Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
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Floyd | [pausing to show unread error message]

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Floyd | [The game has detected that you are using a version of the "Nitfol"
Floyd | interpreter, or a display with a width less than 22 characters. The
Floyd | statusline, menu bar, and "pretty-printing" of menus have been disabled
Floyd | to improve performance under this screen model. These features can be
Floyd | re-enabled as described in the manual.]
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Floyd |
Floyd | The indicator light switches from blue to green. The thought occurs to
Floyd | you that this is an exceptionally bad color choice for someone who,
Floyd | like you, suffers from a mild genetic deficit in the color perception
Floyd | department. However, you've been around long enough to be familiar with
Floyd | the change in hue that indicates clearance for a StreamDive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your elation is such that it takes you a few seconds to respond to the
Floyd | indicator -- a critical error, though not a fatal one. You touch the
Floyd | control, and are further pleased to find that your mission hasn't been
Floyd | scrapped due to your moment of indecision. The full text of your
Floyd | mission description appears on the display...
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME
Floyd | TrenchCoatSoft Interactive Fiction: An INFRARED Interactive Exploration
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2001 by L. Ross Raszewski. Explorer Type.
Floyd | Type "MANUAL" for instructions and important compatability information.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 010924 / Inform v 6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Prep Room
Floyd | Though it isn't in any technical sense "your" office, this is the room
Floyd | where you spend the majority of your duty shifts. Here, you do
Floyd | background research, monitor incoming messages from Divers in the
Floyd | field, and hope that one of your mission proposals will be accepted. On
Floyd | the rare occasions, like now, that you are cleared for a dive, this
Floyd | room serves as a place to equip and make last-minute preparations. The
Floyd | exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The display monitor stands against one wall, your mission description
Floyd | visible on its screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an equipment locker (closed) here.
Floyd |
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Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
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Floyd |                                                         MOMENTS OUT OF
Floyd | TIME                           Explorer Type/Version 1
Floyd | by                              L. Ross Raszewski
Floyd | Game Manual
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 1 Compatibility Issues
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses version 6 of the Z-Machine. Because support for this
Floyd | format is limited, you may experience some problems in playing this
Floyd | game. The author believes that this game works best using the MS-DOS
Floyd | and Linux versions of the "Frotz" interpreter by Stefan Jokisch. Users
Floyd | of MS-DOS may find that the '-d1' option gives the optimal display. Of
Floyd | course, the game should function on any compliant Z6 interpreter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some versions of the WinFrotz interpreter contain a bug which makes the
Floyd | menu display incorrectly. If you experience difficulties, the command
Floyd | 'WINFROTZ' will enable a workaround to improve the display quality.
Floyd |
Floyd | If the menu at the bottom of your screen still does not draw correctly,
Floyd | it can be disabled via the "MENU OFF" command.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game supports Blorb sound effects. Sound effects are included in a
Floyd | separate file, which may not be included with this distribution. To
Floyd | hear sound on a supporting interpreter, you will need to obtain a copy
Floyd | of the Blorb resource file for this game and make it available to your
Floyd | interpreter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please encourage interpreter authors to provide better support for
Floyd | version 6 games and Blorb.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 2 Table of Contents
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
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Floyd |      Overview...........................................3
Floyd |      Communicating with Interactive Fiction.............4
Floyd |      Basic Inform Commands..............................6
Floyd |      Inform Meta-Commands...............................7
Floyd |      Moments out of Time Special Commands...............9
Floyd |      Disambiguation Prompt..............................10
Floyd |      Navigating Menus...................................11
Floyd |      The StreamDive Console.............................13
Floyd |      Some Recognized Verbs..............................14
Floyd |      Terms of Distribution..............................15
Floyd |      Influences.........................................16
Floyd |      Credits............................................17

Floyd |
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 3 Overview
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interactive fiction" is a story in which you play the main character.
Floyd | It is your own thinking and actions that determines the progress of the
Floyd | story.
Floyd | Works of interactive fiction, such as MOMENTS OUT OF TIME present a
Floyd | series of objects: rooms, items and tools, with which you can interact.
Floyd | In any location, it is usually a good idea to become familiar with your
Floyd | surroundings by exploring nearby rooms and take careful notice of the
Floyd | room descriptions.
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME differs from many works of Interactive Fiction in
Floyd | its style; you will not find your progress brought to an impasse by a
Floyd | puzzle, nor will you be able to interact with other characters. Though
Floyd | you can influence your surroundings through your interaction with
Floyd | objects, your primary objective in this game is to explore your
Floyd | environment, and gather knowledge. There is a story behind MOMENTS OUT
Floyd | OF TIME, but your goal is to discover this story, rather than create
Floyd | it.
Floyd | Because the nature of this game is extremely open-ended, you may
Floyd | experience difficulty in assessing your progress. For this reason,
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME keeps a numerical score. This score reflects an
Floyd | estimation made by the player character on your performance. This score
Floyd | does not, however, necessarily determine the results of the final
Floyd | evaluation of your performance. A perfect score is not necessary to
Floyd | complete the game, and indeed may not be possible, but by noting
Floyd | actions which increase your score, you may be able to direct your
Floyd | efforts.

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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 4 Communicating with Interactive Fiction
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | If you are not familiar with Interactive fiction, please read this
Floyd | section
Floyd |
Floyd | In Interactive Fiction, you type commands in plain English at each
Floyd | prompt (>). Most sentences that the game understands are imperatives.
Floyd | To move around, you can give long commands such WALK or GO NORTH, or
Floyd | simply type the direction. Directions can also be abbreviated:
Floyd |
Floyd | NORTH               N
Floyd | SOUTH               S
Floyd | EAST                E
Floyd | WEST                W
Floyd | NORTHEAST           NE
Floyd | NORTHWEST           NW
Floyd | SOUTHEAST           SE
Floyd | SOUTHWEST           SW
Floyd | UP                  U
Floyd | DOWN                D
Floyd |

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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 5 Communicating with Interactive Fiction
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many kinds of sentences that Inform understands. Here are
Floyd | some examples:
Floyd | >WALK NORTH
Floyd | >WEST
Floyd | >TAKE ONION
Floyd | >READ ABOUT GRUES
Floyd | >PUT THE RUSTY KEY IN THE CARDBOARD BOX
Floyd | You can use multiple objects with some verbs if you separate them with
Floyd | the word "AND" or a comma. You can put several inputs on a line if you
Floyd | separate them by the word "THEN" or a period:
Floyd | >TAKE THE BOOK, THE SPOON AND THE FROG. DROP THE FOOD THEN READ THE
Floyd | BOOK.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can specify all the objects in room with you by typing "ALL":
Floyd | >TAKE ALL
Floyd | >TAKE ALL THE TOOLS
Floyd | >DROP ALL EXCEPT THE JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also use the pronouns "HIM", "HER", and "IT" to refer to the
Floyd | last object you referred to.

Floyd | Commands are not case sensitive, and may be in upper or lower case.
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 6 Basic Inform Commands
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | These are some of the most common commands for this game.
Floyd | LOOK (L)- One of the most useful verbs in the game. Alone, "LOOK"
Floyd | prints a description of your current location. You can also look at,
Floyd | in, under, or behind an object.
Floyd | EXAMINE (X)- looks at an object.
Floyd | SEARCH - Perform a visual search of an object from your current vantage
Floyd | point. If all angles of an object are not easily visible, you may need
Floyd | to look UNDER or BEHIND it.
Floyd | TAKE (GET)- You can attempt to "TAKE" any object in the game. If the
Floyd | object can be moved, it will be added to your inventory.
Floyd | INVENTORY (I)- This will list everything you are carrying or wearing.
Floyd | You may specify whether you want the inventory to be given in a "tall"
Floyd | format (one object listed underneath another), or a "wide" format
Floyd | (objects listed side by side). This game defaults to "TALL".
Floyd | WAIT (Z)- Because Inform waits for a command to advance the story, you
Floyd | could leave your computer, go out, take a bath, catch a game on the TV,
Floyd | eat a meal, play a quick game of DOOM, and return to find that no time
Floyd | has passed in the story. You can use "WAIT" to make time pass in the
Floyd | story without doing anything.

Floyd | "WAIT" normally waits a single turn-cycle. You may also indicate that
Floyd | you wish to wait for a specified number of turns to pass, or "WAIT
Floyd | UNTIL" a specified time. If anything interesting happens while you are
Floyd | waiting, you will be given a chance to cut short your period of
Floyd | passivity.
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 7 Inform Meta-Commands
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | There are certain "special" commands Inform understands. These commands
Floyd | are addressed to the computer rather than the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | SAVE - This stores your current position in the game. You can later
Floyd | return to this position through the RESTORE command.
Floyd | RESTORE - Restores a previously saved game.
Floyd | BRIEF - This command instructs the game to print a full description of
Floyd | a room only the first time you enter it. On subsequent visits, only the
Floyd | room name and objects in it will be listed.
Floyd | SUPERBRIEF - This command tells the game not to print room descriptions
Floyd | even if you haven't been there before. It is intended primarily for
Floyd | those already familiar with the game.
Floyd | VERBOSE - In VERBOSE mode, the full room description is printed each
Floyd | time you enter it. This game begins in VERBOSE mode.
Floyd | QUIT (Q)- This lets you stop playing. If you want to save your
Floyd | position, you must first use the SAVE command.
Floyd | RESTART - This stops the game and starts it over from the beginning.
Floyd | VERIFY - This command verifies that the game file has not been
Floyd | corrupted.

Floyd | SCORE - This shows your character's estimate of of your progress
Floyd | through the game.
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 8 Inform Meta-Commands
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | SCRIPT - Depending on your interpreter, a transcript of the story can
Floyd | be sent to either a printer or a file. "SCRIPT ON", or just "SCRIPT"
Floyd | begins the transcript, while "SCRIPT OFF" or "UNSCRIPT" ends the
Floyd | transcript.
Floyd | PRONOUNS - This command displays the current assignment of the pronouns
Floyd | "him", "her", and "it".
Floyd | VERSION - Shows the serial number and release number of the story.
Floyd | PRETTY - Depending on your computer and interpreter, some of the
Floyd | semi-graphical features of this game may not look right. The internal
Floyd | "PRETTY" settings may be changed by issuing the commands "PRETTY ON"
Floyd | and "PRETTY OFF". On its own, PRETTY will toggle the current pretty
Floyd | state.
Floyd | NOTIFY - Normally, you are not informed of changes in your progress
Floyd | rating. The command NOTIFY ON tells the game to print messages whenever
Floyd | this occurs. NOTIFY OFF causes these messages not to be printed. On its
Floyd | own, NOTIFY will toggle the current status.
Floyd | AGAIN (G) - This will exactly repeat the last command entered.

Floyd | OOPS - If you accidentally mistype a word, and the game returns an
Floyd | error such as "I don't understand the word...", you can correct the
Floyd | error by typing OOPS followed by the corrected word.
Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 9 Moments out of Time Special Commands
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | FOOTNOTE - Occasionally, the text will mention the existence of a
Floyd | footnote. To read the footnote, type FOOTNOTE, followed by the footnote
Floyd | number. This will not count as a turn.
Floyd |
Floyd | MANUAL - This will call up the on-line instruction manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | SETUP - Launches the interactive setup menu.
Floyd |
Floyd | STATUSBAR - Toggles printing of the statusline.
Floyd |
Floyd | SOUND - Some versions of this game include sound effects. If your
Floyd | interpreter supports sound, these effects will be played at various
Floyd | points in the game. "SOUND OFF" will disable sound, and "SOUND ON" will
Floyd | re-enable it. "SOUND UP" and "SOUND DOWN" can be used to alter the
Floyd | volume of sound effects. Because some interpreters may deal with sounds
Floyd | poorly, the game begins with sound effects disabled.
Floyd | Sounds are provided purely as an added bonus for the player, and are in
Floyd | no way important to completing the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | WINFROTZ - This command will toggle WinFrotz compatability mode to
Floyd | improve the display on versions of the interpreter which contain a V6
Floyd | display bug.
Floyd |
Floyd | [ - This "command" is ignored by the game. You can use it to make
Floyd | notes, which will appear in the game transcript:
Floyd | >[ Examine the wine bottle more closely later

Floyd |
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 10 Disambiguation Prompt
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | It is possible that the game may, at times, be unsure as to which of
Floyd | several possible items you are referring, and will present a prompt
Floyd | such as:
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the red ball or the blue ball?
Floyd |
Floyd | In such cases, you may type additional words to clarify, or, if you
Floyd | prefer, type the number of the object you actually meant (in the above
Floyd | example, a response of `1` would be taken to mean the red ball, and `2`
Floyd | to mean the blue one.
Floyd |

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Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 11 Navigating Menus
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME features an interactive run-time menu which is
Floyd | normally displayed across the bottom of the screen. If your interpreter
Floyd | supports the use of function keys, pressing the F1 key will activate
Floyd | the menu, which can be navigated via the arrow keys. Pressing F2 will
Floyd | activate the top-level menu, and the keys F3-F12 will activate
Floyd | selections from the top-level menu. The following commands affect the
Floyd | menu:
Floyd | MENU: Activate the current menu (F1)
Floyd | MENU OFF: If your interpreter does not properly support the menu line,
Floyd | or you prefer not to see it, you can disable the menu with this
Floyd | command.
Floyd | MENU ON: Enables the menu
Floyd | MENU TOP: Activate the menu and return to the top level
Floyd | MENU BIND: Toggles the binding of hotkeys F3-F12 from the top menu to
Floyd | the current menu
Floyd | MENU ADD COMMAND x: The menu system is customizable in two ways. You
Floyd | may add a "command", which will be executed exactly as if it were typed
Floyd | at the prompt
Floyd | MENU ADD WORD x: You may also add a "word" to the custom menu. When
Floyd | selected, the word will be inserted into the current line of input.
Floyd |
Floyd | The top-level menu has the following options:
Floyd | GAME: Game meta-commands
Floyd | VERBS: Common verbs
Floyd | COMPASS: Navigation
Floyd | INVENTORY: Items in your possession. Selecting an item will insert it
Floyd | in the input line
Floyd | LOCATION: A list of obvious items in the area
Floyd | CONSOLE: The chips in your StreamDive console
Floyd | CUSTOM: Items you have added to the menu

Floyd |
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 12 Navigating Menus
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | In some places, MOMENTS OUT OF TIME will present you with a full or
Floyd | partial-screen menu of options. Use the keys N and P to move the >
Floyd | pointer between options. Press <ENTER> to select an option. Press Q
Floyd | from the menu screen to quit from the menu system.
Floyd |

Floyd | If your interpreter supports them, the up and down arrow keys may be
Floyd | used to navigate the menu, and the <ESCAPE> key to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 13 The StreamDive Console
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the key pieces of equipment carried by your character in this
Floyd | game is the "StreamDive Console". The StreamDive console serves a wide
Floyd | variety of functions, and it will be impossible to satisfactorily
Floyd | complete the game without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The StreamDive console's many functions are accessed by using
Floyd | StreamDive chips. In terms of the game, these functions are realized as
Floyd | a set of verbs provided by each chip. When a chip is in place, its
Floyd | commands are available as normal game verbs, but when the chip is not
Floyd | in place, the parser will treat the verbs as unknown.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large number of StreamDive chips will be available to you, but the
Floyd | StreamDive console is only capable of holding five chips, so you will
Floyd | have to carefully choose those chips which provide the functionality
Floyd | you want. Each chip will open up certain avenues of exploration, but
Floyd | the restriction on the number of chips means that other areas will
Floyd | remain closed.

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Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 14 Some Recognized Verbs
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | These are only some of the verbs that MOMENTS OUT OF TIME understands.
Floyd | There are many more. Remember, you can use a variety of prepositions
Floyd | with most verbs.
Floyd |
Floyd |  LOOK   TAKE    STAND   PUT     DROP    GIVE    SWITCH
Floyd |  GO     INV     OPEN    CLOSE   ENTER   SIT     UNLOCK
Floyd |  EXIT   EXAMINE YES     NO      SEARCH  TURN    WAIT

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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 15 Terms of Distribution
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | This game was created for the 2001 rec.arts.int-fiction Interactive
Floyd | Fiction Competition. Permission is given to distribute this version of
Floyd | this game on any compilation of the games from the IF-competition, or
Floyd | of the IF-archive at ifarchive.org.
Floyd |
Floyd | Permission is also given to redistribute this game electronically
Floyd | UNALTERED via the internet. Distributors are encouraged, but not
Floyd | required, to make the Blorb sound resources for this game available,
Floyd | either separately, or as a package with the game code file.
Floyd | Distributors are reminded that this game requires a separate Z-code
Floyd | interpreter, and those wishing to distribute this game packaged with an
Floyd | interpreter must abide by the terms of distribution for the
Floyd | interpreter; this information applies only to the game code module
Floyd | (moments.z6) and its Blorb sound resources (moments.blb)
Floyd |
Floyd | The author requests that he be informed if this game is publicly
Floyd | distributed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Permission is not given to publish this game or sell it for profit,
Floyd | except as part of a compilation of games from the IF-competition.
Floyd | Persons wishing to do so must contact the author first.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is released free of charge, and as such there is no warranty.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 16 Influences
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | No work is created in a vacuum. The following sources were influential
Floyd | in the formation of this game:
Floyd |
Floyd | Games:
Floyd | The Journeyman Project series, by Presto Studios
Floyd | The Gabriel Knight series, by Sierra On-Line
Floyd | A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Infocom
Floyd | Shivers, by Sierra On-Line
Floyd | Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, by ICOM
Floyd | Babel, by Ian Finley
Floyd | Books:
Floyd | Cybermen, by David Banks
Floyd | Films:
Floyd | Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino
Floyd | The Virgin Suicides, directed by Sofia Coppela
Floyd | The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer

Floyd |
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Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 17 Credits
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Written and implemented by L. Ross Raszewski (rraszews@hotmail.com)
Floyd | The Inform language was created by Graham Nelson
Floyd | The Z-machine format was created by Infocom, inc.
Floyd | V6lib was written by Jason C. Penney
Floyd | Alpha-phase testing by W.M. Wellman and Nate Cull
Floyd | Beta-phase testing by Nate Cull, Dan Shiovitz and Matthew A. Murray
Floyd | Z6 Technical assistance by Jason C. Penney
Floyd | "Departing" (Moments Out of Time Main Title Theme) by Imperius
Floyd | Special thanks to the denizens to ifMud (ifmud.port4000.com) and of
Floyd | rec.arts.int-fiction
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME is a version 6 Z-code game as defined by the
Floyd | Specification of the Z-Machine, revision 1.0
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is a work of fiction. All persons, places and events herein
Floyd | are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons or places living
Floyd | or dead is purely coincidental.
Floyd |
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2001 by L. Ross Raszewski/TrenchCoatSoft Interactive.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---MOMENTS OUT OF TIME - Game Manual---
Floyd | Page: 17 Credits
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Written and implemented by L. Ross Raszewski (rraszews@hotmail.com)
Floyd | The Inform language was created by Graham Nelson
Floyd | The Z-machine format was created by Infocom, inc.
Floyd | V6lib was written by Jason C. Penney
Floyd | Alpha-phase testing by W.M. Wellman and Nate Cull
Floyd | Beta-phase testing by Nate Cull, Dan Shiovitz and Matthew A. Murray
Floyd | Z6 Technical assistance by Jason C. Penney
Floyd | "Departing" (Moments Out of Time Main Title Theme) by Imperius
Floyd | Special thanks to the denizens to ifMud (ifmud.port4000.com) and of
Floyd | rec.arts.int-fiction
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME is a version 6 Z-code game as defined by the
Floyd | Specification of the Z-Machine, revision 1.0
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is a work of fiction. All persons, places and events herein
Floyd | are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons or places living
Floyd | or dead is purely coincidental.
Floyd |
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2001 by L. Ross Raszewski/TrenchCoatSoft Interactive.
Floyd |

Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Prep Room
Floyd | Though it isn't in any technical sense "your" office, this is the room
Floyd | where you spend the majority of your duty shifts. Here, you do
Floyd | background research, monitor incoming messages from Divers in the
Floyd | field, and hope that one of your mission proposals will be accepted. On
Floyd | the rare occasions, like now, that you are cleared for a dive, this
Floyd | room serves as a place to equip and make last-minute preparations. The
Floyd | exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The display monitor stands against one wall, your mission description
Floyd | visible on its screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an equipment locker (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Maximum verbosity.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Prep Room
Floyd | Though it isn't in any technical sense "your" office, this is the room
Floyd | where you spend the majority of your duty shifts. Here, you do
Floyd | background research, monitor incoming messages from Divers in the
Floyd | field, and hope that one of your mission proposals will be accepted. On
Floyd | the rare occasions, like now, that you are cleared for a dive, this
Floyd | room serves as a place to equip and make last-minute preparations. The
Floyd | exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The display monitor stands against one wall, your mission description
Floyd | visible on its screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an equipment locker (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Mission Parameters
Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Alpha Tango-678
Floyd | FYEO
Floyd |
Floyd | Clearance granted for immediate StreamDive. Target is local grid
Floyd | reference 0x1549. Temporal Reference 785278.7 UDC. We will be in phase
Floyd | for StreamDive at 865741.3 UDC. Dive duration not to exceed .5 units
Floyd | UDC (12 hours local time). Stream Capacitance field will be set for
Floyd | auto-recall at this time.
Floyd | Research unit indicates high levels of stream distortion in this zone,
Floyd | indicating that premature extraction may not be possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mission Summary: The purpose of your StreamDive is historical research.
Floyd | We have isolated an evacuated area to minimize potential corruption.
Floyd | You are to record all findings, but avoid direct contact with any
Floyd | inhabitants. Records from this zone are fragmentary, so any documents
Floyd | of historical interest should be added to your DataStore.
Floyd |
Floyd | *WARNING*
Floyd | Due to ambient radiation levels, wideband recall will not be available.
Floyd | Since StreamDive instruments are shielded against EMP effects, lost
Floyd | components may be recoverable after destruction of the local grid
Floyd | section. For this reason, level 1b restrictions are in effect for the
Floyd | duration of this dive.
Floyd |
Floyd | PLEASE REVIEW STREAMDIVER MANUAL BEFORE COMMENCING DIVE.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The translucent glass-fronted equipment locker contains all the
Floyd | standard StreamDive equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You can't see inside, since the equipment locker is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You open the equipment locker, revealing your StreamDive console, a
Floyd | cloaking device, an autokey, a stream visualizer, a probe and a chip
Floyd | bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | StreamDive console: Removed.
Floyd | cloaking device: Removed.
Floyd | autokey: Removed.
Floyd | stream visualizer: Removed.
Floyd | probe: Removed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Your StreamDive console is a small display device designed to provide
Floyd | you with relevant information about the current dive, and allow access
Floyd | to key StreamDive facilities [Footnote 1]. These facilities are made
Floyd | available by adding chips to its five-slot chiprack. The chiprack
Floyd | currently contains no chips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [Footnote 1]
Floyd | Adding a chip to the console makes certain verbs available which access
Floyd | the chip's functions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are carrying a probe, a stream visualizer, an autokey, a cloaking
Floyd | device and your StreamDive console (which is empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A telepresence probe unit. When activated, it operates as a fly-by-wire
Floyd | system which may allow the user access to areas too small to allow
Floyd | access.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The stream visualizer is a de-focused temporal display. It scans
Floyd | backwards through the local timestream, correlating the results with
Floyd | the information in the DataStore. When the button is pushed, generates
Floyd | a hologram based on the results of its scan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | An electronic lockpick. It incorporates a small scanner and a force
Floyd | field generator. Using highly precise force field manipulation, it can
Floyd | be used as a universal key for almost any lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A standard-issue cloaking device. Operating along similar principles to
Floyd | the StreamDive device itself, it causes all photons entering the field
Floyd | to be instantly transported to the far side of the field as if they had
Floyd | passed straight through it, with the net result being that anything
Floyd | within the field is nearly invisible. The relocation effect causes
Floyd | "ghost" photons to be emitted by the inside of the field, allowing any
Floyd | person inside it to see his surroundings with a minimum of visual
Floyd | distortion. The device's battery is currently charged to 100 percent.
Floyd | The cloaking device is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are carrying a probe, a stream visualizer, an autokey, a cloaking
Floyd | device and your StreamDive console (which is empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Prep Room
Floyd | Though it isn't in any technical sense "your" office, this is the room
Floyd | where you spend the majority of your duty shifts. Here, you do
Floyd | background research, monitor incoming messages from Divers in the
Floyd | field, and hope that one of your mission proposals will be accepted. On
Floyd | the rare occasions, like now, that you are cleared for a dive, this
Floyd | room serves as a place to equip and make last-minute preparations. The
Floyd | exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The display monitor stands against one wall, your mission description
Floyd | visible on its screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an equipment locker (in which is a chip bank (in which
Floyd | are ten chips (a dive chip, a DataStore chip, a map chip, a library
Floyd | chip, an artificial intuition chip, a cryptography chip, a scan chip, a
Floyd | blank chip, an interface chip and a shield chip))) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This StreamDive chip is blank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip provides an interface to the console's sensor functions.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  SCAN -- Perform a detailed scan of the area
Floyd |  SCAN X -- Scan an object
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip allows interface between the console and any known electronic
Floyd | device or electronic storage medium.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  INTERFACE X -- Interface console with device
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | dive chip: Taken.
Floyd | DataStore chip: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | DataStore chip: This chip stores data from your dive, storing any
Floyd | relevant documents for later review.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  DOCUMENTS -- Recall stored documents
Floyd | dive chip: This is the fundamental chip for the StreamDive console. It
Floyd | allows control of the temporal displacement functions.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  RECALL -- Discharge StreamDive capacitors for instant recall
Floyd |  STATUS -- Display status of Dive system
Floyd |  TIMESCAN -- Scan local timestream
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A small section of the locker contains slots for holding StreamDive
Floyd | chips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | In the chip bank are eight chips (a map chip, a library chip, an
Floyd | artificial intuition chip, a cryptography chip, a scan chip, a blank
Floyd | chip, an interface chip and a shield chip).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip provides real-time mapping of your current dive location.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  MAP -- Display map
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip contains a library of data, tailored to your current mission
Floyd | parameters.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  RESEARCH X -- Search library for given term
Floyd |  BROWSE -- Display relevant entries
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip provides an interface to the console's sensor functions.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  SCAN -- Perform a detailed scan of the area
Floyd |  SCAN X -- Scan an object
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | In the chip bank are eight chips (a map chip, a library chip, an
Floyd | artificial intuition chip, a cryptography chip, a scan chip, a blank
Floyd | chip, an interface chip and a shield chip).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip contains the algorithms for all known cryptographic systems,
Floyd | as well as a heuristic to deal with unknown ciphers. Its function is to
Floyd | decipher encrypted or obfuscated text, or to render text into the most
Floyd | appropriate encrypted or obfuscated form.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  ENCODE X -- Render input into appropriate ciphertext
Floyd |  DECODE X -- Decipher input
Floyd |  ANALYZE X -- Apply heuristics to input and display results
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip contains the experimental "Artificial Intuition" chip. Its
Floyd | function is to evaluate the current situation and recommend a course of
Floyd | action.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  HINT -- Recommend action
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This chip uses the StreamDive capacitors to generate an impenetrable
Floyd | temporal energy barrier around the user for defensive purposes. Using
Floyd | this function drains energy from the dive capacitors, reducing the
Floyd | remaining duration of the dive.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  SHIELD ON -- Activate the shield
Floyd |  SHIELD OFF -- Deactivate the shield.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The chip bank is part of the cabinet's interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | map chip: Taken.
Floyd | library chip: Taken.
Floyd | artificial intuition chip: Taken.
Floyd | cryptography chip: Taken.
Floyd | scan chip: Taken.
Floyd | blank chip: Taken.
Floyd | interface chip: Taken.
Floyd | shield chip: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Which do you mean, the dive chip or the StreamDive console?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the dive chip into the StreamDive console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are carrying nine chips (a shield chip, an interface chip, a blank
Floyd | chip, a scan chip, a cryptography chip, an artificial intuition chip, a
Floyd | library chip, a map chip and a DataStore chip), a probe, a stream
Floyd | visualizer, an autokey, a cloaking device and your StreamDive console,
Floyd | inside which is a dive chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the DataStore chip into the StreamDive console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the library chip into the StreamDive console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the scan chip into the StreamDive console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the interface chip into the StreamDive console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Your StreamDive console is a small display device designed to provide
Floyd | you with relevant information about the current dive, and allow access
Floyd | to key StreamDive facilities [Footnote 1]. These facilities are made
Floyd | available by adding chips to its five-slot chiprack. The chiprack
Floyd | currently contains five chips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This is the fundamental chip for the StreamDive console. It allows
Floyd | control of the temporal displacement functions.
Floyd | Commands Provided:
Floyd |  RECALL -- Discharge StreamDive capacitors for instant recall
Floyd |  STATUS -- Display status of Dive system
Floyd |  TIMESCAN -- Scan local timestream
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Prep Room
Floyd | Though it isn't in any technical sense "your" office, this is the room
Floyd | where you spend the majority of your duty shifts. Here, you do
Floyd | background research, monitor incoming messages from Divers in the
Floyd | field, and hope that one of your mission proposals will be accepted. On
Floyd | the rare occasions, like now, that you are cleared for a dive, this
Floyd | room serves as a place to equip and make last-minute preparations. The
Floyd | exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The display monitor stands against one wall, your mission description
Floyd | visible on its screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an equipment locker (in which is a chip bank (empty))
Floyd | here.
Floyd | A voice issues from the console. "StreamDiver Alpha Tango-678, please
Floyd | report for preDive examination."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Your mission parameters were quite specific. You can only take one
Floyd | piece of equipment other than your StreamDive console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are carrying five chips (a shield chip, a blank chip, a
Floyd | cryptography chip, an artificial intuition chip and a map chip), a
Floyd | probe, a stream visualizer, an autokey, a cloaking device and your
Floyd | StreamDive console, inside which are five chips (an interface chip, a
Floyd | scan chip, a library chip, a DataStore chip and a dive chip).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | shield chip: Done.
Floyd | blank chip: Done.
Floyd | cryptography chip: Done.
Floyd | artificial intuition chip: Done.
Floyd | map chip: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The stream visualizer is a de-focused temporal display. It scans
Floyd | backwards through the local timestream, correlating the results with
Floyd | the information in the DataStore. When the button is pushed, generates
Floyd | a hologram based on the results of its scan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | probe: Done.
Floyd | stream visualizer: Done.
Floyd | cloaking device: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [Once you leave this area, you will be unable to return. Are you
Floyd | certain that you are ready?]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You walk out of the Prep Room, down the long corridor, and into the
Floyd | Dive section. A number of sensors verify that you are carrying no
Floyd | contraband, and make a detailed record of your relevant bio-data, which
Floyd | is compared to your records to ensure that you are indeed the person
Floyd | scheduled for this dive. From your training, you know that this record
Floyd | will be compared again when you emerge, to ensure that nothing
Floyd | important about your physiology has altered during the dive. The only
Floyd | visible sign of it is a faint play of laser-light over your body.
Floyd |
Floyd | Satisfied, an unseen operator opens the door into the next chamber,
Floyd | where a flash of laser-light, radiation, and sickly-sweet aerosol
Floyd | renders you free of micro-organisms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are allowed to move on only after placing your hand in an
Floyd | indentation by the next door, where ultrasonic "needles" inject you
Floyd | with the requisite immunity boosters, which always gives you the
Floyd | pleasant feeling of being, at least temporarily, totally impregnable to
Floyd | disease.
Floyd |
Floyd | One more room, and anticipation would increase your heart-rate enough
Floyd | that a sensor might declare you medically unfit for duty. Fortunately,
Floyd | this room is the last.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDive Core
Floyd | You stand in the core of the StreamDive Temporal Relocation Unit. Far
Floyd | below you, an artificial singularity waits to propel you backward in
Floyd | history. The room itself is a huge dome, totally black, but lit from an
Floyd | unseeable source. There is always gooseflesh on your arms when you
Floyd | stand in this room. It is not a friendly room, not a relaxed room. This
Floyd | is a room that knows the seriousness of its function. It is far larger
Floyd | than anything it would ever hold, but its size is a necessity of the
Floyd | design. The constant, low hum of the massive generators that power the
Floyd | time machine is inaudible only here. The room feels like another world
Floyd | itself, neither part of the present nor the past.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's all in the hands of the folks upstairs now...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | In what?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | A voice materializes from nowhere in particular. "StreamDiver Alpha
Floyd | Tango-678, StreamDive will commence in thirty seconds. Good luck, and
Floyd | Godspeed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd | The floor fades to transparency. There is a brilliant point of light
Floyd | somewhere far below you. Scanning beams trace over your body. Below
Floyd | you, a perfect mirror image of yourself fades into existence, your
Floyd | avatar. You have a sinking feeling as your avatar falls toward the
Floyd | light. Just as you were trained, you roll back on the balls of your
Floyd | feet and close your eyes. In your head, you count to six. Deep down
Floyd | there, your avatar enters the event horizon of the artificial
Floyd | singularity. As always, you have the disconcerting sensation of
Floyd | falling...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pain is gone before you feel it. You want to open your eyes, but
Floyd | you know better. Even if you survived the experience, your sanity would
Floyd | not. You wait for the sensation of falling to end.
Floyd |
Floyd | It does.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait for your perception of local timespace to return.
Floyd |
Floyd | It does.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | In the days before all food could be prepared by an automated
Floyd | processing unit, the kitchen was often considered the center of family
Floyd | life. This kitchen is decorated in a country style that was archaic
Floyd | even when it was built. Woodgrain paneling and prominently displayed
Floyd | kitchenwares give the room a rustic look. The stove, refrigerator and
Floyd | other appliances have a more modern look, but clashing with the
Floyd | predominant style is kept to a minimum. Heavier items and food supplies
Floyd | are kept in the pantry to the west, while archways lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the refrigerator door are a report card and a receipt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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Floyd | PRODUCE               SB   9.34
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Floyd | AP XS CH COL               9.72
Floyd | POLISH SAUS               10.21
Floyd | 1DOZ EGG                   8.35
Floyd | FLNK STK                  18.22
Floyd | PRD WHOLE CHKN            12.77
Floyd | FC BREAD                   1.94
Floyd | COKE 2LTR          6      18.06
Floyd | MTN SPR WTR 1GAL   4      12.44
Floyd | TT DONUT                   4.33
Floyd | MARLB MEN UL CRT          52.00
Floyd | AA BATT 12PK              16.32
Floyd | CP SOUP            5  SB  10.35
Floyd | APL JCE                    5.10
Floyd | MX TMPN 30                 6.77
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Floyd |
Floyd | VALUED CUSTOMER 1191388732
Floyd |
Floyd | SB FW TOWELL 6PK           2.20-
Floyd | SB PRODUCE                 1.21-
Floyd | SB CP SOUP                 1.00-
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Floyd | AUTH OK
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd | Authentication verified by DAVS
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd | You save more at FoodWorks every
Floyd | day!
Floyd |
Floyd | [The document "Grocery Receipt" has been added to your DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A grade report has been affixed to the refrigerator door:
Floyd | Donald Woods High School
Floyd | Interim Grade Report
Floyd |
Floyd | Term: Spring
Floyd | Name: Stephen James Wallace
Floyd | Grade: 10
Floyd |
Floyd | Class: Calculus        Instructor: Nelson    Grade: 99
Floyd | Class: Journalism Tech Instructor: Kryzac    Grade: 100
Floyd | Class: English II      Instructor: Celsius   Grade: 89
Floyd | Class: AP Physics      Instructor: Cornell   Grade: 98
Floyd |
Floyd | Please report any errors to guidance office immediately.
Floyd | This is an interim grade report. Official grades will be available at
Floyd | end of semester.
Floyd | [The document "Report Card" has been added to your DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You open the refrigerator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | On the refrigerator door are a report card and a receipt.
Floyd | The refrigerator is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You close the refrigerator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The contemporary incarnation of the fundamental cooking device. It has
Floyd | evolved somewhat from classical cast-iron-box-with-fire-inside, and
Floyd | features a range top with heating elements, and an interior compartment
Floyd | for other cooking. Of course, it lacks any real food-preparation
Floyd | abilities, such as laser-guided rehydration and instantaneous thermal
Floyd | induction, but it sufficed for the people of this era.
Floyd | The stove is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | No relevant entry found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Stephen James Wallace
Floyd | Pioneer in human-computer neural interfaces and neural cybernetics.
Floyd | During the wars of the twentieth century, his familiarity with the
Floyd | internal workings of the human brain led to his being pressed into
Floyd | service as a neurosurgeon. After the wars, he applied his considerable
Floyd | computer skills to building brain implant devices which could restore
Floyd | brain function lost due to injury or illness. He received the Nobel
Floyd | Prize in 2086 for his work with stroke and brain cancer victims. Such
Floyd | modern inventions as the neural navigation interface and the artificial
Floyd | voice box owe much in their design to his work.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Source: Great Minds in Science, the Twenty-First Century
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | No relevant entry found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner reveals nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | BROWSE
Floyd | Press the number of your selection, 1-2, 0 to redisplay or Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1     Historical Period: ca 865600-866300 UDC
Floyd | 2     Stephen James Wallace
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Historical Period: ca 865600-866300 UDC
Floyd | Historical Period: ca 865600-866300 UDC
Floyd | Possibly the darkest period in recent history, this period contains the
Floyd | last and largest of the intercontinental wars. Several Middle Eastern
Floyd | nations formed a military alliance, and began imposing expansionist
Floyd | policies on neighboring countries. When the United States threatened to
Floyd | cut off trade relations with these countries, the formed a lucrative
Floyd | trade alliance with China. Because during this period, industrialized
Floyd | nations were still highly dependent on fossil fuel, an alliance of
Floyd | western nations declared war on China and the Arabic alliance. Tactical
Floyd | nuclear warheads were used by both sides, resulting in the near-total
Floyd | annihilation of many US-sympathetic countries in southeast Asia. Though
Floyd | US nuclear weapons were unable to breach Chinese countermeasures,
Floyd | several Chinese nuclear missiles did penetrate the US defensive system,
Floyd | obliterating a number of cities. The war was finally ended when the
Floyd | massive space station Kennedy crashed to Earth near the Chinese
Floyd | capital. The resulting explosion killed over two billion people,
Floyd | forcing the Chinese government to capitulate. However, widespread
Floyd | environmental and war damage left the entire world badly crippled.
Floyd | Reconstruction would take much of the next century, and the extensive
Floyd | costs of rebuilding the damaged world forced the beginning of
Floyd | governmental alliances that would eventually lead to a United Earth
Floyd | Government.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission occurs during the opening of the nuclear phase of the war.
Floyd | At 785278.83 UDC, a missile launched from China will exploit the breach
Floyd | in the US missile shield. Nine hours later, its course will be diverted
Floyd | away from Washington, DC to avoid US countermeasures. It will narrowly
Floyd | miss a secondary target, several miles from your Dive site, at 865741.8
Floyd | UDC.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Source: Zanxq's Brief Guide to Human Civilizations, vol. 72
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Space Station Kennedy
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please press SPACE.]

Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | BROWSE
Floyd | Press the number of your selection, 1-3, 0 to redisplay or Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1     Historical Period: ca 865600-866300 UDC
Floyd | 2     Space Station Kennedy
Floyd | 3     Stephen James Wallace
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Space Station Kennedy
Floyd | Space Station Kennedy
Floyd | The first orbital platform intended for permanent occupation, Space
Floyd | Station Kennedy was assembled in Earth orbit in the second quarter of
Floyd | the twenty-first century. Compared with earlier projects, Kennedy was
Floyd | ambitious; it contained living facilities for twenty-five families,
Floyd | and, unlike earlier space stations, its primary function was not
Floyd | scientific, but industrial. Methods of zero-gravity production which
Floyd | had previously been tested on earlier space missions were implemented
Floyd | on a grand scale. It was also the first space vehicle to be equipped
Floyd | with a synthetic gravity system. After two decades of service, the
Floyd | station was badly damaged during the intercontinental war of the mid
Floyd | twenty-first century. Its crew were not able to prevent a forced
Floyd | re-entry, and chose to direct the crashing space station to a heavily
Floyd | inhabited area of China. Everyone aboard the station was killed in the
Floyd | resulting explosion, which also resulted in severe environmental
Floyd | catastrophes in Asia, prompting the end of the war.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Source: The Space Pioneers, vol. 9
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please press SPACE.]

Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | BROWSE
Floyd | Press the number of your selection, 1-3, 0 to redisplay or Q to quit.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1     Historical Period: ca 865600-866300 UDC
Floyd | 2     Space Station Kennedy
Floyd | 3     Stephen James Wallace
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | In the days before all food could be prepared by an automated
Floyd | processing unit, the kitchen was often considered the center of family
Floyd | life. This kitchen is decorated in a country style that was archaic
Floyd | even when it was built. Woodgrain paneling and prominently displayed
Floyd | kitchenwares give the room a rustic look. The stove, refrigerator and
Floyd | other appliances have a more modern look, but clashing with the
Floyd | predominant style is kept to a minimum. Heavier items and food supplies
Floyd | are kept in the pantry to the west, while archways lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the refrigerator door are a report card and a receipt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Your StreamDive console is a small display device designed to provide
Floyd | you with relevant information about the current dive, and allow access
Floyd | to key StreamDive facilities [Footnote 1]. These facilities are made
Floyd | available by adding chips to its five-slot chiprack. The chiprack
Floyd | currently contains five chips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | In the StreamDive console are five chips (an interface chip, a scan
Floyd | chip, a library chip, a DataStore chip and a dive chip).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This is a small room, designed to hold food staples and cooking
Floyd | equipment not housed in the kitchen. You doubt you'll find anything
Floyd | worthwhile in here, but you've been a StreamDiver long enough to know
Floyd | better than to trust appearances. You can return east to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shelves line the walls, sparsely stocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the shelves are some pots and pans, a lazy susan (empty), a flour
Floyd | pot (closed) and a can of spiced ham (closed).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | It's a small tin pot bearing the word "flour" and a floral decoration.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You open the flour pot, revealing some flour.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | (the flour)
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You close the flour pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This is a can of compressed, meat-like substance, which, though only
Floyd | barely meeting the definition of "food", could have provided an easy
Floyd | meal in an emergency.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Unbelievable. The workmanship which allows this device to swivel
Floyd | smoothly, allowing stored utensils to be easily accessed, all without
Floyd | the aid of laser construction or frictionless bearings. Still, from its
Floyd | gaudy appearance, it isn't hard to see why the owner relegated it to
Floyd | the pantry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A number of pots and pans sit on the shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner has further details available on:
Floyd |  the can of spiced ham
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A slight shiver runs up your spine as you read the results of the scan.
Floyd | Something similar to your temporal shield has been used on this can to
Floyd | force it into a hyperstable configuration. Despite the question of why
Floyd | anyone would do such a thing, what concerns you far more is the
Floyd | question of how it was done; such a transmutation is patently

Floyd | impossible without StreamDive technology. Has someone else been here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You need to be holding the can of spiced ham before you can put it on
Floyd | top of something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Putting things on the lazy susan would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the can of spiced ham on the shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | In the days before all food could be prepared by an automated
Floyd | processing unit, the kitchen was often considered the center of family
Floyd | life. This kitchen is decorated in a country style that was archaic
Floyd | even when it was built. Woodgrain paneling and prominently displayed
Floyd | kitchenwares give the room a rustic look. The stove, refrigerator and
Floyd | other appliances have a more modern look, but clashing with the
Floyd | predominant style is kept to a minimum. Heavier items and food supplies
Floyd | are kept in the pantry to the west, while archways lead north and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the refrigerator door are a report card and a receipt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in the main entryway of the house. Aside from its functional
Floyd | purpose as the central hub of the building, it also serves as a
Floyd | showcase of the owner's prowess as a decorator. This room is tasteful
Floyd | and ornate. A coatrack stands abandoned in a corner, beside a highly
Floyd | polished small wooden table. The front door is due south, and the
Floyd | hallway opens west onto the kitchen, and east to the living room. A
Floyd | large staircase to the north leads up to the second floor, and down,
Floyd | presumably to the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden table is a letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Dear Julia,
Floyd | I hope to God you get this letter. We waited for you as long as we
Floyd | could, but they're saying that the bombs could fall any day. There's a
Floyd | shelter out in New Calvert, we're going there. Daddy says its the
Floyd | safest place in a hundred miles. Try to get there if you can, but don't
Floyd | take any risks. The most important thing is that you stay safe. I left
Floyd | some money and your grandmom's jewels in the hidden place for you. Your
Floyd | dad bought a gun and bullets, and put them there too, but be careful.
Floyd | We all love you and hope to see you again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Love,
Floyd | Mom.
Floyd | [The document "Letter to Julia" has been added to your DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | No relevant entry found.
Floyd | The house shakes hard as a something, probably an aircraft or small
Floyd | bomb, crashes to earth in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner has further details available on:
Floyd |  the wooden knob
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner shows that the knob on the end of the bannister is not
Floyd | seated firmly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You give the knob a twist, then another. After a few more turns, it
Floyd | comes free in your hand, revealing a very small compartment in the post
Floyd | underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | In the post is a large key.
Floyd | Somewhere, probably a few kilometers away, there is an explosion. The
Floyd | house rocks, and you have a hard time keeping your footing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a great crash below.
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Landing
Floyd | The house is even bigger than you initially thought; this level is not
Floyd | a basement. Standing at the foot of the stairs, the door leading to the
Floyd | basement proper is in front of you  [Footnote 2], while fully-fledged
Floyd | rooms lie in the other cardinal directions. Another, smaller room lies
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [Footnote 2]
Floyd | That is, to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You'll have to be more specific; which door do you want to unlock?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | (with the autokey.)
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific; which door do you want to unlock?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to open the south wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You make it part of the way down the steps, but encounter an
Floyd | impenetrable blockade of toppled boxes, probably brought down by the
Floyd | shaking you felt earlier. Disheartened, you turn back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try to unlock it? >

Floyd |
Floyd | Okay [Footnote 3].
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to unlock the door with the autokey.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spare Bedroom
Floyd | This room looks as if it hasn't seen use any time in the recent past.
Floyd | It is sparsely furnished, containing little more than a dresser, bed,
Floyd | and nightstand. The only exit is southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some luggage has been tucked away by the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the nightstand is a memo pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A blank pad of paper. There is a visible tear where the top sheet was
Floyd | torn off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner enhances some vague indentations on the pad and reveals a
Floyd | message:
Floyd |
Floyd | J --
Floyd |
Floyd | thnx for last night. wont say more here.
Floyd | got your note @ rustys. left note 4 u
Floyd | in hall. cant find my book so used codeword. talk later. IEU
Floyd |
Floyd |      --D
Floyd | [The document "Memo" has been added to your DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You look through the luggage. You find several changes of clothes and a
Floyd | slightly larger selection of female undergarments, as well as other
Floyd | sundries and personal hygiene products. Deciding that nothing of
Floyd | historical interest is there, you re-close the bags.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | As if mocking you, the scanner contradicts your hypothesis by
Floyd | indicating numerous small traces that the room has been occupied; signs
Floyd | of recent dusting, uneven settling of the bedsprings, and evidence that
Floyd | the notepad on the nightstand was recently moved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd | Something blocks the light for a second, and you turn to look. Nothing.
Floyd | Hm. This place is starting to get to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | (the dresser drawers)
Floyd | You open the dresser drawers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | (the dresser)
Floyd | There is nothing on the dresser.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing special about the nightstand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Landing
Floyd | The house is even bigger than you initially thought; this level is not
Floyd | a basement. Standing at the foot of the stairs, the door leading to the
Floyd | basement proper is in front of you  [Footnote 2], while fully-fledged
Floyd | rooms lie in the other cardinal directions. Another, smaller room lies
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Den
Floyd | As an architectural feature, the den declined in popularity during this
Floyd | part of the century, but this house seems to have one nonetheless. From
Floyd | your historical research, you know that a den is a sort of cross
Floyd | between a study and a family room. This room shows signs of wear;
Floyd | stains and worn patches of carpet suggest heavy use. Behind one
Floyd | recliner, the woodgrain paneling of the wall is scratched and scored
Floyd | from frequent collisions. One wall is covered in bookshelves. A
Floyd | well-stocked wet bar adorns a second. Couches and armchairs form a
Floyd | conversation area in the middle of the room. The western wall is open,
Floyd | leading back to the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bar are four glasses (empty) and some bottles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A video game system sits before the video screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a video screen and a video disc player (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing special about the bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This is an area of the room used for mixing drinks and storing
Floyd | alcoholic beverages. At one time, it had a water hook-up, but this has
Floyd | been disconnected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner reveals nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Landing
Floyd | The house is even bigger than you initially thought; this level is not
Floyd | a basement. Standing at the foot of the stairs, the door leading to the
Floyd | basement proper is in front of you  [Footnote 2], while fully-fledged
Floyd | rooms lie in the other cardinal directions. Another, smaller room lies
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | That door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to unlock the door with the autokey.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | The small office is furnished much as you'd expect for an office of
Floyd | this period. There is a bookshelf along one wall, furnished more with
Floyd | office supplies than with books. The only exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a computer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | This is a typical desktop computer of the period, probably full of
Floyd | shortcuts and inefficiencies that make it useless for "real" computing,
Floyd | but marginally faster and easier for bookkeeping, word-processing, and
Floyd | casual use of the global computer network.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Attempting to interface...
Floyd | Interface established.
Floyd | Examining device...
Floyd | Selecting protocol...
Floyd | Compatible protocol found.
Floyd | Device: Personal Computer. Manufacturer: Lewellen Personal Machines.
Floyd |
Floyd | Searching for relevant data...

Floyd | [Press Any Key]
Floyd | Interface mode
Floyd |
Floyd | Press the number of your selection, 1-2, 0 to redisplay or Q to quit.
Floyd | Two relevant documents found:
Floyd | 1     Account Worksheet
Floyd | 2     Electronic Mailbox
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Account Worksheet
Floyd | June
Floyd |
Floyd | Mortgage            3078.42
Floyd | Gas
Floyd |  James              432.20
Floyd |  Katia              150.78
Floyd |  Julia & Jim        107.66
Floyd | Utilities           1210.59
Floyd | Food                1590.67
Floyd | Allowance-Julia      400.00
Floyd | Allowance-Jim        250.00
Floyd | PVR repair           130.00
Floyd | Internet             100.00
Floyd | Mobile Phones        660.00
Floyd | Phone                500.00
Floyd | Car repair          4300.00
Floyd | Doctor               800.00
Floyd | James - other       3000.00
Floyd | Other               1069.93
Floyd |
Floyd | [The document "Account Sheet" has been added to your DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please press SPACE.]

Floyd |
Floyd | Interface mode
Floyd |
Floyd | Press the number of your selection, 1-2, 0 to redisplay or Q to quit.
Floyd | Two relevant documents found:
Floyd | 1     Account Worksheet
Floyd | 2     Electronic Mailbox
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Electronic Mailbox
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 1 Default Mailbox
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     From:          Subject:
Floyd |      Arcotech       Re: Shelter performance.............2
Floyd |      Litefoot, inc  Klien account.......................3
Floyd |      Rick738        You gotta see this! 51934...........5
Floyd |      Optitron BioTe Support: Incident ticket 31821......6
Floyd |      ezcash019      MAKE MONEY FAST!!...................7
Floyd |      Cameron White  Fwd: Your American Duty.............8
Floyd |      Arcotech       Re: Shelter capacity................9
Floyd |      Arcotech       Important Announcement!.............10

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 2 Arcotech       Re: Shelter performance
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Wallace,
Floyd |
Floyd | In response to your inquiry, Arcotech shelters are designed to
Floyd | withstand most conventional attacks and fallout resulting from nuclear
Floyd | attacks. However, no consumer shelter can provide total protection. In
Floyd | the unlikely event that a nuclear strike occurs sufficiently close that
Floyd | your shelter would be within the cratered area, our level of protection
Floyd | would fail. Please keep in mind, however, that the chances of a nuclear
Floyd | strike close to your home are miniscule.
Floyd |
Floyd | We hope that your concerns have been addressed in a timely and useful
Floyd | manner. Please contact us if you have further concerns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Support Department
Floyd | Arcotech, Inc.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 3 Litefoot, inc  Klien account
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | James,
Floyd |
Floyd | Good work on the Klien account. We'll be closing in a few weeks. Frieda
Floyd | wants you look over the notes for the Monaco deal, but there's no rush.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a little buzz about a possible government contract. Think
Floyd | LT-739 will be ready in two weeks?
Floyd |
Floyd | Bob Travers
Floyd | Litefoot Industrial Sealants

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 4 Support Dept   Ticket 201893456
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Customer,
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an automated message to inform you that your PR-1029 Personal
Floyd | Video Recorder has been received by our returns department. Since your
Floyd | digital recorder is still under warranty, a repaired unit will be sent
Floyd | to your home free of charge within the next three business days.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an AUTOMATED RESPONSE. Please DO NOT respond to this message.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 5 Rick738        You gotta see this! 51934
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey Freddie,
Floyd |
Floyd | I found a site last night that you've GOTTA see! They have the HOTTEST
Floyd | young girls anywhere on the net! I know how much you like this stuff,
Floyd | so check it out!
Floyd |
Floyd | [LINK]

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 6 Optitron BioTe Support: Incident ticket 31821
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear customer,
Floyd |
Floyd | The following technical support information is being sent in response
Floyd | to your message entitled: "Eye recharge fails", dated 5/11. If you
Floyd | believe this message has been sent in error, please contact
Floyd | abuse@optitron-biotechnics.usa
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Mr. Wallace,
Floyd | Though recharge failures are rare, they do occur. Please be sure to
Floyd | clean the optic unit and charger receptacle thoroughly, as directed by
Floyd | your user manual. We find that over 90% of recharging difficulties are
Floyd | due to dirty contacts or charger misuse. If the problem persists, it
Floyd | may point to battery exhaustion. Though Optitron LZ-model storage units
Floyd | generally last at least 10 years, excessive wear and environmental
Floyd | conditions can shorten their lifetimes. Since your unit is over six
Floyd | years old, there is a small service charge for replacing the power
Floyd | unit. This charge covers installation of a new power cell, unit
Floyd | cleaning, and re-alignment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please consider upgrading your prosthesis to the new LZ100-model, which
Floyd | adds the following enhancements:
Floyd |  *Compatible with M-VIDEO 7 image capture devices
Floyd |  *Improved resolution and focus
Floyd |  *New long-life power cell, capable of storing power for 72 hours of
Floyd | use
Floyd |  *High-speed recharge: battery can be charged to capacity in under 2
Floyd | hours
Floyd |  *Power-saving mode: engages when eyes are closed to conserve power
Floyd |  *In-place recharger: the prosthesis can be charged without removal
Floyd |  *Increased comfort and durability
Floyd |  *New life-like cosmetic lens: prosthesis is undetectable under casual
Floyd | examination
Floyd |
Floyd | We hope this information has been useful in solving your problem.
Floyd | Please cite this incident number (31821) your response if you wish to
Floyd | update your support issue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sincerely,
Floyd | Camphor Tryst
Floyd | Support Department, Optitron BioTech

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 7 ezcash019      MAKE MONEY FAST!!
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
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Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 8 Cameron White  Fwd: Your American Duty
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Can you believe this shit?
Floyd | >In these times of trial, every American Citizen must do his part
Floyd | >to ensure a safe and prosperous future for your country. If the
Floyd | >enemies of freedom are to be defeated, we must be able to meet
Floyd | >their vile atrocities with whatever force necessary.
Floyd | >Many traitors and cowards have tried to claim that this war is
Floyd | >unnecessary, and have avoided their patriotic duty by claiming
Floyd | >cowardly "conscientious objector" status.
Floyd | >If the US is to arise victorious from this war, such cowards and
Floyd | >traitors must be stopped. Every man in this country has a patriotic
Floyd | >duty to serve in the armed forces during this conflict. DON'T WAIT
Floyd | >to be drafted. ENLIST TODAY
Floyd | >For the army we fight is a dangerous foe, with armies to spare.
Floyd | >Back at home, the brave women of the united states have a duty to
Floyd | >their country as well. Arms and equipment manufacturers all over
Floyd | >the country are hiring laborers to ensure that our boys abroad have
Floyd | >what they need to win this conflict.
Floyd | >But the women of this country have yet a more important duty to our
Floyd | >future. As wives and mothers they must help raise our youth to
Floyd | >understand the importance of the war we fight, and to help rebuild
Floyd | >our population in hope of the day when freedom again reigns
Floyd | >supreme.
Floyd | >The militant lesbian conspiracy has attempted GENOCIDE by fooling
Floyd | >the female population into shirking their duty to produce a new
Floyd | >generation of Americans to carry on the fight. It is the duty of
Floyd | >EVERY woman, regardless of age, income, or sexual "preference" to
Floyd | >contribute their genetic material to future generations by bearing
Floyd | >as many children as they are physically capable. Birth rates in the
Floyd | >US have been steadily declining for almost a century, and our enemies
Floyd | >KNOW IT! They want to watch us die out!
Floyd | >Selfish traitors claim that we are trying to "oppress" womankind by
Floyd | >"enslaving" them to their biology. These traitors ignore the fact that
Floyd | >they play the most important role in our future. Before shipping out
Floyd | to
Floyd | >defend our great nation, every man should make arrangements to ensure
Floyd | >that his DNA is preserved in future generations by impregnating his
Floyd | >spouse or lover, and by making regular contributions to sperm banks.
Floyd | >The future of our country is in your hands. Put aside your selfishness
Floyd | >and do what's right!

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 9 Arcotech       Re: Shelter capacity
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Wallace, Thank you for your concern. According to our records, your
Floyd | ArcoTech shelter is designed to provide living facilities for four
Floyd | persons for thirty years. Because we realize that unforeseen
Floyd | circumstances might increase the number of persons occupying the
Floyd | shelter (births, inability to turn away unprepared neighbors), all our
Floyd | shelters provide some leeway. In the situation described, the addition
Floyd | of another person might decrease shelter comfort and efficiency, but
Floyd | should not seriously endanger you or your family. If it becomes
Floyd | necessary to occupy your shelter, you should implement stricter
Floyd | rationing than normal to ensure that supplies are not over-taxed.
Floyd | Because air and water availability are your most pressing concerns, we
Floyd | recommend you install the Arcotech Supplementary Life Support System,
Floyd | which will reduce the load on the main system to increase shelter
Floyd | comfort if it is made to provide for more occupants.
Floyd |
Floyd | We hope that your concerns have been addressed in a timely and useful
Floyd | manner. Please contact us if you have further concerns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Support Department
Floyd | Arcotech, Inc.

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 10 Arcotech       Important Announcement!
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Valued customer,
Floyd |
Floyd | As you may know, the North American space defense shield has recently
Floyd | been breached by Chinese countermeasures. Since this greatly increases
Floyd | the chances that bombs may land on US soil, we would like to take this
Floyd | time to urge all our customers to ensure that their shelters are in
Floyd | working order and make arrangements to enter the shelter at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Email Database (office)---
Floyd | Page: 10 Arcotech       Important Announcement!
Floyd |
Floyd | P = previous page    N = next page
Floyd | Q = resume story    G = Go to page
Floyd |
Floyd | Valued customer,
Floyd |
Floyd | As you may know, the North American space defense shield has recently
Floyd | been breached by Chinese countermeasures. Since this greatly increases
Floyd | the chances that bombs may land on US soil, we would like to take this
Floyd | time to urge all our customers to ensure that their shelters are in
Floyd | working order and make arrangements to enter the shelter at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thank you

Floyd | [The document "Email Database (office)" has been added to your
Floyd | DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please press SPACE.]

Floyd |
Floyd | Interface mode
Floyd |
Floyd | Press the number of your selection, 1-2, 0 to redisplay or Q to quit.
Floyd | Two relevant documents found:
Floyd | 1     Account Worksheet
Floyd | 2     Electronic Mailbox
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | The small office is furnished much as you'd expect for an office of
Floyd | this period. There is a bookshelf along one wall, furnished more with
Floyd | office supplies than with books. The only exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a computer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | No relevant entry found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Arcotech (Arcotech Home Survival Technologies)
Floyd | Manufacturer of blast and survival shelters for private homes during
Floyd | the twenty-first century. The company made enormous profits during the
Floyd | years leading up to the intercontinental war at the middle of the
Floyd | century as interest in survival shelters grew to a height unprecedented
Floyd | since the "Cold War" of the third quarter of the twentieth century.
Floyd | Although their products were generally considered the highest quality
Floyd | available during their time, the shelters were not capable of
Floyd | withstanding the more powerful nuclear and quantum weapons used during
Floyd | the war, and the company eventually declared bankruptcy. Their product
Floyd | lines were eventually bought by Amalgamated Industries, inc.
Floyd |
Floyd | No shelters built during this period are currently known to exist.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Source: Seventy Days: The Rise and Fall of the Global Megacorps
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Amalgamated Industries
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Amalgamated Industries
Floyd | Manufacturing megacorporation of the North American Continent.
Floyd | Following the trans-continental war of the twenty-first century,
Floyd | Amalgamated Industries bought over 90% of the manufacturing companies
Floyd | in the western hemisphere. It was one of the companies involved in the
Floyd | events of the Seventy Days, and collapsed soon afterward.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Source: Seventy Days: The Rise and Fall of the Global Megacorps
Floyd |
Floyd | SEE ALSO: Historical Period: The Seventy Days
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Historical Period: The Seventy Days
Floyd | Term used to describe the period from September to November of the
Floyd | old-calendar year 2102. Reconstruction after the wars of the previous
Floyd | century left most of the world in the debt of seventeen
Floyd | megacorporations. On September 12, 2102 (old date), the
Floyd | megacorporations foreclosed on the collective nations of the world, and
Floyd | assumed legal control of the planet. They were met with little
Floyd | resistance from world populations, who had grown dissatisfied with the
Floyd | national governments. Though their leadership was able to provide rapid
Floyd | improvement of living conditions for many inhabitants, the task of
Floyd | managing an entire planet proved too much for the megacorporations, who
Floyd | soon discovered that the world as a whole could not be run profitably.
Floyd | After several administrative fiascoes, the most notable of which
Floyd | involved the firing and eviction from Earth of the entire population of
Floyd | Canada, the corporate consortium itself declared bankruptcy exactly 70
Floyd | days after its inception, thrusting the world into anarchy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The United Earth Directorate quickly arose to fill the infrastructure
Floyd | created by the consortium, becoming the first true one-world
Floyd | government.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Source: Seventy Days: The Rise and Fall of the Global Megacorps
Floyd |
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Floyd | The scanner reveals nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Office
Floyd | The small office is furnished much as you'd expect for an office of
Floyd | this period. There is a bookshelf along one wall, furnished more with
Floyd | office supplies than with books. The only exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a computer here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Nothing of note; a few books on computer operation and general
Floyd | chemistry references.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | StreamDive Console: Standard Research Version
Floyd | Status: Operational
Floyd | Temporal Capacitor charge: 84%
Floyd | Manifest:
Floyd |  interface chip
Floyd |  scan chip
Floyd |  library chip
Floyd |  DataStore chip
Floyd |  dive chip
Floyd | Temporal shield is inactive
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The console does a scan of the area, but detects nothing out of the
Floyd | ordinary, aside from the distortion caused by your own presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Landing
Floyd | The house is even bigger than you initially thought; this level is not
Floyd | a basement. Standing at the foot of the stairs, the door leading to the
Floyd | basement proper is in front of you  [Footnote 2], while fully-fledged
Floyd | rooms lie in the other cardinal directions. Another, smaller room lies
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Spare Bedroom
Floyd | This room looks as if it hasn't seen use any time in the recent past.
Floyd | It is sparsely furnished, containing little more than a dresser, bed,
Floyd | and nightstand. The only exit is southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some luggage has been tucked away by the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the nightstand is a memo pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The console does a scan of the area, but detects nothing out of the
Floyd | ordinary, aside from the distortion caused by your own presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Landing
Floyd | The house is even bigger than you initially thought; this level is not
Floyd | a basement. Standing at the foot of the stairs, the door leading to the
Floyd | basement proper is in front of you  [Footnote 2], while fully-fledged
Floyd | rooms lie in the other cardinal directions. Another, smaller room lies
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | You get the impression that this bathroom has become a waystation for
Floyd | things that were intended for the basement, but got lost along the way.
Floyd | Boxes and bags seem to cover every surface; the sink, the heating vent,
Floyd | the fixture. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner has further details available on:
Floyd |  the fixture
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner detects a rectangular mass inside the bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | While the mechanical aspects may have changed, the device is similar in
Floyd | appearance and function to those of your own era.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | On a whim, you lift the heavy boxes and raise the lid of the toilet
Floyd | seat. The bowl has been drained, and resting inside is a small book,
Floyd | which you manage, with some difficulty, to retrieve before letting the
Floyd | boxes fall back into place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing which can be referred to like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You are carrying a diary, a wooden knob, an autokey and your StreamDive
Floyd | console, inside which are five chips (an interface chip, a scan chip, a
Floyd | library chip, a DataStore chip and a dive chip).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A small book, probably a diary. That would be a boon; diaries,
Floyd | journals, all the personal records kept by people are what you're
Floyd | really here for. A house full of paintings, interesting furniture, even
Floyd | platinum doubloons won't equal what you could learn about this time
Floyd | from the diary of someone who actually lived it. There is a tiny metal
Floyd | closure locking it, but you'll be damned if that's going to stop you
Floyd | from looking inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The lock clicks open. Your hands almost tremble in anticipation. What a
Floyd | find!
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the book...
Floyd |
Floyd | What?
Floyd |
Floyd | It's encoded? Who keeps a diary in code? Well, obviously, Julia Yvonne
Floyd | Wallace does. You can't help but wondering what could make someone so
Floyd | paranoid as to go to the trouble of encoding a locked, hidden diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
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Floyd |                                                       My Diary
Floyd | Julia Yvonne Wallace
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Diary---
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Floyd | April 18 - Jim's a bastard. He did it again. Snuck in while I was
Floyd | asleep and recalibrated my eye. When I woke up, I was seeing everything
Floyd | in infrared.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some days I want to rip the damned thing out with my bare hands.
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Floyd | ---Diary---
Floyd | Page: 3 April 20-23
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Floyd | April 20 - Dreamt last night. The unbelievable pleasure of feeling a
Floyd | knife being thrust into my chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mom didn't take the bait. Maybe she's not still snooping on me.
Floyd |
Floyd | April 22 - They're sending troops into the middle east. Everyone says
Floyd | not to worry and we'll just clear this up like we have before. There's
Floyd | not going to be a war. But we've already got troops in so many other
Floyd | places. Jim's terrified that he's gonna get drafted. There hasn't been
Floyd | a draft in almost a hundred years though. The news says this will blow
Floyd | over in a couple of months, but Jimmy says that the president's an ass
Floyd | and he wants a war to boost his popularity rating. Dad thinks he's an
Floyd | idiot because no president would think that starting a war and getting
Floyd | hundreds of our people killed would make him popular. Maybe I should
Floyd | start reading the papers more.
Floyd |

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Floyd | Thinks it's going to, and I quote, "set him up among the gods." He's
Floyd | trying to get in touch with a bunch of professors at the big-league CS
Floyd | schools. Thinks he's hot stuff. Dad, who really ought to know better,
Floyd | asked him about his new "discovery", and he went on for about an hour,
Floyd | not really saying anything that made much sense. The long and short of
Floyd | it is that he thinks he's figured out how his brain works, and he
Floyd | thinks he's got a way to make a computer do the same thing. Wonderful.
Floyd | A computer that thinks like my brother.
Floyd |
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Floyd | ---Diary---
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Floyd | April 27 - There was fighting last night. Southeast Asia. I didn't even
Floyd | know we had troops there. Congress was in session all night. The news
Floyd | says they're going to declare war. I am really, really scared.
Floyd |
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Floyd | May 6 - You are not fucking going to believe this. They've started up
Floyd | the draft. And what's more? They're not taking girls. I know, they've
Floyd | never taken them before, but they said that they would now, since
Floyd | they're all "liberated" and shit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyway, why aren't they taking girls, you ask? Well, there was a
Floyd | fucking commercial. A fucking commercial explaining how important women
Floyd | were to the war effort, and that's why they're not drafting them. And
Floyd | the way they're important to the war effort? You're gonna fucking love
Floyd | this -- reproduction. They're saying that it's "The duty of all
Floyd | citizens to make full use of their reproductive capabilities to ensure
Floyd | that our population remains strong and growing through these times of
Floyd | adversity."
Floyd |
Floyd | What is this, the fucking dark ages? In addition to their
Floyd | heart-fucking-felt sermon, they've voted in a massive tax-break for
Floyd | families with newborns, a government handout for women who get
Floyd | themselves pregnant, and subsidies for unmarried women who want
Floyd | artificial insemination. They're also rushing through a bunch of
Floyd | fertility drugs that increase the chances of having twins. The got some
Floyd | low-level flunkie in one of the fringe groups on record saying that it
Floyd | was the "sworn duty of every woman to attempt conception", and that
Floyd | parents should encourage their daughters to get themselves knocked up
Floyd | as young as fifteen. They're trying to fucking breed themselves an
Floyd | army.
Floyd |

Floyd | But it'll be what, twenty years before any of these war babies are old
Floyd | enough to fight. The war can't go on that long, can it?
Floyd |
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Floyd | May 7 - Oh the shit has hit the fan. There's rioting in the streets.
Floyd | The people who don't like the war are protesting the war. The people
Floyd | who don't like the draft are protesting the draft. Pretty much everyone
Floyd | is protesting the breeding plan, except for the ones that are lined up
Floyd | around the block to get a big fat shot of fertility drugs and the big
Floyd | fat check that goes with it. Mom's friend that works for a doctor says
Floyd | that they've been asked not to tie anyone's tubes or give out
Floyd | contraceptives anymore. I found out that Jim's stockpiling condoms, on
Floyd | the off chance he manages to get a girl who doesn't think the rest of
Floyd | him's as ugly as his face. Says there's a bill in congress to restrict
Floyd | the sale of anything that prevents pregnancy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Donna's friend Rusty is talking about signing up. She's trying to talk
Floyd | him out of it, but he figures his draft notice is in the mail already
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
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Floyd | May 11 - When I got up this morning, my eye hadn't recharged. Hope I
Floyd | don't have to get the damned thing serviced. I couldn't go anywhere, of
Floyd | course, because I had to leave it on the charger all day. But Donna
Floyd | came over and we hung out. She went out with Tom last night and had a
Floyd | good time and all.
Floyd |

Floyd | She thinks the eyepatch makes me look tough.
Floyd |
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Floyd | May 12 - Eye worked today. Guess I had it in the charger wrong or
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | May 13 - Donna's dad got "activated", which means he has to ship out.
Floyd | He does something technical for the navy, so it's not like he's going
Floyd | to the front or anything, but she's still scared. He wants her to go
Floyd | live with her grandmom. We talked to mom, and she said it would be okay
Floyd | if she stayed with us at least until the end of school. Her grandmom's
Floyd | an 80 year old woman with about a hundred cats.
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Floyd |
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Floyd | May 17 (later) - Fell asleep without taking my eye out so it's dead
Floyd | today. And no one ever told me how much it hurts if you sleep with
Floyd | contacts in. Told mom I was too sick to see the shrink today, which
Floyd | isn't far from the truth. I managed to get Donna down to her bed before
Floyd | mom went to wake her up for breakfast. As if we could eat. We crashed
Floyd | in my room most of the day so no one would see how sick we were.
Floyd |

Floyd | I let her get a good look at the hole in my face where my eye goes. She
Floyd | wasn't grossed out or anything. She asked me if I wanted to touch her
Floyd | scar. It was a little weird because you can feel little bumps where
Floyd | they stitched her cheek closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | ---Diary---
Floyd | Page: 11 May 19-28
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Floyd | May 19 - The fighting has escalated. Last night, one of our islands in
Floyd | the pacific got wiped off the map. That many people could just wink out
Floyd | of existence like that, and the world just goes on.
Floyd |
Floyd | May 20 - Rethinking yesterday's entry. We've been bombing the country
Floyd | with the largest population in the world for weeks now. Maybe we got
Floyd | what we deserved.
Floyd |
Floyd | May 23 - There is no Laos.
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Floyd | May 25 - Set up family ties with a nice boy? Fuck him. Besides, about
Floyd | the only boys that haven't been drafted are cripples and felons. And
Floyd | Rusty, of course, but I get the feeling he's looking to set up family
Floyd | ties with a nice boy himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | May 26 - Mom is moving most of the valuables into long-term storage. As
Floyd | in "make Jim go out in the woods and dig a deep hole to hide them in."
Floyd | Won't help. We're all going to die.
Floyd |
Floyd | May 27 - Air raid drill at school. Yes. Duck and cover. Fuck your
Floyd | mother.
Floyd |

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Floyd |
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Floyd | May 30 - Something's bugging Donna. She won't talk to me about it. I'm
Floyd | worried.
Floyd |
Floyd | May 31 - Donna didn't come home last night. She showed up late this
Floyd | afternoon with a lame story about spending the night at her place
Floyd | because she had gotten involved in packing some things.
Floyd |

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Floyd |
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Floyd | June 2 - Donna is still acting funny. I wonder if she's worried about
Floyd | her dad.
Floyd |
Floyd | June 3 - As close as I can tell, I'm a free woman again. Mom and Dad
Floyd | aren't watching me constantly, and I can pretty much come and go as I
Floyd | please, with the caveat that I can't stay out too long, what with the
Floyd | imminent possibility of he bomb killing us all.
Floyd |
Floyd | But I'm worried about Donna. She wanders off for hours at a time,
Floyd | doesn't say anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | June 4 - Jimmy's got himself a girlfriend. How cute. She's a
Floyd | rolly-polly little thing with coke-bottle glasses who thinks the sun
Floyd | rises and sets on him because of his brilliant invention. Maybe his
Floyd | stockpile won't go to waste after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah. And maybe my eye will grow back.
Floyd |
Floyd | June 5 - They've cancelled graduation due to war. Fuck.
Floyd |
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Floyd | June 7 - We're sending troops into Vietnam. Where have I heard that
Floyd | before?
Floyd |
Floyd | June 9 - Donna asked me to try on some of her clothes. I don't like
Floyd | wearing a skirt, but she said I have really nice legs & I should show
Floyd | them off. Nice legs? Anyway, I hope this means she's feeling better,
Floyd | but there was something distant about her. About the only thing she was
Floyd | willing to talk about was the time I slit my wrists. Morbid.
Floyd |
Floyd | June 10 - Rained all day today. After watching a whole lot of TV, we
Floyd | basically just sat around. I worked on new pages for my code book while
Floyd | Donna just sat there and watched me.
Floyd |
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Floyd | ---Diary---
Floyd | Page: 14 June 13
Floyd |
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Floyd | "Diary" has been added to your DataStore.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to save.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Enter saved game to store: Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [pausing to show unread error message]

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [The game has detected that you are using a version of the "Nitfol"
Floyd | interpreter, or a display with a width less than 22 characters. The
Floyd | statusline, menu bar, and "pretty-printing" of menus have been disabled
Floyd | to improve performance under this screen model. These features can be
Floyd | re-enabled as described in the manual.]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The indicator light switches from blue to green. The thought occurs to
Floyd | you that this is an exceptionally bad color choice for someone who,
Floyd | like you, suffers from a mild genetic deficit in the color perception
Floyd | department. However, you've been around long enough to be familiar with
Floyd | the change in hue that indicates clearance for a StreamDive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your elation is such that it takes you a few seconds to respond to the
Floyd | indicator -- a critical error, though not a fatal one. You touch the
Floyd | control, and are further pleased to find that your mission hasn't been
Floyd | scrapped due to your moment of indecision. The full text of your
Floyd | mission description appears on the display...
Floyd |
Floyd | MOMENTS OUT OF TIME
Floyd | TrenchCoatSoft Interactive Fiction: An INFRARED Interactive Exploration
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2001 by L. Ross Raszewski. Explorer Type.
Floyd | Type "MANUAL" for instructions and important compatability information.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 010924 / Inform v 6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | StreamDiver Prep Room
Floyd | Though it isn't in any technical sense "your" office, this is the room
Floyd | where you spend the majority of your duty shifts. Here, you do
Floyd | background research, monitor incoming messages from Divers in the
Floyd | field, and hope that one of your mission proposals will be accepted. On
Floyd | the rare occasions, like now, that you are cleared for a dive, this
Floyd | room serves as a place to equip and make last-minute preparations. The
Floyd | exit is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The display monitor stands against one wall, your mission description
Floyd | visible on its screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an equipment locker (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | What do you want to read in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Enter saved game to load:
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | What do you want to read in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | [Footnote 3]
Floyd | The game will continue this practice from now on. Use the setup menu to
Floyd | change this behavior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | You get the impression that this bathroom has become a waystation for
Floyd | things that were intended for the basement, but got lost along the way.
Floyd | Boxes and bags seem to cover every surface; the sink, the heating vent,
Floyd | the fixture. The way out is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Forced air environmental control... You've heard of this. It's a system
Floyd | which controlled the temperature in a building via the crude method of
Floyd | pumping air of the desired temperature through a system of metal tubes
Floyd | toward various areas of the house. It's an interesting system, neither
Floyd | very efficient, nor robust, but it did allow the most cost-effective
Floyd | means of controlling interior climate available in this era.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The vent is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | There is no way something your size could fit through that opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You see nothing special about the boxes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You glance through a few boxes, finding nothing more interesting than
Floyd | folded clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Downstairs Landing
Floyd | The house is even bigger than you initially thought; this level is not
Floyd | a basement. Standing at the foot of the stairs, the door leading to the
Floyd | basement proper is in front of you  [Footnote 2], while fully-fledged
Floyd | rooms lie in the other cardinal directions. Another, smaller room lies
Floyd | to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in the main entryway of the house. Aside from its functional
Floyd | purpose as the central hub of the building, it also serves as a
Floyd | showcase of the owner's prowess as a decorator. This room is tasteful
Floyd | and ornate. A coatrack stands abandoned in a corner, beside a highly
Floyd | polished small wooden table. The front door is due south, and the
Floyd | hallway opens west onto the kitchen, and east to the living room. A
Floyd | large staircase to the north leads up to the second floor, and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden table is a letter to Julia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The very name "living room" is a subject of some consideration: what
Floyd | does it mean to be a "room for living". Obviously, one "lives" in every
Floyd | room of a house. Practically speaking, during this time period, the
Floyd | "living room" was the room in which one entertained guests, watched
Floyd | video transmissions, and interacted with family. Nevertheless, the
Floyd | living room was primarily the adults' domain. This living room is not
Floyd | an exception. The atmosphere is one of maturity; the lack of wear on
Floyd | the furniture and prominence of fragile art objects suggests that it is
Floyd | a room not accustomed to children's play. A couch and several armchairs
Floyd | are arranged in a rough semicircle, a superficial attempt at creating
Floyd | the illusion that its occupants are generally interested in
Floyd | conversation rather than watching the screen, which one assumes is in
Floyd | the cabinet situated along the southern wall. The louvered doors of a
Floyd | closet are set in the east wall, and the wall opposite opens into the
Floyd | foyer. Along the north wall, a section opens into another hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You open the video cabinet, revealing a video screen, a video disc
Floyd | player and six video discs (one "Episode Two", one "Jigsaw", one
Floyd | "Spider and Web", one "Symetry", one "War of the Worlds" and one "Best
Floyd | Chefs").
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner reveals nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The cover of this video is completely nondescript, giving no clue as to
Floyd | its contents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the video disc of "Spider and Web" into the video disc player.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The display flickers to life, showing static. Service has apparently
Floyd | been interrupted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The video monitor begins showing what seems to be a spy thriller. It is
Floyd | extremely difficult to work out what exactly is going on, but you
Floyd | imagine that's intentional.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | (with the autokey.)
Floyd | Unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | (with the autokey.)
Floyd | You'll have to be more specific; which door do you want to unlock?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The couch is a standard piece of living room furniture. This one is
Floyd | large and comfortable. This one has been covered with a hand-fitted
Floyd | cloth drape featuring a subtle print, a more economical way to keep up
Floyd | with the latest fashion trends and hide minor damage than
Floyd | reupholstering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | There is nothing on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | It's funny, when you think about it. Something as innocuous as the
Floyd | cabinet on the far side of the room would be considered an objet d'art
Floyd | in your time, while these mass-produced items, clearly designed to be
Floyd | art are barely worth notice. While none of these items would ever cross
Floyd | the threshold of your apartment, you could imagine factory-made art
Floyd | just like this adorning shelves in your own time. Bad taste never
Floyd | changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You switch the video player off. The screen switches to static.
Floyd | Removed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the video disc of "Episode Two" into the video disc player.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The video monitor begins showing a frightful display of primitive
Floyd | computer graphics with annoying characters and a puerile plot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You switch the video player off. The screen switches to static.
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | A large, wooden, wardrobe-like cabinet sits along the south wall,
Floyd | roughly at the focal point of the room's seating. The part of you that
Floyd | spends your off-hours rummaging through antique shops perks up a
Floyd | little. They don't build them like this any more. If it survived to
Floyd | your time, a piece like this would be worth a packet to a dealer in
Floyd | antique furniture. None of the antiseptic sterility of the
Floyd | mass-replicated contemporary pieces. This is a piece that was built --
Floyd | physically made out of raw material. There is something personal about
Floyd | it, the sense that nothing came between the builder and the built less
Floyd | personal than steel machinery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | In the video cabinet are a video screen, a video disc player and four
Floyd | video discs (one "Jigsaw", one "Symetry", one "War of the Worlds" and
Floyd | one "Best Chefs").
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | You put the video disc of "Symetry" into the video disc player.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The video monitor begins showing a film which either displays a subtle
Floyd | existentialist brilliance, or, more likely, some of the most inept
Floyd | direction, cinematography and writing you've ever seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd | The scanner reveals nothing of interest.
Floyd | Somewhere near the coast of Alaska, an intercontinental missile
Floyd | generates a high-frequency electrical field, rendering it invisible to
Floyd | the defensive screen covering much of the North American continent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room Closet
Floyd | This was originally a walk-in closet, but with the quantity of items
Floyd | which have accumulated here, it has become more of a stand-in closet.
Floyd | You are sure that if the building weren't doomed, it would eventually
Floyd | have turned into a lean-in closet. Between the well-stocked coat rod
Floyd | and a number of boxes, there is just enough room for you to turn around
Floyd | if you feel like returning west to the living room.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the coat rod are a winter coat (in which is a sales brochure), a
Floyd | light jacket (empty), a windbreaker (empty), a gray suitcoat (empty), a
Floyd | black suitcoat (empty) and a smoking jacket (empty).
Floyd |
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Floyd | Arcotech Home Survival Shelters
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Floyd | Arcotech Home Survival Technologies offers the finest quality shelters
Floyd | for home survival in times of national crisis. Arcotech shelters are
Floyd | rated to offer secure protection against:
Floyd |  *Blasts
Floyd |  *Fallout Radiation
Floyd |  *Vandalism
Floyd |  *Looting
Floyd |  *Terrorism
Floyd |  *Weather and Climate Emergencies
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Floyd | Arcotech shelters are:
Floyd |  *PAATO approved for use in emergency situations
Floyd |  *designed for use with concrete or earth coverings, or as above-ground
Floyd | shelters
Floyd |  *built from a heavily-tested, original, patented design
Floyd |  *tested successfully in full, one-third, and one-quarter scale models
Floyd | by the US Army Corps of Engineers, US Air Force, and Pacific Institute
Floyd | of Technology Engineering Sciences Laboratory
Floyd |  *available in a large range of sizes to accommodate many different
Floyd | needs
Floyd |  *equipped with the latest in survival equipment and fully stocked with
Floyd | supplies meeting the FWPSC 1.2037 standard for long-term survival
Floyd |  *installable in most existing homes and buildings
Floyd |  *fully customizable to meet specific user needs and concerns
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Floyd | This booklet details just a few of the many survival features
Floyd | available. Contact your Arcotech Sales Representative for a full list
Floyd | of features, special options recommended in your area, and pricing
Floyd | information.
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Floyd | Construction
Floyd | Arcotech shelters are built with the highest degree of precision
Floyd | technology to provide optimal support and security. Shelter roofs and
Floyd | walls are built from high-tech steel corrugated arch panels to ensure
Floyd | maximum strength and load-bearing. The corrugated design allows
Floyd | high-quality seals between arch panels so that shelters can be built of
Floyd | any length.
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Floyd | Arcotech shelters come standard with heavy steel endwalls. For added
Floyd | protection, concrete endwall reinforcements are available. Due to the
Floyd | patented interlocking all-steel design, additional layers of protection
Floyd | can be added to the arch or endwalls.
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Floyd | For the ultimate in radiation protection, lead insulating sheets may be
Floyd | added.
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Floyd | All Arcotech shelters come with a reinforced heavy steel door. Thick
Floyd | security bolts ensure that the shelter cannot be breached. Many
Floyd | Arcotech shelters include a secondary egress hatch, which can be
Floyd | installed in the roof with a minimal reduction in structural integrity.
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Floyd | Life-support Equipment
Floyd | Arcotech shelters include the latest in high-endurance life support
Floyd | equipment. All Arcotech shelters are equipped with both secure
Floyd | ventilation systems for processing outside air, and with an advanced
Floyd | air recycling system. In emergencies, the shelter can be sealed and
Floyd | operate entirely on stored air reserves for up to six months at a time.
Floyd | When outside air is safe for use, it can be used to replenish internal
Floyd | supplies in a matter of hours.
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Floyd | The water recycling system standard on Arcotech shelters is able to
Floyd | provide adequate, safe water supplies over extended periods. With
Floyd | strict water rationing, the shelter is able to recycle approximately
Floyd | 85% of its stored water. Optional accessories include facilities for
Floyd | collecting and purifying water from surface runoff and underground
Floyd | deposits. The standard water storage system included with each Arcotech
Floyd | shelter contains sufficient reserves for three months of use. With
Floyd | water recycling and collection, usable water may be replenished
Floyd | indefinitely.
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Floyd | Sanitation and waste-disposal facilities in Arcotech Shelters are
Floyd | second to none. The low-energy waste incinerator reduces all human and
Floyd | other waste products to compact ash, which is stored in the insecure
Floyd | waste pit. Waste pit capacities vary with space availability, but are
Floyd | generally large enough to store several years worth of waste.
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Floyd | The standard equipment for Arcotech home survival shelters includes a
Floyd | 30-year supply of nonperishable food stocks designed to meet all
Floyd | nutritional needs. Users with infants and small children are advised to
Floyd | consider ordering the optional child nutrition supplement.
Floyd |
Floyd | In addition for stocks of first-aid supplies, the medical stores
Floyd | standard in Arcotech shelters include medical equipment and medicine
Floyd | for treating minor maladies and injuries, along with detailed, useful
Floyd | information on their use. To foster adequate health and morale, most
Floyd | shelters are capable of increasing the normally dim lights to output
Floyd | sun-like spectra for limited periods. By using this feature several
Floyd | times a week, occupants can avoid depression and diseases caused by
Floyd | lack of sunlight.
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Floyd | Arcotech shelters are powered by a patented high-performance chemical
Floyd | induction system, which can deliver operating power to the shelter for
Floyd | at least 30 years without replenishment. For above-ground shelters,
Floyd | solar power cells are also available. The energy source is suitably
Floyd | shielded from EMP effects which may accompany nuclear attacks.
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Floyd | Accommodations
Floyd | Arcotech home survival shelters come standard with accommodations for
Floyd | families of four, six, eight, and twelve persons. Accommodations for
Floyd | larger groups may be custom ordered.
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Floyd | Standard accommodations include comfortable, high-durability bedding
Floyd | with optional privacy screens, a dining and utility table with chairs,
Floyd | personal storage compartments, and durable survival clothing. Efficient
Floyd | kitchen, laundry, and toilet facilities are also provided, as is a
Floyd | privacy-screen area for low-water washing.
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Floyd | Because of the importance of maintaining morale during an extended
Floyd | stay, Arcotech shelters also contain minimal facilities for relaxation,
Floyd | exercise, and entertainment. All non-value-line models of Arcotech
Floyd | shelters include a "relaxation area", consisting of a foldable couch
Floyd | (which may be raised to form an exercise area), small television with
Floyd | video and music player, and storage space large enough to contain a
Floyd | small library or children's toys.
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Floyd | Security/Survival
Floyd | All Arcotech shelters are equipped with the following minimal equipment
Floyd | to facilitate survival in times of crisis. Many other options are
Floyd | available. Contact your Arcotech Sales Representative for a full list
Floyd | of features recommended in your area.
Floyd |  *Easy-to-use radiation meters
Floyd |  *Two 30" 22 mag. cal. single-action rifles and ammunition for personal
Floyd | defense and hunting
Floyd |  *Shortwave radio and transmitter
Floyd |  *Desktop computer with wireless network connection
Floyd |  *"Panic" locking mechanism: Shelter egress can be secured so that its
Floyd | entryway cannot be opened from inside for a specified time, or until
Floyd | radiation levels are safe, to prevent early egress in the event an
Floyd | occupant becomes unreasonable
Floyd |  *Cyanide capsules: stored in a locked box, also fitted with a panic
Floyd | locking mechanism, are provided as a painless alternative to radiation
Floyd | sickness or degenerative illness
Floyd |  *Government approved survival instructions: Arcotech is the only
Floyd | shelter manufacturer to equip each shelter with all of the Federal
Floyd | Government's latest survival instruction booklets. Other manufacturers
Floyd | often use dangerously out-of-date materials, some nearly a century old
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Floyd | Arcotech: Your Life May Depend On It
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Floyd | You notice that the document mentions nothing about protection from
Floyd | photo-nuclear weapons. Though the document is grossly limited in its
Floyd | treatment of technical considerations, you quickly realize that such a
Floyd | shelter would not provide adequate protection from even non-nuclear
Floyd | attacks closer than a few dozen kilometers away. Its primary utility
Floyd | rests in protecting its occupants from residual radiation released by
Floyd | fallout from a distant bomb strike. Of course, a far less opulent
Floyd | shelter would still provide adequate defense under such circumstances.
Floyd | [The document "Home Shelter Sales Literature" has been added to your
Floyd | DataStore.]
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