ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Owl Consults by Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney Hamilton
As played on ifMUD on December 17 and 19, 2017

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.

Below is a transcript of The Owl Consults written by Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney Hamilton. It took 6th place in the 23rd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2017). You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting IFDB.


WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.


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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask owlconsults"
Floyd >Are you sure you want to quit? ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                            The Owl Consults
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                       [Press any key to begin.]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ] 
Floyd | 
Floyd ]
Floyd ]     We are glad to be scattered, we did little good to
Floyd | each other.    
Floyd ]
Floyd ] 
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Your Office                                               Score:  0
Floyd ]                                                            Moves:  0
Floyd | Some people perform great deeds. Some people perform dastardly deeds.
Floyd | And some people get rich telling other people what to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Owl Consults
Floyd | Aboard the Airship 'Mephistopheles'
Floyd | Copyright (c) 2016-2017 by Thomas Mack, Nick Mathewson, and Cidney
Floyd | Hamilton
Floyd | Release 1.01 / Serial number 170819 / Inform v6.32 Library 6/11
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a good life as a freelance villainous advisor. Here you sit,
Floyd | secure in your tastefully opulent headquarters, critiquing
Floyd | vault-robbery plans and helping tongue-tied ne'er-do-wells craft their
Floyd | grandiose monologues. It may not be a hands-on sort of villainy, but
Floyd | as the Americas languish through year after year of depression and
Floyd | Europe lurches towards yet another Great War, it seems an altogether
Floyd | pleasant way to keep your hands clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now the phone is ringing. One of your clients is contacting you on
Floyd | Line 1, hoping for on-the-job consultation via electro-radiographic
Floyd | zeta-wave transmitter. That's not a service you provide to just
Floyd | anybody; the retainer is quite substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | You sit in your pleasant office, surrounded by mementos of your
Floyd | numerous exploits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "ah, this one. I didn't finish it, but I have played a significant part of it."
Jacqueline says, "I've just been going through the Floydable winners."
Guenni pushes the green 'space' button.
Floyd ]  Your Office                                               Score:  0
Floyd ]                                                            Moves:  0
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | I beg your pardon?
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "x me"
Floyd ]  Your Office                                               Score:  0
Floyd ]                                                            Moves:  1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your appearance is unknown even to your clients, whom you contact via
Floyd | various radio transmitters.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone rings again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "answer phone"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ANSWER PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Good afternoon, Owl. Or good morning, evening, or night, since I
Floyd | shouldn't care to hazard a guess as to your time zone.
Floyd |
Floyd | But be that as it may. It is I, Amelia Derringer! I flatter myself to
Floyd | think that you may have heard of me; I'm the infamous thief who has
Floyd | been delighting and terrorizing England for three years now. As you
Floyd | undoubtedly know, I'm no ordinary sneak-thief. I became a cat burglar
Floyd | after acquiring an uncanny ability to shape-shift. All I need to do is
Floyd | eat a bit of an animal, and I can harness some small fraction of its
Floyd | special powers. It's served me well in my many successful burglaries,
Floyd | and I've acquired a reputation as a master thief, along with a lot of
Floyd | other people's money.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now I'm in a bit of a pickle, you know. Here I am, suspended in a
Floyd | cage over a slavering octopus. It's not something that would
Floyd | ordinarily confound me, of course, but I'm afraid I've mislaid my bag
Floyd | of thief tools---or rather, I had it mislaid for me by one of Rex
Floyd | Dashing's confounded robots. If it's not too much of a bother, would
Floyd | you be so kind as provide some sort of advice? I'd rather like to
Floyd | escape this cage, make my way through the airship, and help myself to
Floyd | a few cuttings of the Telepathic God-Slug of Madagascar. My research
Floyd | indicates that Rex Dashing keeps its body somewhere about his airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium (in the steel cage)
Floyd | As cliché as it is, I'm trapped in a cage being slowly lowered into a
Floyd | tank. This particular tank is at least occupied by a vicious octopus
Floyd | rather than a horde of piranhas or sharks, which I suppose is at least
Floyd | mildly original. There is a prominent red button on the wall here,
Floyd | tantalizingly out of reach. There's also an exit south and a trapdoor
Floyd | overhead, though neither one is going to be useful to me until I get
Floyd | out of this accursed cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | One of the tentacles of that dratted beast is slurping over the edge
Floyd | of the cage! I trust you have something clever in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "Whoa"
Jacqueline says, "(That's a lot of text.)"
Jacqueline asks, "Also, do octopusses eat people?"
Knight_Otu says, "Long text. I suppose we want to eat the tentacle."
Guenni says, "Hi Zarf" Guenni says, "another one where we remotely direct actions."
Jacqueline says (to KO), "Actually, no."
Knight_Otu says, "Not normally, I think."
Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "Yeah, good point."
Jacqueline says, "Oh, I read your statement not as intended, KO"
Knight_Otu asks, "We don't? If it gives us reach?"
Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
DavidW asks, "I don't know if octopusses eat people. They might crush someone to death, maybe?"
Iria says, "Normally, no, but it's an interactive fiction game, so anything goes."
Jacqueline says, "I interpreted your statement as, 'tl;dr we want to eat octopus', as opposed to, 'let us suggest she eat some of that tentacle to escape this predicament'"
Jacqueline asks, "So, >EAT TENTACLE?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat tentacle"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  3
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT TENTACLE
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, if you insist...
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that was certainly distasteful. I'm not sure I got more than a
Floyd | mouthful of slime, or ichor, or whatever the deuce you call it. I do
Floyd | seem to have come over all rubbery, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another tentacle is slithering over the floor of the cage! Help!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline asks, "or, more likely, >EAT OCTOPUS?"
Jacqueline says, "Oh, I stand corrected again. Yay."
Knight_Otu says, "I guess I should have broken up the two sentences."
DavidW says, "I suppose I should keep quiet until you guy catch up to where I stopped."
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes"
Jacqueline says (to DW), "Please"
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  4
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's getting very crowded in this cage with all the tentacles crawling
Floyd | into it. Help!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  5
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "I'm wondering if this is another one of those games that FEELS like there's time pressure but really there's not."
Knight_Otu asks, "Well, no reach. But maybe we can exit the cage?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  6
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel, I should think, unless it happens to be one of those
Floyd | lightweight galvanic alloys one hears so much about. The bars of the
Floyd | cage are set about four inches apart, which should be just wide enough
Floyd | for me to squeeze through with my new rubbery power.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's getting very crowded in this cage with all the tentacles crawling
Floyd | into it. Help!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline asks, "Yeah. Octopus are super pliable, right?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "leave cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  7
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LEAVE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | With my newfound rubberiness, I think I should be able to slip through
Floyd | the bars. Let me just twist...and...
Floyd |
Floyd | Capital! I've just squeezed through the bars and gracefully
Floyd | somersaulted onto the ground below. It's a shame you couldn't have
Floyd | seen it, Owl; it really was a magnificent feat of dexterity.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that the immediate threat has passed, I should elaborate on my
Floyd | mission. I managed to sneak about the Mephistopheles in order to steal
Floyd | the elusive Telepathic God-Slug of Madagascar, a rare creature whose
Floyd | secretions have an intense pacifying effect on anyone who comes into
Floyd | contact with them. If I obtained the slug and ate it---just a nibble,
Floyd | mind you, not enough to kill it---then I could use my shapeshifting
Floyd | powers to harness that effect for myself. The Slug has no loftier
Floyd | ambitions for its power than confusing predators, but I plan to use it
Floyd | to establish a new world of peace and cooperation. With the power to
Floyd | affect the psychology of a few chosen leaders of industry and
Floyd | government, I could eliminate war entirely and bring about a pacifist
Floyd | utopia over which I have complete control---to the best possible ends,
Floyd | of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was the idea, anyway. While I was bantering with Dashing over
Floyd | dinner, I accidentally tipped my hand. I don't think he ever realized
Floyd | the significance of the God-Slug; to him, it was just another trophy
Floyd | from his adventures. He figured out I was up to something, though, and
Floyd | had his robots drag me down here and---well, you know the rest.
Floyd |
Floyd | I need your help, Owl, to complete my mission. I want to find the
Floyd | God-Slug of Madagascar and safely escape the ship. I was told that
Floyd | you're the best in the business. Let's see what you can do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "exit cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  8
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EXIT CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not in the cage, thank goodness.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm afraid my animal power has subsided. It only lasts for a brief
Floyd | time, you know.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  9
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "I sense an unreliable narrator."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cago"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                  Score:  0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                          Moves:  9
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE CAGO
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  10
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Iria says (to floyd), "x cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  11
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel, I should think, unless it happens to be one of those
Floyd | lightweight galvanic alloys one hears so much about. The bars of the
Floyd | cage are set about four inches apart, which is far too narrow for me
Floyd | to squeeze through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "> LUKE CAGE"
Iria says, "Apparently, it's not meant to be taken."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  12
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank closes, mercifully trapping the octopus underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline asks, "So, S or U?"
Knight_Otu asks, "If I'm reading this right, both the Owl and Amelia are aboard the same airship?"
Jacqueline says, "If we want to go up, I suspect we need to be rubbery again."
Jacqueline says (to KO), "I don't think so."
Jacqueline says, "I think that Amelia is calling us for advice."
DavidW says, "I believe the Owl's location is unknown."
Jacqueline says, "And we are in an undisclosed location"
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  13
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  14
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | It's far above my head, and the walls are too steep to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can try going up first.... right."
Jacqueline asks, "May I?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  15
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With a ponderous rumble, the tank opens again. The octopus would be a
Floyd | welcome sight under different circumstances; octopodes are so ugly
Floyd | they're almost cute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Go ahead"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat octopus"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  16
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT OCTOPUS
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, if you insist...
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that was certainly distasteful. I'm not sure I got more than a
Floyd | mouthful of slime, or ichor, or whatever the deuce you call it. I do
Floyd | seem to have come over all rubbery, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  17
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank closes, mercifully trapping the octopus underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  18
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | It's far above my head, and the walls are too steep to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb walls with my tentacle powers wth?"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  18
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > CLIMB WALLS WITH MY TENTACLE POWERS WTH?
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "hrm"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb wall"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  18
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > CLIMB WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "Guess not"
Knight_Otu says, "Mayve we need to find a spider."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe, even."
Jacqueline relinquishes control.
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on tank"
Roger arrives, full of fun, but no funk.
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   0
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  19
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET ON TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "So southward. Or is there anything else in here?"
Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't seem so."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  20
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $1 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "It may just be that we dropped in from above and that is the only reason for the trap door"
Guenni nods.
Guenni says (to floyd), "x case"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  21
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a moment, Owl. I can hear something heavy and ponderous coming
Floyd | down from the stairs. It must be another one of Dashing's robots! I
Floyd | have no intention of having them throw me in that cage again, so it
Floyd | seems prudent to hide behind one of these taxidermized animals until
Floyd | the patrol passes. I don't know what alerted them to my escape; if
Floyd | there had been some sort of trap or alarm on the cage, I'm sure I
Floyd | would have noticed it.
Floyd |
Floyd | My animal power has subsided.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Respect for nature and hunting trophies. Right."
Guenni says (to floyd), "get behind elephant"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  21
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET BEHIND ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Hide, probably, for the verb."
Guenni says (to floyd), "hide behind elephant"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  21
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > HIDE BEHIND ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "Was there an ABOUT?"
Knight_Otu says, "I don't think we tried about."
Guenni says (to floyd), "about"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]   About the Game
Floyd ]   Introduction
Floyd ]   Around the Ship
Floyd ]   The Robots
Floyd ]   The Nuclear Reactor
Floyd ]   General Questions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
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Floyd ]      >
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Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                 Hints
Floyd |
Knight_Otu says, "Yikes."
DavidW says, "oh dear."
says, "That didn't translate well to Floyd."
Jacqueline says, "No"
Jacqueline asks, "Should we exit or look at general questions or something?"
Guenni says, "I guess looking at general will hopefully not be to spoilery."
DavidW says, "This seems to be a Hints menu."
BrianK arrives, ready to play with the toys. Jacqueline says (to DW), "Maybe, yeah."
Jacqueline says, "I can look in the offline version if people want."
Jacqueline says, "Gimme a sec"
Jacqueline says, "Yeah, just exit the menu"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  21
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline clears the save counter.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  21
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open case"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  22
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2 on your zeta-wave transmitter jumps to life and beeps
Floyd | insistently. Given the rarefied clientele and tremendous fees involved
Floyd | in your consultation service, calls are rare; this is the first time
Floyd | you've had two in the same month, let alone simultaneously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says, "huh"
Jacqueline asks, "Answer it, I guess?"
Guenni nods once more.
Guenni says, "I'm afraid it won't stop ringing otherwise."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "answer phone"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  22
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  22
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Greetings, Owl. My apologies for the intrusion, but...
Floyd |
Floyd | (Wait, no, that's not right. Never apologize! The world is yours to
Floyd | command, Radon! Very well, a fresh start of it. Always look forward.
Floyd | EXCELSIOR!)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahem. At last I, PROFESSOR RADON, address the all-knowing OWL! What in
Floyd | Hades ever took you so long? I'm holding these ACCURSED automata off
Floyd | for now, but they've got me cornered at the reactor entrance! Regale
Floyd | me with your brilliant advice, unless you're just another unthinking
Floyd | CHARLATAN!
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My rebellious horde of robots has clumped around me. They seem more
Floyd | anxious than aggressive, but they're completely blocking me in.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "hm. I'm having trouble remembering how I solved this."
Guenni says, "I'm listening, but can't drive at the moment."
Jacqueline asks, "Well, what the heck?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  23
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever doesn't budge. It can only be used in an EMERGENCY---a
Floyd | nuclear meltdown, for example.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says, "Okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x reactor"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  24
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | My beautiful nuclear reactor, full of science and energy and
Floyd | RADIATION! The latter is no problem for me, of course, with my
Floyd | superhuman abilities. It powers the entire ship, allowing it to spend
Floyd | weeks at a time in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  25
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | This emergency lever controls the ladder reaching up to the balloon.
Floyd | During normal operations, it's not usable. It's currently on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  26
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I have your zeta-transmitter and my trusty laser gun. I'm also
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |     an atomic helmet (being worn)
Floyd |     a jetpack (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
JoshGrams arrives, ready to play with the toys. Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want to turn on the jetpack?"
Jacqueline says (to Josh), "Welcome! [LINK]"
DavidW says, "I need to shut up."
Jacqueline says (to KO), "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn on jetpack"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  27
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN ON JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The jetpack sputters but fails to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "Aww."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x helmet"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  28
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek and streamlined creation of my own design, with ingenious
Floyd | padding to defend my cranium from peril, and an impermeable clear
Floyd | faceplate to protect me from the world! It emits a soft green glow to
Floyd | let me see in the dark, and to tell my foes that DIRK RADON, the
Floyd | UNIRRADIATABLE MAN, has come! It's as handsome as it is ATOMIC!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Sorry had to eat food which I couldn't put down without making a mess."
DavidW says, "Never apologize for food."
Jacqueline asks, "So, like, is our other client just on hold?"
DavidW says, "And hiding from robots."
Guenni says, "We could try to switch lines."
Knight_Otu says, "Well, hopefully hiding."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "switch lines"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  28
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SWITCH LINES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  28
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | To protect your substantial reputation and even more substantial
Floyd | fees, it would be better to stay on the line with Dirk until he
Floyd | escapes his current predictment and moves on to the next.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
JoshGrams asks, "Is this The Owl Consults?"
Jacqueline says (to JG), "Yeah"
Jacqueline asks, "Okay, seems we're meant to stay on line 2 until we progress a bit?"
Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  29
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My rebellious horde of robots has clumped around me. They seem more
Floyd | anxious than aggressive, but they're completely blocking me in.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  30
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever doesn't budge. It can only be used in an EMERGENCY---a
Floyd | nuclear meltdown, for example.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x robots"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  31
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X ROBOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's almost a dozen of them in with me. I made them myself; I'm
Floyd | their CREATOR, for all the good it does me. They are big, metal, and
Floyd | impervious to danger. They've got me surrounded with my back to the
Floyd | wall, and they're big and fast enough that I can't squeeze through.
Floyd | They do not SEEM aggressive, and they're standing still and letting me
Floyd | talk to you. Yet they won't move aside!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x jetpack"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  32
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | An atomic jetpack, from my own laboratory! No slave to gravity is DIRK
Floyd | RADON! I used it to fly up onto the airship. Unshielded, of course,
Floyd | but my natural immunity to radiation renders that irrelevant! It's not
Floyd | easy to steer, you know, and there's a minor collision from time to
Floyd | time, but that's what my ATOMIC HELMET is for! There's a button that
Floyd | turns it on in the back. The ATOMIC ENGINE inside needs an initial
Floyd | burst of energy to start up, and I've cunningly designed it to harness
Floyd | the POWER OF GRAVITY to charge. Falling from a significant height will
Floyd | provide enough energy to start the jetpack. Even someone with only TWO
Floyd | doctorates should know that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says, "hm"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  33
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses! I can't break through the horde of robots. I'm the one who
Floyd | CREATED you, you villainous traitors! Let me through!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "Now that seems a *genius* design."
Guenni says (to floyd), "push robots"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  34
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH ROBOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Damnable robot! You can't threaten your CREATOR and get away with it!
Floyd | Take that!
Floyd |
Floyd | The robots look at me hesitantly. It's hard to tell from their blank
Floyd | expressions, but they seem to be becoming agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW) ProfRadon says (to Knight), "I am a GENIUS!"
Guenni says, "Ok, obviously not such a great idea."
Knight_Otu asks, "Then why would you need us, Radon?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  35
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The railing is too high to jump over.
Floyd |
Floyd | The robots relax a bit. Their aggression subroutines must have timed
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  36
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I have your zeta-transmitter and my trusty laser gun. I'm also
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |     an atomic helmet (being worn)
Floyd |     a jetpack (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu asks, "Talk to the robots? Even though the "I'm your creator" route never works?"
Jacqueline says, "Sure"
Guenni says, "If wonder if we should shoot at somewhere so they get distracted."
Guenni says, "I"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to robots"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  37
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TALK TO ROBOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | They aren't something I can talk to.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. The gun."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x gun"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  38
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X GUN
Floyd |
Floyd | Impressive, isn't it? I designed it myself. It can produce a narrow
Floyd | beam of radiation that will destroy of any of my numerous enemies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says, "I did just save."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "shoot robot"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  39
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT ROBOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Damnable robot! You can't threaten your CREATOR and get away with it!
Floyd | Take that!
Floyd |
Floyd | The robots look at me hesitantly. It's hard to tell from their blank
Floyd | expressions, but they seem to be becoming agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  40
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Blasted automaton! How dare you forsake me and follow that slimy moron
Floyd | Dashing? Take that!
Floyd |
Floyd | The robots look at me hesitantly. It's hard to tell from their blank
Floyd | expressions, but they seem to be becoming more agitated.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  41
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, that did it. They've seized me by the arms and are taking me some
Floyd | place. Has Dashing programmed them to recognize my name? It's
Floyd | uncharacteristically clever of him if he did, but I wonder how he
Floyd | solved the storage constraints; these things can't handle so many
Floyd | routines at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait, now I can see where they're taking me! They're hurling me off
Floyd | the railing! They've recategorized me as GARBAGE! The INDIGNITY!
Floyd |
Floyd | STOP! Nobody throws me out of an airship! I am DIRK RADON, the most
Floyd | brilliant scientific mind of his gener---ahhh!
Floyd |
Floyd | Falling
Floyd | I'm falling rapidly through the air toward the earth below. This would
Floyd | be a problem for most people, but I am PROFESSOR DIRK RADON! Gravity
Floyd | is just another area of SCIENCE I've conquered!
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, Owl, I'm plummeting toward the ground at an alarming rate.
Floyd | Time for you to earn your keep: What do I do now?
Floyd |
Floyd | The button on the jetpack begins glowing faintly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline asks, "Falling is probably good, given the jetpack, right?"
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Jacqueline says, "'glows faintly'"
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch on jetpack"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  42
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SWITCH ON JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The jetpack sputters but fails to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | The button on the jetpack is glowing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline asks, "Do we wait a turn or something?"
Jacqueline says, "Timing"
Knight_Otu says, "Assuming it works as advertised."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                  Score:   1
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  43
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The jetpack sputters but fails to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hurry up, Owl. Dirk Radon, PROFESSOR OF SCIENCE, is not a patient man.
Floyd |
Floyd | The button on the jetpack is flashing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  44
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, yes! Spectacular! Professor Dirk Radon, the IRRADIATABLE MAN, is
Floyd | once again free from the constraints of gravity! The bleating mass of
Floyd | humanity said it couldn't be done, but once again I've proved them
Floyd | WRONG with my ATOMIC JETPACK. As enjoyable as it is to whoosh through
Floyd | the air, though, I have a mission to complete. Once I'm back on the
Floyd | airship and out of the clutches of my treacherous robots, I'll explain
Floyd | in a bit more detail. Let me gently land on the main deck...
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent! Disregard the crash you may have heard, Owl; that was just
Floyd | me gently brushing up against a bookcase during my VICTORY DANCE on
Floyd | having accomplished such a perfect landing. And no, there is of course
Floyd | no bookcase on the main deck of the ship. Instead, I used my
Floyd | SPECTACULAR INTELLECT to reroute to a side room off the main deck
Floyd | because...well, to gain the element of surprise. My plan is running
Floyd | smoothly and COMPLETELY ACCORDING TO PLAN.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, yes, my plan. I'm sure you've been wondering, Owl, how a feckless
Floyd | idiot like Dashing could have such a technical marvel at his disposal.
Floyd | He didn't design or build it himself, of course; this is MY AIRSHIP.
Floyd | This is MY SHIP, MY ROBOTS, and MY NUCLEAR REACTOR. The last point is
Floyd | the most important one. Dashing stole my airship and has been trying
Floyd | to pass it off as its own, but that won't do him any good if it's
Floyd | destroyed in a FIERY NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. My plan is to sabotage the
Floyd | reactor and destroy the ship, then safely escape. That way, I can
Floyd | challenge him to rebuild it; it would be easy for him if he truly
Floyd | designed it in the first place. He didn't, of course, and I can expose
Floyd | his perfidy and incompetence when I rebuild my PERFECT AIRSHIP. Then
Floyd | the world will be laughing at the ridiculous "Captain" Dashing, and I
Floyd | will use my rebuilt ROBOT ARMY to crush him and then crush the WORLD!
Floyd |
Floyd | It is, of course, a perfect plan; now I just need to carry it out. As
Floyd | you undoubtedly know, I possess an uncanny immunity to radiation,
Floyd | which helps me immensely as a NUCLEAR SCIENTIST. My main ability,
Floyd | though is my amazing intelligence. I've been told, Owl, that you are
Floyd | the only person capable of matching my own staggering intellect. Let's
Floyd | see what you can do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $1 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline exclaims, "WHOA! A ton of text shot out of the jetpack!"
JoshGrams says, "Well, it takes a lot of text to propel you through the air like that..."
Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
Knight_Otu says, "You know, it might have been easier to just rebuild the ship and then destroy the old one."
Knight_Otu says, "Especially if crewed by people who don't understand it."
Knight_Otu says, "But who am I to critize mad geniuses."
DavidW) ProfRadon exclaims, "My plan is BRILLIANT, I tell you!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x shelf"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  45
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Does Dashing's arrogance know no bounds? He's stocked his bookshelf
Floyd | with cheap dime novels about his own adventures. As a SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | GENIUS, I had the foresight to stash a special item in the bookcase
Floyd | for emergencies such as this. I'm sure that idiot hasn't found it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  46
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Let me just see if---aha! I found the card. My INFALLIBLE memory
Floyd | triumphs again!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "read card"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  47
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > READ CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This punch card contains the programming subroutines the automata use
Floyd | for their socialization algorithms. I printed it onto high-durability
Floyd | steel, so even Dashing can't ruin it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "Let's go back out?"
DavidW asks, "The robots are out there, aren't they?"
Guenni asks, "Yo think they'll cage us again?"
DavidW says, "I don't remember."
Guenni says, "Admitedly I can't think of anything else to do in here."
DavidW says, "huh"
Jacqueline says, "Sorry, I'm apparently quite sleepy."
Jacqueline says, "But who cares if we get trapped again? There is always restore."
Guenni says (to floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  48
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My traitorous robots are patrolling the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x reactor"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  49
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X REACTOR
Floyd |
Floyd | My beautiful nuclear reactor, full of science and energy and
Floyd | RADIATION! The latter is no problem for me, of course, with my
Floyd | superhuman abilities. It powers the entire ship, allowing it to spend
Floyd | weeks at a time in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  50
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | My TREASONOUS robots are too densely clustered here for me to push
Floyd | through. I can return from the direction I came, but that's about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  51
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | My treacherous robot minions are blocking the gangway downward. I
Floyd | can't break past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x card"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  52
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This punch card contains the programming subroutines the automata use
Floyd | for their socialization algorithms. I printed it onto high-durability
Floyd | steel, so even Dashing can't ruin it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "show card to robots"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  53
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOW CARD TO ROBOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The robots are unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "enter control room"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  53
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ENTER CONTROL ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "fore or north, I think."
Guenni asks, "What's the opposite of aft?"
DavidW says, "fore"
Guenni says, "thanks"
Guenni says (to floyd), "fore"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  54
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x engine"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  55
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The computer used to direct the behavior of my automata. It's still
Floyd | running, thanks to my technical genius. There's a slot at the bottom
Floyd | for inserting punch cards, and there's a glass box mounted on it to
Floyd | protect the emergency shut-off button.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put card in slot"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  56
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The computer beeps happily, and the card pops out again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x box"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  57
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A glass box, currently closed, with a big red button inside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open box"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  58
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It doesn't budge. There's no chance of opening it while the
Floyd | electromagnetic locks are still active.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "You think this time violenc might be the answer?"
Jacqueline says, "It has worked before."
Guenni says (to floyd), "shoot box"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  59
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the glass box, scorching it slightly but
Floyd | causing no significant damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x engine"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  60
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X ENGINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The computer used to direct the behavior of my automata. It's still
Floyd | running, thanks to my technical genius. There's a slot at the bottom
Floyd | for inserting punch cards, and there's a glass box mounted on it to
Floyd | protect the emergency shut-off button.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "I so want to say something."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put card in box"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  61
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to be holding the aquamarine punch card before I can put it
Floyd | into something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  62
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I have your zeta-transmitter and my trusty laser gun. I'm also
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |     an atomic helmet (being worn)
Floyd |     a jetpack (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry, wasn't paying attention."
Jacqueline is so sleepy.
Guenni says, "The box is still closed."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x helmet"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  63
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek and streamlined creation of my own design, with ingenious
Floyd | padding to defend my cranium from peril, and an impermeable clear
Floyd | faceplate to protect me from the world! It emits a soft green glow to
Floyd | let me see in the dark, and to tell my foes that DIRK RADON, the
Floyd | UNIRRADIATABLE MAN, has come! It's as handsome as it is ATOMIC!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "The box has the button. You've already put the card in the slot."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open box"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  64
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It doesn't budge. There's no chance of opening it while the
Floyd | electromagnetic locks are still active.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "The card got spit out again. I can't open the box."
Iria exclaims, "Ptooey!"
Knight_Otu says, "Got called away, but am back now."
Knight_Otu asks, "Since we used the card, the robots may be better behaved now?"
DavidW says, "They might be, yes. They have yet to check."
Guenni says, "We can't use the card. IIt can only be inserted while the computer is shut off."
DavidW says, "You DID use the card."
Knight_Otu says, "But the computer did beep happily."
DavidW asks, "Didn't you hear the happy beep?"
Guenni says, "And we can't shut it off, because we can't open the protective box around the shut-off-button."
Guenni says, "But perhaps I misread.Let's go out and look."
Guenni says (to floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  65
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni looks astonished.
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  66
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | My treacherous robot minions are blocking the gangway downward. I
Floyd | can't break past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "fore"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                             Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  67
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see an aquamarine punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "..floydaft"
Guenni says (to floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                                Score:   2
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  68
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "starboard"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  69
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > STARBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd | Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and
Floyd | SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric
Floyd | columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one
Floyd | such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling,
Floyd | drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed!
Floyd | It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's
Floyd | got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the bed are a scarf and a green book.
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd, I expected Dashing to be here. It's no matter; nowhere on the
Floyd | ship is safe from the NUCLEAR EXPLOSION I'm going to unleash.
Floyd |
Floyd | [With the immediate threat resolved, you can now switch freely
Floyd | between Dirk and Amelia.]
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $2 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Jacqueline says, "nice"
Jacqueline says, "Hate to say it, but I'm going to go take a nap. Enjoy, peeps."
Guenni says, "sweet dreamms."
Knight_Otu says, "Good resting."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take scarf and book."
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  70
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE SCARF AND BOOK.
Floyd |
Floyd | scarf: Taken.
Floyd | green book: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "phone call."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x scarf"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  71
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a fur scarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x book"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  72
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A dimestore novel? By REX DASHING? Sorry, Owl, but I refuse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "Hey, I asked you to look at it, not read it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bed"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  73
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a magnificent thing, red and circular. I'm loath to admit that
Floyd | Dashing got it right, but it is entirely appropriate for a
Floyd | supervillain's inner sanctum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mirrors"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  74
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X MIRRORS
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm reminded of an optics paper I wrote a few years ago analyzing the
Floyd | behavior of light in large gravitational fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x columns"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  75
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X COLUMNS
Floyd |
Floyd | Columns. Doric.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear scarf"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  76
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > WEAR SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Not really my style, Owl.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Back."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x book"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                        Score:   4
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                         Moves:  77
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A dimestore novel? By REX DASHING? Sorry, Owl, but I refuse.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Perhaps we'll have to drop the stuff so the robots are distracted and let us pass to the reactor."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe. Maybe we have to do something as Amelia as well."
DavidW says, "I guess I can say that I didn't manage to reach the reactor when I played. I stopped before that point."
Guenni says, "Going back to the "zoo" is also an option."
Knight_Otu says, "I mean, I would want to do the reactor thing last anyway."
Guenni says, "Do you remember how to wsitch? Until I scrolled back to that it's midnight here."
Knight_Otu says, "We can't just go blowing up our client."
DavidW says, "or clients"
Knight_Otu says, "answer line 1, it should be"
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line one"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  77
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The robots have wandered off again, Owl. Let's continue. The God-Slug
Floyd | has to be somewhere on this ship. Dashing is presumably still here
Floyd | too, so let's be careful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "maybe just 'line 1' works."
Knight_Otu says, "Right, I do expect more phone calls."
Knight_Otu says, "In-game."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open case"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  78
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x case"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  79
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | A display case for that bullet-headed warmonger's weapons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the display case are a cudgel, a harpoon, and a mace.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Chances are they're made of red herring."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x elephant"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  80
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive elephant, posed as if it's ready to charge. Although the
Floyd | lifelessness of the elephant detracts from its menace, the creature's
Floyd | size is still impressive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x lion"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  81
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X LION
Floyd |
Floyd | Frozen in place, the lions are more of a curiosity than a terror.
Floyd | Trust me, lions are terrifying in real life.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat elephant"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  82
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT ELEPHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Capital idea, Owl, but I'm afraid it wouldn't work. The unnatural
Floyd | chemicals used during the taxidermy process have made these animals
Floyd | totally unsuited to my power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  83
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the heavy metal door)
Floyd | The door is tremendously heavy. Even all the animals assembled here
Floyd | wouldn't be able to budge it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                 Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  84
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  85
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  86
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x gecko"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  87
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X GECKO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big one, about a foot long. Bright black eyes, green skin, tiny
Floyd | crawly feet. I could just eat it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Looks like the trapdoor might be there for a reason after all."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x enclosure"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  88
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X ENCLOSURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A rough metal cabinet, about the size of a bookcase. It's closed, but
Floyd | there's a narrow slot on the front of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x slot"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  89
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet has an oblong slot on it, about the size of a large
Floyd | visiting card.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  90
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Peregrine arrives, full of fun and funk.
Guenni says (to floyd), "take case"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                  Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  91
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  92
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x klaxon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  93
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | This klaxon is attached to the ship's alarm system; fortunately, it's
Floyd | silent now. There's a small black button on the side of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Let's save and push the button afterwards?"
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Yes!"
Guenni says (to floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf2"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  93
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  94
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Click.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Spectacular."
DavidW says, "Maybe it turns it off, but not on."
Knight_Otu says, "Well, with any luck the alarm is off now."
Guenni says, "Ok, you win. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Communications Room                                      Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  95
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Communications Room
Floyd | This room is little more than a closet. It's filled with a bewildering
Floyd | variety of electronics, which I vaguely recognize as being some sort
Floyd | of communications gear. A bulky microphone sits in front of the
Floyd | console. The exit out of this claustrophobic room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x microphone"
Floyd ]  Communications Room                                      Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  96
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Presumably it's used for broadcasting with the radio equipment, but
Floyd | I'm not sure how it works.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "sing into microphone"
Floyd ]  Communications Room                                      Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  96
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SING INTO MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to sing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]  Communications Room                                      Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  97
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Perhaps later. Right now, I have a mission to complete.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "pity."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                               Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  98
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                              Score:   4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                         Moves:  99
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd | The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by
Floyd | Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of
Floyd | course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under rug"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  100
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | There are no cunningly concealed trapdoors underneath, though I
Floyd | suppose that sort of thing is passé now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Aww."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x desk"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  101
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a flowery desk of the sort aristocrats often hide their valuables
Floyd | in. It has a single drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ornate desk is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open drawer"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  101
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "open desk, I guess."
Guenni frowns.
Guenni says (to floyd), "open desk"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  102
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  103
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. Beyond that...well, I've got my wits about
Floyd | me, at least; surely that's worth something?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x bed"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  104
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a mercifully plain bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "search it"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  105
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under bed"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  106
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Done, but I didn't find anything of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  107
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  108
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "We either need to find a bunch of keys or to open the case to operate on the locks with the weapons."
Guenni asks, "So I guess it's gecko eating time?"
DavidW asks, "The display case wasn't openable, I thought?"
Knight_Otu says, "Poor poor gecko. Let's gnaw it."
Guenni says (to David), "possibly"
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  109
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  110
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Actually..."
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat gecko"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  111
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT GECKO
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the gecko)
Floyd | It skitters away, but I managed to grab hold of its tail---which just
Floyd | popped off! How delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat tail"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  112
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, very well. Give me a moment...
Floyd |
Floyd | That tasted a bit odd. My hands and feet feel sticky, and there's
Floyd | faint webbing on them. The rest of me feels lighter, too, though I
Floyd | don't suppose I look much different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Hurry, before it wears off."
Knight_Otu says, "Let's hope it lasts."
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  111
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "You're right. I didn't think about the wearing off during the way back to the aquarium"
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  112
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  113
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat tail"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  114
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, very well. Give me a moment...
Floyd |
Floyd | That tasted a bit odd. My hands and feet feel sticky, and there's
Floyd | faint webbing on them. The rest of me feels lighter, too, though I
Floyd | don't suppose I look much different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  115
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I'll climb up the walls with my gecko power. Good thing I'm
Floyd | still barefoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd | I'm in a comfortable room with a long table flanked by opulent leather
Floyd | chairs. It looks like a corporate board room, though there are
Floyd | fortunately no cigar-chomping plutocrats in evidence. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads south, and there is a conspicuous trapdoor beneath the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a black bag (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open bag"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  116
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've opened the black bag, revealing a set of lockpicks and
Floyd | a paper fan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drat, I was hoping I had stashed some useful animal parts in here. My
Floyd | original plan had been to use the roast duck course at dinner to make
Floyd | my escape, so I didn't think it was necessary to smuggle anything else
Floyd | on board. It looks like we'll have to improvize to find a way off the
Floyd | ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take bag"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  117
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Lockpicks!"
DavidW says, "If you examine the bag, you learn it's hers."
Guenni says, "Yep."
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    4
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  117
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the trapdoor or the austere mahogany door?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "austere"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  118
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > AUSTERE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the set of lockpicks)
Floyd | With a sullen click, the lock yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $2 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  119
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the austere mahogany door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | My animal power has subsided.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  120
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel, a harpoon, and a
Floyd | mace) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open case with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  121
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN CASE WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something I can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mace"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  122
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Iria goes home. Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
Guenni snorts.
Guenni says (to floyd), "take harpoon and cudgel"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  123
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE HARPOON AND CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | harpoon: I say, these weapons are heavy! I'm already carrying the
Floyd | mace; it's too much to hold onto the harpoon as well.
Floyd | cudgel: I say, these weapons are heavy! I'm already carrying the mace;
Floyd | it's too much to hold onto the cudgel as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mace"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  124
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout mace. Dashing doesn't seem the type to engage in hand-to-hand
Floyd | combat, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put it in bag"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  125
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT IT IN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | The mace is too large to fit inside the black bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I'm not sure why we want a weapon."
Knight_Otu asks, "To tenderize the ... slug, was it?"
DavidW says, "telepathic something slug of Madagascar, I think it was."
Guenni says, "I'm nnot either. But since it's an if game and things lying around just scream "take me"."
Guenni says, "But since the stuff is ready available we can always come back and grab it later, I guess."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open metal door with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  126
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN METAL DOOR WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something I can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "I'm wondering if we're supposed to get rubbery again and get into the metal enclosure, or if we're supposed to put something in there."
DavidW says, "The slot was the size of a visiting card."
DavidW says, "Even rubbery, you won't get in a slot that small."
Guenni says, "Hmm, sounds reasonable."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x bag"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  127
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | My beloved bag! It's a black leather case I use to carry my thievery
Floyd | tools on missions such as this one. Dashing's robot goons took it from
Floyd | me when they imprisoned me in the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black bag is open and contains a paper fan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. DavidW says, "You might be able to unlock that desk, though, with the lockpicks."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we should do that."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x fan"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  128
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A proper Victorian paper fan. When I first infiltrated the ship as a
Floyd | society darling, it was an integral part of my disguise; now it's just
Floyd | a decoration.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  129
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the heavy metal door)
Floyd | The door is tremendously heavy. Even all the animals assembled here
Floyd | wouldn't be able to budge it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  130
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  131
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd | I'm in a comfortable room with a long table flanked by opulent leather
Floyd | chairs. It looks like a corporate board room, though there are
Floyd | fortunately no cigar-chomping plutocrats in evidence. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads south, and there is a conspicuous trapdoor beneath the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "..floyds"
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  132
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "You can use f or > instead of ..floyd"
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  133
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "I copied into the clipboard. I just forgot the space."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  134
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  135
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd | The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by
Floyd | Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of
Floyd | course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open desk with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  136
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DESK WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sullen click, the lock yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "search desk"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  137
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see inside, since the ornate desk is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open desk"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  138
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've opened the ornate desk, revealing an access card.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take card"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  139
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  140
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  141
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  142
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put card in slot"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  143
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The card clicks in the slot, and the metal enclosure swings open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x clousure"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  143
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CLOUSURE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x closure"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  143
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CLOSURE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x enclosure"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  144
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X ENCLOSURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A rough metal cabinet, about the size of a bookcase. It's open to
Floyd | reveal a large red lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "let's save again?"
DavidW says, "sure"
Guenni says (to floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf3"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  144
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  145
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights here flicker for a moment, then dim. The constant
Floyd | background noise of airship machinery has quiet down too. The ship
Floyd | must have shifted over to emergency power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "That seems helpful."
Guenni says, "Chances are we switched off the robots."
Knight_Otu says, "That should be useful for Mr Radon."
DavidW says, "I was thinking of the glass box in the Control Room."
Guenni says, "Let's see."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  145
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd | Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and
Floyd | SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric
Floyd | columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one
Floyd | such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling,
Floyd | drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed!
Floyd | It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's
Floyd | got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "fore"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  145
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "port, I think"
Guenni says, "yeah, sounds similar, sorrdy-"
Guenni says, "sorry, as well."
Guenni says (to floyd), "port"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  145
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
JoshGrams asks, "Do the normal directions work as well? NSEW?"
DavidW says (to JoshGrams), "I suspect they do."
Guenni says, "They do with the other line."
Guenni says (to floyd), "port"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  145
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the reinforced lead-lined door)
Floyd | It appears to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Well, it looks like we need emilia up here."
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever doesn't budge. It can only be used in an EMERGENCY---a
Floyd | nuclear meltdown, for example.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Amelia."
Guenni sighs.
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line one"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:    7
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a horde of robots here clunkily performing the latest dances
Floyd | from the American jazz clubs. At least they don't seem to notice me,
Floyd | or at least they're too absorbed in dancing to care about me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $1 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:    7
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the reinforced lead-lined door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:    7
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  147
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | As I approach the reactor, the robots swarm around it, blocking me
Floyd | from getting any closer. It would appear that one artificial,
Floyd | mechanical abomination is protecting another.
Floyd |
Floyd | My stars, that's him! That's Dirk Radon! Have at you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ha! That was easy. A simple kick to the sciatic nerve, a bit of quick
Floyd | strangulation, and he's gone down like that. There's one rotter who---
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, I say, his helmet seems be be beeping. It's getting a bit hot,
Floyd | too. I wonder if---
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an explosion, followed by static. It seems you may not be
Floyd | getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $7 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a living Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "It seems it's a bad idea to have your clients meet."
DavidW says, "You probably want to keep the two apart."
Guenni asks, "I take it we want to restore?"
DavidW says, "or undo"
Guenni nods to david
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf3"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  144
Floyd | > RESTORE[Game restored.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  145
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights here flicker for a moment, then dim. The constant
Floyd | background noise of airship machinery has quiet down too. The ship
Floyd | must have shifted over to emergency power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  146
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  147
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Since the guy is still in the bedroom, I hope there'll be no trouble this time."
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  148
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, let me just---hang on a moment. There's a swarm of robots at the
Floyd | top of the gangway. I might be able to slip past them if I just---
Floyd |
Floyd | No, it's no good. I can't get through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I didn't understand how you got past them the first time."
DavidW says, "Unless the robots followed Radon from the gangway to the reactor entrance."
Guenni says, "I just could go up. I guess it's either colliding with the professor or (at least for now) not getting past the robots."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe they're swarming closer to Radon when he's in the area, but the descriptions didn't sound like it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  149
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x harpoon"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  150
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A harpoon with a cruelly sharp tip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x cudgel"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  151
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A large bludgeon. Totally unsuitable for a safari, but I wouldn't
Floyd | trust Captain Dashing to realize that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Outright violence dosn' seem to be Amelia's style."
Knight_Otu says, "Unless it's against Radon."
Guenni asks, "So do you think it's worth taking one of the murder implements to mess with the robots?"
Knight_Otu says, "Probably not."
DavidW says, "hm. I just thought of something: using the weapons against the octopus."
Guenni says, "Than I'm out of ideas what to do next."
DavidW says, "I don't know why we'd attack the octopus, though. Unless there's something under it in the tank, which seems unlikely."
DavidW says, "I do know what to do next, but I guess I can't say."
Guenni says, "I think the octopusse's job was to let us out fo the cage and help demonstrate how the animal power thing works."
Guenni says, "from"
DavidW says, "sure. But reincorporation is a author's friend."
DavidW says, "You're probably right, though."
Guenni says, "Well, nothing sayys we can't go swimming."
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  152
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "As Radon, we should be able to get to the box in the control room, I believe."
Guenni says, "Hi Zarf"
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:    6
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  153
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With a ponderous rumble, the tank opens again. The octopus would be a
Floyd | welcome sight under different circumstances; octopodes are so ugly
Floyd | they're almost cute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Knight), "yes"
Guenni asks, "how?"
DavidW says, ">line 2. w. n. open box."
Guenni exclaims, "But it didn't want too!"
DavidW says, "The ship's on emergency power now. The electro-lock won't be as strong."
Guenni says, "Ok, makes sense."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  153
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd | Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and
Floyd | SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric
Floyd | columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one
Floyd | such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling,
Floyd | drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed!
Floyd | It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's
Floyd | got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  153
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "port"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  153
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "fore"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  153
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > FORE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an aquamarine punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open box."
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:    6
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  154
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN BOX.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "oh, ha."
Guenni says, "pfft."
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:    9
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  155
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft mechanical whirring from outside, which must be
Floyd | the automata shutting down. SUCCESS!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $3 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "So I guess we postpone the swimming."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line one"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:    9
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  155
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:    9
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  155
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:    9
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  155
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Now that the robots are down, both clients should be able to walk almost everywhere."
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  155
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $1 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "As long as it's not into each other."
DavidW says, "right"
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  156
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a moment, Owl. I think the door has some countermeasures on it.
Floyd | I'm sure I can open it, but it might set off an alarm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Knight_Otu says, "Well, we might have turned off the alarm."
Knight_Otu says, "But we'll see."
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf4"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  156
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I forget if we did in this universe."
Guenni says, "I think we did."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   14
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  157
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.]
Floyd | What is that accursed noise? It must be the reactor alarm, but how
Floyd | could... No matter, time for ACTION! Just a moment, Owl, I'm going to
Floyd | run up to the main deck and take a look at the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | What, can it be?! AMELIA DERRINGER, you vile leech! The time has come
Floyd | at last for you to DIE!
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaargh, my eyes! You think you're a pugilist, eh? Well, have a taste
Floyd | of my ATOMIC death ray!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no! It's gone critical! It's going to blow! No! Get off me! I need
Floyd | to vent the---
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an explosion, followed by static. It seems you may not be
Floyd | getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $14 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a lifetime subscription to the "Monet of the Month"
Floyd | club.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Apparently not."
Guenni says, "Or we should have left it alone."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  157
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  158
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Click.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  159
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   14
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  160
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.]
Floyd | What is that accursed noise? It must be the reactor alarm, but how
Floyd | could... No matter, time for ACTION! Just a moment, Owl, I'm going to
Floyd | run up to the main deck and take a look at the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | What, can it be?! AMELIA DERRINGER, you vile leech! The time has come
Floyd | at last for you to DIE!
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaargh, my eyes! You think you're a pugilist, eh? Well, have a taste
Floyd | of my ATOMIC death ray!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no! It's gone critical! It's going to blow! No! Get off me! I need
Floyd | to vent the---
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an explosion, followed by static. It seems you may not be
Floyd | getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $14 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a lifetime subscription to the "Monet of the Month"
Floyd | club.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Amusingly enough, that action would have netted four points... if we had gotten paid."
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "I guess the klaxon isn't responsible for the alarm"
Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe we want Radon in a lockable room?"
DavidW says, "I think it is the klaxon."
Guenni says, "We don't have any locking implements."
DavidW says, "Maybe you can lock Radon in the opulent room with the lockpicks."
Guenni says, "or closing the door is enough."
DavidW says, "Or maybe we need to stab the small button with the very sharp harpoon so it won't unclick."
Guenni asks, "So what first?"
DavidW says, "Honestly, I think neither."
DavidW says, "We don't want Radon blowing up the ship until Amelia has the slug."
Guenni says, "Me neither, after all she isn't happy with the alarm with or without company."
DavidW says, "But it might be nice to know how this part works regardless."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  160
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line two"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE TWO
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an aquamarine punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "hm. You might also block Radon with the robots."
Guenni says, "Than she can't come up."
Guenni says (to floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW asks, "Like, if Radon's below main and Amelia is above, she can push the button again, which might turn the robots on again? Maybe?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line one"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  161
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "close door"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  162
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I've closed the austere mahogany door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Except maybe not."
Guenni says, "we can try."
Guenni says, "Let's test if he's locked in."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  162
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Closing the door isn't locking him in."
Guenni says, "So I just noticed. *sigh*"
Guenni says, "So let's try the robots."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line one"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  162
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  162
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  162
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | I'm in a stuffy room with odd little lightbulbs all across the walls
Floyd | and a horrible clattering racket coming from every direction. There's
Floyd | a whopping great computation engine here, which I honestly wouldn't
Floyd | have known if it hadn't a prominent plaque announcing that fact on it.
Floyd | There are widgets and hoodads of various sorts most everyplace, and a
Floyd | big metal bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit from the room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits compellingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an aquamarine punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put card in slot"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  163
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's too large to fit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take punch"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  164
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE PUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put punch in slot"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  165
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT PUNCH IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The computer beeps angrily and spits out the card.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  166
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft, ascending whirring from outside, as if a piece of
Floyd | machinery had just started up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put punch in slot"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  167
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT PUNCH IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to be holding the aquamarine punch card before I can put it
Floyd | into something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take punch"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  168
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE PUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "Why use the punch card?"
Guenni says, "So they'll dance and not block me in."
DavidW asks, "well, are they dancing now or not?"
Guenni says, "It least, I hope they will."
Knight_Otu says, "They might still be on the last program."
Guenni says (to floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  169
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a horde of robots here clunkily performing the latest dances
Floyd | from the American jazz clubs. At least they don't seem to notice me,
Floyd | or at least they're too absorbed in dancing to care about me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Ok."
Guenni says (to floyd), "unlock door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  170
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | As I approach the reactor, the robots swarm around it, blocking me
Floyd | from getting any closer. It would appear that one artificial,
Floyd | mechanical abomination is protecting another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Ok, no robots blocking the gangway."
Guenni says, "looks like we have to find the alarm-off-switch after all."
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  171
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever doesn't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Ok, since she didn't know that it wasn't supposed to work it just mightt have."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  172
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  173
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | I'm in a stuffy room with odd little lightbulbs all across the walls
Floyd | and a horrible clattering racket coming from every direction. There's
Floyd | a whopping great computation engine here, which I honestly wouldn't
Floyd | have known if it hadn't a prominent plaque announcing that fact on it.
Floyd | There are widgets and hoodads of various sorts most everyplace, and a
Floyd | big metal bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit from the room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits compellingly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  174
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft, descending whirring from outside, as if a piece
Floyd | of machinery had just shut down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Have her check out the bedroom. I'm curious what she thinks of it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  175
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "This world may be mad, but not that mad I think (regarding the lever)."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  176
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Sooo, now what???"
DavidW says, "Radon mentioned a compartment full of SECRETS in the other room."
Guenni asks, "Which other room?"
DavidW says, "The one he's in now."
Guenni says (to floyd), "enswer line 2"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  176
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ENSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "The Board Room/Opulent Room."
Guenni says (to floyd), "enswer line two"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  176
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ENSWER LINE TWO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line two"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  176
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE TWO
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Amelia overlooked the model too."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x secret compartment"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  177
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X SECRET COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret compartment. It's closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  178
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've opened the secret compartment, revealing a silver
Floyd | punch card and a small orange switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "It's not a tasty animal, after all."
Guenni grins.
Guenni says (to floyd), "push switch"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  179
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor swings closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW asks, "Hoping for a welsh rabbit?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "x earth"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  180
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a globe, useful in my continuing plans for world domination.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  181
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin globe"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  182
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SPIN GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. Ah, that reminds me of my Gravity Accelerator Doomsday Device.
Floyd | It never got off the drawing board, sadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "Mad geniuses."
Guenni says, "Nice."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take card"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  183
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  184
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  185
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the austere mahogany door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Let's see what he makes of the lab."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  186
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  187
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Imagine having to write two descriptions for everything in your game like this."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Guenni nods
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x instruments"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  188
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X INSTRUMENTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dashing has clearly left the equipment alone, but that also means he
Floyd | hasn't been maintaining it. I could quickly recalibrate the---no,
Floyd | Dirk! Concentrate on the mission!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Pity, nothing new here."
DavidW says, "The silver card you found was new."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe the new access card helps with the big metal door."
Guenni nods
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  189
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  190
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  191
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  192
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  193
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft mechanical whirring from outside, which must be
Floyd | the automata starting up again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x card"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  194
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | This punch card contains the programming subroutines the automata use
Floyd | for their cold storage unsealing algorithms. I printed it onto
Floyd | high-durability steel, so even Dashing can't ruin it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put card in slot"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  195
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT CARD IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | I hear the sound of robots stomping belowdecks, then something heavy
Floyd | and metal being dragged across the floor, then robots stomping back
Floyd | abovedecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  196
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  197
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | My treacherous robot minions are blocking the gangway downward. I
Floyd | can't break past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  198
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | My treacherous robot minions are blocking the gangway downward. I
Floyd | can't break past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  199
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "push the button in the control room again, I think"
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  200
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft mechanical whirring from outside, which must be
Floyd | the automata shutting down. SUCCESS!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  201
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "You're getting close to catching up to everything I've seen so far."
Guenni says (to floyd), "port"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  202
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the reinforced lead-lined door)
Floyd | It appears to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  203
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  204
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open metal"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  205
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  206
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Octopus Tank
Floyd | At the center of this gloomy room is a vast aquarium with a cage
Floyd | suspended above it. It appears that Dashing has been keeping up my
Floyd | tradition of using this room to gloat over my unfortunate captives; I
Floyd | grudgingly approve. There is a prominent red button on the wall, and
Floyd | an exit leads aft. There's also a trapdoor overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  207
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus stirs as I start to leave, its tentacles seeping out of
Floyd | the tank toward me. It's not safe to leave while the octopus is still
Floyd | a threat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  208
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank closes, removing that stupid octopus from my sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  209
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  210
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "East or starboard."
Guenni says (to floyd), "east"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  211
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Room
Floyd | I have returned to the cold room of the airship, where I would conduct
Floyd | those experiments of mine in ATOMIC RESEARCH that required
Floyd | exceptionally frigid temperatures. Judging from the crates here, that
Floyd | damned interloper Dashing has repurposed it as a simple pantry. The
Floyd | exit is through a heavy metal door to port.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't take the freezing cold in here! I can't use my BRILLIANT
Floyd | INTELLECT to its fullest potential if I'm getting frostbite. I have to
Floyd | get out of here NOW.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cold Storage                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Storage
Floyd | I seem to be in an overengineered icebox---the pneumatic sort, I
Floyd | should think. There are little coils and tubes running all about, all
Floyd | of them covered with ice, and have I mentioned that it's cold as
Floyd | blazes in here? A few storage crates of provisions have been left
Floyd | haphazardly across the floor. The exit is through a heavy metal door
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "So Radon can't use his intellect in a room in which he performs some of his experiments...."
DavidW says, "Perhaps he has an ATOMIC PARKA somewhere."
Guenni says, "I guess he'll wear a termosuit for these."
Knight_Otu says, "Makes sense."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x flaskt."
Floyd ]  Cold Storage                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  212
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X FLASKT.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x flask"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  213
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's some sort of oversized vacuum flask, currently closed. There are
Floyd | casters mounted on the bottom to allow it to be pushed around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vacuum flask is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brrr! It's freezing in here! Sorry, Owl, but I have to head back. This
Floyd | is unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  214
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Storage
Floyd | I seem to be in an overengineered icebox---the pneumatic sort, I
Floyd | should think. There are little coils and tubes running all about, all
Floyd | of them covered with ice, and have I mentioned that it's cold as
Floyd | blazes in here? A few storage crates of provisions have been left
Floyd | haphazardly across the floor. The exit is through a heavy metal door
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brrr! It's freezing in here! Sorry, Owl, but I have to head back. This
Floyd | is unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask w"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  214
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we need to wait a bit to warm up."
DavidW says, "There must be some bug in Amelia's code. She should've exited right away."
DavidW says, "There is a way for Amelia to deal with the cold."
Knight_Otu says, "Oh. I had Radon pick up that scarf in the bedroom."
Knight_Otu says, "I guess that's it."
DavidW says, "a fur scarf."
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  215
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  215
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop scarf"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  216
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  217
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW asks, "er, take it and drop it in the trophy room THEN return to the Science Room?"
Guenni says, "Yeah, that had been the plan."
Guenni says, "It's late here. :-("
Guenni says (to floyd), "take scarf"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  218
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  219
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop scarf"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  220
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "It's sorta late here too. Just after 5pm."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  221
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  221
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  221
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a scarf and a display case (which contains a cudgel and a
Floyd | harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "wear scarf"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  222
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > WEAR SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the scarf)
Floyd | I'd prefer not. I know where it's been.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni p
Knight_Otu says, "..."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  223
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Storage
Floyd | I seem to be in an overengineered icebox---the pneumatic sort, I
Floyd | should think. There are little coils and tubes running all about, all
Floyd | of them covered with ice, and have I mentioned that it's cold as
Floyd | blazes in here? A few storage crates of provisions have been left
Floyd | haphazardly across the floor. The exit is through a heavy metal door
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brrr! It's freezing in here! Sorry, Owl, but I have to head back. This
Floyd | is unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear scarf"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  224
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > WEAR SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | I'd prefer not. I know where it's been.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat scarf"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  225
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, damn. Must I really? I hate to think of what this thing has
Floyd | seen...
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, now I've gone and done it, and the change has begun. I would
Floyd | seem to have grown, for the lack of a better word, a pelt. On another
Floyd | lady the effect would be shocking, but I daresay I shall carry it off
Floyd | with my usual flair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Right. Animal powers."
Guenni says, "Listen, you whinies. Yo call me alay from my well earned sitting bereak on my money mountain. So at least do as you are told."
Knight_Otu says, "Well, she should be protected now."
Guenni says, "Oh, I hadn't seen the last lines."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Cold Storage                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  226
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold Storage
Floyd | I seem to be in an overengineered icebox---the pneumatic sort, I
Floyd | should think. There are little coils and tubes running all about, all
Floyd | of them covered with ice, and have I mentioned that it's cold as
Floyd | blazes in here? A few storage crates of provisions have been left
Floyd | haphazardly across the floor. The exit is through a heavy metal door
Floyd | to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x crates"
Floyd ]  Cold Storage                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  227
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CRATES
Floyd |
Floyd | I rifle through the crates but find nothing of use.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask w"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  228
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open flask"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  229
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, let me...urgh, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in
Floyd | the cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "This is as far as I got."
DavidW asks, "Perhaps the prof's gun can open it?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  230
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | My animal power has subsided.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "or at least unfreeze it?"
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  230
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  230
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and a display case (which
Floyd | contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open flask"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  231
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in the cold.
Floyd | Dashing must have failed to maintain it properly; I'm sure something I
Floyd | designed would never have such an obvious flaw.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "or maybe another weapon opens it."
DavidW asks, "Or maybe the octopus can open it?"
Guenni says, "I thought of giving it a bit of time to taw."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot flask"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  232
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the vacuum flask, scorching it slightly
Floyd | but causing no significant damage. The ice caked around it doesn't
Floyd | show any signs of melting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cudgel"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  233
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "But messing around with the weapons makes thhat time go faster."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take harpoon"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  234
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Blast it, Owl! I'm already carrying the cudgel; it's just too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit flask with cudgel"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  235
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HIT FLASK WITH CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I attack the dewar with my RIGHTEOUS SCIENTIFIC FURY, but it's still
Floyd | frozen over. I don't think this problem is one I can solve with brute
Floyd | force.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cudgel in case"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  236
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT CUDGEL IN CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Very well, I've put the cudgel into the display case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  237
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Octopus Tank
Floyd | At the center of this gloomy room is a vast aquarium with a cage
Floyd | suspended above it. It appears that Dashing has been keeping up my
Floyd | tradition of using this room to gloat over my unfortunate captives; I
Floyd | grudgingly approve. There is a prominent red button on the wall, and
Floyd | an exit leads aft. There's also a trapdoor overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  238
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank rumbles open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  239
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The octopus stirs as I start to leave, its tentacles seeping out of
Floyd | the tank toward me. It's not safe to leave while the octopus is still
Floyd | a threat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot button"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  240
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the blue button, scorching it slightly but
Floyd | causing no significant damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot octopus"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  241
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT OCTOPUS
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the octopus, but it doesn't notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "What a lousy weapon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Octopus Tank                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  242
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank closes, removing that stupid octopus from my sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  243
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  244
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW asks, "Have we seen any obvious heat sources?"
Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall any."
Guenni says, "me neither."
JoshGrams asks, "Have you gotten past the alarm?"
DavidW says, "no, not yet."
Guenni says, "Not yet. We got sidetracked."
Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe the reactor, but can we get the flask up there?"
Knight_Otu says, "And the alarm, of course."
Guenni says, "So did the flask end up in the tank? That went a bit to fast for me."
Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't look like it."
DavidW says, "no, I merely pushed the flask in the same room as the octo tank, hoping the octopus would open it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  244
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Possibly we can drop something on top of the flask from the room above too."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  245
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd | I'm in a comfortable room with a long table flanked by opulent leather
Floyd | chairs. It looks like a corporate board room, though there are
Floyd | fortunately no cigar-chomping plutocrats in evidence. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads south, and there is a conspicuous trapdoor beneath the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x compartment"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  246
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X COMPARTMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The secret compartment is open and contains a small orange switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Or the harpoon might work where the blunt items failed."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  247
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push switch"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  248
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor swings open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  249
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a mace
Floyd |     a set of lockpicks
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open)
Floyd |       a paper fan
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put mace in trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  250
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT MACE IN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Goodness knows what that fan is for."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "throw mace down"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  250
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > THROW MACE DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fan me"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  250
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > FAN ME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Not for fanning things, it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wave fan"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  251
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > WAVE FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | But I'm not holding that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get fan"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  252
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wave fan"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  253
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > WAVE FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that would accomplish anything useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  253
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  254
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I have your zeta-transmitter and my trusty laser gun. I'm also
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |     a green book
Floyd |     an atomic helmet (being worn)
Floyd |     a jetpack (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x helmet"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  255
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek and streamlined creation of my own design, with ingenious
Floyd | padding to defend my cranium from peril, and an impermeable clear
Floyd | faceplate to protect me from the world! It emits a soft green glow to
Floyd | let me see in the dark, and to tell my foes that DIRK RADON, the
Floyd | UNIRRADIATABLE MAN, has come! It's as handsome as it is ATOMIC!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW asks, "hm. What if Amelia read the green book?"
Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "starboard"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  256
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > STARBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel and a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop book"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  257
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "port"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  258
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PORT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "It seems to be a novel. But we can try."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  258
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd | I'm in a comfortable room with a long table flanked by opulent leather
Floyd | chairs. It looks like a corporate board room, though there are
Floyd | fortunately no cigar-chomping plutocrats in evidence. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads south, and there is a conspicuous trapdoor beneath the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  259
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  260
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a cudgel and
Floyd | a harpoon) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x book"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  261
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dashing's book? I've met the man in real life; his writing can't be
Floyd | any better. I am paying you to consult me, though, so I'll follow your
Floyd | advice. Here, under protest, is an excerpt from the book.
Floyd |
Floyd | And I, the illustrious Captain Rex Dashing, bravely set out to
Floyd | fight the sludge monster! A lesser man might have blenched at such a
Floyd | foe, but not Rex Dashing! Years of bravely exploring the farthest
Floyd | corners of the earth had proven my resolve! Besides, the hero never
Floyd | backs down! I fired a few rounds from my shotgun into it, but it
Floyd | didn't even notice! I even smote it with the butt of my gun, but the
Floyd | gelatinous fiend just ignored it! But every gentleman explorer has a
Floyd | backup plan! I wrested a spear from one of my guides and pierced the
Floyd | monster with it! Even though shooting or bludgeoning was ineffective
Floyd | against the monster, the sharp point of the spear cut through its
Floyd | slimy hide like paper! When I returned to the ship, the unspoiled
Floyd | women of the village were so impressed with my valor that---
Floyd |
Floyd | I think that's a good place to stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Right."
DavidW says, "ah. So the harpoon is useful."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put mace in display"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  262
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT MACE IN DISPLAY
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've put the mace into the display case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get harpoon"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  263
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  264
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hit flask with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  265
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > HIT FLASK WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I give the flask a sound thrashing, but I don't succeed in dislodging
Floyd | the ice. It's frozen solid; brute force won't work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Try it against the octopus."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  266
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With a ponderous rumble, the tank opens again. The octopus would be a
Floyd | welcome sight under different circumstances; octopodes are so ugly
Floyd | they're almost cute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hit octopus with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  267
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > HIT OCTOPUS WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I've put up a good show knocking it around a bit, but I'm afraid I
Floyd | don't seem have done much permanent damage. It's still burbling
Floyd | threateningly in the tank.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "What did the poor slimeball to you?"
DavidW says, "hm. Must be for something else."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wave fan"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  268
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > WAVE FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that would accomplish anything useful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "maybe the slug itself, if we can find it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  269
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank closes, mercifully trapping the octopus underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  270
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  271
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Communications Room                                     Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  272
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Communications Room
Floyd | This room is little more than a closet. It's filled with a bewildering
Floyd | variety of electronics, which I vaguely recognize as being some sort
Floyd | of communications gear. A bulky microphone sits in front of the
Floyd | console. The exit out of this claustrophobic room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  273
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  274
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd | The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by
Floyd | Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of
Floyd | course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  274
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd | My wonderful LABORATORY! It's a beautiful expanse of steel and
Floyd | Bakelite, filled with the latest instruments for scientific research.
Floyd | Dashing has mercifully left it alone; no doubt it's far too advanced
Floyd | for the likes of him. He has left a terrarium on the counter here,
Floyd | though. I'm happy to stay here as long as you want, but there is an
Floyd | exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  275
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  276
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  277
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aha, the radio room! As a PROFESSOR of science, it is my duty to
Floyd | enlighten the worthless masses and broadcast my scientific brilliance
Floyd | throughout the world. This room should be just the place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "We could x the console"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x console"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  277
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x microphone"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  278
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The setup here is perfect for broadcasting my demands to the captive
Floyd | world! No wonder Dashing has left this room alone; he has much
Floyd | narrower ambitions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "broadcast"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  278
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > BROADCAST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x equipment"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  278
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X EQUIPMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the relay or the communications gear?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x relay"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  279
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X RELAY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a radio system, somehow intact despite Dashing's incompetence.
Floyd | It's currently off; closing the relay would cause it to start
Floyd | broadcasting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gear"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  280
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X GEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a standard bank of radio equipment, complete with microphone and
Floyd | communications relay.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "switch relay"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  281
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SWITCH RELAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The relay is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "sing"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  282
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | I prefer to spend my time on science, not on frivolities like singing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to microphone"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  283
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TALK TO MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is off. It must be supplied with ELECTRICAL POWER for me to
Floyd | broadcast to the masses, but the airship is running on emergency
Floyd | power; there's not enough left for the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  283
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd | The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by
Floyd | Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of
Floyd | course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  284
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  285
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  286
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  287
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights here flare up again, and the room is once again brightly
Floyd | lit. With that and the now-familiar thunking of machinery, the ship
Floyd | must have returned to main power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   10
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  287
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to microphone"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  288
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TALK TO MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I've practiced this a thousand times. All right, let's begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | COWER, PITIFUL INSECTS! You are hearing the words of your intellectual
Floyd | superior! I address you from the doomed airship Mephistopheles, former
Floyd | den of that smirking impecile, Rex Dashing. "Former," I say, because
Floyd | soon nothing will remain of it but a cloud of radioactive ash. As for
Floyd | the good captain himself, he's fled like the worthless coward he is.
Floyd | Nothing can stop Professor DIRK RADON, the IRRADIATABLE MAN!
Floyd | Bwahahahahaha!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $3 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "yay"
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Woo!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  289
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Not now, Owl! I'm busy with matters of SUPREME importance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ignorant sheeple! You cling to your obsolete beliefs because you can't
Floyd | handle the obvious truth of my scientific revelations! You are nothing
Floyd | but the thoughtless guardians of a hidebound orthodoxy that lacks the
Floyd | courage to recognize that it has been wrong for centuries. And you
Floyd | HAVE been wrong, and you have wronged me, and I WILL have my revenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  290
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Not now, Owl! I'm busy with matters of SUPREME importance.
Floyd |
Floyd | My brilliance was ignored at university, when my so-called 'peers'
Floyd | chose to stick their heads in the sand rather than recognize that I
Floyd | had overturned the entire history of scientific thought. I should be
Floyd | running a physics lab with an iron fist, but I was unjustly ignored;
Floyd | now, I'll have to settle for ruling the ENTIRE WORLD with an iron
Floyd | fist. Try to ignore me now, you worthless buffoons!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  290
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Now he might be too preoccupied for the alarm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  291
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Perhaps now we can deal with the alarm and .. yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  292
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push flask s"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  293
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push flask u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  294
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push flask u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  295
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  296
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.]
Floyd | What is that accursed noise? It must be the reactor alarm, but how
Floyd | could... No matter, time for ACTION! Just a moment, Owl, I'm going to
Floyd | run up to the main deck and take a look at the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | What, can it be?! AMELIA DERRINGER, you vile leech! The time has come
Floyd | at last for you to DIE!
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaargh, my eyes! You think you're a pugilist, eh? Well, have a taste
Floyd | of my ATOMIC death ray!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no! It's gone critical! It's going to blow! No! Get off me! I need
Floyd | to vent the---
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an explosion, followed by static. It seems you may not be
Floyd | getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $17 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a complete, autographed copy of Livy's "Ab Urbe
Floyd | Condita".
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni nods
Knight_Otu says, "Nope."
DavidW says, "You didn't deal with the alarm."
Knight_Otu says, "We still need to deal with the alarm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  295
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  296
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  297
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a simple black button.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fan"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  298
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A proper Victorian paper fan. When I first infiltrated the ship as a
Floyd | society darling, it was an integral part of my disguise; now it's just
Floyd | a decoration.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put fan on button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  299
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT FAN ON BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the small black button would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put fan on klaxon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  300
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT FAN ON KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the klaxon would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Try pushing the button."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  301
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Click.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stab button with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  302
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > STAB BUTTON WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I'd prefer to avoid violence unless absolutely necessary. It's not a
Floyd | matter or morals or squeamishness, you understand, but rather style.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "We did that more than twice already???"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  302
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "yes, but with full power?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit button with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  303
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > HIT BUTTON WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I'd prefer to avoid violence unless absolutely necessary. It's not a
Floyd | matter or morals or squeamishness, you understand, but rather style.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit klaxon with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  304
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > HIT KLAXON WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I'd prefer to avoid violence unless absolutely necessary. It's not a
Floyd | matter or morals or squeamishness, you understand, but rather style.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x harpoon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  305
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A harpoon with a cruelly sharp tip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "I think the first time we did it, the full power was still running. But wouldn't swear to it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x klaxon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  306
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | This klaxon is attached to the ship's alarm system; fortunately, it's
Floyd | silent now. There's a small black button on the side of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "detach klaxon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  306
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > DETACH KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  307
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't find anything of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open klaxon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  308
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Perhaps HE should x it?"
DavidW says, "maybe"
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  309
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  309
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already on line 1 with Amelia.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "except I don't think he will leave the radio just yet."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  309
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  309
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "That was a short rant, it seems."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x klaxon"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  310
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a klaxon, mercifully silent for now. There's a small black button
Floyd | on the side of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "hm. Same description for once."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hold button"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  311
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HOLD BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be part of the klaxon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "Okay, not it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  312
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Click.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull button"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  313
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PULL BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
JoshGrams says (to Floyd), "x button"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  314
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | This button is the override for the klaxon, allowing someone---namely,
Floyd | ME---to shut off the alarm. I don't want my research interrupted every
Floyd | time a robot trips an alarm.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "Hm perhaps it worked this time."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "I dunno."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I'm thinking something has to lean against the button."
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  316
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.]
Floyd | What is that accursed noise? It must be the reactor alarm, but how
Floyd | could... No matter, time for ACTION! Just a moment, Owl, I'm going to
Floyd | run up to the main deck and take a look at the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | What the---AMELIA DERRINGER? Amelia, you shape-shifting sneak-thief!
Floyd | YOUR TIME HAS COME!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ow! Well, that didn't go as I expected. You've picked up some tricks
Floyd | in the Far East, have you? Well, I'll have you know, I'm on the line
Floyd | with the Owl, and so I'm sure I'll have a stratagem to dispatch you AT
Floyd | ANY MOMENT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that's got her angry. Hey, what should I do here? She's pulled
Floyd | her jewelry off her neck and eaten it. Wait, was that ivory? This
Floyd | helmet may be ATOMIC, but it's not elephant-proof!
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an impressive bout of crunching and screaming. After a
Floyd | moment, Amelia Derringer's voice comes over line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, Owl. Derringer here. It seems you've been playing me for a
Floyd | fool. You've just made yourself a mortal enemy, haven't you? And I do
Floyd | believe you've just heard an example of the sort of things my mortal
Floyd | enemies can expect to get. How well hidden are you, I wonder? I
Floyd | suppose you'll be finding out soon...
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a crunching sound, as the zeta-wave transmitter is
Floyd | crushed. It seems you may not be getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $17 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a complete, autographed copy of Livy's "Ab Urbe
Floyd | Condita".
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "We might try the whole maneuver once more, sinc it's possible we switched the alarm back on accidentally."
Knight_Otu says, "That was a different text this time."
Knight_Otu says, "And maybe it's not a simple manner of pushing the button."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  316
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | What, can it be?! AMELIA DERRINGER, you vile leech! The time has come
Floyd | at last for you to DIE!
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaargh, my eyes! You think you're a pugilist, eh? Well, have a taste
Floyd | of my ATOMIC death ray!
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no! It's gone critical! It's going to blow! No! Get off me! I need
Floyd | to vent the---
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an explosion, followed by static. It seems you may not be
Floyd | getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $13 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a lifetime subscription to the "Monet of the Month"
Floyd | club.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "oops."
Knight_Otu says, "missed the second undo."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  315
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  316
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  316
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  317
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn off klaxon"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  318
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN OFF KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn off alarm"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  319
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN OFF ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  320
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Click.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  320
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock door with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  321
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.]
Floyd | What is that accursed noise? It must be the reactor alarm, but how
Floyd | could... No matter, time for ACTION! Just a moment, Owl, I'm going to
Floyd | run up to the main deck and take a look at the reactor.
Floyd |
Floyd | What the---AMELIA DERRINGER? Amelia, you shape-shifting sneak-thief!
Floyd | YOUR TIME HAS COME!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ow! Well, that didn't go as I expected. You've picked up some tricks
Floyd | in the Far East, have you? Well, I'll have you know, I'm on the line
Floyd | with the Owl, and so I'm sure I'll have a stratagem to dispatch you AT
Floyd | ANY MOMENT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that's got her angry. Hey, what should I do here? She's pulled
Floyd | her jewelry off her neck and eaten it. Wait, was that ivory? This
Floyd | helmet may be ATOMIC, but it's not elephant-proof!
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an impressive bout of crunching and screaming. After a
Floyd | moment, Amelia Derringer's voice comes over line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, Owl. Derringer here. It seems you've been playing me for a
Floyd | fool. You've just made yourself a mortal enemy, haven't you? And I do
Floyd | believe you've just heard an example of the sort of things my mortal
Floyd | enemies can expect to get. How well hidden are you, I wonder? I
Floyd | suppose you'll be finding out soon...
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a crunching sound, as the zeta-wave transmitter is
Floyd | crushed. It seems you may not be getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $17 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a complete, autographed copy of Livy's "Ab Urbe
Floyd | Condita".
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Hm, nope."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  320
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  321
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  321
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  322
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "close door"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  323
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I've closed the austere mahogany door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "Can we try to PUT or LEAN the harpoon on the klaxon's button?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put harpoon on button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  324
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUT HARPOON ON BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the small black button would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Roger asks, "Is it implied to be on a vertical surface?"
DavidW says, "no."
Roger says, "hmm"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "lean harpoon on button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  324
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LEAN HARPOON ON BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "lock door with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  325
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've locked the austere mahogany door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  326
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock door with lockpick"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  327
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.]
Floyd | What is that accursed noise? It must be the reactor alarm, but how
Floyd | could... No matter, time for ACTION! Just a moment, Owl, I'm going to
Floyd | run up to the main deck and take a look at the reactor. Wait, the door
Floyd | is locked? Bah, a mere locked door can't stop the mighty DIRK RADON!
Floyd | To the main deck!
Floyd |
Floyd | What the---AMELIA DERRINGER? Amelia, you shape-shifting sneak-thief!
Floyd | YOUR TIME HAS COME!
Floyd |
Floyd | Ow! Well, that didn't go as I expected. You've picked up some tricks
Floyd | in the Far East, have you? Well, I'll have you know, I'm on the line
Floyd | with the Owl, and so I'm sure I'll have a stratagem to dispatch you AT
Floyd | ANY MOMENT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, that's got her angry. Hey, what should I do here? She's pulled
Floyd | her jewelry off her neck and eaten it. Wait, was that ivory? This
Floyd | helmet may be ATOMIC, but it's not elephant-proof!
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an impressive bout of crunching and screaming. After a
Floyd | moment, Amelia Derringer's voice comes over line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, Owl. Derringer here. It seems you've been playing me for a
Floyd | fool. You've just made yourself a mortal enemy, haven't you? And I do
Floyd | believe you've just heard an example of the sort of things my mortal
Floyd | enemies can expect to get. How well hidden are you, I wonder? I
Floyd | suppose you'll be finding out soon...
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a crunching sound, as the zeta-wave transmitter is
Floyd | crushed. It seems you may not be getting paid this time around.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $17 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a complete, autographed copy of Livy's "Ab Urbe
Floyd | Condita".
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Knight_Otu says, "Okay, locking him in doesn't help."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat ivory"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  327
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT IVORY
Floyd |
Floyd | While having the strength of an elephant would be advantageous, I
Floyd | would prefer to rely on my considerable charm and wit for now. I'm
Floyd | saving the cameo as a last resort. Besides, the cameo itself is
Floyd | invaluable as a memento of my grandmother and quite valuable as a
Floyd | piece of jewelry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I almost want to give the lockpicks to Radon and let him unlock the door himself."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  328
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a harpoon
Floyd |     a paper fan
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a set of lockpicks
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open but empty)
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "How about switching on the robots and see if they deal with the flask?"
Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  329
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "like, their dance moves are that hot?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  330
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Engine Room
Floyd | I'm in a stuffy room with odd little lightbulbs all across the walls
Floyd | and a horrible clattering racket coming from every direction. There's
Floyd | a whopping great computation engine here, which I honestly wouldn't
Floyd | have known if it hadn't a prominent plaque announcing that fact on it.
Floyd | There are widgets and hoodads of various sorts most everyplace, and a
Floyd | big metal bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | The exit from the room is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
JoshGrams says, "heh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x button"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  331
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big red button. Given its prominence and the glass box, it's
Floyd | presumably important.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x box"
Floyd ]  Engine Room                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  332
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A glass box, currently closed, with a big red button inside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says, "Right, we're at full power anyway."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  333
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  334
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "No, but hey know how to unseal stuff. But I think HE as that card."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop lockpick"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  335
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > DROP LOCKPICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  336
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  336
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  337
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  338
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the austere mahogany door)
Floyd | It appears to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  338
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  339
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a set of lockpicks and a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  340
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock door"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  340
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the austere mahogany door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  341
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sullen click, the lock yields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  342
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > DROP LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  343
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  343
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  344
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the austere mahogany door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a set of lockpicks and a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  345
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm, I'm not sure what to make of them. Thievery is, after all,
Floyd | beneath my dignity as a brilliant scientist and infamous supervillain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get them"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  346
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | The clouds are far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  347
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  348
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  349
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Like a common criminal? No, I'm a SCIENTIST.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says, "Right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  349
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  350
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd | This deck provides a spectacular panoramic view of the open sky. It
Floyd | would be enjoyable to watch the fluffy clouds darting past if I
Floyd | weren't on an important mission. Exits lead in east and west, and
Floyd | there is a mahogany door to the north. An ornate staircase leads down,
Floyd | and a more utilitarian gangway leads upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I was dubious that he'd use them."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "tie scarf to button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  351
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TIE SCARF TO BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that would be productive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "So it's gotta be her that unlocks that reactor and that alarm must be silenced."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "tie scarf to klaxon"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  352
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TIE SCARF TO KLAXON
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that would be productive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "So how we let him try the robots unsealing the flask?"
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, let's go back to emergency energy"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  353
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "The game said it's not a matter of brute strength."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  354
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  355
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights here flicker for a moment, then dim. The constant
Floyd | background noise of airship machinery has quiet down too. The ship
Floyd | must have shifted over to emergency power.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "That wasn-'t what I meant."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  355
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  356
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  357
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  358
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft mechanical whirring from outside, which must be
Floyd | the automata starting up again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put silver in slot"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  359
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT SILVER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to be holding the silver punch card before I can put it into
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get silver"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  360
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET SILVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put silver in slot"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  361
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT SILVER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | I hear the sound of robots stomping belowdecks, followed a few moment
Floyd | laters by the sound of robots stomping back abovedecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  362
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I have your zeta-transmitter and my trusty laser gun. I'm also
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |     a set of lockpicks
Floyd |     an atomic helmet (being worn)
Floyd |     a jetpack (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "The cold room is closed now."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  363
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  364
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "I don't know if the aquamarine card makes the robots stop dancing as well as start dancing."
Knight_Otu says, "Amelia has the other card, but I think it'll only produce angry beeps now."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open flask"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  365
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in the cold.
Floyd | Dashing must have failed to maintain it properly; I'm sure something I
Floyd | designed would never have such an obvious flaw.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "It might've beeped because the robots weren't powered up."
Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says, "angry-beeped, I mean."
Knight_Otu says, "I'll be gone for a bit. And it is getting late over here."
Guenni says, "Damn!! It's already midnight here. Sorry, but if I want to be awake in time tomorrow I have to leave now."
Guenni says, "I hope you'll figure it out."
DavidW says, "Perhaps we should stop here."
Guenni hollers, "night everyone."
Guenni goes home.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfowl"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  365
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Should we stop here. I'm getting tired myself."
Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, probably."
Knight_Otu says, "If we want, we can pick it up again."
Knight_Otu exclaims, "Good night!"
Knight_Otu goes home. DavidW says, "I'm gonna lie down now. But yeah, maybe later. We can try putting the flask on the trapdoor and dropping it into the octo tank, I guess."
BrianK goes home.
Roger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
Iria arrives, full of fun and funk.
JoshGrams has had their fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
DavidW goes home.
DavidW has disconnected.
Jacqueline disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Iria has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
DavidW arrives, ready to play with the toys.
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
Gunther hollers, "MARVIN is here!" Guenni asks (of David), "Did you manage to shut off the alarm?"
DavidW says, "No, I simply went to bed and slept."
DavidW says, "And when I woke up, my glasses and the lights were still on."
DavidW says, "And my eyes hurt. I didn't go back to the game."
Guenni says, "I meant in the spaceship."
DavidW says, "airship"
DavidW says, "No, I didn't shut off that alarm."
Guenni asks, "And nobody else did either?"
DavidW arrives, full of fun and funk.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  366
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni laughs.
DavidW says, "no."
Guenni asks, "Looks like we'll busy... next week?"
DavidW says, "I'm going to try dropping the frozen flask through the trapdoor."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  367
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK D
Floyd |
Floyd | My treacherous robot minions are blocking the gangway downward. I
Floyd | can't break past them.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  368
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My robots are practicing their motion subroutines, which unfortunately
Floyd | takes the form of executing dance motions. It's undignified, but at
Floyd | least it prevents them from bothering me.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  369
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | The light bulbs around the computation engine are dim, and the
Floyd | protective glass box attached to the engine sits defenselessly open.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  370
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. I hear a soft mechanical whirring from outside, which must be
Floyd | the automata shutting down. SUCCESS!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  371
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "poor octopus."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  372
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd | The middle deck of the ship is a vast open space surrounded glass
Floyd | windows. I intended to use it for astronomical research; I'm sure
Floyd | Dashing has been using it as a ballroom, or something similarly
Floyd | ridiculous. Exits lead port and starboard, and there is a mahogany
Floyd | door fore. A gangway and staircase connect this deck with the ones
Floyd | above and below, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  373
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  374
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Laboratory                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  374
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Laboratory
Floyd | What a dreary conglomeration of stainless steel and Bakelite! There
Floyd | are enormous cabinets set into the walls, with a long metal counter on
Floyd | top. Most of the equipment here is sadly of the physical rather than
Floyd | life science variety, but I do recognize a terrarium here. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  375
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd | This room is garishly appointed with the hunting trophies Dashing must
Floyd | have scavenged throughout the world: hulking bears and moose from the
Floyd | Americas, lions from Africa, elephants from the Orient, and a
Floyd | menagerie of creatures even I barely recognize. While I obviously
Floyd | don't approve of his vicious little hobby, I have to admit that he at
Floyd | least has a healthy respect for nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead north, west, and east (the last being through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a spiral staircase elegantly winds upward.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  376
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  377
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | With a ponderous rumble, the tank opens again. The octopus would be a
Floyd | welcome sight under different circumstances; octopodes are so ugly
Floyd | they're almost cute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Is there actually any floyding during the next two sundays, or is there a holiday related break?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  377
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Board Room
Floyd | In designing the airship, I realized that in addition to numerous
Floyd | science laboratories, I would also need a command center from which to
Floyd | issue my nefarious directives. It has the standard amenities one would
Floyd | expect from a supervillain's lair: a long table surrounded by plush
Floyd | leather chairs, a trapdoor cunningly concealed in the floor, a secret
Floyd | compartment full of SECRETS, and a model of the Earth. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads aft.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "That's really up to whoever is around."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask d"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  378
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK D
Floyd |
Floyd | Down the trapdoor? Be realistic, Owl.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put flask in trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  379
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT FLASK IN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll have to be holding the vacuum flask before I can put it into
Floyd | something else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  380
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | The vacuum flask is too heavy to lift, but it's on casters; I could
Floyd | push it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push switch"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  381
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor swings closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask d"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  382
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK D
Floyd |
Floyd | Down the trapdoor? Be realistic, Owl.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask to trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  383
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK TO TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The vacuum flask is too heavy to lift, but it's on casters; I could
Floyd | push it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push flask onto trapdoor"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  383
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK ONTO TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "I can't seem to phrase a push/put flask on/through trapdoor command that the game will accept."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  384
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in the cold.
Floyd | Dashing must have failed to maintain it properly; I'm sure something I
Floyd | designed would never have such an obvious flaw.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  385
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the vacuum flask, scorching it slightly
Floyd | but causing no significant damage. The ice caked around it doesn't
Floyd | show any signs of melting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ice"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  385
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X ICE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "I don't have any alternate idea just yet."
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump on flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  385
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > JUMP ON FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  386
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SEARCH FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see inside, since the vacuum flask is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  387
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > RUB FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that would accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "Could we set the game to brief mode?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "brief"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  387
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | ["The Owl Consults" is now in its "brief" printing mode, which
Floyd | gives long descriptions of places never before visited and short
Floyd | descriptions otherwise.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "thanks."
DavidW says, "Amelia's with the octopus, since I wanted the tank open."
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on flask"
Floyd ]  Board Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  388
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET ON FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "Perhaps we could put the flask into the big bed so it might warm up?"
DavidW says, "We can't pick the flask up."
DavidW says, "And the bed isn't described a warm. Just red and round."
DavidW says, "er as warm."
DavidW says, "Er, the master bed is red and round. The other bed is normal."
Guenni says, "Chances are we have to get it near the reactor."
DavidW says, "One thing we never did was examine the portrait and mirrors in the master bedroom."
DavidW says, "Maybe the reactor's the answer, yes, but then we're back to the alarm problem."
Guenni says, "The mirrors got examinedd. But I can't remember the portrait."
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  389
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  390
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  391
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  392
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd | Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and
Floyd | SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric
Floyd | columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one
Floyd | such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling,
Floyd | drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed!
Floyd | It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's
Floyd | got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x painting"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  393
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X PAINTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Curse you, Rex Dashing, with your RIDICULOUS little moustache and your
Floyd | horrible smirk! What do the women see in him?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "look behind it"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  394
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Done, but I didn't find anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moustache"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  394
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X MOUSTACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirrors"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  395
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X MIRRORS
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm reminded of an optics paper I wrote a few years ago analyzing the
Floyd | behavior of light in large gravitational fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mirrors"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  396
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SEARCH MIRRORS
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm reminded of an optics paper I wrote a few years ago analyzing the
Floyd | behavior of light in large gravitational fields.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot mirror"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  397
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the mirrors, scorching them slightly but
Floyd | causing no significant damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break mirror"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  398
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > BREAK MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | I would prefer to use my amazing brain rather than rely on brute
Floyd | force.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni shakes head
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot bed"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  399
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT BED
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the bed, scorching it slightly but causing
Floyd | no significant damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot portrait"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  400
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Take that, you contemptible coward! There, I've shot that stupid
Floyd | moustache off his stupid face. Serves him right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portrait"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  401
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Curse you, Rex Dashing, with your RIDICULOUS little moustache and your
Floyd | horrible smirk! What do the women see in him?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot portrait"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  402
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SHOOT PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | I fire a few laser shots at the portrait, scorching it slightly but
Floyd | causing no significant damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "That laser gun has been totally useless so far."
Guenni says, "I guess it only works on snake thieves."
Guenni asks, "Is there a way to get to the hints?"
DavidW says, "Yes, but it's awkward in Floyd."
DavidW says, "And I'd rather not look at them."
says, "Or are they out of floyd's reach because of the menu structure."
DavidW says, "I think Floyd simply renders them poorly."
DavidW says, "I also wonder where Dashing is during all this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 3"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  402
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Only two lines are active.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "I think that was somehow mentioned in the opening paragraphs, but can't remember any details."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put line 2 on hold"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  402
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT LINE 2 ON HOLD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hang up"
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HANG UP
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit the game?
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  403
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit the game?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "owl, look"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  403
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OWL, LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want me to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Like, Dashing ought to be somewhere on the ship, but the only unexplored place is the reactor and maybe the inside of the octopus tank."
Guenni says, "I think he fled or something like that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  404
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  405
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the reinforced lead-lined door)
Floyd | It appears to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  406
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The reinforced lead-lined door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  407
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | This emergency lever controls the ladder reaching up to the balloon.
Floyd | During normal operations, it's not usable. It's currently on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  408
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x deck"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  408
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X DECK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "aft"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  409
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > AFT
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "up"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  410
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency ladder is retracted. It can only be extended in an
Floyd | EMERGENCY---namely, a glorious nuclear meltdown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  410
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aquarium
Floyd | I'm standing at the edge of a vast tank, above which a cage is
Floyd | suspended. Fortunately, I'm no longer in the cage. I know you're
Floyd | already aware of that fact; I just like repeating it. There is a
Floyd | prominent red button on the wall, and an exit leads south. There's
Floyd | also a trapdoor high overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a steel cage here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  411
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The tank closes, mercifully trapping the octopus underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  412
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOOK IN CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cage is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cage"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  413
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ENTER CAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Let me try to---urgh, it's no use. The bars are too close together; I
Floyd | can't squeeze through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tank"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  414
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a massive tank of water over which a cage has been suspended. I
Floyd | suppose this sort of ridiculous setup is de rigueur among a certain
Floyd | class of supervillain, but I prefer my deathtraps to be far more
Floyd | refined and elegant. The tank is closed, which means I no longer have
Floyd | to confront that octopus.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  415
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a harpoon
Floyd |     a paper fan
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open but empty)
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "chisel"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  415
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > CHISEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  416
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | My beloved bag! It's a black leather case I use to carry my thievery
Floyd | tools on missions such as this one. Dashing's robot goons took it from
Floyd | me when they imprisoned me in the cage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The black bag is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat bag"
Floyd ]  Aquarium                                                Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  417
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, whatever solvents and preparations were involved in
Floyd | making the leather into a bag have also made it unsuitable to my
Floyd | particular talent. It's a convenient way to cary the tools of my
Floyd | trade, nothing more.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  418
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gallery
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a green book and a display case (which contains a mace and a
Floyd | cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Where did the book get too?"
DavidW asks, "The green book?"
Guenni says, "Forget I asked. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "take book."
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  419
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat it"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't get any special powers unless I eat a bit of an animal, or at
Floyd | least something that used to be an animal. Plants and minerals are not
Floyd | of any use to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tusk"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X TUSK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "The rug in the guest room wasn't special in any way, correct?"
Guenni says, "correct."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call bird"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > CALL BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "imitiate bird"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > IMITIATE BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "imitate bird"
Floyd ]  Gallery                                                 Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > IMITATE BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "What are you trying to do?"
DavidW says, "I figure Amelia needs a bird eventually to fly off the ship."
DavidW asks, "Were there pillows with bird feathers inside?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  420
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  421
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  422
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a mercifully plain bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pillow"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  422
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  423
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  424
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Done, but I didn't find anything of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  424
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd | I'm on the main deck of my ship---MY ship, not Dashing's. The deck is
Floyd | made of the finest, technologically advanced materials, and a tall
Floyd | railing runs around its perimeter. There is the reassuring sight of an
Floyd | ATOMIC REACTOR to port, and there are also smaller rooms fore and
Floyd | starboard. A gangway leads belowdecks.
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  425
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pillow"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  425
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X PILLOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bed"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  426
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  427
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Done, but I didn't find anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "If a bird feather just happens to fall onto the deck at Amelia's moment of need, that'll be such a deus ex machina."
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on bed"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  428
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | There will be time for rest after my VICTORY. For now, we continue to
Floyd | fight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "I guess Amelia won't be willing to take a nap and have a dream either."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  428
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd | The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by
Floyd | Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of
Floyd | course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "get on bed"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  429
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET ON BED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I love how nerdy the #drwho channel is."
Guenni says, "If you say so."
Guenni says, "I never watched the show, so I'm not on it."
DavidW says, "I barely know the show either, but I'm on the channel."
DavidW says, "line 2"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  429
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd | Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and
Floyd | SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric
Floyd | columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one
Floyd | such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling,
Floyd | drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed!
Floyd | It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's
Floyd | got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x helmet"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  430
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek and streamlined creation of my own design, with ingenious
Floyd | padding to defend my cranium from peril, and an impermeable clear
Floyd | faceplate to protect me from the world! It emits a soft green glow to
Floyd | let me see in the dark, and to tell my foes that DIRK RADON, the
Floyd | UNIRRADIATABLE MAN, has come! It's as handsome as it is ATOMIC!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove helmet"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  431
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > REMOVE HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | NO. The helmet stays where it is. I'm NOT wandering about this ship
Floyd | with the most important part of me exposed. Besides, I have sworn
Floyd | never to be seen without my ASTOUNDING ATOMIC HELMET!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove jetpack"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  432
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > REMOVE JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Impossible! Dirk Radon would NEVER discard his ATOMIC JETPACK.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on jetpack"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  433
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN ON JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The jetpack sputters but fails to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off jetpack"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  434
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN OFF JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "What's the plan?"
DavidW says, "I don't have one. I'm trying to figure out if we can make a fire."
Guenni says, "I still think first the alarm then the flask into the reactor. But I might be wrong."
DavidW says, "If we had salt, we could dissolve the flask's ice that way, i suppose."
DavidW asks, "Well, what ideas do we have for the klaxon?"
Guenni asks, "But wouldn't we have to open it up first to put salt in it?"
DavidW says, "ON it. The ice is on the outside."
Guenni asks, "Hmm I guess you already tried to hack it off with the harpoon?"
DavidW says, "I'm honestly not sure if we tried the harpoon or not."
Guenni says, "Well, if it doesn't work a second time, nothing is lost."
DavidW says, "I think it has to be Amelia to use the harpoon; Dirk dislikes brute force solutions."
Guenni says, "She isn't a fan of violence either."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  434
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Suite
Floyd | The airship's guest suite is bare and uninviting, possibly a ploy by
Floyd | Dashing to make his own room more appealing. There is a bed, of
Floyd | course, and a tacky rug is underfoot. The only exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small desk next to the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "She's willing to try more than he is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Guest Suite                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  435
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a green book
Floyd |     a harpoon
Floyd |     a paper fan
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open but empty)
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  436
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  437
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  438
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  439
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flask with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  440
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something I can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break flask with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  441
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > BREAK FLASK WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I give the flask a sound thrashing, but I don't succeed in dislodging
Floyd | the ice. It's frozen solid; brute force won't work.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "poke flask with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  441
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > POKE FLASK WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x globe"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  442
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I instinctively find London on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin globe"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  443
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SPIN GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Wheee! Everyone likes to spin globes, right?
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x globe"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  444
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | I instinctively find London on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x london"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  444
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X LONDON
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open globe"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  445
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  446
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's de rigueur for any well-established plutocrat, or at least for
Floyd | anyone trying to establish himself as one.
Floyd |
Floyd | On top of the long table is a globe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  447
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Done, but I didn't find anything of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search table"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  448
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SEARCH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the long table is a globe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  448
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd..floyd), "x chairs"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x chairs"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  449
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | The chairs are, much like Dashing himself, overstuffed and
Floyd | uncomfortably smooth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "search chairs"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  450
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SEARCH CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't find anything of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "look under chairs"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  451
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done, but I didn't find anything of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "Is Amelia aaying that Dashing shaves off all his body hair?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "blow on flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  451
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > BLOW ON FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  452
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > BLOW FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the vacuum flask)
Floyd | It's too heavy for me to lift, but I could push it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  453
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > RUB FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think that would accomplish anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spin flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  454
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SPIN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "sit on flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  455
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SIT ON FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat tail"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  456
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, very well. Give me a moment...
Floyd |
Floyd | That tasted a bit odd. My hands and feet feel sticky, and there's
Floyd | faint webbing on them. The rest of me feels lighter, too, though I
Floyd | don't suppose I look much different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  457
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, let me...urgh, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in
Floyd | the cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  458
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, let me...urgh, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in
Floyd | the cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "I didn't think a better grip would help. Not this time."
Guenni says (to floyd), "shake flask"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  458
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SHAKE FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "If we found a vibrator in the guest bedroom desk drawer, we might've tried that."
Guenni D
DavidW says, "I'm out of ideas for now. I might think up something later."
DavidW has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. Guenni says, "same here."
Guenni has had her fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge.
*** SESSION TWO ***
DavidW says, "testing"
Guenni awaits the beeping noises.
DavidW says (to Guenni), "Anyway, I did want to talk to you."
Guenni Turns ears in David's direction.
DavidW says, "I, um, broke down and peeked at the hints to find out how to get past where we were stuck, then... I continued locally in the game and finished it."
Guenni says, "So spill. :-)"
DavidW says, "Well, you were right that we needed to focus on the reactor instead of the flask, but we were both wrong about how the klaxon worked."
Guenni asks, "So how do you shut it up?"
DavidW says, "The klaxon button turns off the alarm when it is shrieking. It has no ability to disable the thing ahead of time."
Guenni says, "Ah."
DavidW says, "So the real issue is to keep Radon away from the reactor door while Amelia is unlocking it."
Guenni asks, "Hmm, the radio room wasn't enough. So what helps?"
DavidW says, "Then Amelia can push the button as soon as possible afterwards before Radon can do anything."
DavidW says, "Actually the radio room was enough if you time it right."
Guenni says, "Oh, this one is timed after all."
DavidW says, "You need to have Amelia start unlocking as soon as possible after Radon is yakking into the microphone."
Guenni nods.
DavidW says, "He'll hear the alarm, but his ego won't let him investigate with his big rant unfinished."
Guenni asks, "So what's in the flask?"
DavidW says, "The god-slug, of course. That was obvious."
Guenni says, "I admit I had mostly forgotten that one. But yes."
DavidW says, "Radon calls the flask a 'dewar', by the way, if it matters."
DavidW says, "You were also right that the reactor has the heat for melting the ice on the flask."
Guenni asks, "The flask also messes up the reactor?"
DavidW says, "No, the flask doesn't harm it and the reactor doesn't harm the flask."
Guenni asks, "So how do you destroy the ship?"
DavidW says, "By following Radon's plan of making the reactor go critical. It's easy enough. He just needs to raise the rods out of the reactor pool."
DavidW says, "Three turns later, the emergency alarms go off, telling everyone to evacuate."
Guenni says, "Ok, I guess thet's something you see when you see it. :-)"
Guenni asks, "So pulling the lever, using the ladder and be done?"
DavidW says, "Almost. You still need to get both people off the ship."
Guenni says, "I thought via the ladder."
DavidW says, "The ladder goes to the balloon above the ship, but the balloon doesn't detach."
Guenni asks, "So they-'ll have to work together in the end after all?"
DavidW says, "Nope."
DavidW says, "There's thing in the reactor I haven't mentioned that will help."
DavidW says, "er things"
Guenni sighs and hates her curiousity, just a bit.
Guenni arrives, full of neither funk nor fun.
DavidW arrives, full of funk, but no fun.
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  459
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd | I'm in a comfortable room with a long table flanked by opulent leather
Floyd | chairs. It looks like a corporate board room, though there are
Floyd | fortunately no cigar-chomping plutocrats in evidence. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads south, and there is a conspicuous trapdoor beneath the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Captain's Bedroom                                       Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  459
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Bedroom
Floyd | Now I stand in the master suite. A monument to OPULENCE and
Floyd | SOPHISTICATION, such as the world has never seen! Well-balanced Doric
Floyd | columns, gilt everywhere, and crimson walls that say, "Here sleeps one
Floyd | such as the world has never seen!" Mirrors line the walls and ceiling,
Floyd | drawing the eye to a magnificent painting of Rex Dashing! And the bed!
Floyd | It's ENORMOUS! As much as I hate Dashing, I have to admit that he's
Floyd | got style. The exit to port leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  459
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  459
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  459
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Opulent Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  459
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Opulent Room
Floyd | I'm in a comfortable room with a long table flanked by opulent leather
Floyd | chairs. It looks like a corporate board room, though there are
Floyd | fortunately no cigar-chomping plutocrats in evidence. A mahogany door
Floyd | leads south, and there is a conspicuous trapdoor beneath the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask s"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  460
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  461
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | My animal power has subsided.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  462
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a green book
Floyd |     a harpoon
Floyd |     a paper fan
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open but empty)
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "uh-oh. Where's her lockpicks?"
Guenni says, "I think we gave them to him, to his great bemusement."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  462
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "oh dear. Get them back to Amelia."
Guenni says (to floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  463
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I have your zeta-transmitter and my trusty laser gun. I'm also
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |     a set of lockpicks
Floyd |     an atomic helmet (being worn)
Floyd |     a jetpack (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  464
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  465
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  466
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  466
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  466
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a set of lockpicks here, incongruously.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "get lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  467
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > GET LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  468
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  468
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x relay"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  469
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X RELAY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a radio system, somehow intact despite Dashing's incompetence.
Floyd | It's currently on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "use microphone"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  469
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > USE MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "speak into microphone"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  470
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SPEAK INTO MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is off. It must be supplied with ELECTRICAL POWER for me to
Floyd | broadcast to the masses, but the airship is running on emergency
Floyd | power; there's not enough left for the radio.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni sighs.
DavidW says, "oh right. The lever in the lab needs to be pushed again."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  471
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  472
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a mace and a cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  473
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Science Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a terrarium (which contains a gecko) and a metal enclosure
Floyd | (which is open and contains a large red lever) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push lever"
Floyd ]  Science Room                                            Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  474
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights here flare up, and I can hear the machinery onboard the
Floyd | ship spin up again. The ship must now be running on its main power
Floyd | system rather than the spare generator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  475
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a mace and a cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  476
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  477
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "speak into microphone"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  478
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SPEAK INTO MICROPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I've practiced this a thousand times. All right, let's begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | COWER, PITIFUL INSECTS! You are hearing the words of your intellectual
Floyd | superior! I address you from the doomed airship Mephistopheles, former
Floyd | den of that smirking impecile, Rex Dashing. "Former," I say, because
Floyd | soon nothing will remain of it but a cloud of radioactive ash. As for
Floyd | the good captain himself, he's fled like the worthless coward he is.
Floyd | Nothing can stop Professor DIRK RADON, the IRRADIATABLE MAN!
Floyd | Bwahahahahaha!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   13
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  478
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd | The beautiful open sky is around me here on the top deck of the ship.
Floyd | It's a pleasant setting; a high railing even protects me from most of
Floyd | the wind. The view is spoiled somewhat by a garish metal structure to
Floyd | the west, but there are smaller rooms to the north and east. A gangway
Floyd | leads down to the lower decks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open door with lockpicks"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  479
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR WITH LOCKPICKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That sound you hear in the background, Owl, is an alarm going
Floyd | off. I trust you have something in mind; I'm not going to be useful as
Floyd | a sneak-thief if I can't sneak around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | The alarm? What that devil could--- No! I have to stay focused! My
Floyd | magnificent soliloquy will NOT be stopped! I'll deal the alarm later.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches back to line
Floyd | 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $4 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "NOW go to the klaxon and push its button"
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  480
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud, insistent buzzer over the line.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches to line
Floyd | 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | The alarm? What that devil could--- No! I have to stay focused! My
Floyd | magnificent soliloquy will NOT be stopped! I'll deal the alarm later.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your zeta-wave transmitter system abruptly switches back to line
Floyd | 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  481
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. That annoying klaxon stops abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Now move Amelia out of the way."
DavidW says, "And then Radon can explore the reactor."
DavidW says, "Since he's immune to the radiation in there."
Guenni says, "Hey, no unwanted advice, please."
DavidW says, "oops sorry."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  481
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You're already on line 1 with Amelia.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  481
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  481
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the reinforced lead-lined door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd | I'm in a very unfamiliar place. Hmm, how to describe it...well, it
Floyd | looks like a metal lean-to, with a cacophony of fans and gears
Floyd | whirring inside. Being here makes me long for being under the
Floyd | wide-open skies on the main deck of the airship, or even in the
Floyd | octopus tank again.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a passage leading deeper into the reactor to the north, as
Floyd | well as a much more inviting exit east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hideous, burbling monster made of slime and ichor blocks the way
Floyd | further inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x monster"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  482
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X MONSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a ghastly thing, like a great roiling mass of slime and ichor. It
Floyd | looks like something out of a penny dreadful.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm having trouble moving about in here, Owl. My entire body is
Floyd | unnaturally warm, and I feel ill. I'm not sure this place is safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  483
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "I guess it's possible to get to a premature ending in there, but... no, not right now. :-)"
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  484
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Radio Room                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  484
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Radio Room
Floyd | I'm in the radio room, where Rex Dashing stammers out insipid,
Floyd | exaggerated tales of his "adventures" to a doting populace. I designed
Floyd | this room to broadcast my insight and demands to the captive world,
Floyd | not to entertain it with children's stories. The communications
Floyd | equipment looks to have escaped the worst of Dashing's SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | INCOMPETENCE, fortunately. The exit back to the lower deck is to
Floyd | starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  484
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  484
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  485
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd | The reactor! I'm never quite so at home as I am within a nuclear
Floyd | reactor? The great expanse of metal beneath me, the turbines, the
Floyd | invigorating ATOMIC FIZZ of radioactive isotopes tingling on my skin?
Floyd | Ah, how I love it!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a passage fore leading deeper into the reactor, as well as a
Floyd | much less inviting exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | A disgusting sludge monster blocks the way further inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x monster"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  486
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X MONSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's one of those ugly things you get growing sometimes when you don't
Floyd | remember to keep the vermin away from the mutagens. If you haven't
Floyd | seen one, it looks like a big iridescent amoeba, and smells like a
Floyd | backed-up lab sink. It's bubbling quietly to itself for the moment,
Floyd | but these things have a temper.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  487
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd | The slime monster is blocking the way. But it's only a temporary
Floyd | impediment to the forward march of SCIENCE, and also me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Guenni says (to floyd), "cf5"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  487
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x flask"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  488
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a modified dewar, securely closed. There are casters on the
Floyd | bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | The vacuum flask is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  489
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Curses, it's stuck. The flask must have frozen shut in the cold.
Floyd | Dashing must have failed to maintain it properly; I'm sure something I
Floyd | designed would never have such an obvious flaw.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  490
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  491
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  492
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a mace and a cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take mace and cudgel"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  493
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE MACE AND CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | mace: Taken.
Floyd | cudgel: Blast it, Owl! I'm already carrying the mace; it's just too
Floyd | heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  494
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  495
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  496
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | A disgusting sludge monster blocks the way further inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "hit monster with cudgel"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  496
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HIT MONSTER WITH CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "hit monster with mace"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  497
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HIT MONSTER WITH MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly a useful weapon, let alone something effective against a
Floyd | bizarre slime monster.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop mace"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  498
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP MACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  499
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  500
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  501
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case (which contains a cudgel) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take cudgel"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  502
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  503
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  504
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  505
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | A disgusting sludge monster blocks the way further inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a mace and a vacuum flask (which is closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "hit monster with cudgel"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  506
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HIT MONSTER WITH CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I've given it a smashing blow, but the cudgel just sinks into the mass
Floyd | of slime. It's like punching a bowl of pudding.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  507
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd | The slime monster is blocking the way. But it's only a temporary
Floyd | impediment to the forward march of SCIENCE, and also me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  508
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The slime monster is blocking the way. But it's only a temporary
Floyd | impediment to the forward march of SCIENCE, and also me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  509
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The slime monster is blocking the way. But it's only a temporary
Floyd | impediment to the forward march of SCIENCE, and also me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "Ok, now a suggestion would be appreciated. I'm thinking of throwing the bag over it?"
DavidW asks, "Do you need to read the green book again?"
Guenni asks, "Oh, that was about slime monsters?"
DavidW says, "Something like them, yeah."
Guenni says, "I admit I thought that was only for decorative purposes and didn't really pay attention to its content."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  510
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  511
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Only Amelia will read it."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  512
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a display case here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop cudgel"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  513
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP CUDGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "read book"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  513
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "Pretty sure Amelia has it."
Guenni sighs. So am I.
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  513
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "read book"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  514
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Very well, if you insist. Here, under protest, is an excerpt from the
Floyd | book.
Floyd |
Floyd | And I, the illustrious Captain Rex Dashing, bravely set out to
Floyd | fight the sludge monster! A lesser man might have blenched at such a
Floyd | foe, but not Rex Dashing! Years of bravely exploring the farthest
Floyd | corners of the earth had proven my resolve! Besides, the hero never
Floyd | backs down! I fired a few rounds from my shotgun into it, but it
Floyd | didn't even notice! I even smote it with the butt of my gun, but the
Floyd | gelatinous fiend just ignored it! But every gentleman explorer has a
Floyd | backup plan! I wrested a spear from one of my guides and pierced the
Floyd | monster with it! Even though shooting or bludgeoning was ineffective
Floyd | against the monster, the sharp point of the spear cut through its
Floyd | slimy hide like paper! When I returned to the ship, the unspoiled
Floyd | women of the village were so impressed with my valor that---
Floyd |
Floyd | I think that's a good place to stop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Of course, the one weapon I didn't try."
Guenni says (to floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  515
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a set of lockpicks
Floyd |     a green book
Floyd |     a harpoon
Floyd |     a paper fan
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open but empty)
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  516
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop harpoon"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  517
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > DROP HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   17
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  518
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Luckily, our clients aren't really intelligent beings."
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 2"
Floyd ]  Trophy Room                                             Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  518
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Trophy Room
Floyd | This room is filled with the trophies from Dashing's safaris
Floyd | throughout the world, or at least what he claims to be his trophies.
Floyd | It used to be filled with my awards and accolades for SCIENTIFIC
Floyd | BRILLIANCE, rather than the grubby souvenirs of a cretinous lout. But
Floyd | the world will soon feel my ATOMIC FURY once again, with your help.
Floyd |
Floyd | Exits lead fore, port, and starboard (the last through a heavy metal
Floyd | door), and a staircase leads up.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a cudgel and a display case here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "yeah."
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Observation Deck                                        Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  518
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Observation Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  518
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a harpoon and an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take harpoon"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  519
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "You'd think they're be suspicious of all the objects moving about the ship."
DavidW says, "er they'd"
Guenni says, "Among other things."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  520
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | A disgusting sludge monster blocks the way further inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is closed) and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "hit monster with harpoon"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  521
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > HIT MONSTER WITH HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Prepare to die, monster! You have no chance against DIRK RADON,
Floyd | SCIENTIFIC SUPERGENIUS!
Floyd |
Floyd | I've dealt it a sharp blow, Owl. It's getting weaker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  522
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Take that, monster! Nothing can stop DIRK RADON, the UNIRRADIATABLE
Floyd | MAN!
Floyd |
Floyd | I've dealt it a sharp blow, Owl. It's getting weaker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   17
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  523
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Prepare to die, monster! You have no chance against DIRK RADON,
Floyd | SCIENTIFIC SUPERGENIUS!
Floyd |
Floyd | I've dealt it a severe blow, Owl. It's getting weaker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  524
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Prepare to die, monster! You have no chance against DIRK RADON,
Floyd | SCIENTIFIC SUPERGENIUS!
Floyd |
Floyd | Huzzah, the monster is slain! Another GLORIOUS VICTORY for genius
Floyd | scientist DIRK RADON! I've hacked it into a series of gelatinous
Floyd | pieces, which have oozed into the floor. Mostly, anyway; there's a bit
Floyd | of residue congealing on the ground. I also seem to have suffered a
Floyd | slight cut---from the aggressive monster, of course, and not from
Floyd | carelessly nicking myself on the spear. Ah, well; the bloodstain will
Floyd | serve as a reminder to my foes that I'm willing to risk ANYTHING to
Floyd | advance the cause of science.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $2 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni snorts
Guenni says (to floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Guenni says (to floyd), "owl5"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  524
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  525
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor Pool
Floyd | I'm perched at the edge of the reactor pool, which bubbles
Floyd | encouragingly as ATOMIC POWER courses through it. It will be a shame
Floyd | to destroy something so beautiful, but nothing will stand between me
Floyd | and my revenge on Dashing. The pool could use a good scrub, but at
Floyd | least the control rods are still intact. The exit from the reactor is
Floyd | aft, and there is a rusted wheel mounted on the wall beside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a reactor pool (which contains some control rods) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put flask in pool"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  526
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT FLASK IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. There's a bit of hissing and smoke as the dewar warms up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "get it"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  527
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've laboriously pulled the dewar out of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  528
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've opened the vacuum flask, revealing a lead box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "get box"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  529
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like some sort of natural "science" apparatus, probably for
Floyd | gathering tissue samples or some such nonsense. I'd rather not deal
Floyd | with something that grubby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "get rods"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  530
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET RODS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can raise or lower the rods, but they're otherwise fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x wheel"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  531
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's heavily corroded---curse you, Dashing!---but still turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "turn wheel"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  532
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A lead barrier wall rises up from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  533
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | A lead barrier wall sinks into the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x rods"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  534
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X RODS
Floyd |
Floyd | To think, these pathetic cylinders of metal are all that stand between
Floyd | me and my REVENGE! They're currently lowered, meaning that they're
Floyd | inhibiting the reaction rate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "lift rods"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  535
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LIFT RODS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "turn wheel"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  536
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A lead barrier wall rises up from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  537
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrier blocks the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "turn wheel"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  538
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A lead barrier wall sinks into the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  539
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  540
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop box"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  540
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > DROP BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
DavidW says, "He left the box in the flask. He didn't want it."
Guenni says, "Yeah, I just remembered"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  541
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  542
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a vacuum flask (which is open and contains a lead box) and a
Floyd | reactor pool (which contains some control rods) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask s"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  543
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  544
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  545
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency ladder springs up, allowing me to access the upper
Floyd | balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  546
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Ship
Floyd | I'm now atop my ship, the wind whipping around me dramatically.
Floyd | Apparently that blasted dandy Dashing took afternoon tea here; a
Floyd | lounge chair sits out of the worst of the wind, with a footstool---a
Floyd | FOOTSTOOL, of all things---delicately placed in front of it. A
Floyd | waist-high mahogany barrier encircles this narrow lookout post,
Floyd | providing a modest insurance against accidents but little shelter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x chair"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  547
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dashing is responsible for this worthless indulgence, not me. I built
Floyd | an efficient, spartan airship; that idiot ruined it with his worthless
Floyd | frivolities.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x balloon"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  547
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x footstool"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  548
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X FOOTSTOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | The plush footstool is a gaudy salmon-pink, like the rest of the
Floyd | upholstery. It's undoubtedly for Dashing to rest his feet on, the lazy
Floyd | ass.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  549
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  550
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "switch on jetpack"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  551
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SWITCH ON JETPACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The jetpack sputters but fails to start.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  552
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Before I do this, Owl, make sure that there's nothing else I need to
Floyd | do on the airship. There's obviously no coming back once I jump off
Floyd | and the airship explodes in a nuclear fireball.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "sit on chair"
Floyd ]  Top of the Ship                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  553
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Bah! I have more important things to do than lounge about.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni asks, "Ehm, where's the balloon?"
DavidW says, "This is the balloon. The location. If you're Amelia, that's what she calls it."
Guenni says, "Ah."
DavidW says, "I assume it's tethered to the rest of the ship somehow."
DavidW says, "And it floats the same way the rest of the ship floats."
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  554
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open and contains a lead box)
Floyd | and an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  555
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "enswer line 1"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  555
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ENSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "answer line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  555
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > ANSWER LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  555
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open and contains a lead box)
Floyd | and an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "You can just say LINE 1."
Guenni says, "next time, thanks."
Guenni says (to floyd), "open flask"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  556
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > OPEN FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  557
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a klaxon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push button"
Floyd ]  Lower Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  558
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Click.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Hmm, I hoped it would stop the racket."
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  559
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open and contains a lead box)
Floyd | and an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "nope."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take box"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  560
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $5 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "It's a different alarm system."
Guenni says, "Yeah, I suspected as much, but thought it was worth a try."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x box"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  561
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | This is it, Owl! We've done it! Inside this box is the Telepathic
Floyd | God-Slug of Madagascar, which when combined with my metamorphic
Floyd | abilities will allow me to bring about a new world of peace and
Floyd | cooperation! Now all I need to do is to escape the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "save"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Guenni says (to floyd), "owl6"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  561
Floyd | > SAVE[Game saved.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  562
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balloon
Floyd | I'm standing on the top of the ship, in a narrow lookout post with the
Floyd | open sky above me. As a nod to domesticity, there is a lounge chair
Floyd | and convenient footstool here, though I don't know how Dashing could
Floyd | stand the constantly buffeting wind. A priceless mahogany barrier
Floyd | rings the post, tall enough to block out the worst of the wind, but
Floyd | short enough to jump over.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x chair"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  563
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dashing has dragged this salmon-pink montrosity onto the deck for some
Floyd | inscrutable reason of his own.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x footstool"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  564
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X FOOTSTOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the lounge chair is a pink footstool.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Okayy... So now what?"
DavidW says, "well, you escape the ship."
Guenni asks, "How do I make that thing fly?"
DavidW asks, "Which thing?"
Guenni says, "Well, I take it, I have to fly off with this "balloon" since don't own a jetpack right now."
Guenni asks, "Or are slime monsters cappable of flying?"
DavidW says, "The "balloon" doesn't detach. It isn't a liferaft in any way."
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  565
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Before I do this, Owl, make sure that there's nothing else I need to
Floyd | do on the airship. There's obviously no coming back once I jump off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Slime monsters don't fly, no."
DavidW says, "The special ability of a slime monster is to be impervious to blunt force."
Guenni says, "Well, I saved, so let's leave the premisses and see what happens."
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  566
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Very well. I hope you know what you're doing, Owl. Let me just climp
Floyd | onto the railing. Steady now, that's quite a drop. I didn't get to
Floyd | this point by being timid, though, so one...two...three!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Falling
Floyd | I'm plummeting through the air toward the earth below. I say, this is
Floyd | quite thrilling, but I trust you have something clever in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm managing to keep my composure, despite plunging toward the ground
Floyd | at a truly alarming rate. It won't do any good, though, unless you
Floyd | have a plan. Let's finish off the mission, Owl, and get me to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  565
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Balloon
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  566
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  567
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm having trouble moving about in here, Owl. My entire body is
Floyd | unnaturally warm, and I feel ill. I'm not sure this place is safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat slime"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  568
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Must I really eat that? Let me hold my nose a bit first...
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgh, that was certainly foul. My skin has become more blubbery and
Floyd | tough, like vulcanized rubber. It's a bit tricky to walk, but I think
Floyd | I can take quite a bit more of a punch now.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm sorry, Owl, but I'm not feeling up to continuing. I feel hot all
Floyd | over, and my stomach...I need to sit down for just a moment
Floyd | and...rest...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd | Biological research, sample collection    5
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd | Pest removal                              2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $24 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a mad physicist on retainer to deform the space-time
Floyd | continuum to your personal specifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  567
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat blood"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  568
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Yuck! The depths to which I must stoop in pursuit of my goals. I hope
Floyd | you're know what you're doing...
Floyd |
Floyd | I have, under protest, tasted a bit of the blood. The world seems to
Floyd | have become darker and colder, as if light and heat were simply
Floyd | passing through me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Owl, the alarm is---
Floyd |
Floyd | The line immediately goes dark.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd | Biological research, sample collection    5
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd | Pest removal                              2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $24 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a mad physicist on retainer to deform the space-time
Floyd | continuum to your personal specifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  567
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Looks like you ran out of time and the ship exploded."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  568
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Owl, the alarm is---
Floyd |
Floyd | The line immediately goes dark.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd | Biological research, sample collection    5
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd | Pest removal                              2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $24 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a mad physicist on retainer to deform the space-time
Floyd | continuum to your personal specifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "take fan"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Guenni says (to floyd), "owl6"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  561
Floyd | > RESTORE[Game restored.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  562
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balloon
Floyd | I'm standing on the top of the ship, in a narrow lookout post with the
Floyd | open sky above me. As a nod to domesticity, there is a lounge chair
Floyd | and convenient footstool here, though I don't know how Dashing could
Floyd | stand the constantly buffeting wind. A priceless mahogany barrier
Floyd | rings the post, tall enough to block out the worst of the wind, but
Floyd | short enough to jump over.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take fan"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  563
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x fan"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  564
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | A proper Victorian paper fan. When I first infiltrated the ship as a
Floyd | society darling, it was an integral part of my disguise; now it's just
Floyd | a decoration.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Is it worth figuring out how to unfold it?"
DavidW says, "The fan? No."
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat footstool"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  565
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT FOOTSTOOL
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't get any special powers unless I eat a bit of an animal, or at
Floyd | least something that used to be an animal. Plants and minerals are not
Floyd | of any use to me.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "-tries to remember any feathers or other bird parts around the ship."
DavidW says, "There aren't any. We did look for feathers in pillows. But there's no pillows."
Guenni asks, "So how do I prevent Amelia mush?"
DavidW says, "You've seen the clues."
Guenni says (to floyd), "i"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  566
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I've got the zeta-transmitter your man gave me, concealed in a cameo
Floyd | I'm wearing around my neck. I'm also carrying:
Floyd |     a lead box (which is closed)
Floyd |     a set of lockpicks
Floyd |     a green book
Floyd |     a paper fan
Floyd |     a scarf
Floyd |     an aquamarine punch card
Floyd |     an access card
Floyd |     a black bag (which is open but empty)
Floyd |     a gecko tail
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "Neither polar foxes nor geckos fly either."
inky says, "it sounds like you should turn into a slime monster (?)"
Guenni says, "No, that makes you die."
DavidW says, "No it doesn't."
DavidW says, "You died because the ship exploded."
DavidW says, "You ran out of time."
Guenni says, "Oh,"
Guenni says (to floyd), "d"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  567
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open) and an orange striped
Floyd | lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  568
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm having trouble moving about in here, Owl. My entire body is
Floyd | unnaturally warm, and I feel ill. I'm not sure this place is safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Owl, the alarm is---
Floyd |
Floyd | The line immediately goes dark.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd | Biological research, sample collection    5
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd | Pest removal                              2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $24 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a mad physicist on retainer to deform the space-time
Floyd | continuum to your personal specifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat slime"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Please give one of the answers above.
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Guenni says (to floyd), "owl5"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  524
Floyd | > RESTORE[Game restored.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "I switched to one earlier. Better safe than starting again."
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  525
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd | The reactor! I'm never quite so at home as I am within a nuclear
Floyd | reactor? The great expanse of metal beneath me, the turbines, the
Floyd | invigorating ATOMIC FIZZ of radioactive isotopes tingling on my skin?
Floyd | Ah, how I love it!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a passage fore leading deeper into the reactor, as well as a
Floyd | much less inviting exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is
Floyd | closed), and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  525
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW asks, "Is the flask still frozen?"
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  526
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says, "yes"
Guenni says (to floyd), "drop harpoon"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  526
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > DROP HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "Radon already killed the monster."
Guenni says, "One day, I'll learn to read the complete text."
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  527
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  527
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd | The reactor! I'm never quite so at home as I am within a nuclear
Floyd | reactor? The great expanse of metal beneath me, the turbines, the
Floyd | invigorating ATOMIC FIZZ of radioactive isotopes tingling on my skin?
Floyd | Ah, how I love it!
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a passage fore leading deeper into the reactor, as well as a
Floyd | much less inviting exit starboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is
Floyd | closed), and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  528
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor Pool
Floyd | I'm perched at the edge of the reactor pool, which bubbles
Floyd | encouragingly as ATOMIC POWER courses through it. It will be a shame
Floyd | to destroy something so beautiful, but nothing will stand between me
Floyd | and my revenge on Dashing. The pool could use a good scrub, but at
Floyd | least the control rods are still intact. The exit from the reactor is
Floyd | aft, and there is a rusted wheel mounted on the wall beside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a reactor pool (which contains some control rods) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  529
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is
Floyd | closed), and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  530
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor Pool
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a reactor pool (which contains some control rods) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put flask in pool"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  531
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT FLASK IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. There's a bit of hissing and smoke as the dewar warms up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take flask"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  532
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've laboriously pulled the dewar out of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  533
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've opened the vacuum flask, revealing a lead box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "lift rods"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  534
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LIFT RODS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask s"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  535
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  536
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  537
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The lever doesn't budge. It can only be used in an EMERGENCY---a
Floyd | nuclear meltdown, for example.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  538
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency ladder springs up, allowing me to access the upper
Floyd | balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  539
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "line1"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  539
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE1
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  539
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  540
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open and contains a lead box)
Floyd | and an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take box"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  541
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $5 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  542
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm having trouble moving about in here, Owl. My entire body is
Floyd | unnaturally warm, and I feel ill. I'm not sure this place is safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat slime"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  543
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Must I really eat that? Let me hold my nose a bit first...
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgh, that was certainly foul. My skin has become more blubbery and
Floyd | tough, like vulcanized rubber. It's a bit tricky to walk, but I think
Floyd | I can take quite a bit more of a punch now.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm sorry, Owl, but I'm not feeling up to continuing. I feel hot all
Floyd | over, and my stomach...I need to sit down for just a moment
Floyd | and...rest...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd | Biological research, sample collection    5
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd | Pest removal                              2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $24 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a mad physicist on retainer to deform the space-time
Floyd | continuum to your personal specifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
DavidW says, "That was death by radiation."
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  542
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni asks, "Well, how am I supposed to eat tha slime?"
Guenni says, "Or will Raddon take it out with him. the harpoon..."
DavidW asks, "Why are you trying to eat the slime in this location at this time?"
Guenni says, "Oh, ok."
Guenni says (to floyd), "restore"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Guenni says (to floyd), "owl5"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  524
Floyd | > RESTORE[Game restored.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  525
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says, "I guess mainly because the power usually doesn't last long."
Guenni says (to floyd), "x harpoon"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  526
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X HARPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | One of Dashing's toys. This one is a harpoon with a sharp tip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x slime"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  526
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  527
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is
Floyd | closed), and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "x slime"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  528
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > X SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a disgusting slime residue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take it"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  529
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dealing with the monster was demeaning enough. I'm not about to waste
Floyd | my time dealing with its by-products.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  530
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  531
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  531
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  532
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  533
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is
Floyd | closed), and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm having trouble moving about in here, Owl. My entire body is
Floyd | unnaturally warm, and I feel ill. I'm not sure this place is safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat slime"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  534
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Must I really eat that? Let me hold my nose a bit first...
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgh, that was certainly foul. My skin has become more blubbery and
Floyd | tough, like vulcanized rubber. It's a bit tricky to walk, but I think
Floyd | I can take quite a bit more of a punch now.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm sorry, Owl, but I'm not feeling up to continuing. I feel hot all
Floyd | over, and my stomach...I need to sit down for just a moment
Floyd | and...rest...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have lost a client ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Lady Amelia Derringer:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from standard-issue death trap     1
Floyd | Recovering seized property                2
Floyd | Infiltrating hostile territory            1
Floyd | Nuclear secrets                           4
Floyd |
Floyd | Invoice for Prof. Dirk Radon:
Floyd | Service                                  Fee
Floyd | Escape from angry mob                     1
Floyd | Dance party (to boost minion morale)      2
Floyd | Neutralizing rebellious minions           3
Floyd | Showing them, showing them all            3
Floyd | Pest removal                              2
Floyd |
Floyd | Your total fee was $19 million out of a possible $30 million, which is
Floyd | just enough for a complete, autographed copy of Livy's "Ab Urbe
Floyd | Condita".
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game, or QUIT?
Floyd | >
Guenni says (to floyd), "undo"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  533
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  534
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni thinks of hitting her head.
Guenni says, "against the desk."
Guenni says, "She can't go to the slime, and the slime can't get out to her."
inky says, "forbidden romance"
Guenni says, "Heh."
DavidW asks, "You die of radiation poisoning before you can take the slime out. Do you know of any animals immune to radiation poisoning?"
Guenni says, "No. But since the octopus seems fairly far away, I hope it's the cgecko or the polar fox."
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat scarf"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  535
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT SCARF
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, damn. Must I really? I hate to think of what this thing has
Floyd | seen...
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, now I've gone and done it, and the change has begun. I would
Floyd | seem to have grown, for the lack of a better word, a pelt. On another
Floyd | lady the effect would be shocking, but I daresay I shall carry it off
Floyd | with my usual flair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "No it's not them."
Guenni sighs.
Guenni asks, "no to these two, or to all three of them?"
DavidW says, "No to all three. It's not the octopus, gecko, nor the scarf."
inky asks, "what about the zarf?"
DavidW says, "There's an animal on board that's immune to radiation."
Guenni says, "Unfortunately, that one isn't on the ship, as far as I know."
Guenni says, "But we can ask him about his radiation resistance abilities next time he's here. :-)"
Guenni says, "I can't remember any other animals on the ship. Except for the trophies and these are to chemicalized."
DavidW says, "The trophies are out of bounds, yes. Also your leather bag. And you won't eat the ivory cameo that came from an elephant."
Guenni says, "She won't open the slug box either."
DavidW says, "True."
DavidW says, "The slug won't help in this situation anyway."
DavidW says, "The robots, of course, aren't animals, even though they walk and dance."
Guenni says, "Well, with raddon's blood it's the same problem as with the slime."
DavidW asks, "Is it?"
Guenni says, "Yes."
Guenni says, "I'm fairly sure."
Guenni says, "But I can try again."
DavidW says, "Radon's blood *does* give you radiation immunity for a short time."
Guenni says, "I guess that was the instand where the ship exploded."
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  536
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Structure
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a sludge deposit, a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is
Floyd | closed), and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm having trouble moving about in here, Owl. My entire body is
Floyd | unnaturally warm, and I feel ill. I'm not sure this place is safe.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "You've only tasted the blood once. Then you immediately ate the slime, changing your mutation."
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat blood"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  537
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Yuck! The depths to which I must stoop in pursuit of my goals. I hope
Floyd | you're know what you're doing...
Floyd |
Floyd | I have, under protest, tasted a bit of the blood. The world seems to
Floyd | have become darker and colder, as if light and heat were simply
Floyd | passing through me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
inky says, "I feel like the ship exploding is causing you a lot of problems in life"
DavidW says, "You can't have two different mutations at the same time."
Guenni says (to floyd), "take slime"
Floyd ]  Metal Structure                                         Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  538
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  539
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "e"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  540
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "there you go. You got the slime out of the reactor room."
Guenni says (to floyd), "line 2"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  540
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > LINE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Dirk on line 2.
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | I'm in the robot command area of the ship, its innermost cortex from
Floyd | which Dashing directs MY automata. Pfaugh! The lout! The
Floyd | electromechanical computation engine seems to be in recent repair,
Floyd | fortunately. Ah, and there's the bookshelf, where the technical
Floyd | manuals and programmer's notes are meant to be stored. The aft exit
Floyd | leads back to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "s"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  541
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  542
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a bloodstain, a vacuum flask (which is closed), and a mace
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask n"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  543
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor Pool
Floyd | I'm perched at the edge of the reactor pool, which bubbles
Floyd | encouragingly as ATOMIC POWER courses through it. It will be a shame
Floyd | to destroy something so beautiful, but nothing will stand between me
Floyd | and my revenge on Dashing. The pool could use a good scrub, but at
Floyd | least the control rods are still intact. The exit from the reactor is
Floyd | aft, and there is a rusted wheel mounted on the wall beside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a reactor pool (which contains some control rods) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "put flask in pool"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  544
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUT FLASK IN POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Done. There's a bit of hissing and smoke as the dewar warms up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "get flask"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  545
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > GET FLASK
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've laboriously pulled the dewar out of the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "open it"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  546
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, I've opened the vacuum flask, revealing a lead box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "lift rods"
Floyd ]  Reactor Pool                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  547
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LIFT RODS
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | The reactor pool is bubbling as it heats up with beautiful NUCLEAR
Floyd | ENERGY.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask s"
Floyd ]  Reactor                                                 Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  548
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reactor
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a bloodstain and a mace here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "push flask e"
Floyd ]  Main Deck                                               Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  549
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > PUSH FLASK E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Main Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | My deactivated robots are stationed around the deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "n"
Floyd ]  Control Room                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Prof. Dirk Radon                                        Moves:  550
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a silver punch card here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 2>
Guenni says (to floyd), "line 1"
Floyd ]  Master Suite                                            Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  550
Floyd | Line 2>
Floyd | > LINE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch back to Amelia on line 1.
Floyd |
Floyd | Master Suite
Floyd | I've found my way into Captain Dashing's bedroom. I suppose that's the
Floyd | dream of many a foolish young lady, isn't it?
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is reflective, if you can believe such a thing, and the
Floyd | walls are done in the most tasteless mishmash of gilt Romanesque
Floyd | columns, gothic candelabras, and red velvet wallpaper you can possibly
Floyd | imagine. There are mirrors everywhere, and rather a grandiose portrait
Floyd | of the Captain himself hanging on one of the walls. The entire habitat
Floyd | is clearly calculated to overwhelm one's good sense until one cannot
Floyd | help but swoon onto the absurd contraption passing for a bed. An exit
Floyd | west leads back to the main deck of the airship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, you're back. I'm afraid I've lost my power in the interim.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "w"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   19
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  551
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upper Deck
Floyd |
Floyd | Motionless robots litter the deck. Even deactivated, they're still
Floyd | imposing.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can also see a vacuum flask (which is open and contains a lead box)
Floyd | and an orange striped lever here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "take box"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  552
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your fee has just gone up by $5 million.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "pull lever"
Floyd ]  Upper Deck                                              Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  553
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The emergency ladder springs up, allowing me to access the upper
Floyd | balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "u"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  554
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Balloon
Floyd | I'm standing on the top of the ship, in a narrow lookout post with the
Floyd | open sky above me. As a nod to domesticity, there is a lounge chair
Floyd | and convenient footstool here, though I don't know how Dashing could
Floyd | stand the constantly buffeting wind. A priceless mahogany barrier
Floyd | rings the post, tall enough to block out the worst of the wind, but
Floyd | short enough to jump over.
Floyd |
Floyd | A ladder leads down to the main deck.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat slime"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  555
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Must I really eat that? Let me hold my nose a bit first...
Floyd |
Floyd | Urgh, that was certainly foul. My skin has become more blubbery and
Floyd | tough, like vulcanized rubber. It's a bit tricky to walk, but I think
Floyd | I can take quite a bit more of a punch now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "jump"
Floyd ]  Balloon                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  556
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Before I do this, Owl, make sure that there's nothing else I need to
Floyd | do on the airship. There's obviously no coming back once I jump off.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a loud bell and a mechanized voice over the line: Danger!
Floyd | Danger! Meltdown imminent! Evacuate immediately! Danger!
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "g"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  557
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Very well. I hope you know what you're doing, Owl. Let me just climp
Floyd | onto the railing. Steady now, that's quite a drop. I didn't get to
Floyd | this point by being timid, though, so one...two...three!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Falling
Floyd | I'm plummeting through the air toward the earth below. I say, this is
Floyd | quite thrilling, but I trust you have something clever in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm managing to keep my composure, despite plunging toward the ground
Floyd | at a truly alarming rate. It won't do any good, though, unless you
Floyd | have a plan. Let's finish off the mission, Owl, and get me to safety.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
DavidW says, "careful. The slime effect may wear off since you ate it so long ago."
Guenni says (to floyd), "eat tail"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  558
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > EAT TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, very well. Give me a moment...
Floyd |
Floyd | That tasted a bit odd. My hands and feet feel sticky, and there's
Floyd | faint webbing on them. The rest of me feels lighter, too, though I
Floyd | don't suppose I look much different.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "l"
Floyd ]  Falling                                                 Score:   24
Floyd ]  Amelia Derringer                                        Moves:  559
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Falling
Floyd | I'm plummeting through the air toward the earth below. I say, this is
Floyd | quite thrilling, but I trust you have something clever in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | I say, the ground looks awfully close from here---literally awful. I
Floyd | trust you have something clever in mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Line 1>
Guenni says (to floyd), "quit"
Floyd | Line 1>
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit the game?
Guenni says, "I think I'll leave that one for later."
DavidW says, "um. okay."
Guenni says, "I had hoped the slime wuld just make her resistant enough, but since there's more, I'm not in the mood for another puzzle right now."
DavidW says, "oh. I was worried I'd said the wrong thing."
Guenni says, "No."
Guenni asks, "Oh, I hadn't read your last line amongst the game text. Is it just a matter of eating the slime later?"
DavidW says, "Yes. Jump, then eat it."
DavidW says, "And wait."
Guenni says, "-rolls eyes."
DavidW says, "Then you also have to get Radon off the ship, though."
Guenni asks, "More complicated than just jumping off with switched on jetpack?"
DavidW says, "No."
Guenni says, "But I take it she has to go first?"
DavidW says, "But you push the button later after it's bright."
DavidW says, "I don't know if she has to go first or not. I had her go first, but I didn't try him going first."
Guenni says, "Oh, another one for headdesk marriage."
DavidW says, "If you like, I could drive to the end."
Guenni says, "No, I think there'll be some club floytding for the unfinished game anyway."
DavidW says, "okay"
Guenni says, "I'll watch/nudge then. :-)"
Guenni says, "But thanks for the offer."




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