  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask treeandstar" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | It is time for the Remembering. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Tree and Star Floyd | by Paul Lee Floyd | Floyd | Made for the Andromeda Legacy Competition Floyd | based on the timeline of Andromeda Awakening by Marco Floyd | Innocenti Floyd | (Enter "ABOUT" to see the game menu.) Floyd | Floyd | Version 2 (*public beta*) Floyd | November 21, 2012 Floyd | IFID: B5A03D9E-7656-44C3-902C-EAFF8A430E39 Floyd | Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031 Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, sitting in the stands Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform. Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that Floyd | forms the ceiling. A small arch opens above the center of the top Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room. Floyd | Sitting in the stands is Veritas. Floyd | The stars of the heavens silhoutte the silver figure of the old Floyd | Storyteller standing upon the platform. Floyd | Floyd | The old Storyteller looks slowly around at the people gathered. Floyd | His gaze lingers on you and your friend Veritas, sitting boldly in the Floyd | front row, away from the adults. He smiles, and then begins his tale Floyd | with clear, serious diction. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | She's gotten taller than you, the sneak! Floyd | "The Ancestors did not live like this, stranded between Floyd | artificial walls, wandering aimlessly with the stars out of reach." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x storyteller" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X STORYTELLER Floyd | Floyd | People say a lot of things about the Storyteller. They say he's the Floyd | only one who remembered the stars were real, back in the Great Floyd | Journey. Some of your friends say he's crazy, but you like him. Floyd | The old man looks down at the platform beneath his feet, and then Floyd | gestures toward his surroundings. "Before these ships first embarked Floyd | upon the Great Journey through the Starless Path, the Ancestors Floyd | explored many shining worlds, filling them with their great cities and Floyd | their forgotten wonders. They roamed freely through the stars of the Floyd | Old Heaven, and nothing was impossible to them." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X STARS Floyd | Floyd | The heavens hold endless mysteries, infinite tales. Floyd | Beside you, your friend Veritas catches her breath, her large Floyd | almond eyes wide with wonder. Floyd | The Storyteller looks at her and nods seriously. "But nothing Floyd | that the Ancestors created could compare to the wonders of the most Floyd | ancient world of all, where it is said all life originated, the planet Floyd | called Land." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're not carrying anything. Floyd | "There the first Ancestors communed with the Fey folk that dwelt Floyd | in the elemental Forms. The trees stretched as high as a hundred men Floyd | are tall, and spread their many arms to shade the living ground. The Floyd | winds gathered in the canopy of the Lower Heaven and bent down to kiss Floyd | Land with their sweet breath. The roaming beasts, great and small, Floyd | ruled the wilds where the people did not walk, but begged at the feet Floyd | of the Ancestors." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X PLATFORM Floyd | Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ship" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X SHIP Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "ship." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x adults" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X ADULTS Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "adults." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stands" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X STANDS Floyd | Floyd | They're like the stairs going up from your parents' Cube, only way Floyd | bigger. Floyd | The Storyteller nods, his eyes distant. "And there was the Floyd | mighty sea, a great expanse like the heaven above, but formed of the Floyd | gathering of all the waters of Land, encircling the planet in its Floyd | embrace." The Storyteller turns his head up to look at the stars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stars" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X STARS Floyd | Floyd | The heavens hold endless mysteries, infinite tales. Floyd | The storyteller brings his gaze to the audience and clasps his Floyd | hands in front of him, turning slowly to look over all the people in Floyd | the stands. He begins to speak again, firmly. "But the Ancestors Floyd | became arrogant..." Floyd | Floyd | Heavy boots clang against the metal stands. Vertias yelps, and Floyd | you turn to see men in black uniforms trample down the stands to the Floyd | platform, shoving people out of the way. One of them steps right over Floyd | you and Veritas and corners the old Storyteller on the platform. Floyd | "Chronos Han, you are under arrest for disobeying the sanctions Floyd | of the Council and for spreading sedition." The man speaks fast and Floyd | mechanically. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "Hi DavidW. Is there a show this afternoon?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I didn't see anyone here so I started up Tree and Star." | ||
| DavidW says, "I haven't gotten far into it yet and can restart if you like." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "Good, is there a way to recap last lines somehow?" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "or just restart.." | ||
| DavidW says, "Yes, @recap toyshop" | ||
| DavidW says, "If we're doing a proper ClubFloyd, we'll need to talk on the #clubfloyd channel instead of in the room." | Christian_vanderBoom says, "I see" | |
| DavidW asks, "Should I restart the game, then?" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "yes, why not" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTART Floyd | Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart (YES or NO)? | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | It is time for the Remembering. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Tree and Star Floyd | by Paul Lee Floyd | Floyd | Made for the Andromeda Legacy Competition Floyd | based on the timeline of Andromeda Awakening by Marco Floyd | Innocenti Floyd | (Enter "ABOUT" to see the game menu.) Floyd | Floyd | Version 2 (*public beta*) Floyd | November 21, 2012 Floyd | IFID: B5A03D9E-7656-44C3-902C-EAFF8A430E39 Floyd | Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031 Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, sitting in the stands Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform. Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that Floyd | forms the ceiling. A small arch opens above the center of the top Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room. Floyd | Sitting in the stands is Veritas. Floyd | The stars of the heavens silhoutte the silver figure of the old Floyd | Storyteller standing upon the platform. Floyd | Floyd | The old Storyteller looks slowly around at the people gathered. Floyd | His gaze lingers on you and your friend Veritas, sitting boldly in the Floyd | front row, away from the adults. He smiles, and then begins his tale Floyd | with clear, serious diction. Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is transcript on?" | |
| DavidW says, "The first bit is the Storyteller talking, so I was just examining things." | ||
| DavidW says, "Yes, Perry does the transcription." | ||
| DavidW says, "Jacqueline left a bb post saying she'd set him up for today." | ||
| asks, "Do you know how to give commands to Floyd?" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "you are just telling things to him by 'say'?" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is Perry some robot?" | ||
| DavidW says, "No. There's a f command that's a shortcut. So I'd type 'f x veritas', for example, which means ..Floyd x veritas." | ||
| DavidW says, "Perry himself is a bot account, yes." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "okay" | ||
| DavidW says, "As is Floyd, of course." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "it's first Hugo game I encounter, only Inform and TADS so far. Is it similar to them?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Hugo is similar, yes. Mostly like Inform 6 but more likely to have graphics." | ||
| says, "Getting back to Floyd, you can also use > instead of f, if you like, before your command." | ||
| says, "If you need to push space or push return, there's special space and return buttons in the toyshop to send those characters to Floyd." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "gotcha" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is Waldo yet another NPC?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Waldo is sort of a Floyd clone, but no one ever uses Waldo these days, and I'm unsure if he's even supported." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't remember if anyone's used Waldo in the last five years." | ||
| Ellison arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | DavidW says, "hi Ellison" | |
| Ellison says, "hey hey" | ||
| DavidW asks (of Ellison), "You can probably answer any Hugo questions, right?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh dear. I forgot you all changed time last week. I was, however, just coming to let you all know that I am still in the process of moving, and it looks like you have everything in hand." | ||
| DavidW says, "hi Jacqueline!" | ||
| Ellison says (to DW), "probably" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Hello, DW!" | ||
| DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "You're moving from Hawaii to Hawaii, right?" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Anyway, I can't find my laptop cable, so I probably oughtta go. Have fun!" | ||
| Ellison says, "you too" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'm moving about a half a mile, yes. :)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "heh. Okay. Catch you later." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Which is why it's taking so long. We are moving very much on the cheap." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Bye!" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "we are not far into it, maybe just <100 lines to recap" | ||
| says (to Christian), "anyway, when you're ready, I'd like you to give commands to Floyd so you're comfortable doing it." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | She's gotten taller than you, the sneak! Floyd | "The Ancestors did not live like this, stranded between Floyd | artificial walls, wandering aimlessly with the stars out of reach." Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is that her motto?" | |
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | You hate the snug, long-sleeved yellow shirt your mother makes you Floyd | wear, a hand-me-down from your cousin Sam Amerik. Floyd | The old man looks down at the platform beneath his feet, and then Floyd | gestures toward his surroundings. "Before these ships first embarked Floyd | upon the Great Journey through the Starless Path, the Ancestors Floyd | explored many shining worlds, filling them with their great cities and Floyd | their forgotten wonders. They roamed freely through the stars of the Floyd | Old Heaven, and nothing was impossible to them." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x storyteller" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X STORYTELLER Floyd | Floyd | People say a lot of things about the Storyteller. They say he's the Floyd | only one who remembered the stars were real, back in the Great Floyd | Journey. Some of your friends say he's crazy, but you like him. Floyd | Beside you, your friend Veritas catches her breath, her large Floyd | almond eyes wide with wonder. Floyd | The Storyteller looks at her and nods seriously. "But nothing Floyd | that the Ancestors created could compare to the wonders of the most Floyd | ancient world of all, where it is said all life originated, the planet Floyd | called Land." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't know about anyone's motto." | |
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "Amicus Plato, ??? amicus Veritas? was that what author meant?" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "in this case, amica" | ||
| DavidW says, "I've never heard that phrase." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "it's by Aristotle, "Plato is my friend but the Truth is more of a friend" - when they had disagreement" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | "There the first Ancestors communed with the Fey folk that dwelt Floyd | in the elemental Forms. The trees stretched as high as a hundred men Floyd | are tall, and spread their many arms to shade the living ground. The Floyd | winds gathered in the canopy of the Lower Heaven and bent down to kiss Floyd | Land with their sweet breath. The roaming beasts, great and small, Floyd | ruled the wilds where the people did not walk, but begged at the feet Floyd | of the Ancestors." Floyd | The Storyteller nods, his eyes distant. "And there was the Floyd | mighty sea, a great expanse like the heaven above, but formed of the Floyd | gathering of all the waters of Land, encircling the planet in its Floyd | embrace." The Storyteller turns his head up to look at the stars. Floyd | The storyteller brings his gaze to the audience and clasps his Floyd | hands in front of him, turning slowly to look over all the people in Floyd | the stands. He begins to speak again, firmly. "But the Ancestors Floyd | became arrogant..." Floyd | Floyd | Heavy boots clang against the metal stands. Vertias yelps, and Floyd | you turn to see men in black uniforms trample down the stands to the Floyd | platform, shoving people out of the way. One of them steps right over Floyd | you and Veritas and corners the old Storyteller on the platform. Floyd | "Chronos Han, you are under arrest for disobeying the sanctions Floyd | of the Council and for spreading sedition." The man speaks fast and Floyd | mechanically. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I have no idea if the author had that in mind or not. It's not unusual for people's names to be that of virtues, though, like Hope or Charity." | |
| DavidW says, "This is as far as I got when you entered the toyshop." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd probably examine the men and hope someone drops some interesting trinket." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "Vertias yelps - this is why I prefer square brackets around nouns when I write ;-)" | ||
| DavidW asks, "ah, because of the misspelling?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I didn't even notice that." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "yes, so that Inform7 would complain about unknown substitution..." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x men" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X MEN Floyd | Floyd | They're silent and imposing in their black uniforms, the blood-red Floyd | Serpent coiled around their right arms. Floyd | The Storyteller raises an eyebrow as two other black-uniformed Floyd | people grab his shoulders forcefully. "That arrogance is not dead, I Floyd | see," he says in a low voice, soft but dangerous. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Only Inform 7 does that square bracket thing. Hugo or TADS game authors would have to invent a function to mimic it." | |
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x serpent" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X SERPENT Floyd | Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "tell veritas to flee" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > TELL VERITAS TO FLEE Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "flee." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we're safe just watching this part. I think only the storyteller is being arrested this time." | |
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "incite revolt" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > INCITE REVOLT Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "incite." Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom says, "just testing :)" | |
| DavidW says, "Unless we or Veritas does something foolish, I guess. The PC isn't carrying anything." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | They pull the Storyteller up the stands. He turns and looks back Floyd | as they push him through the narrow door, catching your eye. Floyd | "Remember," he says, and then he is gone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask veritas about storyteller" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK VERITAS ABOUT STORYTELLER Floyd | Floyd | (Plese use the command "TALK TO (CHARACTER NAME)" to initiate dialog.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | "No..." Veritas sounds stunned and frightened. "They have Floyd | come." Suddenly, she looks like a grown-up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "remember" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "remember." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "think" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > THINK Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "think." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, sitting in the stands Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform. Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that Floyd | forms the ceiling. A small arch opens above the center of the top Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room. Floyd | Sitting in the stands is Veritas. Floyd | Imposing men and women in black uniforms are here, pushing the Floyd | audience away, herding them out of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I suppose we should leave before we get pushed?" | |
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is it a starship?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think so? Or actually three ships." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You wander toward the exit, dazed by what you witnessed. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [....] | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You rub your eyes and shake your heard to clear away the memory. Floyd | It is far into your sleep rotation, but you still haven't finished Floyd | debugging the new demographic compilation program that you were Floyd | assigned to write. Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens. The automatic door Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall. Floyd | The terminal at which you have been working displays your glitchy Floyd | code. Floyd | One of the Guards lays a hand on your shoulder and roughly pulls Floyd | you up the stands toward the exit. Floyd | "Rood!" You look back to at the sound of your friend's voice as Floyd | a Guard unceremoniously grabs her and carries her away. You struggle Floyd | against your captor, trying to get to Veritas, but you are lost in the Floyd | storm of bodies. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [....] | DavidW says, "um. That seems like a bug." | |
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "programmer as PC - I've never seen this even in reviews thus far" | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | You rub your eyes and shake your heard to clear away the memory. Floyd | It is far into your sleep rotation, but you still haven't finished Floyd | debugging the new demographic compilation program that you were Floyd | assigned to write. Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens. The automatic door Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall. Floyd | The terminal at which you have been working displays your glitchy Floyd | code. Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom says, "maybe in only 'Lists and Lists' by A.Plotkin" | |
| DavidW says, "I guess we were supposed to wait until we were pushed out." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom asks, "or maybe grab Veritas and escape with her?" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, I don't think so." | ||
| DavidW says, "gimme a sec, I need to visit the washroom." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "x terminal" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | The tiles on the screen displays your data-crawler routines, debugging Floyd | information about where in their execution the routines failed, and Floyd | technical specifications about the inner workings of the universal Floyd | Fleet Cloud and the local networks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "sleep" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SLEEP Floyd | Floyd | Not now--there's work to be done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] TREE AND STAR Floyd ] [N]ext item [Q]uit menu Floyd ] [P]revious item [Enter] to select Floyd ] Floyd ] * Instructions Floyd ] About this game Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Feedback Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd | | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd | Tree and Star is a story-based work of interactive fiction. Floyd | If you are not already familiar with interactive fiction or text Floyd | adventures (as they are more traditionally known), be advised that Floyd | this game probably takes a lot of the conventions and stereotypes of Floyd | the current mainstream IF community for granted, and therefore may not Floyd | be well suited for someone not already familiar with those Floyd | conventions. However, please feel welcome to try it. Theoretically, Floyd | all you need to know is that at the command prompt (>), you type a Floyd | simple command for the player character to follow, in the form of VERB Floyd | OBJECT, such as "TAKE LAMP" or "UNLOCK DOOR" or "ACTIVATE WARP DRIVE." Floyd | Good luck; you'll need it. Floyd | Floyd | Players already familiar with interactive fiction mainly need to know Floyd | that the command TALK TO is required in order to complete this game. Floyd | The command does not necessarily assimilate all other commands for NPC Floyd | interaction. Specifically, it may be necessary to hand an object over Floyd | to an NPC with the command GIVE. Issuing specific orders to NPCs is Floyd | not implemented. There are also some non-standard verbs, mostly Floyd | related to computer activities. Floyd | Floyd | There are three mutually-exclusive paths through this game, although Floyd | each path does not necessarily correspond to a unique ending. One of Floyd | the paths is shorter and easier than the other two and is considered Floyd | less satisfactory. Although this game is technically not Floyd | "unwinnable," it is possible to become locked out of the two better Floyd | endings. Floyd | Floyd | Press a key to continue... | DavidW says, "ok, I'm back" | |
| Christian_vanderBoom pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] TREE AND STAR Floyd ] [N]ext item [Q]uit menu Floyd ] [P]revious item [Enter] to select Floyd ] Floyd ] * Instructions Floyd ] About this game Floyd ] Credits Floyd ] Feedback Floyd ] Floyd ] Floyd | | Christian_vanderBoom asks, "is there way to Q?" | |
| DavidW says, "Sure. f q" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | Returning to the story... Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens. The automatic door Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall. Floyd | The terminal at which you have been working displays your glitchy Floyd | code. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x code" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X CODE Floyd | Floyd | The tiles on the screen displays your data-crawler routines, debugging Floyd | information about where in their execution the routines failed, and Floyd | technical specifications about the inner workings of the universal Floyd | Fleet Cloud and the local networks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x routines" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X ROUTINES Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "routines." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | You'd feel better if you at least try to patch the most recent errors Floyd | in your crawler routines before giving up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "debug code" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > DEBUG CODE Floyd | Floyd | You make a small correction in your database generation function and Floyd | run the program again. The workstation display instantly fills with Floyd | output text. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x text" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X TEXT Floyd | Floyd | The strings of text form small combinations of letters and symbols, Floyd | none more than several characters long. It looks like an encrypted Floyd | document, or one being viewed with the wrong encoding scheme. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "decrypt text" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "decrypt text" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > DECRYPT TEXT Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "decrypt." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "decode text" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > DECODE TEXT Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "decode." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "set encoding to UTF-8" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > SET ENCODING TO UTF-8 Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "encoding." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "debug text" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > DEBUG TEXT Floyd | Floyd | You've been doing enough of that, lately. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "print text" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > PRINT TEXT Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "print." Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom says, "it understands 'set' at least" | |
| DavidW says, "Set is a standard verb." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says (to Floyd), "show text" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW TEXT Floyd | Floyd | Try showing something to someone in particular. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take text" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE TEXT Floyd | Floyd | You try to trace the root directory of the file, but all you can tell Floyd | is that the indexing protocol on one of the statistics mainframes Floyd | directed the crawler to a low-level packet torrent. The data could Floyd | have come from anywhere in the entire Fleet. Floyd | Unable to download the file directly, you connect your datapad Floyd | into the port where the workstation terminal is mounted and carefully Floyd | copy over the entire active memory of the workstation. You preserve Floyd | the curious symbols by saving them in your editing app. Too tired and Floyd | distracted to do more work for the time being, you turn off the Floyd | terminal and disconnect the datapad. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I was surprised that worked, but I like trying standard verbs whenever possible." | |
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "this sounds as a good idea as I'm in GMT+7 :=)" | ||
| DavidW asks, "What o'clock are you at?" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's 3:17pm where I am." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "yes, just following IF play card should solve the first few puzzles, in a good game" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "2:17am Monday" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh my" | ||
| DavidW says, "I am SO not ready for Monday." | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "he-he" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying your datapad. Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom says, "actually I hoped there will be 2-3 other people and I'll just watch mostly quietly, and then peruse transcript (however is it still too long for it to get published?)" | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, sorry about that. We seem to be in a slump these last few weeks." | ||
| DavidW says, "I can continue playing, of course, if you need to go." | ||
| DavidW says, "Perry is recording." | ||
| Ellison says, "I've played this game before, although I never got the optimal playthrough I think (there's some branching stuff later)" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom says, "so maybe there'll be luck this time? one head is good, 2 heads are better" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | Just as you are about to store your datapad in the pouch built into Floyd | the shoulder of your overcoat made for holding the device, you hear it Floyd | emit a three-tone beep, indicating that you've received a personal Floyd | communication. Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom says, "let me pop into lounge and ask if someone else is there to play - we are not far yet into the story" | |
| Christian_vanderBoom has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Ellison says, "I mainly remember some of the commands for using the datapad being a little tricky" | |
| DavidW says, "hm. I've noticed that already." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read datapad" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > READ DATAPAD Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the datapad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read communication" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > READ COMMUNICATION Floyd | Floyd | The comm was pre-recorded just a moment ago. You open it, and your Floyd | wife's face fills the datapad's display. Floyd | "Chronos left his quarters for too long again," she says wearily. Floyd | "I'd better find him before another Militia member does, and he ends Floyd | up in more trouble. He's apparently at the Dome right now, unless he Floyd | managed to fool his transponder." Her full lips purse into a tight Floyd | line. "So, I won't be home this sleep rotation, if you were planning Floyd | on coming home at all. Love you." Floyd | Now that you think of it, Chronos might be able to help decode Floyd | the file you found. At least, you're willing to bet he'll be Floyd | interested in it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Christian_vanderBoom says, "probably just leaving a ncurses client on VPS and switching off computer is easier" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] At the Heart of the Godspeed Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | You leave the Data Center and follow the network of twisty little Floyd | corridors built on top of each other, rotely finding your way to the Floyd | ship Commons. Floyd | Floyd | At the Heart of the Godspeed Floyd | This thoroughfare extends one and a half kilometers fore and aft Floyd | and spans 200 meters from one wall to the other, encompassing nearly Floyd | the entire mid-deck. The residents of the Godspeed hurry up Floyd | and down the white rectangular artery, entering and exiting the Floyd | rectangular openings that are spaced sporadically along either wall. Floyd | Among the many places accessible from here, you know that a short Floyd | walk aft will take you to the convoluted maintanence Floyd | corridors where you can find the Data Center, while the observatory Floyd | dome can be accessed to fore. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose there's no reason not to just continue fore to the Dome." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] A Corridor Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | Your feet plod silently, the white polyplast absorbing the impact. Floyd | Eventually, the distant sides of the vast chamber constrict, leaving a Floyd | corridor where the white covering is replaced by the older metallic Floyd | panels. Floyd | Floyd | A Corridor Floyd | Removed from the central passageways of the Godspeed, no Floyd | more than two travelers could pass with comfortable distance between Floyd | them. The walls here are panelled in strips of the unknown alloy of Floyd | the older parts of the ship, but the homogenous white material of the Floyd | newer renovations begins just meters down the corridor to Floyd | aft. To fore, the corridor narrows further and Floyd | angles upward in a ramp, leading to the observation dome. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alloy" | ||
Floyd ] A Corridor Floyd | > Floyd | > X ALLOY Floyd | Floyd | The vertical gray panels stretch along the walls of the corridor from Floyd | floor to ceiling. Each panel is a little wider than your hand. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search panels" | ||
Floyd ] A Corridor Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH PANELS Floyd | Floyd | You don't find anything new. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push panels" | ||
Floyd ] A Corridor Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH PANELS Floyd | Floyd | You can't move the wall panels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom arrives, full of fun and funk. | Christian_vanderBoom exclaims, "well, I can reconstruct transcript myself later, using @recap -tag time, I'm told. Happy Floyding!" | |
| DavidW says (to Christian), "ok. See you later!" | ||
| Ellison says, "bye Christian" | ||
| Christian_vanderBoom goes home. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | You climb the narrow ramp and enter the small opening to the right. Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the Heavens Floyd | Seating in three tiers half encircles a round platform. Floyd | Completing the circle around the back of the platform are the endless Floyd | stars of the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that Floyd | forms the ceiling. A small arch opens above the center of the top Floyd | tier of the stands, on the port side of the room. Floyd | Chronos Han is standing at the opposite end of the platform, his Floyd | back toward the seats, hands clasped behind his back. Floyd | Veritas is sitting in the stands, watching Chronos silently. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | Chronos Han looks like a white specter from one of his fantastic Floyd | stories. A soft white beard adorns his gaunt face, while his full Floyd | head of pale hair falls about his shoulders in dissaray. He has a Floyd | large beak of a nose and thick, angled brows, beneath which his dark Floyd | brown, slanted eyes peer earnestly. His light skin is marked by scars Floyd | and wrinkles, but he stands tall and firm. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > X VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You managed to catch up to her, but barely; you and Veritas are almost Floyd | exactly the same height. Her brown complection is smooth and clear Floyd | save for a scar on the left side of her face, beautiful despite Floyd | looking tired and troubled. Her thick red hair spills over the Floyd | shoulders of her Militia uniform top, which she wears sloppily with Floyd | soft lounge pants. Floyd | The seamless, long-sleeved silver tunic that conforms closely to Floyd | her torso is a different color than the uniforms of the thugs who Floyd | broke in to that Remembering service from your childhood, but you've Floyd | never quite gotten comfortable with the circular emblem of the serpent Floyd | swalling the star, stitched just below her left collarbone. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "hm. This seems awkward. It's obviously quite been some time since the intro and it seems Veritas's alignment may have changed?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | Veritas looks up abruptly as you approach, and then smiles, Floyd | walking over to your side. "I think he's been like that for entire Floyd | cycles, just lost in the stars. I doubt he's eaten or spoken at all," Floyd | she says, reaching to grasp your hand in hers. Floyd | You and Veritas approach the old man together. "Rood and I are Floyd | here, greatfather. It's time to go home." She lays a hand gently on Floyd | his shoulder. Floyd | A silent moment passes, Chronos still standing with his back to Floyd | you. "Time," he says at last. "A time for all things under the Floyd | Heavens." He turns slightly, head downcast. "I thought I would see Floyd | greater things than these in my time." Floyd | "I have something you might like to see, and I'm hoping you can Floyd | help me figure out whether or not it might be great," you interject Floyd | before Veritas has the chance to argue with the old man. You open the Floyd | file in which you saved the encrypted document and hold out the Floyd | datapad for the others to look. Floyd | Chronos hesitantly turns to look at the datapad's display. He Floyd | closes his eyes and pinches the bridge of his large nose, and then Floyd | opens his eyes to scan the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Chronos arches an eyebrow and blinks, raising a hand to rub his Floyd | bearded chin with his thumb and index finger. Floyd | "Rood, is this really necessary? Come on..." Veritas pleads, but Floyd | Chronos throws up his open hand authoritatively, cutting her off. Floyd | "Wait a moment, this is interesting. Very interesting, indeed." Floyd | Chronos clicks his tongue, and Veritas sighs. "I've seen this kind of Floyd | character map before. Very old." He continues to study the text Floyd | intently. Floyd | Chronos arches an eyebrow and draws in a sharp breath. "This... Floyd | could be important," he says slowly, looking at you intently. "I Floyd | can't decode the text on sight, but I should be able to crack it with Floyd | a little time. The Council won't let me near any public terminal or Floyd | networked end-user device, but your datapad isn't registered. They Floyd | should be none the wiser if I work with it in my quarters, as long as Floyd | I don't keep it long enough for them to grow suspicious. What do you Floyd | say?" he asks, holding out his hand. "I'll bring it back soon, with Floyd | the text of the document deciphered so you can know the mystery you Floyd | uncovered." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cftreeandstar" | ||
Floyd | > SAVESaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says (to Ellison), "This looks like an important branch point." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | That was a rhetorical question. (Although you sound rather positive.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give datapad to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE DATAPAD TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | You hand Chronos your datapad. He takes it carefully by the grip at Floyd | the end and tucks it under his coat. "Very well, then," he says, Floyd | reaching to grab your shoulder affectionately. "Thank you for Floyd | reminding a dreary old man about his purpose. I'll be contacting you Floyd | shortly." He steps back and looks between you and Veritas. "Now, Floyd | children, you'd better go home. Time for bed." Floyd | With that, he turns on his heel and marches accross the platform Floyd | and over the stands, exiting the observatory. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | Veritas stands quietly for a moment, looking stressed. Then she Floyd | turns to you with her arms crossed, an exaggerated, jokingly stern Floyd | expression on her face. "The two of you with your weird theories and Floyd | rumors!" She smirks. "Well, you got him to go home -- more than I Floyd | could do. Now we really should try to get a little sleep." She leans Floyd | forward to kiss you lightly and then walks toward the exit as you Floyd | follow in a daze. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | When Veritas awakens for her patrol shift, you are still too Floyd | tired to do anything but lie back blearily in the sleeping alcove as Floyd | she dresses. You drift off again into a light slumber, and then you Floyd | force yourself to stagger out of the recess, stepping on your uniform, Floyd | which she must have laid out neatly for you along with your nutrition Floyd | packet on the table. Floyd | You dress. Floyd | Floyd | Your Cube Floyd | The white walls, floor, and ceiling are all of the same Floyd | dimension, about four-and-a-half meters square. The sleeping alcove Floyd | is recessed into the port wall. The desk folds in or out of the Floyd | starboard wall, beneath a built-in terminal display. The floor is Floyd | mostly free to bear your and Veritas's spare uniforms and Floyd | undergarments. Floyd | The exit opens in the aft wall, while a deep step in the Floyd | opposite wall descends to a sliding screen, concealing your hygiene Floyd | alcove. Floyd | A small circular table stands in the center of the room with two Floyd | narrow chairs. Floyd | On top of the small circular table is a nutrition packet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, I guess Veritas is our wife now. That wasn't clear earlier." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x packet" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > X PACKET Floyd | Floyd | Your meal ration is a rectangular block covered by a brown wrapper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat packet" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT PACKET Floyd | Floyd | You need to open the packet first. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open packet" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN PACKET Floyd | Floyd | You run your finger along the pressure strip on the rectangle, Floyd | disecting the wrapper neatly. As you pull away the sides to reveal Floyd | the block of food-matter, a small sheet falls out of the wrapper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sheet" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE SHEET Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > READ IT Floyd | Floyd | (assuming you mean the sheet with markings) Floyd | The small, square piece of paper is folded down the center. Several Floyd | uneven, erratic appear on the sheet in depressed, red markings: Floyd | Meet me at the garden. Floyd | Floyd | You only know of one person who would care to learn the Ancestor Floyd | technique of writing characters by hand, or who would have cause to Floyd | meet with you. The secrecy, however, is confusing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat food" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > EAT FOOD Floyd | Floyd | As you perform the boring task of eating, you ponder the strange Floyd | document that you discovered last rotation. With each bite, the Floyd | material turns into a slimy foam in your mouth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You are carrying a note from Chronos. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uniforms" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > X UNIFORMS Floyd | Floyd | Several garments of various types belonging to you and your wife are Floyd | strewn across the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search uniforms" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH UNIFORMS Floyd | Floyd | You rummage through the clothes on the floor a bit. Throwing aside Floyd | one of your dirty uniforms, you find a small metal cylinder, which you Floyd | take. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cylinder" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > X CYLINDER Floyd | Floyd | The multi-purpose tool fits comfortably in your hand. Narrow grooves Floyd | set at different depths along the cylinder make it easy to hold the Floyd | tool between your fingers for detail work. The beam emitted at the Floyd | end covered by a non-conducting nozzle when switched on can cut, Floyd | polish, or weld as you see fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So I found a phaser?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | You step down into the alcove and take care of your hygenic needs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "port" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > PORT Floyd | Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleeping" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > X SLEEPING Floyd | Floyd | You and your wife sleep in a small recess set into the wall of the Floyd | cube and accessed by a small manually-sliding hatch. The inside is Floyd | cradled in polyfoam and has internal environment controls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | Built into the wall directly across the room from the sleeping alcove, Floyd | the desk surface slides outward perpendicular to the wall, accompanied Floyd | by a small bench that pulls out beneath it. The desk and the bench Floyd | are both retracted right now, appearing as horizontal wedges sticking Floyd | out of the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DESK Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull wedges" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > PULL WEDGES Floyd | Floyd | You can't move the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "slide desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > SLIDE DESK Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "slide." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH DESK Floyd | Floyd | You can't move the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "access desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > ACCESS DESK Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "access." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use desk" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > USE DESK Floyd | Floyd | Be a little more specific about what you'd like to do with the desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > X DESK Floyd | Floyd | Built into the wall directly across the room from the sleeping alcove, Floyd | the desk surface slides outward perpendicular to the wall, accompanied Floyd | by a small bench that pulls out beneath it. The desk and the bench Floyd | are both retracted right now, appearing as horizontal wedges sticking Floyd | out of the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table" | ||
Floyd ] Your Cube Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH TABLE Floyd | Floyd | You can't move the small circular table. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm not sure how to use this desk, assuming that I'm even supposed to try." | |
| DavidW says, "It's possible the desk is just background and not in the story." | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess I'll leave the desk alone." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > AFT Floyd | Floyd | You step out of your home and onto the system of metal-lattice Floyd | walkways attached to the outside of the stacked columns of identical Floyd | cubes. An elevator whisks you up past the massive grid of dwellings, Floyd | and then you navigate the network of straight little corridors, all Floyd | identical. Finally, you reach your destination, just a few corridors Floyd | removed from the central Commons. Floyd | Floyd | In the Garden Floyd | A harsh yellow light mounted high in the upper corner of the Floyd | ceiling illuminates this large, open room. The ground beneath your Floyd | feet is black and rough, made of some semi-pliable material that emits Floyd | a faintly bitter odor. A few rectangular tables rise out of the Floyd | uneven ground, the pliable covering folded away at their legs. Floyd | Spacious arches in the four walls grant access to the park; the exit Floyd | to port leads to corridors that soon let out at the ship Floyd | Commons, while the way to the elevator leading back to the Grid is Floyd | opposite. Floyd | The tables are nestled among a haphazard arrangement of poles Floyd | sticking out of the ground material, representations of the fabled Floyd | trees of Land. Floyd | Chronos sits at one of the tables, a beverage in a white cup Floyd | sending up whisps of steam in front of him. Floyd | Another cup rests on the on top of Chronos's table, at the vacant Floyd | seat across from him. Floyd | Chronos squints in your direction, and then nods faintly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on seat" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT ON SEAT Floyd | Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | You walk over to the table where the old man sits. Floyd | "Sit down," he says, gesturing at the seat across from him at the Floyd | table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit down" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT DOWN Floyd | Floyd | You step over the pole connecting the seat to the table and sit down, Floyd | swivelling in the dingy red seat. Floyd | "You've done well, lad," Chronos says, taking your datapad out Floyd | from under his coat and setting it before you on the tabletop. Floyd | Floyd | In the Garden, sitting at one of the rectangular tables Floyd | The tables are nestled among a haphazard arrangement of poles Floyd | sticking out of the ground material, representations of the fabled Floyd | trees of Land. Floyd | Chronos sits at one of the tables, a beverage in a white cup Floyd | sending up whisps of steam in front of him. Floyd | Another cup rests on the on top of Chronos's table, at the vacant Floyd | seat across from him. Floyd | Also on top of Chronos's table is your datapad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take datapad" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE DATAPAD Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cup" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X CUP Floyd | Floyd | The cylindrical cups are made of a thin white material. Tendrils of Floyd | steam waft up from both of them, the liquid inside bubling. Floyd | The steam from the cup set before Chronos caresses his lined, beareded Floyd | face. The other cup is set in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x datapad" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X DATAPAD Floyd | Floyd | Clear when not being used, the narrow rectangular pane is fitted with Floyd | handgrips on its short edges, while the long edges are rounded. The Floyd | device serves as your personal communicator and computer, although it Floyd | is inadequate for testing most of your code. Floyd | Open on the datapad's displayis an ancient document. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read document" | ||
Floyd | MISSION LOG11.24.61.1300 (median statistical date approximation)
Floyd |
Floyd | There has been no update to the mission log for 24 years, as the
Floyd | situation has not changed. Since the death of Captain Iero, the
Floyd | yonger generation raised by the military has formed a militia and has
Floyd | seized control. The bridge has been closed off. Study of the cosmic
Floyd | radiation is being officially terminated, although most research was
Floyd | abandoned long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is my belief that the radiation is intrinsically tied to the
Floyd | anomaly that overtook us, that it may hold the key to our deliverance.
Floyd | A synopsis of the knowledge acquired about the radiation through
Floyd | research and about the circumstances that lead to our present
Floyd | situation follows.
Floyd |
Floyd | The emissions are similar to the cosmic noise left over from the birth
Floyd | of the universe, but more intense and focused in a single vector, as
Floyd | if it were a transmitted signal. The radiation spans the entire
Floyd | electromagnetic spectrum. It must also run much deeper than the known
Floyd | spectrum, because dark matter distortions were registered in
Floyd | frequencies corresponding to the emissions.
Floyd |
Floyd | We first discovered the signal emanating from the exact same vector in
Floyd | which the ancient artifact had been travelling before it was lost,
Floyd | originating from an unknown point outside of the galaxy. This is too
Floyd | vastly improbable to be coincidental. We do not know what happened to
Floyd | this artifac, which has served as our beacon, leading us to and in
Floyd | this journey in the dark. Nor do we know the relationship between the
Floyd | artificat and the radiation. All we know is that when we synchronized
Floyd | our propulsion drives with the frequency of the signal, the stars
Floyd | disappeared from the viewports, and our navigation systems failed.
Floyd | Our propulsion system was functioning until the photon generators were
Floyd | salvaged 8 years ago, but attempts to travel through this void have
Floyd | yielded no results, as there is no frame of reference to determine
Floyd | motion.
Floyd |
Floyd | I expect that this will be the final entry in the mission log. This
Floyd | file will be added to the bios of the system synchronization network,
Floyd | to be displayed whenever the network is activated. It is my hope that
Floyd | the next generation will one day renew the study of the emissions, and
Floyd | that our descendents will one day find a way to return to normal
Floyd | space. Good luck, and God speed -- to you and to those whom we left
Floyd | behind.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | --- Lewis Yuan, Captain of the Galilei and Liason to the
Floyd | Council of Thirteen
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]
| ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | Floyd | In the Garden, sitting at one of the rectangular tables Floyd | A harsh yellow light mounted high in the upper corner of the Floyd | ceiling illuminates this large, open room. The ground beneath your Floyd | feet is black and rough, made of some semi-pliable material that emits Floyd | a faintly bitter odor. A few rectangular tables rise out of the Floyd | uneven ground, the pliable covering folded away at their legs. Floyd | Spacious arches in the four walls grant access to the park; the exit Floyd | to port leads to corridors that soon let out at the ship Floyd | Commons, while the way to the elevator leading back to the Grid is Floyd | opposite. Floyd | The tables are nestled among a haphazard arrangement of poles Floyd | sticking out of the ground material, representations of the fabled Floyd | trees of Land. Floyd | Chronos sits at one of the tables, a beverage in a white cup Floyd | sending up whisps of steam in front of him. Floyd | Another cup rests on the on top of Chronos's table, at the vacant Floyd | seat across from him. Floyd | You lower the datapad and look at Chronos, who nods seriously. Floyd | "Someone in the Council, or behind the Council, doesn't want the Floyd | knowledge of the signal to get out," he says, running his index finger Floyd | over his moustache. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink cup" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK CUP Floyd | Floyd | The thick liquid becomes hot an instant after it enters your mouth, Floyd | but not fast enough to fully create the illusion that it had been hot Floyd | before. Whisps of steam puff out of your lips as you swallow. Floyd | "The document was intended to ensure that future generations Floyd | understood how we began the Great Journey." Chronos looks at you Floyd | seriously. "This may be more important than ever now that the Journey Floyd | has ended but our wandering has not. The signal that drew us here, Floyd | and the artifact of the Ancestors that came before us.... it is our Floyd | guide, our beacon to a new home where we can live as we were meant to Floyd | live." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Chronos takes a gulp from his cup, a few remaining tendrils of Floyd | mist curling about his lips. "Rood, we must distribute the document Floyd | over the Fleet Cloud. We may not have much time; the Council will be Floyd | looking to suppress this by any means." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I just know that eventually the PC is going to be arrested by his wife." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink cup" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK CUP Floyd | Floyd | The thick liquid becomes hot an instant after it enters your mouth, Floyd | but not fast enough to fully create the illusion that it had been hot Floyd | before. Whisps of steam puff out of your lips as you swallow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | "We can go to the data center where I work and see if we can hack Floyd | the domain protocol," you offer. "The room might be empty right now." Floyd | "Good. We shouldn't be seen entering at the same time, just in Floyd | case the Council is already on to us. You never when they may be Floyd | watching." Chronos stands with a loud sigh and ambles over to the Floyd | artificial trees, smiling. "A fine morning!" he exclaims, tossing his Floyd | empty cup into a receptacle built into the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink cup" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > DRINK CUP Floyd | Floyd | The thick liquid becomes hot an instant after it enters your mouth, Floyd | but not fast enough to fully create the illusion that it had been hot Floyd | before. Whisps of steam puff out of your lips as you swallow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cup" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CUP Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X TREES Floyd | Floyd | They are constructed out of different materials, cast in various Floyd | shades of green, brown, and yellow. The poles stick vertically out of Floyd | the ground, although a few are flat beams rather than rods. Each pole Floyd | or beam is intersected by a shorter pole or beam, the point of Floyd | intersection ranging from the very top of the verticle pole to near Floyd | the middle. The intersecting limbs are diverse; some are tilted Floyd | diagonally, some are sticking out more to one side. Many of the Floyd | cross-pieces are horizontal and evenly divided along the vertical Floyd | shaft, forming the geometric shape that is commonly assosciated as the Floyd | emblem of the Ancestor Tree. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "Which game are you folks playing? I was away at a concert until now, so came in rather late. And oh my, somebody forgot a word in one sentence of this one." | |
| DavidW says, "It's called Tree and Star." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "versionh" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > VERSIONH Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "versionh." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > VERSION Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "version." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve Ah, haven't heard of that one. | Genevieve says, "Ah, haven't heard of that one." | |
| DavidW says, "It's a Hugo game set in the Andromeda Awakening universe." | ||
| Ellison says, "oh yeah, I had forgotten about that aspect" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd ] In the Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND Floyd | Floyd | You get off of the rectangular tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "I can't recall if I've played any Hugo games or not. TADS and Inform, yes, loads of those, and even some good old Adventure Game Toolkit back in the day. But although I've heard of Hugo, I don't think I've ever played any of the games for it." | |
| DavidW says, "There's not all that many Hugo games but most of them are worth playing, I think." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "port" | ||
Floyd ] At the Heart of the Godspeed Floyd | > Floyd | > PORT Floyd | Floyd | You step out of the arch and turn right down a corridor, which you Floyd | follow for a modest distance before turning left to follow a short Floyd | corridor that soon terminates in an opening. Floyd | Floyd | At the Heart of the Godspeed Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > AFT Floyd | Floyd | The white ceiling feels alarmingly close as you pass beneath it, low Floyd | compared to the vast expanse in which the chamber extends laterally. Floyd | Near the aft end of the Commons, you take a door to starboard, Floyd | descending as you navigate the maze of twisting little corridors, your Floyd | feet following their programmed path. Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens. The automatic door Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall. Floyd | Your favorite workstation stands vacant in your favorite corner, Floyd | compelling you to start hacking. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | With the special access afforded by these terminals, you navigate the Floyd | network's security protocols that restric and interpret all access to Floyd | the lower-level operations and peer-to-peer communications. You try Floyd | to hack into the original domain protocol, but the codes are ancient Floyd | and unfamiliar. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "heh. I gambled that 'hack' would do something." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x workstation" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X WORKSTATION Floyd | Floyd | The terminal waits patiently for your input. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TYPE Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "type." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | On a different display, you quickly code an emulation program for the Floyd | original kernel upon which the layers of protocols have been built. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | Holding your breath, you run a code-cracking virus through your Floyd | emulation front-end. A few tense moments pass, and then you are in! Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | Not wanting to take even the slight risk of sending the document to Floyd | the terminal through the security-laden upper layers of the Cloud, you Floyd | reach to plug your datapad into the terminal dock. Floyd | The door whisks open, and footsteps clang in a rapid cadence. As Floyd | you turn your head to look, your wife rushes into the room, leading Floyd | four other Militia Investigators. Her gun is levelled at your chest. Floyd | You only have time to lurch away from the terminal. Floyd | "Rood!" Veritas exclaims, eyes wide. "What are you doing here?" Floyd | Her eyes narrow again as suddenly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I should've locked that door, shouldn't I?" | |
| Genevieve says, "Veritas eh? Wonder if she actually tells the truth. :-)" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd | > SAVESaved. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I suppose my options are hack, talk to Veritas, shoot Veritas?" | |
| Genevieve says, "Um, if you shoot, those four dudes with their guns leveled at you might kill you." | ||
| DavidW says, "Yes. Five against one isn't very fair." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Then again... they might if you just talk, too, so..." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You take a moment to gather your words, glancing at the other Floyd | investigators. Do you want to tell Veritas about the contents of the Floyd | document? Floyd | Please answer YES or NO: | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | Please answer YES or NO: Floyd | > NO Floyd | Floyd | You cross your arms. "I'm just working," you say. "What are you Floyd | doing here?" Floyd | "I want to believe you're just working, Rood," Veritas says, Floyd | "because I'm just investigating an unauthorized breach in network Floyd | security." She walks toward the terminal, her gun half raised in your Floyd | direction. Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously, Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "haha, I had forgotten about the Rood thing" | |
| Genevieve says, "Uh-oh. This looks like trouble." | ||
| DavidW asks, "I've forgotten what a rood is. It's like a religious cross thing, isn't it?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Or a prayer stool?" | ||
| Genevieve says, "Yes. Rood is the AngloSaxon word for cross." | ||
| Genevieve says, "And veritas is Latin for truth." | ||
| DavidW says, "right, I knew about veritas." | ||
| Ellison says, "ah, ok. I was thinking it was also a reference to 'Roody Yogurt,' my alter ego" | ||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||
| Genevieve laughs! | ||
| DavidW says (to Ellison), "Well, maybe it is that too? I dunno." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | "That's none of your business!" You protest, trying to move to Floyd | turn off the terminal display. Floyd | Veritas groans. "Are you trying to make me arrest you?" Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "Also, if you're into such things, William Butler Yeats wrote a brilliant poem called to the Rose Upon the Rood of Time." | |
| Ellison says, "I'll check it out" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You stare at Veritas. "Have you forgotten what happened to you Floyd | father? Are you so blind?" Floyd | Veritas glares at you venemously. "My father was a hero! How Floyd | dare you..." Floyd | "And you would subvert what he sacrificed his freedom for, just Floyd | to ensure safety? Now I know why you've worn that uniform all these Floyd | years!" you fire back, breathlessly. Floyd | "What the hell is this about? We've got the bastard," the tall Floyd | male Militia Investigator says with a snarl at you. "Tora, this had Floyd | better not be some personal hangup of yours, or else more of that Floyd | 'truth' shit." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cup at male" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW CUP AT MALE Floyd | Floyd | Which male do you mean, the tall male Militia Investigator or the Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tall" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALL Floyd | Floyd | You ultimately decide that throwing the steaming cup at the tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator isn't such a great idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You stare at Veritas. "Have you forgotten what happened to you Floyd | father? Are you so blind?" Floyd | Veritas glares at you venemously. "My father was a hero! How Floyd | dare you..." Floyd | "And you would subvert what he sacrificed his freedom for, just Floyd | to ensure safety? Now I know why you've worn that uniform all these Floyd | years!" you fire back, breathlessly. Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously, Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. Talking isn't helping much." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot tall male" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOOT TALL MALE Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "shoot." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tool" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X TOOL Floyd | Floyd | The multi-purpose tool fits comfortably in your hand. Narrow grooves Floyd | set at different depths along the cylinder make it easy to hold the Floyd | tool between your fingers for detail work. The beam emitted at the Floyd | end covered by a non-conducting nozzle when switched on can cut, Floyd | polish, or weld as you see fit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tool" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TOOL Floyd | Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as Floyd | narrow as a single hair. Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears, Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few Floyd | inches out from the nozzle. Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you Floyd | were working. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here. The tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun. The tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve tries not to get annoyed by all the spelling mistakes. ;-) | |
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do here." | ||
| Genevieve asks, "can you show her the document, or would that be asking for trouble? Or can ypu type 'hack' one more time to upload it?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off terminal" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN OFF TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | You'd feel better if you at least try to patch the most recent errors Floyd | in your crawler routines before giving up. Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you Floyd | were working. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here. The tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun. The tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal. Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you Floyd | were working. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here. The tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun. The tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show document to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW DOCUMENT TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show datapad to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW DATAPAD TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. The author didn't anticipate that possibility." | |
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "show terminal to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW TERMINAL TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve exclaims, "Grrr!" | |
| Ellison says, "probably at least some of the bugs are my fault, as I believe this game used an early version of Roodylib" | ||
| Allen arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to tall male" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO TALL MALE Floyd | Floyd | The tall male Militia Investigator is listening. Floyd | Veritas frowns deeply, her forehead creased heavily, as she Floyd | continues to hold you at gunpoint. Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes. "I have no choice but to Floyd | arrest you." she pulls Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands. She nods to the Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly Floyd | behind your back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you Floyd | were working. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here. The tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun. The tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cup at veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW CUP AT VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You ultimately decide that throwing the steaming cup at Veritas Tora Floyd | isn't such a great idea. Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously, Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas. Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes. "I have no choice but to Floyd | arrest you." she pulls Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands. She nods to the Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly Floyd | behind your back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you Floyd | were working. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here. The tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun. The tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw cup at terminal" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW CUP AT TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | What exactly are you hoping for? Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator fidgets anxiously, Floyd | glancing at the tall male Militia Investigator and the tattooed female Floyd | Militia Investigator and then staring at Veritas. Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes. "I have no choice but to Floyd | arrest you." she pulls Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands. She nods to the Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly Floyd | behind your back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | Veritas is standing nearby, examining the terminal at which you Floyd | were working. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | A tall male Militia Investigator, a tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator, a blond-haired female Militia Investigator, and a Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator are here. The tall male Floyd | Militia Investigator has a handgun. The tattooed female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. The black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator has a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't see a way out of this." | |
| Genevieve asks, "Is it possible to cut someone with the hand tool in order to wound them and get a gun of your own?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tool" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TOOL Floyd | Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as Floyd | narrow as a single hair. Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears, Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few Floyd | inches out from the nozzle. Floyd | Veritas looks at you with dull eyes. "I have no choice but to Floyd | arrest you." she pulls Floyd | the datapad and the laser tool out of your hands. She nods to the Floyd | black-haired male Militia Investigator who binds your wrists tightly Floyd | behind your back. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe earlier I could, but it's too late now." | |
| Genevieve says, "Having said that, the silly game will probably tell you that you don't need to use the word shoot." | ||
| DavidW says, "Correct." | ||
| DavidW says, "The tool cuts, welds, and I forget the third option." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push restore" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH RESTORE Floyd | Floyd | That doesn't make any sense. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > RESTORERestored. Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens. The automatic door Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall. Floyd | Veritas is stands before you, cold and rigid, her weapon held Floyd | ready. Four other Militia Investigators take up alert positions in Floyd | the room, deferring to her. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, this is too late to try to weld the door shut." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | The automatic door is already closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tool" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON TOOL Floyd | Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as Floyd | narrow as a single hair. Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears, Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few Floyd | inches out from the nozzle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "weld door" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > WELD DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "weld." Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve exclaims, "Oh blast!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut door" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the automatic door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut veritas" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging Veritas Tora. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut datapad" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT DATAPAD Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the datapad. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut terminal" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the terminal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tall male" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT TALL MALE Floyd | Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the tall male Militia Floyd | Investigator. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's possible that arrest is unavoidable." | |
| Genevieve says, "I see lots of purpose in damaging these things... :-P" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock door" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > LOCK DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the automatic door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > RESTORERestored. Floyd | Floyd | The Data Center Floyd | The walls of this large room are composed of metal brackets to Floyd | hold the assortment of terminals and screens. The automatic door Floyd | opens between the girders in the fore wall. Floyd | Veritas is stands before you, cold and rigid, her weapon held Floyd | ready. Four other Militia Investigators take up alert positions in Floyd | the room, deferring to her. Floyd | Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Your various hacking utilities are open on the display. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off display" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN OFF DISPLAY Floyd | Floyd | You don't see that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off terminal" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN OFF TERMINAL Floyd | Floyd | You'd feel better if you at least try to patch the most recent errors Floyd | in your crawler routines before giving up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close utilities" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE UTILITIES Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the terminal. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You take a moment to gather your words, glancing at the other Floyd | investigators. Do you want to tell Veritas about the contents of the Floyd | document? Floyd | Please answer YES or NO: | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | Please answer YES or NO: Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | You look firmly into her hazel eyes. "I'm restoring what was Floyd | lost," you say. Floyd | "Veritas arches an eyebrow quizically and glances at one of the Floyd | other Investigators. Then she walks over to the terminal, looking at Floyd | the screen. "What is this?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You show her the datapad. Floyd | "A message from the first generation of those who embarked upon Floyd | the Great Journey. A message that we were supposed to keep and Floyd | remember. Someone deliberately tried to destroy it, and there are Floyd | still people who want to censor the truth." Floyd | "You're sounding like Chronos," Veritas says. Her eyes move back Floyd | and forth, reading the text on the datapad, but the corner of her Floyd | mouth turns up in a smirk, like the woman you've always known. Floyd | "Hm..." Veritas taps her lips with the index finger of her left Floyd | hand as she looks up from the datapad. She stares at you for a long Floyd | moment, her expression unreadable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | "Veritas, you have to believe me. The people have to remember, Floyd | or we'll never complete the journey that our ancestors began. We have Floyd | to patch this file..." Floyd | "Do it. Now," Veritas interrupts in a hurried whisper, glancing Floyd | back at the other Investigators. You stand shocked for a moment, too Floyd | surprised to move. Floyd | Veritas glances significantly at one of the other Investigators, Floyd | the black-haired male Militia Investigator. She nods faintly. Floyd | "Investigator Veritas, what are you doing?" the tall, scruffy man Floyd | says in a nasally, whiny voice. "If you have personal conflicts, step Floyd | down from this case without wasting more of my time. Floyd | "Now..." she says softly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal. Floyd | "Drop your weapons!" The man nearer to you and Veritas bellows, Floyd | turning on his heels to point his gun at the tall man in the back as Floyd | Veritas and the blond-haired Investigator do the same, holding up the Floyd | tattooed woman, who gasps. Floyd | Veritas straightens, looking more confident. "I'm sorry, Sadt, Floyd | Umund," she says to the two Investigators who have dropped their Floyd | weapons and are slowly raising their hands. "You're just doing your Floyd | duty. But my duty to uphold the law compelled me to investigate the Floyd | abuses of authority and censorship that the Council denies, as much as Floyd | I wish they weren't there." She looks at you. "I'm sorry I never Floyd | told you, Rood. I thought you were too content to support my cause -- Floyd | I know how you hate politics. I didn't want to distress you." She Floyd | looks at you earnestly. Floyd | "Oh, so that's it, is it, bitch," the tall male Militia Floyd | Investigator says to your wife, a leer contorting his face. "Always Floyd | snooping where you don't belong, sending your squad into restricted Floyd | levels without authorization, carrying on about that 'truth' shit. Floyd | This is the end of you, Tora!" he screams. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut tall male with tool" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT TALL MALE WITH TOOL Floyd | Floyd | (First turning on the laser tool.) Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as Floyd | narrow as a single hair. Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears, Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few Floyd | inches out from the nozzle. Floyd | You don't see any purpose in damaging the tall male Militia Floyd | Investigator. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal. Floyd | The tattooed female Militia Investigator lets out a constant Floyd | string of obscene curses under her breath, glaring spitefully at Floyd | Veritas, the black-haired male Militia Investigator, and you, although Floyd | her most hateful looks are reserved for Veritas. Floyd | "Veritas draws a slow breath. "We will be presenting our Floyd | accusations before the Council and before all the people," she says Floyd | with composure. "Sadt, Umund -- we'll have to hold you captive for Floyd | now, I'm afraid, but we'll release you after we've publicized our Floyd | evidence." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hack" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > HACK Floyd | Floyd | All that remains is for you to upload the file through the emulation Floyd | environment you created on that specific terminal. Floyd | The blond-haired female Militia Investigator groans faintly as Floyd | she points her gun at the tattooed female Militia Investigator. Tears Floyd | collect at the blond-haired female Militia Investigator's eyelids. Floyd | "Step away from your weapons, turn around, and keep your hands Floyd | up," the black-haired male Militia Investigator calmly instructs Sadt Floyd | and Umund. They comply with much cursing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "upload document" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > UPLOAD DOCUMENT Floyd | Floyd | You thrust your datapad into the port on the bracket dock of the Floyd | terminal. You force the strange cicumstances out of your mind and Floyd | efficiently transfer the file onto the terminal before proceeding to Floyd | type the console command to patch the file onto the Cloud's operating Floyd | domain protocol. Floyd | Before you can finish, one of the women Investigators swears Floyd | loudly behind you. "Get in here now!" Out of the corner of your eye, Floyd | you notice, the blond-haired female Militia Investigator lower the Floyd | comm-link on her wrist, raising her gun toward you. Floyd | "No, Rin!" Veritas yells, jumping in front of you at the time Floyd | that the black-haired male Militia Investigator curses, both he and Floyd | Veritas aiming at the blond-haired female Militia Investigator. Floyd | You whirl back around and finish typing the command. As you jam Floyd | the key to send the command to the terminal, the doors whisk open Floyd | behind you once again, and again you hear the thunder of footsteps. Floyd | You see the terminal's display clear and flash the statistics of the Floyd | Fleet Cloud's architecture, indicating that the command was accepted, Floyd | and the screen explodes in front of your face. Veritas grabs you from Floyd | behind and pulls you down to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "Hope that was okay, David." | |
| DavidW says, "Damn. I wasn't taking the hint." | ||
| DavidW says, "No, you did good." | ||
| DavidW asks, "I guess we wait on the floor and hope no one gets killed?" | ||
| Genevieve asks, "Can you save at this point first?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "oh wait, we didn't finish, did we?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd | > SAVESaved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "patch file" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > PATCH FILE Floyd | Floyd | You've been doing enough of that, lately. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type command" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TYPE COMMAND Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "type." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Guards immediately grab the tall male Militia Investigator and Floyd | the tattooed female Militia Investigator, who comply rigidly and Floyd | jerkily. The guards begin to escort the blond-haired female Militia Floyd | Investigator out as well, but she turns back to look at Veritas, her Floyd | green eyes wide. The guards start to push her back, and she turns and Floyd | runs out the door, weaving among the members of the squad. Floyd | One of the guards at the front of the formation speaks into her Floyd | wrist. "Security breach targeted. Confirm neutralization order?" Floyd | Veritas closes her eyes, and then smiles faintly. "Well, if Floyd | we're all going to die together, we might as well get to know one Floyd | another," she says, looking between the black-haired male Militia Floyd | Investigator and you. "Rood, this Euros Markon. Along with Rinaldi Floyd | Fletcher -- the woman who turned on us -- we were investigating the Floyd | abuses of the Council. We were sent to look into your security Floyd | breach, but unfortunately Stadt and Umund were assigned with us." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give tool to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE TOOL TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | Veritas Tora politely refuses. Floyd | "Euros, my husband Rood," Veritas says, smiling softly at you. Floyd | Euros Markon nods. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | "Affirmative," the guard at the front of the formation says. Floyd | They all raise their weapons. You and Veritas hold hands. Floyd | Shining white figures suddenly appear throughout the room, Floyd | darting around rapidly without moving their legs. "What in the name Floyd | of the Thirteen?" one Guard cries, joined by a chorus of surprised Floyd | gasps and yells. A few shots are fired, sending sparks and flames Floyd | from the girders along the walls and from unlucky terminals. Floyd | Floyd | "We must hurry." You turn at the sound of the voice to see Floyd | Chronos standing beside you, holding out a black rod. Floyd | "Where did you come from?" Veritas asks. Floyd | "No time to explain," Chronos says, looking to you. "Is it Floyd | done?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, barely," you say. "I can't be certain that it worked, but Floyd | I saw the command accepted before the Guards shot the terminal I was Floyd | working at." Floyd | "Excellent," Chronos says, as a charge explodes in the air a Floyd | meter or so behind him. He whirls around and holds the meter-long Floyd | black rod higher. "Now, let's get out of here!" Floyd | Chronos faces the chaos tearing the Data Center apart. Through Floyd | the gunshots, the yells, and the smashing of equipment, you hear a low Floyd | humming, which reverberates in the walls and floor. Floyd | A shining apparition slams into the wall a short distance away Floyd | and vanishes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | A whole unit of armed Guards stands in your way. Floyd | "They're just light!" A guard yells. "Ignore them." Floyd | "There, in the corner!" You instinctively turn at the sound of Floyd | gunfire, compressing your body behind your outstreatched arms. Your Floyd | heart counts several rapid beats, and then you notice that the charges Floyd | are being deflected harmlessly, the air shimmering in a broad arc Floyd | around the meter-long black rod that Chronos holds with each impact. Floyd | Crouching behind the meter-long black rod, Chronos leads your Floyd | small group along the back wall of the room, ducking behind the Floyd | girders for cover. Floyd | A brilliant, featureless humanoid figure suddenly appears out of Floyd | nowhere in your corner of the room, proceeding to zip outward toward Floyd | the guards. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'm so confused, but it seems we won't die right away." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" | ||
Floyd ] The Data Center Floyd | > Floyd | > X FIGURE Floyd | Floyd | Humanoid in shape, the figures look like the brilliant outlines of men Floyd | and women. They glide about rapidly across the floor, appearing and Floyd | disappearing at random. Floyd | Someone yanks you away from the ruined console, and you find Floyd | yourself huddled together with Veritas, Chronos, and Euros Markon. Floyd | Chronos holds his rod vertically in the center of the group, and you Floyd | notice that outside of your small circle, everything looks distorted Floyd | and hazy. Floyd | "I entered through a secret hatch," Chronos says, looking around Floyd | carefully. "That's the problem with invisibility fields; they make it Floyd | difficult for you to see, as well," he mutters quietly. He leads you Floyd | silently along the girders, gunshots crashing around you, until you Floyd | come to a wall bracket that has been folded down to the floor, Floyd | revealing a square opening at its base. Floyd | "Well, I might as well go first," Veritas says quietly. She Floyd | lowers her body feet-first into the opening and disappears into Floyd | darkness. Floyd | "You go next, Rood," Chronos tells you. "Then Euros will follow, Floyd | and I will go last. Quickly, now." Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve is confused, too. | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter opening" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER OPENING Floyd | Floyd | You fall for about a meter before your feet catch on rungs. You begin Floyd | to climb down, your back rubbing uncomfortably against the wall of the Floyd | tunnel. The dim light from above flickers as Euros begins his descent Floyd | above you, and you continue on for a long time. Floyd | At last, the vertical tunnel ends in a low horizontal tunnel. Floyd | Hearing movement ahead of you, you crouch and proceed. You soon find Floyd | a place where the metal wall has been cut away crudely, leaving rough, Floyd | rust-coated edges. You crawl into the hole, leading to a narrow shaft Floyd | that branches out in many directions. The only branch wide enough to Floyd | allow passage ends in rectangle of light. You push yourself through Floyd | and stumble to the floor. Floyd | A familiar hand grasps your arm, helping you to your feet. Floyd | Floyd | Among the Racks Floyd | Rows of racks stick out perpendicular to the panelled walls, a Floyd | hole in which provided your entry. The racks contain a varied Floyd | assortment of peculiar objects. An aisle between the racks runs down Floyd | the middle of the long room. The floor is covered with a strange Floyd | soft, textured, light-brown material, sort of like the polyfoam of a Floyd | sleeping alcove or a seat cushion, except rougher and less pliable. Floyd | The two exits on the ends of the room are sealed fast, plates of Floyd | metal welded over them. Your datapad's orientation app shows that the Floyd | sealed doors face fore and aft. Floyd | Veritas Tora is here. Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve exclaims, "Yay, you made it and didn't die!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x racks" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X RACKS Floyd | Floyd | The inside of the shelves are filled with lots of strange things -- Floyd | reams of paper bound by vertical spines and lined in horizontal rows; Floyd | screens and other digital devices that look completely foreign; and Floyd | miscellaneous small objects, such as a little spindly contraption Floyd | consisting of a white dish with an antenna sticking out. Floyd | Euros Markon's upper body appears in the hole in the wall. You Floyd | and Veritas help lower him down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take contraption" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CONTRAPTION Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "contraption." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dish" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X DISH Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "dish." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X PAPER Floyd | Floyd | The small, square piece of paper is folded down the center. Several Floyd | uneven, erratic appear on the sheet in depressed, red markings: Floyd | Meet me at the garden. Floyd | Floyd | You only know of one person who would care to learn the Ancestor Floyd | technique of writing characters by hand, or who would have cause to Floyd | meet with you. The secrecy, however, is confusing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x objects" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X OBJECTS Floyd | Floyd | The inside of the shelves are filled with lots of strange things -- Floyd | reams of paper bound by vertical spines and lined in horizontal rows; Floyd | screens and other digital devices that look completely foreign; and Floyd | miscellaneous small objects, such as a little spindly contraption Floyd | consisting of a white dish with an antenna sticking out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search objects" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH OBJECTS Floyd | Floyd | You don't find anything new. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take antenna" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE ANTENNA Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "antenna." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | You don't see him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You and Veritas reminisce about the time you first realized you were Floyd | in love. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "get all" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > GET ALL Floyd | Floyd | Veritas Tora: Veritas Tora probably wouldn't be too big on that idea. Floyd | Euros Markon: Euros Markon probably wouldn't be too big on that idea. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess the racks are just background noise. Painted on the walls, not real." | |
| Genevieve says, "Looks like it." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x euros" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X EUROS Floyd | Floyd | Average of both height and build, this man wears his gray Investigator Floyd | uniform with sharp precision. His black hair is trimmed neatly around Floyd | his ears. His hard, square face bears an angular black goatee, Floyd | leaving his cheeks perfectly shaven. His eyes are stormy gray; his Floyd | complection lightly pigmented. Floyd | Chronos carefully extricates himself from the hole in the wall, Floyd | passing his rod off to Veritas and then collecting it again after you Floyd | help him down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X ROD Floyd | Floyd | The black rod appears to be several centimeters thick, gradually Floyd | tapering off along its length so that both ends are narrower, covered Floyd | in identical, silvery reflective caps. The central portion of the rod Floyd | is riveted for secure gripping, while nearer to both ends are dials Floyd | that encircle the diameter of the rod. Floyd | Chronos straightens his long coat and looks around, a faint smile Floyd | on his face. "Welcome to my library," he says, turning to face Floyd | Veritas, Euros Markon, and you. "I'm afraid we won't be visiting here Floyd | long," he says, beginning to walk down the aisle, looking fondly at Floyd | the items on the racks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | "Those holograms were yours I take it," you say. Floyd | Chronos grins broadly. "I can do many things with the systems Floyd | onboard this ship that they don't teach you in Tech training. Floyd | Holograms are quite easy to program, really." Floyd | Chronos picks up one of the bound reams of paper. You notice the Floyd | symbol of the Ancestor Tree embossed in silver on the flexible back Floyd | cover before Chronos sets the bound ream back, shaking his head Floyd | softly. Floyd | "I've lived for a very long time, and now I don't even have time Floyd | to save a few books and artifacts from my library," he says, looking Floyd | wistfully along the racks. He turns back to you and the others, his Floyd | voice becoming deep and serious. "I was unable to completely disable Floyd | the transponder implant they put in me. They'll find us soon, and we Floyd | need to move on. Now," he says, looking you in the eye, "did you Floyd | suceed? Is Lewis Yuan's letter back on the Fleet Cloud protocol where Floyd | it belongs?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | "I think so," you say, "but I can't be sure it worked." Floyd | Chronos nods. "Then we will proceed as it we knew it did, and Floyd | trust to fate. That is, after all, all we can ever do. So, people Floyd | are becoming aware of Yuan's message by now, as they check their daily Floyd | communications, research the approved databases, view their Floyd | entertainment, and waste time playing adventure games." He twirls the Floyd | meter-long black rod in his hands and spreads his feet. "Many of Floyd | those people are becoming rather upset right now. They may support Floyd | us, if we can offer more proof, if we can show them a tangible way to Floyd | do as Yuan suggested. Our course of action is clear," he says, Floyd | enthusiasm spilling through his voice. "We must find the Bridge!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "'and waste time playing adventure games', eh?" | |
| Genevieve was laughing at that, too. | ||
| DavidW twirls the meter-long black mustache. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut fore panel with tool" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT FORE PANEL WITH TOOL Floyd | Floyd | You haven't encountered any "north panel". (If you're sure you need Floyd | to refer to that, try putting it another way.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | The way is sealed fast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | You ask Chronos about some of your favorite stories that he used to Floyd | tell when you were a child. Chronos explains the Ancestor myths and Floyd | the legends about the beginning of the Great Journey that he combined Floyd | and embellished for those stories. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. That's a default response." | |
| DavidW says, "cut fore with tool" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut fore with tool" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT FORE WITH TOOL Floyd | Floyd | The Militia Guard should be able to take care of that well enough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut aft with tool" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT AFT WITH TOOL Floyd | Floyd | You set the laser tool to provide a concentrated beam for cutting. Floyd | Then you stab at the metal sheet, turning your head as sparks fly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | The sheet of metal offers significant resistance as the laser blade Floyd | bites deeply into it. When you've inserted the beam to its full Floyd | length on the current setting, you pull up with difficulty. Floyd | "Chronos, why do you call this place your library?" Veritas asks. Floyd | "Because I saved it," he replies, stroking his beard with his Floyd | left hand. "Back when I served on the Council, I fought to keep old Floyd | places like this maintained and open to the public. I was not Floyd | particularly successful, but I did, at least, prevent my opponents Floyd | from dismantling this room." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You cut a jagged, roughly vertical line up the side of the metal Floyd | plate, and then turn horizontally inward toward the bolts. The Floyd | resistance increases. Floyd | "After this room was closed and sealed, I never brought it up Floyd | again, counting on their short-sightedness to forget it," Chronos Floyd | continues. "And so, by the time they threw me out of the Council, Floyd | this place was utterly forgotten." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You dig the laser beam into the center of the metal sheet and then Floyd | adjust its setting, making the beam less intense but increasing its Floyd | resonance. The sheet begins to glow, molten metal dripping down as Floyd | you slowly move the beam around the reinforced center. Floyd | "And what of the secret entrance?" asks Euros, leaning against Floyd | the racks. Floyd | Chronos nods. "Some time after that, I built the secret exit Floyd | from the Data Center to access restricted areas, using old ventilation Floyd | shafts. I used to come here ever so often, up until they rigged my Floyd | skull with that accursed transponder." He looks at you and Veritas, Floyd | smiling faintly. "After they arrested me for conducting that Floyd | Remembering service, when the two of you sat in the front row and Floyd | listened to the word of what came before us." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You switch off the laser tool and readust its setting. Turning it Floyd | back on, you cut along the opposite side of the door from the part Floyd | where you began, now making quick, sweeping motions. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You connect the cuts that you made, digging multiple grooves to Floyd | fragment the door into smaller and smaller sections. Despite your Floyd | efforts, the scarred barrier remains intact. You struggle, thrashing Floyd | the metal sheet almost randomly. Floyd | "Maybe you've weakened it enough." You turn your head to see Floyd | Euros standing beside you, his gun raised. You step back, and Veritas Floyd | lays a hand on your shoulder, smiling encouragingly. She guides you Floyd | behind her, and then raises her own gun. Euros nods to her, and then Floyd | both begin firing at the door, each impact scouring a dent. Floyd | The metal sheet buckles, and its center begins to crumble. Euros Floyd | and Veritas take aim at the weakest point, blasting a jagged gap and Floyd | revealing the blockade to have been nearly a meter thick. They shoot Floyd | along the welded arch but succeed only in knocking off a little more Floyd | material. Floyd | Veritas stops shooting, and then Euros gives up a moment later. Floyd | "We just a need a little more," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | (First turning on the laser tool.) Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as Floyd | narrow as a single hair. Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears, Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few Floyd | inches out from the nozzle. Floyd | The laser beam grinds edge of the hole blasted through the Floyd | center. With much effort, you widen the gap, loosening and then Floyd | slicing off chunks of metal. Floyd | Chronos approaches. "Allow me," he says, gesturing for you to Floyd | step away. He points the meter-long black rod at the door, and then Floyd | turns one of the dials on it. A humming sound grows steadily louder, Floyd | and the aft arch begins to vibrate and tremble, causing the whole room Floyd | to shake. Chronos rapidly adjusts something else on the rod, and the Floyd | sections that you cut into the sheet collapse inward with a loud Floyd | crash. Floyd | Chronos lowers the meter-long black rod. "The way is clear, Floyd | Euros. You should be able to lose them in the old ventilation shafts, Floyd | but I will let you form your own plan. Take care," he says to Euros, Floyd | and then turns to you and Veritas. "Come here, and stay close to me," Floyd | he says, moving to the corner next to the cleared aft exit. Floyd | "If I do escape, I'll try to rally support," Euros says, looking Floyd | from you to Veritas to Chronos. He turns abruptly and ducks through Floyd | the jagged opening, just as the rattling of guns charges against the Floyd | other side of the fore-door increases in intensity." Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "Oh God, I bet it's going to be a maze." | |
| DavidW says, "I hope not." | ||
| Genevieve hates mazes! | ||
| DavidW says, "It's been a rather linear game so far and there have been maze jokes." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off laser" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN OFF LASER Floyd | Floyd | The lazer blade pulses and then disappears. Floyd | "We'll hide here," Chronos says, crouching with his back to the Floyd | port wall, between two of the racks. You and Veritas beside each Floyd | other, Veritas propped against the aft-facing rack and you against the Floyd | fore. The sound of shearing, scourging impacts continues. Floyd | Chronos turns a dial on the meter-long black rod, and the space Floyd | beyond the back end of the racks suddenly looks hazy and distorted, as Floyd | during your escape from the Data Center. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, we're gonna pretend to be invisible, I guess." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | The room shakes with an explosion, followed by footsteps. Floyd | "They should be here," a gruff masculine voice says. Floyd | The footsteps thud the length of the room. You hear the contents Floyd | of the shelves being thrown roughly out of the racks. A guard wearing Floyd | a shock-suit comes into view at the end of your rack. "They may have Floyd | escaped," the guard says, gesturing at the aft exit with her gun. Floyd | "Search this room first," says the first voice. "I'm reading Floyd | life signs." Floyd | The guard standing at the end of the two racks between which you Floyd | hand suddenly yells, dropping her gun as a point on her arm erupts in Floyd | flame. As the guard jumps to the side, the retort of gunfire resounds Floyd | several times more, coming from the aft exit. Floyd | "Proceed! The lifesigns must be coming from the other side of Floyd | the wall!" A guard runs past your rack, firing through the aft exit. Floyd | He steps to one side of the opening as the rest of the guards file Floyd | quickly past. Floyd | The guard holds up his fist, stopping the last two of his Floyd | underlings from leaving. "Burn this stuff," he says, firing his Floyd | weapon into the racks of artifacts. The other two guards follow his Floyd | example, blasting the contents of the racks. You and Veritas pull Floyd | Chronos down to the floor, flattening yourselves as charges explode Floyd | over your heads. As they turn to leave, the guards shoot the floor, Floyd | igniting the soft material. Floyd | Chronos rises stiffly and brushes himself off. He looks over the Floyd | devastion and grimaces. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "I was afraid you were going to get shoved into a maze of ventilation shafts or something." | |
| DavidW says, "It might yet happen." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to chronos" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO CHRONOS Floyd | Floyd | Chronos listens as you tell him the technical details about your Floyd | demographics program that turned up the ancient document. Floyd | "I know a thing a two about programming, myself," Chronos says. Floyd | "The Ancestors used to have a special title of honor reserved for the Floyd | very best programmers. I would say, Rood, you just might be a regular Floyd | 'wizard'!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x racks" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > X RACKS Floyd | Floyd | All is destroyed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "So, do we stay, go fore, or go aft?" | |
| Genevieve says, "I think if you stay, the guards are going to find your life signs whether you're invisible or not." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] Among the Racks Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | The two of you speculate about what the meaning of the name that was Floyd | randomly selected as your surname at the time of your melding from the Floyd | pool of the names of your ancestors in both of your families. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] At the Heart of the Godspeed Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | You follow Veritas past the ruins of the sealed-off portal. Floyd | Chronos takes a step through as well, but then turns back, Floyd | looking slowly around the ashes of the scorched library. "This too Floyd | will arise again," he mutters, and then turns and enters the tunnel. Floyd | "Onward!" Floyd | Your journey through the sealed tunnels is long and dark. You Floyd | pass unchallenged, relying on Chronos's knoweldge of the route, until Floyd | you arrive back in the less clandestine corridors. Chronos activates Floyd | an invisiblity field with his rod, but every turn seems to be occupied Floyd | by Militia Guards. As you gradually progress toward the Commons, you Floyd | see increasing signs of chaos. Floyd | Floyd | At the Heart of the Godspeed Floyd | A battle rages in the Commons, concentrated near the aft end. At Floyd | this end, people can be seen running from point to point, careful to Floyd | avoid each other. The ground is littered with signs of chaos and Floyd | death. Floyd | Chronos Han is here. Chronos holds a meter-long black rod. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "Oh, thank God! You didn't actually have to travel through a maze. The game just took you through it automatically." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fore" | ||
Floyd ] A Corridor Floyd | > Floyd | > FORE Floyd | Floyd | You encounter no one as you pass through the commons. As you reach Floyd | the corridor beyond, all is unusually quiet, except for the echoes of Floyd | the distant chaos. Floyd | Floyd | A Corridor Floyd | Removed from the central passageways of the Godspeed, no Floyd | more than two travelers could pass with comfortable distance between Floyd | them. The walls here are panelled in strips of the unknown alloy of Floyd | the older parts of the ship, but the homogenous white material of the Floyd | newer renovations begins just meters down the corridor to Floyd | aft. To fore, the corridor narrows further and Floyd | angles upward in a ramp, leading to the observation dome. Floyd | Chronos Han is here. Chronos holds a meter-long black rod. Floyd | "Here!" Chronos says, rapping on the wall panels with his Floyd | knucles. "I believe the entrance corridor leading to the bridge can Floyd | be found behind this wall." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I *tried* moving these panels!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panel" | ||
Floyd ] A Corridor Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN PANEL Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the wall panels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut panel with tool" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > CUT PANEL WITH TOOL Floyd | Floyd | (First turning on the laser tool.) Floyd | The nozzle at the end of the cylinder emits a faint beam of light, as Floyd | narrow as a single hair. Then, the base of the nozzle emits a few Floyd | sparks, and the beam pulses several times. The beam dissapears, Floyd | replaced by a broader, pulsating blade of light, extending only a few Floyd | inches out from the nozzle. Floyd | You cut a broad rectangular outline through the wall panneling. Floyd | You prise up the severed panels and toss them aside, raising your Floyd | laser tool to work on the material underneath. Floyd | "They've caught us!" Veritas lays a hand on your shoulder, Floyd | distracting you from your excavations. You look to see Guards run Floyd | toward you from the direction of the Commons, while others thunder Floyd | down the ramp from the observation dome." Floyd | "They knew we were coming," Chronos growls, brandishing the Floyd | meter-long black rod. "Well, perhaps they will get more than they Floyd | bargained for!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You slash through the inner wall material as fast as you can, sending Floyd | sparks flying as you shear circuitry. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | The powerful beam emitted by the laser tool digs deeper into the wall. Floyd | You discover a hollow area beyond and widen the hole. Now you should Floyd | be able to pass through to whatever may lie on the other side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hole" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER HOLE Floyd | Floyd | A small metal cylinder bounces beneath the invisible protective Floyd | field. Chronos turns on his heel and jumps back to the port wall as Floyd | you and Veritas crouch behind him into the crude opening you carved Floyd | through the wall. Chronos falls to his knees, cranking the dials on Floyd | the meter-long black rod. He looks up at you. "Remember." Floyd | You fall backward, shielding Veritas with your body. The wall of Floyd | the corridor collapses on top of you. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [....] | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | You feel someone shaking you. Floyd | Floyd | "Rood -- Rood! You're alive!" You blink hard, but you Floyd | cannot see Veritas's face. "Chronos..." her voice trails off. Floyd | You inhale deeply, shuddering. "I'm... blind," you manage to Floyd | say. Floyd | "No," Veritas says. "It's dark. I pulled you through to Floyd | otherside. Can you move?" Floyd | You stumble around in the dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | You're not carrying anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search floor" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH FLOOR Floyd | Floyd | You don't see that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | It's too dark to see anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | You no longer have enough motivation or strength to explore the other Floyd | end of this dark hallway. This end terminates in an opening right Floyd | here. You may as well go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | You flex your feet, and the mild pain informs you that they Floyd | obeyed. "Yes, I think I can stand," you tell her. Floyd | "Good." You feel her grab you under your arms, supporting some Floyd | of your weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | You flex your feet, and the mild pain informs you that they Floyd | obeyed. "Yes, I think I can stand," you tell her. Floyd | "Good." You feel her grab you under your arms, supporting some Floyd | of your weight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] In the dark Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | The guards are probably still out there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > IN Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Bridge Floyd | The room is open and rectangular, with a high ceiling and almost Floyd | as many stations and terminals lining the walls as in the Data Center. Floyd | At one end, the floor descends three steps into a depressed cockpit, Floyd | where the wall arches out elliptically, containing three seats built Floyd | into displays and terminals. The other end is mostly taken up by a Floyd | large door, its two sides clamped together. On either side of the Floyd | door are two small open archways; you don't even know which is the one Floyd | you came through. Floyd | Above the depression, a wide arch spans from wall to wall. Floyd | Displayed prominently on the center of the arch is an emblem, at once Floyd | familiar and different. Floyd | Veritas looks around slowly, her eyes wide. Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve exclaims, "Yes!" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x emblem" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X EMBLEM Floyd | Floyd | Mounted high on the arch is a depiction of the circular Serpent Floyd | emblem. Instead of devouring a star where its head and tail meet, as Floyd | in the symbol used by the Militia, this serpent is swallowing its own Floyd | tail, closing the circle completely. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cockpit" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X COCKPIT Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the arch at the end of the room, the depressed area contains Floyd | three chairs between its curving walls with ample room between them. Floyd | A ledge runs along the curve of the wall, flaring out toward the two Floyd | chairs that are closer to the sides. The central chair rests at the Floyd | center of a broad view of the stars, covering half the arc of the Floyd | depression's wall. Floyd | Veritas walks forward, gazing up at the plaque of the Serpent Floyd | emblem. Then she touches the patch of the Serpent devouring the Star Floyd | on her Militia Investigator uniform. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on central chair" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT ON CENTRAL CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | You haven't encountered any "central chair". (If you're sure you need Floyd | to refer to that, try putting it another way.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | That just wouldn't feel right. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cockpit" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER COCKPIT Floyd | Floyd | You get into the depressed area. Floyd | Floyd | On the Bridge, in the depressed area Floyd | Veritas Tora is here. Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x controls" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X CONTROLS Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "controls." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Bridge, in the depressed area Floyd | The room is open and rectangular, with a high ceiling and almost Floyd | as many stations and terminals lining the walls as in the Data Center. Floyd | At one end, the floor descends three steps into a depressed cockpit, Floyd | where the wall arches out elliptically, containing three seats built Floyd | into displays and terminals. The other end is mostly taken up by a Floyd | large door, its two sides clamped together. On either side of the Floyd | door are two small open archways; you don't even know which is the one Floyd | you came through. Floyd | Above the depression, a wide arch spans from wall to wall. Floyd | Displayed prominently on the center of the arch is an emblem, at once Floyd | familiar and different. Floyd | Veritas Tora is here. Veritas carries a handgun. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You don't see that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | You get out of the depressed area. Floyd | Veritas looks around slowly, her eyes wide. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | You don't see that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x display" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X DISPLAY Floyd | Floyd | Some of them look passingly similar to technology that you've used, Floyd | but most of the equipment here appears specialized, built around Floyd | diagrams of ship structures or strange input interfaces. Lights Floyd | flicker on and off on some of the displays, but the equipment doesn't Floyd | appear to be activated. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on display" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON DISPLAY Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the unfamiliar equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search equipment" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH EQUIPMENT Floyd | Floyd | You don't find anything new. Floyd | Veritas walks forward, gazing up at the plaque of the Serpent Floyd | emblem. Then she touches the patch of the Serpent devouring the Star Floyd | on her Militia Investigator uniform. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push emblem" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH EMBLEM Floyd | Floyd | You can't move the plaque of the Serpent emblem. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | "The Serpent devours only itself," you observe, noticing Veritas Floyd | observing the plaque of the Serpent emblem. Floyd | "Yes," Veritas says. "Over and over again, forever." Her voice Floyd | is heavy. "Chronos would have had something to say about it, for Floyd | sure." She quivers, and you put your arm around her. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I'm not sure what to do again." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X CHAIR Floyd | Floyd | Displays and controls hang out over all three chairs, the ledge from Floyd | the wall of the depressed command area flaring out before the left and Floyd | right chairs. The center chair is positioned between and a little Floyd | behind the other two, before the massive viewport that wraps around Floyd | the curve of the wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn on equipmet" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON EQUIPMET Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "equipmet." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x viewport" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X VIEWPORT Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the arch at the end of the room, the depressed area contains Floyd | three chairs between its curving walls with ample room between them. Floyd | A ledge runs along the curve of the wall, flaring out toward the two Floyd | chairs that are closer to the sides. The central chair rests at the Floyd | center of a broad view of the stars, covering half the arc of the Floyd | depression's wall. Floyd | You hear movement from halls behind the bridge. Scraping, and Floyd | the sound of footfalls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn on controls" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON CONTROLS Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "controls." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "turn on displays" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TURN ON DISPLAYS Floyd | Floyd | You can't do that with the unfamiliar equipment. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I may have squandered our time here." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ledge" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X LEDGE Floyd | Floyd | You don't need to use the word "ledge." Floyd | Floyd | > | Genevieve says, "Not deliberately. You were just trying to figure things out." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push emblem" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH EMBLEM Floyd | Floyd | You can't move the plaque of the Serpent emblem. Floyd | Veritas sighs and turns the cylinder of her handgun's barrel. Floyd | "Only three charges left." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to veritas" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | The two of you speculate about what the meaning of the name that was Floyd | randomly selected as your surname at the time of your melding from the Floyd | pool of the names of your ancestors in both of your families. Floyd | Veritas stands beside you, raising her handgun veritcally Floyd | parallel to her face. "For Chronos," she whispers. "For truth." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "uh, what is Veritas doing?" | |
| Genevieve says, "Uh-oh. Killing herself." | ||
| Genevieve says (to floyd), "take handgun from veritas" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE HANDGUN FROM VERITAS Floyd | Floyd | There is more to firing a handgun than pointing it and pulling the Floyd | trigger. Veritas is trained in its use, and you are not. Floyd | The sound from beyond the bridge quiets to a soft clammor. A Floyd | single person, a blond-haired woman, steps through. She looks up at Floyd | you and Veritas and walks toward you, but stops and raises her hands Floyd | as Veritas targets her. Floyd | "Rin..." Veritas says without emotion. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rin" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X RIN Floyd | Floyd | This short young woman fidgets where she stands, her green eyes wide, Floyd | her trembling hand holding her weapon in your general direction. Her Floyd | fair-skinned faced is creased in a grimace, framed by sheets of long Floyd | blond hair. Floyd | "Veritas -- you were right. It was... really hard to turn on you Floyd | like that... I'm sorry; I thought it was what I had to do. After... Floyd | when I saw how they ordered your instant death and destruction of Floyd | everything found with you -- and your husband too, and your Floyd | greatfather...." Rin looks around, and then back at Veritas. "Oh... Floyd | your greatfather! Is he... uh..." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Veritas snarls at the woman. "Then what are you doing here?" Floyd | "Coming to find you!" Rin exclaims, her eyes wide. "Before the Floyd | remaining Council forces can get you. You see, the people of the Floyd | Godspeed turned against the Council, partly due to the old Floyd | document you put on the Cloud, and partly due to the martial law and Floyd | all the abductions and lock-downs that followed. Plus, many members Floyd | of the Bureau of Investigation turned out to have been on our side, or Floyd | else they turned to our side when they saw all the corruption. The Floyd | Bureau of the Guard has been more stubborn; they're trained to obey Floyd | and not to think about it much. But even some of the high-ranking Floyd | Guard officers declared neutrality when they understood that we don't Floyd | want to overthrow the entire government, just the people suppressing Floyd | the truth." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] On the Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to rin" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO RIN Floyd | Floyd | "How can we possibly trust you?" you ask her. Floyd | The woman opens her mouth to speak, but a male voice from behind Floyd | her cuts her off. "I wouldn't have believed her either." Euros steps Floyd | out of one of the hallways behind the bridge and walk to stand beside Floyd | Rinaldi. "But when the Guards caught me, she found me and ordered Floyd | them to release me." He looks at her, brows knit together. "There's Floyd | a lot of questions I still want answered," he says, "but I believe we Floyd | can trust her for now. At any rate, if she tries anything, the army Floyd | of civilians and Investigators that she and I lead to retake the fore Floyd | section is waiting just outside." He grins. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [....] | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | The process of restoring order is long and tense. You have never
Floyd | been more glad to be a simple Data Tech, not one to be involved in the
Floyd | convolusions of politics and war. Veritas, on the other hand, played
Floyd | a key role in reorganizing the Militia, preventing the more radical
Floyd | supporters of the uprising from throwing out and imprisoning everyone
Floyd | who was loyal to the Old Council. The people recognized her efforts
Floyd | and elected her as the representative of the Godspeed on the
Floyd | New Council. You know that the reluctance with which she finally
Floyd | accepted the position was no mere modesty; you've seen her anxiety and
Floyd | her agonzied uncertainty. Ultimately, her sense of duty to the law
Floyd | and to the truth lead her to accept, and you know that she will serve
Floyd | with honor.
Floyd | The bridge has been undergoing restoration, the best scientists,
Floyd | techs, and engineers working constantly to discover how to use the
Floyd | sensory and navigation technology onboard the ship that has served as
Floyd | your home and the home of your ancestors. The signal that Lewis Yuan
Floyd | wrote about has already been rediscovered, exactly as he described all
Floyd | those generations ago. It is only a matter of time before the
Floyd | long-dormant propulsion system is attuned once again to the Signal,
Floyd | and then you will once again be following the Beacon toward your
Floyd | destiny.
Floyd | You've had a hand in the renovations, helping to translate
Floyd | between the ancient systems on the bridge and on other old and
Floyd | long-forgotten parts of the ship and the current operating
Floyd | environment, and to sift through and decode the vast amount of
Floyd | information stored in ancient snapshots of the Fleet Cloud and on
Floyd | ancient data storage devices. But you have a more important duty by
Floyd | far.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [....]
| DavidW says, "I'll pause a bit so people can read all that." | |
| DavidW says, "Continuing..." | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | It is time for the Remembering. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Beneath the Heavens, standing on the central platform Floyd | People crowd the three tiers of the stands, some shifting Floyd | excitedly, others sitting still in a reverential bearing. Completing Floyd | the circle around the back of the platform are the endless stars of Floyd | the New Heaven, which stretch above the transparent dome that forms Floyd | the ceiling. A small arch opens above the center of the top tier of Floyd | the stands, on the port side of the room. Floyd | Rinaldi Fletcher is sitting with Euros, looking toward you and Floyd | smiling meekly. Floyd | Euros Markon is sitting in the stands, his arm around Rin's Floyd | shoulder. He looks at you with an intense gaze, joyful but serious. Floyd | Veritas sits boldly in the front row, smiling at you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, this is so epilogue, isn't it. And WE are the storyteller now, I think." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK Floyd | Floyd | You can't find the right words. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to people" | ||
Floyd ] Beneath the Heavens Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO PEOPLE Floyd | Floyd | You look over the audience, drawing a slow, deep breath. Veritas Floyd | beams at you. Floyd | "The Ancestors did not live as we do. They lived on and communed Floyd | with the very spheres of the Heavens themselves. We were never meant Floyd | to go on living in these ships forever. We need Land. We need Sea. Floyd | We need Wind. We need Trees. Floyd | "At least now we once again have the stars. During the Great Floyd | Journey from the Old Heavens, our ancestors saw no stars for many Floyd | generations. Some thought that the stars were no more than a story Floyd | told to ignorant children before sleep rotation. Most of those who Floyd | knew that the Heavens really had once existed thought that the stars Floyd | had actually vanished altogether. In our arrogance, we allowed Floyd | ourselves to believe that we had no need for the stars. The Council Floyd | declared that we were the only light, that our Fleet was the entire Floyd | universe. Floyd | "But there was one man who remembered. His name was Chronos Han. Floyd | As a young Systems Tech on the Galaxy, Chronos saw the Floyd | ancient systems that had long since been shut away or ransacked. He Floyd | dedicated his life to finding out the true purpose of the Fleet, of Floyd | learning all he could about the Ancestors. He boldly declared that Floyd | the Fleet was not all that is, that we came from the Heavens and that Floyd | our fate was bound together with the Heavens. Floyd | "Chronos suffered many things at the hands of arrogant people. Floyd | He was imprisoned several times by the Militia and was tortured at the Floyd | order Council in an attempt to make him recant. He and his family Floyd | were threatened, his property confiscated, his name maligned. No Floyd | matter what was done to him, he never stopped insisting that the Floyd | Heavens were real, until he was proven right beyond all possibility of Floyd | denial. Floyd | "The stars reappeared at last, after a hundred generations had Floyd | lived died without them. But sadly, our foolish arrogance is so great Floyd | that we very soon forgot the Ancestors once again, and we went on Floyd | living as if the Fleet itself were our only purpose. Chronos gave his Floyd | life so that we could have evidence to hold on to, so that we can Floyd | believe that we came from a better place and are still seeking a Floyd | better existence. Floyd | "Be sure that we will forget again, because we are always Floyd | devouring ourselves in our arrogance. However, it is just as certain Floyd | that people will always long for the depths of the past and the Floyd | promise of destiny. That is why we will not utterly forget, until our Floyd | feet tread upon the surface of the New Land." Floyd | Floyd | You lower your head and step forward to sit down next to Veritas. Floyd | You look straight ahead, silently, everyone else doing the same. Floyd | Already small with distance, you see the canister in which Chronos's Floyd | body was laid, emblazoned with the motif of the Ancestor Tree. He Floyd | will journey forever among the stars, until the Heavens are born Floyd | again. Floyd | Floyd | *** THE END *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The game has ended. You have reached one of two successful outcomes. Floyd | There are two other possible outcomes, not counting death. Do you Floyd | want to (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE a saved game, (U)NDO your last turn, or Floyd | (Q)UIT? | Genevieve says, "Wow, that was cool. I liked that outcome." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah." | ||
| DavidW says, "I liked that." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Interesting that you don't get an actual score, but can end the story in different ways." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| DavidW says, "Deciding to tell the truth to Veritas was obviously a major branch point." | ||
| Genevieve nodnods. | ||
| DavidW says, "I suppose if we'd been arrested, we'd end up with a losing ending." | ||
| Genevieve says, "That, or death." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure how we'd've left the library if I didn't find the laser tool earlier." | ||
| DavidW says, "That might've made a difference." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Wow, you were fortunate then." | ||
| DavidW says, "Also, deciding whether to leave the library to the fore or aft, I guess." | ||
| Genevieve says, "I'm glad you said 'fore' when you did, because I was about to suggest going aft. Haha." | ||
| Genevieve says, "I know this sounds bitchy, but I just wish someone had proofread the game ahead of time. I guess I'm anal, but a lot of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors tend to detract from a game for me. I did like what I heard of the premise though." | ||
| DavidW says, "Anyway, thanks to everyone who showed up to participate or watch or comment! Thanks for the good game." | ||
| DavidW says (to Genevieve), "I know what you mean, but I'm generally more forgiving, unless the mistakes are really bad ones." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Well... words were actually omitted in a few cases here, which I found a bit irritating. Also... "You don't need to use the word annoying." :-) I know that latter problem is a parser issue though, not the fault of the author." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Still, very cool game from what I saw. Kudos to the author for all the great ideas." | ||
| Genevieve says, "I'm just used to the standards of Infocomm I guess, and people like Michael Gentry and C. E. Forman and... I dunno... Andrew Plotkin." | ||
| Ellison says, "Paul Lee, the author, is a really nice guy" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" | ||
Floyd | (Q)UIT?
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd | cheaphe quit with exit status: 0
| ||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | ||
| Ellison has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Genevieve says, "Awesome! If you know him, you should tell him to come hang out here. :-) He's certainly not lacking in imagination. I'm very impressed there. Also, it takes a lot of work to write a game. I know this from experience. So anyone who actually finishes one is pretty amazing." | |
| DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Ellison says, "he's been here before, but I guess it's been 4 years since he last was" | |
| DavidW says, "Someday I hope to write a full game, something more substantial than the toy games I've made so far." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Well, I hope he comes back some time and discovers his game is not dead." | ||
| Genevieve says, "I've no doubt you can do it, David. I still say the Cheeseshop was one of the most brilliant games I ever played, short as it was." | ||
| Genevieve says, "Mind you, I'm partial to Monty Python, so..." | ||
| DavidW says, "heh. That helps." | ||
| Ellison says (to Genevieve), "you should play 'the Apprentice' some time. it has plenty of Monty Python jokes (although they're mostly the obvious ones)." | ||
| Genevieve says, "I got a bit over-excited when I found that on the IF archive. Phoned up a friend and made her download it too. And okay, sounds good. I will have to check that out." | ||
| Genevieve says, "I am so grateful to have found this place and Floyd. I played elusions in the Toyshop all by my lonesome the other night. I unfortunately needed the help of a solution because my puny brain couldn't figure out how to solve all the puzzles, but at least I was able to finish the game this time. When I had it for Frotz aeons ago, I never figured out how. :-) I could find an Inform interpreter that works with my screen reader--I'm sure there is one--but my MUD client actually allows me to copy and paste, which an Inform client probably would not, and the output is generated in such a way that I don't have to fiddle with my screen reader's review cursor (which I know i would have to do in something like Winfrotz)." | ||
| Ellison says, "some interpreters allow copy and paste, yeah" | ||
| Ellison asks, "which screenreader do you use?" | ||
| Genevieve says, "Jaws. I have NVDA as well, but prefer Jaws because it's more flexible." | ||
| Ellison says, "cool. I just ask because someone made a NVDA add-on for IF interpreters, but I'm sure Jaws works just as well, given the right interpreter." | ||
| says, "If so, I haven't found it. :-) I find the NVDA add-on rather fiddly. That's why I'm so chuffed that I can play almost any IF game imaginable with my MUD client. I just whisper my text to Floyd so the poor transcript-logging bot doesn't have to log all my nonsense. :-)" | ||
| Genevieve played Leather Goddesses of Phobos on here a while back too, but got stumped by.. guess what... a maze. :-) | ||
| Genevieve says, "Bane of my existence. That's the darned thing that always stumped me before when I played that game in DOS donkey's years ago." | ||
