  
NightFloyd Transcript:
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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NightFloyd Transcript:
Like ClubFloyd, the idea behind NightFloyd is that a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Stew says (to floyd), "load packrat" | ||
Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | They call you Packrat, but in truth, you're an adventurer with a Floyd | discerning eye. After all, who're they sending to wake the Princess? Floyd | Many's the prince who didn't even try to penetrate the cursed brambles Floyd | about the castle, and though the thorns finally parted for some royal Floyd | pup from a faraway land, no one's heard a thing since. Floyd | Floyd | Worse, it's just come out that the King had time before going Floyd | unconscious to take out a hefty royal loan, and it's had twenty years Floyd | to accrue in default. The rumor is that the repo giants are on their Floyd | way. If someone doesn't wake up the Princess and the rest of the Floyd | royals pronto, the whole kingdom might come under new management. Who Floyd | better to send on a dangerous mission to a sleeping castle full of Floyd | unguarded loot than ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Packrat Floyd | An adventurer with a discerning eye. Floyd | Floyd | Copyright 2007 by Bill Powell Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 070928 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S Floyd | Floyd | Path through Brambles Floyd | Brambles bristle eight feet high on either side. They seem to give you Floyd | a penetrating glare. The thorns have grudgingly pulled apart to make a Floyd | narrow path leading north; one would think the curse would have Floyd | included a post-Prince closure clause, but you're not complaining. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a broken beerstein here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Stew says, "if there are no objections, let's just play this, whoever is left" | |
| genericgeekgirl disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | DavidW says, "oh, this dingles a faint bell. I think this game likes insta-death." | |
| Ghogg arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stein" | ||
Floyd | A discarded tin beerstein! You've been thinking about starting a
Floyd | collection. But ... it's a bit deep in the brambles ... and you do
Floyd | have a lot in your pack ... maybe you'd best leave it alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and closed)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||
Floyd | You open the battered pack, revealing a faux brass lantern, a doorknob
Floyd | collection, a trusty rope, a discarded sleeve and a blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lantern" | ||
Floyd | You got this for half price because it's a Commemorative Collectible
Floyd | for the Featherby Tournament '38, modeled on the remarkable profile of
Floyd | Sir Bellamy Flab--that's why you got it, not why it was half price.
Floyd | You left the other four '38 Commemoratives at home; this one actually
Floyd | lights.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x collection" | ||
Floyd | Somehow you thought you would have time to sort them. But you never
Floyd | know when a spare doorknob might save your life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd | What adventurer worthy of the name would ever leave home without it?
Floyd | There's nothing like Grade A Lifetime Guaranteed Certified Adventurer
Floyd | Rope. Which is why it's so expensive. And why this is actually a spare
Floyd | clothesline.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "there must be grues." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleeve" | ||
Floyd | You got a real bargain on this baby, and one of these days, you're
Floyd | going to find a matching chartreuse velvet detachable left-handed
Floyd | sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to floyd), "x blanket" | ||
Floyd | You don't particularly like the pattern, but it was a 'two for one,'
Floyd | and there's a good chance that that shade of mauve is going to come
Floyd | back in style some time. Or that plaid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. I seem to really that this examining killed me the first time, because while I was examining stuff in my pack, a monster killed me." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blanket" | ||
Floyd | You don't particularly like the pattern, but it was a 'two for one,'
Floyd | and there's a good chance that that shade of mauve is going to come
Floyd | back in style some time. Or that plaid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "So, do we want the stein or just go north?" | |
| Stew says, "open the stein" | ||
| Stew says, "oh that's right" | ||
| Stew says, "a stein isn't something you can open" | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless it's the hinged lid type." | ||
| DavidW says, "I vote ignore the stein and go north." | ||
| Stew says, "aye" | ||
| DavidW says (to Stew), "feel free to step us forward" | ||
| Roger arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "north" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drawbridge" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I would like to know if it's up or down, game." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x castle" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadows" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "yeah, :P to the game" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moat" | ||
Floyd | Rare is the moat that does justice to the term "brackish". The slight
Floyd | current is just sufficient to keep the brack well-churned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "(and it didn't mention a moat. I inferred it.)" | |
| DavidW asks, "I suppose we can only go north?" | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "Into the probably-dark possibly-scary castle, then." | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search leaves" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||
Floyd | It's so impossibly expensive you're afraid to look for too long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "now we have choices" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rug" | ||
Floyd | You are unable to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll rug" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mushroom" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portcullis" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "or not :)" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rug" | ||
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so, three ways to go." | |
| DavidW says, "I'd choose north if only to find if there's a throne room." | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to floyd), "x throne" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "you know, they should really have something for a distant throne here" | |
| DavidW says, "Probably the author's first game." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd | They must have built the hall around it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x noblemen" | ||
Floyd | You dare not disturb their privileged slumber. You owe some of them
Floyd | money.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew asks, "how is that possible?" | |
| Stew asks, "they've been sleeping for... how long?" | ||
| Stew says, "that's just a joke that doesn't fit the storyline" | ||
| DavidW says, "20 years, I think the intro said." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's not quite like the Sleeping Beauty tale." | ||
| Stew asks, "so what, he incurred a debt when he was 5 years old?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, who knows." | ||
| Stew says (to floyd), "x attendant" | ||
Floyd | Their dress is almost as extravagant as their patrons. The longer you
Floyd | look, the more you evaluate your career choice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "now THAT was funny" | |
| Stew says (to floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to f), "x boy" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x boy" | ||
Floyd | The poor lad must have just opened the great window when he pitched
Floyd | forward onto the stone sill in this cursed slumber. Twenty years of
Floyd | snow and rain have fallen on his shivering body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x throne" | ||
Floyd | High. Gold. Very. The High Throne backs against the northern wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "and all the snow and rain is still there to see" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kind" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x king" | ||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the somnolent monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x princess" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "borrrring" | |
| DavidW says, "I guess she's elsewhere." | ||
| Stew says, "okay" | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose west or east or back south." | ||
| Stew says, "but they should say something about the kings" | ||
| Stew says, "they talk about the kitchen boy but not the kings" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, they should." | ||
| DavidW says, "Lots of chances for adding detail were squandered." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's very generic so far." | ||
| Stew says, "something to keep in mind when writing my own game *cough*" | ||
| DavidW says, "So far it's: rug: expensive; table: hugeass; boy: cold." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x monarchs" | ||
Floyd | You see nothing special about the somnolent monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the western window or the eastern window?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "eastern" | ||
Floyd | The eastern stained-glass window shimmers cool greens and blues in the
Floyd | indirect afternoon sun, spring maples and the sacred blue lake by
Floyd | which the host of Miv was acknowledged champion by the forces of
Floyd | Caesm, yet both agreed to share the land in peace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "okay..." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "western" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "x western" | ||
Floyd | The setting sun inflames the stained glass, a red riot of fall oaks
Floyd | and the blood of the Battle of the Srotide. The sill is deep, for the
Floyd | walls of the North Hall are more than two feet thick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "interesting construction note" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "move throne" | ||
Floyd | Who are you to touch the Throne?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "push throne" | ||
Floyd | Who are you to touch the Throne?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "look under throne" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "search throne" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "move boy" | ||
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "the boy is an it" | |
| Stew says, "well, i knew they didn't treat the common folk very good but" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "move kings" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "move monarchs" | ||
Floyd | You can wake them after you rescue their daughter, how about that?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "seems like a hint" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | The finery of this guest room is at least Ducal, if not Stewardly.
Floyd | Perhaps you'd better go north, to the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Packrat is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "uh oh" | |
| Stew says, "i don't like laundry chutes in games" | ||
| Stew says, "better save, David" | ||
| DavidW clears the save counter. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "let's go south first" | |
| Ghogg goes home. | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd | He wears the green and gold livery of the Castle, complete with
Floyd | important-looking insignia and keyring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd | He wears the green and gold livery of the Castle, complete with
Floyd | important-looking insignia and keyring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "get keys" | ||
Floyd | That was too easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "want keyring!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keyring" | ||
Floyd | Two sets of three identical keys dangle from a cheap brass ring. It's
Floyd | a shame you don't collect keys. Yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open)
Floyd | a faux brass lantern (providing light)
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd | a trusty rope
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd | a blanket
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x insignia" | ||
Floyd | "Dungeon Sub-Warder Third Class"
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "uh, sure" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chest" | ||
Floyd | The teak chest in the teal room overflows with a glittering pile of
Floyd | pantaloons. You are something of a pantaloon conossieur, and your
Floyd | heart beats faster at the prospect of pawing through a pile of
Floyd | pantaloons unobserved. Unfortunately, the same thought seems to have
Floyd | occurred to the guard, and he sleeps with both fists buried in
Floyd | slightly outdated seawear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | A glittering pile of slightly outdated seawear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move guard" | ||
Floyd | There's always the chance he might wake up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake guard" | ||
Floyd | That seems unnecessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | You find pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | You have better things to do. I promise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "another missed opportunity" | |
| Stew asks, "eh?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Are these pantaloons fresh?" | ||
| Stew says, "well someone is guarding them" | ||
| Stew asks, "what does that signify?" | ||
| DavidW says, "could be accidental. Could be the guard is a pervert." | ||
| Stew says, "probably most likely" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "open chute" | ||
Floyd | You open the laundry chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Since we found keys, save again?" | |
| Stew says, "aye" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "There'll be a laundry mummy monster." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x chute" | ||
Floyd | An old laundry chute is embedded in the western wall. Though the
Floyd | wooden handle is mere maple, the design is subtly ostentatious;
Floyd | perhaps it's even been touched by the occasional nobleman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "look in chute" | ||
Floyd | The laundry chute is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "we probably shouldn't try to go down the chute, right/" | |
| jenrexrode says, "sounds like death" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "maybe it's for bomb disposal" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Are you saying we saved for no reason?" | ||
| Stew says, "okay lets do it *gulp*" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "enter chute" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "oh brother" | |
| Stew says, "you mean it's just decoration!" | ||
| DavidW says, "What a wussy caste" | ||
| DavidW says, "er castle" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, we can probably drop objects into it." | ||
| DavidW says, "Like our sleeve." | ||
| Stew says, "how about dropping that guard" | ||
| DavidW says, "We can't move the guard. I tried." | ||
| Stew says, "rats" | ||
| Stew says, "let's go back east" | ||
| Stew says, "for now" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "x rubble" | ||
Floyd | You see only rubble: bent rackets, broken billiard balls, a smashed
Floyd | bronze polo tank. The debris is heaped against what's left of the
Floyd | eastern wall, completely blocking your path. Much of the wall itself
Floyd | has been destroyed, leaving a three-foot high gap under the ceiling
Floyd | which opens into some other room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew asks, "is this where we use the rope?" | |
| DavidW says, "probably not" | ||
| DavidW says, "I see no obvious tying-to object, for example." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||
Floyd | The wall is mostly gone, and the debris reaches to within three feet
Floyd | of the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter gap" | ||
Floyd | It's at the top of a seven-foot high pile of angular debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb debris" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "pfft" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rubble" | ||
Floyd | You try to scale the mountain, but slip and nearly impale yourself on
Floyd | a broken flagpole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flagpole" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "pffy" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through gap" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy shirt" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "So, I guess we ought to try west and east of the south end of the dining table?" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | This door features mere rose quartz, but it appears to be slightly
Floyd | open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open quartz" | ||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the western door or the jewel?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open rose door" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open western door" | ||
Floyd | A worthy thought. You widen the crack by one-sixteenth of an inch.
Floyd | Until you stop pushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eastern door" | ||
Floyd | The door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jewel" | ||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the jewel or the bejewelled door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Perhaps there's doors nw, ne, sw, and se?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bejewelled door" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | The emerald-encrusted door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x emerald" | ||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the jewel or the bejewelled door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x emerald jewel" | ||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the jewel or the bejewelled door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "former" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | Actually, that's just a painting of a door. Classy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd | The carbuncle-encrusted door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd | The sapphire-studded door is locked. Drat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock eastern door with keys" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock carbuncle-encrusted door with keys" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x keys" | ||
Floyd | Two sets of three identical keys dangle from a cheap brass ring. It's
Floyd | a shame you don't collect keys. Yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock sapphire-studder door with keys" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You jump. The ceiling is probably forty feet up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | The floor looks solid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x painting" | ||
Floyd | It looks like an authentic Mushentwaddle. It's got to be more than
Floyd | twenty feet high, and thirty feet wide. Oh, for a real Mushentwaddle
Floyd | to hang on your own...exterior wall. Well. It would be taller than the
Floyd | house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "unlock sapphire-studded door with key" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to fit the lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind painting" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take painting" | ||
Floyd | Don't joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move painting" | ||
Floyd | The last thing the king needs to wake up to is a broken Mushentwaddle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "well, this is awkward." | |
| DavidW asks, "Open one of the windows at the north end?" | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open western door" | ||
Floyd | A worthy thought. You widen the crack by one-sixteenth of an inch.
Floyd | Until you stop pushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open western door" | ||
Floyd | A worthy thought. You widen the crack by one-sixteenth of an inch.
Floyd | Until you stop pushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "That's not helping any. I'm quite sure those fractions aren't being added up." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x western door" | ||
Floyd | The door won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all jewels" | ||
Floyd | If only those jewelers didn't use such strong glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on western door" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "oil western door" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "this is a you-can't-do-anything game" | |
| DavidW says, "I suspect it just has an awkward bottleneck. Do try the windows." | ||
| DavidW says, "But yeah, the game seems to be empty." | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x crack" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open window" | ||
Floyd | Which do you mean, the western window or the eastern window?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "open western window" | ||
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "so, west?" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter western window" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew facepalms | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "go through western window" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump through western window" | ||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on sill" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sill" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search boy" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boy" | ||
Floyd | I don't suppose the kitchen boy would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open eastern window" | ||
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock eastern window with keys" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break eastern window" | ||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x northern wall" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x north wall" | ||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x north" | ||
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Want to swim in the unmentioned moat?" | |
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe we oughta get the beerstein after all." | ||
| DavidW says, "We can also try something bizarre like lighting the lantern, tie rope to it, then lower the lantern into the chute to see if that reveals anything." | ||
| DavidW says, "Or pants the guard." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "spit" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick rug" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x droppings" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||
Floyd | There's not enough water to swim in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter moat" | ||
Floyd | Though you cannot see them, you have it on good authority that a
Floyd | thriving community of crocodiles calls this moat home.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | From what you've heard, crocodiles tend to be territorial, hungry, or
Floyd | both.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||
Floyd | You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Path through Brambles
Floyd | Brambles bristle eight feet high on either side. They seem to give you
Floyd | a penetrating glare. The thorns have grudgingly pulled apart to make a
Floyd | narrow path leading north; one would think the curse would have
Floyd | included a post-Prince closure clause, but you're not complaining.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a broken beerstein here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beerstein" | ||
Floyd | I know it's early on here, but I think it's time for a quick
Floyd | intervention. People don't call you the Packrat for nothing. Your pack
Floyd | is already full, and your cottage, and you're paying out a hefty pile
Floyd | of plate every month for two storage barns back home. You've been on
Floyd | plenty of adventures, and you always come home with a new pile of
Floyd | must-keep bizarro tools. The Great Cleansing and Yard Sale Gala never
Floyd | seems to come off. This is a big castle, and if you start off taking
Floyd | the beerstein, you're never going to find the Princess, let alone get
Floyd | out with your back intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "At this stage, the princess can rescue herself." | |
| Roger goes home. | ||
| Roger has disconnected. | Stew says, "yeah" | |
| Stew says, "this is terrible" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to lantern" | ||
Floyd | You tie the rope to the lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew asks, "hate to say it, but is there a walkthrough?" | |
| DavidW says, "sh*t. We can tie the rope to the lantern." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open chute" | ||
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "light it" | ||
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn lantern on" | ||
Floyd | Actually, the switch is currently nonfunctional. (It was on sale.)
Floyd | Fortunately, it's on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lower lantern into chute" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lantern in chute" | ||
Floyd | Carefully you lower your lantern through the chute. But you're afraid
Floyd | to let the rope out much, and when you peek through the chute, you see
Floyd | only the glare of your lantern a few feet below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "o-kay. The game is letting me do this weird thing." | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "look in chute" | ||
Floyd | In the laundry chute is a faux brass lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to sleeve" | ||
Floyd | Why would you want to tie your rope to the discarded sleeve?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to rope" | ||
Floyd | Why would you want to tie your rope to the trusty rope?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trusty rope" | ||
Floyd | One end of the rope is tied to the lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in pack" | ||
Floyd | In the battered pack are a doorknob collection and a blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to blanket" | ||
Floyd | Why would you want to tie your rope to the blanket?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rip blanket" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "hit guard" | ||
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rip pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chest north" | ||
Floyd | Is that the best you can think of?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "tear pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Put lantern in gap?" | |
| DavidW asks, "Put lantern in western window?" | ||
| Stew says, "this is awful" | ||
| Stew says, "okay" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lantern in gap" | ||
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x billiards" | ||
Floyd | You see only rubble: bent rackets, broken billiard balls, a smashed
Floyd | bronze polo tank. The debris is heaped against what's left of the
Floyd | eastern wall, completely blocking your path. Much of the wall itself
Floyd | has been destroyed, leaving a three-foot high gap under the ceiling
Floyd | which opens into some other room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tank" | ||
Floyd | You see only rubble: bent rackets, broken billiard balls, a smashed
Floyd | bronze polo tank. The debris is heaped against what's left of the
Floyd | eastern wall, completely blocking your path. Much of the wall itself
Floyd | has been destroyed, leaving a three-foot high gap under the ceiling
Floyd | which opens into some other room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rubble" | ||
Floyd | After a brief mental lapse, you remember that the pile is about seven
Floyd | feet high.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rubble" | ||
Floyd | You rummage sadly, but even you finding nothing of value.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | If there ever was a door, it's behind that rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "light tnt" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub knob" | ||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||
Floyd | grand staircase: That's hardly portable.
Floyd | oriental rug: That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "staircase. We missed that." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb staircase" | ||
Floyd | You walk up ten steps, stare through the gaping hole in the ceiling,
Floyd | and walk back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" | ||
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmm" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unravel rope" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pack" | ||
Floyd | Old Faithful. You've hauled this pack to more flea markets, auctions,
Floyd | and estate sales than you care to count. You once bet your neighbor
Floyd | you could carry home more bargains than his mule. You lost, and
Floyd | couldn't get out of bed for a week.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake boy" | ||
Floyd | That seems unnecessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boy" | ||
Floyd | I don't suppose the kitchen boy would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake boy" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blanket on boy" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Look at you! You gave something away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, your blood cools. You didn't have to keep the horrid blanket
Floyd | after all. Someone's actually using it. And your pack's lighter. Lo
Floyd | and behold, you are feeling...
Floyd |
Floyd | content
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, what was all this about a princess?
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy stirs and nestles into his pink and plaid blanket. But after a
Floyd | moment, he twists and turns. He is still cold.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "huh." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boy" | ||
Floyd | The boy looks much warmer in his new blanket, but he still shivers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug boy" | ||
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "oh score" | |
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "did you give him a sleeve?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The blanket." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure what it accomplishes except score, though." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x western window" | ||
Floyd | The setting sun inflames the stained glass, a red riot of fall oaks
Floyd | and the blood of the Battle of the Srotide. The sill is deep, for the
Floyd | walls of the North Hall are more than two feet thick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open western window" | ||
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close western window" | ||
Floyd | The window sticks, but then it hasn't been shut in twenty years. You
Floyd | pull harder, and with a terrifying creak the thing slams shut. You
Floyd | wait to be trampled by an aristocratic horde...but no one wakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy stirs and nestles into his pink and plaid blanket. Now he is
Floyd | warm indeed.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "yay" | |
| DavidW asks, "I like score, but how does this help with the quest?" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "maybe everything needs a home?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "So... give the sleeve to the guard?" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "and at then end, you don't need therapy for your hoarding..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parasites" | ||
Floyd | Their dress is almost as extravagant as their patrons. The longer you
Floyd | look, the more you evaluate your career choice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean rug" | ||
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | The finery of this guest room is at least Ducal, if not Stewardly.
Floyd | Perhaps you'd better go north, to the hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sleeve to guard" | ||
Floyd | The Castle Guard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "put sleeve on guard" | ||
Floyd | Putting things on the Castle Guard would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd | You already took the keys. Get going before you wake up law
Floyd | enforcement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "okay okay" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | I don't think it's wise to enter a chest that's not empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty chest" | ||
Floyd | pile of pantaloons: That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x pile" | ||
Floyd | A glittering pile of slightly outdated seawear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "I thought they were pantaloons, not bathing suits..." | |
| DavidW says, "Perhaps they sunbathe in pantaloons in this country." | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "so why'd he fall asleep with his arms in a chest anyway?" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x arms" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "Should we give the keys back?" | |
| jenrexrode says, "it seemed to hint we want them and to leave..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "strip guard" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I shed a tear for the teal and teak." | |
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to chest" | ||
Floyd | Why would you want to tie your rope to the oversized teak chest?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to me" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | [** Programming error: tried to "move" yourself to yourself, which
Floyd | would make a loop: yourself in yourself **]
Floyd | Why would you want to tie your rope to yourself?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "boy this is a bad game" | |
| DavidW says, "Untested, probably." | ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "version" | ||
Floyd | Packrat Floyd | An adventurer with a discerning eye. Floyd | Floyd | Copyright 2007 by Bill Powell Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 070928 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (2N) / Library serial number 040227 Floyd | Floyd | > | Stew asks, "have you heard of Bill Powell before?" | |
| DavidW asks, "I wonder. If we kick or throw the beerstein to get rid of it, would that help?" | ||
| Stew says, "well if he's alive, as his site seems to suggest" | ||
| Stew says, "perhaps we could tell him that you should really betatest your games" | ||
| DavidW says (to Stew), "I don't remember his name, but I think this was entered at IF Comp." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd have to check to be sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lean into chute" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chute" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "reach into chute" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in chute" | ||
Floyd | The laundry chute is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search chute" | ||
Floyd | The laundry chute is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x handle" | ||
Floyd | The decorative engravings bespeak privilege. And not much else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x engravings" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chute" | ||
Floyd | You see only the glare of your lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chute" | ||
Floyd | You can't close the chute with your lantern dangling in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lantern" | ||
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lantern" | ||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a trusty rope
Floyd | a faux brass lantern (providing light)
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open)
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close chute" | ||
Floyd | You can't close the chute with your lantern dangling in there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "well we should probably go for the lantern in the eastern rubble room" | |
| DavidW says, "okay, the game is buggy. The author didn't think anyone would take the lantern out of the chute." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to handle" | ||
Floyd | You tie the rope to the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to lantern" | ||
Floyd | Don't worry. The rope is already tied to the lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "f get rope" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lantern in chute" | ||
Floyd | Your commemorative lantern plummets to certain destruction through the
Floyd | abandoned laundry chute...but the rope holds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the chute, you glimpse your lantern dangling in darkness. A
Floyd | swarm of insects attack it, and the light flickers and dances on the
Floyd | murky water below.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I guessed there was a handle. I don't remember hearing it mentioned." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x insects" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in chute" | ||
Floyd | In the laundry chute is a faux brass lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "this is laughably untested" | |
| DavidW asks, "So insects and water in the basement?" | ||
| Stew says, "must have been an all-nighter" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open)
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search collection" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "he probably submitted this in the competition when it wasn't close to being done" | |
| Stew says, "bugwise" | ||
| Stew says, "it's probably barely winnable" | ||
| Stew says, "with only one way to do everything" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "how was the lantern in the chute different this time?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I tied the other end of the rope to the chute's handle." | ||
| DavidW Or maybe the door's handle. I don't know where the handle is. I just guessed there had to be a handle for the other end of the rope. | Stew says, "i remember there was a handle" | |
| Stew says, "when i examined the shute" | ||
| DavidW says, "Sorry. It's 2:22am and I'm tired." | ||
| Stew says, "i spelled chute shute" | ||
| Stew says, "ha ha" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, shute" | ||
| Stew asks, "now can we use the lantern and rope for the gap in the wall?" | ||
| Stew says, "or is it not likely" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, I think the lantern and rope stay here." | ||
| Stew says, "oh yeah" | ||
| Stew says, "ha ha" | ||
| DavidW says, "Remember, the game didn't seem to anticipate moving the lantern." | ||
| Stew says, "and we're not sure why we got ten points" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd | You have so far scored 30 out of a possible 100, in 204 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Thrift Store Phantom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||
Floyd | You have so far scored 30 out of a possible 100, in 204 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Thrift Store Phantom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 for conquering your clutterlust (at least once)
Floyd | 10 for warming a fellow worker
Floyd | 10 for putting your Featherby Commemorative Lantern to good use
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 total (out of 100)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "this person seems to have been very literate" | |
| Stew says, "it's a shame they couldn't finish testing it" | ||
| DavidW says, "That can happen. One can have good English skills and only basic programming skills. That's pretty common." | ||
| Stew asks, "which is better good english and bad programming or bad english and good programming?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The former, and I think the latter is quite rare." | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless English isn't their first language, of course." | ||
| Stew asks, "what about bad english and bad programming?" | ||
| Stew says, "like some of those old Quest games" | ||
| DavidW asks, "What about it?" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "so need to do 7 more things and that's it?" | ||
| Stew says, "possibly" | ||
| Stew says, "if everything is worth 10 points" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "or maybe 3 more things: 2 more 10 point things, and a 50 point finale." | ||
| Stew says, "the princess *should* be worth more" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I suppose check to see if the moat has a lit area?" | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moat" | ||
Floyd | Rare is the moat that does justice to the term "brackish". The slight
Floyd | current is just sufficient to keep the brack well-churned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | "Crocodile": n. A man-eating animal.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | I hope you don't think I'm going to keep interposing myself between
Floyd | you and your destiny. I advise you to rethink your destiny.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "That sounds like a threat." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Last chance.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "heh" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Okay. Real last chance.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Aglow with interspecial trust and compassion, you leap into the murky
Floyd | water. Your forehead thuds into cold, scaly skin. The skin scrapes
Floyd | you. Ouch. That wasn't very nice...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have met your first crocodiles. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 30 out of a possible 100, in 213 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of Thrift Store Phantom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw knobs at crocodiles" | ||
Floyd | (first taking the doorknob collection)
Floyd | Futile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "count knobs" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search knobs" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "juggle knobs" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "put sleeve on crocodile" | ||
Floyd | Putting things on the crocodiles would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleeve" | ||
Floyd | You got a real bargain on this baby, and one of these days, you're
Floyd | going to find a matching chartreuse velvet detachable left-handed
Floyd | sleeve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crocodiles" | ||
Floyd | The water is too brackish for you to actually see the crocodiles.
Floyd | Let's face it, crocodiles are crocodiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under drawbridge" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sleeve" | ||
Floyd | Looks good. Or would, with another sleeve. And a shirt to tie it to. I
Floyd | know everyone's asleep, but maybe you shouldn't walk around looking
Floyd | like that just in case.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove sleeve" | ||
Floyd | You're not wearing that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put knob in sleeve" | ||
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in sleeve" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "aren't you supposed to hit things with a bag of doorknobs?" | |
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "I was wondering." | ||
| DavidW says, "But the usual is with lead pellets." | ||
| DavidW says, "A doorknob collection just reminds me of Aunt Clara on Bewitched. She collected doorknobs." | ||
| jenrexrode says, "yeah" | ||
| jenrexrode | Homer: [skeptical] I don't know...can you swing a sack of door knobs? | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing sack" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing pack" | ||
Floyd | There's nothing sensible to swing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open but empty)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Path through Brambles
Floyd | Brambles bristle eight feet high on either side. They seem to give you
Floyd | a penetrating glare. The thorns have grudgingly pulled apart to make a
Floyd | narrow path leading north; one would think the curse would have
Floyd | included a post-Prince closure clause, but you're not complaining.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a broken beerstein here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "I guess we already tried to install a doorknob?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick stein" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to jen), "no, we haven't" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw stein" | ||
Floyd | The broken beerstein is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in stein" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thorns" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get stein" | ||
Floyd | I really think you should reconsider. But it's up to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Nonsense. You can't go home yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "if it's up to me, what can't I take it?" | |
| jenrexrode says, "now that I lightened my load with the blanket and all" | ||
| DavidW says, "The game warned that if we take the stein, we'll never save the princess." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Path through Brambles
Floyd | Brambles bristle eight feet high on either side. They seem to give you
Floyd | a penetrating glare. The thorns have grudgingly pulled apart to make a
Floyd | narrow path leading north; one would think the curse would have
Floyd | included a post-Prince closure clause, but you're not complaining.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a broken beerstein here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "try it again, you'll probably die" | |
| jenrexrode says, "oh" | ||
| DavidW says, "or fail and lose the game." | ||
| DavidW says, "but yes, try." | ||
| DavidW says, "we need some new text to look at." | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get stein" | ||
Floyd | It really is up to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "save" | |
| DavidW says, "we saved earlier with the crocodile" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "get stein" | ||
Floyd | Okay, fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you seize your treasure, you feel your blood race. There's a whole
Floyd | castle in there. And everyone's asleep. Suddenly, the Princess and the
Floyd | repo giants are the last thing on your mind ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You are feeling
Floyd |
Floyd | acquisitive
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "huh" | |
| Stew says, "oh oh" | ||
| DavidW says, "wait. Are our feelings somehow important? Or blood cooled earlier." | ||
| DavidW says, "OUr blood" | ||
| Stew says, "oh dear" | ||
| Stew says, "i think we did this in the wrong order" | ||
| Stew says, "we were supposed to get the stein first" | ||
| Stew says, "even though the game gave every suggestion for us not to" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "so what does it change?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, I think if we took the stein, we'd never be able to let go of the blanket." | ||
| Stew says, "hmm" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think it changes us, what the game will let us do so to stay in character." | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "can we pull the rope?" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x stein" | ||
Floyd | The broken edge scratches you as you finger the thing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I doubt it." | |
| jenrexrode asks, "send that stein down instead?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill stein" | ||
Floyd | But there's no water here to carry.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd | Breathing heavily, you roll up the whole rug and get your shoulder
Floyd | under the thing. This is getting embarrassing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode exclaims, "huh!" | |
| DavidW says, "ah, we did change" | ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "x rug" | ||
Floyd | The rolled rug isn't quite so pretty now. And you rolled it so tight
Floyd | I'm not sure you're going to get it unrolled. In fact, don't bother.
Floyd | I'll pretend I don't know what you're saying.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "heh" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trusty rope and a laundry chute (in which is a faux
Floyd | brass lantern) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the laundry chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oversized teak chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | You grip a brocaded leg and pull, hard. What happens next is unclear;
Floyd | there's a sort of fabric explosion, and you find yourself flat on your
Floyd | back, smothered in pea green. When you disentangle yourself, you gape
Floyd | in awe at a pile that now dwarfs the duke-size bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd | You eagerly snatch the oversized teak chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode exclaims, "well we certainly got the new text!" | |
| DavidW says, "This is so weird." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | an oversized teak chest (which is open but empty)
Floyd | an oriental rug
Floyd | a broken beerstein
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open but empty)
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take guard" | ||
Floyd | I don't suppose the Castle Guard would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a gigantic pile of pantaloons and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" | ||
Floyd | You find pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in chest" | ||
Floyd | The oversized teak chest is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trusty rope and a laundry chute (in which is a faux
Floyd | brass lantern) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the laundry chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take insects" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jewels" | ||
Floyd | If only those jewelers didn't use such strong glue.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open western door" | ||
Floyd | A worthy thought. You widen the crack by one-sixteenth of an inch.
Floyd | Until you stop pushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "so strange" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give rug to boy" | ||
Floyd | Technically, he's asleep, and can't personally accept your gift.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd | What? Wait! You can't part with the oriental rug! What if you need it?
Floyd | You grab the oriental rug right back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sleeve to boy" | ||
Floyd | Technically, he's asleep, and can't personally accept your gift.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd | What? Wait! You can't part with the discarded sleeve! What if you need
Floyd | it? You grab the discarded sleeve right back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "yeah, we can't get rid of anything now." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | I know you're very excited about using the chest as a boat, and I
Floyd | don't want to minimize your accomplishment. However, I must point out
Floyd | that a teak chest is not exactly a seagoing freighter. If you're going
Floyd | to do this, may I recommend that you travel light?
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "as a boat? I ... hadn't thought of that." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rubble" | ||
Floyd | After a brief mental lapse, you remember that the pile is about seven
Floyd | feet high.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take gap" | ||
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put chest in moat" | ||
Floyd | The chest hits the water with a thundering splash. After two tense
Floyd | moments, it bobs up, rights itself, and begins to creep west with the
Floyd | invisible current.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | I know you're very excited about using the chest as a boat, and I
Floyd | don't want to minimize your accomplishment. However, I must point out
Floyd | that a teak chest is not exactly a seagoing freighter. If you're going
Floyd | to do this, may I recommend that you travel light?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, ";hooray" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop rug" | ||
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | What? Wait! You can't part with the oriental rug! What if you need it?
Floyd | You grab the oriental rug right back.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | Perhaps you're trying to enter the chest?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hmm" | |
| jenrexrode asks, "but we weren't able to get the chest before we got all grabby, right?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "That's correct. So maybe we did have to do stein first then the blanket?" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "oh, so it kinda cures us?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "maybe?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm guessing." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blanket" | ||
Floyd | That would be low, even for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open western window" | ||
Floyd | But the boy will get cold again!
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "We may have to start from the very beginning." | |
| jenrexrode says, "uh huh" | ||
| DavidW says, "To test it." | ||
| DavidW says, "Lemme see if the rug helps with the rubble at all first though" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rug on rubble" | ||
Floyd | Putting things on the pile of rubble would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cover rubble" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rug in gap" | ||
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Lemme restart. We can restore if we must." | |
| DavidW asks, "agreed?" | ||
| DavidW says, "(also it's 3am!)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart? | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | They call you Packrat, but in truth, you're an adventurer with a Floyd | discerning eye. After all, who're they sending to wake the Princess? Floyd | Many's the prince who didn't even try to penetrate the cursed brambles Floyd | about the castle, and though the thorns finally parted for some royal Floyd | pup from a faraway land, no one's heard a thing since. Floyd | Floyd | Worse, it's just come out that the King had time before going Floyd | unconscious to take out a hefty royal loan, and it's had twenty years Floyd | to accrue in default. The rumor is that the repo giants are on their Floyd | way. If someone doesn't wake up the Princess and the rest of the Floyd | royals pronto, the whole kingdom might come under new management. Who Floyd | better to send on a dangerous mission to a sleeping castle full of Floyd | unguarded loot than ... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Packrat Floyd | An adventurer with a discerning eye. Floyd | Floyd | Copyright 2007 by Bill Powell Floyd | [LINK] Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 070928 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S Floyd | Floyd | Path through Brambles Floyd | Brambles bristle eight feet high on either side. They seem to give you Floyd | a penetrating glare. The thorns have grudgingly pulled apart to make a Floyd | narrow path leading north; one would think the curse would have Floyd | included a post-Prince closure clause, but you're not complaining. Floyd | Floyd | You can see a broken beerstein here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode exclaims, "agreed!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take keys" | ||
Floyd | That was too easy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a laundry chute (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to lantern" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to handle" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chute" | ||
Floyd | An old laundry chute is embedded in the western wall. Though the
Floyd | wooden handle is mere maple, the design is subtly ostentatious;
Floyd | perhaps it's even been touched by the occasional nobleman.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to handle" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| jenrexrode says (to Floyd), "open chute" | ||
Floyd | You open the laundry chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pack" | ||
Floyd | You open the battered pack, revealing a faux brass lantern, a doorknob
Floyd | collection, a trusty rope, a discarded sleeve and a blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to lantern" | ||
Floyd | You tie the rope to the lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to handle" | ||
Floyd | You tie the rope to the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lantern in chute" | ||
Floyd | Your commemorative lantern plummets to certain destruction through the
Floyd | abandoned laundry chute...but the rope holds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the chute, you glimpse your lantern dangling in darkness. A
Floyd | swarm of insects attack it, and the light flickers and dances on the
Floyd | murky water below.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Path through Brambles
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a broken beerstein here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stein" | ||
Floyd | I know it's early on here, but I think it's time for a quick
Floyd | intervention. People don't call you the Packrat for nothing. Your pack
Floyd | is already full, and your cottage, and you're paying out a hefty pile
Floyd | of plate every month for two storage barns back home. You've been on
Floyd | plenty of adventures, and you always come home with a new pile of
Floyd | must-keep bizarro tools. The Great Cleansing and Yard Sale Gala never
Floyd | seems to come off. This is a big castle, and if you start off taking
Floyd | the beerstein, you're never going to find the Princess, let alone get
Floyd | out with your back intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | I really think you should reconsider. But it's up to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | It really is up to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | Okay, fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you seize your treasure, you feel your blood race. There's a whole
Floyd | castle in there. And everyone's asleep. Suddenly, the Princess and the
Floyd | repo giants are the last thing on your mind ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You are feeling
Floyd |
Floyd | acquisitive
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd | Breathing heavily, you roll up the whole rug and get your shoulder
Floyd | under the thing. This is getting embarrassing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trusty rope and a laundry chute (in which is a faux
Floyd | brass lantern) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You eagerly snatch the trusty rope.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the laundry chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oversized teak chest and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oversized teak chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pantaloons" | ||
Floyd | You grip a brocaded leg and pull, hard. What happens next is unclear;
Floyd | there's a sort of fabric explosion, and you find yourself flat on your
Floyd | back, smothered in pea green. When you disentangle yourself, you gape
Floyd | in awe at a pile that now dwarfs the duke-size bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the gigantic pile of pantaloons.
Floyd | You eagerly snatch the oversized teak chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trusty rope and a laundry chute (in which is a faux
Floyd | brass lantern) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the laundry chute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the grand staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the oaken table.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the painting of a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close western window" | ||
Floyd | The window sticks, but then it hasn't been shut in twenty years. You
Floyd | pull harder, and with a terrifying creak the thing slams shut. You
Floyd | wait to be trampled by an aristocratic horde...but no one wakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy looks warmer, but he still shivers.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give blanket to boy" | ||
Floyd | (first taking the blanket)
Floyd | Technically, he's asleep, and can't personally accept your gift.
Floyd |
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the high throne.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the western window.
Floyd | You vainly attempt to purloin the eastern window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put blanket on boy" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Look at you! You gave something away!
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, your blood cools. You didn't have to keep the horrid blanket
Floyd | after all. Someone's actually using it. And your pack's lighter. Lo
Floyd | and behold, you are feeling...
Floyd |
Floyd | content
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, what was all this about a princess?
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy stirs and nestles into his pink and plaid blanket. Now he is
Floyd | warm indeed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by twenty points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "yay" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop rug" | ||
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode exclaims, "woo hoo!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put chest in moat" | ||
Floyd | The chest hits the water with a thundering splash. After two tense
Floyd | moments, it bobs up, rights itself, and begins to creep west with the
Floyd | invisible current.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | I know you're very excited about using the chest as a boat, and I
Floyd | don't want to minimize your accomplishment. However, I must point out
Floyd | that a teak chest is not exactly a seagoing freighter. If you're going
Floyd | to do this, may I recommend that you travel light?
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a broken beerstein
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open)
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stein in pack" | ||
Floyd | You put the broken beerstein into the battered pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" | ||
Floyd | (first taking the battered pack off)
Floyd | You take off the battered pack.
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs out of sight. Perhaps it will return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "aw" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a battered pack (in which are a broken beerstein, a
Floyd | doorknob collection and a discarded sleeve) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | an oversized teak chest (which is open but empty)
Floyd | a broken beerstein
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open)
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stein in pack" | ||
Floyd | You put the broken beerstein into the battered pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" | ||
Floyd | (first taking the battered pack off)
Floyd | You take off the battered pack.
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put chest in moat" | ||
Floyd | The chest hits the water with a thundering splash. After two tense
Floyd | moments, it bobs up, rights itself, and begins to creep west with the
Floyd | invisible current.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | You dangle off the edge of the bridge, hesitate almost too long, and
Floyd | tumble into the bobbing chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The ill-favored water slinks beneath the decaying drawbridge. The
Floyd | massive stones of the castle are well-seasoned with grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "yay" | |
| DavidW says, "wow" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x castle" | ||
Floyd | Legend has it this castle was heaved into place by giants. Looking at
Floyd | the enormous stones of this wall, you can well believe it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The ill-favored water slinks beneath the decaying drawbridge. The
Floyd | massive stones of the castle are well-seasoned with grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You'll have to get out of the floating teak chest first.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The water greases past the blank wall of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | Here the moat turns north around the castle corner. This stretch was
Floyd | not designed with maneuverability in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | Now you head north along the western side of the castle. The murky
Floyd | water manages to reflect the glare of the setting sun. The monotony of
Floyd | the wall is broken by low grate, barely visible above the sludge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says, "yay" | jenrexrode says, "great grate" | |
| Stew says, "why don't we get points for that" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock grate with keys" | ||
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grate" | ||
Floyd | Not only are you too far away to reach the grate, but the bars are
Floyd | each about two inches around. And iron. And embedded in the wall of
Floyd | the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says, "oh we did" | Stew says, "oh we did" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grate" | ||
Floyd | The visible area of the grate extends about an inch above the water,
Floyd | and seven feet across. Thick iron bars form a grid of four-inch
Floyd | squares. Whatever lies on the far side, you can't it see from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The moat leisurely inches you around the northern side of the castle,
Floyd | luxuriating in the consistent blank stare of the wall. The northern
Floyd | side, you recall, is twice as thick as the others, for within lies the
Floyd | Great Hall; the High Throne backs up against this impregnable but
Floyd | visually soporofic wall. (A brief fad in fortress architecture,
Floyd | occasioned by a successful assassination attempt through a sub-par
Floyd | interior wall.) The royal bedroom is likely on this wall as well.
Floyd | Normally, a guard would be stationed on the roof far above, eagerly on
Floyd | the watch for an assault through two feet of stone. Now, of course,
Floyd | it's absurd to think that some archer is poised up there, about to
Floyd | pick you off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You squint up. Good. Nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're glad to get around to the eastern wall. Except a guard would be
Floyd | here too. Rats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The moat leisurely inches you around the northern side of the castle,
Floyd | luxuriating in the consistent blank stare of the wall. The northern
Floyd | side, you recall, is twice as thick as the others, for within lies the
Floyd | Great Hall; the High Throne backs up against this impregnable but
Floyd | visually soporofic wall. (A brief fad in fortress architecture,
Floyd | occasioned by a successful assassination attempt through a sub-par
Floyd | interior wall.) The royal bedroom is likely on this wall as well.
Floyd | Normally, a guard would be stationed on the roof far above, eagerly on
Floyd | the watch for an assault through two feet of stone. Now, of course,
Floyd | it's absurd to think that some archer is poised up there, about to
Floyd | pick you off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You squint up. Good. Nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're glad to get around to the eastern wall. Except a guard would be
Floyd | here too. Rats.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||
Floyd | Legend has it this castle was heaved into place by giants. Looking at
Floyd | the enormous stones of this wall, you can well believe it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | At last you reach the southern wall again. As you round the corner,
Floyd | you see a small landing carved into the stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "disembark" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on landing" | ||
Floyd | You hesitate, then crouch, then hesitate again, then thrust yourself
Floyd | from your craft. It's not your most graceful move, but you arrive at
Floyd | the landing unchewed. Your worthy chest bobs away to face the world
Floyd | alone. You're sad to see it go. Genuine teak.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | The landing is more like an alcove, perhaps five feet across. Stone
Floyd | surrounds you; above and below, on either side. You stand only six
Floyd | inches above the water. It must be some sort of maintenance entrance,
Floyd | as you couldn't see it from the drawbridge. A short tunnel leads north
Floyd | to a featureless door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't, since the featureless door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | You open the featureless door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Lounge
Floyd | An underground lounge. In stone. A featureless southern door leads
Floyd | outside, while the thick door to the west has the usual steel slab
Floyd | construction of the entrance to a dungeon. Though the lounge is
Floyd | Spartan, perhaps, in its furnishings, anyone this close to a dungeon
Floyd | without being a permanent resident is apt to feel a certain comfort. A
Floyd | metal staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | Once this was a select but sumptious library. Then came giants. Rubble
Floyd | spills through a huge hole in the western wall, blocking your path
Floyd | west. A three-foot gap opens onto the next room between the ceiling
Floyd | and what's left of the western wall. Books and bookcases are strewn
Floyd | about the marble like corpses. A staircase leads down into shadows;
Floyd | from the shattered remains nearby, you can see it used to be a secret.
Floyd | Darn giants!
Floyd |
Floyd | At least, you hope it was giants.
Floyd |
Floyd | And that they're long gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ah, the other side of the gap" | |
| jenrexrode says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x books" | ||
Floyd | You stand in a sea of violated vellum. You nearly weep.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet...your bibliophilic eye notes that the most famed and precious
Floyd | volumes of this inner sanctum of the kingdom's knowledge are nowhere
Floyd | to be found. Odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookcases" | ||
Floyd | Most of the bookcases are prone and shattered, but one stands upright
Floyd | against the eastern wall, near the staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move bookcase" | ||
Floyd | Seized with a sudden thirst for interior decorating, you put your
Floyd | shoulder to the one undamaged bookcase and push. Wow. The bookcase is
Floyd | solid oak. You manage to shove it against what's left of the western
Floyd | wall before collapsing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "that's our exit." | |
| jenrexrode says, "nice" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I think if we climb the bookcase we escape, but there's more downstairs to do first." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Lounge
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" | ||
Floyd | Packrat is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Lounge
Floyd | An underground lounge. In stone. A featureless southern door leads
Floyd | outside, while the thick door to the west has the usual steel slab
Floyd | construction of the entrance to a dungeon. Though the lounge is
Floyd | Spartan, perhaps, in its furnishings, anyone this close to a dungeon
Floyd | without being a permanent resident is apt to feel a certain comfort. A
Floyd | metal staircase leads up.
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, since the dungeon door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open dungeon door" | ||
Floyd | You brace yourself for the attack and open the door. Nothing. Not one
Floyd | cursed wing. You glimpse a faint light at the end of a hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "your lantern?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a nearly
Floyd | invisible light down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the
Floyd | south, and the dungeon door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "possibly" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cell door" | ||
Floyd | The bars are spaced just wide enough to fit a modest nose. That's what
Floyd | I call ventilation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look through bars" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cell door" | ||
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock it with keys" | ||
Floyd | You open the cell door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Stew says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cell door" | ||
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | The foul cell nearly chokes you with an ancient stench. There is no
Floyd | window. You can barely see the light glimmer through the bars to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a nearly
Floyd | invisible light down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the
Floyd | south, and the dungeon door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock cell door with keys" | ||
Floyd | You open the cell door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | The foul cell nearly chokes you with an ancient stench. There is no
Floyd | window. You can barely see the light glimmer through the bars to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a sleeping prisoner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x prisoner" | ||
Floyd | In the darkest corner of the cell sits a grizzled prisoner. You can
Floyd | barely make him out in the gloom, but you can see the glint of his
Floyd | manacles, and you can smell his stench. You've no idea what his crime
Floyd | was, but the king has a reputation for letting his nobles stash
Floyd | political undesirables in the royal dungeon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search prisoner" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "mmm, grizzled princess" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake prisoner" | ||
Floyd | That seems unnecessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x manacles" | ||
Floyd | The steel manacles bite cruelly into the prisoner's wrists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I want to see the 3rd cell before unlocking the manacles." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. To the south lies a
Floyd | cell door, to the east the hallway creeps into shadows. To the west, a
Floyd | light burns in a curious room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock cell door with keys" | ||
Floyd | You open the cell door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | The foul cell nearly chokes you with an ancient stench. There is no
Floyd | window. You can barely see the light glimmer through the bars to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. To the south lies a
Floyd | cell door, to the east the hallway creeps into shadows. To the west, a
Floyd | light burns in a curious room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground Laundry
Floyd | The familiar stench of the moat greets you as it slouches along
Floyd | through this underground laundry. A grate sits low in the water,
Floyd | letting in an inch-high bar of afternoon sun. East lies the dungeon,
Floyd | and a humble servant staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brass lantern hangs suspended from the ceiling, having come down
Floyd | in the world from a Featherby Commemorative Collectible to a killer
Floyd | buglight. The swarm of moths is so intent on the destruction of Sir
Floyd | Bellarmy that they fail to notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grate" | ||
Floyd | The visible area of the grate extends about an inch above the water,
Floyd | and seven feet across. Thick iron bars form a grid of four-inch
Floyd | squares. Whatever lies on the far side, you can't it see from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moths" | ||
Floyd | The killer moths eagerly attack your old lantern in a swarm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Scullery
Floyd | The scullery is kin to the dungeon below; a dank, wet cell for the
Floyd | dirty jobs like pot-scrubbing, animal gutting, and tax preparing.
Floyd | There is a servant staircase, and a swinging door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The plush kitchen is a wonderland of cherry cabinetry, marble
Floyd | countertops, and a bewildering assortment of cast-iron gadgets that
Floyd | only a king could afford. The enormous fireplace is big enough to
Floyd | roast a horse, and the pantry could store provisions for a small army.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a snoring cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "the cook!" | |
| Stew says (to Floyd), "x cook" | ||
Floyd | A well-nourished cook lies snoring on the floor. His bulk lies
Floyd | squarely against the eastern door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "not against the door!" | |
| DavidW asks, "Is this the door we couldn't open more than a crack?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gadgets" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pantry" | ||
Floyd | The pantry is taller than you are and wider than the cook snoring on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pantry" | ||
Floyd | What's this? On the topmost shelf you find a gargantuan chocolate
Floyd | cake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cake" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cake" | ||
Floyd | The pantry did have one remaining treasure. You give the cake a
Floyd | careful sniff. Rats. They must have used that newfangled sugar. You're
Floyd | torn between indulging your sweet tooth and keeping the rest of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "that takes the cake" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||
Floyd | A fine place to cook something, really. Like a whale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move cook" | ||
Floyd | With many a grunt, you manage to lever the man away just long enough
Floyd | to tug the door open. Then the Earth reasserts her rights, and he
Floyd | crashes back into the now-open door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The plush kitchen is a wonderland of cherry cabinetry, marble
Floyd | countertops, and a bewildering assortment of cast-iron gadgets that
Floyd | only a king could afford. The enormous fireplace is big enough to
Floyd | roast a horse, and the pantry could store provisions for a small army.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a snoring cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew does a dance | |
| Stew says, "yaaay" | ||
| DavidW asks, "so, hm. No princess; she must be upstairs. Do we free the prisoner?" | ||
| Stew says, "don't know" | ||
| DavidW says, "let's try to climb the bookcase; maybe that gets us to the upper floor." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Scullery
Floyd | The scullery is kin to the dungeon below; a dank, wet cell for the
Floyd | dirty jobs like pot-scrubbing, animal gutting, and tax preparing.
Floyd | There is a servant staircase, and a swinging door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground Laundry
Floyd | The familiar stench of the moat greets you as it slouches along
Floyd | through this underground laundry. A grate sits low in the water,
Floyd | letting in an inch-high bar of afternoon sun. East lies the dungeon,
Floyd | and a humble servant staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brass lantern hangs suspended from the ceiling, having come down
Floyd | in the world from a Featherby Commemorative Collectible to a killer
Floyd | buglight. The swarm of moths is so intent on the destruction of Sir
Floyd | Bellarmy that they fail to notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. To the south lies a
Floyd | cell door, to the east the hallway creeps into shadows. To the west, a
Floyd | light burns in a curious room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "um" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | The foul cell nearly chokes you with an ancient stench. There is no
Floyd | window. You can barely see the light glimmer through the bars to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a sleeping prisoner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | The foul cell nearly chokes you with an ancient stench. There is no
Floyd | window. You can barely see the light glimmer through the bars to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a sleeping prisoner here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "We can't seem to retrace our steps back to the library." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock manacles with keys" | ||
Floyd | You screw your courage to the sticking point, approach the prisnoner,
Floyd | and stick a key in the manacles. As you toss them aside, you get your
Floyd | first good look at ... what used to be ... his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's dead. Been dead. For awhile.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout and leap back, inadvertently knocking the corpse over. Not
Floyd | only does this displace a thriving insect community, but something
Floyd | comes loose and rolls ... through ... the decaying stomach out onto
Floyd | the stones.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a gigantic ruby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone hid a ruby in the belly of a dungeon corpse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wow. That has to be the grossest idea to cross your path in quite
Floyd | awhile. Hoo boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ruby" | ||
Floyd | The enormous ruby sparkles as if with its own light. You never knew a
Floyd | ruby could be the size of a football.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ruby" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in ruby" | ||
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | an enormous ruby
Floyd | a gargantuan chocolate cake
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I think we should get our pack back" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. By a faint light
Floyd | down the hall to the west you see a cell door to the south. The hall
Floyd | also creeps east into shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Hallway
Floyd | The dungeon hallway is slick with fetid moisture. To the south lies a
Floyd | cell door, to the east the hallway creeps into shadows. To the west, a
Floyd | light burns in a curious room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground Laundry
Floyd | The familiar stench of the moat greets you as it slouches along
Floyd | through this underground laundry. A grate sits low in the water,
Floyd | letting in an inch-high bar of afternoon sun. East lies the dungeon,
Floyd | and a humble servant staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brass lantern hangs suspended from the ceiling, having come down
Floyd | in the world from a Featherby Commemorative Collectible to a killer
Floyd | buglight. The swarm of moths is so intent on the destruction of Sir
Floyd | Bellarmy that they fail to notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Scullery
Floyd | The scullery is kin to the dungeon below; a dank, wet cell for the
Floyd | dirty jobs like pot-scrubbing, animal gutting, and tax preparing.
Floyd | There is a servant staircase, and a swinging door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The plush kitchen is a wonderland of cherry cabinetry, marble
Floyd | countertops, and a bewildering assortment of cast-iron gadgets that
Floyd | only a king could afford. The enormous fireplace is big enough to
Floyd | roast a horse, and the pantry could store provisions for a small army.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a snoring cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a battered pack (in which are a broken beerstein, a
Floyd | doorknob collection and a discarded sleeve) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack. wear it." | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | You put on the battered pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "nice" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open)
Floyd | a broken beerstein
Floyd | a doorknob collection
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd | an enormous ruby
Floyd | a gargantuan chocolate cake
Floyd | a keyring
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "um. Maybe we can rereach the library via the chest? It does circle around, supposedly." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait for chest" | ||
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chest" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | I know you're very excited about using the chest as a boat, and I
Floyd | don't want to minimize your accomplishment. However, I must point out
Floyd | that a teak chest is not exactly a seagoing freighter. If you're going
Floyd | to do this, may I recommend that you travel light?
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "oh damn. forgot the light part" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop all" | ||
Floyd | enormous ruby: Dropped.
Floyd | gargantuan chocolate cake: Dropped.
Floyd | keyring: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | I know you're very excited about using the chest as a boat, and I
Floyd | don't want to minimize your accomplishment. However, I must point out
Floyd | that a teak chest is not exactly a seagoing freighter. If you're going
Floyd | to do this, may I recommend that you travel light?
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs out of sight. Perhaps it will return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop pack" | ||
Floyd | (first taking the battered pack off)
Floyd | You take off the battered pack.
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x" | ||
Floyd | What do you want to examine?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter chest" | ||
Floyd | You dangle off the edge of the bridge, hesitate almost too long, and
Floyd | tumble into the bobbing chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The ill-favored water slinks beneath the decaying drawbridge. The
Floyd | massive stones of the castle are well-seasoned with grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The water greases past the blank wall of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | Here the moat turns north around the castle corner. This stretch was
Floyd | not designed with maneuverability in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | Now you head north along the western side of the castle. The murky
Floyd | water manages to reflect the glare of the setting sun. The monotony of
Floyd | the wall is broken by low grate, barely visible above the sludge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | The moat leisurely inches you around the northern side of the castle,
Floyd | luxuriating in the consistent blank stare of the wall. The northern
Floyd | side, you recall, is twice as thick as the others, for within lies the
Floyd | Great Hall; the High Throne backs up against this impregnable but
Floyd | visually soporofic wall. (A brief fad in fortress architecture,
Floyd | occasioned by a successful assassination attempt through a sub-par
Floyd | interior wall.) The royal bedroom is likely on this wall as well.
Floyd | Normally, a guard would be stationed on the roof far above, eagerly on
Floyd | the watch for an assault through two feet of stone. Now, of course,
Floyd | it's absurd to think that some archer is poised up there, about to
Floyd | pick you off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You squint up. Good. Nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're glad to get around to the eastern wall. Except a guard would be
Floyd | here too. Rats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs on ...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat (in the floating teak chest)
Floyd | At last you reach the southern wall again. As you round the corner,
Floyd | you see a small landing carved into the stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | You get out of the floating teak chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat
Floyd | At last you reach the southern wall again. As you round the corner,
Floyd | you see a small landing carved into the stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a floating teak chest (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter landing" | ||
Floyd | You hesitate, then crouch, then hesitate again, then thrust yourself
Floyd | from your craft. It's not your most graceful move, but you arrive at
Floyd | the landing unchewed. Your worthy chest bobs away to face the world
Floyd | alone. You're sad to see it go. Genuine teak.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing
Floyd | The landing is more like an alcove, perhaps five feet across. Stone
Floyd | surrounds you; above and below, on either side. You stand only six
Floyd | inches above the water. It must be some sort of maintenance entrance,
Floyd | as you couldn't see it from the drawbridge. A short tunnel leads north
Floyd | to a featureless door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Lounge
Floyd | An underground lounge. In stone. A featureless southern door leads
Floyd | outside, while the thick door to the west has the usual steel slab
Floyd | construction of the entrance to a dungeon. Though the lounge is
Floyd | Spartan, perhaps, in its furnishings, anyone this close to a dungeon
Floyd | without being a permanent resident is apt to feel a certain comfort. A
Floyd | metal staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | Once this was a select but sumptious library. Then came giants. Rubble
Floyd | spills through a huge hole in the western wall, blocking your path
Floyd | west. A three-foot gap opens onto the next room between the ceiling
Floyd | and what's left of the western wall. Books and bookcases are strewn
Floyd | about the marble like corpses. A staircase leads down into shadows;
Floyd | from the shattered remains nearby, you can see it used to be a secret.
Floyd | Darn giants!
Floyd |
Floyd | At least, you hope it was giants.
Floyd |
Floyd | And that they're long gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb bookcase" | ||
Floyd | You climb the bookcase like a ladder, crawl through the western gap,
Floyd | and tumble down the pile, narrowly missing the jagged edge of the
Floyd | bronze polo tank. Well. That wasn't so bad. But you won't be going
Floyd | back up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Games Room
Floyd | Here the nobility were wont to amuse themselves with diversions such
Floyd | as billiards, indoor badminton, and indoor water polo. Unfortunately,
Floyd | a bored giant has swooped all this, as well as a portion of the
Floyd | eastern wall, into a pile of rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. Points, but no getting to the 2nd floor." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | If there ever was a door, it's behind that rubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Nate arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookcase" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "but not supposed to, right?" | |
| Gunther hollers, "HELLO TO YOU TOO NATE" | jenrexrode says, "man" | |
| DavidW says, "well, I wasn't sure. The staircase that ought to go upstairs is here." | ||
| Nate disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| Nate arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Drawbridge
Floyd | The drawbridge is rather in need of repair. To the north, the castle
Floyd | sits sleepily in the orange afternoon sun. To the south, shadows
Floyd | nearly hide the path through the brambles.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a battered pack (in which are a broken beerstein, a
Floyd | doorknob collection and a discarded sleeve), a keyring, a gargantuan
Floyd | chocolate cake and an enormous ruby here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||
Floyd | battered pack: Taken.
Floyd | keyring: Taken.
Floyd | gargantuan chocolate cake: Taken.
Floyd | enormous ruby: Taken.
Floyd | crocodiles: That's hardly portable.
Floyd | moat: That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear pack" | ||
Floyd | You put on the battered pack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ruby and keys and cake in pack" | ||
Floyd | enormous ruby: Done.
Floyd | keyring: Done.
Floyd | gargantuan chocolate cake: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I suggest finding something to do with the cake. Eat it, put it on the dining table, give it to the moths." | |
| Gunther arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | DavidW asks, "Or even to the crocodiles?" | |
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| Gunther says, "there you go" | ||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| Nate has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | DavidW says, "Apparently we've confused the mudders." | |
| Nate says, "it's an outrage! There are GAMES on this MUD!" | ||
| Nate says, "next there will be, I don't know, Werewolf or something" | ||
| DavidW says, "We'll have to talk about news stories that Angela Merkel was in or something." | ||
| Nate says, "now I have the feeling I'm missing something" | ||
| Nate arrives, full of fun, but no funk. | DavidW says, "She was, of course, mentioned in the World Cup results. And in a story involving US spies." | |
| Nate says, "too bad, if she didn't invade Gaza or crash a Malaysian jet she's out of the news cycle for at least 24 hours" | ||
| jenrexrode asks, "and the Nazi suhb?" | ||
| Gunther arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||
| Gunther says, "ok, we can't just keep going back and forth for pithy one-liners." | ||
| Gunther has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat cake" | ||
Floyd | (first taking the gargantuan chocolate cake)
Floyd | Hmm. Teeth are rather expensive. And you've grown so attached to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | When you get home, you'll have Aunt Urba bake you a big fat honey
Floyd | cake. How does that sound?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Nate says, "hee hee" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | I really wouldn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | It's been said that sugar is a drug: refine poppy seeds, you get
Floyd | opium, refine beets, you get sugar. You decide this isn't true, and
Floyd | cut yourself a huge slice. You are then mysteriously compelled to eat
Floyd | the entire cake. As the buzz floods your blood, you collapse beside
Floyd | the snoring cook, and wait for the blues to hit...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have eaten an entire chocolate cake. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 60 out of a possible 100, in 212 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of Flea Market Groupie.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Nate says, "that seems like a win to me" | ||
| Stew says, "funny way to dire" | DavidW says, "okay, eating the cake was a losing ending." | |
| Stew says, "funny way to die" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to crocodiles" | ||
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cake on table" | ||
Floyd | You need to be holding the gargantuan chocolate cake before you can
Floyd | put it on top of something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cake" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cake on table" | ||
Floyd | Putting things on the oaken table would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to parasites" | ||
Floyd | Don't encourage them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: north end
Floyd | Here the table ends humbly at the High Throne, on which are seated the
Floyd | unconscious monarchs.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a western window, an eastern window and a kitchen boy
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to monarchs" | ||
Floyd | If you're feeling loyal to the royals, why don't you go home and pay
Floyd | your taxes?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "even with all the bugs, I can see why this game is in Floyd's library" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to boy" | ||
Floyd | Technically, he's asleep, and can't personally accept your gift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode exclaims, "take my cake, please!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The plush kitchen is a wonderland of cherry cabinetry, marble
Floyd | countertops, and a bewildering assortment of cast-iron gadgets that
Floyd | only a king could afford. The enormous fireplace is big enough to
Floyd | roast a horse, and the pantry could store provisions for a small army.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a snoring cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to cook" | ||
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake cook" | ||
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Scullery
Floyd | The scullery is kin to the dungeon below; a dank, wet cell for the
Floyd | dirty jobs like pot-scrubbing, animal gutting, and tax preparing.
Floyd | There is a servant staircase, and a swinging door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Underground Laundry
Floyd | The familiar stench of the moat greets you as it slouches along
Floyd | through this underground laundry. A grate sits low in the water,
Floyd | letting in an inch-high bar of afternoon sun. East lies the dungeon,
Floyd | and a humble servant staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brass lantern hangs suspended from the ceiling, having come down
Floyd | in the world from a Featherby Commemorative Collectible to a killer
Floyd | buglight. The swarm of moths is so intent on the destruction of Sir
Floyd | Bellarmy that they fail to notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to moths" | ||
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "hm. No one wants this cake." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | The stone floor abruptly ends, and the moat begins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "i missed the guard?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Scullery
Floyd | The scullery is kin to the dungeon below; a dank, wet cell for the
Floyd | dirty jobs like pot-scrubbing, animal gutting, and tax preparing.
Floyd | There is a servant staircase, and a swinging door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "sorry, I didn't try him" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The plush kitchen is a wonderland of cherry cabinetry, marble
Floyd | countertops, and a bewildering assortment of cast-iron gadgets that
Floyd | only a king could afford. The enormous fireplace is big enough to
Floyd | roast a horse, and the pantry could store provisions for a small army.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a snoring cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trusty rope and a laundry chute (in which is a faux
Floyd | brass lantern) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Room
Floyd | This guest room has suffered at the hands of a single-minded
Floyd | decorator. Someone in this castle is fond of teal. That's clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a floating teak chest (which is empty), a gigantic pile of
Floyd | pantaloons and a Castle Guard here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode asks, "huh?" | |
| DavidW says, "weird to get the chest message here" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "that's a bit of a bug" | ||
| DavidW says, "somewhat" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to guard" | ||
Floyd | The Castle Guard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cake" | ||
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs out of sight. Perhaps it will return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "haha" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd | You have so far scored 60 out of a possible 100, in 233 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Flea Market Groupie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||
Floyd | You have so far scored 60 out of a possible 100, in 233 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Flea Market Groupie.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 for conquering your clutterlust (at least once)
Floyd | 10 for warming a fellow worker
Floyd | 10 for sailing the high seas in a worthy teak chest
Floyd | 10 for avoiding the rubble of life by climbing the ladder of
Floyd | knowledge
Floyd | 10 for putting your Featherby Commemorative Lantern to good use
Floyd | 10 for freeing an imprisoned corpse
Floyd |
Floyd | 60 total (out of 100)
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW asks, "If we can't use the cake, can we use the ruby? Or deal with the vestibule staircase?" | |
| DavidW asks, "or does the servant stairs go up further?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chest bobs in the foul water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | More Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | The hall ends here. You can go east down the hallway or south into
Floyd | another guest room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trusty rope and a laundry chute (in which is a faux
Floyd | brass lantern) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | Ah, the rope is still tied to the handle. You drop the rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intimidating Hallway
Floyd | You've never seen a hall inlaid with mother-of-pearl before. The hall
Floyd | continues west, the Vestibule lies east, and a sumptuous guest room
Floyd | lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Vestibule
Floyd | Even though strewn with autumn leaves, rat droppings, and six
Floyd | varieties of moss, the Vestibule evokes awe. The fine oriental rug
Floyd | will command respect when de-mushroomed, and the Grand Staircase nobly
Floyd | awaits repair. Still, it's a shame they left the door open. You can
Floyd | go north to the Great Hall, south through the open portcullis to the
Floyd | drawbridge, east through an imposing door or west to an intimidating
Floyd | hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Great Hall: south end
Floyd | The Great Hall yawns before you, a gargantuan indoor plain. Around an
Floyd | acre or so of oaken table sleeps a cornucopia of noblemen, noblewomen,
Floyd | and their attendant parasites. You can try to go in almost any
Floyd | direction, but your gaze is irresistably drawn north to the high
Floyd | throne.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The plush kitchen is a wonderland of cherry cabinetry, marble
Floyd | countertops, and a bewildering assortment of cast-iron gadgets that
Floyd | only a king could afford. The enormous fireplace is big enough to
Floyd | roast a horse, and the pantry could store provisions for a small army.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a snoring cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Scullery
Floyd | The scullery is kin to the dungeon below; a dank, wet cell for the
Floyd | dirty jobs like pot-scrubbing, animal gutting, and tax preparing.
Floyd | There is a servant staircase, and a swinging door to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | As you climb the stairs, you hear a strange snuffling and creaking and
Floyd | grunting. Rather like a very, very large creature. Close.
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | Once, these venerable shelves were probably packed with useful
Floyd | treasures. Now the place is a disaster area, another wasteland of
Floyd | rotting junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sounds are much louder now. And you notice that what used to be a
Floyd | door to the east is now a huge hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I see. The stairs DOES go higher. The sneaks." | |
| Stew says, "save" | ||
| Stew says, "there may be a giant" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "I bet it likes cake" | |
| DavidW says, "I think we give cake to the giant whatever." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cake in hole" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" | ||
Floyd | It's rotting. Stay focused.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" | ||
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Storage Room
Floyd | Once, these venerable shelves were probably packed with useful
Floyd | treasures. Now the place is a disaster area, another wasteland of
Floyd | rotting junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Royal Lounge/Dragon Nest
Floyd | Here the royal family can rest undisturbed by the rabble, the
Floyd | parasites, and the debt collectors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Or could. Until a dragon moved in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you can barely see the lounge for the mess of his hoard. The way
Floyd | west is a complete disaster, as is the way south, where hang the upper
Floyd | remains of the Grand Staircase. But to the north, the door to the
Floyd | royal bedroom shines almost untouched.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a greedy dragon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dragon" | ||
Floyd | You never dreamed a creature could be so foul. Rolls of fat billow
Floyd | under clanking scales as the thing wallows in its hoard. Technically,
Floyd | this is a "moderate" sized dragon. "Only" about eight feet tall, it
Floyd | couldn't actually swallow you whole, but its triple rows of teeth look
Floyd | up to the challenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Its stench soaks the air, and a continuous draft of smoke leaks out
Floyd | its nostrils. Claws scrape over the treasure as it takes each piece in
Floyd | its teeth and carefully sets it in a particular pile. It's sorting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "ah, a greedy dragon to relieve us of our worldly posessions" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x treasure" | ||
Floyd | The dragon has had a discerning eye. Jewels the size of your fist, the
Floyd | choicest books from the library, the most delicate pastries you've
Floyd | ever seen: it's taken the best of the best. Admittedly, its motor
Floyd | skills are less than could be desired, and the eclairs are somewhat
Floyd | splattered over the one extant copy of the Chronicles of Miv. Still,
Floyd | it is many years' work of many lives that lies beneath this wyrm.
Floyd |
Floyd | You think of the jewel-encrusted doors downstairs, and the genuine
Floyd | Mushentwaddle. This dragon isn't done here yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | You can't, since the royal bedroom door is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open royal door" | ||
Floyd | I don't think the dragon would like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dragon" | ||
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dragon about dragon" | ||
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to dragon" | ||
Floyd | Judging from the hunk of fudge dangling from its lip, the dragon might
Floyd | appreciate your gift very much. But sugar alone isn't going to kill
Floyd | this thing that fast. And besides, you might not want to get it in
Floyd | into an eating mood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put doorknobs in cake" | ||
Floyd | You need to be holding the doorknob collection before you can put it
Floyd | into something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I didn't see anything poisonous." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take knobs" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put knobs in cake" | ||
Floyd | Why would you try to stick the doorknob collection into this nice
Floyd | chocolate cake?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "okay" | |
| DavidW says, "okay, we're meant to put *something* into this cake." | ||
| Stew says, "indeed" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | You are carrying: Floyd | a doorknob collection Floyd | a gargantuan chocolate cake Floyd | a battered pack (being worn and open) Floyd | a keyring | jenrexrode says, ";agreed" | |
Floyd | an enormous ruby
Floyd | a broken beerstein
Floyd | a discarded sleeve
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "there's a sharp edge on that stein" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stein in cake" | ||
Floyd | You need to be holding the broken beerstein before you can put it into
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stein" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stein in cake" | ||
Floyd | Why would you try to stick the broken beerstein into this nice
Floyd | chocolate cake?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "nope" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ruby" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ruby in cake" | ||
Floyd | Seized with an obscure artistic impulse, you carefully insert the
Floyd | jewel into the chocolate cake. With some judicious finger-spreading,
Floyd | the frosting soon conceals the ruby within a still gorgeous, if a bit
Floyd | convex, chocolate cake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "ehehehehe" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cake to dragon" | ||
Floyd | The dragon's eyes burn with greed, and he devours the cake in half a
Floyd | bite. He impales you with a hungry glare--
Floyd |
Floyd | --then chokes.
Floyd |
Floyd | And gasps and thrashes and keens.
Floyd |
Floyd | And crashes to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by ten points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "yay" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search treasure" | ||
Floyd | Amazingly, much as you'd like to try to move a 500-pound chocolate
Floyd | spattered dragon corpse, alone, you're even more interested in finding
Floyd | the princess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| jenrexrode says, "hey, we're motivated" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open royal door" | ||
Floyd | You open the royal bedroom door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Royal Bedroom
Floyd | You stand in the inner sanctum of your kingdom. The dragon never got
Floyd | this far. Magnificent furniture stands in a perfect arrangement, an
Floyd | ethereal harmony, a still moment in a great dance around the Royal
Floyd | Bed. It seems untouched in the setting sun, exactly as it must have
Floyd | lain twenty years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a spinning wheel, a sleeping prince, a crown and a
Floyd | sleeping Princess here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "yeah" | |
| Stew says, "good saving instinct" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, a 2-for. A princess and a prince." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" | ||
Floyd | The spinning wheel looks deceptively ordinary. Who moved it here,
Floyd | anyway? The fairy? It's hard to believe the princess even wanted to
Floyd | touch the thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although ... it does have a certain attraction ...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x prince" | ||
Floyd | You don't recognize the Prince, but you're not exactly a court
Floyd | regular. He is draped across an end table, his crown askew, snoring
Floyd | ... with one fist clutching the cursed spinning wheel. Oh. So. That
Floyd | would explain things, wouldn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" | ||
Floyd | The crown of the prince gleams with emeralds. It looks just your size.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x princess" | ||
Floyd | She lies before you ageless and beautiful, her yellow gown draped in
Floyd | graceful folds, as if she had just this minute fallen asleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "we better kiss the princess quick" | |
| Stew says, "before the wheel gets us" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I think we nab the crown and wear it?" | ||
| Stew says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crown" | ||
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||
Floyd | You put on the crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake princess" | ||
Floyd | That seems unnecessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss princess" | ||
Floyd | Are you sure? You are wearing the prince's crown. But surely you would
Floyd | have to tell her the truth sometime. Wouldn't you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "no we wouldn'y" | |
| Stew says, "no we wouldn't" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss princess" | ||
Floyd | With another man's crown glittering on your forehead, you shove the
Floyd | Prince aside and give the Princess a rather brusque kiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | She awakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes alight on your crown. "A prince!" she coos.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ...It turns out that behind one of those locked doors in the Great
Floyd | Hall lies more than enough money to pay off the kingdom's debts. The
Floyd | sight thereof (and the awakened Royal Army) are enough to satisfy the
Floyd | repo giants of the royal good faith.
Floyd |
Floyd | More importantly, and to the chagrin of the creditors, the Royal
Floyd | Lawyers had the foresight to insert an "enchantment clause" into the
Floyd | loans. Any "qualifying event" put the loans into deferment for a
Floyd | period of up to ... twenty years, at which time the lost interest
Floyd | would be calculated for the entire period. The deferment period had
Floyd | been set to end next week.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the unexpected loss of twenty years of fifteen percent interest
Floyd | on a government loan, the creditors experience their own financial
Floyd | difficulties, and receive the salutary experience of usury from the
Floyd | other end.
Floyd |
Floyd | As neither the failed Prince nor the embarrassed King are particularly
Floyd | anxious to make your true status known, the papers are quickly drawn
Floyd | up and you are retroactively declared a Prince. No one tells the
Floyd | Princess, who gleefully marries you. After all, you're a prince. On
Floyd | your honeymoon, she confides that her one great fear has always been
Floyd | that she might accidentally marry a commoner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your relationship gets rocky. And life as a prince, while well-fed,
Floyd | involves a great deal more business meetings and obligatory foxhunts
Floyd | than you would have thought. At last, during an argument, you let the
Floyd | truth slip. Things get ugly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fortunately, the King hears of a new scheme by the desperate creditors
Floyd | and their repo giants which would destroy Miv once and for all, and he
Floyd | knows just which "prince" to send. The situation requires the utmost
Floyd | discretion, and you prepare to leave in secret. The night you leave, a
Floyd | hooded figure appears at your side ... your wife.
Floyd |
Floyd | Usurers, giants, and a good chance of a painful death. It might be
Floyd | just what your marriage needs.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | to be continued (perhaps) in...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Princess and the Packrat
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 80 out of a possible 100, in 272 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of Prince (sort of)
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusing" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you try...
Floyd | - taking that beerstein anyway?
Floyd | - trying to drop the beerstein?
Floyd | - meditating on the true meaning of Srotide, Miv, and Caesm?
Floyd | - taking the guard's insignia?
Floyd | - or the pantaloons?
Floyd | - touching the throne?
Floyd | - examining the staircase in the Dungeon Lounge?
Floyd | - locking the manacles?
Floyd | - pushing the cook? more than once?
Floyd | - ignoring sage advice, e.g., about eating the cake?
Floyd | - or searching the storage room?
Floyd | - or feeding the dragon the cake sans ruby?
Floyd | - kissing the princess with (or without) the crown?
Floyd | - going to your local thrift store and buying everything?
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "Srotide is Editors backwards." | |
| DavidW says, "well, it's just after 4am. I hope we're done." | ||
| Stew says, "we're 20 points short" | ||
| Stew says, "have to do it all over again" | ||
| Stew says, "just kidding" | ||
| DavidW says, "(also, how the heck were we supposed to think of MEDITATE in this game?)" | ||
| DavidW says, "or maybe he means the player, not the PC, should meditate." | ||
| Stew says, "hold on one second" | ||
| DavidW says, "yessss" | ||
| Stew says, "I just want to see what happens if we kiss the princess without the crown on" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "okay" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | Royal Bedroom
Floyd | You stand in the inner sanctum of your kingdom. The dragon never got
Floyd | this far. Magnificent furniture stands in a perfect arrangement, an
Floyd | ethereal harmony, a still moment in a great dance around the Royal
Floyd | Bed. It seems untouched in the setting sun, exactly as it must have
Floyd | lain twenty years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a spinning wheel, a sleeping prince, a crown and a
Floyd | sleeping Princess here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss princess" | ||
Floyd | Are you sure? You're not really a prince, you know. But perhaps she
Floyd | needn't know...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | Packrat they call you, a humble adventurer, but you have come many a
Floyd | weary mile and braved many a hardship for your Princess and your
Floyd | people, and if that not be enough to wake the maiden, no crown of gold
Floyd | will suffice. You bow and place one light kiss on her lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | She awakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes alight on your face. She smiles...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ...It turns out that behind one of those locked doors in the Great
Floyd | Hall lies more than enough money to pay off the kingdom's debts. The
Floyd | sight thereof (and the awakened Royal Army) are enough to satisfy the
Floyd | repo giants of the royal good faith.
Floyd |
Floyd | More importantly, and to the chagrin of the creditors, the Royal
Floyd | Lawyers had the foresight to insert an "enchantment clause" into the
Floyd | loans. Any "qualifying event" put the loans into deferment for a
Floyd | period of up to ... twenty years, at which time the lost interest
Floyd | would be calculated for the entire period. The deferment period had
Floyd | been set to end next week.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the unexpected loss of twenty years of fifteen percent interest
Floyd | on a government loan, the creditors experience their own financial
Floyd | difficulties, and receive the salutary experience of usury from the
Floyd | other end.
Floyd |
Floyd | The King offers you the hand of his daughter in marriage, but you're
Floyd | not one to press your advantage. Fortunately, you don't have to. When
Floyd | the King hears of a new scheme by the desperate creditors and their
Floyd | repo giants which would destroy Miv once and for all, he knows just
Floyd | which humble adventurer to send. And as the Princess refuses to be
Floyd | parted from you ... and as the situation requires the utmost
Floyd | discretion, and a royal escort is out of the question ... and as it
Floyd | would be unthinkable for the Princess to travel in private with any
Floyd | man besides her husband ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | to be continued (perhaps) in...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Princess and the Packrat
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 100 out of a possible 100, in 266 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of Hero.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ah. Full points for being honest there." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "full score" | ||
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 100 out of a possible 100, in 266 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of Hero.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score was made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 for conquering your clutterlust (at least once)
Floyd | 10 for warming a fellow worker
Floyd | 10 for sailing the high seas in a worthy teak chest
Floyd | 10 for avoiding the rubble of life by climbing the ladder of
Floyd | knowledge
Floyd | 10 for putting your Featherby Commemorative Lantern to good use
Floyd | 10 for freeing an imprisoned corpse
Floyd | 10 for slaying a dragon
Floyd | 10 for awakening the Princess
Floyd | 20 for being no wearer of a stolen crown, and thus, in truth, more
Floyd | Prince than Packrat
Floyd |
Floyd | 100 total (out of 100)
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, see some suggestions for AMUSING
Floyd | things to do or QUIT?
Floyd | >
| Stew says, "yay!" | |
| Stew says, "honesty is the best policy" | ||
| DavidW says, "good thinking" | ||
| jenrexrode says, "sweet" | ||
| Stew says, "so now I have an urge to contact Bill Powell" | ||
| jenrexrode has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Stew says, "and tell him in the future, please make use of betatesting for your excellent games" | |
