  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask house2018" | ||
Floyd | House 0/0 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | House Floyd | Floyd | Version 1.0 Floyd | Floyd | Enter "P" for the prologue (used as the blurb for Spring Thing 2018). Floyd | Floyd | Enter "A" for helpful information about the game, including its Floyd | uncommon Floyd | commands. Floyd | Floyd | Enter "O" for display options. Floyd | Floyd | Enter any other key to start. | DavidW says, "Probably want to look at all three of those." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I've got a nasty headache, if someone else could drive." | ||
| Plover says, "I will be along in a moment, I need to build my apartment." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd | My hand trembled while I reached for the door knob of the house. Floyd | After having Floyd | fled without notice it was only natural that my wife would be upset, Floyd | so I came Floyd | prepared to reassure her. But I suspected she would not find my Floyd | reassurances Floyd | to be enough, and where would that leave us? Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House Floyd | Floyd | Version 1.0 Floyd | Floyd | Enter "P" for the prologue (used as the blurb for Spring Thing 2018). Floyd | Floyd | Enter "A" for helpful information about the game, including its Floyd | uncommon Floyd | commands. Floyd | Floyd | Enter "O" for display options. Floyd | Floyd | Enter any other key to start. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | You can return to this information while you are playing the game by
Floyd | entering
Floyd | ABOUT:
Floyd |
Floyd | The focus of this game is interacting with a character and to a lesser
Floyd | extent
Floyd | examining the environment and recovering memories. Because of this
Floyd | focus the
Floyd | game uses a more limited range of commands than most other interactive
Floyd | fiction
Floyd | works.
Floyd |
Floyd | 1. Conversing
Floyd |
Floyd | The command TOPICS will list all available topics. One unusual aspect
Floyd | of this
Floyd | game is that you can use up to three topics in a command, and it is
Floyd | possible to
Floyd | use variations of the topics you encounter. In fact it is
Floyd | impossible to
Floyd | complete the game and collect vital clues without combining topics and
Floyd | using
Floyd | them in different forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | So how do you use topics? Like other commands in this came,
Floyd | conversational
Floyd | commands do not need to be as well formed as English sentences.
Floyd | Notably, you
Floyd | do not need to include articles ("a", "an", and "the"). But in many
Floyd | other
Floyd | respects commands should resemble the sentences one might use in
Floyd | natural
Floyd | English if one was commanding someone to talk to another person.
Floyd | Imagine you
Floyd | have entered TOPICS, and the game returned, "I could talk to the
Floyd | adventurer
Floyd | about the adventurer, caves, bat, light source, lamp, exploring, or
Floyd | being
Floyd | [More]
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| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "bright." The command ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT LAMP CAVES" | ||
Floyd | EXPLORING probably would Floyd | not give us a response because it is not at all clear which Floyd | relationship Floyd | between the topics LAMP, CAVES, and EXPLORING the player has in mind. Floyd | On the Floyd | other hand, assuming that the adventurer is the referent of the Floyd | pronoun "her", Floyd | the following could be a valid command: Floyd | Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT LAMP CAVES EXPLORING Floyd | Floyd | On the other hand, assuming that the adventurer is the referent of the Floyd | pronoun Floyd | "her", the following could be a valid command: Floyd | Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER WHERE SHE EXPLORES Floyd | Floyd | Here are some other potentially useful commands: Floyd | Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT HER Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT ME Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT LIGHT SOURCE Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT LAMP Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT EXPLORING CAVES Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT BEING BRIGHT Floyd | TELL ADVENTURER ABOUT LIGHT SOURCE Floyd | Floyd | [More] | DavidW asks, "Combining topics?" | |
| DavidW says, "That's kinda new." | ||
| Plover arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "(If we continue to substitute "TELL" for every instance" | ||
Floyd | of "ASK" above, the Floyd | result is a hypothetically useful command.) Floyd | Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER IF SHE HAS EXPLORED CAVES Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER IF LIGHT SOURCE IS LAMP Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER HOW SHE HAS BEEN Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER HOW BAT EXPLORES CAVES Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER FOR LIGHT SOURCE Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER WHO EXPLORES CAVES Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER WHERE SHE EXPLORES Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER WHERE BAT IS Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER WHO EXPLORES CAVES Floyd | ASK ADVENTURER WHY SHE EXPLORES CAVES Floyd | HUG ADVENTURER Floyd | KISS ADVENTURER Floyd | SAY YOU ARE EXPLORING! Floyd | Floyd | To make things easier on the player TALK TO ADVENTURER ABOUT would be Floyd | taken to Floyd | be synonymous with ASK ADVENTURER ABOUT, and ASK ADVENTURER WHETHER Floyd | would be Floyd | taken to be synonymous with ASK ADVENTURER IF. Floyd | Floyd | (Commands are capitalized here simply to distinguish them from other Floyd | text. You Floyd | do not need to capitalize them when you play!) Floyd | [More] | Knight_Otu says, "This all already sounds quite ambitious." | |
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] Floyd | As illustrated in the examples above, if a topic takes the form of a Floyd | verb Floyd | ending in "-ing" (e.g., "exploring"), you are free to use other forms Floyd | as well Floyd | (e.g., "explore"). Along similar lines note that you are not limited Floyd | by tense. Floyd | (e.g., "has explored" is valid if "explore" is valid). Floyd | Floyd | Note that you are free to insert the linking verbs "am", "are", "is", Floyd | and "was" Floyd | and the prepositions "about", "of", "with"; the phrase "there is". Floyd | Floyd | As a general rule, topics can be used in different contexts. For Floyd | example, if Floyd | in our hypothetical example the topic "caves" became available while Floyd | the Floyd | adventurer is talking about specific caves, it would be a good idea to Floyd | try to Floyd | use the word while talking about different caves or even while talking Floyd | about Floyd | caves in general. It might help to think of these "topics" not so Floyd | much as the Floyd | components of a rigidly structured conversation but as triggers for Floyd | free Floyd | association. A topic will not remain listed unless there is at least Floyd | one Floyd | remaining way it can be fit into the dialogue. Floyd | Floyd | Regarding pronouns, the words "I" and "me" refer to the protagonist Floyd | (the Floyd | character under your direct control) while "she", "her", and "you" Floyd | refer to the Floyd | character the protagonist is interacting with. Floyd | Floyd | Note that in this game HUG and KISS are treated as distinct commands. Floyd | The Floyd | [More] | ||
| Plover says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
| Plover says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Plover), "Please don't" | ||
| DavidW says (to Plover), "We haven't even begun the game proper yet." | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "conversational commands can be abbreviated like this:" | ||
Floyd | Floyd | A ABOUT: A Floyd | ASK FOR: A FOR Floyd | ASK IF: A IF Floyd | ASK HOW: A HOW Floyd | ASK WHAT: A WHAT Floyd | ASK WHERE: A WHERE Floyd | ASK WHETHER: A WHETHER Floyd | ASK WHO: A WHO Floyd | ASK WHY: A WHY Floyd | TELL ABOUT: T Floyd | Floyd | 2. Observing and Interacting with the Environment Floyd | Floyd | To examine the game world you will make extensive use of this command: Floyd | Floyd | EXAMINE Floyd | Floyd | The command can be abbreviated like this: Floyd | Floyd | X Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Plover), "It's important to play with the group when ClubFloyd is happening." | ||
| Plover runs out of the room, with a smile on his face. | Jacqueline says, "Golly, now I feel (a little bit) bad." | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know if he even heard you." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I think their connection might be wonky, rather than leaving." | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "Occasionally you might also find the following commands" | ||
Floyd | useful: Floyd | Floyd | LOOK Floyd | LOOK IN Floyd | LOOK OUT Floyd | LOOK THROUGH Floyd | LOOK UNDER Floyd | FEEL Floyd | Floyd | Other commands you can use include the following: Floyd | Floyd | DROP Floyd | OPEN Floyd | SOUTH Floyd | Floyd | 3. Remembering Floyd | Floyd | While playing the game, the protagonist will retrieve memories. If Floyd | you use the Floyd | command MEMORIES, you might see a list that looks something like this: Floyd | Floyd | walk along the beach Floyd | stars at night Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "You can then recall a memory using the REMEMBER command" | ||
Floyd | like this: Floyd | Floyd | REMEMBER WALK ALONG THE BEACH Floyd | Floyd | But that requires a lot of typing. Fortunately the game allows the Floyd | endings of Floyd | words in memory titles to be trimmed down to a single letter. Spaces Floyd | and the Floyd | words "a", "an", and "the" can be omitted entirely. Thus the command Floyd | above can Floyd | be abbreviated in any of the following ways: Floyd | Floyd | REMEMBER WAL ALO THE BEA Floyd | REMEMBER WATB Floyd | REMEMBER WAB Floyd | Floyd | 4. Reaching an End Floyd | Floyd | The bulk of this game consists of solving a single puzzle. The final Floyd | act will Floyd | begin only when the player enters one of several commands that Floyd | indicates that Floyd | the player has to a significant extent gained an understanding of the Floyd | situation Floyd | the protagonist is in. Clues come in various forms, and different Floyd | players will Floyd | find the solution to the puzzle in different ways. Floyd | Floyd | The game has two possible endings. Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "While some people prefer to solve games without hints," | ||
Floyd | others might find solace Floyd | in knowing that additional clues can be gained by using the HINT Floyd | command. Floyd | Floyd | Note that this game is an example of what interactive fiction readers, Floyd | using a Floyd | scale developed by Andrew Plotkin, call a "merciful" work, meaning Floyd | that it is Floyd | not possible to die or enter into an unwinnable state. So if you Floyd | think of a Floyd | command to try, why not try it? Floyd | Floyd | 5. Viewing the Credits Floyd | Floyd | I have saved my favorite command for last. To see the generous people Floyd | who have Floyd | helped me make this game enter CREDITS. Floyd | Floyd | [More] | Jacqueline says, "Aw" | |
| Jacqueline says, "That is sweet, Karona." | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House Floyd | Floyd | Version 1.0 Floyd | Floyd | Enter "P" for the prologue (used as the blurb for Spring Thing 2018). Floyd | Floyd | Enter "A" for helpful information about the game, including its Floyd | uncommon Floyd | commands. Floyd | Floyd | Enter "O" for display options. Floyd | Floyd | Enter any other key to start. | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "o" | ||
Floyd | Enter "I" if you prefer to see italic emphasis (e.g., Floyd | emphasis). Floyd | Floyd | Enter "N" if you prefer no emphasis (e.g., emphasis). Floyd | Floyd | Enter any other key if you prefer bold emphasis (e.g., Floyd | emphasis). | Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want any emphasis?" | |
| DavidW says, "Yes, I think so." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd go with I" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No preference" | ||
| Karona says, "Thank you. It really is difficult to imagine a more generous or helpful group of testers" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Good." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | House Floyd | Floyd | Version 1.0 Floyd | Floyd | Enter "P" for the prologue (used as the blurb for Spring Thing 2018). Floyd | Floyd | Enter "A" for helpful information about the game, including its Floyd | uncommon Floyd | commands. Floyd | Floyd | Enter "O" for display options. Floyd | Floyd | Enter any other key to start. | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House Floyd | Upon returning to the house I took off my hard hat, and I found that Floyd | everything Floyd | was exactly as I had left it. The bed was centered beneath the north Floyd | facing Floyd | window. The fireplace was set in the southern wall, as was the door I Floyd | had Floyd | entered. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing in the middle of the room. Her eyes were red, and Floyd | there were Floyd | mascara trails on her cheeks. Seeing her, I knew that before the Floyd | night was Floyd | over I would have an answer to the question that had been weighing on Floyd | my mind: Floyd | After making a house with Leah, did I still have a home? Floyd | Floyd | "Hello," Leah said, choking up. "You're back." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/1 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LEAH Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing in front of me. She had brown eyes and an aquiline Floyd | nose Floyd | framed by her long, curly, dark brown hair and the soft curves of her Floyd | face. Floyd | She was illuminated by the sunlight entering through the southern Floyd | window while Floyd | her surroundings were immersed in darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was wearing a blouse, a skirt, and a neck scarf. She was Floyd | barefoot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well then. Let's find out what kind of yerk we are, I guess." | |
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Er, jerk, I guess is the spelling." | ||
| DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "Take the wheel." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/2 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LEAH Floyd | Floyd | "Hello," I responded. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "I think we should talk about the circumstances--." Floyd | Floyd | I interrupted and asked, "How have you been, Leah?" Floyd | Floyd | Leah glowered, but after a moment she said, "I have my feet on the Floyd | ground-- Floyd | well, on the floor anyway." Then she added, "They're cold," with a Floyd | nervous Floyd | laugh that took the form of a small puff of air. Floyd | Floyd | "How is the rest of you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "To be honest I have been miserable since you left," she said. "I try Floyd | to keep Floyd | busy, but nothing I do keeps me from feeling." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/2 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about being miserable, myself (Ayumu), Leah, Floyd | Leah's feet, Floyd | feeling, doing, leaving or returning. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I imagine TOPICS will be an extremely important command in this story." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, certainly." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a feeling" | ||
Floyd | House 0/3 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A FEELING Floyd | Floyd | "Why would you want to stop feeling?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Feeling hurts too much," Leah said. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "The feet comment was weird. Like she normally touches the earth directly or floats above it?" | |
| Knight_Otu asks, "Whatever we did uprooted her, maybe?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Symbolically, of course." | ||
| DavidW says, "In IF, you can't assume anything at first." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why feet" | ||
Floyd | House 0/4 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY FEET Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "She might be a normal woman, but she could also be a fairy or animated carrot or something even stranger." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a feet" | ||
Floyd | House 0/5 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A FEET Floyd | Floyd | I gestured at Leah's feet and asked, "Where are your shoes?" Floyd | Floyd | "Don't you remember the 'no footwear' policy?" she responded. "My dad Floyd | impressed that upon me after he got custody." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh. No footwear policy." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/5 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about remembering, myself (Ayumu), Leah's dad, Floyd | being Floyd | miserable, Leah, feeling, doing, leaving or returning. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah. I don't understand it, but there's something there." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/6 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DAD Floyd | Floyd | "When did your dad get custody of you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Have you forgotten?" she asked. "It was when I was very young--after Floyd | an Floyd | unsettling discovery." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "memories" | ||
Floyd | House 0/7 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | I could retrieve any of the following memories: Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "No memories just yet." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Thought so, but I felt chexcking was in order." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Minus that stray x." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/8 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | "What was the discovery?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "My dad was having an affair." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We might do non-conversation stuff too. X ME, X BED, etc." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Seems rude though." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | House 0/9 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | I could not see myself while having nothing to provide a reflection, Floyd | but in my Floyd | mind's eye I saw Ayumu, a man who was taller than Leah and who had Floyd | darker skin. Floyd | I was wearing a construction worker's uniform and socks. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah, I know." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "So the dad had an affair, but still gets custody of the daughter." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Seems... well depends on the mother." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Ask about the affair?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a affair" | ||
Floyd | House 0/10 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A AFFAIR Floyd | Floyd | "What was the discovery?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "My dad was having an affair." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "So we gathered, Leah." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/10 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, remembering, being miserable, Floyd | Leah, the Floyd | discovery, leaving, feeling, myself (Ayumu), returning or doing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/11 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why custody" | ||
Floyd | House 0/12 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY CUSTODY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/13 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DAD Floyd | Floyd | "When did your dad get custody of you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Have you forgotten?" she asked. "It was when I was very young--after Floyd | an Floyd | unsettling discovery." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a leaving" | ||
Floyd | House 0/14 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LEAVING Floyd | Floyd | "It must be hard for you when someone leaves," I said. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "It is. And you knew that before you left, didn't you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||
Floyd | House 0/15 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > YES Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a mother" | ||
Floyd | House 0/16 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MOTHER Floyd | Floyd | Nothing had yet inspired me to use the phrase "Leah's mom". Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "So her parents are divorced, presumably her mother left her with her dad, and now she's anxious about people leaving." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Which we did, we a-holes." | ||
| Karona exclaims, "LOL!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a how you feel about dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/17 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, but maybe we just went to work." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a who dad slept with" | ||
Floyd | House 0/18 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO DAD SLEPT WITH Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a mistress" | ||
Floyd | House 0/19 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MISTRESS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a policy" | ||
Floyd | House 0/20 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A POLICY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a cold" | ||
Floyd | House 0/21 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A COLD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we have to stick to the topics in TOPICS? I'm not sure." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/22 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Oops." | |
| Jacqueline says, "It seems it, yeah" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "But yes, that's how it seems." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/22 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, remembering, being miserable, Floyd | Leah, the Floyd | discovery, feeling, myself (Ayumu), returning or doing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t remembering" | ||
Floyd | House 0/23 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T REMEMBERING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why affair" | ||
Floyd | House 0/24 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY AFFAIR Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a who affair" | ||
Floyd | House 0/25 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO AFFAIR Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a myself" | ||
Floyd | House 0/26 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MYSELF Floyd | Floyd | "After what I have done, what do you think of me?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "You have a wonderful mind, and I have never met someone Floyd | more Floyd | dedicated." She then looked me in the eye and added, "You would not Floyd | believe how Floyd | I feel about you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a how you feel about me" | ||
Floyd | House 0/27 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ME Floyd | Floyd | (using the word "loving") Floyd | Nothing had yet inspired me to use the word "loving". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a who discovered affair" | ||
Floyd | House 0/28 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO DISCOVERED AFFAIR Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a being miserable" | ||
Floyd | House 0/29 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A BEING MISERABLE Floyd | Floyd | "Why have you been miserable?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "This is the longest we have been apart since we first met," Leah Floyd | replied. Floyd | "When I leave in the morning, I avoid looking back at the house so I Floyd | do not Floyd | have to think about the fact that you will not be walking me home." Floyd | Floyd | A memory was brought to mind. Floyd | Floyd | [Using the command MEMORIES lets you view a list of memories. You can Floyd | remember Floyd | by entering the command REMEMBER, followed by what you want to Floyd | remember.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember" | ||
Floyd | House 0/29 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > REMEMBER Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to remember? Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh, maybe we really were just at work." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "memories" | ||
Floyd | House 0/30 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | I could retrieve any of the following memories: Floyd | Floyd | beginning of our connection Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to KO), "yes, maybe, we just went to our job. Of construction." | |
| DavidW says, "And somehow this hurt Leah because [REASON TO BE DETERMINED]." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember booc" | ||
Floyd | Club Floyd | When I arrived at the club, I was reluctant to step onto the dance Floyd | floor. But Floyd | everything changed when "Wave of Mutilation" began to play. It was Floyd | then that I Floyd | heard a voice say, "Oh my god, you have to come and dance with me!" Floyd | Suddenly a Floyd | hand was pulling me towards the middle of the club, but I would not be Floyd | moved. Floyd | I turned towards the origin of the voice and felt so at ease with the Floyd | girl I Floyd | had just set my eyes on it was like I had known her for years. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm confused," I said. "You want to dance with me?" Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "Are there any other 'you's?" Still not budging, I Floyd | asked, "Why do Floyd | we have to dance?" Floyd | Floyd | "Because the Pixies are playing, and you look really cool," was the Floyd | answer I Floyd | got. Floyd | Floyd | "How can I argue with that logic?" Floyd | Floyd | "What?" she asked. "It's hard to hear you; the place is packed." But Floyd | it felt Floyd | like she and I were the only two people in the room. So I followed Floyd | her onto Floyd | the dance floor, and after meeting her for the first time I never Floyd | looked back . Floyd | . . until the day I left. Floyd | Floyd | [More] | Knight_Otu says, "Right, hard hat. I see that now." | |
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] | ||
| Floyd says, "But I could not dwell on the memory for long because the" | ||
Floyd | matter with Leah would Floyd | not wait . . . Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House 0/31 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | House Floyd | The bed was centered beneath the north facing window. The fireplace Floyd | was set in Floyd | the southern wall, as was the door I had entered. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "The intro left me with the impression of a longer separation." | |
| DavidW says, "Well, maybe we were gone a long time." | ||
| DavidW says, "Like, what if we had to help build a castle in the demonlord's dimension, and seven months went by here." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what's normal yet." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, maybe out-of-town construction fits the implied setting a bit better." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Seems more a modern setting." | ||
| DavidW says, "But he also left without telling her, which is odd." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t leaving" | ||
Floyd | House 0/32 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T LEAVING Floyd | Floyd | "It must be hard for you when someone leaves," I said. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "It is. And you knew that before you left, didn't you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I missed the bit about us not telling her we were leaving." | |
| DavidW says, "Maybe I read that in? Maybe I'm misremembering." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "The intro said we "fled without notice"." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "intro" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > INTRO Floyd | Floyd | You play this kind of game by entering brief commands (try to use as Floyd | few words Floyd | as possible). Examples include: Floyd | Floyd | WEST Floyd | X KEYS Floyd | TAKE BOOK Floyd | READ BOOK Floyd | DROP BOOK Floyd | PUT BOOK ON TABLE Floyd | OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | To move around use compass directions: NORTH, EAST, SOUTH etc. These Floyd | may be Floyd | abbreviated to N, E, S, W, NE, NW, SE, SW. You can also use IN, OUT, Floyd | UP and Floyd | DOWN. Floyd | Floyd | EXAMINE (= LOOK AT) can be abbreviated to X; X BOOK, EXAMINE BOOK and Floyd | LOOK AT Floyd | BOOK all mean the same thing. Floyd | Floyd | The command INVENTORY (or simply I) will give you a list of what Floyd | you're Floyd | carrying. Floyd | Use LOOK or L to repeat the description of your current location. Floyd | AGAIN or G repeats the previous command. Floyd | Floyd | [More] | DavidW says, "oops" | |
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House 0/32 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | | ||
| Floyd says, "For full instructions, use the INSTRUCTIONS command." | ||
Floyd | To see a sample transcript, use the SAMPLE command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "prologue" | ||
Floyd | House 0/33 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PROLOGUE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu |After having fled without notice it was only natural that my wife would be upset | |
| DavidW says, "oh, okay. Thanks." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | House 0/34 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | House Floyd | The bed was centered beneath the north facing window. The fireplace Floyd | was set in Floyd | the southern wall, as was the door I had entered. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||
Floyd | House 0/35 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X FIREPLACE Floyd | Floyd | The fireplace was at the base of a red brick chimney and framed by a Floyd | mantel. A Floyd | fire burned within it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fire" | ||
Floyd | House 0/36 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X FIRE Floyd | Floyd | The fire was no less bright than it was when I last saw it, but Floyd | somehow it felt Floyd | less warm. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well, the fire should have cooled down depending on how long we were away." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'm going to go have a good cry now." | ||
| DavidW says, "Well, hopefully she just wasn't standing here the entire time like a statue." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to KO), "I'm sure she's capable of keeping a fire going without us." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, not a particularly cheerful story." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a doing" | ||
Floyd | House 0/37 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DOING Floyd | Floyd | "What have you been up to since I left?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Besides crying?" Leah responded while wiping a tear from her face. Floyd | "I have Floyd | been reconnecting with my hobbies." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a hobbies" | ||
Floyd | House 0/38 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOBBIES Floyd | Floyd | "Which hobbies you have been reconnecting with?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah answered, "I have been getting back into art--painting, collage, Floyd | and Floyd | community theater mostly." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm so glad you're following your ambitions!" I said. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Sure, but it wouldn't be exactly the same fire either way." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/38 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, painting, us, collage, dancing, Floyd | the Floyd | discovery, being miserable, the club, Leah, being apart, theater, Floyd | home, Floyd | feeling, the house, meeting for the first time, remembering, Floyd | returning, crying Floyd | or myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well, she did get a lot of time without us it seems." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a theater" | ||
Floyd | House 0/39 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A THEATER Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me more about community theater," I said. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "The director wants to put on a Shakespeare production!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a director" | ||
Floyd | House 0/40 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DIRECTOR Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a shakespeare" | ||
Floyd | House 0/41 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A SHAKESPEARE Floyd | Floyd | "Which play will you be performing?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "The other actors and I asked the director the same Floyd | question. Floyd | She said, 'Do what you will'!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a actors" | ||
Floyd | House 0/42 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A ACTORS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why Shakespeare" | ||
Floyd | House 0/43 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY SHAKESPEARE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/43 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, painting, us, collage, dancing, Floyd | the Floyd | discovery, being miserable, the club, Leah, being apart, theater, Floyd | home, Floyd | feeling, the house, meeting for the first time, remembering, Floyd | returning, crying Floyd | or myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a dancing" | ||
Floyd | House 0/44 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DANCING Floyd | Floyd | "Do you remember when we danced?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "We have danced more than a few times," Leah said with a fleeting Floyd | smile. "All Floyd | the same, I wish we could dance more." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance with her" | ||
Floyd | House 0/45 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE WITH HER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try just DANCE." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" | ||
Floyd | House 0/46 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > DANCE Floyd | Floyd | "Would you like to dance?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Now?" Leah asked. "There is no music." Floyd | Floyd | "Put something on," I said. "DJ's choice." Floyd | Floyd | Leah retrieved a CD player and a CD from under the bed and played Floyd | "What's Up?" Floyd | by 4 Non Blondes. She took my fumbling hands, and asked, "Nervous?" Floyd | while she Floyd | maneuvered them around her hips. Soon I found myself swaying with Floyd | her, and she Floyd | laid her head on my shoulder. For a moment she wore a faint smile; it Floyd | was the Floyd | happiest she looked so far that day. When we heard the final repetion Floyd | of the Floyd | chorus, Leah sang along with the lead singer. The words that flowed Floyd | from her Floyd | mouth were, "What's going on?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well, we cheered her up a bit." | |
| DavidW says, "Maybe. Hard to tell." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "But we haven't really made progress on the problem of our leaving." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/46 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, painting, us, collage, the Floyd | discovery, Floyd | being miserable, the club, Leah, being apart, theater, home, feeling, Floyd | the Floyd | house, meeting for the first time, remembering, returning, crying or Floyd | myself Floyd | (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a house" | ||
Floyd | House 0/47 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOUSE Floyd | Floyd | I said, "Regarding the house--" Floyd | Floyd | Leah interrupted me to exclaim, "I do not want to hear another word Floyd | about the Floyd | house!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Sore topic." | |
| DavidW says, "apparently" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where theater" | ||
Floyd | House 0/48 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE THEATER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where theater is" | ||
Floyd | House 0/49 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE THEATER IS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a returning" | ||
Floyd | House 0/50 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A RETURNING Floyd | Floyd | "Why wouldn't I come back?" I asked. "I am your husband." Floyd | Floyd | Leah asked, "Why did you have to say that?" Tears welled up in her Floyd | eyes. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Ouch." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a marriage" | ||
Floyd | House 0/51 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MARRIAGE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a club" | ||
Floyd | House 0/52 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A CLUB Floyd | Floyd | I said, "When we met each other at the club--" Floyd | Floyd | Leah interrupted and said, "Wait! What? When have we ever been in a Floyd | club Floyd | together?" Floyd | Floyd | I did not blame her for being skeptical. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t club" | ||
Floyd | House 0/53 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T CLUB Floyd | Floyd | I did not see the point of trying to convince Leah that we had been Floyd | inside a Floyd | club. She was certain that we had not--and for good reason. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Mind telling _us_ the good reason, Ayumu?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Okay. There's more going on." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/53 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, painting, us, collage, the Floyd | discovery, Floyd | being miserable, Leah, being apart, theater, home, feeling, meeting Floyd | for the Floyd | first time, remembering, myself (Ayumu) or crying. Floyd | Floyd | > | Karona says, "LOL" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a what she remembers" | ||
Floyd | House 0/54 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHAT SHE REMEMBERS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a if she remembers" | ||
Floyd | House 0/55 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF SHE REMEMBERS Floyd | Floyd | Nothing had yet inspired me to use the word "rainbow". Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Err." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/55 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, painting, us, collage, the Floyd | discovery, Floyd | being miserable, Leah, being apart, theater, home, feeling, meeting Floyd | for the Floyd | first time, remembering, myself (Ayumu) or crying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a being apart" | ||
Floyd | House 0/56 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A BEING APART Floyd | Floyd | "What has it been like for you while we have been apart?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "The pain has been excruciating." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Bah. Work emergency. BBIAB maybe." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a meeting first time" | ||
Floyd | House 0/57 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MEETING FIRST TIME Floyd | Floyd | "What do you remember about meeting each other for the first time?" I Floyd | asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I remember how forward you were," Leah said. "At first I thought you Floyd | were Floyd | quite the extrovert, but later I saw how shy you were around other Floyd | people, and Floyd | I felt privileged knowing you made the effort to break out of your Floyd | shell for Floyd | me." Floyd | Floyd | > | Karona says, "TC" | |
| Knight_Otu exclaims, "Take care!" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where we first met" | ||
Floyd | House 0/58 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE WE FIRST MET Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where meeting for the first time" | ||
Floyd | House 0/59 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a how meeting for the first time" | ||
Floyd | House 0/60 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME Floyd | Floyd | "What do you remember about meeting each other for the first time?" I Floyd | asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I remember how forward you were," Leah said. "At first I thought you Floyd | were Floyd | quite the extrovert, but later I saw how shy you were around other Floyd | people, and Floyd | knowing you made the effort to break out of your shell for me made me Floyd | feel Floyd | privileged." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/60 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, collage, Leah, painting, Floyd | being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, crying, Floyd | home or Floyd | myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/61 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A US Floyd | Floyd | I asked, "So about us--". Floyd | Floyd | Leah interrupted and asked, "Are we still an 'us'"? Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, ">Maybe" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/62 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/62 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, collage, Leah, painting, Floyd | being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, crying, Floyd | home or Floyd | myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/63 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE PAIN Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Kinda want to hypnotize her. 'I have always been here. I never left you. You are happy.' But that's probably not what she wants." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a pain leaving" | ||
Floyd | House 0/64 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PAIN LEAVING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/65 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a feeling pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/66 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A FEELING PAIN Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a collage" | ||
Floyd | House 0/67 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A COLLAGE Floyd | Floyd | I asked, "What was the collage like?" Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "You remember the one. You said it was wonderful how I Floyd | expressed Floyd | the idea that change requires loss." Floyd | Floyd | A memory was brought to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "memories" | ||
Floyd | House 0/68 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | I could retrieve any of the following memories: Floyd | Floyd | beginning of our connection Floyd | artistic expression in the backyard Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Hm, if she reconnected with her collage hobbie while we were away...?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "remember aeitb" | ||
Floyd | Back Yard Floyd | Leah and I were sitting on opposite corners of a blanket spread over Floyd | the grass. Floyd | Leah was making a collage out of pictures she was clipping out of Floyd | issues of Floyd | Ladies' Home Journal. Meanwhile I was holding a pencil and a Floyd | notepad, and I Floyd | had written five lines of a poem I had entitled "To a Rainbow". Floyd | Floyd | "The rainbow is still visible," I said. "What was the mnemonic device Floyd | they Floyd | taught us at school to help us remember the colors of a rainbow?" Floyd | Floyd | Looking up from her project, Leah said, "Roy G Biv." Floyd | Floyd | "I can't see the 'I'," I said. Floyd | Floyd | "What was that, Ayumu?" my wife asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I cannot see indigo," I replied. "I can see only six colors." Floyd | Floyd | "I have never been able to make out all the colors of the rainbow at Floyd | one time," Floyd | she said. She then patted a spot on the blanket next to her and said, Floyd | "Would Floyd | you like to take a look at what I have been doing? I have lots of Floyd | colors to Floyd | show you." Floyd | Floyd | "Certainly," I said while turning towards her. Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | [More] Floyd | But I could not dwell on the memory for long because the matter with Floyd | Leah would Floyd | not wait . . . Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House 0/69 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | House Floyd | The bed was centered beneath the north facing window. The fireplace Floyd | was set in Floyd | the southern wall, as was the door I had entered. Floyd | Floyd | On the nightstand I saw a CD player. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Bet we can ask about rainbow now." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "That's the rainbow we accidentally... right." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/69 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about the rainbow, Leah's dad, us, collage, Leah, Floyd | painting, being miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, Floyd | remembering, Floyd | crying, home or myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a rainbow" | ||
Floyd | House 0/70 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A RAINBOW Floyd | Floyd | I asked, "Do you remember when we were in the backyard, and I told you Floyd | I could Floyd | see only six colors of the rainbow?" Floyd | Floyd | "What are you talking about?" Leah responded. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "She has problems with keeping long-term memories." | |
| DavidW says, "She seems not to be able to remember things." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Have we asked about remembering?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering" | ||
Floyd | House 0/71 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING Floyd | Floyd | "Do you remember how it was?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Of course." Floyd | Floyd | "Do you think it could be that way again?" Floyd | Floyd | "I think it could be better." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering" | ||
Floyd | House 0/72 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING Floyd | Floyd | "Do you remember how it was?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Of course." Floyd | Floyd | "Do you think it could be that way again?" Floyd | Floyd | "I think it could be better." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/73 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a whether she remembers the rainbow" | ||
Floyd | House 0/74 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHETHER SHE REMEMBERS THE RAINBOW Floyd | Floyd | I asked, "Do you remember when we were in the backyard, and I told you Floyd | I could Floyd | see only six colors of the rainbow?" Floyd | Floyd | "What are you talking about?" Leah responded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t rainbow" | ||
Floyd | House 0/75 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T RAINBOW Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a painting" | ||
Floyd | House 0/76 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PAINTING Floyd | Floyd | "What have you been painting?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I made a painting that represents metamorphosis," Leah said. "It is Floyd | thematically similar to the collage I made a few months ago." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a metamorphosis" | ||
Floyd | House 0/77 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A METAMORPHOSIS Floyd | Floyd | "Why did you choose metamorphosis as a theme?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I was thinking of you," she said, "and from there it was simple to Floyd | start Floyd | thinking about seclusion in a cocoon and the emergence of a colorful Floyd | new Floyd | creature." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "That's... I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad association." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/77 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, collage, Leah, painting, Floyd | being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, crying, Floyd | home or Floyd | myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where the painting is" | ||
Floyd | House 0/78 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE THE PAINTING IS Floyd | Floyd | "Where are your paintings?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah gave me a puzzled look and said, "If you want to see them, you Floyd | know where Floyd | to find them." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | House 0/79 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | House Floyd | The bed was centered beneath the north facing window. The fireplace Floyd | was set in Floyd | the southern wall, as was the door I had entered. Floyd | Floyd | On the nightstand I saw a CD player. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd | House 0/80 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | When I looked at the door, all I could think about was the sound of Floyd | Leah's Floyd | crying--the sound I heard when I left. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/80 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, collage, Leah, painting, Floyd | being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, crying, Floyd | home or Floyd | myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe they're under the bed" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a crying leaving" | ||
Floyd | House 0/81 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A CRYING LEAVING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | House 0/82 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | I saw an ordinary double bed, complete with a mattress. It had been Floyd | properly Floyd | made since it was last slept in. A nightstand sat on its easternmost Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/83 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LEAH Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing in front of me. She had brown eyes and an aquiline Floyd | nose Floyd | framed by her long, curly, dark brown hair and the soft curves of her Floyd | face. Floyd | She was illuminated by the sunlight entering through the southern Floyd | window while Floyd | her surroundings were immersed in darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was wearing a blouse, a skirt, and a neck scarf. She was Floyd | barefoot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x scarf" | ||
Floyd | House 0/84 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SCARF Floyd | Floyd | The decorative scarf has been adeptly tied around Leah's neck. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a scarf" | ||
Floyd | House 0/85 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A SCARF Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/85 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, collage, Leah, painting, Floyd | being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, crying, Floyd | home or Floyd | myself (Ayumu). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a feeling pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/86 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A FEELING PAIN Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/87 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where collage" | ||
Floyd | House 0/88 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE COLLAGE Floyd | Floyd | "Where is the collage?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah looked distressed and responded, "You really don't know?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a who dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/89 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why theater" | ||
Floyd | House 0/90 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY THEATER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering theater" | ||
Floyd | House 0/91 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING THEATER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hug her" | ||
Floyd | House 0/92 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > HUG HER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hug" | ||
Floyd | House 0/93 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > HUG Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hug leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/94 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > HUG LEAH Floyd | Floyd | "Could I give you a hug?" I requested. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Yes," and wholeheartedly received my hug. When I embraced Floyd | her, I Floyd | trembled. I had not anticipated that hugging her would be different Floyd | after our Floyd | last encounter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd | House 0/95 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | House Floyd | The bed was centered beneath the north facing window. The fireplace Floyd | was set in Floyd | the southern wall, as was the door I had entered. Floyd | Floyd | On the nightstand I saw a CD player. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/95 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the south facing window or the north facing window? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/96 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | The CD player was relatively small and capable of playing music in Floyd | stereo. Floyd | Floyd | There was something extraordinary about the CD player. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x north window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/97 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X NORTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | The window was closed, but I could see through the pane. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look through north window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/98 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH NORTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | Looking through the glass, I saw the backyard and the wooded area that Floyd | lay Floyd | beyond. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look through south window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/99 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH SOUTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | Looking through the glass, I saw the quaint front lawn. Across the Floyd | street Floyd | there were houses with little space between them. White picket fences Floyd | gave Floyd | definition to property lines. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So we're not deep deep into the forest." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Okay, normal house." | ||
| DavidW says, "I wonder what's extraordinary about the CD player." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I did get the thought into my head we might be in a sanatorium." | ||
| DavidW says, "ouch" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "It's from when we danced, I think." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Glad we aren't in one." | ||
| DavidW says, "If the windows are clever lies, we might still be in a sanatorium." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "But yeah, the trembling and such did not give me much confidence." | ||
| DavidW says, "I never even thought about that possibility." | ||
| DavidW says, "I do wonder if we're a vampire, and she's under our thrall." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I mean, Leah clearly needs help we don't seem to be equipped to provide." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/100 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SEARCH PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "But that would be a therapist's job." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/101 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | The CD player was relatively small and capable of playing music in Floyd | stereo. Floyd | Floyd | There was something extraordinary about the CD player. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/102 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK IN PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | I saw nothing interesting in the CD player. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/102 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, remembering, Leah, Floyd | painting, being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, feeling, crying, myself (Ayumu), Floyd | pain or Floyd | home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/103 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Some topics have been disappearing as new ones get added." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd | House 0/104 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | The CD player was not something I could open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/105 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | The exterior of the CD player felt like it was made of ordinary Floyd | plastic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on" | ||
Floyd | House 0/106 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TURN IT ON Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn on player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/107 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TURN ON PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "switch on player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/108 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SWITCH ON PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "use player" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > USE PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | I don't recognize the command USE, because it's a bit too vague; Floyd | please be more Floyd | specific about what you want to do. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | House 0/109 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | I was wearing some socks and a uniform, and carrying a CD player and a Floyd | hard Floyd | hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x socks" | ||
Floyd | House 0/110 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SOCKS Floyd | Floyd | My white socks were spotless. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Meanwhile, Leah wonders why we are avoiding her in favor of the player." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give socks to leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/111 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > GIVE SOCKS TO LEAH Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put socks on leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/112 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PUT SOCKS ON LEAH Floyd | Floyd | I could not put anything on Leah. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/113 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DAD Floyd | Floyd | "When did your dad get custody of you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Have you forgotten?" she asked. "It was when I was very young--after Floyd | an Floyd | unsettling discovery." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a when dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/114 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHEN DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd | House 0/115 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED Floyd | Floyd | I checked under the bed briefly, and though the lighting was dim, my Floyd | above Floyd | average night vision allowed me to see that nothing was there. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Above average night vision, huh." | |
| DavidW says, "Yet we can't see indigo." | ||
| Karona exclaims, "LOL!" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe we're Batman." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a where painting" | ||
Floyd | House 0/116 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE PAINTING Floyd | Floyd | "Where are your paintings?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah gave me a puzzled look and said, "If you want to see them, you Floyd | know where Floyd | to find them." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x closet" | ||
Floyd | House 0/116 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X CLOSET Floyd | Floyd | (x closed) Floyd | Which do you mean, the door or the drawer? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drawer" | ||
Floyd | House 0/117 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > DRAWER Floyd | Floyd | The drawer appeared to be unremarkable. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||
Floyd | House 0/118 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER Floyd | Floyd | I opened the drawer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in drawer" | ||
Floyd | House 0/119 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK IN DRAWER Floyd | Floyd | I did not see anything in the drawer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nightstand" | ||
Floyd | House 0/120 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X NIGHTSTAND Floyd | Floyd | I took a moment to look at the nightstand. It had a single drawer, Floyd | and its Floyd | lacquer finish gave a glossy appearance to its wooden hue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind nightstand" | ||
Floyd | House 0/121 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND NIGHTSTAND Floyd | Floyd | That seemed to be an insurmountable task. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I kenna change the laws o physics!" | |
| Knight_Otu says, ">Beam up nightstand" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/122 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LEAH Floyd | Floyd | Leah would not let me pick her up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/123 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH LEAH Floyd | Floyd | I did not want to touch Leah without her consent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a touch" | ||
Floyd | House 0/124 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A TOUCH Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "We want to combine topics somehow, per the intro. My attempts haven't been fruitful yet though, I believe." | |
| DavidW says, "yeah, I don't really know how that works." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/124 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, us, remembering, Leah, Floyd | painting, being Floyd | miserable, the discovery, theater, feeling, crying, myself (Ayumu), Floyd | pain or Floyd | home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a crying" | ||
Floyd | House 0/125 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A CRYING Floyd | Floyd | "Why have you been crying?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I have missed you," Leah said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a missing me" | ||
Floyd | House 0/126 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MISSING ME Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/127 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PAIN Floyd | Floyd | I said, "After all you have been through I can only imagine how Floyd | painful our Floyd | separation has been for you." Floyd | Floyd | Leah asked, "You mean because of the loss I had already Floyd | experienced--because my Floyd | mom has died?" Floyd | Floyd | I looked down at my feet. "Yes," I said. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Ouch." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a mother" | ||
Floyd | House 0/128 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MOTHER Floyd | Floyd | "Would you like to talk about your mom?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "She was the one who was always there for me. When I was Floyd | in Floyd | elementary school, she was the one who showed me that I did not have Floyd | to feel Floyd | bad about being different from other girls. And being my only Jewish Floyd | parent, Floyd | she was my primary connection to Judaism. I was so angry at my dad Floyd | for having Floyd | sued for custody after the divorce. As far as I was concerned, he had Floyd | robbed Floyd | me of time with my mom." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Yeesh, jerk dad." | |
| DavidW says, "I guess we can now rule out the animated carrot theory." | ||
| DavidW says, "Carrots aren't half Jewish." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Heh, yeah." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a divorce" | ||
Floyd | House 0/129 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DIVORCE Floyd | Floyd | "Do you want a divorce?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Don't be ridiculous!" she replied. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a school" | ||
Floyd | House 0/130 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A SCHOOL Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "I think it's safe to say the setting's modern day-ish" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/130 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Leah's dad, Leah's mom, Judaism, us, Leah, Floyd | painting, Floyd | being miserable, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, Floyd | myself Floyd | (Ayumu), home, girls or dying. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a judaism" | ||
Floyd | House 0/131 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A JUDAISM Floyd | Floyd | I asked, "What did Judaism offer you when you were going through such Floyd | a tough Floyd | time?" Floyd | Floyd | "Do you need to ask?" Leah responded. "You understand Judaism better | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering divorce" | ||
Floyd | than any Floyd | other non-Jewish person I know." Floyd | Floyd | "I know your general thoughts on Judaism, but how did it help you Floyd | specifically Floyd | at that time?" Floyd | Floyd | "I think you already have the answer to that as well. You know Floyd | me better than Floyd | any other person I know." Floyd | Floyd | A memory was brought to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | House 0/132 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING DIVORCE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Sorry" | |
| DavidW says, "s'okay" | ||
| DavidW says, "anyway, new memory." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "memories" | ||
Floyd | House 0/133 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | I could retrieve any of the following memories: Floyd | Floyd | beginning of our connection Floyd | artistic expression in the backyard Floyd | Hanukkah menorah Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember hm" | ||
Floyd | House
Floyd | It was the eighth night of Hanukkah, and I was standing beside Leah
Floyd | while she
Floyd | lit nine candles. Leah said, "There are six candles to delight us for
Floyd | each
Floyd | night, and there is an additional candle in case we need illumination
Floyd | for
Floyd | reasons other than delight." After looking pensive for a moment she
Floyd | added,
Floyd | "Which is kind of useless because people seldom rely on candle light
Floyd | for
Floyd | illumination now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But don't all practicing Jews light nine candles on the eighth
Floyd | night?" I
Floyd | asked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," Leah answered. "It is tradition after all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Then it seems to me," I said, "that your dedication to lighting the
Floyd | Hanukkah
Floyd | menorah does serve a purpose--it binds you and your loved ones
Floyd | together."
Floyd |
Floyd | But I could not dwell on the memory for long because the matter with
Floyd | Leah would
Floyd | not wait . . .
Floyd |
Floyd | [More]
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| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | House 0/134 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | House Floyd | The bed was centered beneath the north facing window. The fireplace Floyd | was set in Floyd | the southern wall, as was the door I had entered. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/134 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, remembering, Leah, Floyd | Leah's Floyd | mom, being miserable, painting, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, Floyd | the Floyd | eighth night, myself (Ayumu), home, girls or dying. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Another memory she probably forgot." | |
| DavidW says, "eighth night is now a topic. We can test that." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a eighth night" | ||
Floyd | House 0/135 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A EIGHTH NIGHT Floyd | Floyd | "Do you remember the eighth night of Hanukkah?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Yes," Leah said, "I was sad when you said you could not be here. I Floyd | wanted you Floyd | to see how the menorah looked with every candle lit." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "except... we were there." | |
| Jacqueline says, "So, situation at work is now on a low burn." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I have missed pretty much everything. Apologies." | ||
| Karona says, "Reality waits for no one" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, we've established that Leah remembers pretty much nothing that we remember." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "huh. Okay." | ||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "We learned that Leah's half Jewish and her parents divorced and her mom died." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a girls" | ||
Floyd | House 0/136 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A GIRLS Floyd | Floyd | "How were you different from the other girls?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "The other girls wanted me to bring dolls to school. I Floyd | wanted to Floyd | climb trees, sit alone in them, and paint. So they made fun of me." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "And re-learned that her dad is a jerk." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Kids are cruel." | ||
| DavidW says, "Our own character has better than average night vision, but we also can't see indigo." | ||
| Karona says, "Fun fact: Under Jewish law anyone born to a Jewish mother is 100% Jewish" | ||
| DavidW says (to Karona), "ah, well, I wouldn't know." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a mom dying" | ||
Floyd | House 0/137 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MOM DYING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why mom died" | ||
Floyd | House 0/138 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY MOM DIED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/138 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, remembering, Leah, Floyd | Leah's Floyd | mom, being miserable, painting, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, Floyd | myself Floyd | (Ayumu), the ridiculing, home, girls or dying. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ridiculing is new" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a ridiculing" | ||
Floyd | House 0/139 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A RIDICULING Floyd | Floyd | "How did the girls make fun of you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "They called me names like 'tomboy' and 'lesbian'." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Dang kids." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/139 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, lesbian, Leah, Floyd | Leah's mom, Floyd | being miserable, painting, the discovery, pain, home, theater, Floyd | feeling, tomboy, Floyd | remembering, dying, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a lesbian" | ||
Floyd | House 0/140 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LESBIAN Floyd | Floyd | "They called you a lesbian?" I asked. "That must have hurt. Do you Floyd | want to Floyd | talk about it?" Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "I know they meant to hurt me. But why should I feel Floyd | insulted when Floyd | I am called a lesbian?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Now I'm wondering what gender we (Ayumu) is." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I mean, she's right." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I think we were referred to as husband at times." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a mom and dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/141 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MOM AND DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | House 0/142 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | I could not see myself while having nothing to provide a reflection, Floyd | but in my Floyd | mind's eye I saw Ayumu, a man who was taller than Leah and who had Floyd | darker skin. Floyd | I was wearing a construction worker's uniform and socks. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "And that." | |
| DavidW says, "mm" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/142 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, lesbian, Leah, Floyd | Leah's mom, Floyd | being miserable, painting, the discovery, pain, home, theater, Floyd | feeling, tomboy, Floyd | remembering, dying, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a tomboy" | ||
Floyd | House 0/143 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A TOMBOY Floyd | Floyd | "'Tomboy'?" I asked. "I can imagine feeling awful after a comment Floyd | like that. Floyd | Do you want to talk about it?" Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "Thank you, but being called a tomboy does not bother me Floyd | anymore." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering" | ||
Floyd | House 0/144 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING Floyd | Floyd | "Do you remember how it was?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Of course." Floyd | Floyd | "Do you think it could be that way again?" Floyd | Floyd | "I think it could be better." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a what she remembers" | ||
Floyd | House 0/145 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHAT SHE REMEMBERS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering mom" | ||
Floyd | House 0/146 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING MOM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if mom loved dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/147 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF MOM LOVED DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a judaism dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/148 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A JUDAISM DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a dying" | ||
Floyd | House 0/149 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DYING Floyd | Floyd | "What do you think death is like?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "It can be so frightening that someone who is dying can be in denial Floyd | about it," Floyd | Leah said. "I wouldn't want anyone I love to have to go through it Floyd | alone." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a when mom died" | ||
Floyd | House 0/150 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHEN MOM DIED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a how mom died" | ||
Floyd | House 0/151 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW MOM DIED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a mom" | ||
Floyd | House 0/152 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MOM Floyd | Floyd | "Would you like to talk about your mom?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "She was the one who was always there for me. When I was Floyd | in Floyd | elementary school, she was the one who showed me that I did not have Floyd | to feel Floyd | bad about being different from other girls. And being my only Jewish Floyd | parent, Floyd | she was my primary connection to Judaism. I was so angry at my dad Floyd | for having Floyd | sued for custody after the divorce. As far as I was concerned, he had Floyd | robbed Floyd | me of time with my mom." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/152 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, lesbian, Leah, Floyd | Leah's mom, Floyd | being miserable, painting, the discovery, pain, home, theater, Floyd | feeling, tomboy, Floyd | remembering, dying, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a how miserable she is" | ||
Floyd | House 0/153 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW MISERABLE SHE IS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "how miserable" | ||
Floyd | House 0/154 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > HOW MISERABLE Floyd | Floyd | "Why have you been miserable?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "This is the longest we have been apart since we first met," Leah Floyd | replied. Floyd | "When I leave in the morning, I avoid looking back at the house so I Floyd | do not Floyd | have to think about the fact that you will not be walking me home." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a discovery dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/155 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DISCOVERY DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah for painting" | ||
Floyd | House 0/156 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH FOR PAINTING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why she paints" | ||
Floyd | House 0/157 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY SHE PAINTS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if I am dying" | ||
Floyd | House 0/158 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF I AM DYING Floyd | Floyd | "Am I dying?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "No, you are not dying," Leah said. "But it is understandable why you Floyd | might Floyd | feel that way. You know, in the tarot the death card represents the Floyd | end of a Floyd | phase of your life, followed by a more important phase. I believe a Floyd | significant change is on your horizon." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh. Tarot." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a if she is dying" | ||
Floyd | House 0/159 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF SHE IS DYING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "She mentioned change in connection with us before." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/159 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, lesbian, Leah, Floyd | Leah's mom, Floyd | being miserable, painting, the discovery, pain, home, theater, Floyd | feeling, tomboy, Floyd | remembering, girls, myself (Ayumu) or the tarot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, the metamorphosis painting." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a tarot" | ||
Floyd | House 0/160 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A TAROT Floyd | Floyd | "What do you think of the tarot?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "If you are asking me if I believe the tarot determines Floyd | our Floyd | future, no; I believe that we determine our future. But if you are Floyd | asking me Floyd | if I believe its symbolism is meaningful, the answer is 'yes'." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a when tarot" | ||
Floyd | House 0/161 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHEN TAROT Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where tarot" | ||
Floyd | House 0/162 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE TAROT Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a who am i" | ||
Floyd | House 0/163 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO AM I Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/163 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, lesbian, Leah, Floyd | Leah's mom, Floyd | being miserable, painting, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, Floyd | tomboy, Floyd | remembering, home, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a who are you" | ||
Floyd | House 0/164 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO ARE YOU Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/165 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LEAH Floyd | Floyd | "What have you been up to since I left?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Besides crying?" Leah responded while wiping a tear from her face. Floyd | "I have Floyd | been reconnecting with my hobbies." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/166 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PAIN Floyd | Floyd | I said, "After all you have been through I can only imagine how Floyd | painful our Floyd | separation has been for you." Floyd | Floyd | Leah asked, "You mean because of the loss I had already Floyd | experienced--because my Floyd | mom has died?" Floyd | Floyd | I looked down at my feet. "Yes," I said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a pain from mom dying" | ||
Floyd | House 0/167 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PAIN FROM MOM DYING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a what she remembers" | ||
Floyd | House 0/168 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHAT SHE REMEMBERS Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a memories" | ||
Floyd | House 0/169 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/170 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a where mom" | ||
Floyd | House 0/171 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHERE MOM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We still don't know why she's barefoot." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, it's policy, apparently." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a dad leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/172 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DAD LEAH Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/173 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DAD Floyd | Floyd | "When did your dad get custody of you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Have you forgotten?" she asked. "It was when I was very young--after Floyd | an Floyd | unsettling discovery." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a why dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/174 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering mom" | ||
Floyd | House 0/175 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING MOM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a remembering dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/176 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A REMEMBERING DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "y'know, at some point, we ought to see what happens if we leave the room." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a when she remembered" | ||
Floyd | House 0/177 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHEN SHE REMEMBERED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, but I am kind of anxious about it." | |
| DavidW says, "naturally." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "We#re leaving her all over again." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a mom lesbian" | ||
Floyd | House 0/178 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A MOM LESBIAN Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if mom was lesbian" | ||
Floyd | House 0/179 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF MOM WAS LESBIAN Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I did wonder if that's how dad got custody." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I really should stop trying combinations. I don't get them right." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Crappy reason, but that would be possible." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a custody" | ||
Floyd | House 0/180 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A CUSTODY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a pain discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/181 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PAIN DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a how I will change" | ||
Floyd | House 0/182 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW I WILL CHANGE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/183 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/183 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about Judaism, Leah's dad, us, lesbian, Leah, Floyd | Leah's mom, Floyd | being miserable, painting, the discovery, theater, pain, feeling, Floyd | tomboy, Floyd | remembering, home, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t remembering" | ||
Floyd | House 0/184 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T REMEMBERING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t painting" | ||
Floyd | House 0/185 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T PAINTING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" | ||
Floyd | House 0/186 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X HAT Floyd | Floyd | The hard hat appeared to be well-suited for protecting my head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/187 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T PAIN Floyd | Floyd | I said, "After all you have been through I can only imagine how Floyd | painful our Floyd | separation has been for you." Floyd | Floyd | Leah asked, "You mean because of the loss I had already Floyd | experienced--because my Floyd | mom has died?" Floyd | Floyd | I looked down at my feet. "Yes," I said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uniform" | ||
Floyd | House 0/188 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X UNIFORM Floyd | Floyd | My uniform looked remarkably clean. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t feeling" | ||
Floyd | House 0/189 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T FEELING Floyd | Floyd | "Why would you want to stop feeling?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Feeling hurts too much," Leah said. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wonder how we went to a construction job and returned with a clean uniform and spotless white socks." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Remarkably clean, huh." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeeeaah." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Are we pretending to have a construction job?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, ">Tell Leah we're living a lie" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Unreliable narrator. Bah." | ||
| DavidW says, "a if she is pregnant" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a if she is pregnant" | ||
Floyd | House 0/190 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF SHE IS PREGNANT Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a baby" | ||
Floyd | House 0/191 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A BABY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mascara" | ||
Floyd | House 0/192 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X MASCARA Floyd | Floyd | Leah's makeup was flawless except for the disturbed mascara and Floyd | eyeliner. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Instead of just staring at me why don't you ask me how my Floyd | mom felt Floyd | about the discovery?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Oh." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ash how mom felt about discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/193 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASH HOW MOM FELT ABOUT DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a how mom discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/194 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW MOM DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | "How did your mom feel after discovering your dad was seeing someone Floyd | else?" I Floyd | asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "She was devastated." Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Well I expected as much." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a devastated" | ||
Floyd | House 0/195 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DEVASTATED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/195 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about us, Judaism, lesbian, tomboy, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Leah's dad, painting, Leah, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, Floyd | someone else, Floyd | home, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a how dad discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/196 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW DAD DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "maybe if we keep looking at her mascara, we'll get a hint what to ask next." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a how leah discovery" | ||
Floyd | House 0/197 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW LEAH DISCOVERY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mascara" | ||
Floyd | House 0/198 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X MASCARA Floyd | Floyd | Leah's makeup was flawless except for the disturbed mascara and Floyd | eyeliner. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Instead of just staring at me why don't you ask me what I Floyd | painted?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Seems so." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Dad came home clean from the coal mine." | ||
| DavidW says, "Helpful mascara!" | ||
| Karona exclaims, "LOL!" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a what painting" | ||
Floyd | House 0/199 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHAT PAINTING Floyd | Floyd | "What have you been painting?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I made a painting that represents metamorphosis," Leah said. "It is Floyd | thematically similar to the collage I made a few months ago." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, she's said that already." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we had that branch already." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mascara" | ||
Floyd | House 0/200 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X MASCARA Floyd | Floyd | Leah's makeup was flawless except for the disturbed mascara and Floyd | eyeliner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "nooooo. Mascara hints, come back!" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Mascara ran out." | ||
| Karona exclaims, "ROTFL!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||
Floyd | House 0/201 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > XYZZY Floyd | Floyd | I considered uttering "xyzzy", but I knew that no magic word was Floyd | sufficient to Floyd | resolve my and Leah's problem. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline slow claps. | |
| Karona bows. | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/201 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about us, Judaism, lesbian, tomboy, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Leah's dad, painting, Leah, theater, pain, feeling, remembering, Floyd | someone else, Floyd | home, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a someone lese" | ||
Floyd | House 0/202 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A SOMEONE LESE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a is there someone else" | ||
Floyd | House 0/203 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a someone else" | ||
Floyd | House 0/204 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A SOMEONE ELSE Floyd | Floyd | "How could your dad have been untrue?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Perhaps I should ask you that question," Leah said. She then turned Floyd | a raised Floyd | eyebrow towards me and responded, "You already know all about being Floyd | untrue, Floyd | don't you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a untrue" | ||
Floyd | House 0/205 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A UNTRUE Floyd | Floyd | I said, "I would never cheat on you! I value our marriage!" Floyd | Floyd | Initially Leah said nothing but dug her nails into her palms. When Floyd | she found Floyd | the wherewithal to speak again, she exclaimed, "I am not talking about Floyd | marriage! I am talking about our relationship!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Ow." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a relationship" | ||
Floyd | House 0/206 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A RELATIONSHIP Floyd | Floyd | "Why are you asking about our relationship?" I asked. "There is no Floyd | threat to Floyd | our relationship!" Floyd | Floyd | "How can you say that after leaving me alone with no one to comfort Floyd | me?" Leah Floyd | asked while tear drops appeared in the corners of her eyes. Floyd | Floyd | "I am sorry about that," I said. "But I assure you that there is no Floyd | one else." Floyd | Floyd | Leah looked up for a moment and back at me before she said, "Tell me Floyd | about the Floyd | woman who wrote the letter." Floyd | Floyd | "What letter?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah walked to the nightstand and retrieved a folded letter from the Floyd | drawer. Floyd | She returned to stand before me, unfolded the letter, and held it to Floyd | my face. Floyd | I saw it for just long enough to see its handwritten closing: "With Floyd | love, Ai". Floyd | As if the words on the paper were not incriminating enough, a heart Floyd | had been Floyd | substituted for the dot above the "i". Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me," Leah said, "about the woman who wrote this." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That drawer was completely empty a few minutes ago." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "It was indeed." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/207 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LETTER Floyd | Floyd | I could see the letter, but Leah was not holding it in such a way that Floyd | I could Floyd | read it. Floyd | Floyd | There was something extraordinary about the letter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/208 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TAKE LETTER Floyd | Floyd | Leah would not let me have the letter while it was in her possession. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah for letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/209 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH FOR LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/210 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LETTER Floyd | Floyd | "I don't want you to worry," I said. "When someone says 'love' in the Floyd | valediction of a letter, they do not necessarily mean--" Floyd | Floyd | Leah interrupted, exclaiming, "Stop it! Stop being evasive! What are Floyd | you--?" Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly she became silent. I took a moment to reflect on the Floyd | intensity of her Floyd | rage. It struck me as out of character for her. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, um, this isn't autobiographical or anything, right?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/210 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about lesbian, us, tomboy, remembering, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Judaism, painting, Leah's dad, Leah, feeling, theater, Ai, loving, Floyd | someone Floyd | else, myself (Ayumu), pain, girls or home. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Just... checking." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell about ai" | ||
Floyd | House 0/211 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TELL ABOUT AI Floyd | Floyd | "Why are you asking me about Ai?" I asked. "I don't know anything Floyd | about Ai!" Floyd | Floyd | "You know," Leah said, "I can almost believe that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a ai" | ||
Floyd | House 0/212 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A AI Floyd | Floyd | "Why are you asking me about Ai?" I asked. "I don't know anything Floyd | about Ai!" Floyd | Floyd | "You know," Leah said, "I can almost believe that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/213 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LEAH Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing in front of me. She had brown eyes and an aquiline Floyd | nose Floyd | framed by her long, curly, dark brown hair and the soft curves of her Floyd | face. Floyd | She was illuminated by the sunlight entering through the southern Floyd | window while Floyd | her surroundings were immersed in darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was wearing a blouse, a skirt, and a neck scarf. She was Floyd | barefoot. Floyd | Floyd | Leah is holding a letter. Floyd | Floyd | Leah said, "Instead of just staring at me why don't you ask me if I Floyd | love Floyd | theater?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Karona says, "The story is *very* loosely based on a real experience I had." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh. True." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ILAC" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if you love theater" | ||
Floyd | House 0/214 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF YOU LOVE THEATER Floyd | Floyd | "Do you love theater?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I so do!" Leah said. "Taking on the role of someone different from Floyd | oneself is Floyd | fun. But I suppose I do not need to tell you about that." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw, I'm sorry, Karona. Even a fraction of this would suck." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/215 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LETTER Floyd | Floyd | I could see the letter, but Leah was not holding it in such a way that Floyd | I could Floyd | read it. Floyd | Floyd | There was something extraordinary about the letter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/216 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOUCH LETTER Floyd | Floyd | The letter felt like it was made of ordinary paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/217 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > READ LETTER Floyd | Floyd | I could see the letter, but Leah was not holding it in such a way that Floyd | I could Floyd | read it. Floyd | Floyd | There was something extraordinary about the letter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/218 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LEAH Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing in front of me. She had brown eyes and an aquiline Floyd | nose Floyd | framed by her long, curly, dark brown hair and the soft curves of her Floyd | face. Floyd | She was illuminated by the sunlight entering through the southern Floyd | window while Floyd | her surroundings were immersed in darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was wearing a blouse, a skirt, and a neck scarf. She was Floyd | barefoot. Floyd | Floyd | Leah is holding a letter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blouse" | ||
Floyd | House 0/219 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BLOUSE Floyd | Floyd | The modest blouse covered Leah's arms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skirt" | ||
Floyd | House 0/220 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X SKIRT Floyd | Floyd | The violet skirt extended to Leah's knees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eyes" | ||
Floyd | House 0/221 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X EYES Floyd | Floyd | Generally speaking, there is no need to refer to your body parts Floyd | individually Floyd | in interactive fiction. WEAR SHOES ON FEET will not necessarily be Floyd | implemented, for instance; WEAR SHOES is enough. And unless you get Floyd | some hint Floyd | to the contrary, you probably cannot OPEN DOOR WITH FOOT or PUT THE Floyd | SAPPHIRE Floyd | RING IN MY MOUTH. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ring" | ||
Floyd | House 0/221 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X RING Floyd | Floyd | I saw no ring there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x akjash" | ||
Floyd | House 0/221 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X AKJASH Floyd | Floyd | I saw no akjash there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/221 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about lesbian, us, tomboy, remembering, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Judaism, painting, Leah's dad, Leah, Ai, feeling, loving, someone Floyd | else, myself Floyd | (Ayumu), pain, girls or home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a loving" | ||
Floyd | House 0/222 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LOVING Floyd | Floyd | "Do you love me?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied "Yes, I love you. I am in love with you. I sometimes Floyd | wonder if I Floyd | am the only one of us who is in love with the other. You must pity Floyd | me. I Floyd | mean, I hope you do." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t loving leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/223 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T LOVING LEAH Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say i love you" | ||
Floyd | House 0/224 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > SAY I LOVE YOU Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a pity" | ||
Floyd | House 0/225 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PITY Floyd | Floyd | "Pity?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "That's a degree to love," Leah claimed. "Or so they say." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a degree" | ||
Floyd | House 0/226 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A DEGREE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a they" | ||
Floyd | House 0/227 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A THEY Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a love" | ||
Floyd | House 0/228 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LOVE Floyd | Floyd | "Do you love me?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied "Yes, I love you. I am in love with you. I sometimes Floyd | wonder if I Floyd | am the only one of us who is in love with the other. You must pity Floyd | me. I Floyd | mean, I hope you do." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "why would I pity you" | ||
Floyd | House 0/229 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > WHY WOULD I PITY YOU Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a for letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/230 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A FOR LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "who is ai" | ||
Floyd | House 0/231 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > WHO IS AI Floyd | Floyd | "Who is Ai?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "You tell me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a when letter arrived" | ||
Floyd | House 0/232 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHEN LETTER ARRIVED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a when letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/233 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHEN LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a who letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/234 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a who wrote letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/235 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO WROTE LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/235 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about lesbian, us, tomboy, remembering, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Judaism, painting, Leah's dad, Leah, Ai, feeling, loving, someone Floyd | else, myself Floyd | (Ayumu), pain, girls or home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t ai and me" | ||
Floyd | House 0/236 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T AI AND ME Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a feeling" | ||
Floyd | House 0/237 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A FEELING Floyd | Floyd | "Why would you want to stop feeling?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "Feeling hurts too much," Leah said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/238 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T LETTER Floyd | Floyd | "I don't want you to worry," I said. "When someone says 'love' in the Floyd | valediction of a letter, they do not necessarily mean--" Floyd | Floyd | Leah interrupted, exclaiming, "Stop it! Stop being evasive! What are Floyd | you--?" Floyd | Floyd | Suddenly she became silent. I took a moment to reflect on the Floyd | intensity of her Floyd | rage. It struck me as out of character for her. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a player" | ||
Floyd | House 0/239 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A PLAYER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Away for work again." | |
| Karona says, "TC" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Take care." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm having trouble thinking of anything new to try." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I feel stuck-ish." | ||
| DavidW says, "We can still try going south. Just to see." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "This is another point where we probably need to combine topics." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah." | ||
| DavidW asks, "can we undo in this game?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd | House 0/238 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | One turn undone: ask leah about player Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Feels like a double dick move now, though." | |
| DavidW says, "I just want to be sure there's a real street out there." | ||
| Karona says, "Yes, you can undo" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | House 0/239 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | In that moment I did not want to leave. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd | House 0/240 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | In that moment I did not want to leave. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "exit" | ||
Floyd | House 0/241 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > EXIT Floyd | Floyd | In that moment I did not want to leave. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open south window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/242 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SOUTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | For some reason I could not open the south facing window. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open north window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/243 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN NORTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | I opened the north facing window, and the influx of cold air gave Leah Floyd | goose Floyd | bumps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open south window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/244 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > OPEN SOUTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | For some reason I could not open the south facing window. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/245 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X LEAH Floyd | Floyd | Leah was standing in front of me. She had brown eyes and an aquiline Floyd | nose Floyd | framed by her long, curly, dark brown hair and the soft curves of her Floyd | face. Floyd | She was illuminated by the sunlight entering through the southern Floyd | window while Floyd | her surroundings were immersed in darkness. Floyd | Floyd | Leah was wearing a blouse, a skirt, and a neck scarf. She was Floyd | barefoot. Floyd | Floyd | Leah is holding a letter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x goose bumps" | ||
Floyd | House 0/245 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X GOOSE BUMPS Floyd | Floyd | I saw no goose bumps there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd | House 0/246 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | I couldn't go that way. From there I could go south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter north window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/247 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ENTER NORTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | That seemed to be an insurmountable task. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, ">jump out window" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump out north window" | ||
Floyd | House 0/248 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > JUMP OUT NORTH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "kiss leah" | ||
Floyd | House 0/249 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > KISS LEAH Floyd | Floyd | In that moment it seemed Leah just wanted to talk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/249 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about lesbian, us, tomboy, remembering, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Judaism, painting, Leah's dad, Leah, Ai, feeling, loving, someone Floyd | else, myself Floyd | (Ayumu), pain, girls or home. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah about problem" | ||
Floyd | House 0/250 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH ABOUT PROBLEM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah to talk" | ||
Floyd | House 0/251 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH TO TALK Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah about issues" | ||
Floyd | House 0/252 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH ABOUT ISSUES Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t ai dad" | ||
Floyd | House 0/253 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T AI DAD Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah about home" | ||
Floyd | House 0/254 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH ABOUT HOME Floyd | Floyd | "Could we talk about home?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I thought we had found a home together," Leah said. "Where is home Floyd | when we Floyd | are apart?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | House 0/255 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | "Could we talk about home?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I thought we had found a home together," Leah said. "Where is home Floyd | when we Floyd | are apart?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask about apart" | ||
Floyd | House 0/256 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK ABOUT APART Floyd | Floyd | "What has it been like for you while we have been apart?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied, "The pain has been excruciating." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask about pain" | ||
Floyd | House 0/257 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK ABOUT PAIN Floyd | Floyd | I said, "After all you have been through I can only imagine how Floyd | painful our Floyd | separation has been for you." Floyd | Floyd | Leah asked, "You mean because of the loss I had already Floyd | experienced--because my Floyd | mom has died?" Floyd | Floyd | I looked down at my feet. "Yes," I said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove socks" | ||
Floyd | House 0/258 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > REMOVE SOCKS Floyd | Floyd | I had no desire to take my clothes off. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t remembering" | ||
Floyd | House 0/259 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T REMEMBERING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mascara" | ||
Floyd | House 0/260 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X MASCARA Floyd | Floyd | Leah's makeup was flawless except for the disturbed mascara and Floyd | eyeliner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/261 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > PULL LETTER Floyd | Floyd | Pulling the letter had no effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix mascara" | ||
Floyd | House 0/262 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > FIX MASCARA Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear mascara" | ||
Floyd | House 0/263 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > WEAR MASCARA Floyd | Floyd | (first trying to take the mascara) Floyd | It was not up to me to remove Leah's makeup. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/263 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about us, Judaism, lesbian, tomboy, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Leah's dad, painting, Leah, Ai, feeling, loving, remembering, someone Floyd | else, Floyd | pain, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leah about dinner" | ||
Floyd | House 0/264 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK LEAH ABOUT DINNER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/265 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a if she loves painting" | ||
Floyd | House 0/266 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF SHE LOVES PAINTING Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/267 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A US Floyd | Floyd | I asked, "So about us--". Floyd | Floyd | Leah interrupted and asked, "Are we still an 'us'"? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ask about loving vs US" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a loving us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/268 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LOVING US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a loving" | ||
Floyd | House 0/269 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A LOVING Floyd | Floyd | "Do you love me?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah replied "Yes, I love you. I am in love with you. I sometimes Floyd | wonder if I Floyd | am the only one of us who is in love with the other. You must pity Floyd | me. I Floyd | mean, I hope you do." Floyd | Floyd | > | Olly says, "vs Virginia" | |
| DavidW says (to Olly), "oops. sorry." | ||
| Karona exclaims, "!" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t someone else" | ||
Floyd | House 0/270 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > T SOMEONE ELSE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Olly says (to DavidW), "Not your court." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "a who was someone else" | ||
Floyd | House 0/271 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO WAS SOMEONE ELSE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a who was mom" | ||
Floyd | House 0/272 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHO WAS MOM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a if leah pities me" | ||
Floyd | House 0/273 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF LEAH PITIES ME Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remember ai" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > REMEMBER AI Floyd | Floyd | I did not remember that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Karona says, "I cannot wait to get my hands on this transcript." | |
| Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want a hint?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, this game does give hints, doesn't it. Maybe one hint, yes." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > HINT Floyd | Floyd | (Warning: Some people don't like built-in hints, since the temptation Floyd | to ask Floyd | for help prematurely can become overwhelming when hints are so close Floyd | at hand. Floyd | If you're worried that your willpower won't hold up, you can disable Floyd | hints for Floyd | the rest of this session by typing HINTS OFF. If you still want to Floyd | see the Floyd | hints now, type HINT.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||
Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select Floyd | Floyd | > HINT | ||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | Have you tried combining topics? [1/1] Floyd | [The End] Floyd | I am stuck! How do I progress? Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | DavidW says, "I guess that's all the hint we get." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Yes, we have. :p" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "There seemed to be a second item on the menu." | |
| DavidW says, "We are bad topic combiners." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Was there?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select Floyd | Floyd | > HINT | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select Floyd | Floyd | > HINT | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | Karona says, "Floyd did not present the menu all that elegantly, which is understandable, given the limitations" | |
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | Have you tried combining topics? [1/1] Floyd | [The End] Floyd | I am stuck! How do I progress? Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | Knight_Otu asks, "There's three now it seems?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | ||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | Have you tried combining topics? [1/1] Floyd | [The End] Floyd | I am stuck! How do I progress? Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hint" | ||
Floyd | >How do I combine topics? Floyd | >I am stuck! How do I progress? Floyd | Hints Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select Floyd | Floyd | > HINT | ||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | Have you tried combining topics in commands that use the words "if" Floyd | and "how"? [1/2] Floyd | How do I combine topics? Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | ||
| DavidW presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | Have you tried combining topics in commands that use the words "if" Floyd | and "how"? [1/2] Floyd | If you examine and interact with the environment, Leah might suggest Floyd | some commands with combined topics. [2/2] Floyd | [The End] Floyd | How do I combine topics? Q=Quit Floyd | P=Previous Menu Floyd | U=Up D=Down Floyd | ENTER=Select | Knight_Otu says, "Okay, I think I see why I thought there were more topics." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | House 0/274 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I could talk to Leah about us, Judaism, lesbian, tomboy, being Floyd | miserable, Floyd | Leah's dad, painting, Leah, Ai, feeling, loving, remembering, someone Floyd | else, Floyd | pain, myself (Ayumu) or girls. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a if leah is lesbian" | ||
Floyd | House 0/275 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF LEAH IS LESBIAN Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a how leah painted" | ||
Floyd | House 0/276 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A HOW LEAH PAINTED Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a why leah is miserable" | ||
Floyd | House 0/277 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHY LEAH IS MISERABLE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a if leah loves judaism" | ||
Floyd | House 0/278 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF LEAH LOVES JUDAISM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a if leah remembers us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/279 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A IF LEAH REMEMBERS US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd | House 0/280 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | I saw an ordinary double bed, complete with a mattress. It had been Floyd | properly Floyd | made since it was last slept in. A nightstand sat on its easternmost Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | > | Karona asks, "Would I be forgiven for suggesting a minor word change?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mattress" | ||
Floyd | House 0/281 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X MATTRESS Floyd | Floyd | The mattress looked suitable for giving someone a good night's rest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under mattress" | ||
Floyd | House 0/282 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > LOOK UNDER MATTRESS Floyd | Floyd | I lifted the mattress and saw nothing under it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "From my point of view, yes." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "a whether leah remembers us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/283 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > A WHETHER LEAH REMEMBERS US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | Karona asks, "DavidW?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't mind a hint at this stage." | ||
| Karona says, "ASK IF SHE" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm terrible at conversation games because I'm always floundering like this." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if she loves judiasm" | ||
Floyd | House 0/284 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF SHE LOVES JUDIASM Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if she remembers us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/285 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF SHE REMEMBERS US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask why she is miserable" | ||
Floyd | House 0/286 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK WHY SHE IS MISERABLE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask if she remembers us" | ||
Floyd | House 0/287 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF SHE REMEMBERS US Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask how she found the letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/288 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HOW SHE FOUND THE LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if she read the letter" | ||
Floyd | House 0/289 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF SHE READ THE LETTER Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask if she remembers ai" | ||
Floyd | House 0/290 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF SHE REMEMBERS AI Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask how she feels about the house" | ||
Floyd | House 0/291 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THE HOUSE Floyd | Floyd | In my mind a thought arose, but the words needed to express it eluded Floyd | me. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I need to lie down soon. I'm feeling pretty exhausted." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask if she is a lesbian" | ||
Floyd | House 0/292 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > ASK IF SHE IS A LESBIAN Floyd | Floyd | "Are you a lesbian?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Leah asked, "Are you?" Floyd | Floyd | A memory was brought to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "memories" | ||
Floyd | House 0/293 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | I could retrieve any of the following memories: Floyd | Floyd | beginning of our connection Floyd | artistic expression in the backyard Floyd | Hanukkah menorah Floyd | kiss Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, that helped." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "remember kiss" | ||
Floyd | House
Floyd | I was heading for the door with my hard hat, and the one who had
Floyd | always stood
Floyd | beside me asked, "Are you leaving?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes," I said, "but I will be back after work."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can I give you a kiss goodbye, hon?" she asked.
Floyd |
Floyd | I gave my usual reply: "Of course!"
Floyd |
Floyd | What happened next was unlike anything that had happened before. She
Floyd | did
Floyd | exactly as she said she would. She kissed me. Instead of kissing the
Floyd | air
Floyd | beside my cheek as she had every time before, she pressed her lips
Floyd | against
Floyd | mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling descended. The walls closed in on us. The fire was
Floyd | snuffed out,
Floyd | and a new, unfamiliar fire began to burn within me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Had my best friend stepped out of character? Had we stopped playing
Floyd | house long
Floyd | before the kiss? Had Leah been saying, "I love you," to Ayumu . . .
Floyd |
Floyd | [More]
| Knight_Otu says, "I'm surprised that it did." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "..." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm lost." | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | . . . or had Orli been saying, "I love you," to Ai? Did I love
Floyd | Orli? And if
Floyd | I did, did that make me a lesbian?
Floyd |
Floyd | I had so many questions. And I wanted nothing more than to outrun
Floyd | them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orli said, "Ai, I--"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have to go," I said, interrupting her. And I opened the door of
Floyd | her bedroom
Floyd | and left her standing alone. The way I found her when I returned.
Floyd |
Floyd | [More]
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| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/294 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | I saw a bed in the northwest corner of the room. Beside it there was Floyd | a Floyd | nightstand. There was window set into the northern wall, and a Floyd | calendar was Floyd | nearby. A row of paintings was on the western wall, and a collage was Floyd | on the Floyd | eastern wall. The door I had entered was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A backpack sat at my feet. Floyd | Floyd | I could see a letter there. Floyd | Floyd | Under the bed I saw a stack of CD cases. Floyd | Floyd | Orli was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "what wait huh ???" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x orli" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/295 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ORLI Floyd | Floyd | Orli was standing in front of me. She had an aquiline nose framed by Floyd | the soft Floyd | curves of her face. Her long, curly, dark brown hair cascaded freely Floyd | down her Floyd | shoulders. When I looked at her lips, I could not help but think Floyd | about how Floyd | soft they had felt on mine. Floyd | Floyd | Orli was wearing a white sundress. She was barefoot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/296 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | The only way I could see myself is by looking into Orli's eyes, and by Floyd | then I Floyd | was close enough to do so. I saw Ai, a girl who was slightly taller Floyd | than Orli Floyd | and who had darker skin. I was wearing a sleeveless shirt and a pair Floyd | of jeans. Floyd | On my feet I had only socks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x calendar" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/297 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X CALENDAR Floyd | Floyd | The calendar is opened to the month April 1996. Every day on the Floyd | calendar has Floyd | been crossed off up to and including the date April 12th. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I really don't understand what's happened." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x paintings" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/298 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X PAINTINGS Floyd | Floyd | On the wall I saw three paintings--one of two people dancing in a Floyd | club, one of Floyd | two people sitting on a blanket in a backyard, and one of two people Floyd | standing Floyd | near a Hanukkah menorah. Floyd | Floyd | A memory was brought to mind. Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "Huh." | |
| DavidW says, "Those are the memories that Ayumu had." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "memories" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/299 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > MEMORIES Floyd | Floyd | I could retrieve any of the following memories: Floyd | Floyd | preparation for playing house Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x backpack" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/300 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X BACKPACK Floyd | Floyd | The backpack was olive drab. It had a tear that ran along a seam in Floyd | its Floyd | bottom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tear" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/301 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X TEAR Floyd | Floyd | It seemed that the backpack was suitable for carrying large objects, Floyd | such as Floyd | notebooks, while other items would have slipped through the tear. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Are Ayumu and Leah both fictional?" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x letter" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > X LETTER Floyd | Floyd | The handwritten letter read as follows: Floyd | Floyd | Dear Orli, Floyd | Floyd | This is not the first time I have written this letter. Each time I Floyd | write it, I Floyd | describe the feelings I have for you and put the letter in my pack Floyd | with every Floyd | intention of giving it to you. And each time I carry it to your dad's Floyd | place, I Floyd | decide that our relationship is too important to allow it to see the Floyd | light of Floyd | day, and I destroy it. Floyd | Floyd | You are my greatest love. I have written it a hundred times, and I Floyd | will write Floyd | it a hundred more. You are beautiful from head to talent. I shudder Floyd | every Floyd | time I remember pulling your lovely hair into a ponytail, and I hope Floyd | to one day Floyd | come up with an excuse to run my fingers over your gorgeous eyebrows. Floyd | I both Floyd | envy and admire the creative power that flows through you and onto the Floyd | canvas Floyd | and the stage. Floyd | Floyd | The only thing I could ever want more than to tell you how much I love Floyd | you is Floyd | to protect you from just such a declaration of love. If I were a boy, Floyd | my only Floyd | worry would be the possibility of damaging my relationship with my Floyd | best Floyd | friend--with you. But we are not so fortunate. If our parents Floyd | discovered my Floyd | feelings for you, wouldn't I be responsible if they crushed your Floyd | artistic Floyd | spirit? If our classmates discovered my feelings for you, wouldn't I Floyd | be Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/302 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | responsible for every hair of your head they harmed? The Floyd | thought of losing you Floyd | is my greatest fear. Floyd | Floyd | It has not escaped my attention that our peers no longer engage in the Floyd | sort of Floyd | roleplay that you and I do, and I figure it is only a matter of time Floyd | before you Floyd | also "grow out of it", as they say. In the meantime I hope you will Floyd | excuse my Floyd | fumbling attempts to continue to care for you as Ayumu does because I Floyd | do not Floyd | know if I will ever have the opportunity to care for you as I would. Floyd | Floyd | With love, Floyd | Ai Floyd | Floyd | > | Knight_Otu says, "It seems so." | |
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "remember pfph" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | I was writing the words "Property Deed" on a sheet of paper. Orli was
Floyd | sitting
Floyd | across from me with her hair in pigtails and a children's watercolor
Floyd | kit
Floyd | nearby. She was painting a building with a white picket fence in
Floyd | front of it
Floyd | and trees behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This can be our house," Orli said, "for after we get married."
Floyd |
Floyd | A feeling of panic came over me, and I looked up and said, "I don't
Floyd | think girls
Floyd | are supposed to marry girls!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Orli was scandalized. "Then how can we play house?"
Floyd |
Floyd | I tapped my chin with the eraser of my pencil and exclaimed, "You can
Floyd | be the
Floyd | girl, and I can be the boy!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Orli returned her eyes to her painting and said, "Okay."
Floyd |
Floyd | But I could not dwell on the memory for long because the matter with
Floyd | Orli would
Floyd | not wait . . .
Floyd |
Floyd | [More]
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| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/303 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | I saw a bed in the northwest corner of the room. Beside it there was Floyd | a Floyd | nightstand. There was window set into the northern wall, and a Floyd | calendar was Floyd | nearby. A row of paintings was on the western wall, and a collage was Floyd | on the Floyd | eastern wall. The door I had entered was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A backpack sat at my feet. Floyd | Floyd | I could see a letter there. Floyd | Floyd | Under the bed I saw a stack of CD cases. Floyd | Floyd | Orli was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cds" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/304 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > X CDS Floyd | Floyd | Among the CD cases I saw the cases for 4 Non Blonde's single "What's Floyd | Up?" and Floyd | Jill Sobule's "I Kissed a Girl". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/304 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > TOPICS Floyd | Floyd | I had nothing in mind to discuss with Orli just then. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "kiss orli" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > KISS ORLI Floyd | Floyd | "Would you kiss me?" I requested. Floyd | Floyd | Orli said, "I am afraid you will run away again." Floyd | Floyd | "Then may I kiss you?" In response to that request Orli nodded her Floyd | head Floyd | vigorously, and with my lips parted slightly I gave her a kiss. Floyd | Somehow it Floyd | felt more electrifying than our first. Floyd | Floyd | "Do you have to leave soon?" she asked. Floyd | Floyd | "No," I answered. Floyd | Floyd | "I am happy to hear that," she said, "because I really want you to Floyd | kiss me Floyd | again." Floyd | Floyd | And so, dear diary, that is the story of how I gave my heart to the Floyd | girl who Floyd | demolished the house we had taken years to build. I have to admit Floyd | that giving Floyd | up life as I have known it is scary. But I am not the first to leave Floyd | everything behind for the love of a girl, am I? Floyd | Floyd | *** GAME OVER *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [More] | ||
| Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/304 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Would you like to RESTART the story, UNDO the Floyd | last move, RESTORE a saved Floyd | position, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/304 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | One turn undone: kiss orli Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | I saw a bed in the northwest corner of the room. Beside it there was Floyd | a Floyd | nightstand. There was window set into the northern wall, and a Floyd | calendar was Floyd | nearby. A row of paintings was on the western wall, and a collage was Floyd | on the Floyd | eastern wall. The door I had entered was to the south. Floyd | Floyd | A backpack sat at my feet. Floyd | Floyd | I could see a letter there. Floyd | Floyd | Under the bed I saw a stack of CD cases. Floyd | Floyd | Orli was standing there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "credits" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/304 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > CREDITS Floyd | Floyd | I am grateful to Baldur Bruckner, Bing, mathbrush, Sean Shore, and Floyd | Jonathan Floyd | Blask, who exemplified patience and grace while giving me feedback on Floyd | this game Floyd | even before it was a complete work. And I thank Keetie and an Floyd | anonymous beta Floyd | tester for making time to give me helpful feedback shortly before the Floyd | Spring Floyd | Thing deadline. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I suppose the other ending is leaving without kissing?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Probably." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd | Bedroom 0/304 Floyd | Exits: south Floyd | Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | I walked out the door again--that time for the last time. I did not Floyd | look back, Floyd | not even when I heard Orli resume crying. Floyd | Floyd | And that, dear diary, is the story of how I walked away from the love Floyd | of my Floyd | life. I suspect that one day I will return to these pages to Floyd | reminisce, and I Floyd | will ask myself the question, "Why didn't I give Orli a chance?" For Floyd | the Floyd | benefit of myself--the self who reads these words at a later date--I Floyd | do as Orli Floyd | so often did and answer my question with a question: "When did society Floyd | give me Floyd | and Orli a reason to believe we stood a chance?" Floyd | Floyd | *** GAME OVER *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART the story, UNDO the last move, Floyd | RESTORE a saved Floyd | position, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "wow. okay." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Dang." | ||
| Karona stops biting her tongue. | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Captivating game." | ||
| Karona exclaims, "Thank you!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think I'm going to have to sleep on it." | ||
| DavidW says, "I barely met Orli and then it was all over." | ||
| Karona says, "Thank you for playing my game, David. Sleep well." | ||
| DavidW says, "thanks for the game. Thanks also to KO for carrying us to the endings." | ||
| Karona says, "Yes, thank you, KO" | ||
| Knight_Otu hides. | ||
| Karona asks, "Should I invite mathbrush to join us next week?" | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "We were planning to play the new release of their Sherlock game, right?" | ||
| Karona says, "Yes, that had been the plan" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Then yeah." | ||
| Karona exclaims, "Okay then! Hope to see you both and mathbrush next week!" | ||
| DavidW says, "thanks again to both of you. I'm gonna lie down now." | ||
| DavidW goes home. | ||
| DavidW has disconnected. | Knight_Otu exclaims, "Good night!" | |
| Karona says, "TC, David" | ||
