falls short. You obviously could use some practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall, in the heat shield
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the
Floyd | lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs,
Floyd | catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far
Floyd | below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd | You see a heat shield here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shield" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw.nw.w" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a narrow ledge high up on the mountainside. The ledge
Floyd | continues to the southeast and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot.
Floyd | You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and
Floyd | you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and
Floyd | you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd | You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall
Floyd | mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation.
Floyd | Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds
Floyd | of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the
Floyd | mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The terrain is too rocky that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd | You're fairly high up on the side of the mountain -- you'd guess
Floyd | that you're around two thousand feet up. (Have you noticed that they
Floyd | use the English system of measurements in Hell? What else would you
Floyd | expect?) You can go down the mountain to the west, and the volcano's
Floyd | cone looms above to the east. A small opening appears to lead into a
Floyd | cave to the south. You can also travel along a path to the north, and
Floyd | a narrow passage to the southeast.
Floyd | You have an excellent view of Hell from here. The tall buildings
Floyd | downtown all seem tiny from this distance and altitude, except for the
Floyd | Tower -- even from here, you can't see the top. The Tower looks like a
Floyd | thin, gleaming string stretching from the ground up into the dark sky.
Floyd | As your eyes follow the Tower up into the sky, you realize that you're
Floyd | high enough above the surface now that you can see stars above -- so
Floyd | many stars, all so bright, that it's quite well lit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd | You're on the shore of a beautiful clear blue mountain lake. The
Floyd | lake is huge -- it looks like it's almost a mile across. The water is
Floyd | very still and clear. The lake is circled by high cliffs, except here,
Floyd | where you could easily wade into the water. A path leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Swimming on the lake
Floyd | You're swimming on the lake. The shore is to the west. A rocky
Floyd | ledge to the north prevents travel in that direction, but you can go
Floyd | east or south.
Floyd | You didn't notice from the shore, but there seems to be a very
Floyd | strong undertow pulling you underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to fight the undertow, but it's just too strong. It drags you
Floyd | underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd | You're on the shore of a beautiful clear blue mountain lake. The
Floyd | lake is huge -- it looks like it's almost a mile across. The water is
Floyd | very still and clear. The lake is circled by high cliffs, except here,
Floyd | where you could easily wade into the water. A path leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield on lake" | ||
Floyd | There's no good surface on the lake water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in lake" | ||
Floyd | Better not; it would just sink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Swimming on the lake
Floyd | You're swimming on the lake. The shore is to the west. A rocky
Floyd | ledge to the north prevents travel in that direction, but you can go
Floyd | east or south.
Floyd | You didn't notice from the shore, but there seems to be a very
Floyd | strong undertow pulling you underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to fight the undertow, but it's just too strong. It drags you
Floyd | underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Where can you practice lassoing?" | |
DavidW says, "I have no idea." | ||
Limax asks, "Was there a barn near the programmer's house?" | ||
DavidW says, "I couldn't find a post at the dock. Random people can't be lassoed." | ||
DavidW says, "The barn isn't near the programmer's house, no. There is a barn elsewhere." | ||
Limax says, "Seems like there should be something near there to lasso" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You try to swim against the undertow, but the current drags you down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The undertow drags you down, away from the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Floor
Floyd | You're deep underwater, just above the rocky bottom of the lake.
Floyd | The water is swirling violently around a depression in the rocky floor
Floyd | -- you realize that it's a whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't swim against the whirlpool current.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged helplessly toward the whirlpool. You try to swim
Floyd | against it, but it's too strong. You get nearer and nearer the hole.
Floyd | You start tumbling over and over in the turbulent waters; your head
Floyd | hits a rock, then your arm, then a leg.
Floyd | You're barely able to see what's happening as you're battered
Floyd | against the rocks, but you realize that you're falling through a narrow
Floyd | tunnel. You're on your back, moving head-first through the tunnel.
Floyd | You lose track of how much time you're bounced around inside the
Floyd | tunnel, but you eventually emerge into a raging river pouring down the
Floyd | hillside. You tumble and crash into even more rocks as you're washed
Floyd | down the rocky riverbed.
Floyd | You pass under a bridge, trying to grab onto something but finding
Floyd | nothing to hold onto. The water continues to drag you downstream. You
Floyd | manage to get your head above water long enough to look at what's
Floyd | coming, and you see a dense tangle of tree branches up ahead. You
Floyd | brace yourself just in time, and crash into the thicket.
Floyd | It's difficult, but you manage to untangle yourself from the tree
Floyd | branches, and climb out onto the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The river is blocked to the
Floyd | south by a dense tangle of tree branches. A path leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Floor
Floyd | You're deep underwater, just above the rocky bottom of the lake.
Floyd | The water is swirling violently around a depression in the rocky floor
Floyd | -- you realize that it's a whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug hole with shield" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug hole" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to plug it in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug shield in hole" | ||
Floyd | You can't plug the heat shield into anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged helplessly toward the whirlpool. You try to swim
Floyd | against it, but it's too strong. You get nearer and nearer the hole.
Floyd | You start tumbling over and over in the turbulent waters; your head
Floyd | hits a rock, then your arm, then a leg.
Floyd | You're barely able to see what's happening as you're battered
Floyd | against the rocks, but you realize that you're falling through a narrow
Floyd | tunnel. You're on your back, moving head-first through the tunnel.
Floyd | You lose track of how much time you're bounced around inside the
Floyd | tunnel, but you eventually emerge into a raging river pouring down the
Floyd | hillside. You tumble and crash into even more rocks as you're washed
Floyd | down the rocky riverbed.
Floyd | You pass under a bridge, trying to grab onto something but finding
Floyd | nothing to hold onto. The water continues to drag you downstream. You
Floyd | manage to get your head above water long enough to look at what's
Floyd | coming, and you see a dense tangle of tree branches up ahead. You
Floyd | brace yourself just in time, and crash into the thicket.
Floyd | It's difficult, but you manage to untangle yourself from the tree
Floyd | branches, and climb out onto the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The river is blocked to the
Floyd | south by a dense tangle of tree branches. A path leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I'm having troube wiht the wireless connection here. I need to reset the router. Back soon, I hope" | |
Limax walks slowly out of the room and into the sunset. | DavidW says, "ok" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The water pours rapidly over
Floyd | huge rocks in the river. A bridge crosses the river to the east. A
Floyd | narrow path climbs steeply up the hill to the northwest, and you can
Floyd | follow the river to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd | You're on a path that climbs up a sheer cliff face. The path goes
Floyd | down to the river to the southeast, and climbs steeply to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd | You're on a steeply climbing path near the top of a cliff. The path
Floyd | descends to the northeast, and continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd | You're in a narrow passage among the rocks. You can squeeze through
Floyd | to the east and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd | You're fairly high up on the side of the mountain -- you'd guess
Floyd | that you're around two thousand feet up. (Have you noticed that they
Floyd | use the English system of measurements in Hell? What else would you
Floyd | expect?) You can go down the mountain to the west, and the volcano's
Floyd | cone looms above to the east. A small opening appears to lead into a
Floyd | cave to the south. You can also travel along a path to the north, and
Floyd | a narrow passage to the southeast.
Floyd | You have an excellent view of Hell from here. The tall buildings
Floyd | downtown all seem tiny from this distance and altitude, except for the
Floyd | Tower -- even from here, you can't see the top. The Tower looks like a
Floyd | thin, gleaming string stretching from the ground up into the dark sky.
Floyd | As your eyes follow the Tower up into the sky, you realize that you're
Floyd | high enough above the surface now that you can see stars above -- so
Floyd | many stars, all so bright, that it's quite well lit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buildings" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "buildings".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stars".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Limax arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
two-star took 30,500 buckets -- why? | Limax says, "Back" | |
DavidW says, "ok. Back at Mountainside." | ||
Limax says, "It was weird... only thi computer could connect... the Blu Ray and none of the game devices could" | ||
DavidW says, "I'm not really sure what to try next." | ||
Limax asks, "Maybe go to where the barn is?" | ||
DavidW says, "ok" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd | You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall
Floyd | mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation.
Floyd | Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds
Floyd | of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the
Floyd | mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd | You're in a large yard outside an old, abandoned barn. The area is
Floyd | overgrown with weeds; it obviously hasn't been used in many years. A
Floyd | rusty old wellhead sticks out of the weeds. The farmhouse is to the
Floyd | west, and the entrance to the barn is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weeds" | ||
Floyd | They're rather ugly, and not terribly interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search weeds" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barn" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "barn".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Barn
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Barn
Floyd | You're in an old, rickety barn. The area smells of rotting wood and
Floyd | damp decay. The usual farm implements are scattered around the barn:
Floyd | a bale of hay, several stalls for horses.
Floyd | In the center of the barn is a small single-engine airplane. It's
Floyd | an open-cockpit, high-wing tail-dragger. It's painted a faded yellow.
Floyd | The exit is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wing" | ||
Floyd | It's a tail-dragger with an open cockpit. Unfortunately, it doesn't
Floyd | look like there's any hope that it can be made to work; the engine
Floyd | looks dismantled and corroded. It looks like you could get in the
Floyd | plane if you wanted, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso wing" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso the plane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Limax asks, "What's in the plane? Or have we already been here?" | Limax says, "ILAK" | |
DavidW says, "We were here before, yes. I took the pitchfork from the hay, and the parachute from the plane's storage compartment." | ||
Limax asks, "And the farmhouse belongs to the programmer, right?" | ||
Limax says, "Aha" | ||
Limax asks, "What abouthe stalls?" | ||
DavidW says, "No, the programmer's house is far to the west." | ||
DavidW says, "We're not a horse." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalls" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing interesting about them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter stalls" | ||
Floyd | Why? Hoping to return as a horse in your next life?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "And the wellhead outside is where the bucket came from" | |
DavidW says, "yes, and it's dry. Pulling the lever has no effect." | ||
Limax asks, "What about lassoing it?" | ||
Limax says, "I mean, we might as well try anything" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso wellhead" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso the well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I really suspect the game is fibbing about practice, that the real reason is it's a one-way trip and we're not to get caught in an area without all the needed tools." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x well" | ||
Floyd | It's a hand-pumped well. It has a long lever, and a spout. The pump
Floyd | looks very old and corroded.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spout" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary spout to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary lever to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Oh" | |
DavidW says, "[LINK]" | ||
DavidW says, "ilac" | ||
Limax asks, "YLAK?" | ||
Limax asks, "So what do we have left? The pool of blood, the lake, the troll, the check and the needle?" | ||
Limax says, "Oh, and the lasso" | ||
Johnny says, "I would ask that that URL and this request that that URL be removed from the transcript be removed from the transcript." | ||
Limax says, "And we still have the natural gas pipe that we don't know what to do with" | ||
DavidW says (to Limax), "uh, those plus the gas pipe; the poker, brush, and shovel; the Celestial Security business (including an unvisited location behind the counter)" | ||
DavidW says, "I'm tempted to get a bucket of blood and pour it on the woman at Celestial." | ||
Limax says, "Hm" | ||
Limax says, "Might be worth a shot" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Barnyard
Floyd | You're in a large yard outside an old, abandoned barn. The area is
Floyd | overgrown with weeds; it obviously hasn't been used in many years. A
Floyd | rusty old wellhead sticks out of the weeds. The farmhouse is to the
Floyd | west, and the entrance to the barn is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.w.w.w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick cloud of dust drifts down from the side of the crater. You
Floyd | watch the cloud as it slowly meanders through the complex air currents
Floyd | driven by the hot crater floor. As the cloud approaches the hot rocks
Floyd | at the bottom of the crater, it suddenly catches fire; you leap back as
Floyd | the cloud almost instantly vanishes in a searing wall of flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You slowly make your way through the dense flames. You realize that
Floyd | this cave must be totally devoid of oxygen -- certainly it's all being
Floyd | consumed by the raging fires. It's lucky you're already dead, you
Floyd | think to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket with blood" | ||
Floyd | You try to scoop up some of the horrifying fluid, but every time you
Floyd | do, the blood boils away as soon as you remove the bucket from the
Floyd | lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, we were anticipated" | |
Limax says, "I would say so" | ||
DavidW says, "well, there's lake water" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the large rocks on the pit floor suddenly bursts into flames.
Floyd | You jump back and shield your eyes from the blinding fire. After a few
Floyd | moments, the fire subsides, and all that's left of the rock is a thick
Floyd | black cloud of sulfurous fumes that slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Yes... but would that horrify her?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u.s.s.e.e.e.e" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s.e." | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh, the rabbit. We forgot the rabbit." | |
DavidW says, "and the flippers" | ||
DavidW says, "(in the dumpster)" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "I guess the flippers might help vs undertow?" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "guess".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill bucket with water" | ||
Floyd | Okay, the bucket is now full of water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.w.n.w.w." | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.w" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | Celestial Security Office
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you wear any
Floyd | prescription eyewear?" The woman replies, "No." The officer slowly
Floyd | and carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw water at woman" | ||
Floyd | You miss. The water falls to the floor and evaporates.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "What is your IQ?"
Floyd | The woman replies, "I'm not sure." The officer slowly and carefully
Floyd | transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Let's return to the dumpster; see if anything new comes to mind." | |
DavidW says, "Also, we never tried to do anything with the rabbit, really." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.n.e.sw" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Alley
Floyd | You're in an alley between two large low-rise buildings, one to the
Floyd | east and one to the west. The alley dead-ends to the south; you can go
Floyd | out to the north.
Floyd | At the south end of the alley is a large dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's a really large, very smelly dumpster. Over the edge of the
Floyd | dumpster, you can see a pair of flippers sticking up. Unfortunately,
Floyd | you can't quite reach them from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flippers with pitchfork" | ||
Floyd | All you can manage to do is push them away from you. You'll have to
Floyd | get into the dumpster somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's too high to climb into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a portable
Floyd | radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute, a pair of
Floyd | rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil
Floyd | sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar bill, a
Floyd | cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a paper
Floyd | recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles, a
Floyd | yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a rope, a
Floyd | genuine silver ring (being worn), and a heat shield. The toolbox seems
Floyd | to contain a crowbar. The radio compartment seems to contain a
Floyd | DuraHell battery. The paper recycling bin seems to contain some waste
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "btw, we can't stand on the toolbox or the recycling bin." | |
DavidW says, "hm. I'm not thinking of anything new. Lemme try to take the rabbit." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Field
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rabbit" | ||
Floyd | The rabbit is too quick; it hops several feet away each time you get
Floyd | near it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bag to rabbit" | ||
Floyd | The rabbit rejects the offer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x food" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any food here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Field
Floyd | You're in a large, open field. The ground is peppered with clumps
Floyd | of scrubby grass. A road lies to the west. You can see a tall
Floyd | mountain range in the distance to the southeast.
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take grass" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the scrubby grass.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig field with shovel" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "field".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig ground with shovel" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
Lionheart arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | DavidW says, "I think I'm out of ideas for the present time." | |
Limax says, "Back gain" | ||
Limax says, "Er. AGain" | ||
Limax says, "I keep getting called away" | ||
DavidW says, "s'ok. I can't think of what to try next anyway." | ||
Limax asks, "Are we still at the same stuck point?" | ||
DavidW says, "Pretty much." | ||
Limax says, "Hm" | ||
Limax asks, "Can we get in the farmhouse?" | ||
DavidW asks, "I suppose we could throw the pitchfork into the dumpster, then lasso it, then climb the rope?" | ||
Limax asks, "Sure... why not?" | ||
DavidW says, "The farmhouse is a one-room wonder. It had the radio in it." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
Limax asks, "Was it already tuned to the DMV station?" | ||
DavidW says, "At least, I think it's a one-roomer. Suppose we should doublecheck that." | ||
DavidW says (to Limax), "no, but I don't know what station it was originally. Jacqueline set it to 319 before I had a chance to examine the dial." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Field
Floyd | You're in a large, open field. The ground is peppered with clumps
Floyd | of scrubby grass. A road lies to the west. You can see a tall
Floyd | mountain range in the distance to the southeast.
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Farmhouse
Floyd | You're in a small, deserted, one-room farmhouse. The building is
Floyd | very old and rickety, and all the paint has long since peeled off the
Floyd | walls. You can go through doors to the south and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, Farmouse, Barnyard, Barn." | |
DavidW says, "er FarmHouse" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Alley
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pitchfork in dumpster" | ||
Floyd | You can't put anything into the dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso dumpster" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso the dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso flippers" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | I don't know how to lasso the pair of flippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's a really large, very smelly dumpster. Over the edge of the
Floyd | dumpster, you can see a pair of flippers sticking up. Unfortunately,
Floyd | you can't quite reach them from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x edge" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "edge".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search dumpster" | ||
Floyd | All you can see is the flippers sticking up over the edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw pitchfork into dumpster" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to throw anything in the dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Maybe there's a chair or table in the programmer's house we can 'borrow'." | |
Limax says, "Maybe" | ||
DavidW says, "There was a ladder seen briefly in Infernolab, but I have no idea where it went, or even if it was a true object." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "ladder".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "That's the one the workers were using?" | |
DavidW says, "hm, not a true object." | ||
DavidW says, "yes, when they took out the burnt bulb." | ||
Limax says, "Right" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.w.s.s." | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "So the farmhouse also had an exit to the east... that was to the barn, I take it?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | You're in an old, dilapidated kitchen. The appliances are all
Floyd | ancient and appear to be in poor condition; the linoleum floor has
Floyd | large gashes here and there where the plastic is curled back. There's
Floyd | a sink, with a small cabinet underneath. An exit leads north out into
Floyd | the yard, and passages lead west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "The barnyard" | |
DavidW says, "The barn proper was north of the barnyard." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plastic" | ||
Floyd | That isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||
Floyd | The cabinet is already open!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the cabinet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary sink to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in sink" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the sink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | Sitting on the table is some junk mail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take table" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | You're in the dining room, which isn't really a separate room but
Floyd | just the northwest corner of the living room. A table dominates the
Floyd | area. A six-foot partition separates the dining room and living room
Floyd | from the kitchen, which is to the east (evidently, building a wall all
Floyd | the way up to the ceiling would have been too expensive). The living
Floyd | room lies to the south.
Floyd | Sitting on the table is some junk mail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | You're in the living room, which is long and narrow, with a brick
Floyd | fireplace on the south wall; next to the fireplace is a tool holder. A
Floyd | six-foot partition to the north separates the living room and kitchen.
Floyd | The northwest corner of the room serves as the dining room. A hallway
Floyd | leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Got it" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "We got the poker from the tool holder, right?" | |
DavidW says, "yes" | ||
DavidW says, "poker, brush, and shovel: all unused by us yet." | ||
Limax says, "I think the flippers would help us in the lake" | ||
DavidW says, "I agree." | ||
DavidW says, "Help me get 'em. :)" | ||
Limax says, "And we can't climb into the dumpster" | ||
DavidW says, "We cannot." | ||
Limax says, "I've never seen a dumpster I can't climb into" | ||
DavidW says, "Perhaps you don't see many dumpsters." | ||
Limax asks, "Could you get us back to the dumpster?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.n.n" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.e.e.sw" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Alley
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ok" | |
Limax says, "Let's look in the Alley first" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Alley
Floyd | You're in an alley between two large low-rise buildings, one to the
Floyd | east and one to the west. The alley dead-ends to the south; you can go
Floyd | out to the north.
Floyd | At the south end of the alley is a large dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb walls" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Examine the dumpste?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb buildings" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "buildings".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's a really large, very smelly dumpster. Over the edge of the
Floyd | dumpster, you can see a pair of flippers sticking up. Unfortunately,
Floyd | you can't quite reach them from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "And enter dumpster does what?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter dumpster" | ||
Floyd | It's too high to climb into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ah" | |
Limax asks, "What do we have in our inventory?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a portable
Floyd | radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute, a pair of
Floyd | rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a shovel, a pencil
Floyd | sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar bill, a
Floyd | cigarette box, a cigarette, a check, a driver's license, a paper
Floyd | recycling bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles, a
Floyd | yellow note, a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uniform, a rope, a
Floyd | genuine silver ring (being worn), and a heat shield. The toolbox seems
Floyd | to contain a crowbar. The radio compartment seems to contain a
Floyd | DuraHell battery. The paper recycling bin seems to contain some waste
Floyd | paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Can we say, tie the rope to the poker?" | |
DavidW says, "And we cannot stand on either the toolbox or the bin." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to poker" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to tie anything to the poker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to pitchfork" | Limax says, "So much for a harpoon" | |
Floyd | I don't know how to tie anything to the pitchfork.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to dumpster" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to tie anything to the dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "ANd throwin the poker or the pitchfork does nothing?" | |
Limax asks, "What about hitting the flippers with the pitchfork?" | ||
DavidW says, "well, it looked like we couldn't throw anything into the dumpster and all attempts to take the flippers with anything threatened to just push them in further." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw power in dumpster" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to throw anything in the dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Shot" | |
Limax says, "Shoot" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flippers with poker" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to take anything with the poker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flippers with pitchfork" | ||
Floyd | All you can manage to do is push them away from you. You'll have to
Floyd | get into the dumpster somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay" | |
Limax says, "There's a clue" | ||
Limax asks, "Can we grab a chair from somewhere, like the Roshambo area?" | ||
DavidW asks, "I suppose if we did manage a gas explosion in the building next door, it *might* make a hole we can jump down from into the dumpster?" | ||
Limax says, "Hm. Maybe" | ||
Limax asks, "Is the gas still on?" | ||
DavidW says, "I was trying to find a chair in the programmer's house, but there just doesn't seem to be one. Unless he's sitting in it." | ||
DavidW says, "The gas is not still on." | ||
Limax says, "Right... thre was the chair we sat on for the study also" | ||
DavidW says, "Leaving the gas on seemed to have no effect." | ||
DavidW asks, "What study?" | ||
Limax says, "Where we got the check" | ||
DavidW says, "oh, huh. I didn't see a chair on return. but there might be chairs at the lecture in that first building." | ||
Limax says, "I thought there was a chair there still" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n." | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | One of the scientists recognizes you, and walks over. "I'm sorry,
Floyd | but we can't allow you to participate again, now that you know all
Floyd | about the experiment. It would throw off the results if you were to
Floyd | participate. If you're looking for more money, I've heard that
Floyd | Infernolab Missiles and Space is looking for subjects in the nosecone
Floyd | crash testing lab." She walks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||
Floyd | It's a high-tech office chair, ergonomically designed with a low back,
Floyd | armrests, rollers, and a swivel base. The chair is upholstered in
Floyd | black leather like all of the other furniture you've seen here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chair" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair n" | ||
Floyd | You can't seem to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Dang" | |
DavidW says, "well, you were right the chair was there." | ||
DavidW says, "on rollers too." | ||
Limax says, "Small consolation" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under chair" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing under the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock chair" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to unlock the chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x base" | ||
Floyd | It's just part of the chair -- it's not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rollers" | ||
Floyd | It's just part of the chair -- it's not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x armrests" | ||
Floyd | It's just part of the chair -- it's not important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "lemme try the lecture room" | |
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the rear of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | rear," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "I'm a very rich individual and I refuse to be treated in this
Floyd | manner. I've made charitable contributions all my life, and we've
Floyd | never beaten the help -- not when they didn't deserve it, anyway, the
Floyd | lazy bastards. This is an outrage! You can be sure you will be
Floyd | hearing from my lawyer! What do you have to say for yourself?" she
Floyd | asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "I'm sure you have a very good case. However,
Floyd | I'm afraid that the legal system in Hell is based on the United States
Floyd | judicial system. So, as you must know, the courts are so overloaded
Floyd | with frivolous lawsuits that legitimate claims, such as yours
Floyd | undoubtedly is, cannot be accepted. Any lawsuit found to have merit is
Floyd | immediately and summarily dismissed. There are some very good personal
Floyd | injury lawyers that you might wish to contact, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chair" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the folding chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the left of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | left," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "I used to drive nitro-burning ground-pounding six-second funny
Floyd | cars. Is there any chance that I'll be able to shake hands with the
Floyd | devil while I scream through the gates of Hell?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "I'm afraid that, due to the volume of new
Floyd | immigrants, the devil is unable to personally greet each new arrival."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take podium" | ||
Floyd | The podium isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Is this heaven or hell?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "You know what they say -- if you have to ask
Floyd | --" she chuckles. "It is technically hell, although that's such a
Floyd | loaded word that we don't like to use it. Most ideas people have about
Floyd | hell are very outdated. Ever since the deregulation of the afterlife
Floyd | industry, we've had to compete with Heaven for eternal souls -- because
Floyd | you're free to switch to Heaven at any time. So, we've been
Floyd | modernizing! There really isn't much eternal torment these days, for
Floyd | example. And, thanks to the Environmental Clean-up Superfund, we have
Floyd | the brimstone problem mostly under control at this point."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stepladder" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "stepladder".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "horse".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "crate".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x step" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "step".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "also, good thing I ate yesterday; I've hardly had anything to eat today." | |
Limax asks, "Do you need to run off and get something?" | ||
DavidW says, "I grabbed some bread. I'll make and eat sandwiches between turns." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
Limax asks, "Can we go to where the lightbulb was changed?" | ||
DavidW says, "That was the lobby." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "here" | |
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
Limax says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You're in a lobby, decorated with a very high-tech look: the walls
Floyd | are brushed stainless steel; the illumination is provided by black
Floyd | track lighting suspended from an intricate network of black metal
Floyd | railing; the furniture is black and angular. Along the far wall,
Floyd | spelled out in four-foot-high Helvetica Medium Extended letters carved
Floyd | from granite, is the word:
Floyd |
Floyd | I N F E R N O L A B
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the lobby is a huge black leather couch, and a low
Floyd | black marble coffee table. A hallway leads east, and an exit leads
Floyd | north, back out to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "DO we know anything about htecouch?" | |
Limax says, "Man... this keyboard..." | ||
DavidW says, "I searched it and examined it. I found no change, no pillows, no lost yo-yo." | ||
Limax says, "Darn" | ||
Limax says (to Floyd), "x railing" | ||
Floyd | It's a very intricate network of black metal rails, hanging about four
Floyd | feet below the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Tha doesn't help" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push couch north" | ||
Floyd | You can't seem to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "And the table gets us to the railier, which gets us into the ducts" | |
DavidW says, "yes" | ||
DavidW says, "And there are no lights up there. I checked." | ||
Limax says, "Right" | ||
Limax says, "And the peson who caught on fire is no longer arond" | ||
DavidW says, "sadly, yes. I have wished that I could light a cigarette off him." | ||
Limax says, "Agreed" | ||
DavidW says, "Jacqueline said, however, we cannot get into unwinnable situations." | ||
Limax says, "My wife is having me go to the grocery store... I'll be back after a bit" | ||
Limax says, "Tha's good news" | ||
DavidW says, "The weird thing about the cig is that we can't seem to light it at all; the game seems to reject 'light cigarette' as a valid action." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to light the cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I'll wait for ya." | |
Limax says, "Back" | ||
Limax says, "(again)" | ||
DavidW says, "that was quick" | ||
Limax says, "Let's see... we found the burning man in downtown.. and he just wandered off" | ||
Limax says, "Just needed a few things... and Trader Joes is less than a mile away" | ||
DavidW says, "well, he said because he wasn't burning any more, he had to go back to work." | ||
Limax says, "Which was where, I wonder" | ||
DavidW says, "well, he could be just off-stage now, part of the madding crowd of the building." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
Limax says, "Let's see..." | ||
Limax says, "I'm guessing the cigarette is key" | ||
DavidW says, "like, there's several doors south of the hallway, but only one door south for us." | ||
Limax says, "Sure" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x matches" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "matches".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ah, so maybe a lighter" | |
DavidW says, "oh. it knows 'lighter', ergo, a lighter exists." | ||
Limax says (to Floyd), "x match" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "match".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Just double-checking" | |
DavidW says, "we could go around everywhere and 'ask [npc] for a light'." | ||
Limax says, "True" | ||
DavidW asks, "like, if we had a lighter, why do we need a lit cigarette in particular?" | ||
Limax says, "Good point" | ||
Limax asks, "Bartender?" | ||
DavidW says, "a good place to start, yes" | ||
inky arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You're in a lobby, decorated with a very high-tech look: the walls
Floyd | are brushed stainless steel; the illumination is provided by black
Floyd | track lighting suspended from an intricate network of black metal
Floyd | railing; the furniture is black and angular. Along the far wall,
Floyd | spelled out in four-foot-high Helvetica Medium Extended letters carved
Floyd | from granite, is the word:
Floyd |
Floyd | I N F E R N O L A B
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the lobby is a huge black leather couch, and a low
Floyd | black marble coffee table. A hallway leads east, and an exit leads
Floyd | north, back out to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.s.s" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Can I go back to earth as a ghost and haunt people?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "No, unfortunately not. However, our top
Floyd | scientists are working on this problem, and the latest reports indicate
Floyd | that it may be possible in the near future. Those of you with
Floyd | scientific backgrounds, in particular those of you who went to Caltech
Floyd | and really understand what makes a good prank, may want to look into
Floyd | joining the project."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky asks, "were you guys able to get the paperwork from the trashcan and get a card with it?" | |
Limax says, "Yes" | ||
DavidW says, "I saw no card there." | ||
Limax says, "DavidW got that" | ||
Limax says, "Well, no card... just a form for a card" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search waste paper" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read waste paper" | ||
Floyd | They all seem to be the same. You pick one and look at it:
Floyd |
Floyd | Celestial Security Administration
Floyd | Form 19937/40.Z
Floyd |
Floyd | 41. Last name spelled backwards
Floyd | 39. First Initial
Floyd | 77. Age (years)
Floyd | 70. Last name
Floyd | 63. Current date (MM/DD/YY)
Floyd | 23. First name
Floyd | 80. Date of birth (DD-MM-YYYY)
Floyd | 52. Number of letters in first name
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search in waste paper" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "fill out form" | ||
Floyd | It's been too crumpled up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "unfold form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "unfold".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "tried that" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "smooth form" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "smooth".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "hmm" | |
DavidW says, "tried that too" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d.s" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | A bartender is here.
Floyd | There's a technician here, plowing through mugs of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for a light" | ||
Floyd | "Sorry, only what you see here."
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Who is this technician?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarette to bartender" | ||
Floyd | The bartender isn't impressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "This is the technie from the booth lab." | |
Limax says, "Ah" | ||
DavidW says, "I gave him a vodka to get rid of him and he came here to roost." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the technician could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technician about lighter" | ||
Floyd | "Figure it out yourself!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the pilot could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarette to captain" | ||
Floyd | The pilot isn't impressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under seats" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any seats here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under seat" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any seat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask passengers for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the passenger could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask passenger about lighter" | ||
Floyd | They seem too distracted to talk to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the middle of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you in the
Floyd | middle," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "I was wondering, where is the famous 'All hope abandon, ye who
Floyd | enter here' sign? I want to get some pictures with it." she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Actually, the sign said 'Lasciate ogni
Floyd | speranza, voi ch'entrate,' and I'm afraid it's been taken down. People
Floyd | found it too depressing. But there are several very nice vista points
Floyd | that you can find in the tour book."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Funny how NPCs just seem to stay in one place" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about lighter" | ||
Floyd | Try as you might, you can't seem to attract her attention -- someone
Floyd | always gets in with a question first.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Which circle of hell are we doomed to?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "We abolished the circle system shortly after
Floyd | the middle ages after the 'separate and unequal' principle was ruled
Floyd | illegal. You're free to go wherever you'd like -- even up to Heaven."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman for a light" | ||
Floyd | The light isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone near the center of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you near
Floyd | the center," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Why did I end up here? What did I do wrong?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Really, you must shed your outdated notions of
Floyd | hell. You don't have to do anything wrong to end up here. New souls
Floyd | are randomly assigned to Heaven or Hell based on the last four digits
Floyd | of your Celestial Security Number. The Heaven-Hell border was opened a
Floyd | long time ago, though, so your initial assignment is not permanent."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" | ||
Floyd | That isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone in the middle of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you in the
Floyd | middle," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "You said we can go to Heaven. How do we get there?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "The easiest way is to use the HadesCorp Space
Floyd | Needle. It's impossible to miss -- it's the tallest free-standing
Floyd | structure in hell. The view from the elevator is fantastic."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" | ||
Floyd | She's a middle-aged woman, with light brown hair and large round
Floyd | glasses, dressed in a dark business suit. She's busy fielding
Floyd | questions from your fellow passengers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the rear of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | rear," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "You mentioned jobs. What if I don't want to work?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "That's up to you. Dead people have no material
Floyd | needs. And, unlike in real life, you'll find that you won't need to
Floyd | eat or sleep every forty or fifty turns, which is a real convenience.
Floyd | However, most people like to feel useful, and derive a sense of purpose
Floyd | from their employment here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask passenger for a light" | ||
Floyd | The light isn't important. Floyd | | Limax says, "Maybe we need to find Satan and ask him for a light" | |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "I used to work as a lobbyist. Are similar positions available
Floyd | here?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "Absolutely! However, you may find that there
Floyd | are quite a few lobbyists in Hell, which will probably not surprise
Floyd | anyone. Incidentally, anyone interested in public affairs should tune
Floyd | in to H-SPAN, which broadcasts programs that cover a wide array of
Floyd | current events. I believe the station number is 319."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Celestial Security Office
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "How many fingers
Floyd | am I holding up?" The woman replies, "Three." The officer slowly and
Floyd | carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the young woman could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Do you know your
Floyd | blood pressure?" The woman replies, "130 over 70." The officer slowly
Floyd | and carefully transcribes the information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask officer for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the Celestial Security officer could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Celestial Security officer asks the young woman, "Have you ever
Floyd | filed a claim against your automobile, homeowner's, renter's,
Floyd | malpractice, health, or dental insurance?" The woman replies, "I had
Floyd | an automobile accident in 1982, but it wasn't my fault, and I had
Floyd | regular dental checkups between 1981 and 1990 that were billed to my
Floyd | dental insurance." The officer slowly and carefully transcribes the
Floyd | information onto the application form.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Department of Motor Vehicles
Floyd | Sitting on the counter is an appointment card.
Floyd | A DMV official is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to the window where the employee is standing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask employee for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the DMV official could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take appointment card" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask employee about lighter" | ||
Floyd | "It's against policy to answer questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | The DMV employee looks at you, obviously annoyed by your continued
Floyd | presence. "What more could you want? Go bother someone else."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | You're in the center of Hell's business district. To the north is
Floyd | an extremely tall tower, which reaches up into the sky; the top is lost
Floyd | in mist high above. An archway leads south. You can go down the
Floyd | street to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Base of Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Base of Tower
Floyd | You're in a gigantic, imposing lobby. The ceiling is at least five
Floyd | stories above; the dark granite walls are adorned with strange
Floyd | gargoyles looking down on you from high overhead. The exit out to the
Floyd | street is to the south.
Floyd | An elevator is to the north. The elevator doors are open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask gargoyles for a light" | ||
Floyd | The gargoyles isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Elevator
Floyd | An old, white-bearded man wearing a white robe is standing in the
Floyd | corner of the elevator near the controls. He is evidently the elevator
Floyd | operator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man for a light" | ||
Floyd | The light isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Base of Tower
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bank of Hell
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the tellers waves you over to his window. "Can I help you?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller for a light" | ||
Floyd | He seems more interested in discussing official bank business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about lighter" | ||
Floyd | He seems more interested in discussing bank business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teller looks at you expectantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teller about compound interest" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "compound".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | One of the scientists recognizes you, and walks over. "I'm sorry,
Floyd | but we can't allow you to participate again, now that you know all
Floyd | about the experiment. It would throw off the results if you were to
Floyd | participate. If you're looking for more money, I've heard that
Floyd | Infernolab Missiles and Space is looking for subjects in the nosecone
Floyd | crash testing lab." She walks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask scientists for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the scientist could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask scientists for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. The only npcs east of here are the rabbit and troll, I think." | |
DavidW asks, "There's the programmer, the two store clerks, the dead skeleton, ... anyone else?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Master Bedroom
Floyd | A programmer is sitting in front of the computer, looking at a
Floyd | screenful of C code.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I think that might be all" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the programmer could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The programmer looks pensively at the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask programmer for lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lighter here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Small Bedroom
Floyd | Sitting on the bed is a bedspread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bedspread" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | The bed almost fills the room. There's nothing on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Look under it?" | |
DavidW says, "That's where we found the dollar bill." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd | You don't find anything more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Ah" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bed" | ||
Floyd | You can't move the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mattress" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "mattress".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Small Bedroom
Floyd | You're in a small bedroom. The room is almost entirely filled by
Floyd | the bed. The hall is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Jump on the bed?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Never mind" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Small Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump on bed" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on bed" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" | ||
Floyd | You're not tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | East end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | West end of hall
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | North of House
Floyd | You're in the poorly-tended, mostly dead yard of a house that lies
Floyd | to the south. Now that you're closer to the house, you can see just
Floyd | how poorly built the house really is: the primary building material
Floyd | seems to be cardboard stapled onto a rotting wooden frame. The
Floyd | cardboard is ill-fitting and poorly aligned, leaving large gaps here
Floyd | and there. You can enter the house to the south, and you can leave the
Floyd | yard to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "This is a useless location." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cardboard" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gaps" | ||
Floyd | It's a pretty sad looking house. The entrance is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tear house" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tear".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take door" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Bah" | |
inky says (to Floyd), "break cardboard" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to tell me how to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any wall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x cardboard" | ||
Floyd | It's a pretty sad looking house. The entrance is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x gaps" | ||
Floyd | It's a pretty sad looking house. The entrance is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
inky says (to Floyd), "search house" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I called locations like this 'pointless porch' on ifwiki." | |
Limax says, "Heh" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x yard" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "yard".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig ground" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shovel" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "It's maybe just meant as a transition point" | |
DavidW says, "well, yes, but it's still pointless." | ||
Limax says, "Kind of like the topiary in Zork II" | ||
DavidW says, "The only reason to have it is to put the house description in the room description." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd | You're in the parking lot of a suburban mini-mall. The street is to
Floyd | the south. To the east is a store labeled "Just Mirrors", and to the
Floyd | west is The Amulette Shoppe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x car" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "car".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "a parking lot with zero cars." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Just Mirrors
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask teen for a light" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the sullen teen could give that to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show bill to teen" | ||
Floyd | He doesn't seem very interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager taps his fingers nervously on the counter and tries to
Floyd | avoid eye contact with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show cigarette to teen" | ||
Floyd | He snatches the cigarette and sticks it in his mouth. He fumbles in
Floyd | his pockets for a lighter, finds one, and lights the cigarette.
Floyd | "Thanks, man," he says, not really looking at you. He drops the
Floyd | lighter on the counter and puffs on the cigarette contentedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager puffs away at a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "wow. We found our lighter." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lighter" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | The teenager puffs away at a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Bingo" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "And wow..." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table. u" | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can easily reach the rails. With a little effort, you
Floyd | manage to lift yourself up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u.s.w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighter" | ||
Floyd | It's a small plastic pocket lighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open valve" | ||
Floyd | You turn the wheel, opening the valve. As you do, the pipe starts
Floyd | hissing, and you smell natural gas pouring out of the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I should have recognized the taps as nicotine withdrawal" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lighter" | ||
Floyd | Just as you flick the lighter, your realize that there's natural gas in
Floyd | the room. The gas bursts into a large cloud of fire. You jump back
Floyd | and shield your eyes. In a few moments, the flames die down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lighter" | ||
Floyd | You flick the lighter, and it emits a small flame. After a few
Floyd | moments, you take your thumb off the lever, and the flame goes out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x west wall" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any west wall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lighter in pipe" | ||
Floyd | You can't put anything into the pipe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light gas" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "gas".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lighter" | ||
Floyd | Just as you flick the lighter, your realize that there's natural gas in
Floyd | the room. The gas explodes in a huge ball of fire. You suddenly feel
Floyd | as though someone hit you with dozens of sledgehammers all at once.
Floyd | Time seems to slow down as the force of the explosion lifts you off the
Floyd | floor of the crawlway and hurls you towards the west wall. You crash
Floyd | into the wall, and the metal rips open. You suddenly find yourself
Floyd | flying through the air over the alley, sailing over a shorter building
Floyd | to the west...
Floyd |
Floyd | Flying through the air
Floyd | You're flying through the air, sailing toward a short building to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Once you close the valve, the gas goes away immediately?" | |
Limax says, "Uh oh... too far" | ||
Limax says, "Maybe" | ||
DavidW says, "it's okay. The hole will remain." | ||
Limax says, "True" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x short building" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any short building here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear parachute" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the parachute.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just barely clear the roof of the building, and find yourself
Floyd | falling toward the ground. Within moments, you hit the ground with a
Floyd | painful thud. You're dazed for a few seconds, but you manage to get up
Floyd | and brush yourself off. You find yourself in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Okay... we seem to be fine" | |
inky says, "hmm" | ||
DavidW says, "oh. Didn't need the parachute for that. Dead is a blessing in some ways." | ||
inky says, "I think that was incorrect" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | inky says, "though maybe I misunderstood" | |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table. u. s. w." | ||
Floyd | You climb up onto the coffee table. It makes a pretty good platform --
Floyd | you can reach the railing from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can easily reach the rails. With a little effort, you
Floyd | manage to lift yourself up into the rails.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up a Rail
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u. s. w" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway, at T
Floyd |
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear gas continuing to pour out of the pipe. The odor of gas is
Floyd | growing stronger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close valve" | ||
Floyd | You close the valve. The gas slowly dissipates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Crawlway
Floyd | You're at the west end of a crawlway. Large metal pipes run along
Floyd | the walls. The crawlway continues to the east.
Floyd | One of the pipes ends here. The end of the pipe is not connected to
Floyd | anything at all; you assume it's being left for future expansion. Just
Floyd | before the end of the pipe is a valve, evidently to cut off the flow of
Floyd | whatever the pipe carries until something is attached here. The valve
Floyd | is currently closed.
Floyd | The west wall of the crawlway has been ripped open (you think you
Floyd | may recall what caused the hole). The hole seems to lead outside, and
Floyd | is easily large enough for you to go through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "No hole?" | |
Limax says, "Aha" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You step through the hole, and discover that you're about twenty feet
Floyd | up in the air alongside the building. As you fall, you notice there's
Floyd | a dumpster below you. You close your eyes, and land with a thud in the
Floyd | dumpster.
Floyd |
Floyd | dumpster
Floyd | You're in a large, smelly dumpster, which is at the south end of a
Floyd | short alley. The dumpster is filled with disgusting, slimy trash. You
Floyd | can climb out into the alley.
Floyd | You see a pair of flippers here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "aha" | |
DavidW says, "huzzah: dumpster" | ||
Limax says, "Yay" | ||
inky says, "I figured the point was t land on the roof" | ||
inky says, "but I guess not" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flippers" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "Now to the lake!" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trash" | ||
Floyd | There's quite a lot of it. You see a shiny object glimmering under the
Floyd | trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Aha" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shiny" | ||
Floyd | You can't reach it; it's under a lot of trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Good job" | |
Limax asks, "Shovel?" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig trash with shovel" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shiny" | ||
Floyd | You can just barely see something shiny under the trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take trash" | ||
Floyd | You can't have the trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move trash" | ||
Floyd | You pull back some of the trash to locate the glimmering object. The
Floyd | trash is ripe and disgusting, but you manage to look through it long
Floyd | enough to find a very nice bracelet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bracelet" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax exclaims, "Yay!" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bracelet" | ||
Floyd | As you put on the genuine gold bracelet, you feel strangely
Floyd | disoriented. Everything grows dark and you feel very dizzy and faint.
Floyd | You realize there must be some strange interaction between the genuine
Floyd | gold bracelet and the genuine silver ring, so you take the genuine gold
Floyd | bracelet back off; as you do, the disorientation lifts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Now pfor protection againstnoises" | |
Limax says, "Oh... one at a time" | ||
inky says, "hunh" | ||
Limax says, "Hw annoying" | ||
DavidW says, "oh, interesting." | ||
inky says (to Floyd), "x bracelet" | ||
Floyd | It's a gold bracelet, made up of little loops of gold wire all linked
Floyd | together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| inky says, "well, you probably only need one at a time" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | dumpster
Floyd | You're in a large, smelly dumpster, which is at the south end of a
Floyd | short alley. The dumpster is filled with disgusting, slimy trash. You
Floyd | can climb out into the alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | Alley
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Lake of water with the flippers, or lake of blood with the bracelet now?" | |
Limax says, "Water first" | ||
DavidW says, "agreed" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.e.e.e" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Field
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing in that direction except more of the same empty field.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.s.e.n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear flippers" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the pair of flippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Swimming on the lake
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to fight the undertow, but it's just too strong. It drags you
Floyd | underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Underwater Cave
Floyd | You're in an underwater cave, which is fully submerged. The only
Floyd | exit leads back into the lake to the south.
Floyd | You see a genuine jewel stone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice that's it's been quite a while since you were able to inhale
Floyd | air. As you think about this, you become faint, and reach for
Floyd | something for support. After a few moments, though, you realize that,
Floyd | apart from the great discomfort of holding your breath for an extended
Floyd | period, you're quite capable of going on without breathing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Cool. The blue stone?" | |
DavidW says, "I think so. Protection vs. cold." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jewel stone" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||
Floyd | It's a large, multi-faceted, clear blue jewel stone. It's attached to
Floyd | a gold chain, for wearing it around the neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Excellen" | |
Limax says, "ty" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The undertow drags you down, away from the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Floor
Floyd | You're deep underwater, just above the rocky bottom of the lake.
Floyd | The water is swirling violently around a depression in the rocky floor
Floyd | -- you realize that it's a whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't swim against the whirlpool current.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged helplessly toward the whirlpool. You try to swim
Floyd | against it, but it's too strong. You get nearer and nearer the hole.
Floyd | You start tumbling over and over in the turbulent waters; your head
Floyd | hits a rock, then your arm, then a leg.
Floyd | You're barely able to see what's happening as you're battered
Floyd | against the rocks, but you realize that you're falling through a narrow
Floyd | tunnel. You're on your back, moving head-first through the tunnel.
Floyd | You lose track of how much time you're bounced around inside the
Floyd | tunnel, but you eventually emerge into a raging river pouring down the
Floyd | hillside. You tumble and crash into even more rocks as you're washed
Floyd | down the rocky riverbed.
Floyd | You pass under a bridge, trying to grab onto something but finding
Floyd | nothing to hold onto. The water continues to drag you downstream. You
Floyd | manage to get your head above water long enough to look at what's
Floyd | coming, and you see a dense tangle of tree branches up ahead. You
Floyd | brace yourself just in time, and crash into the thicket.
Floyd | It's difficult, but you manage to untangle yourself from the tree
Floyd | branches, and climb out onto the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The river is blocked to the
Floyd | south by a dense tangle of tree branches. A path leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "So, now what? Blood?" | |
DavidW says, "well there's still what's east and south of the lake center." | ||
Limax says, "OKay" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove flippers" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of flippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The water pours rapidly over
Floyd | huge rocks in the river. A bridge crosses the river to the east. A
Floyd | narrow path climbs steeply up the hill to the northwest, and you can
Floyd | follow the river to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "That's annoying to have to go around three times though" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear flippers" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the pair of flippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Swimming on the lake
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to fight the undertow, but it's just too strong. It drags you
Floyd | underwater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. You are far below the surface, but
Floyd | the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | The undertow drags you down toward the lake floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Floor
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Underwater
Floyd | You're underwater in the lake. To the north is a rocky wall, but
Floyd | there's an opening that could be the mouth of a cave. The rocky wall
Floyd | of the shore is to the west, but you can go east and south. You are
Floyd | well below the surface, but the lake floor is still a ways below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | The undertow is too strong.
Floyd |
Floyd | The undertow drags you down, away from the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake Floor
Floyd | You're deep underwater, just above the rocky bottom of the lake.
Floyd | The water is swirling violently around a depression in the rocky floor
Floyd | -- you realize that it's a whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Perhaps we're never meant to go east or south of lake center." | |
Limax says, "COuld be" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an ordinary pencil-sized hole to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dragged helplessly toward the whirlpool. You try to swim
Floyd | against it, but it's too strong. You get nearer and nearer the hole.
Floyd | You start tumbling over and over in the turbulent waters; your head
Floyd | hits a rock, then your arm, then a leg.
Floyd | You're barely able to see what's happening as you're battered
Floyd | against the rocks, but you realize that you're falling through a narrow
Floyd | tunnel. You're on your back, moving head-first through the tunnel.
Floyd | You lose track of how much time you're bounced around inside the
Floyd | tunnel, but you eventually emerge into a raging river pouring down the
Floyd | hillside. You tumble and crash into even more rocks as you're washed
Floyd | down the rocky riverbed.
Floyd | You pass under a bridge, trying to grab onto something but finding
Floyd | nothing to hold onto. The water continues to drag you downstream. You
Floyd | manage to get your head above water long enough to look at what's
Floyd | coming, and you see a dense tangle of tree branches up ahead. You
Floyd | brace yourself just in time, and crash into the thicket.
Floyd | It's difficult, but you manage to untangle yourself from the tree
Floyd | branches, and climb out onto the riverbank.
Floyd |
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The river is blocked to the
Floyd | south by a dense tangle of tree branches. A path leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove flippers" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the pair of flippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "i kinda suspect the heat amulet is in the lava cave. And the illness one was shaped like a boat from ivory." | |
DavidW says, "We might ask the captain about the ivory amulet. And I bet we need to get that lasso working before fully solving the lake of blood." | ||
DavidW says, "But still, I suppose we should return to lake of blood first to see how far we can get now." | ||
DavidW says, "In case my assumptions are wrong." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove ring. wear bracelet" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine silver ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine gold bracelet. A feeling of
Floyd | strength and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "shame it's on the far side of the map from here." | |
Limax says, "Yup... we could use a teleporter" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n.nw.nw.w.n" | ||
Floyd | River Bank
Floyd | You're on the west bank of a river. The water pours rapidly over
Floyd | huge rocks in the river. A bridge crosses the river to the east. A
Floyd | narrow path climbs steeply up the hill to the northwest, and you can
Floyd | follow the river to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steep Path
Floyd | You're on a path that climbs up a sheer cliff face. The path goes
Floyd | down to the river to the southeast, and climbs steeply to the
Floyd | southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw.w.nw" | ||
Floyd | Clifftop
Floyd | You're on a steeply climbing path near the top of a cliff. The path
Floyd | descends to the northeast, and continues to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Passage
Floyd | You're in a narrow passage among the rocks. You can squeeze through
Floyd | to the east and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd | You're fairly high up on the side of the mountain -- you'd guess
Floyd | that you're around two thousand feet up. (Have you noticed that they
Floyd | use the English system of measurements in Hell? What else would you
Floyd | expect?) You can go down the mountain to the west, and the volcano's
Floyd | cone looms above to the east. A small opening appears to lead into a
Floyd | cave to the south. You can also travel along a path to the north, and
Floyd | a narrow passage to the southeast.
Floyd | You have an excellent view of Hell from here. The tall buildings
Floyd | downtown all seem tiny from this distance and altitude, except for the
Floyd | Tower -- even from here, you can't see the top. The Tower looks like a
Floyd | thin, gleaming string stretching from the ground up into the dark sky.
Floyd | As your eyes follow the Tower up into the sky, you realize that you're
Floyd | high enough above the surface now that you can see stars above -- so
Floyd | many stars, all so bright, that it's quite well lit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.n.w.w.w.w.w" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n.d." | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rumbling sound under your feet. The rumbling increases
Floyd | in intensity until the sound is deafening, and the ground is shaking
Floyd | violently. As you try to maintain your balance, several rocks are
Floyd | suddenly blown upward as a huge steam geyser blasts through the
Floyd | surface. You jump backward away from the jet of pressurized steam.
Floyd | Eventually, the geyser weakens, and finally stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne.d.n" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | You slowly make your way through the dense flames. You realize that
Floyd | this cave must be totally devoid of oxygen -- certainly it's all being
Floyd | consumed by the raging fires. It's lucky you're already dead, you
Floyd | think to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear flippers" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the pair of flippers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You manage to wade a little further toward the island, but as you do,
Floyd | you feel freezing cold, as though you were embedded in a block of ice,
Floyd | and you are unable to get any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove bracelet. wear jewel" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine gold bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine jewel stone. A feeling of
Floyd | strength and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You manage to wade a little further toward the island, but as you do, a
Floyd | terrible burst of searing heat shoots through your body, as though your
Floyd | clothes were on fire, and you are unable to get any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, blocked by heat" | |
Limax says, "Darn" | ||
Limax says, "I'm guessing that's where the treasure is" | ||
DavidW says, "I feel vindicated in thinking it's a five locked lake." | ||
Limax says, "Good" | ||
DavidW says (to Limax), "yes, that's highly likely." | ||
DavidW says, "Does make me wonder just what the adventurer's club can do for us, though." | ||
Limax says, "Right" | ||
Limax asks, "Maybe they have an iron to smooth out forms?" | ||
DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||
DavidW says, "perhaps they do." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x iron" | ||
Floyd | It's a black wrought-iron fireplace poker. It's about half an inch in
Floyd | diameter, and a couple of feet long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to bedsheet" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "bedsheet".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to bedspread" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to tie anything to the bedspread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tear bedspread" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "tear".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u. sw. u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u.sw.u" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a noise overhead, and look up to see a number of rocks come
Floyd | sliding down the side of the crater. You jump out of the way just in
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s.s.e" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "So do we have the holy hand grenade to deal with the rabbit?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.e.e.e.e" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Field
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "no." | |
DavidW says, "Rabbit seems to want food." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carrot" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "carrot".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lettuce" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lettuce".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pellet" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "pellet".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x food" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any food here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Not sure" | |
Limax says (to Floyd), "x salad" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "salad".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill rabbit" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to attack it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "poker" | ||
Floyd | Attacking the rabbit doesn't appear productive.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rabbit foot" | ||
Floyd | I don't recognize that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.s.e.s." | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose. put shield in river. enter shield" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd | You're in a large, cylindrical cave with smooth, black walls.
Floyd | Running through the south end of the cave is a wide, swiftly-flowing
Floyd | river of lava, which flows downhill to the east. The lava pours in
Floyd | through an orifice in the western wall. An exit leads back outside to
Floyd | the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river. enter shield" | ||
Floyd | You put the heat shield in the lava -- it floats on the flowing lava,
Floyd | and seems easily able to withstand the heat. You hold onto it so it
Floyd | doesn't float away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I guess mixing meta-commands and normal ones on one line is a no-go." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | You throw the rope at the stalagmite, but your aim isn't good enough;
Floyd | the rope falls short. You obviously could use some practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall, in the heat shield
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I guess no yet" | |
DavidW says, "ugh. I hate not getting this one." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean right" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "lean".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get off of the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | You throw the rope at the stalagmite, but your aim isn't good enough;
Floyd | the rope falls short. You obviously could use some practice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall, in the heat shield
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the
Floyd | lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs,
Floyd | catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far
Floyd | below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd | You see a heat shield here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd | Wheeee!
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You try to get back into the lavafall, but the pressure of the lava
Floyd | pushes you back. You're just as happy to stay out of the molten rock,
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shield" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any river here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in lavafall" | ||
Floyd | You can't put anything into the lavafall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I wonder if the heat amulet simply has to be the last amulet obtained for some odd reason." | |
DavidW says, "I'd like to ask the captain about the ivory amulet" | ||
DavidW says, "I think the boat shape has to be a clue." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a narrow ledge high up on the mountainside. The ledge
Floyd | continues to the southeast and northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot.
Floyd | You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and
Floyd | you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and
Floyd | you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd | You're on a gently sloping, rocky hillside at the base of a tall
Floyd | mountain. The granite surface of the hillside hosts no vegetation.
Floyd | Looming high above to the east is the steep cone of a volcano; clouds
Floyd | of dark smoke rise steadily above the cone. You can climb into the
Floyd | mountains to the east, and you can also go north, back to the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.w.w.w" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s.s.s" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone near the center of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you near
Floyd | the center," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "I'm a very rich individual and I refuse to be treated in this
Floyd | manner. I've made charitable contributions all my life, and we've
Floyd | never beaten the help -- not when they didn't deserve it, anyway, the
Floyd | lazy bastards. This is an outrage! You can be sure you will be
Floyd | hearing from my lawyer! What do you have to say for yourself?" he
Floyd | asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "I'm sure you have a very good case. However,
Floyd | I'm afraid that the legal system in Hell is based on the United States
Floyd | judicial system. So, as you must know, the courts are so overloaded
Floyd | with frivolous lawsuits that legitimate claims, such as yours
Floyd | undoubtedly is, cannot be accepted. Any lawsuit found to have merit is
Floyd | immediately and summarily dismissed. There are some very good personal
Floyd | injury lawyers that you might wish to contact, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.e" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about ivory amulet" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain for ivory amulet" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any ivory amulet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about amulet" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about boat" | ||
Floyd | "This is a very nice boat, don't you think? We used to use a small
Floyd | rowboat, but lots of people complained that the passage to the
Floyd | afterlife should be a little nicer. Besides, with more people dying
Floyd | these days, it was getting crowded."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about illness" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "illness".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||
Floyd | That isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Ask about the rowboat?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about rowboat" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about charon" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "charon".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about devil" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "devil".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, maybe the bartender? Or another look at the replica." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d.s" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | A bartender is here.
Floyd | There's a technician here, plowing through mugs of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender about amulet" | ||
Floyd | "You probably know as much as I do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for amulet" | ||
Floyd | "Sorry, only what you see here."
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for screwdriver" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "screwdriver".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for rum" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "rum".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bartender for whiskey" | ||
Floyd | "Right away!" He gets out a small glass and pours you a drink. He
Floyd | hands you the glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Where is the replica?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink whiskey" | ||
Floyd | You drink the glass of liquor all at once. It's very good. You notice
Floyd | a slight alcoholic buzz, but it clears fairly quickly. After you
Floyd | finish, the glass vanishes into thin air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technician plows through another mug of beer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "in the Amulette Shoppe." | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Boat
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Aha" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "That replica" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about amulet" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I thought yo were talking about the boat" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.w" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, it's boat-shaped" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n.n.n" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the rear of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | rear," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "I used to drive nitro-burning ground-pounding six-second funny
Floyd | cars. Is there any chance that I'll be able to shake hands with the
Floyd | devil while I scream through the gates of Hell?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "I'm afraid that, due to the volume of new
Floyd | immigrants, the devil is unable to personally greet each new arrival."
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.n.w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | Amulette Shoppe
Floyd | A shopkeeper is here waiting to help you.
Floyd | The shop keeper greets you as you walk in. "How may I help you?"
Floyd | he asks cheerfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ivory" | ||
Floyd | The carving depicts what looks like a rowboat. It's attached to a gold
Floyd | chain for wearing it around the neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about rowboat" | ||
Floyd | "I'd prefer to talk about amulets."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask shopkeeper about ivory" | ||
Floyd | "This is real ivory, which is very hard to find these days. The
Floyd | original amulet was said to provide protection against sickness. I
Floyd | think the idea is that you might become ill in a rowboat. This one's
Floyd | been sold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "right" | |
Limax says, "Aha... a rowboat" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "vomit" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "vomit".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "And the rowboat is no longer anywhere around?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get seasick" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "seasick".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I haven't seen any actual rowboats." | |
Limax says, "Just making sure" | ||
inky says, "hmm" | ||
inky asks, "have you tried throwing lassos at random stuff?" | ||
DavidW says, "but you see why I thought the yacht might have the amulet." | ||
DavidW says (to inky), "yes. I have yet to find anything that can be lassoed." | ||
Limax says, "We have not found a place to practice" | ||
inky says, "oh!" | ||
DavidW says, "It's always I doe't know how to lasso that." | ||
inky asks, "maybe the rabbit?" | ||
inky asks, "or some other animal?" | ||
Limax says, "Hm" | ||
DavidW says, "huh. worth a try" | ||
Limax says, "Hadn't thought of that" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s.e.e.e.e" | ||
Floyd | Minimall Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Field
Floyd | There's a large jackrabbit hopping around, foraging for food.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso rabbit" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | You clumsily throw the rope at the rabbit, and miss by a mile. You
Floyd | obviously need some practice at this.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ooh" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You throw the rope at the rabbit with a little more confidence, but the
Floyd | rabbit still easily evades the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You nearly catch the rabbit this time. Maybe with a little more
Floyd | practice, you could snare it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rabbit hops around the field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | You manage to catch the rabbit in the loop at the end of the rope! You
Floyd | now feel quite confident with the rope. (Wow! Character development
Floyd | in a text adventure! What will they think of next?) While you're
Floyd | standing there feeling smug, the rabbit wriggles its way out of the
Floyd | rope and runs off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Aha" | |
inky says, "ha ha" | ||
Limax says, "And ha ha" | ||
Limax says, "Aha ha ha" | ||
DavidW struts proudly to lava river. | ||
Limax says, "Ha ha ha" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.s.e.s" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | Mountainside
Floyd |
Floyd | Lava Cave
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shield in river" | ||
Floyd | You put the heat shield in the lava -- it floats on the flowing lava,
Floyd | and seems easily able to withstand the heat. You hold onto it so it
Floyd | doesn't float away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shield" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're now in the heat shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing swiftly downhill to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The swift river of lava sweeps you downstream to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bend in River, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava turns from east to south here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | You're carried rapidly to the south by the flowing lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava, in the heat shield
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lasso stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | (with the rope)
Floyd | Your throw the rope at the stalagmite with a practiced aim. The loop
Floyd | at the end of the rope hooks around the stalagmite. You easily pull
Floyd | yourself to shore, get out of the heat shield, and untie the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | You're on the shore of a lava river, which flows by to the east.
Floyd | There is no exit from this cave apart from the river.
Floyd | You see a genuine gold disk here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||
Floyd | File to save game in >
Floyd | Saved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Woo" | |
Limax says, "So all we need is the boat" | ||
DavidW says, "I think so, yes" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take disk" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score just went up.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x disk" | ||
Floyd | It's a large gold disk with complex etchings. The pattern of etchings
Floyd | resembles a starburst: a central circle with lines radiating. The
Floyd | disk is attached to a gold chain, for wearing the amulet around the
Floyd | neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalagmite" | ||
Floyd | The particularly tall stalagmite is at least three feet tall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb it" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to climb the stalagmite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | You're on the shore of a lava river, which flows by to the east.
Floyd | There is no exit from this cave apart from the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter river" | ||
Floyd | The searing heat of the lava shoots through your body, making you try
Floyd | desperately to escape the river. As you flail around, though, you
Floyd | start to realize that the lava isn't harming you, despite the intense
Floyd | pain. As you start to get used to the blistering heat, you notice that
Floyd | you're being swept rapidly downstream...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | You're on the shore of a lava river, which flows by to the east.
Floyd | There is no exit from this cave apart from the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove jewel. wear disk" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine jewel stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine gold disk. A feeling of strength
Floyd | and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter lava" | ||
Floyd | The searing heat of the lava shoots through your body, making you try
Floyd | desperately to escape the river. As you flail around, though, you
Floyd | start to realize that the lava isn't harming you, despite the intense
Floyd | pain. As you start to get used to the blistering heat, you notice that
Floyd | you're being swept rapidly downstream...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Lava
Floyd | The river of lava is flowing through the cave swiftly to the south.
Floyd | To the west is a shore that appears to open into a cave. The cave has
Floyd | many stalagmites sticking up from its floor; one particularly large
Floyd | stalagmite right on the shore -- only about ten feet away from you --
Floyd | is at least three feet tall.
Floyd | There's a faint light downstream, and you hear a loud rushing noise
Floyd | from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava flow starts to carry you downstream.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmph" | |
DavidW says, "The heat amulet doesn't notice I'm in lava." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lava sweeps you along to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Lavafall
Floyd | The cave abruptly opens into the night sky, and you realize that
Floyd | you're at the top of a cliff. The lava is pouring over the edge of the
Floyd | cliff and falling hundreds of feet down the side of the mountain below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the river carries you over the edge of the
Floyd | lavafall. You fall and fall, tumbling and flailing your arms and legs,
Floyd | catching a glimpse of the bottom of the lavafall lost in the rocks far
Floyd | below. Suddenly, you hit something, and your fall stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge near Lavafall
Floyd | You're on a ledge just west of, and halfway up, a huge lavafall.
Floyd | The lava pours down with a deafening rumbling sound. The narrow ledge
Floyd | seems to continue to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "terse" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in TERSE mode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You walk carefully along the ledge, but you suddenly hit a loose spot.
Floyd | You try to maintain your footing, but the rock crumbles under you, and
Floyd | you go sliding down the mountainside. You finally stop falling, and
Floyd | you find yourself on a rocky hillside you've seen before.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Hillside
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | The terrain is too rocky that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "We could try the lake of blood again, but ... hm" | |
Limax says, "YEs... we don't have the final amulet" | ||
DavidW asks, "ask captain about seasickness?" | ||
Limax says, "That might work" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.w.w" | ||
Floyd | Downtown Floyd | Floyd | Downtown | Limax says, "I thought we tried that... but it wouldn't hurt" | |
Floyd |
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.s.s.s." | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone near the center of the room raises her hand. "Yes, you near
Floyd | the center," the woman says, pointing to her.
Floyd | "Is this heaven or hell?" she asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "You know what they say -- if you have to ask
Floyd | --" she chuckles. "It is technically hell, although that's such a
Floyd | loaded word that we don't like to use it. Most ideas people have about
Floyd | hell are very outdated. Ever since the deregulation of the afterlife
Floyd | industry, we've had to compete with Heaven for eternal souls -- because
Floyd | you're free to switch to Heaven at any time. So, we've been
Floyd | modernizing! There really isn't much eternal torment these days, for
Floyd | example. And, thanks to the Environmental Clean-up Superfund, we have
Floyd | the brimstone problem mostly under control at this point."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "not that exact word, no" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e.e" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | The boat's pilot is here, operating the controls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about seasickness" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "seasickness".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hold breath" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "hold".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn green" | ||
Floyd | Turning the pair of flippers doesn't have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "I forgot those were green" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about illness" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "illness".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captain about rowboat" | ||
Floyd | "There's not much to tell about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "captain, where is rowboat" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "where".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rowboat" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any rowboat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so, there is one." | |
DavidW says, "unless that just means the amulet." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "find rowboat" | ||
Floyd | I don't know the word "find".
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to amulet" | ||
Floyd | Which amulet do you mean, the genuine silver ring, the genuine gold
Floyd | bracelet, the genuine jewel stone, or the genuine gold disk?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rowboat" | ||
Floyd | You don't see any rowboat amulet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to bank" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any bank here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search captain" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing in the pilot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "There's just here and the bar, right?" | |
Limax asks, "Have we asked the bartender about the boat?" | ||
Limax says, "(Although I'm usre I know what his rply will be)" | ||
DavidW says, "And deck and 'boat'" | ||
DavidW says, "The bartender said re: boat to ask the captain." | ||
Limax says, "Okay" | ||
DavidW says, "well, the logical places for a rowboat are by lakes and rivers." | ||
DavidW says, "and doublecheck the wasteland, I guess." | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.w" | ||
Floyd | Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Pier
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Pier
Floyd | You're on a large, brightly-lit pier. The pier is obviously quite
Floyd | new; it's constructed from steel, and the walkway has a rubbery surface
Floyd | and attractive wooden handrails to make it safer. The large white
Floyd | yacht which brought you here is docked alongside; a gangway leads east
Floyd | onto the boat's deck. To the north lies the entrance to a large
Floyd | one-story brick building. The building has the look of a high school
Floyd | or a post office -- that sort of simple, utilitarian style of a
Floyd | government building.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax says, "Yes, I guess... since that's a 'preseve'" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under gangway" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing under the gangway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to swim in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "river" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any river here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim in lake" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lake here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Briefing Room
Floyd | A woman is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone at the right of the room raises his hand. "Yes, you at the
Floyd | right," the woman says, pointing to him.
Floyd | "Can I go back to earth as a ghost and haunt people?" he asks.
Floyd | The woman responds, "No, unfortunately not. However, our top
Floyd | scientists are working on this problem, and the latest reports indicate
Floyd | that it may be possible in the near future. Those of you with
Floyd | scientific backgrounds, in particular those of you who went to Caltech
Floyd | and really understand what makes a good prank, may want to look into
Floyd | joining the project."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | You're in a large courtyard surrounded by buildings. To the south
Floyd | is the Immigration Building, to the east is the Department of Motor
Floyd | Vehicles, and to the west is a Celestial Security office. An archway
Floyd | leads out of the courtyard to the north. In the center of the
Floyd | courtyard is a vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w.w.w" | ||
Floyd | Suburbs
Floyd |
Floyd | Gravel Path
Floyd |
Floyd | Desolate Plain
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Wastelands
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You walk for what seems like a very long time, but it seems as though
Floyd | you walk only in circles. You keep walking past the same strange
Floyd | debris, and it doesn't seem to get any cooler. After a great deal of
Floyd | walking, you realize that you're back where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You walk for what seems like a very long time, but it seems as though
Floyd | you walk only in circles. You keep walking past the same strange
Floyd | debris, and it doesn't seem to get any cooler. After a great deal of
Floyd | walking, you realize that you're back where you started.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||
Floyd | Which debris do you mean, the pool of oil, the pile of bones, or the
Floyd | machine part?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bones" | ||
Floyd | The bones are of no animals you've ever seen. Some of them look almost
Floyd | human, but not quite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bones" | ||
Floyd | The pile of bones isn't important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rowboat" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any rowboat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dig ground" | ||
Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig ground" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to dig in it with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shovel" | ||
Floyd | I don't know how to dig in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Okay, now in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | Top of Crater
Floyd | You're standing at the top of an enormous crater, which is at least
Floyd | several hundred feet in diameter and almost as deep. Strangely, the
Floyd | ground around the crater is not lifted as you would expect of an impact
Floyd | crater; it is more like the result of excavation. The sides of the
Floyd | crater are very steep, but it looks as though you could climb down with
Floyd | some effort. The depths of the crater are obscured by a dense fog, but
Floyd | a wavering red glow penetrates the fog from below. Overpowering
Floyd | sulfurous fumes fill the air, and waves of heat and steam rise from
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Bottom of Crater
Floyd | You're at the bottom of the crater. The floor of the crater is
Floyd | littered with huge, sharp rocks, making travel very difficult, and the
Floyd | ground is so hot that it glows red. It looks as though you could climb
Floyd | back up the crater wall. To the northeast is a narrow passage leading
Floyd | into an underground cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stream of molten lava abruptly starts pouring out of the side of
Floyd | the crater. The glowing stream of liquid rock slowly cools into yet
Floyd | more hot rocks at the floor of the crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lava" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lava here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Limax asks, "Trying it again?" | |
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You're on a ledge fifty feet above the floor of a huge cave. The
Floyd | cave below is engulfed in flames. Fire shoots out of vents in the
Floyd | rock; pools of oil on the ground burn slowly, releasing thick black
Floyd | clouds of smoke; even some of the rocks themselves smolder and burn.
Floyd | Across the cave on the north side, you can see a wide, dark lake; some
Floyd | distance into the lake is a small island. You can probably climb down
Floyd | the gently sloping walls of the cave to the floor below, and a narrow
Floyd | passage leads outside to the crater to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, there is a lake down here." | |
Limax says, "True" | ||
Limax asks, "The lake of blood?" | ||
DavidW says, "we can try going around the island instead of towards it." | ||
DavidW says, "yes" | ||
Limax nos | ||
Limax nods | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lake" | ||
Floyd | I don't see any lake here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | Floor of Fire Cave
Floyd | You're on the floor of the huge cave of fire. It's extremely
Floyd | difficult to see where you're going due to all of the fire and smoke.
Floyd | High above on the cave wall, you can see a ledge; you think you'll be
Floyd | able to climb back up the wall. The only path you can see through the
Floyd | cave is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You slowly make your way through the dense flames. You realize that
Floyd | this cave must be totally devoid of oxygen -- certainly it's all being
Floyd | consumed by the raging fires. It's lucky you're already dead, you
Floyd | think to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | You're at the north end of the fire cave, standing on the rocky
Floyd | shore of a huge, still lake. The water is black -- so black that it
Floyd | barely reflects the brilliant light of the fires. In the middle of the
Floyd | lake, you can see a small island. The fire cave lies to the south, and
Floyd | you could wade into the water to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | Lake
Floyd | You're wading in the lake. The shore is to the south. An island
Floyd | lies some distance to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You try to wade further north, but a terrible shrieking noise rings in
Floyd | your ears, so loud that it blurs your vision and makes you tremble in
Floyd | pain, and you can go no further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove disk. wear bracelet" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine gold disk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine gold bracelet. A feeling of
Floyd | strength and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You manage to wade a little further toward the island, but as you do,
Floyd | you feel freezing cold, as though you were embedded in a block of ice,
Floyd | and you are unable to get any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove bracelet. wear jewel" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine gold bracelet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine jewel stone. A feeling of
Floyd | strength and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You manage to wade a little further toward the island, but as you do, a
Floyd | terrible burst of searing heat shoots through your body, as though your
Floyd | clothes were on fire, and you are unable to get any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove jewel. wear disk" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine jewel stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine gold disk. A feeling of strength
Floyd | and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You manage to wade a little further toward the island, but as you do, a
Floyd | blinding light forces you to cover your eyes, and you are unable to get
Floyd | any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove disk. wear ring" | ||
Floyd | Okay, you're no longer wearing the genuine gold disk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, you're now wearing the genuine silver ring. A feeling of
Floyd | strength and safety falls over you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You manage to wade a little further toward the island, but as you do,
Floyd | you double over with painful stomach cramps and nausea, and you are
Floyd | unable to get any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "right" | |
DavidW says, "It's after midnight and I have to be downtown at 9am. I should stop soon." | ||
Limax says, "Almost made it" | ||
Limax says, "Yeah... I have to be at work by 6 tomorrow myself" | ||
DavidW says, "wonder where that last amulet is." | ||
Limax asks, "Are there any other places we haven't gotten to or dealt with?" | ||
DavidW says, "we haven't gone up the elevator or past the troll or past the celestial security guy" | ||
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You have a printed note, a dead light bulb, a toolbox, a portable Floyd | radio, a bucket, a pitchfork, a small metal key, a parachute (being Floyd | worn), a pair of rubber gloves, a certificate, a poker, a brush, a Floyd | shovel, a pencil sharpener, a pencil, an Infern-O-Vac battery, a dollar Floyd | bill, a cigarette box, a check, a driver's license, a paper recycling Floyd | bin, an empty can of ToxiCola, a bag of Cheese-Doodles, a yellow note, Floyd | a pillow, an ID card, a maintenance uni |