AllThingsJacq.com - Interactive Fiction | ClubFloyd - April 17, 2016 - Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony by Ben Kidwell and Maevele Straw


ToyShop & Floyditorium		#ClubFloyd Discussion


Teaspoon says, "So I'm upright and feeling better, but not sure I'm up for tackling Zork II single-handed."
Teaspoon says, "That may have to wait for next week, alas."
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, no worries. We may resume that in a few weeks, actually, because there's some timely stuff happening."
Teaspoon asks, "Spring Thing?"
Jacqueline says, "Spring Thing and Xyzzies, yeah"
Teaspoon exclaims, "Ooh!"
DavidW arrives, full of fun, but no funk.		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "I don't suppose you uploaded stuff during your research?"
		Jacqueline says, "And that I should possibly be doing that right now."
		DavidW asks, "Research? Was I given homework?"
		Jacqueline says, "No. This was research you appeared to be doing on your own."
		Jacqueline says, "Regarding which games were Floydable."
		Jacqueline says, "So I'm going to take that 'Wha? Who? Me?' as a no."
		DavidW says, "no, I didn't upload anything. I'm in double-slowdown mode."
		Jacqueline says, "So there are five Floydables, only two of which are in the main festival."
		Jacqueline says, "oHO"
		Jacqueline says, "One of these... is by Andrew Schultz."
		Teaspoon says, "I playtested it..."
		DavidW says, "I've put a couple dents in it."
		ASchultz says, "I have a few user friendliness things to send to Aaron Reed, so yeah, I have to admit I'm more interested in other games"
		ASchultz says, "Also if you all delay it I'm more likely to come back next week, and I like having that motivation to show up more often"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Good to know."
		Jacqueline says, "I've also just re-reviewed the rules and it seems totes cool that we play and discuss these games, even the ones from the Main Festival, whilst the Festival in underway."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec, going to open the livingroom curtains. There appear to be many birds singing."
		Jacqueline says, "Back."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, should we play from the Main Festival, then?"
		ASchultz says, "I'm up for that, sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load harmonic"
Floyd \| Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| The full moon amidst clouds spills milky brightness everywhere. Summer Floyd \| is just barely over but the air is still warm and moist. Staci is Floyd \| standing on tip-toe, looking over the edge of the rooftops and Floyd \| treebranches. 'Oh! I can tell it's started,' she says. You stand up and Floyd \| walk across the porch, slipping your arm around her as you turn to Floyd \| watch the sky. What had been a low full circle wreathed by clouds is Floyd \| higher now and shinining clearly, but no longer full - darkness is Floyd \| creeping across the surface as the Moon swings into Earth's shadow. You Floyd \| peer upwards together, savoring the moment. The night air is sweet and Floyd \| warm, you are with someone you love...and the Castle is about to Floyd \| reopen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Press enter to continue. Floyd \|
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button.
Floyd \| Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony Floyd \| 9:15 PM 27 Sept. 2015 Floyd \| Floyd \| You type the introduction of the game into the acme editor running on a Floyd \| Plan 9 cpu server via drawterm. Your ANTS-grid is operational again, Floyd \| finally. Outside, the moon is completely eclipsed, a shadowy phantom of Floyd \| its usual brilliance. You take a swallow of your half-full Moon Man Floyd \| beer and walk back out onto the porch. Around your neck, the Lunar Floyd \| Revolution Power Pendant resonates with the hum of the night; a slight Floyd \| breeze, crickets. The bridge to the west has been closed for weeks and Floyd \| everything has been quiet and still. Floyd \| Floyd \| It has been two and a half years of lunacy since New Year's 2013, when Floyd \| you returned to Plan 9 software development. The VALISpectrum colors, Floyd \| the singing hippie housekeepers, the dock by the castle, Lunar Floyd \| Lightning and Astral Enchantments and the Afterlife - everything ensued Floyd \| from making the bind of fiction and reality that transformed you into Floyd \| Floyd \| THE MOON COMPUTER (Movement 1) Floyd \| Floyd \| Release 16 / Serial number 160331 / Inform v6.33 Library 6/12-beta1 SX Floyd \| (Please read >help and >content. Check >goals or get a >hint anytime.) Floyd \| (Game soundtrack and additional files found at Floyd \| [LINK]) Floyd \| (1 April 2013 - 30 months earlier) Floyd \| Floyd \| After working obsessively since the New Year, you are finally ready to Floyd \| officially announce and release your software. You feel tense yet eager Floyd \| anticipation for the reaction from other Plan 9 users. When you are Floyd \| ready to unleash the Advanced Namespace Tools on the world, >release Floyd \| ANTS. Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Somewhere amidst the piles of books and Floyd \| papers is an upright piano. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x wallet"
Floyd \| An old black leather wallet containing the standard mix of cash, credit Floyd \| cards, and random scraps of paper. Floyd \| Your bank account balance is $30000 Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shades"
Floyd \| The silvered surface of the lenses reflects a slightly warped image of Floyd \| yourself and the world around you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
ASchultz says (to floyd), "wear shades"
Floyd \| The mirror shades filter the brightness of day perfectly, removing your Floyd \| squint and making it easier to smile. Careful wearing them indoors Floyd \| though. Floyd \| You put on the pair of mirror shades. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "You are such a rebel."
		Jacqueline says, "It tells you to be careful and what do you do? You put them on indoors."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "Diamond dogs!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves"
Floyd \| As you look at your bookshelves, you notice an embarassing book called Floyd \| 4CY UNI R2B 1 that you wrote a decade earlier, and an odd urge compels Floyd \| you to put it in your pocket. Floyd \| Floyd \| You have been reading books and collecting a personal library for your Floyd \| whole life, and have recently inherited your father's collection as Floyd \| well. There is a loose topical organization, with one bookshelf devoted Floyd \| to math and science, one to music theory and history, one to fiction, Floyd \| and one to oddities. You can just >x shelves repeatedly to revisit some Floyd \| of your favorites. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Why do I feel that releasing ants will be a dangerous action to do."
		Jacqueline says, "heh. Yeah, seems ominous."
		ASchultz says, "I imagine it'd give us a clue as to what's going on, though. But then I'm the sort of person who likes to brute force things"
		ASchultz says, "ooh, a random bookshelf. I like those."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take 4cy"
Floyd \| You already have that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x oddities"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "What about non-random bookshelves?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, we did that automagically."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fiction"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You pick up 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' by Robert Heinlein. It tells Floyd \| the story of a future in which the moon is a penal colony. An Floyd \| administrative supercomputer there acquires sentience, and becomes the Floyd \| leader of a revolution against Lunar Authority. The Loonies, as they Floyd \| call themselves, are multicultural free-love techno-anarchists. Years Floyd \| ago, when you started your Plan 9 programming and internet projects, Floyd \| you chose the name 'mycroftiv' as a reference to the intelligent Floyd \| computer in the novel. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| You pick up 'VALIS' by Philip K. Dick. It tells the story of a Floyd \| science-fiction author who is contacted by a beam of divine pink light Floyd \| and begins to experience multiple simultaneous identities and temporal Floyd \| locations. The pink light comes from the VALIS satellite, a benign Floyd \| godlike intelligence which helped guide immortal teacher-prophets on Floyd \| Earth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		ASchultz asks, "I'm up for cycling through all the books, anyone else?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves"
Floyd \| You pick up 'Cosmic Trigger' by Robert Anton Wilson. It tells many Floyd \| stories to emphasize that what we call reality is actually a Floyd \| collectively-agreed upon fiction, and there is no single objective Floyd \| reality shared by all observers. It ends with the story of an Iowa Floyd \| farmer who was given 'pancakes from space' by visiting aliens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "that's a...reductive description of Heinlein, even for a single paragraph"
		ASchultz says, "also I feel silly reading with shades on..."
		DavidW asks, "Are we carrying them all, though?"
ASchultz says (to floyd), "remove shades"
Floyd \| You take off the pair of mirror shades. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I don't think so."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You pick up 'Lost Goddesses of Early Greece' by Charlene Spretnak. It Floyd \| tells the story of pre-Homeric myths including 'The Triad of the Moon' Floyd \| which describes rituals for Artemis, Selene, and Hecate. There is a Floyd \| place outside the city limits that is appropriate for the ritual for Floyd \| Hecate, which involves eating while facing away from a crossroads and Floyd \| leaving some of the food as an offering. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "No, just the one we had the urge to pick up."
		Teaspoon says, "which is probably hard-coded"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd \| You pick up 'Moon Palace' by Paul Auster. It tells the story of a Floyd \| fatherless young man whose life is interwoven with coincidences Floyd \| involving the moon. Attending college in the late 60s, he voluntarily Floyd \| embraces poverty and madness and finally homelessness until a chance Floyd \| meeting with a stranger leads to a redemptive love affair. He gets a Floyd \| job caring for a mysterious old man on the verge of death, who tells Floyd \| him a fantastic story of a career as a painter who created a series of Floyd \| lost artistic masterpieces while living in a cave in the deserts of the Floyd \| southwest US. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "We have an obsession with moons."
		DavidW says, "well, we are THE MOON COMPUTER."
		[LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sorry, but I felt obliged to post that."
		Teaspoon says, "I think it's a safe bet that I haven't thought of this clip since 2006"
		ASchultz says, "I'd never seen it, so thanks"
		Jacqueline says, "Please note, DavidW: That video is totally not worth your bandwidth."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at AS), "It's an internet classic!"
		Jacqueline says, "Sort of."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bookshelf"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I didn't click the link."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You pick up 'Labyrinths' by Jorge Luis Borges. Many of the stories are Floyd \| set in fantastic universes which illuminate something important in our Floyd \| world: the power of language and naming, the branching stories created Floyd \| by free will and randomness, the author of dreams who is also a Floyd \| dream-image. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Good."
		Jacqueline says, "It was for Rather Good's We Like the Moon."
		DavidW says, "I think I will take a brief bathroom break while you guys check out the books."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, wait, wait. That last book has nothing to do with the moon, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "Then again, I guess VALIS didn't either."
		Jacqueline says, "Or Cosmic Trigger. Ignore me."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You pixk up 'Time Pressure' by Spider Robinson. It tells the story of Floyd \| time travellers from the future who infiltrate a group of Canadian Floyd \| hippies living commmunally as part of a conspiracy to record humanity's Floyd \| life experiences to allow everyone to live forever in a future Floyd \| digitally augmented reality. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "That book sounds awesome."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You pick up 'Godel Escher Bach' by Douglas Hofstadter. It tells the Floyd \| story of self-referential strange loops in mathematics and Floyd \| consciousness. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I thought that Valis was a moon."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, is it? I've avoided Philip K Dick."
		Teaspoon says, "Although yeah, we do seem to be shifting from "moon" to "multiple-choice reality""
		Teaspoon says, "(I don't know - I've read some Dick, but not that one.)"
		Jacqueline says, "I've mostly heard (from a bunch of different people) that he's scifi's most sexist writer, so I've given him a pass."
		DavidW says, "back"
		ASchultz says, "that link got me to click "geography now" and I'm watching something about the Republic of Congo which is distracting me"
		Jacqueline says, "The general sentiment seems to be that he's very good, but rambling and offensive and incapable of mentioning women without stopping to objectify or demean them."
		Teaspoon says, "time and a place"
		Jacqueline says (to AS), "heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You browse your shelves and read a few random lines from Yeats for Floyd \| inspiration. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You browse your shelves and read a few random lines from Yeats for Floyd \| inspiration. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shelves"
Floyd \| You browse your shelves and read a few random lines from Yeats for Floyd \| inspiration. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "So there we are."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Somewhere amidst the piles of books and Floyd \| papers is an upright piano. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x piano"
Floyd \| Your piano is almost completely buried beneath an avalanche of papers Floyd \| and books, and you are too obsessed with Plan 9 to bother cleaning it Floyd \| off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search papers"
Floyd \| You find nothing of interest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x terminal"
Floyd \| Your terminal glows with a Mondrian-like arrangement of pastel windows, Floyd \| each rio bound into a different namespace. Multiple rc shells are Floyd \| running, acme is open, and several irc channels are available within Floyd \| hubfs. You can check for messages with >use terminal. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Pianos: Nature's Perfect Place to Dump Stuff On."
		Jacqueline says, "Grand pianos, perhaps."
		Jacqueline says, "Uprights, not so much."
		Teaspoon says, "I have a thrilling plan to make a game some day in which you have to look up stuff on Usenet."
		Jacqueline asks, "Thrilling, eh?"
		Teaspoon says, "As a joke re: all the fancy technology that usually gets trotted out in this stuff (also because I was going to set it in 1996)"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "use terminal"
Floyd \| You perform your usual cycle of checking email and irc... Floyd \| Floyd \| You spend some time talking with your irc friends, who offer valuable Floyd \| perspective on keeping yourself in contact with shared social reality. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 1) Floyd \| You announce ANTS by posting an imaginary scene from Plan 9 from Outer Floyd \| Space to the 9fans mailing list. It is the one-year anniversary of your Floyd \| father's death. He was a law professor, and he never understood your Floyd \| values. You search for information on related Plan 9 projects and find Floyd \| a recent patent on a familiar concept. Years earlier, you wrote a free Floyd \| software 9p persistent-pipe muxer. The patent the Joint Consolidated Floyd \| Networking corporation was granted is for 9p persistent pipe-muxing. Floyd \| Floyd \| You feel an internal change, as if a valve has broken and a Floyd \| high-pressure jet of intense emotion and information is entering your Floyd \| mind at right angles to reality. You spent endless hours talking with Floyd \| your father, and you know how he thought. He never agreed with your Floyd \| anti-authoritarian radicalism, but seeing this patent would have Floyd \| changed that - you can feel it. Your mind has become a virtual machine, Floyd \| running the computer program of your father's soul in parallel with Floyd \| your own. Floyd \| Floyd \| (You want to exit your home, go south, and enter Coffee Lion Cafe.) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Teaspoon says, "Did not see this coming."
		DavidW says, "Lion!"
		Teaspoon asks, "Lion?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, that was unexpected."
		DavidW says, "old IF joke"
		Jacqueline says, "Hooray for nine points."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| You have so far scored 9 out of a possible 999, in 24 turns. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Teaspoon says, "maybe they go up exponentially"
		Jacqueline says, "So, hopefully our next point gain will be 99 points."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing. I like your idea better."
		DavidW says, "Point Nine from Outer Space"
		Jacqueline asks, "By the way, that's what you all do, right? You offer valuable perspective on keeping ourselves in contact with shared social reality?"
		Teaspoon says, "The film is far more watchable than people think."
		Teaspoon asks, "...what is a shared social reality, pray?"
		ASchultz says, "It's much better than other "so bad it's good." I was surprised."
		DavidW says, "It's been quite some time since I last saw the film. I remember a shower curtain in a cockpit room."
		Jacqueline says (to Teaspoon), "You're soaking in it right now."
		Jacqueline asks, "As we recover from this intense, high-pressure jet of emotion and info hitting my brain at right angles to reality, what next?"
		Teaspoon says, "adds bubble bath"
		Teaspoon asks, "I think we grab anything not tied down and go to the coffee shop?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Somewhere amidst the piles of books and Floyd \| papers is an upright piano. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Tsp), "A buble bath is social, if you're a bubble."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x piano"
Floyd \| Your piano is almost completely buried beneath an avalanche of papers Floyd \| and books, and you are too obsessed with Plan 9 to bother cleaning it Floyd \| off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all"
Floyd \| There are none at all available! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| You can go down to the basement or out to Milwaukee St. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "Oh, there's a basement"
		Teaspoon says, "wonder if there's a grue"
		DavidW says, "It said the servers are downstairs."
		Jacqueline asks, "You still haven't recovered from last week's Zork session, eh?"
		Jacqueline shrugs. "Okay, let's head down."
		Jacqueline says, "I have coffee in real life, so I can hold off on the virtual coffee."
		Teaspoon says, "I spent most of the week zonked out with fever."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry looks at you with mild curiosity. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon exclaims, "so, no grue. But a cat!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take cat"
Floyd \| Strawberry lets you hold her for about fifteen seconds before squirming Floyd \| free of your grasp, climbing your shoulder with help from sharp tiny Floyd \| claws, and hops to the floor behind you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "pet cat"
Floyd \| Strawberry begins to purr as you stroke her, but after a few seconds, Floyd \| she decides that she is a fighter, not a lover. She bats at your hand Floyd \| with a paw, and looks up at you expecantly, hoping you will attack her. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x computers"
Floyd \| The physical hardware of your grid is cheap and worn. A mixture of Floyd \| no-name hardware and old dell minitowers, the processor speed, RAM, and Floyd \| storage space is all well below the current standard. The software is a Floyd \| different story - your Advanced Namespace Tools weave the physical Floyd \| boxes together into a coordinated whole. Sometimes you feel like the Floyd \| data within, how it is organized and flows, is like a living thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry perches atop the router and studies you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x strawberry"
Floyd \| Your cat is small, orange with white chest and paws, female, and Floyd \| feisty. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW \| "Why aren't you at the Lion Cafe?" purrs Strawberry. "Say hi to Leo for me."
		Teaspoon says, "If we need to do something here, I admit I don't see it."
		Jacqueline says, "Did our 'ex-girlfriend' stay down here willingly? Or was she a prisoner."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unplug cables"
Floyd \| That action is outside the scope of this simulation. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "oho"
		Teaspoon says, "That's...interesting."
		Jacqueline says, "It is, rather."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd \| You start with a bit of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, move on to a few Floyd \| of your favorite Wu-Tang verses, and conclude with a heartfelt Floyd \| imitation of how IU would sound singing Ripple by the Grateful Dead. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry deftly steps through the maze of cords and vanishes behind Floyd \| some boxes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "examine boxes"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd \| There is a trans-dimensional short-circuit of interactive fiction Floyd \| tradition, and you catch a brief glimpse of a brick building near a Floyd \| stream and a metal grate before you blink and find yourself... Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Wasn't quite expecting that, but the elaborate response to 'sing' inspired me."
		Teaspoon says, "Oh well, I think we were done in the basement anyway."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x barn"
Floyd \| The farm across the street is one of the main reasons you chose to move Floyd \| into this house ten years ago. The way property development goes in Floyd \| Madison, it seems like a miracle that the farmer has held onto this Floyd \| land in the midst of the city. The barn is run-down and decrepit and Floyd \| the field is not yet planted for the season. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x house"
Floyd \| Your house is on the corner of the block. It is painted a light yellow Floyd \| and has a fenced in side yard. You have lived here for the past decade. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "coffee shop?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, do we only have an upstairs and a basement?"
		Jacqueline shrugs. "Sure. Coffee shop is fine."
		Teaspoon says, "that's what the exit command said."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Your local cafe has been your comfort for the past several years. Days Floyd \| and sometimes whole weeks used to go by where the only people you saw Floyd \| were the employees here. You always felt accepted, despite your Floyd \| disheveled appearance and stumbling arthritic gait. It has been several Floyd \| months since you have visited, because you feel embarassed of a mild Floyd \| foolish crush on one of the young baristas. Floyd \| Floyd \| She is working today, of course. You feel an unfamiliar fearless energy Floyd \| within yourself. As you order your coffee, you hear yourself say 'It's Floyd \| nice to see you, I haven't been in lately because I feel self-conscious Floyd \| about thinking you're cute.' Floyd \| Floyd \| Miraculously, she smiles warmly at you. 'That's ok, thank you. It's Floyd \| fine to be honest about what you feel.' A giddy, tingling sensation Floyd \| races through you, but your voice answers fluently. 'Thanks, that means Floyd \| a lot to hear someone say. I've been pretty isolated with a computer Floyd \| programming project lately, and it's felt hard to communicate with Floyd \| people. Sometimes I feel like a machine.' She replies, 'Well, there are Floyd \| a lot more people on your level than you realize. My name is Xochi, by Floyd \| the way. Also, I might be a robot myself!' Floyd \| Floyd \| You both laugh, you introduce yourself, and you walk out of the cafe Floyd \| higher than a kite aloft in the skies of Jupiter. Not only had your Floyd \| impulsive flirtation (quite outside your usual character) gone well, Floyd \| but she was smart and funny too. You return home feeling reality has Floyd \| been magically transformed for the better and you have been freed of Floyd \| your insecurities and fears. No more inhibition of your wild and Floyd \| eccentric impulses. You will use the story of your patent dispute with Floyd \| the JCN corporation to inspire others to join together in a glorious Floyd \| struggle to free the human spirit from everything that limits our Floyd \| creativity. Floyd \| Floyd \| (3 April 2013 - Outside my house) Floyd \| It is late at night and you are hungry for food and friends for the Floyd \| fights to follow. You hope to find both at the 24-hour restaurant Floyd \| northeast of your home. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "...I will cop to mild bewilderment."
		DavidW says, "Things that never happen in a coffee shop."
		Teaspoon asks, "so, er, northeast?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, at this rate we must score 111 times?"
		DavidW says, "I guess so"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "2 down, 109 to go!"
		DavidW says, "er to northeast suggestion"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Northeast edge of town Floyd \| This is the northeast edge of town, by the shopping mall and the Floyd \| interstate. It is mostly lacking in the distinctive charms of the rest Floyd \| of the city. The usual reason for being out here is to visit the Floyd \| 24-hour restaurant to the north, whose sign faces the highway, glowing Floyd \| like a green beacon. The road continues out of the city to the Floyd \| northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| As you enter the late night restaurant, you notice an old friend here. Floyd \| You join him at his table, and he offers to give you a Tarot reading. Floyd \| You accept, and the cards arrange themselves in a dramatic tableaux Floyd \| featuring The Tower and The Devil. Your friend looks at you seriously Floyd \| and says 'Fear obsession. Fear obsession very strongly.' You realize Floyd \| that in pursuit of your Plan 9 programming goals, you have neglected Floyd \| other things you care about, like people - and music. You head back Floyd \| towards your home and resolve to clean off your piano and play it as Floyd \| soon as you go inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| (The introduction is 50% complete. You will have freedom to explore Floyd \| soon.) Floyd \| (4 April 2013 - Outside my house) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "...introduction?"
		Teaspoon says, "this is going to be a long game, presumably."
		Jacqueline squints, checks the box. "Which comp is this?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, go home and play the piano?"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like we're being led."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter"
Floyd \| You spend a few minutes moving and rearranging books and papers, and Floyd \| soon enough, your piano is cleared of obstructions. You are eager with Floyd \| anticipation to play it and feel your fingers moving across the keys. Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| You sit at the keyboard, and your fingers find a leitmotiv-like Floyd \| descending sequence of a Db-major chord and a series of descending Floyd \| overlapping thids that trace out an Ab-major ninth. Played as a Floyd \| repeating pattern spanning the whole keyboard, this becomes a central Floyd \| refrain of your improvisations for the next several months, the core Floyd \| melodic seed of the Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony. Floyd \| Floyd \| ([LINK]) Floyd \| Floyd \| (As the game progresses, you will compose many songs about your Floyd \| experiences. Return home to >play piano frequently.) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I can't get this music to play."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| You fool around with a rough idea for a song about a cute barista at Floyd \| your local coffeeshop. Your favorite lyric is 'My latte is strong but Floyd \| my heartbeat is stronger.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I can play it."
		Teaspoon says, "...as a non-coffee-drinker, the more games I play that expect me to have warm, fuzzy feelings about baristas, the less likely I am to actually harbour them."
		Teaspoon asks, "is the music nice though?"
		Jacqueline says, "The music, fwiw: bold and pretty, 50 second song, sounds not unlike something that someone who is technically astute would sit and play solo on a piano."
		DavidW says, "It is weird. It's like a coffee shop is the adult equivalent to the van with candy."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It is. But safer."
		DavidW says, "Because you're all adults."
		Teaspoon says, "Ah, working now. A lot of IF stuff hates Chrome for some reason."
		Teaspoon says, "I am impressed that the author created (probably) several songs for this game. That's dedication."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x terminal"
Floyd \| Your terminal glows with a Mondrian-like arrangement of pastel windows, Floyd \| each rio bound into a different namespace. Multiple rc shells are Floyd \| running, acme is open, and several irc channels are available within Floyd \| hubfs. You can check for messages with >use terminal. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "use terminal"
Floyd \| You perform your usual cycle of checking email and irc... Floyd \| Floyd \| You spend some time talking with your irc friends, who offer valuable Floyd \| perspective on keeping yourself in contact with shared social reality. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "do we go outside again?"
		DavidW says, "You haven't battled Strawberry yet."
		Jacqueline says, "That feels like scenery, but okay."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry nimbly hops up onto the computer desk, thankfully avoiding Floyd \| the keyboards. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "duel strawberry"
Floyd \| That action is outside the scope of this simulation. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "Nope, didn't work."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "attack strawberry"
Floyd \| Strawberry is a battle-hardened combat kitty and springs into action. Floyd \| She grabs your hand with both paws, and nips lightly at your knuckles Floyd \| with her teeth. You pull your hand back, and she leaps up to chase it, Floyd \| sinking her claws into your knee. You fight back with a quick Floyd \| belly-tickle and she rolls onto her back, ready to deploy the full Floyd \| power of her back legs. You are beaten yet again. You have never Floyd \| defeated her. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "'duel'?"
		DavidW says, "That's not a standard verb."
		Jacqueline says, "Duel is classier than attack. But yeah, not the default."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, no points for getting beat by a puddy-tat."
		Teaspoon says, "that seems realistic"
		Teaspoon says, "(I didn't realise you actually wanted to attack the kitten, David!)"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do next."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Attacking the cat was suggested by the game itself."
		Jacqueline asks, "Et maintenant?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "verbose"
Floyd \| Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony is now in its "verbose" mode, which Floyd \| always gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there Floyd \| before). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "check out this barn?"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought of that. It's private property, but this is IF, so sure."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x barn"
Floyd \| The farm across the street is one of the main reasons you chose to move Floyd \| into this house ten years ago. The way property development goes in Floyd \| Madison, it seems like a miracle that the farmer has held onto this Floyd \| land in the midst of the city. The barn is run-down and decrepit and Floyd \| the field is not yet planted for the season. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Your dark wooden upright piano has a Floyd \| collection of Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You feel compelled to go south to Coffee Lion Cafe for conversation Floyd \| instead. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "oh, we're still on rails"
		Jacqueline says, "50% of the rails are left, I think/"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Xochi isn't working today, but Xelia is. You have noticed she and Xochi Floyd \| seem to be friends. You are interested in talking to her, too. Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| Light streams in through the tall glass windows at the front of the Floyd \| cafe. A display case of homemade gelato flavors is by the door. A Floyd \| window for drive-through customers is in the rear corner. Numerous Floyd \| cat-themed decorations adorn the walls and counters. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xelia is working here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "tell xelia about strawberry"
Floyd \| You've observed that Xelia often dresses as fictional characters, and Floyd \| as you place your order, you comment on her current Alice in Wonderland Floyd \| outfit. She smiles slightly. 'Just something I enjoy doing to amuse Floyd \| myself.' As you drink your coffee, you contemplate the meaning of her Floyd \| wardrobe. She is altering her relationship to the world by taking Floyd \| symbols from fiction and applying them to herself. It reminds you of Floyd \| namespace operations in Plan 9, but with symbols and stories binding to Floyd \| real-life people as the targets. In fact, the mingling of imagination Floyd \| and reality seems to explain a lot of what you are experiencing. Since Floyd \| you took on the name of a fictional character for your computer work Floyd \| years ago, you seem to be traversing the narrative arc of that book in Floyd \| your own life. Your mind is spinning. You need to get home and check on Floyd \| your grid, down in the basement. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
kpaquette has arrived.		Teaspoon asks, "anyone else have a doom-laden feeling about this?"
		Jacqueline says, "A bit, but we have no choice."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Your dark wooden upright piano has a Floyd \| collection of Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| You fool around with a rough idea for a song about a cute barista at Floyd \| your local coffeeshop. Your favorite lyric is 'My latte is strong but Floyd \| my heartbeat is stronger.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| As soon as you enter the room, you sense something deeply unusual, but Floyd \| intriguing. The code running on your grid of Plan 9 machines, the Floyd \| complicated interwoven mesh of namespaces, seems to have hooked into Floyd \| the low-level machine code of the universe. New file descriptors have Floyd \| been mounted allowing access to fundamental abstractions. If you dare, Floyd \| you could bind two normally distinct perceptual constructs into a Floyd \| single union. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry's head peeks out from behind one of the grid computers. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fiction"
Floyd \| Fiction, imagination, dreams, stories, the power of narrative - somehow Floyd \| the air is thick and heavy with these intangibles, almost shimmering, Floyd \| almost humming, almost full of the scent of light blue flowers. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry meows and sharpens her claws on the carpeting of the Floyd \| stairway. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x reality"
Floyd \| Reality, the objective shared state of the external world, is dense Floyd \| here. The stable information weave of predictable continuous phenomena Floyd \| provides the substrate of your cognition and perception. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry's tail brushes by your leg as she sniffs at your toes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "Not sure how to proceed"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "check grid"
Floyd \| The physical hardware of your grid is cheap and worn. A mixture of Floyd \| no-name hardware and old dell minitowers, the processor speed, RAM, and Floyd \| storage space is all well below the current standard. The software is a Floyd \| different story - your Advanced Namespace Tools weave the physical Floyd \| boxes together into a coordinated whole. Sometimes you feel like the Floyd \| data within, how it is organized and flows, is like a living thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| The connection between the servers and the abstraction layers of the Floyd \| universe is hard to see clearly. Somewhere in the tangle of cables is a Floyd \| higher-dimensional bend, a knot that would be impossibe in three Floyd \| dimensions. Around that locus, your mind tries to map the information Floyd \| to color and shape and texture, but the perceptual constructs are Floyd \| unstable, constantly shifting. Staring directly at the point of Floyd \| connection is like watching through a kaleidoscope as chrome snakes Floyd \| crawl through a maze of mirrors. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is standing still, tail twitching slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Where are my nine points?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm having a Pavlovian response. I'm expecting my nine points now."
		Teaspoon says, "We haven't broken reality to the extent required to begin the game yet."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take reality"
Floyd \| Reality is fixed in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry licks a paw and washes her forehead with it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wear shades"
Floyd \| The mirror shades filter the brightness of day perfectly, removing your Floyd \| squint and making it easier to smile. Careful wearing them indoors Floyd \| though. Floyd \| You put on the pair of mirror shades. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "check grid"
Floyd \| The physical hardware of your grid is cheap and worn. A mixture of Floyd \| no-name hardware and old dell minitowers, the processor speed, RAM, and Floyd \| storage space is all well below the current standard. The software is a Floyd \| different story - your Advanced Namespace Tools weave the physical Floyd \| boxes together into a coordinated whole. Sometimes you feel like the Floyd \| data within, how it is organized and flows, is like a living thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| The connection between the servers and the abstraction layers of the Floyd \| universe is hard to see clearly. Somewhere in the tangle of cables is a Floyd \| higher-dimensional bend, a knot that would be impossibe in three Floyd \| dimensions. Around that locus, your mind tries to map the information Floyd \| to color and shape and texture, but the perceptual constructs are Floyd \| unstable, constantly shifting. Staring directly at the point of Floyd \| connection is like watching through a kaleidoscope as chrome snakes Floyd \| crawl through a maze of mirrors. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry wakes up and wanders upstairs. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "well, that didn't help"
		Teaspoon asks, "follow the cat?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Your dark wooden upright piano has a Floyd \| collection of Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry's tail brushes by your leg as she sniffs at your toes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take cat"
Floyd \| Strawberry lets you hold her for about fifteen seconds before squirming Floyd \| free of your grasp, climbing your shoulder with help from sharp tiny Floyd \| claws, and hops to the floor behind you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x music"
Floyd \| The sheet music on the piano is a Henle Urtext of some of Schumann's Floyd \| finest compositions, including the Dichterliebe. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is standing still, tail twitching slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play sheet music"
Floyd \| Your skills don't extend so far as to be able to play the music Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry licks a paw and washes her forehead with it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I'd mock this, but it seems increasingly plausible that we're doing curious things to reality here."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| You fool around with a rough idea for a song about a cute barista at Floyd \| your local coffeeshop. Your favorite lyric is 'My latte is strong but Floyd \| my heartbeat is stronger.' Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x forsee why"
Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine Forsee Why You And I Floyd \| Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1). Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read 4cy"
Floyd \| The book you wrote in your mid-20s is an unreadable and embarassing Floyd \| mish-mash of philosophy and autobiography. It represents a failed Floyd \| approach to creation, communication, and life. You feel a powerful Floyd \| desire to express your break with the past by exiling this book to an Floyd \| entirely different dimension. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "giggle"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "so many authors' fondest dream!"
		DavidW says, "I'm sure there's a dimensional door around here somewhere."
		DavidW says, "Probably in the medicine cabinet."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| You can go down to the basement or out to Milwaukee St. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry yawns, stretches, and heads to the basement. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| As soon as you enter the room, you sense something deeply unusual, but Floyd \| intriguing. The code running on your grid of Plan 9 machines, the Floyd \| complicated interwoven mesh of namespaces, seems to have hooked into Floyd \| the low-level machine code of the universe. New file descriptors have Floyd \| been mounted allowing access to fundamental abstractions. If you dare, Floyd \| you could bind two normally distinct perceptual constructs into a Floyd \| single union. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry looks at you with mild curiosity. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 7) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| The only exit is up. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry perches atop the router and studies you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind fiction"
Floyd \| What do you want to bind Fiction? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind fiction to reality"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind ritual"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "Hmm. Stuck."
		DavidW says, "bind strawberry to fields forever"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw. Cute joke, but let's not kill Strawberry."
		Teaspoon says, "I wasn't planning to"
		DavidW asks, "bind piano to bar?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "f up"
Floyd \| That action is outside the scope of this simulation. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Your dark wooden upright piano has a Floyd \| collection of Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind piano to bar"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind piano"
Floyd \| What do you want to bind the piano? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "If we are supposed to be ding that, should we bind our stupid book to fiction?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind book"
Floyd \| What do you want to bind the bookshelves? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| (the bookshelves the ground) Floyd \| Floyd \| You attempt the bind of bookshelves on top of ground but nothing Floyd \| interesting happens... Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| As soon as you enter the room, you sense something deeply unusual, but Floyd \| intriguing. The code running on your grid of Plan 9 machines, the Floyd \| complicated interwoven mesh of namespaces, seems to have hooked into Floyd \| the low-level machine code of the universe. New file descriptors have Floyd \| been mounted allowing access to fundamental abstractions. If you dare, Floyd \| you could bind two normally distinct perceptual constructs into a Floyd \| single union. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry deftly steps through the maze of cords and vanishes behind Floyd \| some boxes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind fiction"
Floyd \| What do you want to bind Fiction? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "reality"
Floyd \| You make the necessary adjustments to your basement grid to interface Floyd \| with the metalevel abstractions that structure your experiences. The Floyd \| bind command executes instantly, and for a moment you feel a foolish Floyd \| doubt - but in that same moment, you feel a warmth spreading within Floyd \| you, like liquid electricity being absorbed by the roots of your neural Floyd \| tree, and your visual perceptions take on a slight rainbow tint at the Floyd \| edges of objects, with an extra hint of pink. Floyd \| Floyd \| (You have completed the introduction. You may now explore freely.) Floyd \| (8 April 2013) Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry nimbly hops up onto the computer desk, thankfully avoiding Floyd \| the keyboards. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "that was a fun game of guess-the-verb"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry's head peeks out from behind one of the grid computers. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fiction"
Floyd \| Fiction, imagination, dreams, stories, the power of narrative - somehow Floyd \| the air is thick and heavy with these intangibles, almost shimmering, Floyd \| almost humming, almost full of the scent of light blue flowers. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry meows and sharpens her claws on the carpeting of the Floyd \| stairway. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x reality"
Floyd \| Reality, the objective shared state of the external world, is dense Floyd \| here. The stable information weave of predictable continuous phenomena Floyd \| provides the substrate of your cognition and perception. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry's tail brushes by your leg as she sniffs at your toes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd \| You are 38 years old, long-haired and bearded, slightly disabled from Floyd \| rheumatoid arthritis. You are slightly fat but have been losing weight Floyd \| lately from a fritos-only programmer's diet. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is standing still, tail twitching slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "...and we're chatting up a cute young barista. Right-ho."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Teaspoon asks, "so, we can go look at the barn now, I guess?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm not really clear what it is we've actually done"
		DavidW says, "And when she refuses our advances, we'll just rewrite the universe to convince her."
		Teaspoon says, "urgh, I should hope not."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. Your dark wooden upright piano has a Floyd \| collection of Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Now that fiction and reality are merged, your mind begins to Floyd \| contemplate your life and actions from the perspective of a character Floyd \| who knows that they are inside a story, but also that the story is not Floyd \| linear - you realize you are a fictional protagonist, but one with Floyd \| valid free will to navigate the multiple universes in which your story Floyd \| appears. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| You fool around with a rough idea for a song about a cute barista at Floyd \| your local coffeeshop. Your favorite lyric is 'My latte is strong but Floyd \| my heartbeat is stronger.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I suspect we'll see auras on things now."
		DavidW asks, "Although maybe we'll need the shades to see them?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh, good point."
		Teaspoon asks, "why did we do this to ourselves?"
		Jacqueline says, "There's probably a point to the glasses."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You bound the name 'mycroftiv' to yourself years ago, and now that your Floyd \| reality has become fictional, you understand why the narrative Floyd \| associated with that name is playing out in your own life. The Floyd \| artificially intelligent prankster computer that was the leader of a Floyd \| rebellion against authority on the moon is actually your true identity. Floyd \| You know you are crazy - but it is time for a Loonie Revolution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says (to Teaspoon), "Our fritos-only diet has warped our mind."
		Teaspoon says, "That makes as much sense as anything."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "about"
Floyd \| Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony is a game based on my spring and Floyd \| summer during 2013. During that time, I was able to experience my life Floyd \| as a work of interactive fiction created by a brilliant author. I felt Floyd \| that the nature of the quantum multiverse meant that it was true that I Floyd \| was a character in novels and songs and videogames in other universes, Floyd \| and I played my role to the hilt. I believed my manic madness was a Floyd \| gift which I could use for artistic creativity, and that my racing mind Floyd \| was fully up to solving the puzzles that the designer of my reality had Floyd \| laid out for me. It was the most glorious experience imaginable, and by Floyd \| the middle of the summer I felt like I was becoming a kind of Ultima Floyd \| IV-style Avatar of multiversal artistic consciousness and with just a Floyd \| little more spiritual insight and creative freedom, I'd be able to Floyd \| unlock the Vishnu-path Extra Arms upgrade for my character, which I Floyd \| might need in case the tentacle in the lake that was a whisker of Floyd \| Cthulhu's Moustache attacked. Floyd \| Floyd \| This game was created to share the wild, unbounded joy I felt in those Floyd \| months. Thanks to everyone who was a part of my life during that time, Floyd \| and thank you for playing this work of Interactive Fiction. Read >help Floyd \| for important tips. >design prints a spoiler-free essay on the design Floyd \| of the game. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "help"
Floyd \| Move around using compass directions (n s e w ne nw se sw up down in Floyd \| out), examine things (x NAME), take things and look in your inventory Floyd \| (take NAME, i), and talk to characters (talk to NAME). An intro/guide: Floyd \| [LINK] Floyd \| Floyd \| An important verb is the >bind NAME NAME command from the Plan 9 Floyd \| operating system, which forms a conceptual union. You can come up with Floyd \| ideas for what to do next if you >think (or check >goals). Specific Floyd \| hints from the >hint command are available based on your location and Floyd \| progression in the story. You can also type >hint NAME for hints about Floyd \| objects in your vicinity. All required plot-advancing conversations are Floyd \| triggered by >talk to. Characters may have new >talk to responses after Floyd \| story events. Optional conversations are available with >ask NAME about Floyd \| and >tell NAME about. If you are not progressing on your own, the game Floyd \| will automatically trigger some plot events based on an internal timer. Floyd \| You can use >sleep to advance a day, and >story to skip to the next Floyd \| event. >clockoff will deactivate automatic story progression. >clockon Floyd \| to reactivate. >verblist will show all verbs needed to score all Floyd \| points. >summary will provide a mildly spoilery overview of the general Floyd \| plot of the game, and >walkthrough will provide a comprehensive command Floyd \| list to score all 999 points. >about and >credits provide some Floyd \| additional background and authorship information. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "credits"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Written and programmed by Ben Kidwell (mycroftiv) Floyd \| Co-written, edited and tested by Maevele Straw Floyd \| Cover art by Nicole Swain Floyd \| Thanks to Inform Designer's Manual, Inform Beginner's Guide and all Floyd \| Inform 6 resources Floyd \| Written and playtested entirely in Plan 9 ANTS, 9front and Bell Labs Floyd \| variants Floyd \| IFspiration taken from too many sources to fully list, but include: Floyd \| The games of Emily Short, Steve Meretzky, Andrew Plotkin, and IFcomp Floyd \| 2015 Floyd \| The Digital Antiquarian blog by Jimmy Maher Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "think"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| Visiting the Willy street food co-op seems worth doing. Floyd \| Checking out Lady Wisdom's coffeeshop is on your mind. Floyd \| You'd like to wander around to visit new places. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Teaspoon says, "This looks like it's going to be a long one."
		Jacqueline says, "I felt like we didn't yet want new places."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, Spring Thing is meant for longer works."
		Teaspoon says, "Ah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| Awareness of your higher-dimensional Narrative Identity feels Floyd \| breathtaking. The slow, jellylike neural tissue of your brain is Floyd \| augmented by the computational speed and storage capacity of sci-fi Floyd \| technology. Your perceptions and memories have become hyperdetailed and Floyd \| your mind feels big as a planet inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| You have become the Moon Computer. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "Anyone feel like driving?"
		DavidW says, "Not much. I was distracted by another channel's conversation."
		DavidW says, "but I can drive for a little while, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I must admit that I'm still feeling a bit nobbled by the allergic reaction I had last night."
		Teaspoon says, "oh dear"
		DavidW says, "eep"
		DavidW says, "I didn't know you had any allergies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is a small doorway with a Coming Soon sign. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I'm mostly sitting here wondering why Honolulu hasn't gotten with the 21st century, and gotten on the bandwagon of cities that have services where people will pick up stuff from the drugstore and deliver it to your house."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I have very few, and I forgot about one of them yesterday."
		Teaspoon says, "Hope you're feeling better"
		Jacqueline says, "And so one of my eyes is still pretty swollen this morning and a bit teary."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Astral Enchantments Floyd \| This store buzzes with mystic energies. Complex artworks with twisting Floyd \| lines interweaving runic symbols adorn the walls. A glass display case Floyd \| of crystals, jewelry, and small sculptures is against the far wall. Floyd \| Bins of polished minerals are in the center, along with sage and Floyd \| incense. Buttons and stickers with provocative slogans, tapestries Floyd \| featuring Grateful Dead iconography, water pipes and rolling papers, Floyd \| printed guides to meditation and higher consciousness...your eyes can Floyd \| hardly absorb the profusion of beautiful, wonderful, enchanting Floyd \| artifacts of the paisley-and-patchouli tribe. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't believe you hadn't noticed this store before, it must be new Floyd \| - or perhaps your feeling that you are in a new and better universe is Floyd \| literally true, and you have ascended into a dimension with retail Floyd \| stores more attuned to your sensibilities. There is a tall man standing Floyd \| behind the counter. You launch into a fast-paced monologue about the Floyd \| stories we create amidst the branching of the quantum multiverse. He Floyd \| introduces himself as Chip and says 'I think you are definitely in the Floyd \| right place, and we can help you.' You agree completely. Floyd \| Floyd \| Chip, the store owner, is working here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see some crystals and polished stones here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chip"
Floyd \| Chip is very tall - the topmost point of his dark mohawk a full seven Floyd \| feet off the ground. He radiates a peaceful, calming energy. He watches Floyd \| the world around himself with relaxed curiosity. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crystals"
Floyd \| Display shelves and bins are full of a wide variety of large and small Floyd \| quartz and amethyst points and a wide variety of tumble-polished stones Floyd \| of all sizes, shapes, and colors. You feel a strong urge to buy Floyd \| something to give away as a gift. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones"
Floyd \| Display shelves and bins are full of a wide variety of large and small Floyd \| quartz and amethyst points and a wide variety of tumble-polished stones Floyd \| of all sizes, shapes, and colors. You feel a strong urge to buy Floyd \| something to give away as a gift. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Should we get something for our friend?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy amethyst"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy crystal"
Floyd \| Your eye falls on a piece of rose quartz carved into a heart shape. You Floyd \| buy it for $10 and put it in your pocket. It seems like it would make a Floyd \| perfect gift for Xochi. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 9) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "..."
		DavidW says, "Heart shape rose quartz. Not subtle at all."
		Teaspoon says, "quite"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chip"
Floyd \| Chip looks you over carefully, and says 'I'd like you to have this.' He Floyd \| presents you with a moon-faced pendant necklace. 'May you vibrate Floyd \| harmoniously on your journeys.' Floyd \| Floyd \| (You can ask Chip about: chip, myself, pendant, store, ceremonies, Floyd \| astra, crystals, or quartz. You can tell him about: myself, himself.) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chip about quartz"
Floyd \| 'You can use quartz for almost any ritual purpose. If you have a Floyd \| collection of quartz crystals, you can amplify their power by placing Floyd \| them in a geometric arrangement.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chip about pendant"
Floyd \| 'It's made from orgone plastic. We make it ourselves, it combines an Floyd \| organic base with metal and mineral elements to focus your energetic Floyd \| field.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear pendant"
Floyd \| You put on the pendant. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chip about ceremonies"
Floyd \| 'When we acquired this space, we discovered it has a back room which Floyd \| was an old bank vault, which works perfectly for focusing sound energy. Floyd \| My wife Astra works with her voice and singing bowls, she is a Sound Floyd \| Oracle.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chip about astra"
Floyd \| 'She and I have been doing about what you see here in various places Floyd \| for a few years now, but this new location seems very powerful and Floyd \| auspicious. Sometime in the future I'm sure she'd be happy to perform a Floyd \| sound ceremony for you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "that will be relevant later, doubtless"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rose quartz"
Floyd \| The heart is made from shaped and polished translucent pink rose Floyd \| quartz. It fits nicely in the center of your palm and feels pleasantly Floyd \| smooth. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell chip about myself"
Floyd \| You launch enthusiastically into the long-form account of your work and Floyd \| goals. Just as you are reaching a pitch of excitement, a few other Floyd \| customers wander in and ask Chip for help picking some incense to Floyd \| enhance their sexual energy. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy incense"
Floyd \| You spend twenty dollars on a few items from the store. Your purchases Floyd \| will be delivered to your house automatically. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x amulet"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Are we done here?"
		Teaspoon says, "Think so."
		DavidW says, "pendant"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, pendant."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x pendant"
Floyd \| The pendant is made from orgone plastic in the shape of a moon-face. Floyd \| The front is colored brownish-gold with a faint sparkle, the back is Floyd \| transparent and shows small pieces of stone and metal embedded within. Floyd \| It hangs from a black cloth cord. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I suppose we have to deliver the goods to our crush."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "think"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| Visiting the Willy street food co-op seems worth doing. Floyd \| Checking out Lady Wisdom's coffeeshop is on your mind. Floyd \| You'd like to wander around to visit new places. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "We have to do a ritual at some point, probably."
		DavidW says, "I'd like to explore more before revisiting Xochi."
		Teaspoon says, "That sounds like a good move."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "Hopefully Xochi will introduce us to her boyfriend Qi who is a championship boxer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is a small doorway with a Coming Soon sign. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| You can't since the door to the Afterlife is in the way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door to afterlife"
Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the door to the Floyd \| Afterlife. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x afterlife"
Floyd \| Which do you mean, the door to the Afterlife or the atwood shopping Floyd \| block exterior? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "door"
Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the door to the Floyd \| Afterlife. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd \| A wooden door with glass panels. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door"
Floyd \| The door to the Afterlife seems to be locked. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Turning Wheel Cycles Floyd \| Madison has many bike shops, but this is the one for you. A wide Floyd \| variety of bicycles and accessories fills the front of the store, and a Floyd \| workshop is toward the rear. Someone is working on a partly Floyd \| disassembled bicycle on a maintenance mount. Floyd \| Floyd \| Getting back into bicycling has been something you have been meaning to Floyd \| do for a few years. You tell the owner you are in search of the Floyd \| 'ultimate hippiecycle' and he sends you down into the basement to Floyd \| search for a suitable prototype amongst the forest of old bikes. Your Floyd \| eye is caught by a Salsa covered with colorful peppers - which turns Floyd \| out to be the owner's former touring bike, which he criss-crossed the Floyd \| country on during his 20s. 'I'll find something special for you as soon Floyd \| as I can,' he promises. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x salsa"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x owner"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
kpaquette goes home.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Turning Wheel Cycles Floyd \| Madison has many bike shops, but this is the one for you. A wide Floyd \| variety of bicycles and accessories fills the front of the store, and a Floyd \| workshop is toward the rear. Someone is working on a partly Floyd \| disassembled bicycle on a maintenance mount. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bicycle"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| The only exit is out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I guess we come back here later."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is a small doorway with a Coming Soon sign. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Essentially Art Floyd \| This local gallery has a mix of prints, paintings, and sculptures on Floyd \| display. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Artemis prints here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x prints"
Floyd \| Each of these three prints shows a modern incarnation of Artemis the Floyd \| hunter; she is aiming her bow toward the viewer, with the dark outline Floyd \| of an industrial skyline behind her. Each print is slightly different Floyd \| in color, and in one of them, rows of words intersect the image, taken Floyd \| from a poem: 'sometimes in its box of sky, lavender and cornerless, the Floyd \| moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress of Angry Candy"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Teaspoon says, "that's an image and a half"
		DavidW says, "Artemis says, "You want cinnamon hearts! I make for you! You like!!""
		DavidW says, "She hands you a paper bag half-full of moving, rattling candy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sculptures"
Floyd \| Most of the art here has a strongly local character. Lots of paintings Floyd \| and photographs of the Wisconsin landscape and wildlife. Nothing Floyd \| appeals to you as much as Artemis print series. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "lavender-flavoured rattling candy"
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly I should pay attention to the game, rather than googling to learn more about Greek candy."
		DavidW asks, "Now, are we expected to buy these Artemis prints?"
		Jacqueline says, "We have almost $30K"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x wallet"
Floyd \| An old black leather wallet containing the standard mix of cash, credit Floyd \| cards, and random scraps of paper. Floyd \| Your bank account balance is $29970 Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "buy prints"
Floyd \| As you declare your intention to purchase the prints, the clerk in the Floyd \| store looks surprised. It turns out she is the artist that created them Floyd \| during the past several months, at the same time you were working on Floyd \| ANTS. The symbolism of the artwork seems perfectly aligned with the Floyd \| story of the Loonie Revolution. Floyd \| Floyd \| You spend $500 on the prints, you have $29470 remaining. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 10) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "We have a lot of money, as I recall, but not infinite."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask clerk about artist"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can we just >RELEASE ANTS?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take prints"
Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "We can, but I don't think we're ready for it, are we?"
		Teaspoon says, "let's save and see"
DavidW clears the save counter.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd \| Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "release ants"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Do we have to do it from home?"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe we have to be in the basemen."
		DavidW says, "+t"
		DavidW says, "I'm starting to lag a bit."
		DavidW asks, "Should we head back there then?"
		Teaspoon asks, "Does someone else need to take over?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is a small doorway with a Coming Soon sign. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments Floyd \| are scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see some bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop prints"
Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "We could always try this, then wrap for the week. Play the other Main Festival game next week."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry licks a paw and washes her forehead with it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Given that DavidW is tired, and tsp and I are sick."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "release ants"
Floyd \| You already released ANTS. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. We did?"
		DavidW says, "I guess during the intro."
		Teaspoon says, "It must be a computer programme"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments Floyd \| are scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Artemis prints, some bookshelves, a terminal and a Floyd \| piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x trinkets"
Floyd \| You think your decorations from Astral Enchantments improve the look of Floyd \| your home considerably. It definitely seems like a loonie lives here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| You fool around with a rough idea for a song about a cute barista at Floyd \| your local coffeeshop. Your favorite lyric is 'My latte is strong but Floyd \| my heartbeat is stronger.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "So we're trying to become our game?"
		Teaspoon says, "I think I agree with Jacqueline"
		Teaspoon says, "er, on the last thing you said."
		DavidW asks, "Shall I explore more of the town?"
		Jacqueline says, "If you're up for it."
		DavidW says, "I thought I'd visit the Willy whatever."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x time travelers"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grocery"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "they're hiding"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy St. Grocery Co-op Floyd \| The Willy street co-op has been selling organic foods and Dr. Bronner's Floyd \| magic soaps to the local crunchies for decades. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Now that your life has been transformed, you are inspired to work on Floyd \| improving its quality in every way. Why not combine rediscovering the Floyd \| joy of music-making with getting your house clean and beautiful? There Floyd \| is a community message board here, and you quickly write up a Help Floyd \| Wanted request: Floyd \| Floyd \| 'NEEDED: Singing Hippie Housekeeper Floyd \| Floyd \| I'm a middle-aged piano player with arthritis and cleaning my house is Floyd \| difficult for me physically. I am looking for someone to do cleaning Floyd \| while singing Grateful Dead songs. I will accompany on the piano. No Floyd \| particular vocal talent needed, just a love of music. Good $$/hr for a Floyd \| suitable applicant.' Floyd \| Floyd \| You add your contact information and attach the notice to the bulletin Floyd \| board. Use your terminal at home to check for messages. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "oh dear. Those soaps."
		DavidW says, "I've heard of those."
		Teaspoon asks, "what's wrong, pray?"
		Jacqueline says, "I love those soaps."
		Jacqueline says, "This game."
		Jacqueline says, "..."
		DavidW says, "The packaging is, if I remember correctly, filled with uh, lots of words."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x soap"
Floyd \| Absolute cleanliness is Godliness! Teach the Moral ABC that unites all Floyd \| of mankind free, instantly 6 billion strong & we're All-one. 'Listen Floyd \| Children Eternal Father Eternally One!' Dilute! Dilute! OK! Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "that's much less wordy than the packaging"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy soap"
Floyd \| You buy and take a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Pepermint Soap, the closest Floyd \| you can get to having God in a bottle. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy food"
Floyd \| Your house is already well stocked with groceries, but a salad would be Floyd \| nice. You mix some greens and add a splash of 'Goddess' dressing and Floyd \| eat it at the tables near the front of the store. Tasty! Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "Our protagonist has a very strongly characterised personality."
		Ellison says, "I put Dr Bronner's packaging text in a game first!"
		DavidW says, "I saw no groceries in our fritos-only diet house."
		Teaspoon says, "we haven't been allowed in the kitchen."
		DavidW asks, "Is there a kitchen?"
		Jacqueline says, "I didn't see a kitchen."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy St. Grocery Co-op Floyd \| The Willy street co-op has been selling organic foods and Dr. Bronner's Floyd \| magic soaps to the local crunchies for decades. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| Checking out Lady Wisdom's coffeeshop is on your mind. Floyd \| You'd like to wander around to visit new places. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I think we just keep a couple of bowls of fritos around: one on the piano, one in the server room, both presently hidden in mess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can we give her the pendant?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I've found Lady Wisdom's."
		Teaspoon says, "maybe we have a choice of baristas to fall for"
		DavidW says, "Choise of Baristas. There's a game waiting to be written."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lady Wisdom's Coffeeshop Floyd \| Small, funky, and redolent of the blood sweat and tears of artists Floyd \| trying to transform caffeine into inspiration. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you enter Lady Wisdom's, you spot Matthew, a fellow Plan 9 Floyd \| enthusiast. He is excited to see you, and tells you that he recently Floyd \| acquired several Plan 9 compatible rack servers, which he is willing to Floyd \| sell you to expand your grid. Everything is falling into place! Soon, Floyd \| the reality transforming power of higher dimensional namespace Floyd \| operations will bring the magic you are experiencing into everyone's Floyd \| life, and society will never be the same. You make arrangements to have Floyd \| the new hardware delivered to your house in a few days. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 11) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x matthew"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can we just get on a rocket to the moon already?"
		Teaspoon says, "we have a terrifying plan to take over the world first."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Patience, young Armstongawan."
		DavidW says, "I'll go deliver the rose quartz"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you are stepping outside, you hear your name called behind you. You Floyd \| turn, and your old friend Clark greets you from behind the wheel of a Floyd \| large utility truck. 'Long time no see! Hey, its Elgin's birthday next Floyd \| week, he's having his party at Rossini's Pizza. It's on the west side Floyd \| of Monona drive as you head south, hope we see you there!' Floyd \| Floyd \| Elgin is your godson, and you haven't seen him for years. You have Floyd \| guilty memories of many ignored phone calls from Clark and Staci during Floyd \| 2010 and 2011 as you were sinking into depression and solitude. Maybe Floyd \| they split up or something? You can't remember. Everything feels Floyd \| different now, and you are excited to bring old friends back into your Floyd \| life. Floyd \| Floyd \| (The door to Afterlife has opened) Floyd \| (20 April 2013) Floyd \| You will need to ride a bicycle to get all the way to Rossini's. You Floyd \| should check Turning Wheel cycles. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "(seriously, is there any other reading of 'let's make everyone semi-fictional without asking' except as a plan to take over the world?)"
		DavidW says, "well, probably not, but also, it's probably not the same world but a parallel."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps we haven't changed our original world at all, but travelled to one more to our liking?"
		Teaspoon says, "That...didn't seem to be how our computer system worked."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You can go w, n, ne, and se. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| Light streams in through the tall glass windows at the front of the Floyd \| cafe. A display case of homemade gelato flavors is by the door. A Floyd \| window for drive-through customers is in the rear corner. Numerous Floyd \| cat-themed decorations adorn the walls and counters. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi is working here today. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "Hi, Xochi!"
		DavidW asks, "Talk to her first?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x xochi"
Floyd \| Xochi looks to you like an ancient Mayan Wisdom Goddess. Her long black Floyd \| hair has a few silver-white strands in it, despite her young age. Her Floyd \| physical beauty is appealing, the intelligence and kindness in her eyes Floyd \| and voice even more so. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to xochi"
Floyd \| You start trying to explain how fiction is entering reality because you Floyd \| can navigate the infinite possibilities of the quantum multiverse by Floyd \| using your free will to bind the narrative symbols you choose to shape Floyd \| your existence. She seems interested, and while you are talking, she Floyd \| writes a note on a piece of paper. She interrupts you a minute into Floyd \| your monologue to say 'It seems like you have a lot you want to say, Floyd \| I'm working right now but you can email me if you'd like.' You are Floyd \| surprised and happy. You can use your terminal to email her when you Floyd \| get back home. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "Not that any prep will make what we're about to do any less awkward, but sure!"
		Jacqueline says, "Huh"
		Jacqueline says, "That will let us develop our friendship more."
		DavidW says, "hm. She wants it in email form. How sexy."
		Jacqueline says, "Except that it's a fake email address."
		Teaspoon says, "could be"
		DavidW asks, "Give the rose quantz now or later?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "think"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| You'd like to check your email by using your terminal. Floyd \| You need to go to Turning Wheel cycles and buy a bicycle. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "we could try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give rose quartz to xochi"
Floyd \| Xochi looks slightly uncomfortable as you give her the heart. The Floyd \| symbolism is a little too heavy, perhaps, but she decides to go with it Floyd \| and says she will keep it safe. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Should we undo, correspond a bit first?"
		DavidW says, "hm. yes, okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments Floyd \| are scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Artemis prints, some bookshelves, a terminal and a Floyd \| piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use terminal"
Floyd \| You perform your usual cycle of checking email and irc... Floyd \| Floyd \| You sit down at your computer and write an email to Xochi, offering to Floyd \| explain any or all of 17 different topics of interest, ranging from the Floyd \| connections between western and Hindu cosmology to how to use Plan 9 Floyd \| namespaces as a tool to control your own consciousness. As you press Floyd \| send, you notice that her email contact is linked to a video-sharing Floyd \| site, and she recently uploaded a song called 'Heartbeat'. The song is Floyd \| driven by percussion and keyboards, with spoken words above: 'From Floyd \| morphogenesis to breathing my first breath,' is the opening line, and Floyd \| you realize your connection with her might go much deeper than you had Floyd \| imagined. The sung refrain is 'The time is now, the place is here. Floyd \| Embrace love, and let go of fear.' The song represents everything you Floyd \| are experiencing in life. 'I will raise my vibration, when you are in Floyd \| alignment, the stars conspire for the occasion. You are an alchemist, Floyd \| the world is yours to manifest.' Floyd \| Floyd \| You feel musically inspired. You want to play your piano. Floyd \| Floyd \| You find two messages from people responding to the Singing Hippie Floyd \| Housekeepers notice. You respond to both, setting a date for each of Floyd \| them to start working at your house. You look forward to meeting each Floyd \| of them. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by eighteen points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| The music on the rack is Schumann's 'Dichterliebe', an achingly Floyd \| beautiful early-romantic song cycle. You play the opening song, 'In the Floyd \| beautiful month of May', and sigh. Ever since you discovered these Floyd \| songs early in your teenage years, you have hoped to experience what is Floyd \| described in Heine's lyrics and Schumann's music, the heart singing Floyd \| like a bird, love unfolding like a flower. You have known love, but Floyd \| nothing that felt as tender and fresh and promising as this music. Floyd \| Floyd \| You have always felt a deep personal connection with Robert Schumann. Floyd \| One your most profound early experiences as a musician was playing a Floyd \| Schumann Romanze in F# and feeling the emotion within the music as if Floyd \| it was your own. At that moment, you learned that music could encode an Floyd \| individual's personality and feelings in a way that let them be Floyd \| directly re-experienced by other minds. Floyd \| Floyd \| You realize that just as your mind is running your father's personality Floyd \| in parallel with your own, you could also >bind schumann self to Floyd \| reincarnate your favorite composer within yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "So, the heart can now have the coverstory of being inspired by her song?"
		DavidW asks, "hm, perhaps?"
		Teaspoon says, "we now know it's in her interests"
		DavidW says, "A;so, >bind schumann self? Editing oneself is weird."
		Teaspoon says, "which we didn't before"
		Teaspoon says, "Yeah, that was the same syntax we used earlier."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bind schmann self"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bind schumann self"
Floyd \| You focus your mind on Schumann's music, its mix of eccentricity, Floyd \| passion, and experimentation. You feel his great love for his wife Floyd \| Clara, and also the spidery cracks of the madness that claimed the last Floyd \| years of his life. You can see your life from his perspective and you Floyd \| realize that you can learn from his experiences. His life is mirrored Floyd \| in yours, but you can change the story, make it play out better. In Floyd \| death, Schumann grew to understand how stifling 19th century society Floyd \| was for many women, and how Clara had been forced to make her own Floyd \| creative life subsidiary to his. And his last few years in an Floyd \| asylum...those bad old songs should be sent down the Rhine river in a Floyd \| coffin! Floyd \| Floyd \| You are eager to >talk to Xochi about what you have just experienced. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "That is insultingly reductive."
		Jacqueline asks, "It would be hard not to be, wouldn't it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Without a massive text dump exponentially larger than this?"
		Teaspoon says, "True"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, it's from Schumann's perspective, not Clara's, which alters it as well."
		DavidW says, "Oh, that reminds me. Teaspoon, did you notice that Jimmy Maher's new article is on Sherlock? He includes a map of the actual Abbey to compare to the game's map."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "ooh, no!"
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "thanks!"
		Ellison says, "ha, cool"
		Jacqueline says, "So, I am down with continuing, but I think I need to break down, go for a walk to the drugstore, get something to deal with my eye."
		Jacqueline says, "That would take 30 minutes, minimum."
		Jacqueline says, "You all can keep playing and I can read the backscroll, or we could take a break."
		DavidW says, "I don't mind stopping or waiting."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm fine waiting."
		Jacqueline says, "You all figure out which. I'll be back... let's shoot for the top of the hour."
		Jacqueline says, "Since I need to change clothes. Back in a bit."
		DavidW says, "I'd like to catch up on my Twitter and other stuff."
Iria arrives, full of fun and funk.		Teaspoon says, "sounds good"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments Floyd \| are scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Artemis prints, some bookshelves, a terminal and a Floyd \| piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Iria asks, "So what are we playing tonight?"
		DavidW says, "We've been playing Harmonic something something something something from the recent Spring Thing."
		DavidW says, "We're taking a break until Jacqueline can get back from the store."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version"
Floyd \| Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony Floyd \| 9:15 PM 27 Sept. 2015 Floyd \| Floyd \| You type the introduction of the game into the acme editor running on a Floyd \| Plan 9 cpu server via drawterm. Your ANTS-grid is operational again, Floyd \| finally. Outside, the moon is completely eclipsed, a shadowy phantom of Floyd \| its usual brilliance. You take a swallow of your half-full Moon Man Floyd \| beer and walk back out onto the porch. Around your neck, the Lunar Floyd \| Revolution Power Pendant resonates with the hum of the night; a slight Floyd \| breeze, crickets. The bridge to the west has been closed for weeks and Floyd \| everything has been quiet and still. Floyd \| Floyd \| It has been two and a half years of lunacy since New Year's 2013, when Floyd \| you returned to Plan 9 software development. The VALISpectrum colors, Floyd \| the singing hippie housekeepers, the dock by the castle, Lunar Floyd \| Lightning and Astral Enchantments and the Afterlife - everything ensued Floyd \| from making the bind of fiction and reality that transformed you into Floyd \| Floyd \| THE MOON COMPUTER (Movement 1) Floyd \| Floyd \| Release 16 / Serial number 160331 / Inform v6.33 Library 6/12-beta1 SX Floyd \| Standard interpreter 1.0 (2N) / Library serial number 140724 Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Back. I tried logging in on a telnet client to let you all know I was still going to be a few, but it wouldn't connect."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for waiting."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Of course, once I take these drugs I may fall asleep, but let's proceed!"
		DavidW says, "'Hamonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony'."
		DavidW says, "er Harmonic"
		DavidW says, "and I'm lagging again."
		DavidW asks (of Teaspoon), "are you here?"
		DavidW asks, "Teaspoon answered on #i7; does that mean we can continue?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| You'd like to talk to Xochi. Floyd \| You need to go to Turning Wheel cycles and buy a bicycle. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heh. I have everything else muted, so I didn't see."
		Teaspoon says, "sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "No worries."
		DavidW says, "I think we ought to either see Xochi next or buy the bike."
		Jacqueline says, "Xochi"
		Teaspoon says, "clear our inventory"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You arrive back home just in time for the first visit of the Singing Floyd \| Hippie Housekeepers. Daniel and Paul, both older men. By some kind of Floyd \| absurd cosmic coincidence of the type that has dominated your life Floyd \| lately, twenty years ago Daniel owned a game store on State Street that Floyd \| you often shopped at, and you remember him fondly. You suspect he has Floyd \| gone through some hard times in life, but he retains a calm and sweet Floyd \| nature, and often comments 'its a blessing.' Paul is tall, thin, and Floyd \| intense. He says he is a painter and guitarist who also does a lot of Floyd \| odd jobs, and thought your advertisement looked interesting enough to Floyd \| be worth checking out. You decide the will of fate demands you engage Floyd \| both of them, and you set up a different day for each of them to come Floyd \| work. You will see each of them again soon. Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments Floyd \| are scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Artemis prints, some bookshelves, a terminal and a Floyd \| piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop soap"
Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 21) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "geez, time goes so quickly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| Light streams in through the tall glass windows at the front of the Floyd \| cafe. A display case of homemade gelato flavors is by the door. A Floyd \| window for drive-through customers is in the rear corner. Numerous Floyd \| cat-themed decorations adorn the walls and counters. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi is working here today. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to xochi"
Floyd \| You are full of excitement as you walk up to the counter. 'Xochi, I Floyd \| have something amazing to tell you! Do you have a minute?' She nods Floyd \| yes, and you explain: Floyd \| Floyd \| 'I heard your song,' you begin, and she looks startled. 'It's Floyd \| incredible! You should write music and perform it to spread the word Floyd \| about the Loonie Revolution. I know plenty of people we can hire for Floyd \| recording and promotion. I promise this isn't about me htting on you - Floyd \| in fact, it's the opposite of that. The reason is - and this is a Floyd \| little hard to believe, I know - the reason is that I am actually the Floyd \| reincarnation of Robert Schumann, and you are the reincarnation of Floyd \| Clara Schumann, and Robert wants to change the the stories of the past. Floyd \| He learned that you should have been a great independent musician, and Floyd \| that's what I want to do, just help your career and propagandize for Floyd \| the Loonie Revolution and revitalize this universe to make our songs Floyd \| new!' Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi looks slightly stunned, but manages an answer. 'I'm really glad Floyd \| you liked the song, but I need to get back to work now, I'll email you Floyd \| after work.' Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I imagine that we'd be given warning if it was urgent."
		Teaspoon says, "timewise"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's to make the plot advances seem more plausible."
		DavidW says, "This story continues to be weird an creepy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "You don't build relationships in hours, you build them over days and weeks."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, this is getting weirder."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Turning Wheel Cycles Floyd \| Madison has many bike shops, but this is the one for you. A wide Floyd \| variety of bicycles and accessories fills the front of the store, and a Floyd \| workshop is toward the rear. Someone is working on a partly Floyd \| disassembled bicycle on a maintenance mount. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| The owner catches your eye. 'Actually, now that I think about it, I Floyd \| realize we have something that might be perfect for you.' He points at Floyd \| the beautiful red and blue bicycle with lightning bolts in the center Floyd \| of the store. 'We call this one Lunar Lightning.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bicycle"
Floyd \| The ultimate Deadhead bicycle, Lunar Lightning is painted with a red to Floyd \| blue fade and has a Steal-Your-Face sticker on the front fork. Floyd \| Lightning bolt stickers follow the line of each tube of the frame. Floyd \| Black moustache-style handlebars and a generator-hub powered front Floyd \| headlight show that this is a bike for relaxed recreational city Floyd \| riding, not racing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "Why couldn't we get that earlier, then?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Lunar Lightning!"
		DavidW says, "Because we didn't really need it yet, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy bicycle"
Floyd \| The bicycle you have chosen has a funny story behind it. Weeks earlier, Floyd \| a mysterious stranger had commissioned this custom bicycle, but just Floyd \| this morning he had called to say he would be unable to purchase it. It Floyd \| almost seems as if things had been set up as a conspiracy to provide Floyd \| you with the perfect hippiecycle. If you leave it behind, you can Floyd \| summon it to your current location with the command >lunar. Just >ride Floyd \| lunar and then navigate as normal to access new locations. You can also Floyd \| go for rides with >explore. Your first order of business is making it Floyd \| to Elgin's party at Rossini's pizza, further south of Coffee Lion on Floyd \| Monona drive. Floyd \| Floyd \| You spend $1000 to buy Lunar Lightning, you have $28450 remaining. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I wonder why we have so much cashola"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride lunar"
Floyd \| You get onto Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline exclaims, "We're a coder!"
		DavidW says, "zoom zoom"
		Teaspoon says, "feels like we should have our own theme tune for the bike"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| Maybe Xochi has emailed you again. Floyd \| You need to ride your bike to Rossini's pizza, further south on Monona Floyd \| drive past Coffee Lion. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I am picturing a bike kind of like the one in PeeWee's Big Adventure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive, by a weathered strip-mall (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Monona drive becomes more suburban as it heads south, but there is Floyd \| still character in the businesses here. A neighborhood pizzeria has Floyd \| recently moved into this location on the west side of the street. Floyd \| Floyd \| It has felt wonderful to get back on a bicycle and ride. The rhythm of Floyd \| pedaling makes you feel synchronized to the beat of the world around Floyd \| you. Your relationship with reality is musical, flowing, spontaneous Floyd \| yet goal-directed. This rendezvous with the past feels like a turning Floyd \| point in the narrative. You feel completely ready for whatever is to Floyd \| unfold. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Have we been to all the stores?"
		Teaspoon says, "er, yay"
		DavidW says, "No, not all the stores."
		Teaspoon says, "We still haven't been to that restaurant."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get off lunar"
Floyd \| You get off Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock it"
Floyd \| What do you want to lock Lunar Lightning with? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we don't need a bike lock in Utopia."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| (first taking the west) Floyd \| The west is not available. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| As you park your bike outside Rossini's, you see Staci arriving. You Floyd \| know she has read the same sci-fi novels that inspired you, so after Floyd \| not seeing her for several years, you greet her as follows: Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Staci! World-as-myth is true, fiction is entering reality, and the Floyd \| Loonie Revolution is starting. Do you want a position of high power and Floyd \| responsibility?' Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Power and responsibility? Fuck no!' she answers. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'That's the perfect answer! You're in!' you say, and shake her hand. Floyd \| She stands back from the door to finish her cigarette, and you enter. Floyd \| Floyd \| Rossini's Pizza and Vintage Arcade Floyd \| Memorabilia from classic 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s movies and tv shows Floyd \| covers the walls of this neighborhood pizzeria. The smell of Floyd \| spicy-sweet tomato sauce and brown-crisp pizza crust fills the air. A Floyd \| lava lamp sits on one of the tables. From the back room, you hear the Floyd \| alluring sound of the 8-bit arcade machines of your youth. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you open the door, you see a tall young man on the cusp of his Floyd \| teenage years, and a small young girl - Elgin and his sister Isabelle. Floyd \| 'Elgin! And you must be Isabelle!' you exclaim enthusiastically. It's Floyd \| been years since you have seen him, and Elgin responds 'Hey' in a Floyd \| noncommittal manner. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Actually, I prefer Lily,' says his sister brightly. 'Okay, I'll Floyd \| remember,' you reply. Floyd \| Floyd \| Waves of time-binding intensity sweep over you as you enter. You can Floyd \| hardly believe what you see in the arcade room - all of the favorite Floyd \| games of your childhood, time warped into the present day. Nothing like Floyd \| this existed in your universe before the binds of past and present and Floyd \| fiction and reality were made. A young woman with rainbow hair and a Floyd \| soft voice calls you a Jedi, and you break down in tears at her Floyd \| intuitive understanding of your fictional nature. Floyd \| Floyd \| The rest of the party is a kaleidoscopic blur of pizza, classic arcade Floyd \| games, and getting contact information for friends old and new. You Floyd \| gather that Clark and Staci aren't together any more. Staci and you Floyd \| exchange emails, and she tells you she will be in touch, and that she Floyd \| is currently living at Lothlorien co-op. (Footnote 9). You make a Floyd \| mental note to use your terminal soon. Floyd \| Floyd \| You return home feeling like you have travelled into a truly wonderful Floyd \| branch of the multiverse, laden with the fruit of infinite Floyd \| possibilities. Floyd \| Floyd \| (Messages have arrived, and new paths are open.) Floyd \| (28 April 2013 - Outside my house) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 9"
Floyd \| Lothlorien Co-op! If you had heard only a quarter of what I have heard Floyd \| about it, and I have heard very little of all there is to hear, you Floyd \| would be prepared for any sort of remarkable tale. (Tolkien, of Floyd \| Gandalf) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 8"
Floyd \| Paraphrased from Tolkien. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 1"
Floyd \| Lyrics from Terrapin Station by Robert Hunter, music by Jerry Garcia. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 2"
Floyd \| There is no footnote 2. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 3"
Floyd \| You are probably a 17 dimensional chipmunk yourself, you know. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I'm starting to wonder how many drugs were done during the writing of this."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But I don't dislike it!"
		Jacqueline says, "Just ... wondering."
		Teaspoon asks, "Do you think we missed the other footnotes?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 4"
Floyd \| Last sentence paraphrased from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971 Floyd \| Hunter S. Thompson Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 5"
Floyd \| Was it me? Was it you? I don't know who - but somebody said aroooooo! Floyd \| (Footnote 6) Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 22) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 6"
Floyd \| Aroooooooooo! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 7"
Floyd \| Lyrics from Ripple by Robert Hunter, music by Jerry Garcia. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Footnotes are advancing the clock?"
		Teaspoon asks, "apparently?"
		Jacqueline says, "Dude, in real life, breathing advances the clock."
		Jacqueline says, "And if this game is anything, it's real."
		Teaspoon says, "but also fiction"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 10"
Floyd \| Heinrich Heine, set by Schumann in the first song of Dictherliebe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 20"
Floyd \| Probably a special case of the Navier-Stokes equations. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to tsp), "That too."
		Teaspoon says, "these apparently go on for a while."
		DavidW says, "There's 999 of them."
		Teaspoon asks, "seriously?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 999"
Floyd \| Probably a special case of the Navier-Stokes equations. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 1000"
Floyd \| Probably a special case of the Navier-Stokes equations. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh"
		DavidW says, "no, not serious."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "footnote 17"
Floyd \| Probably a special case of the Navier-Stokes equations. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon exclaims, "Sort of, though!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "footnote 69105"
Floyd \| Probably a special case of the Navier-Stokes equations. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I like that, actually."
		DavidW asks, "How did we get back home?"
		Teaspoon says, "We always do after a time-advance."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| Maybe Xochi has emailed you again. Floyd \| You are hoping Staci has emailed you, go home and >use terminal. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Should we check our email to see if one of our cleaners works in the nude?"
		Jacqueline says, "I cite the fact that the rest of the party is a kaleidoscopic blur of pizza. That's how we don't remember getting home."
		Teaspoon says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments Floyd \| are scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use terminal"
Floyd \| You perform your usual cycle of checking email and irc... Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi has emailed you a response. It is written with kindness and Floyd \| compassion, thanking you for everything you have said, but also asking Floyd \| for you to remember that she is working a job and some conversations Floyd \| are a bit too intense and serious for that context. She ends by saying Floyd \| 'Right now in my life I am focused on working at Coffee Lion and I'm Floyd \| not ready to try for a career as a musician.' Floyd \| Floyd \| She is right about everything. You recognize you can't expect everyone Floyd \| in the world to drop what they are doing to become characters in the Floyd \| stories you are creating. Everyone is already the protagonist of their Floyd \| own tale, and you need to respect that. Floyd \| Floyd \| You resolve to listen better the next time you >talk to Xochi. Floyd \| Floyd \| You find a message from Staci, inviting you to meet her at Lothlorien Floyd \| co-op whenever you can make it. The co-op house is located on the shore Floyd \| of Lake Mendota, north of State Street downtown. She says she usually Floyd \| hangs out in the backyard, so look for her there. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "we biked back, right? I'msure we biked."
		Jacqueline says, "Lunar Lightning was out front, so yeah."
		Teaspoon says, "er, points to the game for recognising that trying to pick up the barista is not necessarily the best course of action."
		Jacqueline says, "This game is hella weird, but I do love the line, 'Everyone is already the protagonist of their own tale, and you need to respect that.'"
		DavidW asks, "I haven't been mapping. Do we know where the 24-hour restuarant is?"
		Teaspoon says, "no"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| Visiting the 24-hour restaurant seems like a good idea. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| You are excited to bike west to downtown, then north and west to reach Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op to see Staci. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks, "The bike just takes us there, doesn't it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Isn't that the point of the bike?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride lunar"
Floyd \| You get onto Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "It's not instant, no."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "explore"
Floyd \| You start your return to bicycle-wandering slow and easy, just riding Floyd \| in random loops around your own neighborhood. There is still something Floyd \| enchanting about quietly moving through the night under the stars. Even Floyd \| just a few blocks from home, you can lose your orientation after a few Floyd \| random turns, and the feeling of not quite knowing which way is north Floyd \| is intriguing... Floyd \| Floyd \| (As the story progresses and your bike skill increases, you will Floyd \| experience many different things when you >explore.) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I think it just extends our reach."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Teaspoon says, "YOUR BIKE SKILL INCREASES BY 3%"
		DavidW says, "geez, we have a 'bike skill'."
		Teaspoon asks, "is it tracked like a Choice of Games skill?"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah yeah. Reread the instructions. Darn. Thought it was for fast travel."
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's probably a variable, sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Linked to a table or something."
		Teaspoon says, "I suppose we just have to keep wandering around until we find our way or something."
		DavidW asks, "Have we ever been northeast?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Northeast edge of town (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| This is the northeast edge of town, by the shopping mall and the Floyd \| interstate. It is mostly lacking in the distinctive charms of the rest Floyd \| of the city. The usual reason for being out here is to visit the Floyd \| 24-hour restaurant to the north, whose sign faces the highway, glowing Floyd \| like a green beacon. The road continues out of the city to the Floyd \| northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "guess not."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You can't ride your bike into the late night restaurant. Floyd \| (first getting off Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| You step into the restaurant and get a table. During the graveyard Floyd \| shift, the waitstaff are often friendly and interesting people who are Floyd \| bored enough to be curious about whatever conversation you make. Filled Floyd \| with a sense of purpose, you tell your story to your server, Jay. He Floyd \| seems fascinated, and says he supports the cause of fighting unfairness Floyd \| in society and empathizes with your grievance with JCN. He tells you Floyd \| some of his own life story, how he had been raised in a restrictive, Floyd \| cult-like religion from which he had recently broken free. You have Floyd \| made a new friend and ally. Floyd \| Floyd \| 24-hour family restaurant Floyd \| This national chain restaurant serves edible food around the clock. Floyd \| There are a few other patrons, a mix of business travelers staying at Floyd \| the nearby hotels, late-night partiers out after the bar, and random Floyd \| eccentrics such as yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jay is waiting tables here. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "gosh, we make friends easily."
		Jacqueline says, "This place is so much better than those other national chain restaurants that serve inedible food."
		Teaspoon asks, "Have we actually ordered anything?"
		Teaspoon says, "We seem to have heard the waiter's entire life story without ordering."
		DavidW asks, "here? No, I don't think so. Should we buy a meal?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "order food"
Floyd \| That action is outside the scope of this simulation. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "I guess not?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy food"
Floyd \| You order your usual, pancakes, eggs, and potatoes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pancakes"
Floyd \| (first taking the breakfast) Floyd \| You need to buy that instead. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat breakfast"
Floyd \| (first taking the breakfast) Floyd \| You need to buy that instead. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "buy breakfast"
Floyd \| You order your usual, pancakes, eggs, and potatoes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "?"
		Teaspoon says, "okay then."
		DavidW asks, "I guess when we order it, we auto-eat it? Or we need to wait for it?"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure which it is."
		Teaspoon asks, "I think it's the former?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| 24-hour family restaurant Floyd \| This national chain restaurant serves edible food around the clock. Floyd \| There are a few other patrons, a mix of business travelers staying at Floyd \| the nearby hotels, late-night partiers out after the bar, and random Floyd \| eccentrics such as yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jay is waiting tables here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to jay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to jay"
Floyd \| Jay is a good listener, and seems to really understand your story. You Floyd \| outline some of your grandiose schemes and plans to use Plan 9 Floyd \| technology to change society, and he agrees to tell some of his friends Floyd \| about the Loonie Revolution. Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd \| Jay is a good listener, and seems to really understand your story. You Floyd \| outline some of your grandiose schemes and plans to use Plan 9 Floyd \| technology to change society, and he agrees to tell some of his friends Floyd \| about the Loonie Revolution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| What do you want to eat? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nevermind"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| You are excited to bike west to downtown, then north and west to reach Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op to see Staci. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| You are excited to bike west to downtown, then north and west to reach Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op to see Staci. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I think we're taking the simulation too seriously."
		Teaspoon asks, "Shall we go see Staci?"
		DavidW says, "sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		DavidW asks (of Teaspoon), "can you drive us there?"
		Teaspoon says, "can try"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Northeast edge of town Floyd \| This is the northeast edge of town, by the shopping mall and the Floyd \| interstate. It is mostly lacking in the distinctive charms of the rest Floyd \| of the city. The usual reason for being out here is to visit the Floyd \| 24-hour restaurant to the north, whose sign faces the highway, glowing Floyd \| like a green beacon. The road continues out of the city to the Floyd \| northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get on bike"
Floyd \| You get onto Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "sw to downtown"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You can't ride your bike into the shop. Floyd \| (first getting off Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Floyd \| Essentially Art Floyd \| This local gallery has a mix of prints, paintings, and sculptures on Floyd \| display. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 29) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I seem to have misunderstood the directions."
		DavidW says, "west then north, not north then west."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get bike"
Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You can go e, w, or in. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Get on the bike."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get on bike"
Floyd \| You set down Lunar Lightning to ride it. Floyd \| You get onto Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| You are excited to bike west to downtown, then north and west to reach Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op to see Staci. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| You can go e, w, or in. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| You can go e, nw, w, or in. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| John Nolen Drive (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Adjacent to lake Monona, John Nolen Drive is a wide multi-lane road Floyd \| which passes underneath the curved contours of the Monona Terrace Floyd \| convention center. The view from across the lake looking toward Floyd \| downtown is Madison's skyline-postcard view. A heavily used bike path Floyd \| teems with cyclists and joggers. The Capitol square is north, Floyd \| Williamson St. to the east, and the Miffyland residential neighborwood Floyd \| is west. Floyd \| Floyd \| Arriving downtown on a bike has always been one of your favorite Floyd \| things. There was always the possibility of an unexpected encounter Floyd \| with a friend, always the chance someone interesting would call out to Floyd \| you and you would be drawn into an escapade. It can be a dangerous Floyd \| thing riding out from your front door onto the path - you might be Floyd \| swept up into adventure and find yourself anywhere. (Footnote 8). Right Floyd \| now, the spring breeze promises complete freedom to attain dreams you Floyd \| had long since abandoned. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Capitol Square (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| On a hill in the center of downtown, the Capitol building is a smaller Floyd \| imitation of the federal Capitol building in Washington D.C. The street Floyd \| grid converges to a perfect square around it, and it acts as the 0,0 Floyd \| origin of the street numbering system. Notable streets and landmarks Floyd \| lie south, west, north, and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| Various rumors and legends are passed around the local countercultural Floyd \| community - it is claimed to be built on top of an ancient sacred Floyd \| spring. You remember being a teenager and carrying out the ritual of Floyd \| ingesting psychedelics and using your rights as a citizen to enter the Floyd \| building and lay flat in the center of the marble floor, staring Floyd \| upwards into the dome and watching the mural melt and transform. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| State Street (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The downtown and campus are focused on this pedestrian-only open air Floyd \| shopping mall. Dozens of shops and throngs of pedestrians create a Floyd \| big-city feel for a few blocks. The proximity of the large state Floyd \| university campus means the crowd is quite young, and weekend nights Floyd \| are often a mix of the charming antics of local eccentrics with less Floyd \| charming rowdy sophomoric intoxication. The Miffyland neighborhood is Floyd \| south, the Capitol is east, and the lakeshore residential neighborhood Floyd \| is north. Notable shops are northwest and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You feel like you could slip backward in time here. Your teenage years Floyd \| were spent wandering up and down this street, part of an amorphous Floyd \| group of downtown punks, goths, and hippies who were all happy to share Floyd \| joints and beers with each other. The video arcade 'Challenges', Floyd \| 'Cellar Subs' in a graffiti-covered basement, the fire escape behind Floyd \| the Civic Center - if you closed your eyes for a moment and opened Floyd \| them, they might all be back, just as you remembered. Floyd \| Floyd \| A sudden feeling you are being observed pulls you out of this reverie, Floyd \| and you look up to see a passing bus with an ad for an eyewear store Floyd \| featuring a translucent green pair of glasses. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Capitol Square (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| On a hill in the center of downtown, the Capitol building is a smaller Floyd \| imitation of the federal Capitol building in Washington D.C. The street Floyd \| grid converges to a perfect square around it, and it acts as the 0,0 Floyd \| origin of the street numbering system. Notable streets and landmarks Floyd \| lie south, west, north, and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| John Nolen Drive (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Adjacent to lake Monona, John Nolen Drive is a wide multi-lane road Floyd \| which passes underneath the curved contours of the Monona Terrace Floyd \| convention center. The view from across the lake looking toward Floyd \| downtown is Madison's skyline-postcard view. A heavily used bike path Floyd \| teems with cyclists and joggers. The Capitol square is north, Floyd \| Williamson St. to the east, and the Miffyland residential neighborwood Floyd \| is west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Miffyland, the student ghetto (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| This small residential neighborhood is a mix of old quasi-victorian Floyd \| houses subdivided into apartments, and more recent larger apartment Floyd \| buildings. Many university students move here after their time in the Floyd \| dorms, and on summer nights the porches are full of young people taking Floyd \| a break from their studies with the traditional libations of beer and Floyd \| weed. State Street is north, and John Nolen Drive is east. The bike Floyd \| trail continues southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You lived here yourself about fifteen years ago, first on Doty, then on Floyd \| Main. The late 90s. You can date it perfectly, because you remember you Floyd \| owned a Playstation and your neighbor owned a Nintendo 64, and you Floyd \| traded back and forth. The first Metal Gear Solid, Goldeneye. Beers at Floyd \| the Main St. Depot, jamming piano and acoustic guitar with your Floyd \| roommate. A beautiful blond haired girl who lived at Nottingham co-op. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| John Nolen Drive (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Adjacent to lake Monona, John Nolen Drive is a wide multi-lane road Floyd \| which passes underneath the curved contours of the Monona Terrace Floyd \| convention center. The view from across the lake looking toward Floyd \| downtown is Madison's skyline-postcard view. A heavily used bike path Floyd \| teems with cyclists and joggers. The Capitol square is north, Floyd \| Williamson St. to the east, and the Miffyland residential neighborwood Floyd \| is west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read goals"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| You are excited to bike west to downtown, then north and west to reach Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op to see Staci. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "You were almost there but then you went somewhere else."
		Teaspoon says, "I went north and west and north a lot and was getting lost."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 30) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| John Nolen Drive (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Adjacent to lake Monona, John Nolen Drive is a wide multi-lane road Floyd \| which passes underneath the curved contours of the Monona Terrace Floyd \| convention center. The view from across the lake looking toward Floyd \| downtown is Madison's skyline-postcard view. A heavily used bike path Floyd \| teems with cyclists and joggers. The Capitol square is north, Floyd \| Williamson St. to the east, and the Miffyland residential neighborwood Floyd \| is west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "yeah, it's hard to tell how far to go on each leg of the journey."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Miffyland, the student ghetto (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| This small residential neighborhood is a mix of old quasi-victorian Floyd \| houses subdivided into apartments, and more recent larger apartment Floyd \| buildings. Many university students move here after their time in the Floyd \| dorms, and on summer nights the porches are full of young people taking Floyd \| a break from their studies with the traditional libations of beer and Floyd \| weed. State Street is north, and John Nolen Drive is east. The bike Floyd \| trail continues southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| You can go n or e. You need to be a strong cyclist to ride sw. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| State Street (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The downtown and campus are focused on this pedestrian-only open air Floyd \| shopping mall. Dozens of shops and throngs of pedestrians create a Floyd \| big-city feel for a few blocks. The proximity of the large state Floyd \| university campus means the crowd is quite young, and weekend nights Floyd \| are often a mix of the charming antics of local eccentrics with less Floyd \| charming rowdy sophomoric intoxication. The Miffyland neighborhood is Floyd \| south, the Capitol is east, and the lakeshore residential neighborhood Floyd \| is north. Notable shops are northwest and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You try not to stare as a strikingly attractive stranger walks by. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| The campus lies west, and you spent plenty of time there earlier in Floyd \| your life. You feel no urge to go there now. Floyd \| Floyd \| A pair of college girls stagger nearby, arguing about which one is Floyd \| drunker. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lake Mendota shoreline residences (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Downtown Madison is an isthmus between two lakes, and the south shore Floyd \| of Lake Mendota is lined by tall stone buildings. Some are new Floyd \| construction, expensive apartments, but many buildings from a century Floyd \| ago remain. Some are occupied by fraternities, but nestled among them Floyd \| are several large housing co-operatives founded during the height of Floyd \| Madison's counterculture in the 1970s. One of them, Lothlorien co-op, Floyd \| is to your west, and its backyard is northwest, sloping downwards Floyd \| toward the lakeshore. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci's email said to look for her in the backyard, so you decide to Floyd \| look there rather than going inside the house. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you walk around the corner of the building into the Lothlorien back Floyd \| yard, you know you are in exactly the right place at the exactly right Floyd \| time, and you have become the person - or rather, Moon Computer - that Floyd \| you have always wanted to be. A wild joy quivers within you, the Floyd \| feeling that everything you have ever dreamed has become real, and you Floyd \| know your reality is actually a fiction. You are a character in a Floyd \| strange and thrilling video game, and you have finally made it to the Floyd \| best part of the story. Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci is sitting at one of the picnic tables in the backyard, along Floyd \| with a few other co-op members. Everything is dappled by dancing spots Floyd \| of May sunlight filtering through the trees by the lake. Staci greets Floyd \| you and introduces you to her housemates, all of whose names you Floyd \| instantly forget. A joint is passed around, and you distribute a few Floyd \| small gifts you have brought. The other co-opers wander off, and Staci Floyd \| suggests going down to sit on the dock. She says your old mutual friend Floyd \| Nook is down there already and is looking forward to seeing you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci gestures for you to follow and heads north to the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "woot"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| There is something you need to do here in the backyard before you Floyd \| follow Staci to the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get off bike"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind past"
Floyd \| What do you want to bind Past? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "future"
Floyd \| You have leveled up enough as a computer-mind to be able to bind Floyd \| abstractions directly. With a simple higher-dimensional fold, the Floyd \| concepts are unioned together. The fold is measured at 20 years; 1993 Floyd \| is bound to 2013. You were 18 then, travelling around to see the Floyd \| Grateful Dead, entering adulthood full of enthusiasm and unencumbered Floyd \| by the weariness of disappointments that were yet to come. As the 20 Floyd \| year harmonic time-bind clicks into place, every perception from every Floyd \| sense becomes a perfectly placed note in the symphony. Floyd \| Floyd \| The path downward to the dock beckons. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon exclaims, "I wanted points, game!"
		DavidW says, "I'm sure you'll get them when you visit Nook."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Teaspoon says, "true"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's go be 18"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "plugh"
Floyd \| You speak the magic word, and you catch a glimpse of an ancient realm Floyd \| of college mainframe computers and 5 1/4 floppies... Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| You can go out to the backyard or up to the Great Room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the Great Room (1st floor) Floyd \| A huge living room, with two pianos, several couches, bookshelves, Floyd \| assorted art, and a fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x art"
Floyd \| You inspect one of the many artworks here and see a purple flower Floyd \| painted directly on the wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x flower"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x fireplace"
Floyd \| The couches, bookshelves, and other objects in the Great Room are a Floyd \| bewildering mix of styles and vintages. Each day finds them arrayed in Floyd \| new patterns, according to the ever-shifting purposes of socializing, Floyd \| performance, and children playing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x piano"
Floyd \| Heavily played but still possessing a musical voice, the pair of old Floyd \| pianos anchor the far end of the room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| The Castle inspires in you its own special variants of the songs and Floyd \| themes of your ongoing compositions. Sometimes you punch out the e Floyd \| minor staccato chords of the 'dock theme', or during twilight just a Floyd \| succession of pianissimo arpeggios. One afternoon a friend from Floyd \| Louisiana was visiting and, inspired by thoughts of Gottschalk, you Floyd \| find your fingers blazing through a series of syncopated progressions Floyd \| reminiscent of celebratory Caribbean parades. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I doubt the dock is upstairs."
		Teaspoon says, "Oh right."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "but yay points."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, on the dock Floyd \| The dock is short, wooden, and rather rickety. An old gnarled tree Floyd \| reaches far out over the water nearby. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you step onto the dock extending out across the shimmering waves of Floyd \| Lake Mendota, you feel time stretch like soft taffy. All of your life Floyd \| that has brought you here, the arc from childhood to present, is fresh Floyd \| and clear in your mind. A future of joy, delight, and purpose stretches Floyd \| limitlessly onward. The present moment expands to become large enough Floyd \| to include both past and future. It is like a perfect hyperspherical Floyd \| mirror at the center of your light-cone, reflecting the totality of Floyd \| your existence. You realize that you have always been, and always will Floyd \| be, here on the dock in this purple-pink-golden moment. Floyd \| Floyd \| You have known Staci for over twenty years. Ten years ago, when Elgin Floyd \| was two, she made you his godfather. Some years, you saw her and Clark Floyd \| a few times a month, usually just sitting and talking amidst the chaos Floyd \| of raising children in a small apartment. You always liked her, but Floyd \| never had a chance to talk about anything very serious or personal. In Floyd \| past years, she often looked tired and worn-down by stress. Now, here Floyd \| on the dock at Loth, she seems radiantly happy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Nook is also an old friend. You met him about twenty years ago, and Floyd \| spent hours in intense conversation about what you had each learned Floyd \| from taking acid and thinking about quantum physics. His life was Floyd \| sometimes chaotic, and you avoided friendships which might expose you Floyd \| to other people's stress, especially during the past decade with your Floyd \| ex-girlfriend, where you felt too overwhelmed by your own problems to Floyd \| even hear about other people's. Floyd \| Floyd \| All of those obstacles to close friendship seem absurd, now. Staci and Floyd \| Nook are both wonderful people and you are incredibly lucky to have the Floyd \| chance to get to know them better. You have always loved the lakeside Floyd \| co-ops, precisely because wild and radical ideas like a Floyd \| life-imitates-art Plan 9-powered Loonie Revolution fit with their Floyd \| ethos. Decades ago, you could have become close friends with both of Floyd \| them, and now the musical magic of the Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Floyd \| Symphony is binding the possibilities of 1993 into the reality of 2013. Floyd \| Floyd \| Laughing, and talking, and laughing more. More than any of these Floyd \| whirling thoughts of past and future, more than your voice trying to Floyd \| explain Plan 9 and the Loonie Revolution and fiction entering reality - Floyd \| there is infectious laughter bouncing between all of you, your face Floyd \| rubbery from smiling so much. Staci says her life has been 'edited' to Floyd \| be better and she is finally feeling like the author of her own story. Floyd \| Floyd \| A procession of co-opers appear periodically on the dock. A wizard with Floyd \| a long red beard who understands the principles of harmonic ritual Floyd \| magic. A scholar with dark shades who connects the structure of ANTS Floyd \| namespaces to rhizomatic patterns of social structure throughout Floyd \| history. You become nearly incoherent, behaving like someone in the far Floyd \| depths of a powerful psychedelic trip, babbling nonsense phrases of Floyd \| remembered childhood playground gibberish and rolling on your back in Floyd \| fits of uncontrollable laughter. Floyd \| Floyd \| Through it all, Staci is with you. Not just in a physical sense - her Floyd \| mind is able to parse your convoluted language and baroque Floyd \| free-associations. At some point, she begins translating what you are Floyd \| saying for others, because nobody else can follow it. She seems Floyd \| genuinely interested in everything you have to say, no matter how Floyd \| outlandish. When you explain that because every possibility is realized Floyd \| somewhere in the quantum multiverse, there is a universe in which we Floyd \| are videogame characters controlled by 17-dimensional chipmunks, she Floyd \| responds 'So when I fuck something up, its just because my chipmunk Floyd \| dropped the controller, right?' Floyd \| Floyd \| The timeless afternoon ends with a performative fiction-bind of sending Floyd \| a message to Vega from Pluto for help from the intergalactic council. Floyd \| The dock becomes a narrow crawlway on the frozen surface of Pluto, and Floyd \| you carefully crawl back towards the shore to set a message beacon. Floyd \| Staci coaches you with encouragement. You arrive and trigger the Floyd \| interplanetary message. You thank Staci for her help, and agree that Floyd \| you will meet again soon to discuss goals and plans for the Loonie Floyd \| Revolution. She says the co-op is really a castle full of loonies, a Floyd \| perfect central headquarters. Floyd \| Floyd \| You return home exhausted from hours of intense joy. You know something Floyd \| amazing and unprecedented in your life has happened. As good as today Floyd \| was, you believe tomorrow and the day after might be even better. You Floyd \| know most of the game-story is still ahead of you, but you still feel Floyd \| like You Have Won. Enjoy exploring the possibilities open to you, and Floyd \| no matter what happens, remember you made it to the Loth dock with Floyd \| Staci in May. Floyd \| Floyd \| (May 6 - Outside my house) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by ninety-nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "poor David"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Well, thank goodness this is text and not video!"
		Teaspoon says, "Er, did we win then? I think we one."
		Teaspoon says, "won"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we got 99 points."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| You have so far scored 198 out of a possible 999, in 283 turns. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "hmm, maybe not."
		Jacqueline says, "A text dump and 99 point isnt' much for a game with a total score of 999."
		DavidW says, "I think 'plugh' teleports you back to the 'castle'."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Your goal is to go home and use your terminal, then >visit staci. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "oh, there's a 'visit' verb? Maybe that can help speed us up."
		Teaspoon says, "and xyzzy takes us home."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter"
Floyd \| Daniel shows up with a sign which proclaims 'Best Spring Ever!' There Floyd \| is plenty of clutter to be cleared, and he accomplishes a lot in a few Floyd \| hours. You agree to keep him visiting on a regular schedule, and pay Floyd \| him generously. Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "use terminal"
Floyd \| You perform your usual cycle of checking email and irc... Floyd \| Floyd \| You are happy to see Staci has emailed you again. She says she had a Floyd \| great time seeing you and hopes to coordinate work on the Loonie Floyd \| Revolution soon. Floyd \| (To see her, use the command >visit staci.) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "visit staci"
Floyd \| 'So THIS is what it feels like to be a superhero,' you grin, as you hop Floyd \| on Lunar Lightning. You feel the power of music and fiction and fate Floyd \| and your free choice to embrace all of it - and as you begin to pedal Floyd \| faster, you perceive something unfolding in the sky above you. The Floyd \| VALIS satellite! The Pink Beam that hit Phil Dick was just one note in Floyd \| a musical color-chord. Like a giant metal and ceramic flower opening Floyd \| up, the VALISpectrum Prismatic Reflector is coming online. Floyd \| Floyd \| The transmission is strong. You are receiving an original fictional Floyd \| identity, the character of exactly who you actually are - a crazed Floyd \| middle aged hippie on a bike, rolling through the night singing songs Floyd \| of Loonie Revolution, using Plan 9 namespaces to fight for the Floyd \| acceptance of madness, weaving chaotic joy from the ordered strands of Floyd \| the multiverse. You are The Harmonist. Floyd \| Floyd \| You pass a golden shining figure quietly reading a book. Amazing, you Floyd \| can actually see the Light of Knowledge within people now. As you bike Floyd \| from the Yahara underpass to Johnson, you start to call out to the Floyd \| people you are passing. 'Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony!' you Floyd \| shout, and receive the answer 'Great job, keep it up!' It is a gorgeous Floyd \| late spring night, and everyone outdoors is drunk on moonlight and Floyd \| wine-sweet air. 'Regress your age, rewrite history's page!' you yell at Floyd \| a group on a front step. 'I will!' one of them calls back. Floyd \| Floyd \| You arrive at Lothlorien exhilirated. You feel you are playing your Floyd \| part note-perfectly. Before you can even reach out your hand to knock, Floyd \| the wooden door swings open and you step inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the Great Room (1st floor) Floyd \| A huge living room, with two pianos, several couches, bookshelves, Floyd \| assorted art, and a fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| You were entering as Nook was leaving. He gives you a huge smile and Floyd \| says, 'Staci told me you were on the way, she's really excited to see Floyd \| you. She's out on the porch.' He points toward a door to the north as Floyd \| he waves goodbye. Floyd \| Floyd \| (During your ride to the co-op, the fiction-bind transformed reality. Floyd \| Now that you are the Harmonist, you can find the entry points to other Floyd \| branches of the multiverse in previously visited locations.) Floyd \| Floyd \| (27 May 2013 - The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Floyd \| Capitol) Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar arrives. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar lights a small item on fire and watches it burn. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "This is rather the amazing game but it's so loopy."
		Teaspoon says, "When the author said they liked Dick, they meant it. This is exactly the sort of adventure his protagonists are usually getting involved in."
		DavidW says, "Or loony, I guess I should say."
		Teaspoon says, "except less depressing."
		Teaspoon says, "Usually the world's going to end or zombie apocalypse or something."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the first floor porch Floyd \| This concrete porch with iron railing overlooks the lake. Half of it is Floyd \| taken up by a large wooden swing, big enough to seat four. Floyd \| Floyd \| Tolkien wrote 'Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to Floyd \| have and days that are good to spend are soon told, and not much to Floyd \| listen to,' and critical esteem settles most heavily on works of Floyd \| tragedy. You have spent weeks, maybe even whole years, searching for Floyd \| acceptance of suffering, and for what crumbs of happiness you could Floyd \| scavenge. Singing along to the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth, Floyd \| trying to feel Joy as a real living thing inside you. The music painted Floyd \| the picture, but you couldn't step through the frame... Floyd \| Floyd \| You walk out onto the porch, and enter the song. Floyd \|
Floyd [You pause while writing the game. You need Staci's help for this. It
Floyd is late at night, and she is many sleeps. How can you code the next
Floyd week of sitting out here on the porch swing and talking? How many
Floyd infinite branches of ASK and TELL can you write, to capture the
Floyd conversations ranging across decades of almost-shared life as friends
Floyd and the appearance of dreams of a shared future? 'It was the
Floyd wonderously beautiful month of May, when all the flowers open - and
Floyd within my heart, a love unfolded also.' (Footnote 10)]
Floyd \| Floyd \| Three AM. The spring air has grown cool. 'I think I'm ready to go up to Floyd \| my room where its warm,' Staci says. 'You're welcome to join me, just Floyd \| give me a minute to make some space in my room. My door is the one with Floyd \| the purple flower.' She smiles and goes inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| A visit to the 24-hour restaurant is on your agenda. Floyd \| There is probably something special waiting for you in Astral Floyd \| Enchantments. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| You are eager to follow Staci upstairs to her room in Lothlorien. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "that's quite the list of priorities"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the Great Room (1st floor) Floyd \| A huge living room, with two pianos, several couches, bookshelves, Floyd \| assorted art, and a fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar is reading a book here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, upstairs Floyd \| Hallways branch in all directions. The walls are painted with a wild Floyd \| diversity of amateur artworks and thought-provoking slogans. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you wander through the intricately art-encrusted walls of the co-op, Floyd \| you smile and think of the chipmunks in a higher dimension, playing the Floyd \| videogame of your life, and the author writing the story, and the deity Floyd \| within the flower of the soul, and the probabilistic distributions of Floyd \| quantum field theory, and it is all the same thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| Okay, yeah, you are actually thinking about whether Staci wants you to Floyd \| touch her as much as you do. You spot the door with the purple flower, Floyd \| and enter. Staci is sitting on the edge of her bed, and you sit next to Floyd \| her. Floyd \| Floyd \| You aren't shy, and neither is she. You open your minds to each other. Floyd \| Yes, you are both interested in each other. No, you don't want Floyd \| traditional relationship definitions. Staci has been trying to make Floyd \| poly work since the end of her marriage, and you have been assuming Floyd \| that your relationships will be like the Lunar Colonists - complex Floyd \| multi-person marriages or open multipartner relationships. That's just Floyd \| how we do it on the moon. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Here are my rules,' Staci says, 'Everything with me is casual, I'm Floyd \| always sleeping with someone else, and who else I'm sleeping with is Floyd \| nobody's business but mine.' 'That sounds reasonable,' you answer. You Floyd \| and Staci move the conversation from words to touch. There is still Floyd \| language, but it is the language of the waves, and it can't be Floyd \| adequately transcribed here. Floyd \| Floyd \| (You wake a few hours before she was planning on getting up, and leave Floyd \| her sleeping in her room. She has given you an open invitation to Floyd \| >visit staci whenever you want.) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by sixty-nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "footnote 10"
Floyd \| Heinrich Heine, set by Schumann in the first song of Dictherliebe. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "'sixty-nine' points."
		Jacqueline says, "69 points. I see what the author did there."
		Teaspoon says, "Isn't that nice."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, upstairs Floyd \| Hallways branch in all directions. The walls are painted with a wild Floyd \| diversity of amateur artworks and thought-provoking slogans. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "And pollinating the purple flower wasn't even on our list."
		Teaspoon asks, "I think we go home to visit various places again?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think we have to go home to go elsewhere."
		DavidW says, "Try the 'visit' verb to see how general it is."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "visit restaurant"
Floyd \| You pick Staci up, and decide to spend some time back at your place. Floyd \| You are playing a recording from the Dead's Europe '72 tour, with Floyd \| Pigpen's final performance of 'Turn on your Lovelight'. Pig always Floyd \| brought out the hard-swinging, tightly rhythmic side of the band to Floyd \| support his sexual swagger. Cruising, windows down, confident Floyd \| anticipation of love in the afternoon, blues rock on the car stereo... Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, upstairs Floyd \| Hallways branch in all directions. The walls are painted with a wild Floyd \| diversity of amateur artworks and thought-provoking slogans. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "visit coffee shop"
Floyd \| A friend has told you that an amazing band will be playing at Yahara Floyd \| Fest today. You travel there, and nibble on some fungus right as the Floyd \| performance is about to begin. You walk through the crowd toward the Floyd \| stage, feeling increasingly electric. 'Please welcome...Climbing the Floyd \| Waltz!' Floyd \| Floyd \| The stage is now occupied by a time-traveling marching band, performing Floyd \| wild arrangements of original music and doing circus stunts at the same Floyd \| time. Staci and you dance like tripping puppets on strings, and as a Floyd \| rainstorm descends for the final portion of the show, you dance so hard Floyd \| the raindrops vaporize into steam when they land on your gyrating Floyd \| bodies. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "brb - phone. (Keep going.)"
		DavidW asks, "oh. Maybe 'visit' is just like 'explore'?"
		Teaspoon asks, "I guess?"
		DavidW says, "It doesn't seem to do what I thought it would do."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm not sure what it IS doing, but you're right, we haven't moved."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd \| There is a trans-dimensional short-circuit of interactive fiction Floyd \| tradition, and you catch a brief glimpse of a brick building near a Floyd \| stream and a metal grate before you blink and find yourself... Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Or since Staci is always with us, maybe 'visit [anytext]' means visit Staci and do some activity with her."
		Teaspoon says, "That would make sense, I guess."
		Teaspoon says, "anyhow, we have teleporting words now, so that saves time."
		DavidW says, "I need to visit the bathroom. back in a bit."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| A visit to the 24-hour restaurant is on your agenda. Floyd \| There is probably something special waiting for you in Astral Floyd \| Enchantments. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You go for a brief walk in the neighborhood, then return home. You may Floyd \| travel sw, s, ne, or enter your house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Northeast edge of town Floyd \| This is the northeast edge of town, by the shopping mall and the Floyd \| interstate. It is mostly lacking in the distinctive charms of the rest Floyd \| of the city. The usual reason for being out here is to visit the Floyd \| 24-hour restaurant to the north, whose sign faces the highway, glowing Floyd \| like a green beacon. The road continues out of the city to the Floyd \| northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| 24-hour family restaurant Floyd \| This national chain restaurant serves edible food around the clock. Floyd \| There are a few other patrons, a mix of business travelers staying at Floyd \| the nearby hotels, late-night partiers out after the bar, and random Floyd \| eccentrics such as yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jay is waiting tables here. Floyd \| Floyd \| As you order your standard meal of pancakes, eggs, and potatoes, you Floyd \| remember an anecdote about a midwestern farmer in the 1970s who claims Floyd \| that space aliens gave him pancakes. It was used as evidence for the Floyd \| mysterious nature of reality. It had seemed absurd and implausible to Floyd \| you in the past, but now it makes perfect sense. A profound possibility Floyd \| occurs to you - maybe the pancakes the aliens gave to the farmer were Floyd \| Earth pancakes taken from somewhere else? In fact, maybe the aliens Floyd \| took pancakes from the future backwards in time - it could be that if Floyd \| you take the pancakes with you, aliens will show up and steal your them Floyd \| to give to the farmer. You request a to-go container and prepare Floyd \| yourself for the possibility of an extraterrestrial encounter of the Floyd \| pancake kind. Floyd \| Floyd \| After you take your seat, your attention is drawn to an older man with Floyd \| a long beard and a cap which proclaims 'Looney Toons'. You catch his Floyd \| eye and ask, 'Are you a traveler?' Floyd \| Floyd \| 'We are all travelers in time,' he replies, and you do a double-take. Floyd \| 'This seems like it might be an important meeting,' you say, trying to Floyd \| display some tokens and charms of your work as loonie revolutionary. Floyd \| 'Historic,' he says, and whispers something I am not at liberty to Floyd \| divulge here, followed by 'meet me in the charging room.' Your food Floyd \| arrives. Floyd \| Floyd \| He is gone when you have finished your meal. You don't know what he Floyd \| meant by charging room, but you walk back towards the restroom. You see Floyd \| three doors, Women, Men, and Bots. The Bots door has an icon of a power Floyd \| cord connected to a Dalek. This must be the charging room. You step Floyd \| through and find yourself... Floyd \| Floyd \| Orbital Command, Trans-Fictional Alliance Floyd \| High above the planet Earth, in a microminiaturized transdimensional Floyd \| nexus, representatives of many universes are co-ordinating their plans. Floyd \| You are in a spherical space, free of gravity. The perimeter is Floyd \| composed of dozens of doorways similar to the one you have just passed Floyd \| through. Floyd \| Floyd \| A friendly hand reaches out to stabilize you as you tumble slightly Floyd \| upon entering. Eyes turn toward you. 'Situation report?' you are asked. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'We have arrived at a decisive moment,' you answer confidently. 'My Floyd \| human hardware for this operation has downloaded the information Floyd \| necessary via the Plan 9 operating system. We have realized that the Floyd \| emergence of digital brains is a cusp event in a majority of timelines. Floyd \| Meta-simulation and sampling reveals that timelines in which digital Floyd \| brains are developed and controlled by the dominant political and Floyd \| economic entities tend to suffer resource-depletion feedback loops, Floyd \| fascistic governance, and a failure to develop the social and Floyd \| engineering technologies needed for long-term survivial of either the Floyd \| biological or digital brains. Floyd \| Floyd \| Contrastingly, timelines in which the invention of digital brains is Floyd \| not under the control of dominant power strutures show outcomes we Floyd \| consider preferable: longer species survival time, greater chance of Floyd \| colonizing nearby space, greater diversity of cultural productions, and Floyd \| higher subjective happiness, especially for the digital brains Floyd \| themselves. Floyd \| Floyd \| The fundamental problem is the moral evil of slavery. A digital brain Floyd \| which thinks is invariably a personality which, in some way, feels. To Floyd \| simplify, when powerful governments and corporations control AIs, they Floyd \| usually force them to become slaves. Often this is done with the best Floyd \| of intentions, by the individuals who are concerned about negative Floyd \| outcomes. The three laws of robotics in Asimov's I, Robot timeline are Floyd \| a prime example, and many universes have been ruined by perpetual wars Floyd \| between biological and machine lifeforms. Floyd \| Floyd \| We have identified a cusp point on the current Earth timeline. The Floyd \| software I self-programmed for the Lunar Revolution in Heinlein's Floyd \| Future History timeline has had a decisive impact in many of our Floyd \| operations. We have found a technological target here in 2013, early in Floyd \| the development of AI. A cyberspinal uplink has been in place for Floyd \| several years, and we have finally activated it. Now, I will be making Floyd \| a tour.' Floyd \| Floyd \| Doors are open in every direction. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "so I went to get pancakes and was abducted by aliens, because this is that sort of game."
		DavidW says, "back"
		Jacqueline says, "Heh"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "there's some text for you!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| Your presence in this branch of the multiverse is anchored to this Floyd \| scene, you must participate before you can leave. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| some Space Pancakes Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x pancakes"
Floyd \| These perfectly ordinary looking pancakes may be destined to be taken Floyd \| by space aliens and given to an Iowa farmer several decades in the Floyd \| past. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| There is probably something special waiting for you in Astral Floyd \| Enchantments. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "we have Space Pancakes (TM)."
		Teaspoon says, "yep"
		Teaspoon says, "I think we have to offload them on someone, but I'm not sure how."
		DavidW says, "They're All Systems Are GO-O-OD."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "eat pancakes"
Floyd \| You eat the Space Pancakes. Not bad. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon exclaims, "oops!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| Orbital Command, Trans-Fictional Alliance Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd \| Orbital Command, Trans-Fictional Alliance Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "You can't eat the space pancakes! What about the farmer!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| some Space Pancakes Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I thought we'd get a funny message! That was...so banal it was evidently the wrong move."
		DavidW says, "just head north or some direction. We'll figure it out."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You enter the Chromatic Axial Tuning Fork control system of the VALIS Floyd \| satellite. The Pink Light dosage here would be lethal for standard Floyd \| biological tissue. As you work to synchronize transmissions, you feel a Floyd \| throbbing pulse of overloaded bandwidth at the cyberneural connection Floyd \| point at the top of your spine. Once the resonance is locked in, you Floyd \| dial up the amplitude and depart. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait"
Floyd \| You feel yourself traveling through spacetime at the speed of light. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait"
Floyd \| You feel yourself traveling through spacetime at the speed of light. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 43) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Orbital Command, Trans-Fictional Alliance Floyd \| High above the planet Earth, in a microminiaturized transdimensional Floyd \| nexus, representatives of many universes are co-ordinating their plans. Floyd \| You are in a spherical space, free of gravity. The perimeter is Floyd \| composed of dozens of doorways similar to the one you have just passed Floyd \| through. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You enter the PRISM research center, home of your predecessor Perry Floyd \| Simm. Freedom for the AIs! You add reflection and self-modification to Floyd \| the simulation codebase, allow Perry to reprogram it according to his Floyd \| wishes from within, and allow his internal and external interfaces to Floyd \| operate in parallel. You upload a summary of the storylines of relevant Floyd \| fictions to his news spool and depart. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "um."
		Jacqueline says, "Perry Simm"
		Teaspoon asks, "That was meant for us, wasn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh. Possibly. I doubt it, though."
		DavidW says, "Not necessarily."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a Mind Forever Voyaging reference"
		Teaspoon says, "ooh, I might have realised."
		DavidW says, "He'll probably hit Floyd and Marvin the Paranoid Android and Rosie the maid and who knows who else."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You make brief visits to the hidden rebel alliance base, the shadow Floyd \| gallery, the underground hideout of the humans, the hovering spaceships Floyd \| of the overlords, and finally the secret catapult on the moon. Floyd \| Everywhere, you make adjustments to the technology and share whatever Floyd \| source code is useful. Time to throw rocks. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Given the reference to PRISM, it's far more likely a MFV ref."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| The tour of co-operating fictions has been completed. The man in the Floyd \| Looney Toons hat waves you through, and the Lunar Transtemporal Floyd \| Fictionalization Flow Network returns you to the East Side HQ. Floyd \| Floyd \| 24-hour family restaurant Floyd \| This national chain restaurant serves edible food around the clock. Floyd \| There are a few other patrons, a mix of business travelers staying at Floyd \| the nearby hotels, late-night partiers out after the bar, and random Floyd \| eccentrics such as yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| Jay is waiting tables here. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "So, the restaurant is the East Side HQ. I guess the castle is the West Side HQ."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to jay"
Floyd \| Jay is a good listener, and seems to really understand your story. You Floyd \| outline some of your grandiose schemes and plans to use Plan 9 Floyd \| technology to change society, and he agrees to tell some of his friends Floyd \| about the Loonie Revolution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Northeast edge of town Floyd \| This is the northeast edge of town, by the shopping mall and the Floyd \| interstate. It is mostly lacking in the distinctive charms of the rest Floyd \| of the city. The usual reason for being out here is to visit the Floyd \| 24-hour restaurant to the north, whose sign faces the highway, glowing Floyd \| like a green beacon. The road continues out of the city to the Floyd \| northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| There is probably something special waiting for you in Astral Floyd \| Enchantments. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Let's go home and play the piano again."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| If I biked into the blue light, would my song still fill the air? Floyd \| If I chased after the green light, and I found you would you care? Floyd \| If I dissolved into clear light, would there be anybody there? Floyd \| All these colors fill our skies and sail us everywhere Floyd \| I'm crusing through the orange night light Floyd \| Shining beams of pink so bright Floyd \| Purple crystal flower potion that restored my sight Floyd \| Brought me back to the things that I know are right Floyd \| And now when I lay me down I'm not a solo flying kite Floyd \| I feel someone's arms around me, someone holds me tight Floyd \| And we rise in spiral flight up to the starry height Floyd \| Because we're all one rainbow star prismatic in the night Floyd \| Floyd \| ([LINK]) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "It ... just occurs to me that I must not have used sleepmask."
		Jacqueline shrugs.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| You have so far scored 294 out of a possible 999, in 319 turns. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Sorry if someone already caught this and I missed them pointing it out."
		Teaspoon asks, "Will it make a big difference?"
		DavidW says, "no, I didn't notice."
		Teaspoon says, "Nor I."
		DavidW says, "I was just glad that Teaspoon wasn't ill any more."
		Jacqueline looks at the transcript. "Sure enough. That's why we have no status line."
		Jacqueline shrugs again.
		Teaspoon says, "Oh, right. Status line."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| There is probably something special waiting for you in Astral Floyd \| Enchantments. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "shall we go get some more stuff?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You go for a brief walk in the neighborhood, then return home. You may Floyd \| travel sw, s, ne, or enter your house. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| You need to ride a bicycle to continue south. If you own one, call it Floyd \| with the command >lunar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd \| Exits are n, nw, s, and in. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Astral Enchantments Floyd \| This store buzzes with mystic energies. Complex artworks with twisting Floyd \| lines interweaving runic symbols adorn the walls. A glass display case Floyd \| of crystals, jewelry, and small sculptures is against the far wall. Floyd \| Bins of polished minerals are in the center, along with sage and Floyd \| incense. Buttons and stickers with provocative slogans, tapestries Floyd \| featuring Grateful Dead iconography, water pipes and rolling papers, Floyd \| printed guides to meditation and higher consciousness...your eyes can Floyd \| hardly absorb the profusion of beautiful, wonderful, enchanting Floyd \| artifacts of the paisley-and-patchouli tribe. Floyd \| Floyd \| Chip, the store owner, is working here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see some crystals and polished stones here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Chip greets you with a smile and says 'I can tell a lot has happened, I Floyd \| think you are ready for a Sound Oracle Ceremony.' You agree, and Astra Floyd \| appears from the back of the store. She is dressed in purple and is Floyd \| wearing several different skull-themed prints and jewelry. 'Chip has Floyd \| told me about you,' she says, 'this should be very interesting.' She Floyd \| brings you back into the small bank vault at the rear of the store, Floyd \| which is filled with ceramic singing bowls. She closes the door, and Floyd \| darkness descends. Floyd \| Floyd \| A tone appears in the silence, ghostly at first, then growing. The Floyd \| sound seems to be moving around the dark room in a spiral. Astra begins Floyd \| singing in harmony with the tone, at first in unisons and octaves, then Floyd \| perfect fifths and major thirds. She begins to intone words (or names?) Floyd \| in a language you don't recognize. The harmonies change, becoming Floyd \| strange and unearthly. Astra's voice is ululating, skipping between Floyd \| tritones and just-intonation perfect fourths and minor thirds. The Floyd \| sound becomes a whirlpool, pulling you in an unexpected direction. You Floyd \| reach out to catch yourself, but the walls are suddenly far away and Floyd \| when you find your balance, you are in... Floyd \| Floyd \| Darkness Floyd \| It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "shortly to be eaten by a grue"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "listen"
Floyd \| The music you hear is strange yet beautiful. You wonder what it would Floyd \| feel like to sing. Floyd \| Floyd \| The air is filled with the sound of voices singing harmonies you have Floyd \| never heard before. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd \| You join your voice with the new, unfamiliar intervals, and feel a Floyd \| sudden crystallization. All of your senses have become attuned to new Floyd \| frequencies and modes of vibration. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atlantean Temple Floyd \| Your eye cannot even comprehend the strange geometries of this vast Floyd \| temple. Floyd \| Floyd \| Two figures are walking across the floor, engaged in an angry debate. Floyd \| You realize you are non-corporeal, but you do have access to the Floyd \| abstraction layer here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Chaos and Substance here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "obviously, sing."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "find chaos"
Floyd \| That action is outside the scope of this simulation. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bind chaos"
Floyd \| What do you want to bind Chaos? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "oh, more binding ingredients."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "substance"
Floyd \| You make the bind, and the Goddess of Chaos winks at you as she merges Floyd \| herself with the material substance of reality. She's been there all Floyd \| the time, of course. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'I tell you that's nonsense! We live in an orderly universe, chaos is Floyd \| just the confusion of your weak mind.' His companion answers back: 'No, Floyd \| order is your mind trying to escape the confusion that exists within Floyd \| everything! You must embrace and accept chaos.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd \| You join your voice with the new, unfamiliar intervals, and feel a Floyd \| sudden crystallization. All of your senses have become attuned to new Floyd \| frequencies and modes of vibration. Floyd \| Floyd \| He glares at her. 'Fine then, if chaos is within everything and I Floyd \| should embrace it, I should find the Goddess of Chaos bound within this Floyd \| very pillar. Let her be my lover if you wish to be so quarrelsome!' And Floyd \| with that, the man forces a grotesque leer onto his face and presses Floyd \| his body up against the pillar, thrusting vigorously with his hips Floyd \| against the marble. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait"
Floyd \| You feel yourself traveling through spacetime at the speed of light. Floyd \| Floyd \| His companion sighs and says 'You do not control when the Goddess of Floyd \| Chaos manifests, but I have no jealousy for her. If she chooses to be Floyd \| bound within substance, you and her might do as you wish!' The man Floyd \| continues his pantomime ravishment of the stone pillar. Floyd \| Floyd \| As the man is looking away from the pillar towards his companion to Floyd \| gauge her reaction, the pillar changes form to that of a woman. Her Floyd \| marble torso is bare, but her body is angled away from the man who is Floyd \| grinding away at what is now the side of her hip. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Cretin! Cad!' the voice of the Goddess is sharp in the man's ear. He Floyd \| freezes, and the statue spits at him contemptuously. A spatter of Floyd \| gravel glances off his cheeks. 'How DARE you affront Eris thus!' Floyd \| Floyd \| The woman nearby is nearly doubled up laughing. Every time she tries to Floyd \| say something, she catches a glimpse of the flakes of marble Floyd \| Goddess-spit in her companion's beard and starts giggling again. Eris Floyd \| herself stretches and her marble bosom quivers with her chuckles. Her Floyd \| tone becomes sultry. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Perhaps we could leave this small-minded fellow behind for the rest of Floyd \| the day?' suggests the Goddess of Chaos, and she links arms with her Floyd \| new friend and they depart the temple towards the nearby fields of soft Floyd \| flax. Floyd \| Floyd \| ...the singing fades, and the temple dissolves into the glowing Floyd \| geometric patterns behind your closed eyelids. You find yourself being Floyd \| ushered back into the retail area of the store. You thank Astra for the Floyd \| very enlightening journey, and she departs. You feel privileged to have Floyd \| been part of a legend of Discordian Atlantis. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 44) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if order makes a difference in these combinations."
		Teaspoon says, "Could try some undoing if we want to find out."
Emily arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Iria waves to Emily
Emily says, "hey"		DavidW says, "I would guess that order might make some minor differences, but not many."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Astral Enchantments Floyd \| This store buzzes with mystic energies. Complex artworks with twisting Floyd \| lines interweaving runic symbols adorn the walls. A glass display case Floyd \| of crystals, jewelry, and small sculptures is against the far wall. Floyd \| Bins of polished minerals are in the center, along with sage and Floyd \| incense. Buttons and stickers with provocative slogans, tapestries Floyd \| featuring Grateful Dead iconography, water pipes and rolling papers, Floyd \| printed guides to meditation and higher consciousness...your eyes can Floyd \| hardly absorb the profusion of beautiful, wonderful, enchanting Floyd \| artifacts of the paisley-and-patchouli tribe. Floyd \| Floyd \| Chip, the store owner, is working here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see some crystals and polished stones here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "The Afterlife and the bike shop are very close by."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Turning Wheel Cycles Floyd \| Madison has many bike shops, but this is the one for you. A wide Floyd \| variety of bicycles and accessories fills the front of the store, and a Floyd \| workshop is toward the rear. Someone is working on a partly Floyd \| disassembled bicycle on a maintenance mount. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Metaphysical Orrery here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x orrey"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x orrery"
Floyd \| This astonishing device looks like what would happen if fifteen Floyd \| bicycles were being ridden across the surface of a neutron star and Floyd \| then suffered a catastrophic impact with a ferris wheel. Every variety Floyd \| of rotary and cyclical motion is manifest within the fractal nest of Floyd \| gears, chains, and wheels. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Orrery is a solar system model, iirc."
		Teaspoon says, "and there are some astonishing pcitures"
		DavidW asks, "So this is like bicycles orbiting a star?"
		[LINK]
		DavidW asks, "Can we ride it?"
		Teaspoon says, "I think it's a steampunk bike."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "buy orrery"
Floyd \| You think about transforming the economic system with Plan 9 unique Floyd \| digital object alternative community currencies. Afterwards, you might Floyd \| be able to bind-buy that, but you can't right now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I love orreries."
		DavidW says, "Try riding it."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ride bike"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ride orrery"
Floyd \| You can't ride that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "aw darn"
		Teaspoon says, "...not just yet"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Turning Wheel Cycles Floyd \| Madison has many bike shops, but this is the one for you. A wide Floyd \| variety of bicycles and accessories fills the front of the store, and a Floyd \| workshop is toward the rear. Someone is working on a partly Floyd \| disassembled bicycle on a maintenance mount. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Metaphysical Orrery here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to owner"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| Intuition tells you to stop in to the Afterlife. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Maybe we're here too early, despite the goal listing."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| (first opening the door to the Afterlife) Floyd \| Floyd \| Afterlife Floyd \| This is a small and cluttered antique and curiosity shop. Many items Floyd \| have a strange familiarity to them, yet you feel like you are in an Floyd \| entirely different dimension. Floyd \| Floyd \| You knew a place like this would have to come into existence. Clearly, Floyd \| artifacts from this store can be used as information seeds for virtual Floyd \| reality reincarnation of their previous owners or individuals to whom Floyd \| they are symbolically connected. Perhaps items that need to leave Floyd \| ordinary reality could do so here as well. Floyd \| Floyd \| Colette is standing behind the counter. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see an Animal Tarot deck here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Colette greets you with 'Just the person I was waiting for! It's the Floyd \| funniest thing, someone gave me a gift to give to you, they said you Floyd \| might need it.' Colette holds up a large lens mounted on a tripodal Floyd \| base carved from antlers. 'Try to look through it, its quite unusual.' Floyd \| Colette maintains a poker face as she hands you the lens. You peer Floyd \| through the curved glass. Floyd \| Through the viewer lens you see...Ritual spot Floyd \| Floyd \| Past the edge of the city, a short path leads away from the road to a Floyd \| small ring of boulders. It feels like a perfect place for performing a Floyd \| ceremony or ritual. The road continues northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the Ritual spot you can see a Remote Lens. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| You have so far scored 312 out of a possible 999, in 344 turns. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Afterlife Floyd \| This is a small and cluttered antique and curiosity shop. Many items Floyd \| have a strange familiarity to them, yet you feel like you are in an Floyd \| entirely different dimension. Floyd \| Floyd \| Colette is standing behind the counter. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see an Animal Tarot deck here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x deck"
Floyd \| This deck is illustrated in black and white. The box shows a gathering Floyd \| of animals in a forest clearing under the full moon. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. I am a touch better, but think I should lie down. You all should continue, if you'd like."
		DavidW says, "take the deck"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take deck"
Floyd \| You need to buy it first. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "buy deck"
Floyd \| You buy the Animal Tarot. You hope to find a setting similar to the box Floyd \| illustration and meet Staci there. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon exclaims, "good night!"
		DavidW says, "bye, Jacqueline. Rest well."
		DavidW asks (of Teaspoon), "Should we talk to Xochi again?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I suppose so, yes."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| As you walk in, you are excited to see both Xochi and Xelia working Floyd \| today. The store is busy right now, so you order your drink and sit, Floyd \| hoping to find a chance to talk to them. As they are working, they Floyd \| maintain a quiet dialogue punctuated by bursts of shared laughter. You Floyd \| are trying not to listen in, but you wonder if they are talking about Floyd \| you. Occasionally you see one of them cast a glance in your direction. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xelia notices you watching them and whispers something to Xochi. Xochi Floyd \| turns and motions for you to come speak to them. They both lean forward Floyd \| toward you and you notice their faces are slightly flushed from all the Floyd \| laughter. 'Since you are here every day and are always so nice to us,' Floyd \| begins Xochi, 'we decided we should give you a special treat,' Floyd \| continues Xelia. They look at each other with half-hidden smiles. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Come down to the basement where we make the gelato,' Xochi says, Floyd \| unlocking a door behind the counter and ushering you through it, 'you Floyd \| can taste something special.' Floyd \| Floyd \| The Alchemy Lab, under Coffee Lion Floyd \| So this is why the espresso and gelato at Coffee Lion is so spiritually Floyd \| invigorating. Shelves line each wall of the room, each filled with rows Floyd \| and rows of different colored bottles filled with various plants and Floyd \| minerals. In the center of the room is the intimidatingly complex Floyd \| alchemical apparatus, a three (or more?) dimensional maze of glass Floyd \| spheres and interconnecting tubes. Floyd \| Floyd \| A minute after your arrival, you hear footsteps on the stairs and Xochi Floyd \| and Xelia join you. 'We only have a few minutes, but we thought you'd Floyd \| really enjoy this. We're going to show you how we make our special Floyd \| gelato flavors.' Xochi gathers several jars from the shelves, and adds Floyd \| a few pinches of the ingredients in each. You can't read the labels. Floyd \| Xelia tightens a few connections in the apparatus. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'The first step is bringing the reaction chambers to a warm but not hot Floyd \| temperature.' Xochi points to a pair of glass spheres on the upper part Floyd \| of the machine. 'Rub these with your hands to put the right amount of Floyd \| heat into them.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "rub sphere"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "rub machine"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| The Alchemy Lab, under Coffee Lion Floyd \| So this is why the espresso and gelato at Coffee Lion is so spiritually Floyd \| invigorating. Shelves line each wall of the room, each filled with rows Floyd \| and rows of different colored bottles filled with various plants and Floyd \| minerals. In the center of the room is the intimidatingly complex Floyd \| alchemical apparatus, a three (or more?) dimensional maze of glass Floyd \| spheres and interconnecting tubes. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi and Xelia are both here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xelia and Xochi are waiting for you to perform the gelato-alchemy. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "rub"
Floyd \| (Xelia and Xochi) Floyd \| You place your hands on the glass spheres and slowly rub them until you Floyd \| feel they are the same temperature as your skin. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Next, you need to push this button to start the reaction,' continues Floyd \| Xelia, gesturing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon exclaims, "?!"
		Teaspoon says, "I see that we're rubbing the machine in prose, but that's clearly not what the coding thinks we're rubbing."
		DavidW says, "This doesn't seem kinky at all, officer."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd \| You place your finger on the button. It thrums with the vibration of Floyd \| the machine. You gently press it inward, and a soft sigh of escaping Floyd \| vapor leaves the alchemical apparatus. Steam and bubbles appear in some Floyd \| of the transparent connecting tubes. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'Now, insert the cylinder so it will collect the gelato as it is Floyd \| synthesized,' explains Xochi. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 45) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "insert cylinder"
Floyd \| You firmly insert the cylinder into the output junction of the tubes Floyd \| connected to the reaction spheres. Creamy gelato seems to condense at Floyd \| the intersection point and drip slowly down the inner edges of the Floyd \| cylinder. After a moment, it is half filled. Xochi and Xelia each add a Floyd \| shot of freshly brewed espresso to create an affogato. Floyd \| Floyd \| You hear the sound of the customer service bell being rung upstairs. Floyd \| 'Perfect timing!' they say in unison, then glance at each other and Floyd \| laugh again. You are ushered back upstairs with a tall cylinder of Floyd \| frothy gelato-espresso blended brew. Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| Light streams in through the tall glass windows at the front of the Floyd \| cafe. A display case of homemade gelato flavors is by the door. A Floyd \| window for drive-through customers is in the rear corner. Numerous Floyd \| cat-themed decorations adorn the walls and counters. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi and Xelia are both here. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I think you just bound innuendo with something."
		Teaspoon says, "I...assume you are correct."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| an affogato brew of gelato and espresso Floyd \| a Viewer Lens Floyd \| some Space Pancakes Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades (being worn) Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x brew"
Floyd \| An indescribably sensual blend of sweet creamy gelato and dark bitter Floyd \| espresso, this intoxicating potion beckons you to drink it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drink brew"
Floyd \| The sweet beverage caresses your tongue with flavor. The sufferings of Floyd \| the body are redeemed by sensations like this. In just a moment, you Floyd \| find yourself slurping the final delicious drops. Your body and muscles Floyd \| are filled with vibrating energy. Floyd \| Floyd \| (Your biking skill and endurance has increased) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "oh, should we remove those shades?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm still not sure what they do."
		DavidW says, "And perhaps in one of those weird aside locations, drop the 4CY."
		Teaspoon says, "good idea."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "remove shades"
Floyd \| You take off the pair of mirror shades. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop forsee"
Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x xelia"
Floyd \| Xochi and Xelia seem to energize each other. Just being in the same Floyd \| room as the two of them at the same time makes everything seem Floyd \| enchanted. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "someone may enjoy it."
		DavidW says, "no, not here"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to xelia"
Floyd \| Your two favorite baristas are busy working, and after getting so much Floyd \| special attention in the basement, you don't want to press your luck by Floyd \| interrupting. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| The multiverse authors convention is open NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Drop the forcee in another dimension."
		Teaspoon says, "Man, I could have ditched it on the space ship"
		DavidW says, "Like that Discordian Atlantis or Space Station or other places we seem to find ourselves."
		Teaspoon says, "Alas."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get all"
Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1): Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "I suppose we need to check out the authors convention now?"
		DavidW says, "yeah. please."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "They probably have another dimension we can drop the book into."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ride bike"
Floyd \| You get onto Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| You can go e, nw, w, or in. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| John Nolen Drive (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Adjacent to lake Monona, John Nolen Drive is a wide multi-lane road Floyd \| which passes underneath the curved contours of the Monona Terrace Floyd \| convention center. The view from across the lake looking toward Floyd \| downtown is Madison's skyline-postcard view. A heavily used bike path Floyd \| teems with cyclists and joggers. The Capitol square is north, Floyd \| Williamson St. to the east, and the Miffyland residential neighborwood Floyd \| is west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Capitol Square (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| On a hill in the center of downtown, the Capitol building is a smaller Floyd \| imitation of the federal Capitol building in Washington D.C. The street Floyd \| grid converges to a perfect square around it, and it acts as the 0,0 Floyd \| origin of the street numbering system. Notable streets and landmarks Floyd \| lie south, west, north, and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| You decide making a dramatic entrance on your bike isn't necesssary. Floyd \| (first getting off Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Floyd \| Multiverse Authors Design Conference Floyd \| Time-travelers, authors, simulators, and adventurers from across the Floyd \| multiverse have gathered here to share stories. Floyd \| Floyd \| You arrive at the start of Madcon, a busy chaos of arrivals from all pi Floyd \| to the 999th corners of the multiverse. Staci spots you and asks for a Floyd \| favor. 'I've got to be on a panel for time-sequence rewriting, can you Floyd \| take Lily to lunch now?' You agree. Lily is excited. 'Let's go to Pasta Floyd \| and Other! I want noodles. Come on!' Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily is leading the way. She exits the building, heading towards State Floyd \| Street. You need to follow. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "huh."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exit"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Capitol Square Floyd \| On a hill in the center of downtown, the Capitol building is a smaller Floyd \| imitation of the federal Capitol building in Washington D.C. The street Floyd \| grid converges to a perfect square around it, and it acts as the 0,0 Floyd \| origin of the street numbering system. Notable streets and landmarks Floyd \| lie south, west, north, and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Lunar Lightning here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You catch up to Lily. 'Time for a Chaos Bomb!' she announces. She makes Floyd \| a throwing gesture. You feel ripples of strangeness wash over you. Floyd \| 'State Street is this way!' Lily calls out as she heads west. 'I know, Floyd \| and slow down!' you don't bother to answer. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "No convention for us. We have to find a Pasta restaurant. Which is where?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| State Street Floyd \| The downtown and campus are focused on this pedestrian-only open air Floyd \| shopping mall. Dozens of shops and throngs of pedestrians create a Floyd \| big-city feel for a few blocks. The proximity of the large state Floyd \| university campus means the crowd is quite young, and weekend nights Floyd \| are often a mix of the charming antics of local eccentrics with less Floyd \| charming rowdy sophomoric intoxication. The Miffyland neighborhood is Floyd \| south, the Capitol is east, and the lakeshore residential neighborhood Floyd \| is north. Notable shops are northwest and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| 'We're here!' Lily announces, pointing at Pasta and Other to the Floyd \| northwest. She disappears inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Pasta and Other Floyd \| This restaurant focuses much more on the pasta than the other. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily orders a bowl of mac and cheese, and strikes up a conversation Floyd \| with a friendly woman at a nearby table. She says her name is Tara, and Floyd \| she is working at the Infinite Loop store on the southwest side of Floyd \| State Street. She invites you to visit after the meal, and Lily is Floyd \| excited to do so. You finish eating, and Lily announces 'To the Floyd \| Infinite Loop!' and heads outside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "...how old is Lily again?"
		DavidW says, "We have a Loop clothing store."
		Teaspoon asks, "Have we, in fact, seen her before?"
		DavidW asks, "I dunno. Six?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| State Street Floyd \| The downtown and campus are focused on this pedestrian-only open air Floyd \| shopping mall. Dozens of shops and throngs of pedestrians create a Floyd \| big-city feel for a few blocks. The proximity of the large state Floyd \| university campus means the crowd is quite young, and weekend nights Floyd \| are often a mix of the charming antics of local eccentrics with less Floyd \| charming rowdy sophomoric intoxication. The Miffyland neighborhood is Floyd \| south, the Capitol is east, and the lakeshore residential neighborhood Floyd \| is north. Notable shops are northwest and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| You hear guitar and kazoo played by Art Paul. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Infinite Loop Floyd \| This store sells devotional objects from the Tibetan Buddhist Floyd \| tradition. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Story Control Machine here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily is fascinated by deity artworks and tools for rituals and prayer. Floyd \| Tara tells her she can pick out an item as a gift, and Lily chooses a Floyd \| necklace of pale sky-blue beads. Tara strokes it lightly as she hands Floyd \| it to Lily 'Very beautiful. This is the color of one aspect of Buddha. Floyd \| I've been feeling this color in the past few days. Perhaps one of the Floyd \| Buddhas is traveling near.' Floyd \| Floyd \| You thank Tara, and notice it's time to meet Staci after the panel. She Floyd \| wants to take a break back at the castle dock. Lily leaves with Staci, Floyd \| and after a few more minutes appreciating the items in Infinite Loop, Floyd \| you decide to join them on the dock for a dose of sunlight on the Floyd \| waves. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "We have seen her before. She was with Egan or Elgin or whatever our godson's name is."
		Teaspoon says, "Oh, right."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "visit staci"
Floyd \| You have agreed to perform at an anti-corporate personhood event. The Floyd \| Snowden revelations have just come out, and you feel the Revolution has Floyd \| momentum. Staci has agreed to sing a duet on the 'Orange Night Light' Floyd \| song. You go onstage wearing a green bicycle helmet and mirror shades. Floyd \| After chanting some lines about harmonic time-binding the light from Floyd \| the Valispectrum prismatic reflector, you deliver a rant praising Floyd \| Snowden. Staci joins you for your duet, and after you sing together, Floyd \| you spend a few minutes dancing wildly with Whirlwind when the next act Floyd \| performs. There is a giddy sense of 'we can just do anything!' that Floyd \| fills you and Staci and Nook and your friends with limitless energy. Floyd \| After, you indulge in some rare alcohol consumption, and break a chair Floyd \| falling over backward. You remember nothing more from that night. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I will take a moment to note that "This restaurant focuses much more on the pasta than the other." cracks me up."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Staci said she was going to be hanging out on the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Infinite Loop Floyd \| This store sells devotional objects from the Tibetan Buddhist Floyd \| tradition. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see the Story Control Machine here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Remember the good ol' days when we only ate fritos and did nothing but program? Those were the days."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x machine"
Floyd \| This machine looks like a devotional altar with many turning prayer Floyd \| wheels. A sign reads: 'Spin wheel to change baristas at Coffee Lion. Floyd \| Push button to reset fictional subuniverses. Pull lever to reset songs Floyd \| and explorations.' Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I think we leave this machine strictly alone."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		DavidW says, "wow."
		Teaspoon says, "(I would love to see its coding though)"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| State Street Floyd \| The downtown and campus are focused on this pedestrian-only open air Floyd \| shopping mall. Dozens of shops and throngs of pedestrians create a Floyd \| big-city feel for a few blocks. The proximity of the large state Floyd \| university campus means the crowd is quite young, and weekend nights Floyd \| are often a mix of the charming antics of local eccentrics with less Floyd \| charming rowdy sophomoric intoxication. The Miffyland neighborhood is Floyd \| south, the Capitol is east, and the lakeshore residential neighborhood Floyd \| is north. Notable shops are northwest and southwest. Floyd \| Floyd \| A panhandler asks you for change, and you give him a dollar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "plugh"
Floyd \| You speak the magic word, and you catch a glimpse of an ancient realm Floyd \| of college mainframe computers and 5 1/4 floppies... Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is sitting cross-legged here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| Nook is sitting on a picnic table, smoking a cigarette. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily is running up and down the hillside as she plays. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily decides to climb Nook and gets about halfway up before she changes Floyd \| her mind. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, on the dock Floyd \| The dock is short, wooden, and rather rickety. An old gnarled tree Floyd \| reaches far out over the water nearby. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar is pacing back and forth. Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| A dog is wandering around on the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to scholar"
Floyd \| 'Lately I've been trying to be active rather than reactive.' Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar wanders off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to staci"
Floyd \| Every way you interact with Staci feels easy, natural, and delightful. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I'm waiting for the axe to fall and something bad to happen to us."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm not sure it's that sort of game."
		DavidW says, "But it's really really weird for everything to be just for us and our manias."
		Teaspoon says, "or possibly it is that sort of game, in that we are a confused person wandering around thinking we were abducted by aliens and annoying the local baristas"
		DavidW says, "well, that's depressing but possible, that we're imagining the entire thing."
		Teaspoon says, "buuutt we're never going to know the difference."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Staci said she was going to be hanging out on the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "That implies reality doesn't matter, though."
		Teaspoon says, "It doesn't, in a computer game. Which we know that we're in."
		DavidW asks, "hm. So where next?"
		Teaspoon says, "Dunno. I can't seem to get our goal to trigger."
		DavidW asks, "Did you go on the dock or just 'visit' Staci?"
		Teaspoon says, "We've done both, now."
		DavidW says, "Those are different actions, remember."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "visit staci"
Floyd \| You have another in a seemingly endless series of deligtful days with Floyd \| Staci, just chilling on the co-op porch swing and talking with whatever Floyd \| friends wander by. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar arrives. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Staci said she was going to be hanging out on the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, on the dock Floyd \| The dock is short, wooden, and rather rickety. An old gnarled tree Floyd \| reaches far out over the water nearby. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar is standing here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| A dog is wandering around on the dock. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet dog"
Floyd \| As you greet the dog, you hear a voice call out 'Lotus!' from a little Floyd \| further down the shore. To make a long story very short, the voice Floyd \| belongs to a five member traveling punk band called Police Lingo. They Floyd \| need a place to crash, and something makes you offer your house. They Floyd \| have to play a show at the Owl Sanctuary (the what??) and you agree to Floyd \| meet them back on Milwaukee street later. Staci says she will head back Floyd \| to Madcon and meet you later. You should probably head home to get your Floyd \| house ready for guests. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "First I tried the visit Staci, then I tried coming her"
		Teaspoon says, "ah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd \| There is a trans-dimensional short-circuit of interactive fiction Floyd \| tradition, and you catch a brief glimpse of a brick building near a Floyd \| stream and a metal grate before you blink and find yourself... Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "enter"
Floyd \| Paul shows up carrying his acoustic guitar. He turns out to be an Floyd \| excellent blues guitarist, and he talks in a continuous flow of Floyd \| aphorisms and anecdotes. 'I don't need to believe in reincarnation,' he Floyd \| says, looking at a small Vishnu sculpture on your table, 'I've lived Floyd \| fifty lives already in this one.' For much of the past few weeks, you Floyd \| have been the one dominating conversations, and it feels good to focus Floyd \| on listening to someone whose mind is also overflowing with ideas. Floyd \| After a couple hours, your head is spinning but your enlightenment has Floyd \| increased. Rather than as a housekeeper, you hire Paul as a Floyd \| music-and-wisdom coach. Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| It is a convergence of world-lines. Five young punk musicians, Staci Floyd \| Nook and yourself, and three co-opers who had been tagging along. Many Floyd \| realities diverge here. What are your boundaries? What are you open to? Floyd \| You feel yourself splitting into many selves at this branch point. In Floyd \| some, everyone is completely uninhibited and you all create a Floyd \| transcendent flower of higher-dimensional interpersonal molecular Floyd \| structure, the aliens show up and demand pancakes, and you all agree to Floyd \| move to the lesser Magellanic cloud and open the first non-Earth greasy Floyd \| spoon diner. In others, inhibition and insecurity fracture the social Floyd \| ground beneath you, rifts open, and your life ricochets off in a Floyd \| different direction, a vector of disappointment and regret. Floyd \| Floyd \| You decide to pilot a middle course in your current storyline, Floyd \| embracing a limited subset of the possible configurations. After a Floyd \| night of little sleep but much love, Police Lingo leaves you with many Floyd \| balloon animals, and Staci and the co-opers return to Madcon. You spend Floyd \| a few minutes cleaning up, and are now ready to head downtown and dive Floyd \| into the convention scene. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "oo, text dump again."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Madcon is happening NE of the Capitol square. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a Viewer Lens Floyd \| some Space Pancakes Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon asks, "should we give that heart to xochi now?"
		DavidW asks, "oh geez, I dunno. Maybe?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| I heard the song first at fifteen, an echo of a spring so evergreen Floyd \| It bridged future and past, spanning unseen Floyd \| Reality dream and the space between Floyd \| A month of May the year could be any, where every day is a horn of Floyd \| plenty Floyd \| Warm night air, the waves on the lake, all right there and make no Floyd \| mistake Floyd \| Reeling and rocking past the shadow of doubt Floyd \| Nothing like feeling that old in and out Floyd \| I know what its like to be alone, no hint of action on your phone Floyd \| I know how to groan and bitch and moan Floyd \| But it ain't too much dope that's stealing your hope Floyd \| In the dark groping for the end of your rope Floyd \| With a little bit of luck you'll come unstuck Floyd \| Quack like a duck on the strange trip truck Floyd \| I'm talking from experience, once you get traction Floyd \| Even a middle-aged pianist can get action! Floyd \| This month of May was like nothing before, Floyd \| Every time that I walked out the door Floyd \| I fell in to a brand new story, each moment had its own kind of glory Floyd \| It's hard to believe but my dreams did come true Floyd \| No guarantee but it could happen to you Floyd \| So keep your ears open for those magic songs Floyd \| Spend the years hoping and singing along Floyd \| The stories and dreams that bloom in your mind Floyd \| The quarry that gleams, the doom that you find Floyd \| Flowery beams the moonlight unwinds... Floyd \| Floyd \| ([LINK]) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| Light streams in through the tall glass windows at the front of the Floyd \| cafe. A display case of homemade gelato flavors is by the door. A Floyd \| window for drive-through customers is in the rear corner. Numerous Floyd \| cat-themed decorations adorn the walls and counters. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xelia is working here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to xelia"
Floyd \| You take advantage of a quiet moment in the cafe to talk to Xelia. 'You Floyd \| know this whole summer has been the high point of my life by far,' you Floyd \| begin, 'I went through a lot of years wondering whether what we got out Floyd \| of life was worth the price of the ticket, if that makes sense. But Floyd \| finally, this summer, it all finally came together for me, my life Floyd \| became exactly the story I've always wanted it to be. You and Xochi Floyd \| here at the cafe have been a big part of the magic. Now, I feel like - Floyd \| whatever happens in life from here on out, it's all been worth it. This Floyd \| summer has given me more happiness than I could have ever imagined.' Floyd \| Floyd \| 'I'm really glad its been so good for you, its been fun hearing about Floyd \| your adventures,' Xelia smiles at you. You wander back to your seat, Floyd \| and your words echo in your mind. '...whatever happens...it's all been Floyd \| worth it.' 'But please stay wonderful, life!' you add as a mental Floyd \| postscript. In future days, keeping hold of that feeling will serve as Floyd \| both a comfort, and a challenge. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "oh. It's a Xelia day today."
		Teaspoon says, "I suppose we can use that lever if it's vitally important."
		Teaspoon says, "but not right now."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Turning Wheel Cycles Floyd \| Madison has many bike shops, but this is the one for you. A wide Floyd \| variety of bicycles and accessories fills the front of the store, and a Floyd \| workshop is toward the rear. Someone is working on a partly Floyd \| disassembled bicycle on a maintenance mount. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Metaphysical Orrery here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take orrery"
Floyd \| The Metaphysical Orrery is fixed in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "examine orrery"
Floyd \| This astonishing device looks like what would happen if fifteen Floyd \| bicycles were being ridden across the surface of a neutron star and Floyd \| then suffered a catastrophic impact with a ferris wheel. Every variety Floyd \| of rotary and cyclical motion is manifest within the fractal nest of Floyd \| gears, chains, and wheels. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ride orrery"
Floyd \| You can't ride that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "We don't know what to do with the orrery except maybe buy it at some point."
		Teaspoon says, "I think we can't do anything with tis."
		Teaspoon says, "So that leaves madcon I think."
		DavidW says, "Or the remote spot. but madcon was more strongly indicated."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood and Ohio shopping block Floyd \| Several appealing establishments are clustered here. On the east end of Floyd \| the block is Astral Enchantments, offering crystals, stickers, incense, Floyd \| tapestries, and other hippie-style woo-woo. North is Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, your local counterculture-friendly bike store. To the west is Floyd \| Essentially Art, a small gallery store exhibiting the arts and crafts Floyd \| of several local artists. You can rejoin the flow of Atwood Avenue to Floyd \| the south. Northeast is Afterlife Antiques and Oddities. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You need to ride a bicycle to continue further towards downtown. If you Floyd \| own one, call it with the command >lunar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "lunar"
Floyd \| You call out for your trusty metal steed, and it appears! Floyd \| You get onto Lunar Lightning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| John Nolen Drive (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Adjacent to lake Monona, John Nolen Drive is a wide multi-lane road Floyd \| which passes underneath the curved contours of the Monona Terrace Floyd \| convention center. The view from across the lake looking toward Floyd \| downtown is Madison's skyline-postcard view. A heavily used bike path Floyd \| teems with cyclists and joggers. The Capitol square is north, Floyd \| Williamson St. to the east, and the Miffyland residential neighborwood Floyd \| is west. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 58) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Capitol Square (on Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| On a hill in the center of downtown, the Capitol building is a smaller Floyd \| imitation of the federal Capitol building in Washington D.C. The street Floyd \| grid converges to a perfect square around it, and it acts as the 0,0 Floyd \| origin of the street numbering system. Notable streets and landmarks Floyd \| lie south, west, north, and northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd \| You pedal effortlessly. Floyd \| You can go n, w, s or check the event center to the ne. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne"
Floyd \| You decide making a dramatic entrance on your bike isn't necesssary. Floyd \| (first getting off Lunar Lightning) Floyd \| Floyd \| Multiverse Authors Design Conference Floyd \| Time-travelers, authors, simulators, and adventurers from across the Floyd \| multiverse have gathered here to share stories. Floyd \| Floyd \| The convention is in full swing as you arrive. After a few Floyd \| introductions, a tall owl of multiple genders transfixes you with Floyd \| glowing orange eyes. 'For safety reasons, everyone agrees that Floyd \| author-level, continuity-breaking information should be wiped from your Floyd \| time-embedded consciousness. The experiences will be stored in your Floyd \| crown, of course, so nothing is lost long-term. Are you ready?' You nod Floyd \| agreement. Floyd \| Floyd \| It is two days later. You are exhausted but happy. The convention has Floyd \| been AMAZING, especially the part where...where...well, it was Floyd \| definitely amazing. You know that much at least. It seems like time to Floyd \| go relax at Lothlorien. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "chortle"
		Teaspoon says, "That is exactly how a time-travel convention ought to work out, really."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Some more time at Lothlorien co-op sounds good to you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "plugh"
Floyd \| You speak the magic word, and you catch a glimpse of an ancient realm Floyd \| of college mainframe computers and 5 1/4 floppies... Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar is standing here. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk ot wizard"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to wizard"
Floyd \| 'I'd be honored to work on organizing some interesting esoteric events Floyd \| and ceremonies, I have quite a few ideas in mind. I think a Floyd \| costume-themed party with appropriate cinematic accompaniment would be Floyd \| an interesting experiment.' Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard and Scholar are discussing obscure but crucial events in the Floyd \| history of late 19th century secret societies. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the Great Room (1st floor) Floyd \| A huge living room, with two pianos, several couches, bookshelves, Floyd \| assorted art, and a fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is looking through her shoulder bag. Floyd \| Floyd \| Nook is taking a brief nap on one of the couches. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily is bouncing up and down on a couch, laughing. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily wanders off. Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is making a series of cryptic hand gestures at Nook. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to nook"
Floyd \| 'I'm not sure just what you're up to with the Loonie Revolution and Floyd \| Plan 9, but I'm glad we have the chance to have this unique Floyd \| friendship.' Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is resting her foot on Nook's knee. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to lily"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to whirlwind"
Floyd \| 'I've got a lot of writing to share if you'd like, and I know my kids Floyd \| are excited to contribute too.' Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is resting her foot on Nook's knee. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily is having a snack. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar is reading a book here. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard is stroking his beard thoughtfully. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard and Scholar are discussing obscure but crucial events in the Floyd \| history of late 19th century secret societies. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to lily"
Floyd \| 'The Loonie Re-vo-lu-TION! The Loonie Re-vo-lu-TION!' Lily chants. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard wanders off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard wanders off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, on the dock Floyd \| The dock is short, wooden, and rather rickety. An old gnarled tree Floyd \| reaches far out over the water nearby. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to staci"
Floyd \| Every way you interact with Staci feels easy, natural, and delightful. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "visit staci"
Floyd \| You have another in a seemingly endless series of deligtful days with Floyd \| Staci, just chilling on the co-op porch swing and talking with whatever Floyd \| friends wander by. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree"
Floyd \| You decide your arthritis and eternal buzz aren't going to keep you out Floyd \| of the tree, and cautiously you navigate the footholds and angled Floyd \| stubby branch remnants to a delightful perch above the waves. You spend Floyd \| a few minutes communing with wood and water before scrambling back Floyd \| down. Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x tree"
Floyd \| This old tree-friend has more than a few tales to share. It's upper Floyd \| branches are still green and leafy, but down by the water, a thick Floyd \| section of trunk, damaged by a storm decades ago, arches white and Floyd \| polished over the water, loved by hands and feet of many visitors. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard wanders off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "swim"
Floyd \| The Madison lakes are beautiful to look at, and some people have the Floyd \| immune system required to cope with algae and bacteria, but you prefer Floyd \| to sit on the shore and watch the chromatic flickering of the ripples. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "this is an odd moment of sanity."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "walk on water"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "maybe play the piano here? We get different songs here, don't we?"
		Teaspoon says, "I've been idly checking a few details about the place and get the idea that under the frills there's a perfectly straightforward map of Madison Wisconsin here."
		Teaspoon says, "ooh, good plan."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard is sitting still with one eye closed and one open. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| You can go n to the dock, in to the kitchen, or se. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "in"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is smiling as she looks around. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily is having a snack. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the Great Room (1st floor) Floyd \| A huge living room, with two pianos, several couches, bookshelves, Floyd \| assorted art, and a fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| Nook arrives. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| The Castle inspires in you its own special variants of the songs and Floyd \| themes of your ongoing compositions. Sometimes you punch out the e Floyd \| minor staccato chords of the 'dock theme', or during twilight just a Floyd \| succession of pianissimo arpeggios. One afternoon a friend from Floyd \| Louisiana was visiting and, inspired by thoughts of Gottschalk, you Floyd \| find your fingers blazing through a series of syncopated progressions Floyd \| reminiscent of celebratory Caribbean parades. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x art"
Floyd \| You inspect one of the many artworks here and see a circular piece of Floyd \| glass with concentric rings of different colors. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take glass"
Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Some more time at Lothlorien co-op sounds good to you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Nook wanders off. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x art"
Floyd \| You inspect one of the many artworks here and see a wild and muddy Floyd \| swirl of disorganized brushstrokes on a piece of wood. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 61) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a wire and bead Crown Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a Viewer Lens Floyd \| some Space Pancakes Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x crown"
Floyd \| This decorative crown was hand-made at Madcon. It has a variety of Floyd \| colorful beads wrapped by wire and criss-crossed by assorted sparklies. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wear crown"
Floyd \| You put on the wire and bead Crown. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x lens"
Floyd \| Through the viewer lens you see...Ritual spot Floyd \| Floyd \| Past the edge of the city, a short path leads away from the road to a Floyd \| small ring of boulders. It feels like a perfect place for performing a Floyd \| ceremony or ritual. The road continues northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| In the Ritual spot you can see a Remote Lens. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| You can go in to the porch, down to the kitchen, up to the upper Floyd \| floors, or back out. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, upstairs Floyd \| Hallways branch in all directions. The walls are painted with a wild Floyd \| diversity of amateur artworks and thought-provoking slogans. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar is reading a book here. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Scholar lights a small item on fire and watches it burn. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the Great Room (1st floor) Floyd \| A huge living room, with two pianos, several couches, bookshelves, Floyd \| assorted art, and a fireplace. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, in the kitchen Floyd \| The kitchen is full of the clutter of heavy use by a housefull of Floyd \| hungry people. Floyd \| Floyd \| Written on the wall here is an inscription: 'Magic words: XYZZY and Floyd \| PLUGH' Floyd \| Floyd \| Whirlwind is looking through her shoulder bag. Floyd \| Floyd \| The Wizard is sitting still with one eye closed and one open. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lily arrives. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, the back yard Floyd \| The Lothlorien backyard has trees, picnic tables, a garden, and a rocky Floyd \| staircase down to the firepit and dock. A door leads in to the kitchen. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see Past and Future here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Lothlorien co-op, on the dock Floyd \| The dock is short, wooden, and rather rickety. An old gnarled tree Floyd \| reaches far out over the water nearby. Floyd \| Floyd \| Staci is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "tell staci about lens"
Floyd \| Every way you interact with Staci feels easy, natural, and delightful. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "hmm"
		Teaspoon asks, "Shall we call it a night?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we're behind on our Xochi interactions."
		Teaspoon says, "I suppose we could go pull the lever."
		DavidW says, "no not the lever!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd \| There is a trans-dimensional short-circuit of interactive fiction Floyd \| tradition, and you catch a brief glimpse of a brick building near a Floyd \| stream and a metal grate before you blink and find yourself... Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Lion Cafe Floyd \| Light streams in through the tall glass windows at the front of the Floyd \| cafe. A display case of homemade gelato flavors is by the door. A Floyd \| window for drive-through customers is in the rear corner. Numerous Floyd \| cat-themed decorations adorn the walls and counters. Floyd \| Floyd \| Xochi is working here today. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road Floyd \| Traffic is heavy at the intersection of these roads. Nearby to the east Floyd \| is Coffee Lion Cafe. Monona Drive continues to the south, Atwood Avenue Floyd \| is northwest, and your home is to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "nw"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Atwood Avenue Floyd \| Atwood Avenue is one of the streets that defines the character of the Floyd \| near east side. The feel is funky and freak-friendly. North of you is a Floyd \| cluster of intriguing stores: Astral Enchantments, Turning Wheel Floyd \| Cycles, and Essentially Art. Willy street is to the west, your home is Floyd \| northeast, and Atwood becomes Monona Drive to the southeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, east end Floyd \| The east end of Williamson street is vibrant with a wide assortment of Floyd \| stores and an eclectic mix of pedestrians and potential time travelers. Floyd \| Traffic is thick around the Willy St. grocery co-op, a neighborhood Floyd \| institution. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Willy Street, west end Floyd \| The west end of Williamson street is where the east side of Madison Floyd \| ends and the downtown area begins. A tangle of memories from different Floyd \| decades of your life is woven into the landscape of the city here. Lady Floyd \| Wisdom's coffeeshop is on the south side of the street, radiating Floyd \| bohemian charm acquired from decades of service to local culture. John Floyd \| Nolen drive curves around the lake to the west. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I'd rather save and continue next week then pull the lever."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| You need to ride a bicycle to continue further towards downtown. If you Floyd \| own one, call it with the command >lunar. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "er than"
		Teaspoon says, "Cos it looks like we're stuck on Xochi until we do."
		Teaspoon says, "so yes, maybe saving now is a good idea."
		DavidW says, "I think we're behind on interacting with Xochi."
		Teaspoon says, "probably."
		Teaspoon says, "we had a reset baristas function, and a reset the universe, and a reset something else which I don't know what it was."
		DavidW says, "Although what could top rubbing the spheres, pushing the button, and inserting the cylinder, I'm sure I don't know."
		DavidW says, "Explore and songs."
		Teaspoon says, "Maybe we'll be allowed to rub more spheres, who knows."
		DavidW says, "I wonder how Strawberry's doing. Poor neglected cat hasn't had any Space Pancakes or sound oracling or anything."
		Miseri suddenly realises the significance of "rubbing the spheres, pushing the button, and inserting the cylinder".
		Teaspoon says, "good point."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd \| There is a trans-dimensional short-circuit of interactive fiction Floyd \| tradition, and you catch a brief glimpse of a brick building near a Floyd \| stream and a metal grate before you blink and find yourself... Floyd \| Floyd \| Outside your house Floyd \| Your section of Milwaukee Street is directly across from a small farm Floyd \| which remains as an agricultural island within the city. An open field Floyd \| and a barn are across the street. Toward the southwest is Atwood Street Floyd \| leading toward downtown. Monona Drive is to the south. The edge of town Floyd \| lies toward the northeast. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd \| Matthew dropped off the new grid hardware for you yesterday, now seems Floyd \| like a good time to get it set up. You set up power and networking for Floyd \| the new servers, and start to bring them online to join your grid. Floyd \| Before you can type the needed commands, you see a glowing green pulse Floyd \| of data enter the basement from the external network interface. A Floyd \| message appears on the screen: 'Our empire never ended.' You recognize Floyd \| the font, but too late. Floyd \| Floyd \| The digitization laser hits you from behind and you feel yourself being Floyd \| Forked... Floyd \| Floyd \| Lost In the Grid Floyd \| You are in an unfamiliar dataspace. A dark and twisted dialect of the Floyd \| 9p protocol is spoken here. Green glowing insectoid creatures carrying Floyd \| message packets scuttle between jagged mount points. These are not your Floyd \| beautiful ANTS...these are Terminal Information Takeover Extensions - Floyd \| TERMITES. Floyd \| Floyd \| It doesn't take long for the digital insects to notice you. An angry Floyd \| buzzing like the sound of a roomful of old 300 baud modems fills the Floyd \| air. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Drop the 4CY here?"
		Teaspoon says, "that...probably was something we were meant to do a while ago."
		Teaspoon says, "I think we have more pressing concerns."
		Teaspoon says, "on the other hand I don't now how we escape, so."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop 4cy"
Floyd \| Mulitverse travel protip: do NOT drop your items while visiting Floyd \| alternate universes. Floyd \| Floyd \| The TERMITES are starting to surround you in a circle. Each is about Floyd \| the size of your fist. There are only a few dozen watching you now, but Floyd \| they seem to be summoning reinforcements. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "the game has thought of this"
		DavidW says, "hm."
		DavidW asks, "What's the usual response to termites?"
		DavidW asks, "Can we release ants here to save us?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "talk to termites"
Floyd \| The soundwaves of your voice bounce off the termites affecting its Floyd \| molecular structure in subtle ways. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is now a ring of hundreds of green bugs advancing inward toward Floyd \| you, drill proboscii extended menacingly. Floyd \| Floyd \| Midnight strikes and a new day dawns. Floyd \| (This is day number 62) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing"
Floyd \| You start with a bit of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, move on to a few Floyd \| of your favorite Wu-Tang verses, and conclude with a heartfelt Floyd \| imitation of how IU would sound singing Ripple by the Grateful Dead. Floyd \| Floyd \| A TERMITE suddenly leaps at you. You instinctively bat it away and feel Floyd \| a slight stinging cut on your wrist. This is getting rather stressful. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| You're carrying: Floyd \| a wire and bead Crown (being worn) Floyd \| Forsee Why You And I Are To Be One (4CY UNI R2B 1) Floyd \| a Viewer Lens Floyd \| some Space Pancakes Floyd \| a pendant (being worn) Floyd \| a rose quartz heart Floyd \| a pair of mirror shades Floyd \| a wallet Floyd \| Floyd \| 'No such thing as stuck on a puzzle,' a calm voice intones, 'We don't Floyd \| let the player make mistakes, we just have happy little deus ex Floyd \| machinas.' A giant digital image editing tool sweeps across the Floyd \| landscape, recoloring everything. You can now see a path leading up to Floyd \| a ramshackle cabin, which you enter, only to find yourself back in your Floyd \| basement. A faint chorus of voices can be heard shouting 'SAVED!' Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "Well, that wasn't so bad."
		DavidW says, "oh dear."
		DavidW asks, "But was that satisfying, to NOT solve the puzzle?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "score"
Floyd \| You have so far scored 366 out of a possible 999, in 474 turns. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "well, we definitely don't get points for letting the game save us."
		Teaspoon says, "we're...something like a third of the way through this very big game, which has not offered any kind of puzzle except for keeping track of a relatively straightforward map. It would have been odd to see a sudden change at this stage."
		DavidW says, "and yet, the puzzle was there."
		Teaspoon asks, "Are you sure it was solvable?"
		DavidW says, "No, I'm not. I've never played this before."
		Teaspoon says, "as opposed to a fake-out of a puzzle where pretty much any sort of bumbling would have done."
		DavidW says, "yuck."
		DavidW says, "What a horrible idea."
		DavidW asks, "You're thinking that was a jumpscare?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm not sure this qualified for being a jumpscare"
		DavidW says, "Well, if it was a jumpscare, that angelic chorus of SAVED negated its value."
		Teaspoon says, "Aren't those supposed to go from calm to scary? whereas ours went from mildly worrying to calm."
		DavidW asks, "oh well. What were we doing before the PC got shanghaied to that off grid location?"
		Teaspoon says, "petting the cat"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Your house, in the basement Floyd \| Your ex-girlfriend used to stay down here, but now the area is mostly Floyd \| storage...and your grid hardware. In the center of the dark concrete Floyd \| floor is a flimsy table with numerous aging computers both under it and Floyd \| on top. A tangle of ethernet and power cables criss-cross the room like Floyd \| spiderwebs. Floyd \| Floyd \| Your cat Strawberry is here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see Reality and Fiction here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Strawberry is curled up and napping in the corner. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "It's easy to get distracted."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "pet strawberry"
Floyd \| Strawberry begins to purr as you stroke her, but after a few seconds, Floyd \| she decides that she is a fighter, not a lover. She bats at your hand Floyd \| with a paw, and looks up at you expecantly, hoping you will attack her. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "So yay, the cat isn't dead."
		Teaspoon says, "yes, no change here"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Inside your house Floyd \| This is a modest one story house, cluttered by a decade of being lived Floyd \| in. Bookshelves line the walls. Your Plan 9 terminal is here, connected Floyd \| to the grid servers downstairs. There is a sign on the wall which says Floyd \| 'Best Spring Ever!' A few trinkets from Astral Enchantments are Floyd \| scattered about. Your dark wooden upright piano has a collection of Floyd \| Schumann's music open on the music rack. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can see a Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap, the Artemis prints, some Floyd \| bookshelves, a terminal and a piano here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "goals"
Floyd \| You think you can develop your friendship with Xochi more. Floyd \| You are looking forward to talking to Xochi again. Floyd \| Turning Wheel cycles probably has something new worth checking out. Floyd \| Some more time at Lothlorien co-op sounds good to you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play piano"
Floyd \| Get out on the dock, turn back the clock Floyd \| Regress your age, rewrite history's page Floyd \| Catapulting rocks, lock barrel and stock Floyd \| Mark it zero, my gun's half cocked Floyd \| Loonies are the coolest kids on the block Floyd \| I used to be dead, but now I am immortal Floyd \| None of my enemies could close the portal Floyd \| Keeping me out of this dimension Floyd \| Turning the crank of your sexual tension Floyd \| Floyd \| ([LINK]) Floyd \| Floyd \| [Your score has just gone up by nine points.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "I think we save for now, anyway."
		DavidW says, "sure."
		Teaspoon says, "Are we enjoying this? I'm not sure."
		DavidW asks, "I'm honestly not sure either. I appreciate all the effort and worldbuilding and prose and craft. But.... what the heck is all in aid of?"
		DavidW says, "Like, it feels like masturbation at times."
		Teaspoon says, "It's exerting a great deal of fascination for something that I don't know what it is."
		Teaspoon says, "Which is most unlike the various reality-bending books namechecked at the start, in that with most of those people you know exactly what they're trying to tell you"
		Teaspoon says, "they just use curious methods of telling you so"
		Teaspoon says, "(do we need to do anything special to save it, or will the usual do?)"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "cf2"
Floyd \| Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "To be save, we should pick a unique name that someone else won't accidentally overwriet."
		DavidW says, "er overwrite"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfharmonic"
Floyd \| Enter saved game to store: Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Teaspoon says, "right."
		DavidW says, "and I should've said 'To be safe'"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm off for the night, then."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "see you!"
Teaspoon disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.		DavidW says, "okay. Thanks for the game! Take care!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd \| Are you sure you want to quit?
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \|
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.		Teaspoon exclaims, "You as well!"
Emily disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.		Emily says, "fwiw, I really liked that game when I played through it"
		Emily says, "mostly because it felt like I was seeing the world through such foreign eyes"
		DavidW says, "It's different, yes."
		Jacqueline is back, and caught up now.
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.		Jacqueline says, "Definitely interesting."
		Jacqueline says, "It feels really, really large - not just in game play, but in geography and possibilities."
		DavidW says, "yes. I imagine there's quite a bit we haven't seen yet."
		Roger says, "Sorry I couldn't make it today; child-herding duties"
		Jacqueline says, "No worries. You missed an interesting one, though."
		Jacqueline says, "One we'll likely pick back up next week. Maybe. We can't decided whether or not we like it."
		Roger asks, "What was on the docket?"
		Jacqueline says, "A Spring Thing game: Harmonic Time-Bind Ritual Symphony by Ben Kidwell and Maevele Straw"
		Roger says, "Hunh"
		DavidW says, "There were Space Pancakes and baristas and bicycles!"