AllThingsJacq.com - Interactive Fiction | ClubFloyd - July 7, 2013 - I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment by Duncan Bowsman


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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load headless"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Loading game... Floyd \| Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment Floyd \| by Duncan Bowsman Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| ... but he has the element of surprise and a bonesaw, and you do not. Floyd \| Floyd \| I'm afraid you are dead! Floyd \| You scored 0 out of the maximum 0! Floyd \| That is 100% of the game! Floyd \|
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd \| [Press any key to continue] Floyd \| Floyd \| ENTRYWAY Floyd \| The only way in and out of the doctor's secret lair. The only way out, Floyd \| back into the freezing weather, is to the north, while a hallway Floyd \| leading farther in slopes gradually downward to the south. The area Floyd \| has the sterile look of an unused hospital room, except for your Floyd \| headless body lying on the floor here. Your metal snow shovel lies Floyd \| next to you. Gerchis looms over you with a bonesaw and a blank Floyd \| expression. Floyd \| Floyd \| The doctor's ugly servant finishes separating your head from your body Floyd \| and tucks it under one of his lower arms. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis moves south. Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis opens the door and enters. Floyd \| LAB Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! The room is filled Floyd \| with experimental equipment. On one far wall is a raised metal tray of Floyd \| some sort. Equipment fills one other corner, but in another lies a Floyd \| syringe of glowing serum! It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis shuts and locks the door behind him. He places your head on a Floyd \| tray along the far wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Da doctor will be wit' ya soon as 'e returns from away, which should Floyd \| be any minit now," says Gerchis. "Tings are about to get pretty... Floyd \| heady... for you!" With a gadawful chortling, the doctor's servant Floyd \| disposes of the bonesaw and goes to work at some equipment at your far Floyd \| right. Floyd \| Floyd \| It is all you can do to even keep your eyes open ("look"). Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| For credits, type about and press enter. For hints, type hints and Floyd \| press enter. Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB (upon a metal tray) \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >		Johnny says, "Yes!"
		Johnny says, "No!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, are you conflicted, Johnny?"
serif goes home.		Jacqueline asks, "Or you don't want to play this, or... ?"
		Johnny says, "Reacting to before and after the button press."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		JimKaplan says, "Yeah, bit of a wall of text."
		Jacqueline says, "Many games start this way, 'tis true."
BrenBarn arrives, full of fun, but no funk.		Jacqueline says, "I always feel like 'tis should be 't'is."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis is here, fiddling intently at some lab equipment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x formula"
Floyd \| A syringe full of mysteriously glowing, violet slime. An injection of Floyd \| its entire contents could probably kill someone ("kill Gerchis with Floyd \| formula"), but it's also your only chance at getting your head back Floyd \| atop your neck ("put head on body"). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Hmm, those seem unlikely to be fruitful actions"
BrenBarn says, "nice hints"
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "x gerchis"
Floyd \| Moronic hulk with four arms and one hideously bulging eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Your legs twitch. You're not connected to them anymore, but somehow Floyd \| you still feel it. Twitching, like they're ready to go. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I kind of feel like, given that we are the head and the hands are over there on our body, that... yeah."
		JimKaplan says, "Ahhh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand"
Floyd \| Those commands are kind of meaningless when you're stuck on a tray with Floyd \| no legs or torso or anything. But you can assume a state of mind that Floyd \| reflects that posture, sure. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		JimKaplan says, "It's not about height, it's about stature"
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| You're as well as can be expected, considering the circumstances. I Floyd \| mean, they're pretty grim circumstances, and you're alive somehow, Floyd \| so... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		JimKaplan asks, "Apparently we can feel our legs? So is there maybe a way of steering the body?"
		Jacqueline says, "It seems to be hinting that way, but then it shot me down for trying to stand, so."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "feel legs"
Floyd \| You feel nothing out of the ordinary. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x body"
Floyd \| You can't see your body from here... but somehow you sense that it is Floyd \| empty-handed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "body, stand up"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "body, stand"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You'd have to look at your body to see what you're holding. Floyd \| You can't see your body from here... but somehow you sense that it is Floyd \| empty-handed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Grr"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis is here, fiddling intently at some lab equipment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "x head"
Floyd \| Not your most photogenic moment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "smell"
Floyd \| That smells normal. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "open door"
Floyd \| You can't open the door. You're just a severed head on a tray. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh, Duncan. You lost your apostrophe."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, no you didn't."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "nod"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "That's a default, not a reply to what I wanted to smell."
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "blink"
Floyd \| You blink. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "scream"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "yell"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd \| An old, wooden door with a frosted glass window. It stands between you Floyd \| and escape. The door is locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "roll"
Floyd \| You manage to wiggle your head around a little, but not any productive Floyd \| amount. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look through window"
Floyd \| You see no such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "talk to gerchis"
Floyd \| Your vocal cords don't seem to function correctly at the moment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x window"
Floyd \| Look fragile enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "spit"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "I still think there's a way of controlling the body"
		Jacqueline says (to Bren), "What with the not having lungs, perhaps."
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "blow"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "blow on gerchis"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you want to do with Gerchis. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "gerchis, pick up head"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you want to do with Gerchis. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't pick anything up. You're just a head. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Johnny says (to Floyd), "roll"
Floyd \| You manage to wiggle your head around a little, but not any productive Floyd \| amount. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "put head on body"
Floyd \| Gerchis would probably kill you while you tried. You'll have to deal Floyd \| with him, first! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "kill gerchis with formula"
Floyd \| You seem to be forgetting that you're just a head on a tray at the Floyd \| moment, and Gerchis is a four-armed freak who just recently overpowered Floyd \| you and cut your head off with a bonesaw. Perhaps decapitation has Floyd \| affected your memory... Floyd \| Floyd \| Anyway, you'll need to think of something else first before you can get Floyd \| ahead. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Get ahead....AHAHAHAHAHA"
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "whisper"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x legs"
Floyd \| You see no such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "roll off tray"
Floyd \| You manage to wiggle your head around a little, but not any productive Floyd \| amount. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to floyd), "fall"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "jump"
Floyd \| Wheee-boinng. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says, "heh"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis is here, fiddling intently at some lab equipment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x tray"
Floyd \| Totally uncomfortable, metal thing. Your head is on the tray. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get head"
Floyd \| You can't pick anything up. You're just a head. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "bite tray"
Floyd \| Now that's not going to be very effective... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "bite syringe"
Floyd \| [bite formula x] Floyd \| Now that's not going to be very effective... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "bite gerchis"
Floyd \| Now that's not going to be very effective... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "x neck"
Floyd \| You see no such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "x equipment"
Floyd \| That's not important to you. You can hardly even decipher what it is. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Should we check the help file? There may be a command we're missing."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "shake head"
Floyd \| You shake your head, but nothing happens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help"
Floyd \| These are some of the typical commands used in this adventure: Floyd \| Floyd \| [N]orth, [E]ast, [S]outh, [W]est, [U]p, [D]own, [In], [O]ut, [L]ook, Floyd \| [Exits] Floyd \| E[x]amine , [Get ], [Drop ], [...it], Floyd \| [...all] Floyd \| [Where is ] Floyd \| [Give to ], [Open...], [Close...], [Ask Floyd \| about ] Floyd \| [Wear ], [Remove ], [I]nventory Floyd \| [Put into ], [Put onto ] Floyd \| Floyd \| Use the Save, Restore, Undo, and Quit commands to save and restore Floyd \| games, undo a move, and leave the game. Use History and Redo to view Floyd \| and repeat recent game commands. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Hint command displays any game hints, Notify provides score change Floyd \| notification, and Verbose and Brief control room descriptions. Floyd \| Floyd \| Use License to view SCARE's licensing terms and conditions, and Version Floyd \| to print both SCARE's and the game's version number. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Try 'glk help' for help on special interpreter commands] Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Nothing very out of the ordinary, looks like"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "die"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "open mouth"
Floyd \| Open what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Johnny says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd \| "I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment", 25 Oct 2010, Duncan Bowsman. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Johnny says (to Floyd), "blink"
Floyd \| You blink. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "wink"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Johnny says (to Floyd), "blink morse"
Floyd \| You blink. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says, "heh"
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "move body"
Floyd \| You can't move that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get body"
Floyd \| Take what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "turn around"
Floyd \| You can't turn that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "turn"
Floyd \| Turn what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "turn tray"
Floyd \| You can't turn the tray. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get tray"
Floyd \| You can't take the tray! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "off"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you mean! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get off"
Floyd \| You are not on anything! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "whistle"
Floyd \| You whistle a little tune. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get out"
Floyd \| Take what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| You can't go in any direction! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "dance"
Floyd \| You do a little dance. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "The Decapitation Conga"
		Jacqueline says, "Blink morse. Nice thought."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis is here, fiddling intently at some lab equipment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan asks, "Yer wot?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis is here, fiddling intently at some lab equipment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "So, I am still on the tray. Hrmph."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "sleep"
Floyd \| Zzzzz. Bored are you? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take syeringe"
Floyd \| Take what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "er"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take syringe"
Floyd \| [take formula x] Floyd \| You can't pick anything up. You're just a head. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "head north"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan exclaims, "Yo!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask Gerchis about me"
Floyd \| Your vocal cords don't seem to function correctly at the moment. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Johnny says (to Floyd), "bite syringe"
Floyd \| [bite formula x] Floyd \| Now that's not going to be very effective... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "head south"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "OK, if we check the opening sequence, we can navigate to this room, if I'm not mistaken."
		Johnny says, "That's probably the same as roll <direction>"
BrenBarn says, "what the heck"		Jacqueline says, "So, if we were just supposed to wait for a cut scene, one would have thought it'd happened by now."
Johnny says (to Floyd), "roll 7"
Floyd \| You manage to wiggle your head around a little, but not any productive Floyd \| amount. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Johnny says, "f snake eyes"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "north"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "north"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "west"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "No, wait."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "east"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "south"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "east"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "west"
Floyd \| THUD! Your body smacks up against the door to the lab. You can barely Floyd \| see its outline through the frosted glass window. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's hopeless," Gerchis scolds you. "Da door is locked. Now sit Floyd \| tight, da doctor will be wit' you shortly, ya?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says, "aha"		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit window"
Floyd \| [kill window] Floyd \| Your body smashes through the window with an elbow and throws the rest Floyd \| of the door open. Gerchis spins to meet it, but freezes on the spot. Floyd \| His eyes dart nervously toward the syringe of Formula X! Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Also here are some glass shards. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your headless body stands here. Gerchis is here, shocked stiff by your Floyd \| still-standing body in the doorway. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan asks, "Kill Gerchis with formula? Or shards?"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get formula x"
Floyd \| Your body takes the glowing syringe in hand... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Did it say that it would kill him but also could save us?? I'm thinking it's better to save us."
		Jacqueline asks, "Or... hm, what did it say?"
		Jacqueline scrolls back up.
		JimKaplan asks, "It was kill him or put head back on body, I think?"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get shards"
Floyd \| [get glass] Floyd \| You go scrambling for glass shards. Too small. Useless, no good. You Floyd \| just cut up your hands. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "punch gerchis"
Floyd \| [kill gerchis] Floyd \| Gerchis grapples your body and tries to wrest the syringe away from it, Floyd \| but you stab it into him and inject its full contents into Gerchis, who Floyd \| spasms wildly and falls flat on the floor, stone dead. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Golly."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "put head on body"
Floyd \| Unfortunately, you used the last of the formula in the syringe to kill Floyd \| Gerchis. Without Formula X, it's impossible to get your head back on. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Ah."
		Jacqueline says, "...yeah"
		JimKaplan asks, "So maybe the shards?"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Also here are some glass shards. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your headless body stands here. Gerchis is here, lifeless on the Floyd \| floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "x gerchis"
Floyd \| Moronic hulk with four arms and one hideously bulging eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "search gerchis"
Floyd \| I don't understand what you want to do with Gerchis. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take eye"
Floyd \| Take what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline is a newbie.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all"
Floyd \| You go scrambling for glass shards. Too small. Useless, no good. You Floyd \| just cut up your hands. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get head"
Floyd \| Your body picks up your head. Certainly one of the stranger sensations Floyd \| in life. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says, "nice, it's like that part in Bill & Ted"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You can't go in that direction, but you can move east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble east. Floyd \| Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Your headless body stands here, carrying your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ HALLWAY JUNCTION \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "West is where we came from, there's nothing there."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "put head on body"
Floyd \| Unfortunately, you used the last of the formula in the syringe to kill Floyd \| Gerchis. Without Formula X, it's impossible to get your head back on. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Only the exit to this place."
		JimKaplan asks, "So maybe north?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we looking for more formula X, or... ?"
		JimKaplan says, "I imagine so."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we're just going to be like this forever."
		JimKaplan says, "There may still be the doctor to reckon with."
		Jacqueline says, "We could write a song about it to improve public perception of our appearance."
		Jacqueline says, "We could call the song 'Died This Way.'"
		JimKaplan says, "Dear me."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry."
		Jacqueline says, "(Not really.)"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| You hurry north. Floyd \| Floyd \| ENTRYWAY Floyd \| The only way in and out of the doctor's secret lair. The way out, back Floyd \| into the freezing weather, is to the north, while while a hallway Floyd \| leading farther in slopes gradually downward to the south. The area Floyd \| has the sterile look of an unused hospital room, except for your blood Floyd \| pooling all over the floor. Your metal snow shovel is here. Your Floyd \| headless body stands here, carrying your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ ENTRYWAY \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| > Floyd \| You pick up your metal snow shovel. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "If this was the UK, "Sawn This Way", obviously."
Floyd \| You hurry south. Floyd \| Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Your headless body stands here, carrying your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ HALLWAY JUNCTION \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| > Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| You hurry west. Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes. The room is filled Floyd \| with experimental equipment. On the far end of the room is a sort of Floyd \| metal tray. Equipment fills one other corner. It smells strongly of Floyd \| alcohol in here. Also here are some glass shards. Gerchis is here, Floyd \| lifeless upon the floor. Your headless body stands here, carrying your Floyd \| head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| > Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble east. Floyd \| Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Your headless body stands here, carrying your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ HALLWAY JUNCTION \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says, "hmmm"		JimKaplan says, "Hmm."
		JimKaplan says, "I misgeographied that bit."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like our score should be greater than but not equal to zero."
		JimKaplan asks, "but not equal to?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, as opposed to 'greater than or equal to' zero."
		Jacqueline says, "It is a phrase."
		Jacqueline says, "It is a way of saying, yeah, we shouldn't have zero."
		JimKaplan says, "I know, but but seems redundant in that construction"
		JimKaplan says, "In any case, this could be a one-point game, and we've forfeited the point; though the presence of a scoring system implies to me that there's something else to do."
		Jacqueline shrugs. "I get that. Anyway... maybe there is no score, and he just forgot to take out the score thing, because we deserve some points."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x equipment"
Floyd \| You see no such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Honestly, I can't think of anything to do but go north. Unless we wanna try digging something."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, we left the lab, right."
		Jacqueline asks, "Did we check out that equipment in the lab?"
		JimKaplan says, "It made no sense to us, I believe."
Floyd \| You'd have to look at your body to see what you're holding. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| You are carrying your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| You hurry west. Floyd \| Floyd \| LAB Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes. The room is filled Floyd \| with experimental equipment. On the far end of the room is a sort of Floyd \| metal tray. Equipment fills one other corner. It smells strongly of Floyd \| alcohol in here. Also here are some glass shards. Gerchis is here, Floyd \| lifeless upon the floor. Your headless body stands here, carrying your Floyd \| head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| > Floyd \| [get formula x] Floyd \| Take what? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay."
Floyd \| You can't pick him up. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
serif arrives, ready to play with the toys.
Floyd \| Moronic hulk with four arms and one hideously bulging eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| You can't take the tray! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get equipment"
Floyd \| You can't take the equipment! Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Gee, we didn't know we couldn't take the tray, you don't have to be a douche about it"
Floyd \| You can't go in that direction, but you can move east. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble east. Floyd \| Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Your headless body stands here, carrying your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ HALLWAY JUNCTION \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| > Floyd \| You hurry north. Floyd \| Floyd \| ENTRYWAY Floyd \| The only way in and out of the doctor's secret lair. The way out, back Floyd \| into the freezing weather, is to the north, while while a hallway Floyd \| leading farther in slopes gradually downward to the south. The area Floyd \| has the sterile look of an unused hospital room, except for your blood Floyd \| pooling all over the floor. Your headless body stands here, carrying Floyd \| your head. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ ENTRYWAY \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| > Floyd \| You stagger out of the doctor's complex of horror into the cold of Floyd \| Escanaba, but your body is beyond being saved by any refrigeration. Floyd \| You wander in search of the highway for almost an hour, but to no Floyd \| avail. Floyd \| Floyd \| Some days later, a pair of elderly deer hunters stumble upon your Floyd \| corpse in the woods. Tales of its discovery will haunt their lodges Floyd \| for years to come, but they will not stop the doctor from recreating Floyd \| Formula X... Floyd \| Better luck next time. Floyd \|		JimKaplan says, "Hrmmrm."
BrenBarn says, "oops"		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		JimKaplan says, "OK, so I guess we do need to figure out a way to save the Formula X."
		Jacqueline says, "I do like that ending."
		Jacqueline says, "We are now the topic of legends."
		JimKaplan asks, "Perhaps if the body can get a hold of the shovel before breaking in, it can use it as a weapon?"
Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Restart Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment Floyd \| by Duncan Bowsman Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| ... but he has the element of surprise and a bonesaw, and you do not. Floyd \| Floyd \| I'm afraid you are dead! Floyd \| You scored 0 out of the maximum 0! Floyd \| That is 100% of the game! Floyd \|		Jacqueline asks, "So, maybe we try getting better rather than killing him?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd \| [Press any key to continue] Floyd \| Floyd \| ENTRYWAY Floyd \| The only way in and out of the doctor's secret lair. The only way out, Floyd \| back into the freezing weather, is to the north, while a hallway Floyd \| leading farther in slopes gradually downward to the south. The area Floyd \| has the sterile look of an unused hospital room, except for your Floyd \| headless body lying on the floor here. Your metal snow shovel lies Floyd \| next to you. Gerchis looms over you with a bonesaw and a blank Floyd \| expression. Floyd \| Floyd \| The doctor's ugly servant finishes separating your head from your body Floyd \| and tucks it under one of his lower arms. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis moves south. Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis opens the door and enters. Floyd \| LAB Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! The room is filled Floyd \| with experimental equipment. On one far wall is a raised metal tray of Floyd \| some sort. Equipment fills one other corner, but in another lies a Floyd \| syringe of glowing serum! It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis shuts and locks the door behind him. He places your head on a Floyd \| tray along the far wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Da doctor will be wit' ya soon as 'e returns from away, which should Floyd \| be any minit now," says Gerchis. "Tings are about to get pretty... Floyd \| heady... for you!" With a gadawful chortling, the doctor's servant Floyd \| disposes of the bonesaw and goes to work at some equipment at your far Floyd \| right. Floyd \| Floyd \| It is all you can do to even keep your eyes open ("look"). Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| For credits, type about and press enter. For hints, type hints and Floyd \| press enter. Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB (upon a metal tray) \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Oof! You bump into a wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| THUD! Your body smacks up against the door to the lab. You can barely Floyd \| see its outline through the frosted glass window. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's hopeless," Gerchis scolds you. "Da door is locked. Now sit Floyd \| tight, da doctor will be wit' you shortly, ya?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "I think trying to get the shovel and then killing him might be a good idea."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "hit window"
Floyd \| [kill window] Floyd \| Your body smashes through the window with an elbow and throws the rest Floyd \| of the door open. Gerchis spins to meet it, but freezes on the spot. Floyd \| His eyes dart nervously toward the syringe of Formula X! Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Also here are some glass shards. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your headless body stands here. Gerchis is here, shocked stiff by your Floyd \| still-standing body in the doorway. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get syringe"
Floyd \| [get formula x] Floyd \| Your body takes the glowing syringe in hand... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "He subdued us the first time, I'm not sure why simply reattaching our head is going to do much good."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get head"
Floyd \| Your body picks up your head. Certainly one of the stranger sensations Floyd \| in life. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| If your body turned its back on Gerchis, you'd be mincemeat. Floyd \| Gerchis seems to come unstuck all of a sudden and wrestles with your Floyd \| body. Despite your body's struggle, his four arms overpower you, and Floyd \| he stabs you with the needle in your own hand. Your body collapses to Floyd \| the floor like a rag doll. Floyd \| Floyd \| With a wipe at his brow, Gerchis turns to you. "You're a troublesome Floyd \| one, wa..." he croaks. "When da doctor returns, I'll make certain 'e Floyd \| takes special care of you..." Floyd \| Better luck next time. Floyd \|
BrenBarn says, "rats"
BrenBarn says, "I was hoping to get the shovel and waste him"
BrenBarn says, "maybe we can get the shovel before we open the door"		Jacqueline says, "Channel. :)"
JimKaplan says, "Yeah, that's what I said."		Jacqueline says, "But yes."
BrenBarn asks, "when?"
JimKaplan says, "On the channel."
BrenBarn says, "oh"		* BrenBarn has joined the channel.
		JimKaplan says, "Oh, well hi."
		BrenBarn says, "sorry, I didn't realize that was how this worked"
		JimKaplan says, "Ah, I see."
		Jacqueline exclaims, ";Gosh, huh. I just assumed you were here!"
		Jacqueline says, "You have heard none of our ponderings."
		BrenBarn says, "yeah"
		JimKaplan says, "You missed out on the wit of the century, I promise you."
		JimKaplan says, "In any case, I agree with the shovel idea."
		BrenBarn says, "okay, let's try it"
Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Restart Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| I Was a Teenage Headless Experiment Floyd \| by Duncan Bowsman Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| ... but he has the element of surprise and a bonesaw, and you do not. Floyd \| Floyd \| I'm afraid you are dead! Floyd \| You scored 0 out of the maximum 0! Floyd \| That is 100% of the game! Floyd \|
JimKaplan presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd \| [Press any key to continue] Floyd \| Floyd \| ENTRYWAY Floyd \| The only way in and out of the doctor's secret lair. The only way out, Floyd \| back into the freezing weather, is to the north, while a hallway Floyd \| leading farther in slopes gradually downward to the south. The area Floyd \| has the sterile look of an unused hospital room, except for your Floyd \| headless body lying on the floor here. Your metal snow shovel lies Floyd \| next to you. Gerchis looms over you with a bonesaw and a blank Floyd \| expression. Floyd \| Floyd \| The doctor's ugly servant finishes separating your head from your body Floyd \| and tucks it under one of his lower arms. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis moves south. Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis opens the door and enters. Floyd \| LAB Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! The room is filled Floyd \| with experimental equipment. On one far wall is a raised metal tray of Floyd \| some sort. Equipment fills one other corner, but in another lies a Floyd \| syringe of glowing serum! It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Gerchis shuts and locks the door behind him. He places your head on a Floyd \| tray along the far wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Da doctor will be wit' ya soon as 'e returns from away, which should Floyd \| be any minit now," says Gerchis. "Tings are about to get pretty... Floyd \| heady... for you!" With a gadawful chortling, the doctor's servant Floyd \| disposes of the bonesaw and goes to work at some equipment at your far Floyd \| right. Floyd \| Floyd \| It is all you can do to even keep your eyes open ("look"). Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| For credits, type about and press enter. For hints, type hints and Floyd \| press enter. Floyd \| * * * * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB (upon a metal tray) \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get shovel"
Floyd \| You fumble around until your hands close about the shaft of your metal Floyd \| snow shovel. It has a cold heft in your hands, like the certainty of Floyd \| death. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Aha."
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Feeling your way around, you shamble south. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| THUD! Your body smacks up against the door to the lab. You can barely Floyd \| see its outline through the frosted glass window. Floyd \| Floyd \| "It's hopeless," Gerchis scolds you. "Da door is locked. Now sit Floyd \| tight, da doctor will be wit' you shortly, ya?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "hit window"
Floyd \| [kill window] Floyd \| Your body smashes through the window with an elbow and throws the rest Floyd \| of the door open. Gerchis spins to meet it, but freezes on the spot. Floyd \| His eyes dart nervously toward the syringe of Formula X! Floyd \| LAB (upon a metal tray) Floyd \| This is where the doctor plots his evil schemes! From your place on Floyd \| the metal tray, you can see that the room is filled with experimental Floyd \| equipment. Directly opposite of you is an old wooden door with a Floyd \| frosted glass window. It smells strongly of alcohol in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon the floor here lies a glowing syringe of Formula X. Floyd \| Floyd \| Also here are some glass shards. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your headless body stands here. Gerchis is here, shocked stiff by your Floyd \| still-standing body in the doorway. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "hit gerchis with shovel"
Floyd \| [kill gerchis with shovel] Floyd \| Crack! You pank Gerchis's skull with the shovel and he falls to the Floyd \| floor, strings cut, a dead puppet. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "Whee"
		BrenBarn says, "aw yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Whee"
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "get formula x"
Floyd \| Your body takes the glowing syringe in hand... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "put head on body"
Floyd \| You sit your head back upon your neck and seal it back together with a Floyd \| small injection of Formula X. A searing pain follows that jolts the Floyd \| whole of you-- you drop the syringe and it shatters on the floor. You Floyd \| shiver in a painful wholeness for a moment, but pull yourself together. Floyd \| Floyd \| You will be okay. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ LAB \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "x gerchis"
Floyd \| Moronic hulk with four arms and one hideously bulging eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		JimKaplan says, "We'll get out of this in one piece"
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		BrenBarn asks, "so now do we just run away?"
		JimKaplan says, "I don't think there are any other locations."
		JimKaplan says, "We could head out, sure."
		Jacqueline asks, "What about the doctor?"
		Jacqueline says, "But, hm, yeah, we could just leave."
		JimKaplan says, "Maybe the doctor is outside somewhere."
		Jacqueline says, "We probably won't end up the story of lodge legends."
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You move east. Floyd \| HALLWAY JUNCTION Floyd \| A gradual slope here indicates the floor is rising to the north and Floyd \| descending further west. Other than a trail of blood from your severed Floyd \| head, the area is completely white. A door stands in the western wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ HALLWAY JUNCTION \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You move north. Floyd \| ENTRYWAY Floyd \| The only way in and out of the doctor's secret lair. The way out, back Floyd \| into the freezing weather, is to the north, while while a hallway Floyd \| leading farther in slopes gradually downward to the south. The area Floyd \| has the sterile look of an unused hospital room, except for your blood Floyd \| pooling all over the floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| [ ENTRYWAY \| Score: 0 ] Floyd \| >
BrenBarn says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You rush out of the door into the cold of Escanaba in a frantic search Floyd \| for the highway. You manage to hail a car and get to the police Floyd \| station with your story. At your prompting, they storm the doctor's Floyd \| lab and arrest him for his heinous operations. Floyd \| Floyd \| You may have saved the day, but still no-one will ever completely Floyd \| believe the horrifying extent of the time you spent as a teenage Floyd \| headless experiment! Floyd \| Congratulations! Floyd \|		BrenBarn says, "well, that wasn't so bad"
		JimKaplan says, "Though no one believed us"
		JimKaplan says, "They thought we were a nut"
		JimKaplan says, "Little did they know...we were"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh. So, that was short and not-so-sweet."
		Jacqueline says, "Well done."
		Jacqueline says, "I was kind of in the mood for a short one today."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks."
		JimKaplan bows.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, UNDO a turn, or QUIT? Quit
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no"
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "roll over"
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "speak"
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick."
JimKaplan says (to floyd), "heel"
Floyd says (to JimKaplan), "Floyd doesn't know that trick."		Jacqueline says, "I swear, we should send Floyd to obedience school."
		JimKaplan says, "Tsk, tsk."
		Johnny says, "He reads a lot, that has to be worth something."