AllThingsJacq.com - Interactive Fiction | ClubFloyd - January 8, 2017 - Yami-Nabe!! and ANATIDAEPHOBIA, by Brian Kwak and Peregrine Wade respectively


ToyShop & Floyditorium		#ClubFloyd Discussion


		Jacqueline says, "Today is the day we play the TENTH YEAR of New Year's Speed IFs."
		Jacqueline says, "Which is... just ... a sign that we are all getting old."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Hooray for age and wisdom!"
		Taleslinger says, "Yay!"
		Roger says, "We'll get it right some day"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's see some of that maturity on display in these games."
		Taleslinger says, "oh boy"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure they will all be very high-brow."
		Peregrine chuckles nervously.
		BrianK says, "Well, this is my first time, so I can say that y'all are getting old :P"
		DavidW says, "New Year's Speed is 10 years old? Wow."
		Jacqueline says (to BrianK), "Fair."
		Taleslinger says, "oh by oh boy"
		Peregrine says, "My first time too"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I know. And this September, ClubFloyd will also turn ten."
		Taleslinger says, "And it's my 10th year in the IF scene."
		Jacqueline says, "Fortunately, CF will still be at that sweet age where it is not yet a petulant tween."
		Peregrine says, "I got into IF writing for the first time in early 2016."
		Peregrine says, "(wow that rhymed)"
		Jacqueline says, "It's very cool that there's both new blood and continuity."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
		DavidW) Perry asks (to Jacqueline), "Can I borrow the car?"
		Peregrine faints at the sight of blood.
		Jacqueline says, "So, we have four games."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "A N A T I D A E P H O B I A, The Day I Shot Alex (wonder who that's by?), The Horste, and Yami-Nabe."
		Taleslinger says, "I think we should play the first timer's games first"
		Jacqueline says, "Fair."
		Roger says, "That works for me"
		Peregrine says, "It's actually Anatidaephobia. The spaces shouldn't be in the title"
		Taleslinger says, "Oh, that's my bad then."
		BrianK says, "I'd vote mine first if only because it's probably the farthest from being a proper game"
		Peregrine says, "It was only supposed to show when the game starts for esthetic reasons"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		BrianK says, "(furthest?)"
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "As in it is quick?"
		BrianK says, "Yeah it should be pretty quick"
		Jacqueline asks, "Any objections? BK, then P?"
		Taleslinger says, "Sure"
		Taleslinger says, "Also, Mr. Carbols game contains spoiles for Westworld. Not sure if that's an issue for anyone"
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "So, which one is yours?"
		BrianK says, "Yami-Nabe"
		BrianK says, "also it has to be run under not-sleepmask, just normally"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ny10yaminabe"
Floyd \| > Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \|
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.		BrianK says, "Hmm"
		Jacqueline raises an eyebrow.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| Are you playing this game during ClubFloyd? >> Please answer yes or Floyd \| no.> Floyd \| All right, you're good to go!
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Yami-Nabe!! Floyd \| An Interactive Fiction by Brian Kwak Floyd \| Release 1 / Serial number 170102 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd \| 6/12N) Floyd \| Floyd \| ClubFloyd Floyd \| Hello! Welcome to ClubFloyd! I'm Floyd, the host of the yami-nabe party Floyd \| we'll be having today. Floyd \|		BrianK says, "hmm"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
		Peregrine says, "Odd question."
		BrianK says, "The things aren't interacting well"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| Is this your first time at a yami-nabe party? (If it is, I can give you Floyd \| some background and instructions on what to do.) >> Floyd \| Yami-nabe (literally translated as "hot pot of darkness") is a Floyd \| variation of hot pot dish where members of a party can bring their own Floyd \| ingredients to put in a hot pot. The hot pot is cooked and eaten in the Floyd \| dark, so anyone can add whatever they want without getting caught! And Floyd \| because it's dark, you won't know what you get until you taste it, so Floyd \| you might be in for some surprises! Floyd \| Floyd \| When we begin, you can put any ingredient you want by sending the Floyd \| command "ADD [ingredient]". Of course, it wouldn't be very much of a Floyd \| secret if everyone knows what you're adding, right? So instead of Floyd \| typing the command "F ADD [ingredient]", you can type "WF ADD Floyd \| [ingredient]" to secretly add the ingredient you want. Floyd \| Floyd \| When you're ready to eat, just send the command "EAT" to try something Floyd \| that was added to the pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| We will automatically finish up once there is nothing left in the pot, Floyd \| but if you'd like to end earlier, you can type "DONE" to finish and see Floyd \| what was remaining.		Roger says, "Mysterious"
		Peregrine says, "Very."
		Taleslinger says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wf add carrots"
Floyd \|		BrianK says, "it hasn't started yet :P"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Yeah, that's an ufortunate Floyd bug thing."
		DavidW says, "oops"
		BrianK says, "the next question should have to do with ingredients to start off"
		BrianK says, "I'll just type yes for simplicity"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| The pot is empty right now, so you won't be able to start eating until Floyd \| we put enough ingredients inside. However, if you'd like, I can add Floyd \| some ingredients in advance to start you off. Would you like me to add Floyd \| some ingredients in advance? >> Please answer yes or no.> Floyd \| All right! I've added some of my special ingredients to the pot. Hope Floyd \| you enjoy! You may begin as soon as I turn the lights off.
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Darkness Floyd \| It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing! Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd \| >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from Floyd \| the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish). Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a clunk from the hot pot! (That's the sound of the ingredient Floyd \| being added.) Floyd \|		Peregrine says, "That was me."
		Taleslinger asks, "Everyone add their secret ingredient and then say done?"
Floyd \| >You hear a thunk from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from Floyd \| the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish). Floyd \|		DavidW says, "That was me."
		BrianK says, "You can add multiple and then eat"
Floyd \| >You hear a plunk from the hot pot! Floyd \|		Jacqueline asks, "Is this the first game specifically designed for Floyd/CF?"
		Taleslinger says, "That was me."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| peas! Floyd \|		DavidW says, "Werewolf was for Floyd."
Floyd \| >You hear a fwish from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a clank from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a husk from the hot pot! Floyd \|		Roger says, "I've added"
Floyd \| >You hear a squidge from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from Floyd \| the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish). Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a blorsh from the hot pot! Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| paper clips! Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "Well, true, but that was a game before it was on Floyd. It was just adapted for Floyd."
Floyd \| >You hear a husk from the hot pot! Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| chipmunk! Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Though that was not me!"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| octopus! Floyd \|
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| tomato! Floyd \|
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| chocolate! Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "done"
Floyd \| >Finished already? Hold on... I'll turn the lights back on. Floyd \| The ingredients remaining in the pot were as follows: potato, monkey, Floyd \| cabbage, cheese, male tears, sidetoril, bubblegum, orange soda, and Floyd \| DavidW! Floyd \| Floyd \| Hope you enjoyed the yami-nabe! Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * Happy new year! * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?		BrianK says, "oh no"
		Peregrine exclaims, "!"
		BrianK says, "we should've continued eating until someone ate David"
		Taleslinger says, "he he"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		DavidW says, "goodness"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, is that a real thing that people do? It's... not, right?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Another round?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "restart"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \|		BrianK says, "It's a thing, but it involves actual food"
		Roger says, "It sounds too dangerous to do in real life"
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button.		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Yeah"
		Roger says, "I guess you could have a sighted moderator"
		DavidW says, "I've heard of a dark restaurant."
		BrianK says, "I've never actual tried it in real life but apparently people bring like chocolate or chicken nuggets or something"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I've wanted to go to one of those."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| Are you playing this game during ClubFloyd? >> Please answer yes or Floyd \| no.> Floyd \| All right, you're good to go!
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no"
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Yami-Nabe!! Floyd \| An Interactive Fiction by Brian Kwak Floyd \| Release 1 / Serial number 170102 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd \| 6/12N) Floyd \| Floyd \| ClubFloyd Floyd \| Hello! Welcome to ClubFloyd! I'm Floyd, the host of the yami-nabe party Floyd \| we'll be having today. Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| Is this your first time at a yami-nabe party? (If it is, I can give you Floyd \| some background and instructions on what to do.) >> Floyd \| Yami-nabe (literally translated as "hot pot of darkness") is a Floyd \| variation of hot pot dish where members of a party can bring their own Floyd \| ingredients to put in a hot pot. The hot pot is cooked and eaten in the Floyd \| dark, so anyone can add whatever they want without getting caught! And Floyd \| because it's dark, you won't know what you get until you taste it, so Floyd \| you might be in for some surprises! Floyd \| Floyd \| When we begin, you can put any ingredient you want by sending the Floyd \| command "ADD [ingredient]". Of course, it wouldn't be very much of a Floyd \| secret if everyone knows what you're adding, right? So instead of Floyd \| typing the command "F ADD [ingredient]", you can type "WF ADD Floyd \| [ingredient]" to secretly add the ingredient you want. Floyd \| Floyd \| When you're ready to eat, just send the command "EAT" to try something Floyd \| that was added to the pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| We will automatically finish up once there is nothing left in the pot, Floyd \| but if you'd like to end earlier, you can type "DONE" to finish and see Floyd \| what was remaining.		Jacqueline says, "Oops, my timing is off."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes"
Floyd \| The pot is empty right now, so you won't be able to start eating until Floyd \| we put enough ingredients inside. However, if you'd like, I can add Floyd \| some ingredients in advance to start you off. Would you like me to add Floyd \| some ingredients in advance? >> Floyd \| All right! I've added some of my special ingredients to the pot. Hope Floyd \| you enjoy! You may begin as soon as I turn the lights off. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Darkness Floyd \| It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing! Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \|		BrianK says, "I'm not sure what goes where :P"
zarf arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Floyd \| >You hear a flop from the hot pot! (That's the sound of the ingredient Floyd \| being added.) Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a whap from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a thunk from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a thud from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from Floyd \| the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish). Floyd \|		BrianK says, "also I liked the male tears ingredient, I wanted to add something like that"
Floyd \| >You hear a squish from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a whap from the hot pot! Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "add the whole Clubfloyd crew"
Floyd \| >You hear a squidge from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a plink from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a fwish from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a plunk from the hot pot! Floyd \|
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| cabbage! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a thunk from the hot pot! Floyd \|		Roger asks, "So I imagine this is done with [topic]?"
		BrianK says, "Yep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| tomato! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a husk from the hot pot! Floyd \|		Roger says, "Nice"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| beetroot! Floyd \|
Roger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| octopus! Floyd \|
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| alligator meat! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a flop from the hot pot! Floyd \|		BrianK says, "ooh alligator"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| ventilator! Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| paper clips! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a thud from the hot pot! Floyd \|		BrianK says, "hehehe"
Floyd \| >You hear a flop from the hot pot! Floyd \|
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| Roger! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a fwish from the hot pot! Floyd \|
Peregrine!!		Roger says, "nooo"
Floyd \| >You hear a squidge from the hot pot! Floyd \|		zarf says, "ha ha"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| John Malkovich! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a plop from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a blorsh from the hot pot! Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| monkey! Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| the whole Clubfloyd crew! Floyd \|		Peregrine says, "eeeeeeeeeagh"
		BrianK says, "Welp, there goes all of us"
		Jacqueline dies.
		BrianK exclaims, "Congratulations Jacq!!!!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| kosher zarf! Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Peregrine exclaims, "wot!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... a Floyd \| plover's egg the size of a plover's egg! Floyd \|		DavidW says, "You cannibals, you."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| chocolate-covered popcorn! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a flop from the hot pot! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a clink from the hot pot! Floyd \|		Peregrine says, "This is really fun but it's very remote from IF, heh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| diced turnip! Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| Briank! Floyd \|		Taleslinger says, "Yummy newcomers"
		Peregrine asks, "Wait! What?"
		BrianK says, "oh nooooo"
		Peregrine says, "eaten twice"
		Jacqueline asks, "Does it add our names as we add stuff, or is someone among us a cannibal?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| zarf! Floyd \|		BrianK says, "One of us is a cannibal :P"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| that thing your aunt gave you but you didn't know what it was! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a husk from the hot pot! Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "YAY"
		Peregrine asks, "But who?"
		BrianK says, "~~that's the mystery~~"
		Jacqueline shifts her eyes around the room.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| squirrel droppings! Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "Blech"
		Peregrine says, "bleugh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| chicken fingers! Floyd \| Floyd \| >Hey! Who tried to add me to the pot!? Floyd \|		Taleslinger says, "I know who it is, but I can't put my finger on it"
		Jacqueline says, "That's better."
		BrianK says, "wooo"
		Roger says, "sneaky"
		BrianK says, "That's what happens when you try to add Floyd to the pot"
		DavidW says, "Did ... tmg"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Oh!"
		Jacqueline says (to Taleslinger), "It's safer to not put your finger on the cannibal yeah, you might lose it."
Floyd \| >You hear a thud from the hot pot! Floyd \|
BrianK says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| food that your aut gave you that you don't know what it is! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You can't add the hot pot to itself! Floyd \| Floyd \| >You hear a plink from the hot pot! Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| knowledge of eventual but certain death! Floyd \|		Peregrine says, "woo metaphysical"
		BrianK says, "That doesn't sound like it would be all that tasty"
		zarf says, "ok, I feel I have gotten the idea of this game"
Floyd \| >You hear a squidge from the hot pot! Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| potato! Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| no tea! Floyd \|
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| teen spirit! Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "eat"
Floyd \| >You pick something from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like... Floyd \| Nitku has returned Hi Nitku!! Floyd \|
zarf has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
Floyd \| >You can use the commands ADD (to add to the hot pot), EAT (to eat from Floyd \| the hot pot), and DONE (if you'd like to finish). Floyd \|		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm good. We could type done."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "done"
Floyd \| >Finished already? Hold on... I'll turn the lights back on.		Peregrine says, "Yeah, time for ducks."
BrianK pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd \| The ingredients remaining in the pot were as follows: Jacqueline, old Floyd \| pigweed, something that you don't know what it is, You pick something Floyd \| from the pot and give it a try. It tastes like..., and xyzzy! Floyd \| Floyd \| Hope you enjoyed the yami-nabe! Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * Happy new year! * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?		Jacqueline says, "Phew, just escaped."
		Jacqueline asks, "What... is pigweed?"
		DavidW asks, "yeah, what is pigweed?"
		Roger says, "It's a thing I think"
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "It's from a song from Mark Knopfer about hobo stews"
		Jacqueline \| Amaranthus palmeri is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, dioecious amaranth, Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It is native to most of the southern half of North America.
		Peregrine says, "You learn something new every day."
		Jacqueline says, "That was a very fun idea, Brian. :)"
		Taleslinger says (to briank), "This was a funny idea. Good work!"
		BrianK says, "Glad you liked it :D"
		Peregrine thumbs up.
		Roger says, "Yeah, good idea well-executed"
		Jacqueline asks (of Peregrine), "Which one is yours, again? Anatidaephobia?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Okay, now for the one that just rolls off the tongue, Amnio..Aniomon..Amininoo.. er, Jacq?"
		Peregrine says, "Also, first multiplayer IF I've seen that's not an RPG"
		Peregrine says, "Okay, the next newbie game is Anatidaephobia. Mine."
		Jacqueline asks, "Cool. Sleepmask?"
		Peregrine says, "It's a glulxe game, no fancy stuff"
		Peregrine says, "But it does have hybrud choices"
		BrianK says, "(for the record, the reason sleepmask doesn't work is because the commands get echoed so that would ruin the surprise)"
		Roger says, "Ah, of course"
		DavidW asks, "Has mulitfloyd.h been ported to I7 yet?"
		Jacqueline says (to BK), "Ah, true."
		DavidW says, "er multifloyd"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia"
Floyd \| > Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the last Floyd \| command?
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia"
Floyd says (to Jacqueline), "Floyd doesn't know that trick."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia"
Floyd > ]
Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| It's another nice, sunny day outside. The bird are singing, the Floyd \| flowers are beaming, and all is well. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| Well, that's what you assume, since in actual fact you're inside a Floyd \| brand new office on the sixth floor of the Weiner Corporation's newest Floyd \| skyscraper. At any rate, the job pays well, and your day usually Floyd \| passes by without any notable incidents to marr its pleasing monotony. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| But something is different today. Cold sweat glistens on your brow. Floyd \| You know all too well what this means. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| Floyd \| Somewhere...somehow... a duck is watching you. Floyd \| Floyd \| A N A T I D A E P H O B I A Floyd \| An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade Floyd \| Release 1 / Serial number 161231 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd \| 6/12N) Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "uh-oh. The monotony will be broken."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x me"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ME Floyd \| Floyd \| You've never really looked at yourself in a mirror. In fact, you tend Floyd \| to avoid mirrors like the plague, to such an extent that you're not Floyd \| sure what you really look like. Floyd \| Floyd \| You're sure of it. There's a duck watching you right now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline narrows her eyes.
		DavidW asks, "Why is there a cow in the office?"
		Peregrine says, "Warning: there is a lot of examinable scenery."
Allen arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Why wouldn't there be? Do you not have a house cow?"
		DavidW says, "I do not."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x cow"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X COW Floyd \| Floyd \| It's leaning against the wall, legs crossed, smoking a cigarette. What Floyd \| is it doing here? You have not the slightest idea, and you're not Floyd \| really interested in finding out. What you really want to find... is Floyd \| that DUCK! Floyd \| Floyd \| You wipe off a bead of sweat. Why did it have to be here? Why did it Floyd \| have to be now? Why? WHY? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Canada is a weird place. They don't even have house cows."
		Taleslinger asks, "Is this fear real?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cow about duck"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ASK COW ABOUT DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| You could just try to engage in casual conversation. One way of doing Floyd \| this is by typing TALK TO NPC into the command prompt. (Oh, crap, Floyd \| I just broke the fourth wall. Who's going to pay for that, I Floyd \| wonder?) Floyd \| You loosen your tie with one hand, and glance around fearfully. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fourth wall"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X FOURTH WALL Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "look"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > LOOK Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no choice. You have to find that duck, track it down, hound Floyd \| it, chase it to the ends of the earth if necessary. Thus is the price Floyd \| you must pay for peace of mind. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to cow"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO COW Floyd \| Floyd \| You cough. The cow coughs. For a moment, silence hangs heavy upon both Floyd \| of you. Floyd \| Floyd \| "So. Ahem." Floyd \| Floyd \| "You wanted to ask me something, boss?" the cow says finally, chewing Floyd \| on its cigarette in a typically bovine manner. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "Do you see that duck?" Floyd \| 2) "What are you doing here?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "I do have an aunt who is deathly afraid of ducks."
		Taleslinger says, "Oooh cow orker, I get it"
		DavidW says, "We certainly have ducks in Waterloo."
		Jacqueline says, "One day we had coffee at a place on a river and she refused to sit on the patio by the river because of the ducks."
		Peregrine is edified by Jacq's tale.
		Taleslinger says, "I'm my own Tale!"
		DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know that fear of ducks was a thing."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["What are you doing here?"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Don't you remember, boss?" the cow says, slapping you on the back Floyd \| with one hoof. "We're corporate spies working for ACME. This is an Floyd \| undercover operation, okay? I see what's wrong with you: you've been Floyd \| trying to use the "How to Brainwash Yourself Easily" book again. If Floyd \| you've got amnesia, we gotta exfiltrate ourselves pronto and Floyd \| burn the evidence. Have you got amnesia, boss?" Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "I haven't got amnesia, you idiot!" Floyd \| 2) "I can't remember anything! What is my REAL identity?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Neither did I."
		Roger says, "duck-duck-goose can be very traumatic"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, which choice?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm leaning toward 2"
		DavidW says, "I want 2"
		Taleslinger says, "I say try to keep our cover"
		BrianK says, "I like 1"
		Taleslinger says, "1"
		Jacqueline says, "Ack. That's a tie."
		Jacqueline asks, "Tiebreaker?"
		Peregrine asks, "Roger?"
		BrianK says, "Roger? :P"
		Nitku says, "1"
		Peregrine says, "Go with 1, then."
		Jacqueline says, "Watch, now Roger will say -- oh, okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["I haven't got amnesia, you idiot!"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Phoooey," the cow sighs with relief, tugging at its cigarette Floyd \| compulsively. "You had me worried there for a second." And upon these Floyd \| words, it begins to stare intensively at the wall, as though waiting Floyd \| for ninja chipmunks to leap out without warning. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can feel the duck's beady dark eyes boring into the back of your Floyd \| skull. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wire"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's too thick to cut with scissors, sadly enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| Though the duck is not in the room, still you feel its baleful glare, Floyd \| unwavering, unblinking. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "I'm glad the cow doesn't actually care to check"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "follow wire"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > FOLLOW WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x chipmunks"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CHIPMUNKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pane"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X PANE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's made of glass. Floyd \| Floyd \| You bang your head against the furniture, heart bowed down beneath a Floyd \| seething cloud of paranoia. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fax"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X FAX Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a great, heavy monster of bureaucratic hell. With its aid, you Floyd \| could fax a dinosaur to Hawaii, that's telling you how sophisticated Floyd \| it is. It's powered by a very, very long electric wire which crosses Floyd \| the floor and disappears out into the corridor to the south. Oh, and Floyd \| it's also blatantly simple to use: all that is necessary is to put Floyd \| something in it, and then dial any number between 0 and 10. The fax Floyd \| machine has been customized specifically for faxing things to a very Floyd \| specific destination. Floyd \| Floyd \| You must do something about that duck. There is no other way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks (of Peregrine), "Was it you who put the chipmunks in the pot during the last game? Do you have a thing for chipmunks?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x desk"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DESK Floyd \| Floyd \| It's an IKEA desk, somewhat disfigured by coffee rings (from all the Floyd \| times you left your hot mug of coffee on the desk for far too much Floyd \| time). And certainly it would be nice to have more than just the one Floyd \| drawer for tidying away your stuff. But it's perfectly adequate for Floyd \| the kind of work you do for the Weiner Corporation -- namely, sorting Floyd \| through piles of mail. Such as the huge heap now standing before you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something must be done. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x cityscape"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CITYSCAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| New Dork City stretches out before you in its full glory. But what Floyd \| interests you most of all is the building opposite the one you're Floyd \| currently in: the ACME Corporation's newest skycraper. Floyd \| Floyd \| All this stress and paranoia proves far too much for you. With a Floyd \| wordless cry you throw yourself out the window! Floyd \| Floyd \| Actually, you do not throw yourself out of the window, you merely Floyd \| bounce off it with a muffled "PANG", and then stagger out into the Floyd \| corridor, nursing your blossoming bruise. Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Oops"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mail"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X MAIL Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Looks like there was a timing component"
		Peregrine says, "Not a seious one, howeve"
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys.		DavidW asks, "oh, different location now?"
		BrianK asks, "Can we go back in and keep exploring?"
		Peregrine says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon it are the following (badly-inked) words: M. POND -- Floyd \| MAILROOM Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sort piles"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SORT PILES Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "hmmm I wonder why more corporations don't use Ikea furniture."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we can't actually sort the mail, right?"
		BrianK says, "Okay we're back inside"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "sort mail"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SORT MAIL Floyd \| Floyd \| You find a letter from none other than "Mr. Coffee Machine"! How odd. Floyd \| A quick glance indicates that he is appealing to the powers that be Floyd \| for the right to have his own office chair. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN DRAWER Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull open the drawer, and find only a lonely-looking pair of Floyd \| scissors. You decide after some deliberation to take this with you Floyd \| (you never know when it might come in handy...) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
		DavidW says, "I got some INVENTORY!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		olethros says, "seems like there's no more time to join CF"
		Jacqueline asks (of olethros), "?"
		Ellison says, "just don't give him his own stapler or who knows what will end up in the coffee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sort mail"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SORT MAIL Floyd \| Floyd \| You find a letter from none other than "Mr. Coffee Machine"! How odd. Floyd \| A quick glance indicates that he is appealing to the powers that be Floyd \| for the right to have his own office chair. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a sturdy thing, with sturdy wheels that are always well oiled Floyd \| (you suspect that the office elves do all that work when no one is Floyd \| looking.) Floyd \| Floyd \| You have a strange and most peculiar feeling that it will come in Floyd \| handy at some point in the immediate future. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get letter"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET LETTER Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get mail"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET MAIL Floyd \| Floyd \| That's hardly portable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "take off shirt"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE OFF SHIRT Floyd \| Floyd \| You take off the shirt. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Whoops, little oversight, but not game-breaking, fortunately"
		DavidW says, "That chair is definitely pushable. I can tell."
		Jacqueline asks (of BK), "Is this that kind of game?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Wait, we aren't wearing pants?"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		BrianK says, "Well, we can make it that kind of game"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "It would appear not!"
		Roger says, "no tale it is you who is the duck"
		Jacqueline says, "It would appear we are wearing a tie and a shirt. Rowr."
		BrianK says, "Well, now we're wearing just the tie"
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Taleslinger says (to roger), "You're not my real psychologist, just some sort of quack"
		Peregrine says, "You can see the duck from where you are."
		DavidW says, "Ever since A Freak Accident Makes Seattle Pantsless, there's been no pants in this office."
		Jacqueline says, "That was impressive, taking off the shirt while leaving the tie in place."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x tie"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TIE Floyd \| Floyd \| Suitably unfashionable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
olethros arrives, full of fun, but no funk.		Jacqueline says, "If this job falls through, we could be a performer."
		Taleslinger says (to Jacqueline), "Obviously you haven't seen many male strippers"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x duck"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| It's too far away for you to tell, but it appears to be staring at you Floyd \| in an unsettling way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "I have not, that is true."
		BrianK says, "Memorizing phone numbers these days? Amazing"
		Peregrine says, "I was too lazy to implement a CALL PHONE NUMBER action."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call gary"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CALL GARY Floyd \| Floyd \| That command isn't available in choice mode. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "(it would have been hell to debug)"
		Jacqueline asks, "Just 9?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "9"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Gary Larson] Floyd \| Floyd \| You get only an answerphone. "Gary Larson is on holiday in Africa, Floyd \| being bullied by Jane Goodall's chimps. Please call back another Floyd \| time." Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to P), "This was a good work-around."
		DavidW asks, "hm, no '0' to mean we don't make a call?"
		Roger says, "Maybe we'll get to stand on this extremely wobbly chair"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "I think so."
		Peregrine says, "The Gary LArson thing isn't made up"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "You always live so dangerously."
		Peregrine says, "(check wikipedia)"
		BrianK asks, "Have we checked everything out here?"
		DavidW says, "I remember the last chair where I had to reach a smoke detector."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cityscape"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CITYSCAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| New Dork City stretches out before you in its full glory. But what Floyd \| interests you most of all is the building opposite the one you're Floyd \| currently in: the ACME Corporation's newest skycraper. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x shirt"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X SHIRT Floyd \| Floyd \| It's covered in squid ink stains (don't ask why). You feel something Floyd \| heavy in your breast pocket, and it's definitely not your heart. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X BUILDING Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Oh hey"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x acme"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ACME Floyd \| Floyd \| You glance at it through the glass window, and shudder. The duck is Floyd \| there, peering out through an office window, staring at you through Floyd \| caricatural binoculars. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x pocket"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X POCKET Floyd \| Floyd \| You squint and squirm, but conclude that the only way to find out Floyd \| what's inside is to boldly go forth and SEARCH it. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine exclaims, "Too fast!"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search pocket"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SEARCH POCKET Floyd \| Floyd \| In the breast pocket is a portable squid. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "..."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get squid"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET SQUID Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "For all your squid needs."
		Jacqueline asks, "It's going to leak ink, isn't it?"
		BrianK says, "I'm sure it will come in handy"
		Taleslinger says, "Never know when you'll need a squid!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get squid"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET SQUID Floyd \| Floyd \| You already have that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X IT Floyd \| Floyd \| It's an extremely tiny, adorable little squid about the size of a Floyd \| fountain pen. Every now and then, it makes cute squid noises. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Maybe we squeeze the squid to summon inky."
		Allen says, "awww!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "squeeze squid"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SQUEEZE SQUID Floyd \| Floyd \| You squeeze the squid gently, and before you know it it squirts ink Floyd \| all over your face! Instant karma, indeed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "This references another Gary Larson cartoon."
		BrianK says, "Anyway, we also spotted the duck in the ACME building"
		Jacqueline says, "I do indeed like Gary Larson."
		DavidW says, "Does this window have a blind or curtain? We could foil this duck that way."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "x wall"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X WALL Floyd \| Floyd \| It's made of glass. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Doesn't seem to mention it"
		Peregrine points out that in the message text before you ran out of the office madly, it said you wanted to GET the duck.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x phone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X PHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "call 5"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CALL 5 Floyd \| Floyd \| That command isn't available in choice mode. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "5"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 5 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the ACME Corporation] Floyd \| Floyd \| After several minutes of mildly annoying music, you finally get a Floyd \| response: Floyd \| Floyd \| "Hello, how may I help you?" Floyd \| Floyd \| "Um, I'm not sure..." Floyd \| Floyd \| "That's not a problem at all. We cater to all needs: the Clown Floyd \| Department is on the first floor, the Jungle Department on the second Floyd \| floor, the Toothpick Department is on the third floor, bananas are Floyd \| plentiful on the fourth floor, we have fire and brimstone on the fifth Floyd \| floor, doughnuts on the seventh floor, unspeakable things on the Floyd \| eighth floor, anachronistic but potentially useful duck-killing Floyd \| weapons on the ninth floor, and if you like ice-cream you can always Floyd \| go to the tenth floor. Please keep in mind, however, that before Floyd \| entering the elevator you will be stripped of all suspicious Floyd \| belongings by our diligent Security Brigade." Floyd \| Floyd \| "Thanks, but what I really wanted to know is: have you seen a duck, Floyd \| anywhere? Floyd \| Floyd \| "I am not at liberty to say," the receptionnist replies Floyd \| apologetically. The conversation ends soon afterwards. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "anyway, I'd like to see more of the building to the south."
		Taleslinger says, "Go forth, DW"
		BrianK says, "Yes, let's explore"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Don't forget to read carefully!"
		DavidW says, "Sounds like a 9th floor is what we want."
		DavidW says, "maybe."
		Jacqueline hands the keys to DW.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wire"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's too thick to cut with scissors, sadly enough. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X POSTER Floyd \| Floyd \| It advertises the latest action movie: FLY HARD, with Braaawk Willis Floyd \| playing a daredevil chicken cop facing off against Alan Cricketman's Floyd \| stereotypically six-legged (and German!) baddie. The poster shows the Floyd \| main character jumping off an exploding skyscraper with a (live) Floyd \| electric wire tied around himself. The tagline reads: "Always in Floyd \| the wrong place at the wrong time, wearing the wrong clothes and using Floyd \| the wrong shaving cream! BURMA SHAVE". Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Boo german baddies"
		DavidW says, "This sounds like foreshadowing."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to coffee machine"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO COFFEE MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| You clear your throat, and cough. "Ahem? Mr Coffee Machine? Are you Floyd \| all right?" Floyd \| Floyd \| "I feel terrible," the coffee machine groans. "My self-esteem is down Floyd \| the toilet. I'm tragically misunderstood. The whole world conspires Floyd \| against me." Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Would it be okay if I had a cup of Floyd \| coffee?" Floyd \| 2) "Oh, come one, it can't be that bad." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "2?"
		Jacqueline says, "Empathetic."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["Oh, come one, it can't be that bad."] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Not that bad?" the coffee machine snorts bitterly. "Not that Floyd \| bad?!? God dang it, I've been working here for 65 years and I've never Floyd \| even been promoted! I don't even get my own office chair! Floyd \| That would be so little to ask for -- an office chair of my own, to Floyd \| sit on whenever I feel tired, a token of respect for all the coffee Floyd \| I've pumped out all those years! The Weiner Corporation would have Floyd \| NEVER been as successful as it is without MY coffee to keep their Floyd \| minds sharp and lively into the wee hours of the night!" Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "Ahem... talking about coffee... could I have some, please?" Floyd \| 2) "Ahem... isn't there something you could do?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "We do have an office chair."
		DavidW says, "We do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["Ahem... isn't there something you could do?"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Like, I don't know... have you tried talking to a psychiatrist?" you Floyd \| add, patting the coffee machine on the -- for lack of a better word -- Floyd \| "shoulder". Floyd \| Floyd \| "Psychiatrist? I'm not mad, you idiot!" the machine retorts angrily. Floyd \| "This is it! I'm not going to put up with this sort of crap any more! Floyd \| I'm handing in my resignation! Right now, do you hear?" Floyd \| Floyd \| It hops out of the room and down the corridor at breakneck speed. Soon Floyd \| afterwards, to your dismay, you hear the sound of a heavy coffee Floyd \| machine falling down six flights of stairs in a record-breaking (and Floyd \| neck-breaking) 3.45 seconds. Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I don't know who it belongs to, but we could give it to him anyway."
		Roger says, "The Weiner corporation was probably founded by a German"
		BrianK says, "Uhhhhh"
		Peregrine says, "Uh, you just locked yourself out of one possible route through the game."
		BrianK says, "Did it just... die"
		Peregrine says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "oops,."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wow, did he just fling himself down the stairs?"
		DavidW says, "I did not want that outcome at all."
		Taleslinger says, "But now the window is open and we can do the wire jump"
		Peregrine says, "Nope."
		Roger says, "That's grounds for dismissal"
		DavidW says, "I wanted to give the chair to the machine."
		Taleslinger says, "Time to switch to tea"
		Jacqueline says (to Talesling), "hahaha aw"
		Peregrine says, "You could undo, or you could keep on (but then you need to think of another way to escape the building.)"
		Peregrine says, "Up to you."
		Jacqueline says, "I personally like undo."
		BrianK says, "Let's undo"
		DavidW says, "I need to eat something. Someone else drive while I unpeel an orange."
		Taleslinger says, "Undo it is"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK asks, "Should we get coffee?"
		Taleslinger asks, "Get him the chair as DW suggested?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| That command isn't available in choice mode. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "We have to exit the conversation first"
		Peregrine says, "Choose 1"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["Ahem... talking about coffee... could I have some, Floyd \| please?"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Coffee!" the machine snorts. "You want coffee? Here's your Floyd \| coffee, you selfish jerk!" Floyd \| Floyd \| For a second, it looks like the machine is going to hurl piping hot Floyd \| caffeine beverages at your face, but your fear prove to be unfounded, Floyd \| and sure enough you find yourself looking down at a cup of coffee as Floyd \| you hold it tentatively in one hand. The rooms falls silent once more, Floyd \| and your mind is irresistably drawn back to the one thing uppermost in Floyd \| your thoughts right now. That. Goddamn. DUCK. Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies		DavidW says, "You can unplug the wire back there, I bet."
Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair s"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR S Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls south into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR E Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls east into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The coffee machine notices that you have brought an office chair into Floyd \| the room! "Golly, is that for me?" it gasps. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Yup," you reply. Floyd \| Floyd \| With herethereto unsuspected nimbleness, the great lumbering Floyd \| caffeine-dispensing contraction hops onto the chair, whooping with Floyd \| delight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "FAINT AROMA?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Talk to him again now?"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to machine"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| The coffee machine is in its own nirvana. Best not to engage Floyd \| conversation with it right now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Peregrine says, "There are places you haven't explored."
		Taleslinger says, "Yay, but also hm"
		Peregrine says, "Exploration leads to enlightenment."
		Peregrine says, "(I find it curious that no one tried to exit the building by normal means.)"
		DavidW says, "I need to learn to eat before ClubFloyd starts."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It was suggested to you. By someone."
		Roger says, "Clubflo rarely doesn't the obvious normal thing"
		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "If I was playing solo, I'd be examining everything everywhere before doing any thing significant."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "Ah, okay"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DOOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon it are the following (badly-inked) words: M. POND -- Floyd \| MAILROOM Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "smell"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SMELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You smell the unmistakeable smell of napalm -- uh, coffee in Floyd \| the morning, actually. It appears to be emanating (if that is the Floyd \| correct terminology) from the eastern side. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "just atmosphere"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, explore to the west?"
		Roger says, "We meet again, Monsieur Pond"
		Taleslinger says (to roger), "Don't go chasing Waterfalls"
		DavidW says, "Corridor also goes west."
		Roger says, "In Soviet mailroom, waterfall chases you"
		BrianK asks, "Let's go west, then?"
		DavidW says, "please"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "stairs, elevator, storage room"
		Peregrine says, "Oh, I would save here if I were you."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf16"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Storage room!"
BrianK clears the save counter.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I could use some more storage."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x sellotape"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X SELLOTAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| Someone clearly ran out of flypaper, and decided that it would be a Floyd \| smart idea to use the sellotape as a substitute. The roll of sellotape Floyd \| is only partially unrolled, however, and dangles from the ceiling like Floyd \| a peculiar pendulum of insect doom. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "swing sellotape"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SWING SELLOTAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| There's nothing sensible to swing here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| As you look closely, it wobbles a little to the left and then to the Floyd \| right again. There is definitely something in there... something Floyd \| alive. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I didn't know 'swing' was an Inform verb."
		DavidW says, "It is."
		Peregrine notes this for future use.
BrianK says (to Floyd), "search tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SEARCH TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see inside, since the large cardboard tube is closed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the large cardboard tube, revealing a weiner dog. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > LISTEN TO TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks (of P), "Is this autobiographical?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| It looks up placidly at you, and yawns, mumbling something Floyd \| unintelligible about coffee in the morning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "I was too slow."
		BrianK asks, "Give coffee to dog?"
		Peregrine says (to Jacq), "Nope, entirely Gary LArson."
		Taleslinger says (to BrianK), "Sure"
		Taleslinger asks, "But before we continue, how do we want to do this? One driver?"
		BrianK says, "I feel like we should have a driver"
		Peregrine says, "I advise it."
		Peregrine says, "This is partly a Zork homage in disguise."
		Taleslinger says (to BrianK), "Drive away"
		BrianK says, "Uhh, I'm slightly distracted so someone else should probably do it"
		Peregrine pushes Taleslinger into the limelight.
		DavidW asks, "Pet dog? Take dog? Name dog Ralph?"
		BrianK says, "Give the coffee to the dog :P"
		Roger says, "beware of doug"
		Peregrine says, "heeheeh"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you still eating that orange?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "Take tape? (or did we miss our chance because only the chair would let us reach it?)"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TAPE? (OR DID WE MISS OUR CHANCE BECAUSE ONLY THE CHAIR WOULD Floyd \| LET US REACH IT?) Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "whoa"
		DavidW says, "oops"
		DavidW says, "uh, no, I've eaten the orange."
		Taleslinger says, "Drive like the devil, DW"
		DavidW says, "geez"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| It looks up placidly at you, and yawns, mumbling something Floyd \| unintelligible about coffee in the morning. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Here's the thing. This game is winnable."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a large cardboard tube (open) Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I'm occasionally distracted by fellow vacationers"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PET DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "If you lock yourself out of doing something, it doesn't matter."
		Jacqueline asks (of T), "Where are you, again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's tantalizingly out of reach, as you conclude from several minutes Floyd \| of futile hopping up and down like an over-excited chihuahua. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Allen asks, "are there unportable squids?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boxes"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X BOXES Floyd \| Floyd \| They're very uninteresting, in an interesting way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb boxes"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CLIMB BOXES Floyd \| Floyd \| Little is to be achieved by that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push boxes"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH BOXES Floyd \| Floyd \| It is fixed in place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "larger squids can get fairly unwieldy to carry around so"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE BOX Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > EXITS Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "give cup to dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE CUP TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to BK), "So true."
		Roger says, "Maybe we need to talk to the dog"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no idea what you would say to the weiner dog. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "That's an odd bug. But the game is winnable without the dog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull the weiner dog out from the tube. This takes some time, and Floyd \| it is only by seizing it by the hind legs and swinging it around the Floyd \| room that the tube finally flies off, ricochetting off the wall in the Floyd \| process. The dog grumbles a bit, muttering about "Inhuman Resources" Floyd \| under its breath. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a large cardboard tube (open but empty) Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "Slight malfunction in the dog-firing gun"
		Jacqueline asks (of P), "How does it feel watching people play your game?"
		Peregrine says, "Oh, maybe the bug occurs because the dog is in the tube."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cup to dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE CUP TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Sad."
		BrianK says, "Try talking to it again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cup to dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE CUP TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no idea what you would say to the weiner dog. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I was sure it would work."
		Peregrine checks hsi code.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog refuses. "Coffee," he mutters. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says (to peregrine), "I always create a winning test command"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SHOW COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The weiner dog is unimpressed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Let's not dwell on the dog for too long"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The weiner dog allows you to pick it up, staring at you with Floyd \| drowsiness in its eyes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put dog in tube"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUT DOG IN TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the weiner dog into the large cardboard tube. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close tube"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CLOSE TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You close the large cardboard tube. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "haha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tube"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SHAKE TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "That is the best thing"
		Allen says, "wtf"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elevator"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| It's there for people who have temporarily forgotten how to use the Floyd \| stairs. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "don't bully the poor dog D:"
		Ellison says, "any chance the debugging verbs were left on? (if there's an unreachable object right now)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| As you enter the elevator, the doors close behind you, uttering a Floyd \| peculiar squeaking noise in the process. With a whirr, and without you Floyd \| having even had the time to fiddle around with the buttons, the Floyd \| elevator begins to descend -- into lunacy? Who knows. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lift Floyd \| The elevator in which you are currently standing smells strongly of Floyd \| canine interference. A panel of buttons covers one wall. Floyd \| Floyd \| As if to attract your attention, the elevator whines like a dog whose Floyd \| nose has just been bopped over the nose with a newspaper. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Allen says, "it's going to suffocater"
		Allen says, "-r"
		Roger says, "This will get us past the 'spare a weiner dog in a tube, ma'am?' guy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buttons"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X BUTTONS Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon closer examination, someone has replaced all the buttons by tin Floyd \| tacks. This, among other things, means that you cannot mess around Floyd \| with it as much as you wanted to. Floyd \| Floyd \| The elevator screeches to a stop, and an electronic voice says Floyd \| breathlessly: "Time out! Be back in a jiffy!" Floyd \| Floyd \| After a moment or so, the elevator whirrs back to life, and business Floyd \| resumes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SMELL Floyd \| Floyd \| You smell nothing. Nothing, that is, other than the smell of your own Floyd \| fear. Floyd \| Floyd \| The elevator stops briefly, the doors opening for just the exact Floyd \| amount of time required for an enormous elephant to fit itself inside Floyd \| along with you. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Okay, so I accidentally made it impossible to give the coffee to the dog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elephant"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ELEPHANT Floyd \| Floyd \| You see nothing special about the enormous elephant. Floyd \| Floyd \| The elephant sneezes. The tension is palpable. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "That must have been after betatesting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to elephant"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO ELEPHANT Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no idea what you would say to the enormous elephant. Floyd \| Floyd \| The elevator stops again, and to your vast surprise another elephant Floyd \| steps inside, this time carrying a guitar and wearing a flower shirt! Floyd \| You try to make a dash for freedom, but alas the doors have already Floyd \| closed, and the elevator has resumed its descent. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "I can't remember the anti-purloin command"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guitar"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X GUITAR Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tacks"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TACKS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Luckily, the game has two paths, so in principle you can still win."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeak"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SQUEAK Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x elephant"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ELEPHANT Floyd \| Floyd \| Who do you mean, the elephant hippy or the enormous elephant? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x hippy"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X HIPPY Floyd \| Floyd \| You see nothing special about the elephant hippy. Floyd \| Floyd \| It's now beginning to feel a little crowded in here. And the Floyd \| irritating little elves singing high-pitched renditions of "The Floyd \| Bohemian Rhapsody" are simply not helping. Floyd \| >		Roger says, "The weiner-dog--voyeuristic-duck exclusion principle"
		Peregrine says, "heeeh"
		Taleslinger says, "talk about the elephant in the room"
		DavidW says, "We need a mouse."
		Peregrine says, "But it should be easy to fix that coffee bug."
		Roger says, "Or a sofa for the elephants to hide behind"
		DavidW asks, "I guess we just wait?"
		Taleslinger says (to peregrine), "Really, make a test command that is basically a walkthrough of the game and run that last before compiling"
		Taleslinger says (to dw), "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| The elevator stops. There is silence. And then... a third elephant, Floyd \| wearing a business suit and a fedora, crams itself inside. "Jeez," he Floyd \| says. "This sure is cramped, fellas." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| The doors are closed, and there doesn't appear to be any button Floyd \| allowing you to open them. What a nuisance. And the matter of that Floyd \| duck still remains unresolved. What a day. What... a... day. Floyd \| Floyd \| Oddly enough, you are finding it a little hard to breathe in here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > U Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't go that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| The elevator is almost at the lobby, and you pray to God that you make Floyd \| it there alive. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elephant"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ELEPHANT Floyd \| Floyd \| Who do you mean, the elephant businessman, the elephant hippy or the Floyd \| enormous elephant? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x businessman"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X BUSINESSMAN Floyd \| Floyd \| You see nothing special about the elephant businessman. Floyd \| Floyd \| Just when you thought this nightmare was over, the elevator abruptly Floyd \| stops at the first floor. You get a sinking feeling. Oh, no. Please. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| You watch the elevator doors open. Slooooowly.... Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Roger says, "Pray to patron saint of not being crushed by elephants in elevators"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| And then.... Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| ... a fourth elephant, wearing dark glasses and wielding a cane, Floyd \| calmly tries to fit itself into the elevator. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP! Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Peregrine says, "I've fixed the bug in my copy of the game. You know, the dog/coffee one."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| Floyd \| The elevator falls, carrying you and the four elephants down with it. Floyd \| The little annoying elves -- those responsible for the annoying Floyd \| elevator music -- all unaminously begin to do their own rendition of Floyd \| Fauré's Requiem. Everyone inside the elevator goes crashing Floyd \| through the earth's molten core, screaming all the way. Eventually, Floyd \| the elevators comes soaring out through a volcano in New Zealand, but Floyd \| by then you are all toast. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have died * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "See, this is why I told you to save."
		Taleslinger says, "Yay, winning ending"
		Roger says, "We died as we lived"
		DavidW says, "The elevator of elephants death. That was new."
		Peregrine says, "No, this is a jokey losing ending, referencing yet another cartoon."
		Jacqueline says, "That's definitely a new one, yeah."
		Taleslinger says, "okay, restore and take the stairs. We need our 10.000 steps."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "You should maybe restore, or if you want I can email the fixed copy without the dog/coffee bug"
		Peregrine says, "Whichever you prefer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unplug wire"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > UNPLUG WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| You notice that unplugging the electric wire is nothing short of Floyd \| impossible, owing to the external action of some diabolical villain. Floyd \| Curses. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "curse villain"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CURSE VILLAIN Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to P), "If you'd like, email me and Tale the update."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut wire"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CUT WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| You make a brave attempt to cut the wire with the pair of scissors, Floyd \| but it is all too obvious to even the most stubborn intellect that Floyd \| these scissors are only adequate for slicing through cardboard. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine exclaims, "Will do!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "Tie wire to chair, murder coffee machine"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK asks, "the scissors/cardboard thing seems like a clue for the cardboard tube, maybe?"
		DavidW says, "oh, this is still after the chair. Drat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut boxes"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CUT BOXES Floyd \| Floyd \| That would take forever, and you'd just end up buried under a pile of Floyd \| cardboard confettis. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "Maybe we can cut the tape?"
		DavidW says, "cut tape"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tape"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CUT TAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's tantalizingly out of reach, as you conclude from several minutes Floyd \| of waving the scissors around like a homicidal maniac. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CUT TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't cut the carboard tube in half without first emptying it. Floyd \| That's one of the Six Basic Rules of the Mailroom. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "missing d"
		Peregrine says, "fixed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the large cardboard tube, revealing a weiner dog. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull the weiner dog out from the tube. This takes some time, and Floyd \| it is only by seizing it by the hind legs and swinging it around the Floyd \| room that the tube finally flies off, ricochetting off the wall in the Floyd \| process. The dog grumbles a bit, muttering about "Inhuman Resources" Floyd \| under its breath. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CUT TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You take a few minutes of your time to neatly cut the tube into two Floyd \| long, equal pieces. As you let them fall to the floor, you notice that Floyd \| they look remarkably like cardboard skis! This is food for thought. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skis"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Who wants to ski down the stairs?"
		Taleslinger says, "Wheee"
		Ellison says, "I do! I do!"
		BrianK says, "Sounds plausible"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, poor dog."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > WEAR SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't wear those! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| some pieces of cardboard which look like cardboard skis Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put skis on"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUT SKIS ON Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't wear those! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| You are about to go down the stairs when you abruptly become aware of Floyd \| one niggling fact: namely, that each and every single step is Floyd \| carefully layered with marbles. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Hmm"
		Roger says, "squid: portable, potable"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > STAND ON SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| They're not something you can stand on. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| They're not something you can enter. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "RIDE maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RIDE SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Damn, I made a guess-the-verb. Curses."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ski"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SKI Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "is the verb >SKI"
		BrianK says, "ah darn"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "ski stairs"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SKI STAIRS Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ski down stairs"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SKI DOWN STAIRS Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "no it isn't"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marbles"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X MARBLES Floyd \| Floyd \| There are millions of these little shiny marbles. It must have taken Floyd \| forever to lay them out upon every single step, and you wonder who on Floyd \| earth would be so diabolically villainous and maniacally persnickety Floyd \| as to be capable of such a heinous act. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I think you can tell us the verb"
		Peregrine says, "in fact, it's a standard verb"
		Peregrine says, "you have sellotape"
		Peregrine says, "now think"
Ellison says (to Floyd), "use skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > USE SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "We don't have tape"
		BrianK says, "oh... we don't have sellotape"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| some pieces of cardboard which look like cardboard skis Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "The tape is out of reach."
		Peregrine says, "Wait."
		Roger says, "I'll be pretty disappointed if we can't ride the weiner dog like a surfboard down the stairs"
		DavidW says, "And we gave away the chair"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Taleslinger!"
		DavidW asks, "Can we take the chair back?"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Check your mail!"
		BrianK asks, "Maybe we can try?"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Your email!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chair"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| Wouldn't it be easier to push it around? It's got wheels, after all. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair w"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR W Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR W Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chair n"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR N Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls north into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline asks (of P), "I don't have the update. Did you mean check my email for an update?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on chair"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET ON CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| You stand up on the chair, wobbling slightly as you do so. Now what Floyd \| next? Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room (on the office chair) Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I sent it to Tale, sorry"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE TAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| You cut the sellotape with a neat snip of the scissors, and retrieve Floyd \| the rest of it for your own personal use. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| (first getting off the office chair) Floyd \| You can't go that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I couldn't find your email at short notice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I've just forwarded it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| You are about to go down the stairs when you abruptly become aware of Floyd \| one niggling fact: namely, that each and every single step is Floyd \| carefully layered with marbles. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tape skis to me"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAPE SKIS TO ME Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to T), "Danke."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use tape"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > USE TAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "So, are the skis also bugged?"
		Peregrine says, "No, they're not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tape on skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUT TAPE ON SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| some sellotape Floyd \| some pieces of cardboard which look like cardboard skis Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "attach tape to skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ATTACH TAPE TO SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "'tape' might not be a synonym"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tie tape to skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TIE TAPE TO SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK asks, "is it >attach?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attach skis"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ATTACH SKIS Floyd \| Floyd \| What do you want to attach the pieces of cardboard which look like Floyd \| cardboard skis to? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "me"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ME Floyd \| Floyd \| You laboriously sellotape the first piece of cardboard to your right Floyd \| foot, and then the second piece of cardboard to your left foot. Now Floyd \| you are officially equipped with utterly demented cardboard skis! Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "hurray"
		Peregrine says, "phew"
		DavidW says, "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| You glance at the marbles, but your mind is already made up. You are Floyd \| going to ski your way down there like a champion. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| With a yell of triumph (or fear?) you go forth! Marbles rattle and Floyd \| scuttle away in panic as you hurtle down the stairs! Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| You go down all six flights of stairs in exactly 3.1415 seconds! (You Floyd \| are very meticulous about those things.) This daring ride culminates Floyd \| in your triumphant (but brief) arrival in the lobby of the Weiner Floyd \| Corporation. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Peregrine asks, "I'm sorry for this, did it spoilt the experience?"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| Propelled by all the momentum you've just gained, you sail out through Floyd \| the revolving doors, across the street (narrowly avoiding an entire Floyd \| flock of boneless chickens, who were for some incomprehensible reason Floyd \| trying to cross the road) and at long last arrive in the lobby of the Floyd \| ACME Corporation. This is exactly what you wanted. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Roger says, "With this sort of genre of game, guessing-the-verb is kind of in-character so I find it a bit more forgiveable"
		Taleslinger says, "It's part of the experience"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| Floyd \| For, hidden upon one of the myriad floors of the ACME Corporation's Floyd \| skyscraper, the DUCK awaits. (And so does your timely revenge!) Floyd \| Floyd \| Lobby Floyd \| The lobby stretches out before you, a beautiful pristine space with Floyd \| sliding doors awaiting you to the south, leading out into the busy Floyd \| street. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can enter the elevator here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "(BTW you have locked yourself out of several fun endings, but that's okay)"
		Jacqueline says, "The new version is uploaded as ny10anatidaephobia2"
		Taleslinger says, "I'll upload the new version to IFDB er, let's say tomorrow"
		Ellison says, "tomorrow"
		Taleslinger says, "ISTR Duck killing weapons were on Floor 9"
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "Will you remember?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I feel certain we were supposed to explode our building and swing over on the wire somehow."
		Taleslinger says, "I will remember, but I may be busy. I'm on vacation, after all"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right."
		Roger says, "Oh no another elevator of doom"
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "There are two ways to escape the building, yes"
		Taleslinger asks, "Try going south?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| You've gone through ridicule to get here! Giving up is simply not an Floyd \| option. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| some sellotape Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a portable squid Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "The skis are gone, I guess."
		Peregrine says, "Classic Zorkian inventory madness."
		Taleslinger asks, "Have we tried to drink the coffee?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink coffee"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DRINK COFFEE Floyd \| Floyd \| Come to think of it, coffee will not steady your fraying nerves in any Floyd \| conceivable way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "f x coffee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coffee"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X COFFEE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a plastic cup, predictably filled with black murky liquid that Floyd \| one must assume was coffee at some point in the past. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell coffee"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SMELL COFFEE Floyd \| Floyd \| You smell nothing. Nothing, that is, other than the smell of your own Floyd \| fear. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "just for flabor, heh"
		Peregrine says, "(flovor)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x elevator"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| You see nothing special about the elevator exterior. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "(flavor!)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't go that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "(darn typo)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open elevator"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| It isn't something you can open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter elevator"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Before you can enter the elevator, a security guard (who you could Floyd \| have sworn was not there a second ago) frisks you, relieving you of Floyd \| all your suspicious-looking personal items. A few seconds later, you Floyd \| are half-naked, standing only in your underwear. "You're good to go," Floyd \| the guard grunts, and pushes you into the elevator most uncourteously. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lift Floyd \| This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose Floyd \| cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully Floyd \| capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly Floyd \| short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 0 - Floyd \| though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's Floyd \| content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Underwear is more clothes than we had on previously, iirc."
		BrianK says, "Haha"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x buttons"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X BUTTONS Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "oh noes! Our precious inventory! And wear did the underwear come from?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying nothing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Press 9! Press 9! And don'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "press 9"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PRESS 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| You press button 9. The lift whirs into action and moves to the Floyd \| correct level. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Press 9! Press 9! And don't worry were these boxers come from!"
		Peregrine says, "hahaha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| This is a mystifying room. You wonder what on earth it is for. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can enter the elevator here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lying on the floor here is a curious, cylindrical piece of metal. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X METAL Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon closer examination, you find that this is a light-saber! How Floyd \| anachronistic. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Whoops, wrong floor I think"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take saber"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE SABER Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "No, this seems right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take light-saber"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TAKE LIGHT-SABER Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Oh, we can the duck with this! WHOOSH WHOOSH"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn it on"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TURN IT ON Floyd \| Floyd \| It isn't something you can switch. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "It's automatic."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X IT Floyd \| Floyd \| Upon closer examination, you find that this is a light-saber! How Floyd \| anachronistic. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a light-saber Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Now you must find the duck, young padawam."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| This is a mystifying room. You wonder what on earth it is for. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can enter the elevator here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Ellison says, "but light-saber day was canceled! THANKS A LOT TODD"
		BrianK says, "Oops, what floor was it on again"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter elevator"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Lift Floyd \| This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose Floyd \| cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully Floyd \| capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly Floyd \| short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 9 - Floyd \| though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's Floyd \| content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "Start our search at the top?"
		DavidW asks, "I don't know. What floor were we on in our building?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Speaking of light-sabers, did you all see this photo making the rounds?"
		[LINK]
		BrianK says, "We were on the sixth floor of our building"
		Roger says, "I would guess floor 13"
		DavidW says, "Then let's go to the 6th floor of this one."
		Roger says (to Jacq), "I did see that but I don't know why or how"
		Roger says, "presumably it was an act of Todd"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, 6th"
		Ellison says, "I saw it because Jacqueline retweeted it"
		DavidW says, "I saw it on Twitter, and yes, probably from Jacqueline too."
		Roger says, "Let us descend to the floor of ducks"
		DavidW says, "Todd acts in mysterious ways."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "press 6"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PRESS 6 Floyd \| Floyd \| You press button 6. The lift whirs into action and moves to the Floyd \| correct level. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| Duck Hideout Floyd \| At last! You've found it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Standing before you, with somewhat a malevolent air, is the Mad Duck. Floyd \| Floyd \| The duck sees you, and smiles. "At last, Pond. You've found my... Floyd \| what's the word? ... aha!... my secret lair. How clever of you, Floyd \| indeed." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine exclaims, "Save!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "There are multiple endings."
		Taleslinger says, "KILL IT! KILL IT!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > KILL DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the Floyd \| Century (TM).		BrianK says, "or talk to it"
Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Hit the duck on the head Floyd \| 2) Kick the duck in the stomach Floyd \| 3) Attack him with your light-saber Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 3 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Attack him with your light-saber] Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull out the light-saber that you found in the Anachronism Floyd \| Department, and bring it down upon the duck's head. At the very last Floyd \| moment, however, he blocks your blow with his own light-saber! There Floyd \| is a ZZZZZZZZZZZ noise as the two laser blades come into contact. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kick the duck in the private parts Floyd \| 2) Use the Force Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "..BrianK Get out of here, hippie scum"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ..BRIANK GET OUT OF HERE, HIPPIE SCUM Floyd \| Floyd \| That command isn't available in choice mode. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK (
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Use the Force] Floyd \| Floyd \| You focus, and try to use the Force. But nothing happens. Nothing at Floyd \| all. Floyd \| Floyd \| "There is no such thing as the Force, you silly duck!" your adversary Floyd \| cackles (or rather, QUACKles). Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kill the duck Floyd \| 2) "Wait, you called me a WHAT?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["Wait, you called me a WHAT?"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "That's right, Pond," the duck replies, clearly on the verge of Floyd \| revealing a dark secret (and enjoying every second of it). "You Floyd \| thought you were human, but all along... all along, you were exactly Floyd \| what you always feared: A DUCK!!!" Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kill the duck Floyd \| 2) Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "frowny face emoticon, except i forget the correct syntax to type colons"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud] Floyd \| Floyd \| Seized by a surge of despair and rage, you rush at the duck, swinging Floyd \| your light-saber around your head. In your precipitation, you slip on Floyd \| a banana peeling, and land on your face in a flurry of feathers. The Floyd \| awful truth sinks in at last. You are a duck. You are a duck. You are Floyd \| a -- Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have lost your mind * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "That explains no pants, though!"
		Peregrine says, "See, this is why you have to save."
		Peregrine exclaims (at Tale), "Correct!"
		Taleslinger says (to Peregrine), "Clever!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push restore"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH RESTORE Floyd \| Floyd \| Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Peregrine is gratified by the compliment.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "No pants, yet underwear"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| "I need to talk to you," you begin, stepping forward. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Oh?" the duck says coldly. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "I want to know who you are." Floyd \| 2) "I want to know why you were watching me" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["I want to know why you were watching me"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Why? You want to know why?" The duck seems genuinely surprised. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Yes! I've gone through ridicule to find you! I deserve to know!" you Floyd \| retort. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Well... if the truth be told... I was waiting for my evil plans to Floyd \| fall into place... and... well, I guess I got bored?" Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "I want to know who you are." Floyd \| 2) "Evil plans?" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["Evil plans?"] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Didn't you know?" the duck replies, shocked. "I'm a comic-book Floyd \| villain, I am. And a very stylish one, too." Floyd \| Floyd \| It dawn upon you then that Fate itself has brought you here. An inner Floyd \| voice whispers: You are the One. Floyd \| Floyd \| With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the Floyd \| Century (TM). Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Hit the duck on the head Floyd \| 2) Kick the duck in the stomach Floyd \| 3) Attack him with your light-saber Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Now what?"
		Peregrine says, "Complex looping here."
		Taleslinger says, "2"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Kick the duck in the stomach] Floyd \| Floyd \| Channelling your inner Karate Kid, you stand on one foot, and then Floyd \| lash out. The duck, not expecting this (he probably bought his Floyd \| light-saber on Ebay and has no actual Jedi training), is sent flying Floyd \| backwards. He crashes through the glass wall, and falls plummetting Floyd \| from six floors" worth of the ACME Corporation's newest skyscraper. Floyd \| Floyd \| This does not kill him, but after several months in hospital he is Floyd \| arrested for crimes against the Universe. Apparently, his name (his Floyd \| REAL name) is Moriarty Machiavelli the Third. It turns out he was your Floyd \| uncle, but that does not necessarily entail that you are a duck. At Floyd \| least, that is the way you choose to view things, and it's working out Floyd \| pretty well so far. Besides, one good thing has come out of this mess: Floyd \| you are no longer in the throes of ANATIDAEPHOBIA. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have won * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "The TALK TO and FIGHT TO are connected."
		Roger says, "You are no match for my Drunken Duck style"
		Peregrine says, "heehehe"
		Taleslinger asks, "Can't ducks fly?"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Peregrine says, "well, this is a good ending"
		Roger says, "Not evil ones"
		Taleslinger asks (of Peregrine), "Is there a best ending?"
		Roger says, "Which library did you use for the multiple-choice, if I may ask"
		Jacqueline says (to P), "You say that like there's a better ending."
		DavidW says, "Daffy Duck sometimes forgets he can swim or that he can fly."
		Peregrine says (to Roger), "Hybrid Choices."
		Roger says, "kthx; I occasionally have the urge to cram some of this sort of thing in"
		Peregrine says, "Well, there is another, more entertaining good ending, and one dark but cool ending."
		Peregrine says, "Also, some hilarious deaths."
		Taleslinger asks, "Maybe we can talk him down somehow`?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf4"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| "I need to talk to you," you begin, stepping forward. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Oh?" the duck says coldly. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "I want to know who you are." Floyd \| 2) "I want to know why you were watching me" Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["I want to know who you are."] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Me?" the duck replies quizzically. "Why, my name is Moriarty Floyd \| Machiavelli the Third. And..." he pauses for dramatic effect, Floyd \| "I....am... your UNCLE!" Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Ask the duck for an explanation Floyd \| 2) Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Ask the duck for an explanation] Floyd \| Floyd \| "But how can that be?" you exclaim out loud, trembling slightly. "My Floyd \| aunt is a gorilla!" Floyd \| Floyd \| "The biological details are messy and somewhat complicated," the duck Floyd \| replies coolly. "Suffice to say, you are half duck. Ah, the irony of Floyd \| it, my nephew Pond!" Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kick the duck in the stomach Floyd \| 2) Scream "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" out loud Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Kick the duck in the stomach] Floyd \| Floyd \| Channelling your inner Karate Kid, you stand on one foot, and then Floyd \| lash out. The duck, not expecting this (he probably bought his Floyd \| light-saber on Ebay and has no actual Jedi training), is sent flying Floyd \| backwards. He crashes through the glass wall, and falls plummetting Floyd \| from six floors" worth of the ACME Corporation's newest skyscraper. Floyd \| Floyd \| This does not kill him, but after several months in hospital he is Floyd \| arrested for crimes against the Universe. Apparently, his name (his Floyd \| REAL name) is Moriarty Machiavelli the Third. It turns out he was your Floyd \| uncle, but that does not necessarily entail that you are a duck. At Floyd \| least, that is the way you choose to view things, and it's working out Floyd \| pretty well so far. Besides, one good thing has come out of this mess: Floyd \| you are no longer in the throes of ANATIDAEPHOBIA. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * You have won * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "But a lot of endings require having managed to smuggled the appropriate items into the building."
		Roger says, "I once kicked a duck to death just to watch him die"
		Taleslinger says, "Aw, this is the end we had before"
		DavidW asks, "oo, smuggling, eh?"
		Peregrine says, "Yep, there is a way to smuggle stuff."
		Taleslinger says, "I guess that would entail another way out of the building"
		Peregrine says, "Well, there is another way out... but that's not it."
		Peregrine says, "The way to smuggle stuff into the aCME building requires using something that you see at the beginning of the game"
		Taleslinger asks, "What do folks say? Try around some more or try another game?"
		Peregrine says, "Something in plain sight."
		Jacqueline says, "I am up with either."
		BrianK says, "ah, we can probably fax stuff"
		Peregrine smiles enigmatically.
		BrianK says, "if we can find a machine in the building"
		DavidW says, "Or the phone might help too."
		Taleslinger says, "Oh, clever"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, restart?"
		Peregrine says, "There is another way out of the building, but it requires the updated version of the game to work"
		DavidW says, "I need a bathroom break regardless."
		Peregrine says, "(i.e. the one without the dog/coffee bug)"
		Peregrine says, "(that I emailed to Tale)"
		BrianK says, "It should be uploaded already"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > QUIT Floyd \| cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?"		Peregrine says, "So, it's possible to replay, this time with the updated version, and find the other way out, making sure you use the fax machine before exiting the building."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ny10anatidaephobia2"
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| It's another nice, sunny day outside. The bird are singing, the Floyd \| flowers are beaming, and all is well. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.		Jacqueline says, "Let's wait until DW is back."
		Peregrine says, "Okay."
		Peregrine says, "So, the fax machine unlocks the other (funkier) endings, and you can now escape the building the Braawk Willis way."
		Peregrine says, "See, I made a puzzle game that's replayable."
		Jacqueline says, "Actually, I could stand to use the restroom as well. But I can catch up. Continue when DW returns."
		DavidW says, "back"
		Peregrine asks, "What do you think about my game?"
		Peregrine says, "(if I may ask?)"
		DavidW says, "I liked it. I'd like a copy of it too."
		Peregrine says, "Woo."
		DavidW says, "Tell me, though, where the cow tools were."
		Roger says, "It's a solid entry in its genre"
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, it's funny and quirky"
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "The cow is a tool."
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Don't let the cow hear you say that."
		Peregrine says, "(That was just a pun)"
		DavidW says, "Cow tools has its own reddit and its own TVTropes entry."
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Peregrine says, "Well, in the heat of the moment, I forgot to actually make a joke about it."
		Peregrine says, "But I referenced about half a dozen other cartoons, though"
		Peregrine asks, "How many did you spot?"
olethros was told that in order to be published he had to cut his hair and sing in Swedish.		Jacqueline says, "I've probably read most of these cartoons at some point, but my memory for such things is not great."
		DavidW says, "Well, I don't know Far Side intimately."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I own all of Gary Larson's stuff."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, haven't perused it in awhile."
		DavidW says, "I don't have any of the books."
		Jacqueline says, "I have a two volume(?) hardback set that is very difficult to pick up it's so heavy."
		Peregrine says, "Whoa."
		DavidW asks, "Was 'inconvenience store' one of his?"
		Peregrine says, "yep"
		Jacqueline says, "It is easily the heaviest boxed book set in our library"
		Taleslinger says, "I'm not familiar with any of this"
		Roger says, "You could release an annotated version"
		Peregrine says, "So, you've seen so far: Anatidaephobia cartoon, pocket squid cartoon, smoking barnyard teenagers, elephants in elevator cartoon, weiner dog factory cartoon..."
		Peregrine says, "(listing the references)"
		DavidW says, "oh, actually, I might have at least one of his books? Unless I gave it away at one point? I remember a book called Weiner Dog Art."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, that's one of his."
		Jacqueline says, "Weird. Amazon claims this set is under 2 lbs. There is no way that is true, but I'm not sure where my copy is."
		DavidW says, "But I probably don't have it anymore."
		Peregrine says, "Sad."
		DavidW says, "I had to get rid of a lot of my books."
		Peregrine says, "There are more references yet to come, btw"
		Peregrine says, "(if I remember the alternative escape scenario correctly)"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| Well, that's what you assume, since in actual fact you're inside a Floyd \| brand new office on the sixth floor of the Weiner Corporation's newest Floyd \| skyscraper. At any rate, the job pays well, and your day usually Floyd \| passes by without any notable incidents to marr its pleasing monotony. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| But something is different today. Cold sweat glistens on your brow. Floyd \| You know all too well what this means. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| Floyd \| Somewhere...somehow... a duck is watching you. Floyd \| Floyd \| A N A T I D A E P H O B I A Floyd \| An Interactive Fiction by Peregrine Wade Floyd \| Release 1 / Serial number 170108 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd \| 6/12N) Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "So we need to find out ACME's fax number?"
		DavidW says, "I'd like to phone the pizza place."
		Peregrine says, "It's a little simpler than that. Recall that the cow said you were spies working for ACME."
		Peregrine asks, "What does that suggest?"
Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Heh. Allow me to quote the page: 'Transcripts are kept for every session, though the site gets updated very sporadically — new transcripts appear in large batches about 1-3 times per year. Have (lots of) patience, grasshoppers! '"		Jacqueline says, "Oops, meant to whisper."
		Taleslinger asks, "That we know their fax number?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x fax machine"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X FAX MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a great, heavy monster of bureaucratic hell. With its aid, you Floyd \| could fax a dinosaur to Hawaii, that's telling you how sophisticated Floyd \| it is. It's powered by a very, very long electric wire which crosses Floyd \| the floor and disappears out into the corridor to the south. Oh, and Floyd \| it's also blatantly simple to use: all that is necessary is to put Floyd \| something in it, and then dial any number between 0 and 10. The fax Floyd \| machine has been customized specifically for faxing things to a very Floyd \| specific destination. Floyd \| Floyd \| You're sure of it. There's a duck watching you right now. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dial"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DIAL Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| a tie (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| You wipe off a bead of sweat. Why did it have to be here? Why did it Floyd \| have to be now? Why? WHY? Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "fax tie"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > FAX TIE Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine sighs.
		DavidW says, "put tie in fax"
		Peregrine brightens up.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tie in fax"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUT TIE IN FAX Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking it off) Floyd \| You put the tie into the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| You loosen your tie with one hand, and glance around fearfully. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "uh, automatic message."
		DavidW says, "now dial it away."
		Peregrine awaits.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dial 1"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DIAL 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a ZZZZZIP noise, and then it is done."Item faxed to the Floyd \| ACME Clown Department," the electronic voice mumbles, sounding Floyd \| highly unamused. Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no choice. You have to find that duck, track it down, hound Floyd \| it, chase it to the ends of the earth if necessary. Thus is the price Floyd \| you must pay for peace of mind. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Aha, you can fax things to specific floors"
		DavidW says, "oh. That suggests the dial corresponses to floors, yeah."
		DavidW says, "er corresponds"
		Peregrine says, "This was my little Zork homage."
		Taleslinger says, "Never played Floyd"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter fax"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER FAX Floyd \| Floyd \| That's not something you can enter. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can feel the duck's beady dark eyes boring into the back of your Floyd \| skull. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Nah, you can't fax yourself. That's illegal."
		Peregrine says, "Besides, you're too big."
		DavidW says, "Don't know until tried it."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| Though the duck is not in the room, still you feel its baleful glare, Floyd \| unwavering, unblinking. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "People try to photocopy their butts all the time."
		Peregrine says, "Well, at least the default message was appropriate."
		Jacqueline says, "That's... that's not how fax machines work."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Taleslinger asks, "So, collect all the stuff we had before, and fax it all to the duck floor?"
		Peregrine says, "Whatever you like."
		Taleslinger asks, "So we can try different stuff?"
		DavidW says, "I'd send it to the 9th floor where the saber was."
		Taleslinger says, "Also a good idea"
		Taleslinger says, "Also try to get the wire ending"
		Peregrine says, "But don't forget: you need to figure out how to do a Braawk Willis escape."
		Peregrine says, "(i.e. wire ending, as Tale said)"
		DavidW says, "But it'd be nice to see what all the floors have."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, they're there for your amusement."
		Taleslinger says, "Sounds good"
		Ellison says, "yippee kay yay, mother ducker"
		DavidW says, "If the wire is cut, though, the fax machine won't work, so order is important."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, exactly."
		DavidW says, "I suggest exploring the phone."
		Taleslinger says, "Explore away"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X PHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 3 Floyd \| Floyd \| [your aunt] Floyd \| Floyd \| On second thought, you decide not to call your aunt. You remember all Floyd \| too well what happened last time she came to New Dork City. The Floyd \| authorities had to rescue her from the very top of the Umpire State Floyd \| Building (where she was doing a drunken imititation of King Kong). Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| You bang your head against the furniture, heart bowed down beneath a Floyd \| seething cloud of paranoia. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloud"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CLOUD Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "6"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 6 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the nearest pizzeria] Floyd \| Floyd \| The response is immediate. What pizza would you like, buddy? Floyd \| Floyd \| "Give me," you say, suddenly sounding very determined, "the Mother of Floyd \| All Pizzas." Floyd \| Floyd \| "With pepperoni on top?""With pepperoni on top." Floyd \| Floyd \| When you finally hang up a few minutes later, you rest safely in the Floyd \| knowledge that the most awesome pizza known to mankind is speeding on Floyd \| its way to you. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| You must do something about that duck. There is no other way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Gary Larson reference."
		DavidW says, "but.... pizza."
		Jacqueline asks, "Will it be faxed to us?"
		DavidW says, "I am now paralyzed with the thought of eating pizza."
		Taleslinger asks (of Jacqueline), "That's not how fax machines work?"
		Jacqueline says, "Damn. Me too, DW."
		Peregrine says, "Nope, because in the heat of the moment I never implemented a pizza arrival scene."
		Jacqueline says (to Taleslinger), "It should be how they work, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 7 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the nearest Pest Control unit] Floyd \| Floyd \| Actually, the Pest Control unit was closed a few weeks ago, after its Floyd \| offices were trashed by the Roach Gang. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| Something must be done. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "8"		Jacqueline exclaims (at Peregrine), "You mean there is no pizza?!"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 8 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Floyd \| Theories] Floyd \| Floyd \| You spend a few tedious minutes being told that the duck needs their Floyd \| help more than you do, since in actual fact it constitutes a living Floyd \| conspiracy theory in itself. Frustrated, you hang up. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \|
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| All this stress and paranoia proves far too much for you. With a Floyd \| wordless cry you throw yourself out the window! Floyd \| Floyd \| Actually, you do not throw yourself out of the window, you merely Floyd \| bounce off it with a muffled "PANG", and then stagger out into the Floyd \| corridor, nursing your blossoming bruise. Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| > Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't go that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the police] Floyd \| Floyd \| You quickly dial in 911, and shortly afterwards you are on the Floyd \| emergency line. Floyd \| Floyd \| "You are now on the emergency line of the New Dork City Police Floyd \| Department, the voice on the other end says laconically." Floyd \| Floyd \| "There is a duck staring at me!" you shout into the receiver. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Is it threatening you with a chainsaw?" the voice replies Floyd \| coldly. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Uh -- no." Floyd \| Floyd \| BEEP. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "I wonder if we can just push the fax machine through the window?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the local hospital] Floyd \| Floyd \| An automated voice is the only reply you get: Floyd \| Floyd \| "Hello. We are currently swamped with patients. In fact, there are Floyd \| patients everywhere. Patients in the corridors, patients in the Floyd \| toilets, patients hiding inside our clothing, patients behind our Floyd \| ears, patients as far as the eye can see. We are, in fact, beginning Floyd \| to lose our minds. Have a lovely day." Floyd \| Floyd \| BEEP. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says (to Tale), "You're close, but no cigar."
		DavidW says, "That's a lot of patience."
		DavidW says, "er patients"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "This is a very cryptic Gary Larson reference."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 4 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the head of Inhuman Resources] Floyd \| Floyd \| You quickly dial in the number. "Hello? This is Pond. I work in the Floyd \| mailroom. I have a problem," you rattle off with the speed of a Floyd \| machine-gun. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Moooo?" Floyd \| Floyd \| "Never mind," you sigh, and hang up. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chair"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no idea what you would say to the office chair. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I couldn't resist."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin chair"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SPIN CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Not unlike calling actual HR"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SIT ON CHAIR Floyd \| Floyd \| You stand up on the chair, wobbling slightly as you do so. Now what Floyd \| next? Floyd \| Floyd \| Office (on the office chair) Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SPIN Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > STAND Floyd \| Floyd \| You get off the office chair. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Can't spin on the office chair."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN WINDOW Floyd \| Floyd \| It isn't something you can open. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "Can we try pushing the fax machine out the window, see where that leads us? Also, I believe in this version the dog can get his coffee?"
		Peregrine says, "Yep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN DRAWER Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull open the drawer, and find only a lonely-looking pair of Floyd \| scissors. You decide after some deliberation to take this with you Floyd \| (you never know when it might come in handy...) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "The dog can indeed be coffeed."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf5"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "Let us coffee the dog."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push machine n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH MACHINE N Floyd \| Floyd \| The fax machine cannot be pushed from place to place. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Don't forget the coffee machine."
		Peregrine says, "And its desire for an office chair."
		Peregrine says, "(as we learnt from both mail and conversation)"
		Taleslinger says, "Okay, coffeeing the dog it is"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "isten to tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ISTEN TO TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "listen to tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > LISTEN TO TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cut tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > CUT TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't cut the cardboard tube in half without first emptying it. Floyd \| That's one of the Six Basic Rules of the Mailroom. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "This is a puzzle which requires saving often, in case you get it wrong."
		Taleslinger nods.
		Peregrine says, "Very Zorkian."
		Jacqueline says, "I do not miss that aspect of Zorkianess."
		Taleslinger says, "So I'll save now before I have done anything wit the dog."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf6"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "open tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OPEN TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| You open the large cardboard tube, revealing a weiner dog. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You have no idea what you would say to the weiner dog. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Uh, you don't have any coffee."
		Taleslinger says, "NOOOOO"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to machine"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| You clear your throat, and cough. "Ahem? Mr Coffee Machine? Are you Floyd \| all right?" Floyd \| Floyd \| "I feel terrible," the coffee machine groans. "My self-esteem is down Floyd \| the toilet. I'm tragically misunderstood. The whole world conspires Floyd \| against me." Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) "Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Would it be okay if I had a cup of Floyd \| coffee?" Floyd \| 2) "Oh, come one, it can't be that bad." Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| ["Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Would it be okay if I had a cup of Floyd \| coffee?"] Floyd \| Floyd \| The coffee machine replies, somewhat disgruntedly, "Suit yourself. You Floyd \| know exactly how to push my buttons, don't you?" Floyd \| Floyd \| With a sigh, it stares up at the ceiling and relapses into silence. Floyd \| Floyd \| Feeling somewhat guilty, you get yourself a cup of coffee, but when Floyd \| the moment comes to drink it you merely look down into its murky Floyd \| depths, seeing the coffee machine's discontent reflected from its Floyd \| swirling surface. So you stand there, holding it in your hand, your Floyd \| thoughts drifting back to the one thing which still remains Floyd \| unresolved: the matter of that duck. Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Good luck not killing the coffee machine."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to duck"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "You left the dog behind."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the floor is a large cardboard tube with both ends sealed. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog is still in the carboard tube, and you're still holding that. Floyd \| If you want to offer it coffee, it might be wise to put one or the Floyd \| other down first. You never know what the effects might be. (For Floyd \| instance, if it turns out that the mere absorption of caffeine can Floyd \| transform this dog into a vicious slugbeast, then you'd be glad you Floyd \| weren't carrying it.) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I would save now."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop tube"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog crawls out of the cardboard tube at the smell of your Floyd \| offering. "Thanks," it mumbles, and then slurps it up noisily. Floyd \| Floyd \| Within seconds, it is completely transformed! It starts running Floyd \| around the room like a lunatic. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I have the feeling this needs to happen in a specific location"
		Peregrine says, "This puzzle is logical but requires a bit of thought."
		DavidW asks, "What does the dog look like now?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x dog"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| It looks very agitated, and is constantly trying to bite everything Floyd \| within reach. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Bite a wire, perhaps?"
		Taleslinger says, "Could be helpful against the dog"
		Taleslinger says, "er duck"
		Jacqueline says, "The dog now looks like our kitten in its default state."
		Peregrine says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I bet the dog can bite the wire."
		Peregrine says, "I'm not giving out any hints now, unless absoltely necessary."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sounds likely."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf7"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a large cardboard tube (open) Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Wait, we don't want him to bite the wire right now."
		DavidW says, "You want to fax him and then get him to bite the wire? Neat trick."
		Peregrine says, "You can only fax the dog if you choose to ski down the stairs."
		Peregrine says, "Sorry. That's life."
		DavidW says, "That seems fair."
		Taleslinger asks, "he bites the wire, then we get mr. coffee his chair, then we push Mr. Coffee through the window?"
		Jacqueline says, "This is sounding a lot like the Old Woman And Her Pig."
		Taleslinger says, "(also, I'll be going to be in about 22 minutes, just a heads up)"
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "We should play yours next week?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking it might be good to play them both next week."
		Taleslinger says, "Yeah, so we can toy around with this some more."
		Taleslinger says (to roger), "Sorry. :-("
		Taleslinger says, "But this way everyone has time to catch up on Westworld."
		DavidW says, "wf add weiner dog"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Roger says, "It's okay"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair s"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR S Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls south into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair e"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR E Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR E Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls east into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Heh. should I watch Westworld? Note: Probably can't pull that off this week."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair stands upon its wobbly wheels, sighing slightly. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lurking in the corner of the room, looking rather disgruntled, is the Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| The coffee machine notices that you have brought an office chair into Floyd \| the room! "Golly, is that for me?" it gasps. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Yup," you reply. Floyd \| Floyd \| With herethereto unsuspected nimbleness, the great lumbering Floyd \| caffeine-dispensing contraction hops onto the chair, whooping with Floyd \| delight. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Me neither. I'll probably pass on the game."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR W Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "Do we really push him out the window?"
		Jacqueline says, "Enh. I am fine with the spoiling. I'll probably forget eventually anyway."
		Peregrine rolls drums.
		DavidW asks, "Unless you want to push the machine into the elevator or down the stairs?"
		Taleslinger says, "Ooh"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf8"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR W Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR W Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strident scream as the coffee machine goes down six flights Floyd \| of stairs on the back of an office chair, presumably devastating all Floyd \| in its path. You feel the mad scientist in you begin to cackle Floyd \| evilly... or maybe that's just your overactive imagination. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| You are about to go down the stairs when you abruptly become aware of Floyd \| one niggling fact: namely, that each and every single step is Floyd \| carefully layered with marbles. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Huh, looks like our friend didn't destroy them, then"
		Peregrine says, "These marbles are evil"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf8"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR W Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls west into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR S Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls south into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x elevator"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| It's there for people who have temporarily forgotten how to use the Floyd \| stairs. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "enter elevator"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| The doors are closed, and refuse to open. This is because it already Floyd \| has a passenger, and that passenger is the office chair itself, who Floyd \| must have decided on a whim to fiddle around with the buttons. How Floyd \| inconvenient. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I wonder if this changes the death message"
		Taleslinger says, "hah"
		Peregrine says, "Ah, this is working fine."
		Peregrine says, "I was worried there might be a bug."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf8"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Okay, window now? y/n"
		DavidW says, "y"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Peregrine asks, "You wanna FLY hard?"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "i"		Jacqueline groans
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a large cardboard tube (open) Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "hm. you didn't fax as much as you could have."
		DavidW asks, "Did we fax anything?"
		DavidW asks, "Besides the tie?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not in this playthrough, I don't think."
		Taleslinger asks, "What do we want to fax?"
		Peregrine says, "Weapons, presumably."
		Peregrine says, "Stuff you can throw."
		Jacqueline asks, "Scissors?"
		Peregrine nods.
		DavidW says, "Well the tape, scissors, dog, coffee, and shirt."
		BrianK says, "just fax everythinig"
		DavidW says, "Get the tape"
		BrianK says, "Well, everything we don't need in this building"
		DavidW says, "Heck, fax the cow if we can."
		Peregrine says, "good news: you can still fax stuff because you haven't cut the wire yet. Yay."
		Taleslinger asks, "Don't we need the dog to cut the wire?"
		Peregrine says, "Yes, we do."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a large cardboard tube (open) Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Get the order right."
		DavidW says, "So I'd get the tape first."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Storage Room Floyd \| This room is filled with empty boxes, of the sort used for packaging. Floyd \| The only obvious exit is south. Floyd \| Floyd \| Dangling from the ceiling is a long roll of sellotape. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get tape"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET TAPE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's tantalizingly out of reach, as you conclude from several minutes Floyd \| of futile hopping up and down like an over-excited chihuahua. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Didn't you get rid of the chair already :P"
		Peregrine says, "Indeed."
		Taleslinger asks, "How did we get it last time?"
		DavidW says, "We need the chair for the tape."
		DavidW says, "We can still use the chair for this."
		Peregrine says, "Yup. Because the tape is only useful for the skis."
		DavidW says, "The coffee machine didn't care."
		Peregrine asks, "Haven't you forgotten something?"
		Taleslinger says, "Okay, forget the tape."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Storage Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't go that way. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Oh, wait, you restored from putting it in the elevator"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor ends here, and there are stairs heading down to the west. Floyd \| To the east, the corridor continues in a shuffling sort of way. If you Floyd \| should feel the need, you may always enter the elevator which is Floyd \| situated (for your benefit) to the south, or else enter the storage Floyd \| room to the north. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "BUT ... duck tape!"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I guess if we forgot something, it's in here"
BrianK says (to Floyd), "get cow"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET COW Floyd \| Floyd \| I don't suppose the cow would care for that. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Pizza, obvs"
		Taleslinger asks, "Call the pizza place again?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x phone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X PHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| You can't see any such thing. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x telephone"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X TELEPHONE Floyd \| Floyd \| It's a pink telephone with yellow flowers painted on it. It's quite... Floyd \| stylish? As you stare at it, the thought occurs to you that it might Floyd \| be a good idea to call someone. Floyd \| Floyd \| In fact, there are plenty of people you could call. You have their Floyd \| numbers memorized by heart, as a matter of fact. You could contact... Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) the police Floyd \| 2) the local hospital Floyd \| 3) your aunt Floyd \| 4) the head of Inhuman Resources Floyd \| 5) the ACME Corporation Floyd \| 6) the nearest pizzeria Floyd \| 7) the nearest Pest Control unit Floyd \| 8) the Society for the Care and Protection of Conspiracy Theories Floyd \| 9) Gary Larson Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "6"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 6 Floyd \| Floyd \| [the nearest pizzeria] Floyd \| Floyd \| You've already ordered a pizza. No need to be so greedy. Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire extends across the room, originating from the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Now I wish I had implemented the pizza delivery bit."
		Peregrine says, "I ran out of time."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Many of us have been there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "milk cow"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > MILK COW Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine exclaims, "This is not just ANY cow! It's a SPY cow!"
		DavidW asks, "where's the squid, in the shirt?"
		Peregrine says, "yep"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "Oh yeah"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OH YEAH Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "heehee"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put squid in machine"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUT SQUID IN MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| (first taking the portable squid) Floyd \| You put the portable squid into the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "multiple items allows, btw"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push 9"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| You cannot control the express panoramic lift unless you are yourself Floyd \| inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "press 9"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PRESS 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| You cannot control the express panoramic lift unless you are yourself Floyd \| inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "dial 9"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DIAL 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a ZZZZZIP noise, and then it is done."Item faxed to the Floyd \| ACME Anachronistic Department. I really don't know why that Floyd \| exists," the electronic voice grumbles, sounding annoyed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine asks, "what?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a large cardboard tube (open) Floyd \| a weiner dog Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| a pair of scissors Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "oh, good"
		Taleslinger asks, "So, do we fax everthing but the dog and the coffee?"
		Peregrine says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "I think."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, evidently yes."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop dog"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| You haven't got him. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop tube"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop coffee"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP COFFEE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "put everything in machine"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUT EVERYTHING IN MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| pair of scissors: Done. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a shirt (being worn) Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "It's very solid coffee."
		DavidW says, "fax the shirt too."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "remove shirt then put shirt in machine"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > REMOVE SHIRT THEN PUT SHIRT IN MACHINE Floyd \| Floyd \| You take off the shirt. Floyd \| Floyd \| You put the shirt into the fax machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "dial 9"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DIAL 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a ZZZZZIP noise, and then it is done."Item faxed to the Floyd \| ACME Anachronistic Department. I really don't know why that Floyd \| exists," the electronic voice grumbles, sounding annoyed. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get all"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| cup of coffee: Taken. Floyd \| large cardboard tube: Taken. Floyd \| wire: You tug at the wire tentatively, but without managing to pick it Floyd \| up. With a sigh, you let it clatter to the floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf9"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "Now send Mr. Coffee flying?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yep"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > S Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a strong stench of coffee here, almost sufficient to drive Floyd \| small dogs mad. Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair is bowed down beneath the weight of a smug-looking Floyd \| coffee machine. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire snakes its way out from your office, and heads down the Floyd \| corridor to the east. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push chair n"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH CHAIR N Floyd \| Floyd \| The office chair, propelled by your gentle push, rolls north into the Floyd \| next room. Floyd \| Floyd \| There is a crashing sound as through the open door you see the coffee Floyd \| machine smash through the window and out into thin air, taking your Floyd \| office chair along for the ride. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Bye bye"
		DavidW asks, "Gentle push, eh?"
		Jacqueline waves.
		Taleslinger says, "hah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf10"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "We want him to bite the end of the wire, I assume"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > E Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it is connected to a plug in the wall. Why anyone thought this was Floyd \| necessary is rather hard to divine. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "Do we get a cooked weiner dog too?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "drop tube"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > DROP TUBE Floyd \| Floyd \| Dropped. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "give coffee to dog"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GIVE COFFEE TO DOG Floyd \| Floyd \| The dog crawls out of the cardboard tube at the smell of your Floyd \| offering. "Thanks," it mumbles, and then slurps it up noisily. Floyd \| Floyd \| Within seconds, it is completely transformed! It starts running Floyd \| around the room like a lunatic. Floyd \| Floyd \| The vicious weiner dog snaps at the wire, slicing it in half. With an Floyd \| unpleasant noise, it is immediately electrocuted, and goes soaring Floyd \| through the ceiling, leaving an odour of singed fur in its wake. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "I'm sure the dog is fine"
		Peregrine says, "It's a cartoon world."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| Coffee Room Floyd \| Coffee rooms are the lungs of the Weiner Corporation, filled with Floyd \| caffeine to the same extent that the lungs of excessively successful Floyd \| businessmen are habitually filled with nicotine. Floyd \| Floyd \| On the wall, someone has carelessly pinned a poster for the latest Floyd \| movie blockbuster. That's clearly a violation of company policy. Floyd \| Floyd \| A long wire comes into the room from the west, and you perceive that Floyd \| it has been neatly cut into two pieces, one of which is still plugged Floyd \| into the mains. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a large cardboard tube (empty) here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Caffeine Paradise."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get wire"
Floyd ] Coffee Room Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| You gingerly pick up the wire by its end, taking care not to Floyd \| electrocute yourself. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > W Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Corridor Floyd \| The corridor heads off to the east and west, and you can always choose Floyd \| to re-enter your office to the north, via an open door upon which your Floyd \| name and job have been inscribed in a decidedly shoddy fashion. There Floyd \| is a faint aroma in the air, but that is not important. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > I Floyd \| Floyd \| You are carrying: Floyd \| a wire Floyd \| a cup of coffee Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "x wire"
Floyd ] Corridor Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X WIRE Floyd \| Floyd \| At last! You are in the possession of the wire to the fax machine! Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Office Floyd \| One entire wall (the north one, as it happens) is nothing else but a Floyd \| great pane of glass, through which you can see the cityscape that lies Floyd \| outside. The office itself is sparsely furnished: it is equipped with Floyd \| merely a desk, a fax machine, a telephone and a cow. To the south is Floyd \| an open door. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "Here we go, right?"
		Peregrine says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "tie it to me"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "tie wire to me"
Floyd ] Office Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TIE WIRE TO ME Floyd \| Floyd \| You fasten the electric wire around your waist gingerly. The knot is Floyd \| tight and sturdy, and the wire thick enough to withstand your weight Floyd \| (not that your weight is anything you should worry about). Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "and north, I guess. Or jump"
		Taleslinger asks, "Here we go?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ] Thin Air Floyd \| > Floyd \| > N Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Thin Air Floyd \| You are falling. That much is certain. The rest -- unsurprisingly Floyd \| enough -- is a blurr. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Thin Air Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Thin Air Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Thin Air Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "Try going down again"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Thin Air Floyd \| > Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| You flap your arms like a duck. A duck? God forbid. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ] Lobby Floyd \| > Floyd \| > D Floyd \| Floyd \| You flap your arms like a duck. A duck? God forbid. Floyd \| Floyd \| The ground rushes up to meet it, but its unpleasant designs are Floyd \| thwarted by the intervention of the wire which you had thoughtfully Floyd \| tied around your own waist. For a few seconds, you dangle inches from Floyd \| the ground, contemplating how close you were to disaster. Floyd \| Floyd \| Then, with a sigh of relief, you untie yourself and clamber down. Floyd \| Now I'm coming for you, Mr. Duck, you tell yourself Floyd \| determinedly as you enter the lobby of the ACME Corporation with a Floyd \| purposeful glint in the corner of your eye. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lobby Floyd \| The lobby stretches out before you, a beautiful pristine space with Floyd \| sliding doors awaiting you to the south, leading out into the busy Floyd \| street. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can enter the elevator here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		BrianK says, "I guess it was just a matter of waiting"
		Peregrine says, "Keep on. (the reason it goes like this is because you might cut the wire too short or medium)"
		BrianK says, "Also, ~~foreshadowing~~"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter elevator"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Before you can enter the elevator, a security guard (who you could Floyd \| have sworn was not there a second ago) frisks you, relieving you of Floyd \| all your suspicious-looking personal items. A few seconds later, you Floyd \| are half-naked, standing only in your underwear. "You're good to go," Floyd \| the guard grunts, and pushes you into the elevator most uncourteously. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lift Floyd \| This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose Floyd \| cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully Floyd \| capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly Floyd \| short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 0 - Floyd \| though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's Floyd \| content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "press 9"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PRESS 9 Floyd \| Floyd \| You press button 9. The lift whirs into action and moves to the Floyd \| correct level. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| This is a mystifying room. You wonder what on earth it is for.		Jacqueline asks (of Peregrine), "Did you watch Die Hard this holiday season?"
Floyd \| Floyd \| You can enter the elevator here. Floyd \| Floyd \| Lying on the floor here is a curious, cylindrical piece of metal. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a pair of scissors, a shirt and a portable squid Floyd \| here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger is a newbie.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get all"
Floyd ] ACME Anachronisms Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET ALL Floyd \| Floyd \| pair of scissors: Taken. Floyd \| shirt: Taken. Floyd \| portable squid: Taken. Floyd \| light-saber: Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "The tie is on floor 1, the clown dept."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter elevator"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Lift Floyd \| This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose Floyd \| cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully Floyd \| capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly Floyd \| short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 9 - Floyd \| though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's Floyd \| content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I watched it in November, yeah"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "press 1"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PRESS 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| You press button 1. The lift whirs into action and moves to the Floyd \| correct level. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "our"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OUR Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "as part of a 4 movie thing at the local cinema"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] ACME Clowns Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| ACME Clowns Floyd \| Clowns pace to and fro, looking serious. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can enter the elevator here. Floyd \| Floyd \| You can also see a tie here. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline says, "I wondered. :)"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "get tie"
Floyd ] ACME Clowns Floyd \| > Floyd \| > GET TIE Floyd \| Floyd \| Taken. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "x clowns"
Floyd ] ACME Clowns Floyd \| > Floyd \| > X CLOWNS Floyd \| Floyd \| They all look pretty much the same. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf11"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] ACME Clowns Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "talk to clowns"
Floyd ] ACME Clowns Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO CLOWNS Floyd \| Floyd \| You approach a lady clown, and narrowly avoid getting a Floyd \| pepper-flavoured custard pie in your face. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Now to confront that duck"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push 6"
Floyd ] ACME Clowns Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH 6 Floyd \| Floyd \| You cannot control the express panoramic lift unless you are yourself Floyd \| inside. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "enter elevator"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ENTER ELEVATOR Floyd \| Floyd \| Lift Floyd \| This is not a mere elevator: it is a superluminal cartoon lift, whose Floyd \| cruise speed is 299 000 000 meters a second on average, and fully Floyd \| capable of taking you from the lobby to the moon in an astonishingly Floyd \| short time. The glowing digits above the door spell out the number 1 - Floyd \| though you can make the elevator move up and down to your heart's Floyd \| content by the seemingly innocuous act of pressing a numbered button. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "push 6"
Floyd ] Lift Floyd \| > Floyd \| > PUSH 6 Floyd \| Floyd \| You press button 6. The lift whirs into action and moves to the Floyd \| correct level. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "out"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > OUT Floyd \| Floyd \| Duck Hideout Floyd \| At last! You've found it. Floyd \| Floyd \| Standing before you, with somewhat a malevolent air, is the Mad Duck. Floyd \| Floyd \| The duck sees you, and smiles. "At last, Pond. You've found my... Floyd \| what's the word? ... aha!... my secret lair. How clever of you, Floyd \| indeed." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger asks, "So what do we do?"
		BrianK says, "Talk to it and see if options come up"
		DavidW says, "save"
		BrianK says, "Oh yeah save"
		Peregrine says, "multiple endings available, mostly fight-wise"
		Peregrine says, "since you have more weapons to choose from"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf12"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SAVE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > SAVEOk. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "you can also just wait and the fight starts"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "ink duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > INK DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| I didn't understand that sentence. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "waiting is fun"
		Peregrine says, "try it."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "squeeze squid at duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > SQUEEZE SQUID AT DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| I only understood you as far as wanting to squeeze the portable squid. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Now what are you going to do, Pond?" the duck sneers. His black beady Floyd \| eyes glisten with irony. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| Still standing there, doing nothing, saying nothing," the duck muses. Floyd \| "Are you having an internal struggle? Oh, how I love those. Floyd \| They're so much FUN!" Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW says, "Throw squid at duck, maybe."
		Peregrine says, "no, no"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| The duck paces slowly around you, watching your every move. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "It's menu based"
		DavidW says, "but we're waiting."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Anatidaephobia. Such a long word for something so, so simple Floyd \| and straightforward. Did you know that it doesn't even exist?" The Floyd \| duck chuckles (or rather, quackles) unpleasantly. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Do you know what is really the matter with you, Pond?" the duck Floyd \| whispers, stepping closer. "It's your inability to face the facts." Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Oh, and just to make matters clear, I will NOT shortly be revealing Floyd \| all the intimate details of my evil plan to dominate the universe to Floyd \| you, before then leaving you to die by a method so convoluted it is Floyd \| almost guaranteed to fail spectacularly. I know that this is something Floyd \| of a tradition for comic-book villains... and I have nothing against Floyd \| traditions... provided that they make sense. Ho, ho, ho." Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "Come on, Pond," the duck sighs. "This is riDUCKulous. You haven't Floyd \| done anything heroic so far. You haven't even said a single word to Floyd \| me. Are you truly braindead? Is it absolutely beyond your ability to Floyd \| come up with a good-guy oneliner? Even something as simple as Floyd \| "Yippee-kay-ayyy, motherf*er" would suffice." Floyd \| Floyd** \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Z Floyd \| Floyd \| Time passes. Floyd \| Floyd \| "This little game you're playing, Pond, is simply boring me to tears. Floyd \| I want... a battle to the DEATH!" And upon this last word, the duck Floyd \| whisks out a light-saber! Floyd \| Floyd \| With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the Floyd \| Century (TM). Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Hit the duck on the head Floyd \| 2) Kick the duck in the stomach Floyd \| 3) Attack him with your light-saber Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Jacqueline groans a few times.
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Hit the duck on the head] Floyd \| Floyd \| "Take THAT, you foul fowl!" you yell, bringing down your fists upon Floyd \| his cranium. Floyd \| Floyd \| "I'm... not... a... chicken..." the duck mumbles, looking somwhat Floyd \| dizzy. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Squirt ink in the duck's eyes Floyd \| 2) Stab the duck with the pair of scissors Floyd \| 3) Hit the duck again Floyd \| 4) Disarm the duck Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Squirt ink in the duck's eyes] Floyd \| Floyd \| You squeeze the squid, but no ink comes out. Instead, a tiny little Floyd \| voice shouts out: Floyd \| Floyd \| "HEEEEEEEEEELP! LUNATIC!" Floyd \| Floyd \| A whole amry of ninja gangsters then smashes through the window, and Floyd \| with consumate efficiency they rescue the tiny squid from your grasp. Floyd \| Then they knock you and the duck out flat unconscious. Floyd \| Floyd \| When you wake up, you find yourself on a desert island, along with the Floyd \| (very bewildered) duck. Apparently, this is the punishment reserved Floyd \| for people who mistreat members of the Octopi family. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * Weeeeeird * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "This is NOT the dark but cool ending."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I certainly did not see that coming."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf12"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attack duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ATTACK DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the Floyd \| Century (TM). Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Hit the duck on the head Floyd \| 2) Kick the duck in the stomach Floyd \| 3) Attack him with your light-saber Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 3 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Attack him with your light-saber] Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull out the light-saber that you found in the Anachronism Floyd \| Department, and bring it down upon the duck's head. At the very last Floyd \| moment, however, he blocks your blow with his own light-saber! There Floyd \| is a ZZZZZZZZZZZ noise as the two laser blades come into contact. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kick the duck in the private parts Floyd \| 2) Use the Force Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Kick the duck in the private parts] Floyd \| Floyd \| Taking advantage of the fact that the duck is busy fending off your Floyd \| attack, you swing your knee and totally go for it. The duck makes an Floyd \| odd "Spprfhgzhjl" sound and drops his light-saber on the floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kill the duck Floyd \| 2) Talk to the duck Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Aha"
		Taleslinger says, "I don't think we've been here before"
		Jacqueline says, "No. Seems we should talk to him first."
		DavidW asks, "Talk?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "2"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 2 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Talk to the duck] Floyd \| Floyd \| "I could kill you," you say slowly as you threaten the duck with your Floyd \| light-saber. "But I choose not to." Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > Floyd \| Floyd \| I beg your pardon? Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "oh, crap"
		Peregrine says, "crappity crap"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "talk to duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > TALK TO DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| That command isn't available in choice mode. Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| "I could kill you," you say slowly as you threaten the duck with your Floyd \| light-saber. "But I choose not to." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "I didn't link this page to the rest."
BrianK says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| There is no choice corresponding to that number. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine exclaims, "This is a bug!"
		Taleslinger says, "I knew it! Being the good guy never pays off."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| Floyd \| > UNDO Floyd \| Floyd \| Duck Hideout Floyd \| [Previous turn undone.] Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > L Floyd \| Floyd \| "I could kill you," you say slowly as you threaten the duck with your Floyd \| light-saber. "But I choose not to." Floyd \| Floyd \| >		DavidW asks, "We're in a menu with no options?"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "RESTORE"
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "cf12"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > RESTORE Floyd \| %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| Ok. Floyd \| Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "Yes,"
		Jacqueline says, "Aw, snap."
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "attack duck"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > ATTACK DUCK Floyd \| Floyd \| With a barbarian yell, you lunge forward, ready for the Fight of the Floyd \| Century (TM). Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Hit the duck on the head Floyd \| 2) Kick the duck in the stomach Floyd \| 3) Attack him with your light-saber Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "3"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 3 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Attack him with your light-saber] Floyd \| Floyd \| You pull out the light-saber that you found in the Anachronism Floyd \| Department, and bring it down upon the duck's head. At the very last Floyd \| moment, however, he blocks your blow with his own light-saber! There Floyd \| is a ZZZZZZZZZZZ noise as the two laser blades come into contact. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kick the duck in the private parts Floyd \| 2) Use the Force Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Kick the duck in the private parts] Floyd \| Floyd \| Taking advantage of the fact that the duck is busy fending off your Floyd \| attack, you swing your knee and totally go for it. The duck makes an Floyd \| odd "Spprfhgzhjl" sound and drops his light-saber on the floor. Floyd \| Floyd \| 1) Kill the duck Floyd \| 2) Talk to the duck Floyd \| Floyd \| >
Taleslinger says (to Floyd), "1"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > 1 Floyd \| Floyd \| [Kill the duck] Floyd \| Floyd \| "No!" the duck quacks in panic. "Spare me! Spare me! I am --" Floyd \| Floyd \| His last words are cut off, along with his head. Floyd \| Floyd \| And thus with a weary sigh you leave his corpse behind, a most Floyd \| uncartoony spectacle in a cartoony world. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| And so you vanish into the underworld of the ACME Corporation, Floyd \| pursued by the iron hand of the law, embracing your fears. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Floyd \| Floyd \| Years later, a name rises from the shadows, rising up against evil. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Please press SPACE to continue.
Taleslinger pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| Floyd \| Duckman. Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| * Wow, that was a grim ending * Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Taleslinger says, "Yay, dark ending"
		Peregrine says, "That's it, yeah"
		Taleslinger says, "(Afk for a bit tooth brushing and stuff)"
		Peregrine says, "Okay. (I think you've seen most of the stuff, anyhow.)"
		Jacqueline says, "This... sounds like a prequel."
		Peregrine says, "I will have to fix that bug, though, before you put it on ifdb"
		Jacqueline says, "Good job, P."
		DavidW says, "fun game"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Thanks!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "See you all next week!"
		DavidW says, "I suppose we could explore the other floors yet, but I guess they're mostly empty."
		Peregrine says, "You guess right."
		Peregrine says, "As I said, this was a rush job. I barely had the time to betatest it."
		Jacqueline says, "That is generally not a requirement for speed IFs."
		Roger says, "whew"
		Taleslinger says (to Peregrine), "I just thought that I'll put them on ifdb next week, when we've played everything"
		Taleslinger says, "Goodnight, folks!"
Taleslinger died doing what he liked best. Getting shot.
Taleslinger has disconnected.		Peregrine says, "Oh, cool."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "heh"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Looks like you have some time for your update. :)"
		DavidW says, "And for a coffee."
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.		Taleslinger says, "Not sure if I will be quite on time next week - it's the day we get back."
		Jacqueline asks (of Tale), "Wait, you reconnected?"
		Roger says, "Okay if you plan on belaying mine anyway then we can run it first"
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, okay, we will play it by ear."
		Taleslinger says, "i thought people might have questions or somesuch"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "That's what I was thinking; we do yours first if Tale is still in transit."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Tale), "Enjoy the rest of your trip!"
		Taleslinger says, "Thanks! Bye folks!"
		DavidW says, "bye Tale!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Bye!"
		Peregrine exclaims, "have a good time!"
		Peregrine says, "I'm really happy with the reception of my game. It went better than I could have imagined"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "xyzzy"
Floyd ] Duck Hideout Floyd \| > Floyd \| > XYZZY Floyd \| Floyd \| Please give one of the answers above. Floyd \| Floyd \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd \| command? Floyd \| >		Peregrine says, "never mind."
		Peregrine says, "it was just a very silly response, nothing new."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Now I must off to bed!"
		Peregrine puts on his pyjamas.
		DavidW says, "Thanks Peregrine. Have a good night!"
		Jacqueline says, "G'night"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Goodnight, DW, Jacq and Roger and all!"
Peregrine 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 (to Floyd), "quit"
Floyd \| > Floyd \| > QUIT Floyd \| cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0
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.
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
BrianK goes home.
Ellison has disconnected.
Ellison has connected.
Ellison gets bored and wanders off to the Toyshop.
Ellison arrives, ready to play with the toys.
Ellison disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Nitku has been discontinued.		Doug says, "oops, forgot about the thing today"
		Doug asks, "although I left my laptop cable at a party yesterday so I wouldn't have been able to be here on time anyway. How did it go?"
		Jacqueline says, "Quite well. Two first time speed IFers (Brian and Peregrine)."
		Jacqueline says, "One was a fun non-IF designed for CF. The other was a puzzly thing."
		Jacqueline says, "Both fun."
		Roger says, "Outsider art at its finest"
		Jacqueline says, "We will do Roger's and Taleslingers next week."
Iria arrives, full of fun and funk.
Iria has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.		Doug says, "sounds pretty insider to me"
		Jacqueline asks, "As in regulars, you mean?"
		Doug says, "well, being designed specifically for CF doesn't sound outsider"
		Doug says, "but yeah, they're regulars too"
		Doug says, "except for Tale!"
Chanur arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Chanur says, "Hi all :)"
Chanur kicks the banana machine and it spits out a banana! They deftly catches it.
Chanur puts banana into the banana machine and sploop! it disappears!
Chanur reads the toy catalogue and fades from view.
Allen says, "I am finally home, and exhausted"
Allen says, "made it home early-ish tonight"
Olly arrives, ready to play with the toys.
Olly puts a chalk mark on Allen's tire.
Olly teleports out of the room, library card in hand.
Allen says, "whew, home"
Allen says, "yay, I'm home, and I don't have to work again and don't have to work for the next 40 hours"
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun and funk.
Taleslinger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Allen says, "I guess it's time for work"
You have been superseded.
% Connection to ifmud-perry closed by foreign host.