  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask birminghamiv" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Birmingham IV Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Peter Emery Floyd | Release 5 / Serial number 180927 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib Floyd | 6/12N) Floyd | Floyd | Type "help" for help. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil's Bedroom (on the Phil's bed) Floyd | Sprawled face down on the bed, the Phil is snoozing quietly in the Floyd | bedroom of his house in Birmingham. This - certainly - is no palace. Floyd | The room is plain, painted magnolia, and quite empty of furniture Floyd | other than the bed itself. A Grand Prix '87 poster hangs limply from Floyd | the wall. Rain beats at the window. Lime green doors lead in and Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | Lying on its side on the floor is a large mug. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a little card here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Not a good start" | |
| DavidW asks, "hm?" | ||
| Guenni says, "Something in third person. Can't remember coming across that so far." | ||
| Roger says, "Between the spacing weirdness on 'a large mug' and 'The Phil'" | ||
| Roger says, "the latter might be style, sure" | ||
| DavidW says, "Inform 7 authors often miss spacing errors." | ||
| DavidW says, "'The Phil' might be a title, like 'the Duke'." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X ME Floyd | Floyd | Some stones are best left unturned. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X BED Floyd | Floyd | A solid and immovable divan with a nice pattern of pink roses. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND Floyd | Floyd | He gets off the Phil's bed. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | The Phil is in the Phil's Bedroom. This - certainly - is no palace. Floyd | The room is plain, painted magnolia, and quite empty of furniture Floyd | other than the bed itself. A Grand Prix '87 poster hangs limply from Floyd | the wall. Rain beats at the window. Lime green doors lead in and Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | Lying on its side on the floor is a large mug. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a little card here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X CARD Floyd | Floyd | "Get out of jail free" Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take card" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE CARD Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub eyes" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > RUB EYES Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mug" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X MUG Floyd | Floyd | Ugly. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mug" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE MUG Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil peers outside. He sees a street of houses, very similar to Floyd | his own, steaming in the rain. He thinks he can see a pub as well. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cry" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > CRY Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blink" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > BLINK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | The Phil is in the Phil's Bedroom. This - certainly - is no palace. Floyd | The room is plain, painted magnolia, and quite empty of furniture Floyd | other than the bed itself. A Grand Prix '87 poster hangs limply from Floyd | the wall. Rain beats at the window. Lime green doors lead in and Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "the watering eyes is an interesting tic" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X POSTER Floyd | Floyd | The Phil straightens the poster and muses for a moment. It wasn't a Floyd | good year. Still, Caffi is bound to come through this time. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED Floyd | Floyd | He finds nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the downstairs door or the cupboard door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cupboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > CUPBOARD Floyd | Floyd | A very alarming lime green. There is nothing special about it Floyd | otherwise. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN IT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil opens the cupboard door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in cupboard" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN CUPBOARD Floyd | Floyd | A very alarming lime green. There is nothing special about it Floyd | otherwise. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cupboard" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER CUPBOARD Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | The Phil has strolled into a spacious walk-in cupboard, painted the Floyd | same magnolia colour as the bedroom and strewn with bits of discarded Floyd | Ph. D thesis. A hatch in the ceiling rattles with the rain. A full Floyd | length mirror is fixed on one wall. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from a nail is a hat. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a photo and a teabag here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x thesis" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > X THESIS Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the bits of discarded Ph D thesis. Not Floyd | worth further investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > X HAT Floyd | Floyd | Suede - very fashionable nowadays. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hat" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE HAT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear hat" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR HAT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil puts on the hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | The Phil peers at the glass. An apparition in a lumberjack shirt and Floyd | a suede hat looms alarmingly out of the green depths of the mirror. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x teabag" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > X TEABAG Floyd | Floyd | Yes - a small porous sachet containing tea leaves. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE IT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "have we x phil yet?" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phil" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHIL Floyd | Floyd | The Phil peers at himself in the mirror. Lumberjack shirt and suede Floyd | hat present and correct. All is well. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photo" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > X PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | It shows one of the Phil's brothers. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take photo" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hatch" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > X HATCH Floyd | Floyd | Square, and without any distinguishing features. It is closed. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter mirror" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > ENTER MIRROR Floyd | Floyd | That's not something the Phil can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "open hatch" | ||
Floyd ] Walk-in Cupboard Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN HATCH Floyd | Floyd | The hatch is firmly locked, and when the Phil pushes on it, it only Floyd | budges enough to let in a little cold air and rainwater round the Floyd | edges. The landlady must have the key. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "open the ceiling hatch or go back and out the other door?" | |
| DavidW says, "ah. That answers that." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | The Phil is in the Phil's Bedroom. This - certainly - is no palace. Floyd | The room is plain, painted magnolia, and quite empty of furniture Floyd | other than the bed itself. A Grand Prix '87 poster hangs limply from Floyd | the wall. Rain beats at the window. Lime green doors lead in and Floyd | out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED Floyd | Floyd | He finds nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "did that" | |
| jaccarmac says, "uh" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "out was an apparent noop?" | ||
| DavidW says, "We never tried that yet." | ||
| DavidW says, "I went in the cupboard instead." | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil hops downstairs out of the house... Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | The Phil is basking in the sun outside his handsome cottage in the Floyd | verdant West Midlands countryside. It is a good sized building of Floyd | grey stone with a thatched roof and a solid brown door. Many paths Floyd | from many directions meet here, and part again, but a particularly Floyd | well-used path knots a short way east to a river and then a village. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil thinks for a moment that he hears a squeaky voice saying Floyd | something, but he cannot quite catch what. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "thought guenni did" | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | I beg your pardon? Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "ah, a My Crappy Cottage game." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil listens intently, trying to catch the voice he first heard Floyd | here. Did he hear it again? It is very faint, and perhaps no more Floyd | than his imagination. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to voice" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN TO VOICE Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > LISTEN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil listens intently, trying to catch the voice he first heard Floyd | here. Did he hear it again? It is very faint, and perhaps no more Floyd | than his imagination. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR Floyd | Floyd | (the brown door) Floyd | That's already closed. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | The Phil is basking in the sun outside his handsome cottage in the Floyd | verdant West Midlands countryside. It is a good sized building of Floyd | grey stone with a thatched roof and a solid brown door. Many paths Floyd | from many directions meet here, and part again, but a particularly Floyd | well-used path knots a short way east to a river and then a village. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose we should go east on the most used path, usually we feel like being contrary and going elsewhere." | |
| jaccarmac says, "agreed" | ||
| DavidW says, "er UNLESS we feel" | ||
| Guenni says, "We could test if it works." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "try north or south" | |
| Guenni asks, "Do we want to test the compas or do wo go east after all?" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the brown door) Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | The Phil is in the parlour of his cottage, a sober and dignified room Floyd | with limewashed walls. Heavy black beams cross the ceiling, and the Floyd | floor is of stone. The room is bare of furniture, other than an Floyd | enormous, rather dusty, settle made of a dark wood. This occupies Floyd | most of one wall of the room, and there is a large fireplace on the Floyd | facing wall. Exits are north and east, or the Phil can go back Floyd | outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | On the kitchen table are a rusty ring and a purse. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X PURSE Floyd | Floyd | A very small leather bag with a drawstring. Floyd | Floyd | In the purse are five pennies. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X RING Floyd | Floyd | A large metal ring, such as a gaoler might use to hold his keys. Floyd | Floyd | Tied to the rusty ring is a red ribbon. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X RIBBON Floyd | Floyd | He sees nothing special about the red ribbon. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > GET RING Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PURSE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | > | asks, "er, is someone whispering to floyd? who's driving?" | |
| jaccarmac says, "apologies, i think i'm whispering by mistake" | ||
| says, "I don't know what happened there. No one should whisper to Floyd." | ||
| jaccarmac says, ".f instead of f i think, my bad" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | On the kitchen table is a purse. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "yeah there we go" | |
| Doug says, "I use >" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "drop ring" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP RING Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get purse" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PURSE Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get ring" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > GET RING Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x vegetables" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X VEGETABLES Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the vegetables. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. The purse isn't a holdall, I guess." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "put ring in purse" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT RING IN PURSE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil prefers to keep money in his purse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a photo Floyd | a teabag Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a mug Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x herbs" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X HERBS Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the herbs. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "put teabag in mug" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT TEABAG IN MUG Floyd | Floyd | Done. The Phil will have to live in hope of finding some hot water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get ring" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > GET RING Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "wear it" | |
| jaccarmac exclaims, "it was a puzzle all along!" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "wear ring" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > WEAR RING Floyd | Floyd | It is too big for his finger or nose; too small to work as a circlet. Floyd | It would do as an ankle ring, but the Phil doesn't think that is his Floyd | style. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x ring" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X RING Floyd | Floyd | A large metal ring, such as a gaoler might use to hold his keys. Floyd | Floyd | Tied to the rusty ring is a red ribbon. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a rusty ring (to which is attached a red ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a photo Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a mug Floyd | a teabag Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x pot" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X POT Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x kettle" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X KETTLE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the iron kettle. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x oven" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > X OVEN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the bread oven. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "open oven" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN OVEN Floyd | Floyd | It isn't something he can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Study Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | The Phil is in his Study, a pleasant little room, but as austere as Floyd | the rest of the cottage. Here is a large desk, strewn with papers. Floyd | A door leads west and stone steps lead up. There is also a narrow Floyd | doorway to the east. Floyd | Floyd | One piece of paper - a small neatly written note placed carefully in Floyd | the centre of the desk - catches the Phil's eye. Floyd | Floyd | From the east, the Phil hears the sound of random twangs, rather as if Floyd | someone were gently playing a harpsichord with a hammer. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "are we supposed to figure out how to make tea? filling the kettle etc?" | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know. There's no obvious urgency to do anything." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "X note" | ||
Floyd ] Study Floyd | > Floyd | > X NOTE Floyd | Floyd | A note from the Parson. He thanks the Phil for his kind loan of a Floyd | book, which he is finding of great service in his own studies. He Floyd | also says he is worried about the recent conduct of someone - namely Floyd | Sir Lawrence - and would be very grateful for the Phil's wise advice Floyd | on the subject. Also, if the Phil chances to meet the Sexton, he is Floyd | kindly requested to ask the Sexton to speak to the Parson. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil resolves to ask the Parson about these matters the moment he Floyd | sees him. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | From the east, the Phil hears the sound of random twangs, rather as if Floyd | someone were gently playing a harpsichord with a hammer. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Tea does seem to be in offing, though. And maybe something to stop that eye-watering nonsense." | |
| Doug says, "I suppose that's a goal." | ||
| Guenni says, "Water is in the river." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think the Phil has an allergy." | ||
| Doug says, "maybe we could water our eyes into the kettle!" | ||
| Guenni asks, "So, tea first or invistigating the noise first?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "salty tea..." | ||
| Doug says, "the noise will be annoying until we investigate" | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | A Magpie is dancing on the keys of the spinet, obviously enjoying the Floyd | noise. As the Phil enters the room, it startles, and grabs a shiny Floyd | brass key which was lying on the lid of the spinet. Instead of flying Floyd | out of the open window, it goes straight over his head and into the Floyd | study - panicked no doubt. There is some banging and crashing as it Floyd | makes its way through the cottage, but then it must have found a way Floyd | out, because there is silence. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "oh nooo" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x plant" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X PLANT Floyd | Floyd | The plant consists of a couple of woody stems, each about two feet Floyd | long, with three or four dark green, glossy pinnate leaves, each about Floyd | a foot long, the leaflets each about two inches long. The Phil Floyd | assumes it is nothing like full grown. It is in a mortar shaped pot. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "blink" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > BLINK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x letter" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X LETTER Floyd | Floyd | The letter evidently came with the potted plant. The letter is from a Floyd | sea-captain called John Nisbet. Captain Nisbet presents his Floyd | compliments and is pleased to forward this specimen of a plant he Floyd | encountered in His Majesty's Virginian colony, which, as he believes Floyd | the Phil is a natural philosopher, may interest him. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil tries to remember who Captain Nisbet is. The Phil thinks he Floyd | met him in the pub once. Weird fellow, kept going on about giant Floyd | black rabbits. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "close eyes" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > CLOSE EYES Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The eyes aren't implemented as an object to interact with." | |
| Doug asks, "so, the plant is tobacco?" | ||
| Guenni says, "Let's hope the macpie dropped the key before flying away." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell leaves" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL LEAVES Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell plant" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL PLANT Floyd | Floyd | The potted plant smells of nothing unusual. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger asks, "is it just me, or is this really weird?" | |
| DavidW says, "It's a bit weird, yes." | ||
| DavidW says, "We seem to be the village know-it-all or somesuch." | ||
| Roger says, "I mean, for someone who doesn't professionally play weird IF" | ||
| Doug says, "you're not weird!" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "the terseness reminds me of a MUD somewhat" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We should probably try to find that brass key the magpie stole." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | One of the finest spinets ever to come out of the manufacturies of Floyd | Birmingham, with a full five octaves. It is made of a handsome dark Floyd | wood, and has a richly decorated lid. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "Gathering Peascods" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | The sound is very "choked" though - muffled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "open spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | There's something on the spinet lid - the Phil should remove it first, Floyd | otherwise it'll end up on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | One of the finest spinets ever to come out of the manufacturies of Floyd | Birmingham, with a full five octaves. It is made of a handsome dark Floyd | wood, and has a richly decorated lid. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x lid" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X LID Floyd | Floyd | The lid of the spinet has a handsome picture, of inlaid wood, showing Floyd | jays flying round a country cottage. Floyd | Floyd | On the spinet lid are a blue ribbon and a scruffy black bound book. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "put ribbon on ring" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT RIBBON ON RING Floyd | Floyd | Which do you mean, the blue ribbon or the red ribbon? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "A second ribbon." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "blue" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > BLUE Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the blue ribbon) Floyd | The Phil is carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "here's the blurb, FWIW:" | |
| Doug | A solitary scholar, his purpose and presence in the world a mystery even to himself, ventures abroad in a dream state. He finds a land of sunny lanes and dark forests, steeped in the blood of Celt, Saxon, Viking and Norman, where paganism never really went away - the West Midlands. | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | A large black bound book. It is called "The Natural History of Selly Floyd | Oak." According to the title page, it was written by the Phil Floyd | himself. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug | Birmingham IV tells the story of what happened next. A big, puzzle-based adventure, it contains scenes of mild peril, cartoon violence, and consumption of alcohol, so please be warned. | |
| Doug | Fantasy • Longer than two hours • Parser-based • Glulx | ||
| Doug says, "so I guess we are in a dream state" | ||
| DavidW says, "Not yet, surely." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "not sold on the inventory management yet, maybe once i see the end of one of these little puzzles" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a rusty ring (to which is attached a red ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a photo Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a mug Floyd | a teabag Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we probably use the ring to tie ribbons to, like a keyring but for ribbons." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "drop photo" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "maybe The Phil is short for The Natural Philosopher" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "put blue ribbon on ring" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BLUE RIBBON ON RING Floyd | Floyd | (first taking the blue ribbon) Floyd | Putting things on the rusty ring would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "tie blue ribbon to ring" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > TIE BLUE RIBBON TO RING Floyd | Floyd | The Phil ties the blue ribbon to the rusty ring. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a photo here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get photo" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a photo Floyd | a rusty ring (to which are attached a red ribbon and a blue ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a mug Floyd | a teabag Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "perhaps there is a key for each ribbon?" | |
| jaccarmac asks, "and a colored door for each?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no idea what the ribbons are for yet." | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x book" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOK Floyd | Floyd | A large black bound book. It is called "The Natural History of Selly Floyd | Oak." According to the title page, it was written by the Phil Floyd | himself. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > READ BOOK Floyd | Floyd | The Phil settles down to read the black-bound book with interest and Floyd | some trepidation. After all, it appears to have been written by him, Floyd | but any recollection he has of living in Selly Oak, which is a whole Floyd | two miles away, is hazy at best. Anyway, despite the title, the book Floyd | is mostly a description of the habits of the local jackdaws, which Floyd | seem to have been something of an obsession for the writer: they Floyd | watch him, he says, and follow him everywhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "They might be needed to tie to pipes in a sewer maze, for all I know." | |
| jaccarmac says, "more birds" | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "drop photo" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP PHOTO Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "take book" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "open spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil lifts the lid of the bentside spinet, the underside of which Floyd | he sees is richly painted, and props it open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "remember selly oak" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > REMEMBER SELLY OAK Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Floyd | Select Floyd | > Introduction to Birmingham IV Floyd | Instructions for Play | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a photo here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug says, "sorry" | |
| DavidW says, "We have an inventory limit. We might not want to carry everything." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | One of the finest spinets ever to come out of the manufacturies of Floyd | Birmingham, with a full five octaves. It is made of a handsome dark Floyd | wood, and its lid is propped open, revealing a richly painted Floyd | underside. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "If all the world were paper" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | With the lid of the spinet open, the sound is good and bright. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "x underside" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X UNDERSIDE Floyd | Floyd | The inside of the spinet lid has been painted with a rather striking Floyd | picture of a grand house rising above a handsome garden of lawns and Floyd | hedges. At first glance, it all seems to make sense, but something is Floyd | not well with the geometry. There are some very odd angles in the Floyd | building, when the Phil looks closely. In fact, he'd rather not look Floyd | too closely, it hurts - and there should only be ninety degrees in a Floyd | right angle - and the shadows seem to fall in all directions. The Floyd | Phil can only wonder about the state of mind of he who painted it. Floyd | Floyd | "Weird picture," says the Phil, "but for some reason, I feel that it Floyd | is a good thing that I've seen it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "score" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SCORE Floyd | Floyd | There is no score in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "Gathering Peascods" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | With the lid of the spinet open, the sound is good and bright. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug asks, "so, Lovecraftian?" | |
| jaccarmac says, "or just a dreamworld" | ||
| DavidW says, "Just a dreamworld, I assume." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "birds seem like too tame for lovecraft" | ||
| Guenni says, "Since we left the bed first, I agree." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm getting no Lovecraftian vibes here." | ||
| Doug says, "I meant, the non-Euclidean architecture" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "Horsey-Down Fields" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | With the lid of the spinet open, the sound is good and bright. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "Country Abigail" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | With the lid of the spinet open, the sound is good and bright. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "Blue Petticoats" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | With the lid of the spinet open, the sound is good and bright. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play spinet" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY SPINET Floyd | Floyd | (the bentside spinet) Floyd | The Phil plays "Merry milk-maids" on his spinet. Floyd | Floyd | With the lid of the spinet open, the sound is good and bright. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think the underside was what we were meant to see." | |
| Guenni says, "Semms to be a rather large repertoire." | ||
| Guenni says, "I think we're done in here." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "indeed. won't spoil another game, but there was one comp game where i missed the random titles of things being useful" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "agreed. but with the number of items and the limit, i wonder if go to is implemented" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "and what's the verb that is like go to but for items?" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "go to" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > GO TO Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "go to kitchen" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > GO TO KITCHEN Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "FIND?" | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "go to kitchen" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "find" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > GO TO KITCHEN Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > FIND Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "guess not" | |
| DavidW says, "FIND and GO TO aren't standard." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "implemented that is, pretty sure that's the verb, but i'm a neophyte" | ||
| DavidW says, "But there are very welcome in large games." | ||
| DavidW says, "er THEY are" | ||
| DavidW says, "I seem to keep typing the wrong words." | ||
| Guenni says, "Hadean lands it is not." | ||
| DavidW says (to Guenni), "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "Hadean Lands is very special and wonderful and highly recommended." | ||
| Doug asks, "shall we read the ABOUT intro?" | ||
| Guenni says, "can't hurt" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i wouldn't mind something slightly hintlike myself" | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "about" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Floyd | Select Floyd | > Introduction to Birmingham IV Floyd | Instructions for Play | ||
| Doug pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Introduction to Birmingham IV Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | This game is based on a true story. The protagonist is a Floyd | real person and lived in Birmingham for several years. Floyd | Floyd | The game was originally written circa 1988 on a BBC microcomputer, Floyd | using The Quill ([LINK]). This was a Floyd | program for writing what were then called adventure games. The Quill Floyd | was an elegant piece of software, and much could be done with it, but Floyd | both the program and the game had to fit simultaneously into the tiny Floyd | RAM of the BBC micro. Without exaggeration, every byte was precious, Floyd | and the descriptions and responses ended up quite terse as a result. Floyd | Floyd | "Birmingham IV" was rewritten and expanded using Inform 7 in 2014-16. Floyd | My thanks to Lili for beta testing and helpful suggestions. Floyd | Floyd | If you find any bugs, or have anything else to say about the game, Floyd | please email BIV@yanshi.me.uk. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue. | ||
| Doug pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Floyd | Select Floyd | > Introduction to Birmingham IV Floyd | Instructions for Play | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Floyd | Select Floyd | Introduction to Birmingham IV Floyd | > Instructions for Play | ||
| Doug pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd ] Instructions for Play Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Last Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Floyd | Select Floyd | > About Interactive Fiction Floyd | What to do with > Floyd | Getting Started Floyd | Rooms and Travel Floyd | Objects Floyd | Controlling the Game Floyd | How the World is Assembled Floyd | If You Get Stuck | jaccarmac says, "neat! that explains the terseness/old timey feel" | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Instructions Floyd ] Floyd ] N = Next Q = Quit Menu Floyd ] P = Previous ENTER = Floyd | Select Floyd | Introduction to Birmingham IV Floyd | > Instructions for Play | ||
| Doug says (to Floyd), "q" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a photo here. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "shall we quickly explore the rest of the house" | |
| jaccarmac asks, "see if we can boil some water?" | ||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||
| DavidW says, "to both" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a photo here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Study Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | The Phil is in his Study, a pleasant little room, but as austere as Floyd | the rest of the cottage. Here is a large desk, strewn with papers. Floyd | A door leads west and stone steps lead up. There is also a narrow Floyd | doorway to the east. Floyd | Floyd | One piece of paper - a small neatly written note placed carefully in Floyd | the centre of the desk - catches the Phil's eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | The Phil is in his bedroom. Plain whitewashed walls and the simple Floyd | cot testify to the austerity of the scholar's life. Exits down and Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "this is different, right?" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Experiment Room Floyd | The Phil is in his experiment room, inconveniently lit by only one Floyd | leaded-paned window high on the wall overlooking the river. It is a Floyd | good sized, plain room with lime washed walls and a wooden floor. It Floyd | is empty of furniture other than a bench (of the worktable kind, Floyd | rather than a seat). On the bench is a large lead tank. A ladder Floyd | fixed to one wall of the room leads up to a trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the ceiling is a large iron birdcage. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "er" | |
| jaccarmac says, "fascinating..." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "given how deceptively complex the house is, now i wonder if the town is really small" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "or maybe it's just a long game" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cage" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAGE Floyd | Floyd | Large, made of iron and very ugly. It is tubular in shape, rising to Floyd | a dome. It is hanging from the ceiling by a length of chain. Floyd | Floyd | In the cage is Vincent, the Phil's pet raven. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x vincent" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X VINCENT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil examines Vincent. In return, Vincent examines the Phil Floyd | though beady red eyes, his expresssion one of contempt and malevolence Floyd | mingled. He is a particularly large, saturnine and ugly example of Floyd | Corvus corax - though the great Linnaeus is not yet born. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "talk to vincent" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO VINCENT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Experiment Room Floyd | The Phil is in his experiment room, inconveniently lit by only one Floyd | leaded-paned window high on the wall overlooking the river. It is a Floyd | good sized, plain room with lime washed walls and a wooden floor. It Floyd | is empty of furniture other than a bench (of the worktable kind, Floyd | rather than a seat). On the bench is a large lead tank. A ladder Floyd | fixed to one wall of the room leads up to a trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the ceiling is a large iron birdcage. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I can never remember what saturnine means." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x tank" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X TANK Floyd | Floyd | It holds a quantity of brandy, in which are suspended a number of Floyd | small furry creatures - representatives of the local fauna - preserved Floyd | for further study. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x creatures" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X CREATURES Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the small furry creatures. Not worth Floyd | further investigation. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil hears something large - a dog, perhaps - padding along Floyd | outside. It stops below the window, as far as he can tell. Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "Saturn (the god) was kind of phlegmatic, I think" | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "open tank" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN TANK Floyd | Floyd | It isn't something he can open. Floyd | Floyd | A dog howls under the window. Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x dog" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOG Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "lead makes me want to lick the tank or drink the brandy honestly" | |
| jaccarmac says, "give us a timer to finish" | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "look through window" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW Floyd | Floyd | A small, leaded window. The glass is swirly and a very pale blue Floyd | green colour, giving a rather sickly quality to the light in the room. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil thinks the dog has gone again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "look under bench" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BENCH Floyd | Floyd | He finds nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "push cage" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > PUSH CAGE Floyd | Floyd | It is fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "swing cage" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SWING CAGE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't see the point in swinging that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Experiment Room Floyd | The Phil is in his experiment room, inconveniently lit by only one Floyd | leaded-paned window high on the wall overlooking the river. It is a Floyd | good sized, plain room with lime washed walls and a wooden floor. It Floyd | is empty of furniture other than a bench (of the worktable kind, Floyd | rather than a seat). On the bench is a large lead tank. A ladder Floyd | fixed to one wall of the room leads up to a trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the ceiling is a large iron birdcage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X LADDER Floyd | Floyd | Actually, a set of iron rungs set into one wall, and leading up to the Floyd | trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > U Floyd | Floyd | (first opening the trapdoor) Floyd | It seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR Floyd | Floyd | Very solid, and whitewashed, to match the experiment room ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni asks, "I guess it's the hatch from the cupboard?" | |
| DavidW says, "Don't think so." | ||
| Guenni asks, "Are we done in here?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i want to see what's n from the kitchen" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x creatures" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X CREATURES Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the small furry creatures. Not worth Floyd | further investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "I just meant the music room." | |
| DavidW says, "I think we're done here. I'm just confused. I stopped mapping when I stopped driving." | ||
| Guenni says, "Experiment" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "experiment" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > EXPERIMENT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "parser says nope" | |
| Guenni laugkhs. | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Experiment Room Floyd | The Phil is in his experiment room, inconveniently lit by only one Floyd | leaded-paned window high on the wall overlooking the river. It is a Floyd | good sized, plain room with lime washed walls and a wooden floor. It Floyd | is empty of furniture other than a bench (of the worktable kind, Floyd | rather than a seat). On the bench is a large lead tank. A ladder Floyd | fixed to one wall of the room leads up to a trapdoor. Floyd | Floyd | Hanging from the ceiling is a large iron birdcage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Experiment Room Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | But the Phil isn't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | The Phil is in his bedroom. Plain whitewashed walls and the simple Floyd | cot testify to the austerity of the scholar's life. Exits down and Floyd | east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cot" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X COT Floyd | Floyd | A plain narrow bed with a straw mattress and a woollen blanket. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "look under cot" | ||
Floyd ] The Phil's Bedroom Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER COT Floyd | Floyd | He finds nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd ] Study Floyd | > Floyd | > D Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | The Phil is in his Study, a pleasant little room, but as austere as Floyd | the rest of the cottage. Here is a large desk, strewn with papers. Floyd | A door leads west and stone steps lead up. There is also a narrow Floyd | doorway to the east. Floyd | Floyd | One piece of paper - a small neatly written note placed carefully in Floyd | the centre of the desk - catches the Phil's eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "look in kettle" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK IN KETTLE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the iron kettle. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The Phil is in his well-tended garden. A pleasant warm smell - Floyd | growing vegetables and organic fertiliser in equal measure - fills his Floyd | nose., and there is an agreeable, soporific buzz from a couple of Floyd | terracotta beehives towards the back of the garden. Various kinds of Floyd | beans are growing on poles. There is also a large and very strange Floyd | plant which the Phil doesn't recognise. On the eastern side is a Floyd | small shed. South is the kitchen and the rest of the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x plant" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X PLANT Floyd | Floyd | It is about four feet high, with a large, roughly spherical base, from Floyd | which protrude a number of fleshy roots, and a conelike stem. It is Floyd | very green, and the Phil concludes it is far from fully grown. Anyway Floyd | - best left alone. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x bean" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X BEAN Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x beans" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X BEANS Floyd | Floyd | Coming along nicely. They are a mixture of bright red and bright blue Floyd | and luminous purple, and the Phil hopes they will turn out to be Floyd | magical. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The Phil is in his well-tended garden. A pleasant warm smell - Floyd | growing vegetables and organic fertiliser in equal measure - fills his Floyd | nose., and there is an agreeable, soporific buzz from a couple of Floyd | terracotta beehives towards the back of the garden. Various kinds of Floyd | beans are growing on poles. There is also a large and very strange Floyd | plant which the Phil doesn't recognise. On the eastern side is a Floyd | small shed. South is the kitchen and the rest of the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x hive" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X HIVE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the beehives. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Shed Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Shed Floyd | The Phil is inside the shed. It is rather dark, but some light comes Floyd | in through the doorway and between the boards of the shed walls. The Floyd | shed is currently fairly empty - there are some stacked up flowerpots Floyd | and a few empty sacks and that is about it. There are some chalk Floyd | markings on one wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x markings" | ||
Floyd ] Inside the Shed Floyd | > Floyd | > X MARKINGS Floyd | Floyd | The markings seem to be tallies of seeds planted. There is one Floyd | unfamiliar word though - "fullgru." Floyd | Floyd | "Fullgru?" says the Phil. "Good word." He makes a note on his shirt Floyd | cuff. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "i'm not gardener, this mean anything to anyone else?" | |
| jaccarmac says, "*no gardener" | ||
| DavidW says, "No. My best guess is that it's a plant growth spell word." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "oooh" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The Phil is in his well-tended garden. A pleasant warm smell - Floyd | growing vegetables and organic fertiliser in equal measure - fills his Floyd | nose., and there is an agreeable, soporific buzz from a couple of Floyd | terracotta beehives towards the back of the garden. Various kinds of Floyd | beans are growing on poles. There is also a large and very strange Floyd | plant which the Phil doesn't recognise. On the eastern side is a Floyd | small shed. South is the kitchen and the rest of the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "fullgru" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > FULLGRU Floyd | Floyd | That was magic all right - the Phil can tell from the twitching of his Floyd | ponytail - but power is lacking, and nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "pick beans" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > PICK BEANS Floyd | Floyd | Best left to ripen. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "good call" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to examine? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fullgru beans" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > FULLGRU BEANS Floyd | Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to fullgru. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The Phil is in his well-tended garden. A pleasant warm smell - Floyd | growing vegetables and organic fertiliser in equal measure - fills his Floyd | nose., and there is an agreeable, soporific buzz from a couple of Floyd | terracotta beehives towards the back of the garden. Various kinds of Floyd | beans are growing on poles. There is also a large and very strange Floyd | plant which the Phil doesn't recognise. On the eastern side is a Floyd | small shed. South is the kitchen and the rest of the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I guess we need magical power from something." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The Phil is in his well-tended garden. A pleasant warm smell - Floyd | growing vegetables and organic fertiliser in equal measure - fills his Floyd | nose., and there is an agreeable, soporific buzz from a couple of Floyd | terracotta beehives towards the back of the garden. Various kinds of Floyd | beans are growing on poles. There is also a large and very strange Floyd | plant which the Phil doesn't recognise. On the eastern side is a Floyd | small shed. South is the kitchen and the rest of the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Study Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | The Phil is in his Study, a pleasant little room, but as austere as Floyd | the rest of the cottage. Here is a large desk, strewn with papers. Floyd | A door leads west and stone steps lead up. There is also a narrow Floyd | doorway to the east. Floyd | Floyd | One piece of paper - a small neatly written note placed carefully in Floyd | the centre of the desk - catches the Phil's eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Music Room Floyd | The Phil is in the music room, plain and whitewashed with dark Floyd | floorboards. It is is as unadorned as all the rooms in the cottage, Floyd | but dappled light reflected from the river dances on the ceiling. An Floyd | open window looks out over the river and the rolling West Midlands Floyd | countryside beyond. There are no exits other than the doorway the Floyd | Phil came in by, to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Dominating the room is a substantial bentside spinet, which sits along Floyd | one wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the window sill are a potted plant and a letter. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a photo here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "fullgru" | ||
Floyd ] Music Room Floyd | > Floyd | > FULLGRU Floyd | Floyd | That was magic all right - the Phil can tell from the twitching of his Floyd | ponytail - but power is lacking, and nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Study Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Study Floyd | The Phil is in his Study, a pleasant little room, but as austere as Floyd | the rest of the cottage. Here is a large desk, strewn with papers. Floyd | A door leads west and stone steps lead up. There is also a narrow Floyd | doorway to the east. Floyd | Floyd | One piece of paper - a small neatly written note placed carefully in Floyd | the centre of the desk - catches the Phil's eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | The Phil has walked into his kitchen, a large, cheerful and Floyd | scrupulously clean room with all sorts of herbs and vegetables hanging Floyd | from the rafters. A large kitchen table is in the centre of the room, Floyd | and there is a fireplace at one end, with a bread oven built into the Floyd | wall by its side. An enormous iron kettle hangs from a hook in the Floyd | fireplace. Exits north, south and east. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Garden Floyd | The Phil is in his well-tended garden. A pleasant warm smell - Floyd | growing vegetables and organic fertiliser in equal measure - fills his Floyd | nose., and there is an agreeable, soporific buzz from a couple of Floyd | terracotta beehives towards the back of the garden. Various kinds of Floyd | beans are growing on poles. There is also a large and very strange Floyd | plant which the Phil doesn't recognise. On the eastern side is a Floyd | small shed. South is the kitchen and the rest of the cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "hmmm" | |
| DavidW asks, "the bees?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i'm out of ideas for now other than visiting the village" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bees" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X BEES Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "the hive gave the don't examine me again message" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beehives" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > X BEEHIVES Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the beehives. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "and i guess ebes aren't implemented" | |
| DavidW says, "hmph" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, if you can get us outside again, feel free to explore." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "oh yes, guess no one else has a mental map at the moment?" | ||
| DavidW says, "'out' from bedroom was how we managed it the first time." | ||
| Guenni asks, ">; Can we set the game to short, please?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "probably my bad for whispering" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "what does short do?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Also, did we skip the sitting room entirely?" | ||
| DavidW says, "SHORT is like BRIEF." | ||
| Guenni says, "I don't think there is one." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "short" | ||
Floyd ] Garden Floyd | > Floyd | > SHORT Floyd | Floyd | Birmingham IV is now in its "superbrief" mode, which always gives Floyd | short descriptions of locations (even if you haven't been there Floyd | before). Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh, Superbrief." | |
| Guenni says, "It skips the room descriptions every time you tripse through." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "yeah as far as i know we just have kitchen study music room bedroom experiment room" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Kitchen Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Kitchen Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Superbrief isn't good for a first play." | |
| jaccarmac says, "huh look at that i was wrong" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "brief" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > BRIEF Floyd | Floyd | Birmingham IV is now in its "brief" printing mode, which gives long Floyd | descriptions of places never before visited and short descriptions Floyd | otherwise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | The Phil is in the parlour of his cottage, a sober and dignified room Floyd | with limewashed walls. Heavy black beams cross the ceiling, and the Floyd | floor is of stone. The room is bare of furniture, other than an Floyd | enormous, rather dusty, settle made of a dark wood. This occupies Floyd | most of one wall of the room, and there is a large fireplace on the Floyd | facing wall. Exits are north and east, or the Phil can go outside. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x settle" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X SETTLE Floyd | Floyd | Solid, severe, and rather uncomfortable, in the manner of furniture of Floyd | this time. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil notices a dowdy brown cushion on the settle. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "look under cushion" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CUSHION Floyd | Floyd | He finds nothing of interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cushion" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X CUSHION Floyd | Floyd | The cushion is faded, but may once have been purple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sit" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to sit on? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sit on settle" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > SIT ON SETTLE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil sits on the settle. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room (on the settle) Floyd | The Phil is in the parlour of his cottage, a sober and dignified room Floyd | with limewashed walls. Heavy black beams cross the ceiling, and the Floyd | floor is of stone. The room is bare of furniture, other than an Floyd | enormous, rather dusty, settle made of a dark wood. This occupies Floyd | most of one wall of the room, and there is a large fireplace on the Floyd | facing wall. Exits are north and east, or the Phil can go outside. Floyd | Floyd | On the settle he can see a cushion. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > STAND Floyd | Floyd | He gets off the settle. Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | On the settle is a cushion. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > X FIREPLACE Floyd | Floyd | Very plain, and neatly swept, with a cast iron fireback. The grate is Floyd | empty, and probably there has been no fire for some time. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Dusty Storeroom Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Dusty Storeroom Floyd | The Phil is hiding in the gloom of a dusty, windowless storeroom. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can see a dead rat here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x rat" | ||
Floyd ] Dusty Storeroom Floyd | > Floyd | > X RAT Floyd | Floyd | Very odorous. Floyd | Floyd | Would come in handy for studies in natural philosophy, or as bait. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Sitting Room Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sitting Room Floyd | On the settle is a cushion. Floyd | Floyd | > | Doug | [LINK] | |
| Doug says, "comparison of settle vs settee" | ||
| DavidW says, "I've heard of 'settee' before. 'Settle' is new to me." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | The Phil is basking in the sun outside his handsome cottage in the Floyd | verdant West Midlands countryside. It is a good sized building of Floyd | grey stone with a thatched roof and a solid brown door. Many paths Floyd | from many directions meet here, and part again, but a particularly Floyd | well-used path knots a short way east to a river and then a village. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | The Phil is sauntering along a little twisting path crossing rich Floyd | pasture land - but all is quiet, and there are no beasts to be seen Floyd | grazing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | The Phil is sauntering along a little twisting path, across a patch of Floyd | scrubby ground dotted with widely spaced young trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The Phil is east of a swiftly-flowing greasy-green river, crossed by a Floyd | plank bridge. He is standing just outside a substantial, Floyd | half-timbered building displaying a large hanging sign with a picture Floyd | of a spotted dog. The Phil thinks the place looks like a pub - Floyd | although suddenly inn, tavern or ordinary all seem better words. The Floyd | Phil can also see the village proper - a good sized and pleasant Floyd | looking assemblage of stone and half timber houses and cottages- on Floyd | the far bank of the river. A little path coils west towards the Floyd | Phil's nearby cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "was worried about a maze for a minute there" | |
| DavidW says, "wonder if the pub's called The Spotted Hound." | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > X SIGN Floyd | Floyd | It is a picture of a spaniel-like dog, white, with reddish-brown Floyd | spots. There is no writing. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > X RIVER Floyd | Floyd | Green and greasy, but fast moving. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "fill mug" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > FILL MUG Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to fill the mug with? Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "er" | |
| DavidW says, "Don't use riverwater for tea" | ||
| Guenni says, "I plnned to put in the kettle and heat it." | ||
| Doug says, "this is 1988, it was a more primitive time" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "boiling makes everything safe" | ||
| Guenni says, "I have to admit, I'm not completely sure about that." | ||
| DavidW says, "well, try it then" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "maybe we could boil the brandy?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I saw nothing to make fire with." | ||
| Guenni says, "The tank can't be opened." | ||
| Guenni says, "We didn't check the fireplace in the kitchen." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "how did we get the creatures in it then?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "anyway that's right, i got discouraged because no bread" | ||
| Guenni says, "They were there before us." | ||
| Guenni says, "Trying to open the tink didn't work." | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe a gloopfitz spell." | ||
| Guenni asks, "What's gloopfitz?" | ||
| DavidW says, "A magic word I just made up for encasing small creatures into brandy bottles." | ||
| Guenni says, "Ah." | ||
| Roger says, "I'd use that spell every day, no lie" | ||
| Guenni says, "Anyway, filling the mug doesn't work, and water isn't mentioned directly." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "maybe the tavern has water for us" | ||
| Guenni says, "So I guess you are right and we won't use that for tea." | ||
| DavidW says, "Taverns are well-known for having water to drink." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The Phil is east of a swiftly-flowing greasy-green river, crossed by a Floyd | plank bridge. He is standing just outside a substantial, Floyd | half-timbered building displaying a large hanging sign with a picture Floyd | of a spotted dog. The Phil thinks the place looks like a pub - Floyd | although suddenly inn, tavern or ordinary all seem better words. The Floyd | Phil can also see the village proper - a good sized and pleasant Floyd | looking assemblage of stone and half timber houses and cottages- on Floyd | the far bank of the river. A little path coils west towards the Floyd | Phil's nearby cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | The Phil is in the main room of the Spotted Dog, now the village's Floyd | only inn. The room is dominated by an enormous fireplace in which a Floyd | fire was burning - it has recently gone out - although it seems the Floyd | chimney doesn't draw very well, because the air is full of smoke. Floyd | Through the haze, the Phil can see a bar, and four or five rough Floyd | tables and benches. There is no-one sitting at them, though. The Floyd | floor is strewn with mouldy rushes. A large pot of stew hangs over Floyd | the ashes of the fire, still bubbling slightly. Floyd | Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | On the bar is a yellow ribbon. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin and a bow here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | On the bar is a yellow ribbon. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin and a bow here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph scrubs the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Yet another ribbon" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "tie yellow ribbon to ring" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > TIE YELLOW RIBBON TO RING Floyd | Floyd | The Phil ties the yellow ribbon to the rusty ring. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph whistles "Akeroyde's Padd". Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "i wonder if we are supposed to lure bardolph to the music room and start our band" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x bardolph" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X BARDOLPH Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph is the innkeeper. He is short and bald (with sideburns) and Floyd | is wearing a leather waistcoat. He has the air of a man with Floyd | something to hide. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph sneezes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | Well worn. Slightly out of tune. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph jingles some coins in his pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh great. Weepy meet Sneezy." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | (First taking the violin) Floyd | The Phil is carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stirs the pot of stew. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "Heh," | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X STEW Floyd | Floyd | (pot of stew) Floyd | An enormous blackened cauldron of stew. The ingredients of the stew Floyd | are unknown. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph pats his waistcoat pockets as if looking for something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "greet bardolph" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GREET BARDOLPH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about magpie" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to bardolph" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > TALK TO BARDOLPH Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "tell bardolph about magbie" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > TELL BARDOLPH ABOUT MAGBIE Floyd | Floyd | This provokes no reaction. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph whistles "Akeroyde's Padd". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about tavern" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT TAVERN Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | The Phil is in the main room of the Spotted Dog, now the village's Floyd | only inn. The room is dominated by an enormous fireplace in which a Floyd | fire was burning - it has recently gone out - although it seems the Floyd | chimney doesn't draw very well, because the air is full of smoke. Floyd | Through the haze, the Phil can see a bar, and four or five rough Floyd | tables and benches. There is no-one sitting at them, though. The Floyd | floor is strewn with mouldy rushes. A large pot of stew hangs over Floyd | the ashes of the fire, still bubbling slightly. Floyd | Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin and a bow here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph pats his waistcoat pockets as if looking for something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about parson" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT PARSON Floyd | Floyd | "Sometimes he comes by here," says Bardolph, "but I fancy you'll find Floyd | him at the Church today." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about sexton" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT SEXTON Floyd | Floyd | "A quiet fellow," says Bardolph. "I have not seen him these two days." Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "why are no fires in my dream lit" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about dog" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT DOG Floyd | Floyd | "Nobody on this side o' the river keeps a large dog," says Bardolph. Floyd | He pauses to think, "Unless..." He blenches a little and falls Floyd | silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > G Floyd | Floyd | "Nobody on this side o' the river keeps a large dog," says Bardolph. Floyd | He pauses to think, "Unless..." He blenches a little and falls Floyd | silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about magpie" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about tea" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT TEA Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about fullgru" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT FULLGRU Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about magic" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT MAGIC Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about beer" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT BEER Floyd | Floyd | "Why, sir, you will not find better beer than mine round here," says Floyd | Bardolph. "As strong as brandy wine, as smooth as... (he reflects for Floyd | a moment) the flowing river. Would your worship care to buy?". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT STEW Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph looks remarkably shifty. "Tis just... stew. Tis nowt Floyd | special, and not delicate enough for your worhip's refined palette." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about river" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT RIVER Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about bridge" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT BRIDGE Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph makes no reply. Either he has no view on the subject, or Floyd | does not want to express one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | The Phil is in the main room of the Spotted Dog, now the village's Floyd | only inn. The room is dominated by an enormous fireplace in which a Floyd | fire was burning - it has recently gone out - although it seems the Floyd | chimney doesn't draw very well, because the air is full of smoke. Floyd | Through the haze, the Phil can see a bar, and four or five rough Floyd | tables and benches. There is no-one sitting at them, though. The Floyd | floor is strewn with mouldy rushes. A large pot of stew hangs over Floyd | the ashes of the fire, still bubbling slightly. Floyd | Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin and a bow here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph starts laughing at some private joke. The Phil hopes it Floyd | isn't him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | "Nothing of mine," grunts Bardolph. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac quietly departs. | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "take violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying too many things already. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph whistles "Akeroyde's Padd". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac arrives, ready to play with the toys. | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a scruffy black bound book Floyd | a rusty ring (to which are attached a red ribbon, a blue ribbon and Floyd | a yellow ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a mug Floyd | a teabag Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph jingles some coins in his pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Guenni), "This is why I wanted to drop stuff earlier." | |
| jaccarmac says, "i really need tof x gard" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x card" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X CARD Floyd | Floyd | "Get out of jail free" Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes up a clay pipe and blows smoke rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We didn't need to carry the book or the card." | |
| jaccarmac says, "sorry that was my client acting up" | ||
| DavidW says, "well, mabye the card." | ||
| Guenni says, "I had thought I had dropped the book." | ||
| DavidW says, "But we really need a sack." | ||
| DavidW says, "This is a second book, I think." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x book." | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOOK. Floyd | Floyd | A large black bound book. It is called "The Natural History of Selly Floyd | Oak." According to the title page, it was written by the Phil Floyd | himself. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stares intently over the Phil's left shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "well we loaned one book to the parson" | |
| jaccarmac says, "who is apparently at the church" | ||
| DavidW says, "Possibly we should've left the mug at home too until we knew more about where to get teamaking supplies." | ||
| Guenni says, "Damn, the phone, back hopefully soon." | ||
| Guenni goes home. | DavidW says, "like, we could probably drop things here and Bardolph won't care, if we needed to pick up other things." | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop book" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOOK Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph sneezes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mug" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP MUG Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph starts laughing at some private joke. The Phil hopes it Floyd | isn't him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stares intently over the Phil's left shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil plays "The Bishop of Bangor's Jigg" pizzicato. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph, used to noise of this kind in his inn, pays no attention. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph pats his waistcoat pockets as if looking for something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOW Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stirs the pot of stew. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph pats his waistcoat pockets as if looking for something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil plays "Frisk it Freely" pizzicato. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph, used to noise of this kind in his inn, pays no attention. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin with bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN WITH BOW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil tries manfully to play the violin with the bow, but finds his Floyd | arms are much too short. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stirs the pot of stew. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "erm" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "drop violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph starts laughing at some private joke. The Phil hopes it Floyd | isn't him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "drop bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOW Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph sneezes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOW Floyd | Floyd | Just an ordinary bow. It has a wooden bit and a stringy bit. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stares intently over the Phil's left shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "perhaps we should bring the rat for bardolph's stew?" | |
| DavidW says, "no" | ||
| DavidW says, "The game hinted it was for bait." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "but for what..." | ||
| DavidW says, "For the dog. Put sleeping potion in the rat, then the dog eats the rat, then we can get the key from his doghouse." | ||
| DavidW says, "For example." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "did i miss the sleeping potion?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I made it up!" | ||
| DavidW says, "We don't know enough yet!" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "true" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "time to query the man of god?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The church and village are likely on the other side of the river. You'll need to find a boat or a bridge first." | ||
| DavidW says, "but yes, it's something to look for." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "oh was there not a bridge" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The Phil is east of a swiftly-flowing greasy-green river, crossed by a Floyd | plank bridge. He is standing just outside a substantial, Floyd | half-timbered building displaying a large hanging sign with a picture Floyd | of a spotted dog. The Phil thinks the place looks like a pub - Floyd | although suddenly inn, tavern or ordinary all seem better words. The Floyd | Phil can also see the village proper - a good sized and pleasant Floyd | looking assemblage of stone and half timber houses and cottages- on Floyd | the far bank of the river. A little path coils west towards the Floyd | Phil's nearby cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | The Phil is inching carefully along an unsteady, and very narrow, Floyd | plank bridge with no handrails. The river flows swift, and alarmingly Floyd | close, beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, Phil," says Bill the Bowman, twirling his quarterstaff. Floyd | "How about a little friendly trial of strength for passage of the Floyd | bridge?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bill about trial" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT TRIAL Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | "Go on," says Bill, "just you try and get past me." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The Phil moves on Bill the Bowman, but the latter has no difficulty Floyd | in giving him a thump which knocks him right off the bridge. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil, lacking bouyancy, is soon in difficulties and is swept Floyd | helplessly down the swift and very dangerous river... Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "any ideas?" | |
| jaccarmac asks, "bribe him with beer maybe?" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x bill" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X BILL Floyd | Floyd | An imposing, thickset fellow, at least seven inches taller than the Floyd | Phil and at least three stone heavier. He is dressed in a coat and Floyd | breeches - well worn - of bright green, wearing a knapsack and Floyd | twirling a quarterstaff. Floyd | Floyd | "Could I buy him off?" wonders the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks the Phil up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Why is he called the Bowman?" | |
| DavidW says, "Also, I want that knapsack." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | The Phil is inching carefully along an unsteady, and very narrow, Floyd | plank bridge with no handrails. The river flows swift, and alarmingly Floyd | close, beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman whistles "Stand thy ground, Old Harry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a bow, a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) Floyd | and a scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes up a clay pipe and blows smoke rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "buy beer" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > BUY BEER Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes the Phil's penny, fills up a pint of beer and places it Floyd | on the bar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get pint" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PINT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph whistles "Akeroyde's Padd". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks impatient. "This ain't gettin the babby a frock Floyd | and pinny," he grumbles. "Come on - see if you can knock me off the Floyd | bridge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "give pint to bill" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE PINT TO BILL Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman takes the pint of beer and drains it in one go, then Floyd | throws the empty mug into the river. "Very good," he says. "Now, how Floyd | about that friendly trial of strength?" Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman gazes south. "It's looking black over Bill's Floyd | mother's," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "that's a sentence" | |
| DavidW says, "it is, yes" | ||
| DavidW asks, "You think one beer is enough to make him tipsy?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "probably not, think we should undo til we have 5 pennies and save though" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a rusty ring (to which are attached a red ribbon, a blue ribbon and Floyd | a yellow ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph sneezes. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "what are the commands to save?" | |
| DavidW clears the save counter. | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | DavidW says, "'push save' in the toyshop, not in the game." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > CF1 Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "close enough" | |
| DavidW says, "Too late. Now you... messed it up." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "or not?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "what have i broken this time..." | ||
| Guenni arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW says, "fine. Your save point is CF2 now." | |
| DavidW says, "continue" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "buy pint" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > BUY PINT Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph looks blank. "Don't sell that sort of stuff, sorry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "buy beer" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > BUY BEER Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes the Phil's penny, fills up a pint of beer and places it Floyd | on the bar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get pint" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET PINT Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stirs the pot of stew. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks impatient. "This ain't gettin the babby a frock Floyd | and pinny," he grumbles. "Come on - see if you can knock me off the Floyd | bridge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "give bill pint" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE BILL PINT Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman takes the pint of beer and drains it in one go, then Floyd | throws the empty mug into the river. "Very good," he says. "Now, how Floyd | about that friendly trial of strength?" Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman gazes south. "It's looking black over Bill's Floyd | mother's," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a bow, a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) Floyd | and a scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph starts laughing at some private joke. The Phil hopes it Floyd | isn't him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "buy beer" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > BUY BEER Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph says, "Don't you think you've had enough for one day?" Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "hmph" | |
| jaccarmac asks, "restore command to restore?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Well, you got him to drink once. Maybe it's enough. Maybe you need a sleeping pill in the beer you give him." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "yeah that's what i figure" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "but we need to restore since we're locked out of buying booze now" | ||
| DavidW says, "At least see if the beer alone makes any difference." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman fiddles with the straps of his knapsack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The Phil moves on Bill the Bowman, but the latter has no difficulty Floyd | in giving him a thump which knocks him right off the bridge. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil, lacking bouyancy, is soon in difficulties and is swept Floyd | helplessly down the swift and very dangerous river... Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "ok, no difference at all." | |
| DavidW says, "But I like the idea of knocking him out chemically." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | The Phil is in the main room of the Spotted Dog, now the village's Floyd | only inn. The room is dominated by an enormous fireplace in which a Floyd | fire was burning - it has recently gone out - although it seems the Floyd | chimney doesn't draw very well, because the air is full of smoke. Floyd | Through the haze, the Phil can see a bar, and four or five rough Floyd | tables and benches. There is no-one sitting at them, though. The Floyd | floor is strewn with mouldy rushes. A large pot of stew hangs over Floyd | the ashes of the fire, still bubbling slightly. Floyd | Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a bow, a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) Floyd | and a scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes up a clay pipe and blows smoke rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "So if you see a sleeping pill or potion, it might be for Bill here." | |
| jaccarmac says, "seems we'll have to get that from the house though" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "the tavern seems relatively bare" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd also try the violin. Music makes the savage bridge troll go to sleep or something." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph starts laughing at some private joke. The Phil hopes it Floyd | isn't him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get violin" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph scrubs the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOW Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stares intently over the Phil's left shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks impatient. "This ain't gettin the babby a frock Floyd | and pinny," he grumbles. "Come on - see if you can knock me off the Floyd | bridge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin with bow" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN WITH BOW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil tries manfully to play the violin with the bow, but finds his Floyd | arms are much too short. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman gazes south. "It's looking black over Bill's Floyd | mother's," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil plays "Have at thy Coat, old Woman" pizzicato. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman yawns, appreciatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil plays "Stepney Cakes and Ale" pizzicato. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman yawns, appreciatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil plays "the Beautiful Scrabmagg" pizzicato. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman yawns, appreciatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "You can slso try asking Bardolph about Bill." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a mug (in which is a teabag) and a scruffy black Floyd | bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph scrubs the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about bill" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT BILL Floyd | Floyd | "Well, sir," says Bardolph, "he likes pushing folk into the river." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Music isn't working." | |
| jaccarmac says, "he yawned though" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "combine beer and music?" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "drop bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > DROP BOW Floyd | Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph whistles "Akeroyde's Padd". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "No." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "buy beer" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > BUY BEER Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes the Phil's penny, fills up a pint of beer and places it Floyd | on the bar. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get beer" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BEER Floyd | Floyd | (the pint of beer) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph sneezes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman fiddles with the straps of his knapsack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "give bill beer" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE BILL BEER Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman takes the pint of beer and drains it in one go, then Floyd | throws the empty mug into the river. "Very good," he says. "Now, how Floyd | about that friendly trial of strength?" Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, Phil," says Bill the Bowman, twirling his quarterstaff. Floyd | "How about a little friendly trial of strength for passage of the Floyd | bridge?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "play violin" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > PLAY VIOLIN Floyd | Floyd | The Phil plays "Have at thy Coat, old Woman" pizzicato. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman yawns, appreciatively. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| DavidW says, "I doubt very much music+beer is the answer." | |
| jaccarmac says, "sadly correct" | ||
| DavidW asks, "We need to explore more of this side of the river. What's south of Bill?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i think just the river" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks impatient. "This ain't gettin the babby a frock Floyd | and pinny," he grumbles. "Come on - see if you can knock me off the Floyd | bridge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman gazes south. "It's looking black over Bill's Floyd | mother's," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "south...?" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni asks, "If it's a bowman how about we give him the bow?" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a bow, a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) Floyd | and a scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes up a clay pipe and blows smoke rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get bow" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BOW Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph scrubs the tables. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman fiddles with the straps of his knapsack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "give bow to bowman" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > GIVE BOW TO BOWMAN Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," says Bill the Bowman, stowing the bow in his pack, "but if Floyd | you think you can buy me off, you've another thing coming." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | Roger says, "haha" | |
| jaccarmac says, "that was some good thinking" | ||
| DavidW says, "I really want that knapsack." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "attack bill with ring" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ATTACK BILL WITH RING Floyd | Floyd | Violence is not the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, Phil," says Bill the Bowman, twirling his quarterstaff. Floyd | "How about a little friendly trial of strength for passage of the Floyd | bridge?" Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "violence is not the answer?" | |
| jaccarmac exclaims, "bill literally drowns us on purpose!" | ||
| DavidW says (to Guenni), "btw, we really are dreaming all this. If Bill pushes us into the river, we wake up." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i have an issue with this universe's ethics" | ||
| Guenni asks, "Perhaps we could show him the bow and he gets it afterwards?" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "show bow to bill" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW BOW TO BILL Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | "Go on," says Bill, "just you try and get past me." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't think the violin bow it helpful here." | |
| Guenni says, "Pity." | ||
| Guenni asks, "Did you tried bying stew?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Most likely we're meant to remove the string and use the string somewhere else." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) and a Floyd | scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph jingles some coins in his pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The stew isn't good enough for our lordship." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "buy stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > BUY STEW Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph looks nervous. "Stew's not for sale," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh. Secret about the stew?" | |
| Roger says, "it's traditionally hair, by the by" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > SMELL STEW Floyd | Floyd | (pot of stew) Floyd | The smell of of the stew is - not readily describable. It is slightly Floyd | sour, though. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph starts laughing at some private joke. The Phil hopes it Floyd | isn't him. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > TASTE STEW Floyd | Floyd | (pot of stew) Floyd | Indeed: "That's plainly inedible" goes nowhere near it. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph pats his waistcoat pockets as if looking for something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > X STEW Floyd | Floyd | (pot of stew) Floyd | An enormous blackened cauldron of stew. The ingredients of the stew Floyd | are unknown. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stares intently over the Phil's left shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "get stew" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > GET STEW Floyd | Floyd | (free stew) Floyd | That seems to belong to Bardolph. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph pats his waistcoat pockets as if looking for something. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks the Phil up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I do remember one game where I had to make a violin bow out of a pot handle and a horse hair." | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "ask bill about stew" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT STEW Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman whistles "Stand thy ground, Old Harry." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Why would Bill know about the stew?" | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "ask bill about bow" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT BOW Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks impatient. "This ain't gettin the babby a frock Floyd | and pinny," he grumbles. "Come on - see if you can knock me off the Floyd | bridge." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bill about sexton" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT SEXTON Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman gazes south. "It's looking black over Bill's Floyd | mother's," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bill about mother" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT MOTHER Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman fiddles with the straps of his knapsack. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask bill about bardolph" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT BARDOLPH Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings, Phil," says Bill the Bowman, twirling his quarterstaff. Floyd | "How about a little friendly trial of strength for passage of the Floyd | bridge?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Bill's not much on conversation." | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "ask bill about knapsack." | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BILL ABOUT KNAPSACK. Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | "Go on," says Bill, "just you try and get past me." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We need to explore more." | |
| DavidW says, "It's getting close to 2 hours already." | ||
| Guenni says, "Let's see if there's more." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | The Phil is in a very large grassy field, quite empty except for a Floyd | single, tall, blasted oak. There are no paths here, other than a Floyd | faint track leading back northeast. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x oak" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X OAK Floyd | Floyd | A tall oak tree, which has been struck by lightning, within the last Floyd | few years probably. One half of the tree is green with leaves and Floyd | heavy with acorns; the other black, burnt and bare. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "climb oak" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > CLIMB OAK Floyd | Floyd | The Phil scrutinises the tree from all sides. But there are no good Floyd | handholds or footholds on this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x bow" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOW Floyd | Floyd | Just an ordinary bow. It has a wooden bit and a stringy bit. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "shoot bow" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOOT BOW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil needs a suitable loaded weapon for that. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sorry, missed the last stuff. Fire alarm here." | |
| Guenni says, "Looks like your string theory is correct." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "throw bow at macpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW BOW AT MACPIE Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | The Phil is in a very large grassy field, quite empty except for a Floyd | single, tall, blasted oak. There are no paths here, other than a Floyd | faint track leading back northeast. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suggest finding a shinier thing to trade to the magpie." | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "throw bow at magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW BOW AT MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil lacks the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x grass" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRASS Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coin to bird" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO BIRD Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "x field" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X FIELD Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bird" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X BIRD Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show coin to magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW COIN TO MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coin" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X COIN Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | One for sorrow, they do say, but this fellow looks very cheerful. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE COIN Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take penny" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE PENNY Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show penny to magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW PENNY TO MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | The Magpie is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put penny in purse" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT PENNY IN PURSE Floyd | Floyd | He puts the penny into the purse. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sing" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SING Floyd | Floyd | The Phil really doesn't have the voice for it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "Could have worked." | |
| DavidW says, "The pennies might not be shiny" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x penny" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X PENNY Floyd | Floyd | A very worn copper coin - it is difficult to tell which King is on the Floyd | obverse - possibly good King Charles. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "rub penny" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub penny" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > RUB PENNY Floyd | Floyd | The Phil rubs the penny. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x penny" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X PENNY Floyd | Floyd | A very worn copper coin - it is difficult to tell which King is on the Floyd | obverse - possibly good King Charles. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't remember anything so far that might tempt a magpie." | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "show ribbons to magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW RIBBONS TO MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "show ring to magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SHOW RING TO MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | The Magpie is unimpressed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The ring is rusty." | |
| Doug says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a bow Floyd | a rusty ring (to which are attached a red ribbon, a blue ribbon and Floyd | a yellow ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni asks, "Could we show the card to bill?" | |
| jaccarmac asks, "would bill take the card?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "beat me to it" | ||
| DavidW says, "I kinda doubt it." | ||
| DavidW says, "Bill isn't a gaoler." | ||
| DavidW says, "Please explore more." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | The Phil has stumbled into a sunken east-west lane near his cottage. Floyd | It is deeper than he is tall, and by the look of the footprints, is Floyd | trafficked mostly by sheep. To the west, the lane is blocked by Floyd | tumbled stones and other debris, the ruins of a small building which - Floyd | long ago - collapsed into the lane from its south side. However, the Floyd | lane is open to the east, and a little path leads northwest up the Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | Draped over a little scrubby bush is a discarded shepherd's smock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "take smock" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | The smock is a skittish and faintly magical thing. As the Phil Floyd | reaches out to take the smock, a little wind springs up, and blows it Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni sighs. | |
| jaccarmac asks, "is the smock still in this room?" | ||
| Guenni says, "I hoped it had pockets." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "or did it completely disappear" | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > LOOK Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | The Phil has stumbled into a sunken east-west lane near his cottage. Floyd | It is deeper than he is tall, and by the look of the footprints, is Floyd | trafficked mostly by sheep. To the west, the lane is blocked by Floyd | tumbled stones and other debris, the ruins of a small building which - Floyd | long ago - collapsed into the lane from its south side. However, the Floyd | lane is open to the east, and a little path leads northwest up the Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "wonder if we could fullgru while wearing it" | |
| jaccarmac says, "bummer" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's elsewhere now." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > X DEBRIS Floyd | Floyd | The Phil scrabbles around in the ruins and eventually finds Floyd | something... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search debris" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SEARCH DEBRIS Floyd | Floyd | He sees nothing special about the tumbled stones. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a bow Floyd | a rusty ring (to which are attached a red ribbon, a blue ribbon and Floyd | a yellow ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x something" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > X SOMETHING Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | The Phil has stumbled into a sunken east-west lane near his cottage. Floyd | It is deeper than he is tall, and by the look of the footprints, is Floyd | trafficked mostly by sheep. To the west, the lane is blocked by Floyd | tumbled stones and other debris, the ruins of a small building which - Floyd | long ago - collapsed into the lane from its south side. However, the Floyd | lane is open to the east, and a little path leads northwest up the Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can see a brick here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brick" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > X BRICK Floyd | Floyd | A longish, flattish and rough dark red brick, with no indentations of Floyd | any kind. It has a nice tempting heft, and the word "remosclior" is Floyd | scratched into it. Floyd | Floyd | "Remosclior?" says the Phil. "Good word." He makes a note on his Floyd | shirt cuff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "spells" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SPELLS Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cuff" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > X CUFF Floyd | Floyd | The Phil examines the left cuff of his very loud lumberjack shirt. Floyd | "CLIW Fullgru Remosclior " has - by some mysterious means - been Floyd | scrawled on the cuff. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "CLIW" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > CLIW Floyd | Floyd | That was magic all right - the Phil can tell from the twitching of his Floyd | ponytail - but power is lacking, and nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "i didn't notice cliw before" | |
| jaccarmac says, "sounds almost like a hint system" | ||
| DavidW says, "me neither" | ||
| DavidW says, "I can't guess what remosclior might do." | ||
| Guenni asks, "Perhaps the brick word gives us enough strength to push back?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Reminder: we still can't actually do any magic." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "remosclior" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > REMOSCLIOR Floyd | Floyd | That was magic all right - the Phil can tell from the twitching of his Floyd | ponytail - but power is lacking, and nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni asks, "Perhaps it's just a matter of the right word in the right situation?" | |
| DavidW says, "Perhaps the smock will give us some power." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "fullgru didn't work in front of plants though" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "so pretty sure we need to enable magic generally" | ||
| Guenni says, "Although I agree, we probably need some wand tool." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "bow...?" | ||
| Guenni looks doubtful | ||
| DavidW says, "I doubt we need a wand, per se, but we need something." | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "wave bow." | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > WAVE BOW. Floyd | Floyd | He waves the bow. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x bow" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > X BOW Floyd | Floyd | Just an ordinary bow. It has a wooden bit and a stringy bit. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "disassemble bowe" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > DISASSEMBLE BOWE Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "break bow" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > BREAK BOW Floyd | Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "remove string from bow" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > REMOVE STRING FROM BOW Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "take string" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > TAKE STRING Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "unstring bow" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > UNSTRING BOW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "untie bow" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > UNTIE BOW Floyd | Floyd | That is not something the Phil can untie. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x wooden bit" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > X WOODEN BIT Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "okay, maybe the bow isn't meant to be taken apart." | |
| Guenni says, "Ok, so it's needed as a whole after all." | ||
| jaccarmac exclaims, "but the bits!" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | The Phil has stumbled into a sunken east-west lane near his cottage. Floyd | It is deeper than he is tall, and by the look of the footprints, is Floyd | trafficked mostly by sheep. To the west, the lane is blocked by Floyd | tumbled stones and other debris, the ruins of a small building which - Floyd | long ago - collapsed into the lane from its south side. However, the Floyd | lane is open to the east, and a little path leads northwest up the Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can see a brick here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What's east of here?" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get brick" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > GET BRICK Floyd | Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | The Phil is in a sunken lane, running from west to east (rising a Floyd | little as it does so), and just north of the hut belonging to the Floyd | shepherd. There has been a fall of earth on the north bank of the Floyd | lane, at the foot of which is a strange patch of pale grass. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x grass" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRASS Floyd | Floyd | A patch, about two feet in diameter, where the grass is growing Floyd | shorter, weaker and paler than elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "smells like a dig puzzle to me" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. Floyd | Floyd | Securely tied up here is a very big cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAT Floyd | Floyd | The cat is a big one - not far off the size of a small lynx - Floyd | orange-yellow and very fat. It has a smug expression on its face and Floyd | an unnerving look in its eye. The cat is tied up with what seems to Floyd | Phil to be excessively strong rope, and clearly with the intention of Floyd | ensuring it can't get near the door. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. Floyd | Floyd | Securely tied up here is a very big cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "pet cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > PET CAT Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > X ROPE Floyd | Floyd | Made of twisted hemp, and more than an inch in diameter. One end is Floyd | tied to a staple in the wall of the hut. The other end is tied Floyd | securely round the neck of the cat. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni says, "Are we supposed to give the poor beast it's freedom, or will be eaten for our troubles?´" | |
| DavidW says, "If we drug the cat with a drugged dead rat, we could take this rope." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "we have undo, i say bravely untie" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAT Floyd | Floyd | The cat is a big one - not far off the size of a small lynx - Floyd | orange-yellow and very fat. It has a smug expression on its face and Floyd | an unnerving look in its eye. The cat is tied up with what seems to Floyd | Phil to be excessively strong rope, and clearly with the intention of Floyd | ensuring it can't get near the door. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "lynxes are cute anyway" | |
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cliw" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > CLIW Floyd | Floyd | That was magic all right - the Phil can tell from the twitching of his Floyd | ponytail - but power is lacking, and nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cat about cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK CAT ABOUT CAT Floyd | Floyd | There is no reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "tell cat about cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > TELL CAT ABOUT CAT Floyd | Floyd | This provokes no reaction. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's not a talker." | |
| DavidW says, "But it's a dream world with magic, so I had to check." | ||
| Guenni says, "So, let's try the untying first. And if that's a bad idea we get the rat, if we can." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's after 4 now." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "untie cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > UNTIE CAT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil gingerly unties the cat. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. A length of rope - which was used to Floyd | tie up the cat - coils across the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can see a cat here. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get rope" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > GET ROPE Floyd | Floyd | That's hardly portable. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "tie cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > TIE CAT Floyd | Floyd | What do you want to tie the cat to? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "tie cat to rope" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > TIE CAT TO ROPE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil would achieve nothing by this. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "z" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > Z Floyd | Floyd | Time passes. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | You must name something more substantial. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Odd that the rope isn't portable." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. A length of rope - which was used to Floyd | tie up the cat - coils across the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can see a cat here. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | But the Phil isn't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "kitty is hungry" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. A length of rope - which was used to Floyd | tie up the cat - coils across the floor. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can see a cat here. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Floyd | > UNDO Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | [Previous turn undone.] Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. Floyd | Floyd | Securely tied up here is a very big cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > SAVEOk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staple" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > X STAPLE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil briefly considers the staple. Not worth further Floyd | investigation. Floyd | Floyd | > | Guenni asks, "So, let's get the rat?" | |
| DavidW asks, "And?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "feed the hungry feline" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i believe" | ||
| DavidW asks, "What will feeding the cat accomplish?" | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), ";Erm the rat was your idea, I believe?" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > ;ERM THE RAT WAS YOUR IDEA, I BELIEVE? Floyd | Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | McMartin says, "how dare u not feed kitty :(" | |
| jaccarmac says, "exactly" | ||
| DavidW says, "The rat was half an idea." | ||
| McMartin | [LINK] | ||
| DavidW says, "I thought the rope was the useful part." | ||
| McMartin says, "(Sorry, I just popped into the MUD for a moment but that was the first line I saw and I was compelled)" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "it's not portable" | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), ";Well, I don't have a better half at the moment. :-)" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > ;WELL, I DON'T HAVE A BETTER HALF AT THE MOMENT. :-) Floyd | Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I suppose, you might try luring the cat with the rat to the magpie." | |
| Guenni goes home. | jaccarmac says, "that too" | |
| jaccarmac says, "it is odorous after all" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "do the saves stick around if we don't finish today?" | ||
| DavidW says, "But it's rather clear this is a dangerous animal to let loose." | ||
| Guenni says, "guenn Test" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "dangerous or just hungry" | ||
| Guenni arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW says (to jaccarmac), "It's better to make uniquely named saved files if you want it to last longer. The generic save files tend to be overwritten." | |
| jaccarmac says, "that's what i wondered" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "not sure how the file system works, i did accidentally create a save called "save"" | ||
| DavidW says, "You can name a save file anything ... but so can everyone else." | ||
| DavidW says, "So you try to pick a name no one else would and cross your fingers." | ||
| Guenni says, "And one you remember until you want to play next." | ||
| DavidW says, "right" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "any way to delete the crufty files?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I have no access to them directly." | ||
| DavidW says, "I can't list them or see how many there are or anything like that." | ||
| Guenni says, "Oh, I thought you had floyd gut rights." | ||
| DavidW says, "I have access to an upload page. It's very limited." | ||
| DavidW says, "I also have a very limited access to Perry to start him logging or to stop." | ||
| Guenni says, "So, the file sits around useless, not ideal but not that bad either." | ||
| Guenni says, "And we save again with a better name." | ||
| DavidW says, "There's probably hundreds of forgotten save files." | ||
| Guenni asks, "Or is their something else I missed because of my client nonsense?" | ||
| DavidW says (to Guenni), "I'm not sure you missed much." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "don't think so, it's been slow for a bit" | ||
| Guenni says, "well than." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i'm distracted by my bread oven which i can actually open" | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "save" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > SAVE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "cfbirmingham3" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
| ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | The Phil is in a simple, windowless, shepherd's hut. There is no sign Floyd | of the shepherd, which is odd. Floyd | Floyd | Securely tied up here is a very big cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The exit is north, I think." | |
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "out" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > OUT Floyd | Floyd | But the Phil isn't in anything at the moment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "yeah that's right" | |
| jaccarmac says, "guenni not sure if you were here for the grass" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x grass" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > X GRASS Floyd | Floyd | A patch, about two feet in diameter, where the grass is growing Floyd | shorter, weaker and paler than elsewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "i thought it was probably dig" | |
| jaccarmac says, "or something magical" | ||
| Guenni asks, "Did you try the plant word?" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "fullgru" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > FULLGRU Floyd | Floyd | That was magic all right - the Phil can tell from the twitching of his Floyd | ponytail - but power is lacking, and nothing happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "the conclusion so far is that we need the smock or similar to cast" | |
| jaccarmac says, "but i had not tried" | ||
| DavidW says, "We're assuming that fullgru grows plants. It's never actually happened." | ||
| Guenni nods. | ||
| Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil scrambles up the bank of earth... Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The Phil is east of a swiftly-flowing greasy-green river, crossed by a Floyd | plank bridge. He is standing just outside a substantial, Floyd | half-timbered building displaying a large hanging sign with a picture Floyd | of a spotted dog. The Phil thinks the place looks like a pub - Floyd | although suddenly inn, tavern or ordinary all seem better words. The Floyd | Phil can also see the village proper - a good sized and pleasant Floyd | looking assemblage of stone and half timber houses and cottages- on Floyd | the far bank of the river. A little path coils west towards the Floyd | Phil's nearby cottage. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe instead fullgru calls the local AAA on a crystal ball." | |
| jaccarmac says, "that's an unexpected shortcut" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "perhaps we can lure the cat to bill?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i didn't keep track of how many turns it took to get eaten" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "but it was at least 3" | ||
| Guenni says, "We could use the rat as bite to make it follow us or something." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "it will follow us already i'm pretty sure" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "shall i try?" | ||
| Guenni says, "Yeah." | ||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get smock" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > GET SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | The smock is a skittish and faintly magical thing. As the Phil Floyd | reaches out to take the smock, a little wind springs up, and blows it Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "new" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NEW Floyd | Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > I Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying: Floyd | a brick Floyd | a bow Floyd | a rusty ring (to which are attached a red ribbon, a blue ribbon and Floyd | a yellow ribbon) Floyd | a purse Floyd | five pennies Floyd | a hat (being worn) Floyd | a little card Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | The Phil has stumbled into a sunken east-west lane near his cottage. Floyd | It is deeper than he is tall, and by the look of the footprints, is Floyd | trafficked mostly by sheep. To the west, the lane is blocked by Floyd | tumbled stones and other debris, the ruins of a small building which - Floyd | long ago - collapsed into the lane from its south side. However, the Floyd | lane is open to the east, and a little path leads northwest up the Floyd | side. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "put brick on smock" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > PUT BRICK ON SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | Putting things on the smock would achieve nothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Maybe put the brick on the smock so it doesn't blow away so easily." | |
| jaccarmac ( | ||
| DavidW says, "tmg" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Securely tied up here is a very big cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "untie cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > UNTIE CAT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil gingerly unties the cat. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil scrambles up the bank of earth... Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks the Phil up and down. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac exclaims, "haha!" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x cat" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > X CAT Floyd | Floyd | The cat is a big one - not far off the size of a small lynx - Floyd | orange-yellow and very fat. It has a smug expression on its face and Floyd | an unnerving look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "uh, he had the knapsack" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) and a Floyd | scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph sneezes. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows Bardolph. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "so we are now Death" | |
| DavidW says, "This is one dangerous cat." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "as long as we have a steady supply of victims" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Island in the river Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Island in the river Floyd | The Phil is in the middle of an island in the river. It's a pleasant Floyd | place, quiet and grassy (although the grass on the far bank to the Floyd | east looks a tiny bit greener). The stones of the old west bridge, Floyd | washed away in a flood, litter the west bank of the island. A new Floyd | plank bridge leads west, and and a stone bridge east. Floyd | Floyd | Walter the Woodcutter - his famous magic Axe on his shoulder - is Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | The Axe shuffles onto a slightly more comfortable spot on Walter's Floyd | shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows Walter the Floyd | Woodcutter. Floyd | Floyd | Cursing furiously, the Axe falls to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What's a shepherd doing with a beast like this?" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get axe" | ||
Floyd ] Island in the river Floyd | > Floyd | > GET AXE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is carrying too much already. Floyd | Floyd | The Axe glares at the Phil. Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Stone Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Stone Bridge Floyd | The Phil is on an ancient stone bridge. On each side of the bridge, a Floyd | carved head of a snarling dog has been placed to face up (or down) the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | Lurking under the bridge is an extremely ugly Troll. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows Troll. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Outskirts of the Village Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outskirts of the Village Floyd | The Phil is in a thin belt of woodland on a road by the outskirts of a Floyd | village. The road leads east towards the village and, over a stone Floyd | bridge, west across the river. A damp path follows the river to the Floyd | northeast, and there is a clearing by the side of the road to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] The Main Street Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Main Street Floyd | The Phil is wandering down the main street of a good sized village, Floyd | with sweet little cottages all around. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Western End of the Market Place Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Western End of the Market Place Floyd | Here is the place where the main road through the village starts to Floyd | open into the market place, off to the east. There is a curious stump Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Market Place Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Market Place Floyd | The Phil is in the Market Place - small and irregular in shape, and Floyd | overshadowed by a huge oak tree right in the centre. It is crossed Floyd | from east to west by the road, and a narrow alley runs north. At one Floyd | end of the Market Place are an ancient village cross, a stone bench Floyd | and a pump. It isn't market day, so there are no stalls. The Phil Floyd | notices that the door of a mean looking house in the southeast of the Floyd | Market Place stands open. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil is sure someone is watching him from the upper room of the Floyd | house to the southeast. Floyd | Floyd | The cat purrs along at the Phil's heels. The Phil isn't sure he likes Floyd | the look in its eye. Floyd | All of a sudden, the cat opens wide and swallows the Phil. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil wakes up screaming and finds it's all a dream. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** The End *** Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last Floyd | command? Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "alright that's an interesting clock" | |
| DavidW says, "Well, at least we saw some of the village." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "dog could have something to do with the cat maybe?" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "and we can use the axe to fall the tree and get the key maybe?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think every time the cat ate someone else gave us more time." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "but i'll let someone else have a crack at driving this puzzle" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "it seems that if we enter a room with someone the cat will always eat" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "but have slightly more time before it will eat phil" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||
Floyd | > Floyd | > RESTORE Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read: Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Ok. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Can we ask Bardolph about cat and about shepherd?" | |
| jaccarmac exclaims, "good idea!" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil scrambles up the bank of earth... Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) and a Floyd | scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph takes up a clay pipe and blows smoke rings. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about shepherd" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT SHEPHERD Floyd | Floyd | "The Shepherd?" says Bardolph. "A long fellow. And fat. I have not Floyd | seen him these two days." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about cat" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT CAT Floyd | Floyd | "The Shepherd has a cat," says Bardolph, "but I have never liked the Floyd | look in its eye." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ask bardolph about dog" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > ASK BARDOLPH ABOUT DOG Floyd | Floyd | "Nobody on this side o' the river keeps a large dog," says Bardolph. Floyd | He pauses to think, "Unless..." He blenches a little and falls Floyd | silent. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Okay. The cat ate the shepherd, then." | |
| jaccarmac exclaims, "or the shepherd is a WEREWOLF!!" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "who comes prowling around our house during the day" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i'll admit i didn't finish thinking this theory through" | ||
| DavidW says, "hm. In wolf-form, he wouldn't wear his smock." | ||
| Guenni says, "We could wear the smock, perhaps the cat will leave us alone that way." | ||
| DavidW says, "I doubt it. I think the cat ate the shepherd, honestly." | ||
| Guenni asks, "And who tied it up?" | ||
| DavidW says, "The shepherd. He just got too close one day." | ||
| Guenni says, "Hmm, perhaps." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "i wonder if we could untie it and lead it?" | ||
| Guenni says, "Perhaps we need to be able to grab the axe and hit it." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "also i remember reading a review of the game and going back to it it mentions needing an item from the first bedroom" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "did we grab everything from that room?" | ||
| Guenni says, "We have the card." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "that's right" | ||
| Guenni says, "And we know where the mug is." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "excellent" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "double checked the starting room in-browser and it seems that was it so we should not be locked out of anything" | ||
| Guenni says, "Let's get the smock anyway." | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "any new ideas on how?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Does the smock wear itself down, or just keep flying to random places or what?" | ||
| Guenni asks, "It's lying around near the oak, or did you try to get it and I missed that?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "seems to fly one space away" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "restored so it will be by the house" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "l" | ||
Floyd ] At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | > Floyd | > L Floyd | Floyd | At the sign of the Spotted Dog Floyd | The Phil is in the main room of the Spotted Dog, now the village's Floyd | only inn. The room is dominated by an enormous fireplace in which a Floyd | fire was burning - it has recently gone out - although it seems the Floyd | chimney doesn't draw very well, because the air is full of smoke. Floyd | Through the haze, the Phil can see a bar, and four or five rough Floyd | tables and benches. There is no-one sitting at them, though. The Floyd | floor is strewn with mouldy rushes. A large pot of stew hangs over Floyd | the ashes of the fire, still bubbling slightly. Floyd | Floyd | Standing stoutly behind the bar is Bardolph the Innkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | The Phil can also see a violin, a mug (in which is a teabag) and a Floyd | scruffy black bound book here. Floyd | Floyd | Bardolph stares intently over the Phil's left shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, get it into a room that we can close the door behind it." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get smock" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > GET SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | The smock is a skittish and faintly magical thing. As the Phil Floyd | reaches out to take the smock, a little wind springs up, and blows it Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "If it's trapped in a room, then maybe we can get it." | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get smock" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > GET SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | The smock is a skittish and faintly magical thing. As the Phil Floyd | reaches out to take the smock, a little wind springs up, and blows it Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "get smock" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > GET SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | The smock is a skittish and faintly magical thing. As the Phil Floyd | reaches out to take the smock, a little wind springs up, and blows it Floyd | away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "looks like it loops" | |
| DavidW says, "Try opening the door of the cottage so the smock has the option of flying inside." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > OPEN DOOR Floyd | Floyd | (the brown door) Floyd | That's already open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > X DOOR Floyd | Floyd | (the brown door) Floyd | A plain brown door. There is nothing remarkable about it, but it does Floyd | seem that something with claws - large claws - has been Floyd | scratching on it. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac asks, "uh did we notice that before folks?" | |
| DavidW says, "no" | ||
| DavidW says, "Maybe there really is a werewolf." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "i had forgotten that smock was a shepherd one" | ||
| Guenni asks, "Could we put the brick on the smock so it's to heavy to fly off?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "you mentioning it restored my faith in my own theory" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "tried that, doesn't let us" | ||
| DavidW says, "Or the shepherd is a werecat and he ties himself up." | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "throw brick at magpie" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW BRICK AT MAGPIE Floyd | Floyd | The Phil decides not to. Someone might get hurt. Floyd | Floyd | Besides, a more promising target may present itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "throw brick at smock" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW BRICK AT SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | The Phil decides not to. Someone might get hurt. Floyd | Floyd | Besides, a more promising target may present itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > NE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "se" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | > Floyd | > SE Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (West) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "s" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > S Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Shepherd's Hut Floyd | Securely tied up here is a very big cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "throw brick at cat" | ||
Floyd ] Shepherd's Hut Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW BRICK AT CAT Floyd | Floyd | The Phil decides not to. Someone might get hurt. Floyd | Floyd | Besides, a more promising target may present itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Bill?" | |
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Sunken Lane (East) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | The Phil scrambles up the bank of earth... Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > E Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | On the Plank Bridge Floyd | Standing firmly in the middle of the bridge is Bill the Bowman. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman looks the Phil up and down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "throw brick at bill" | ||
Floyd ] On the Plank Bridge Floyd | > Floyd | > THROW BRICK AT BILL Floyd | Floyd | The Phil decides not to. Someone might get hurt. Floyd | Floyd | Besides, a more promising target may present itself. Floyd | Floyd | Bill the Bowman whistles "Stand thy ground, Old Harry." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Riverbank Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Riverbank Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "n" | ||
Floyd ] Twisting Path Floyd | > Floyd | > N Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Twisting Path Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "w" | ||
Floyd ] Outside the Cottage Floyd | > Floyd | > W Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Outside the Cottage Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > SW Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | A shepherd's smock lies on the ground here. Floyd | Floyd | High in the branches of the blasted oak is the Magpie. It has the Floyd | brass key in its beak. Floyd | Floyd | > | jaccarmac says, "said review had a pretty negative take on the game, but i rather like all the interacting pieces" | |
| jaccarmac says, "though i'll admit i would probably have spoiled myself if i were playing locally" | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x smock" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X SMOCK Floyd | Floyd | Very capacious - for the shepherd was a big man ("Did I really say Floyd | "was"?" the Phil asks himself.) It is embroidered with a Floyd | large Staffordshire knot in red thread. It feels faintly magical, as Floyd | shepherd's smocks so often are. Floyd | Floyd | Predictably, the Phil's eyes water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||
| jaccarmac says (to Floyd), "x knot" | ||
Floyd ] In the field of the blasted oak Floyd | > Floyd | > X KNOT Floyd | Floyd | He can't see any such thing. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "It's far too much for the comp, really. We've barely scratched the surface of the game." | |
| jaccarmac asks, "have you played it through?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Not until now." | ||
| Guenni nods to David. | ||
| DavidW says, "And no, not through." | ||
| DavidW says, "If I had played it, I wouldn't have suggested it." | ||
| Guenni asks, "It's a quarter to 11pm here. Since we are kinda out of ideas how wo give it a rest for now?" | ||
| jaccarmac says, "fine by me" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm unclear on how to proceed. Personally, I'd want to restart from the beginning and make extensive notes, which is my preferred style of play." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "fair enough" | ||
| Guenni says, "So do just that." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to know what my potential inventory is. The settle cushion -- is that portable? I don't know." | ||
| Guenni says, "I also might." | ||
| jaccarmac exclaims, "homework!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I do do homework after CF sessions." | ||
| jaccarmac says, "anyway folks, thanks for the game" | ||
| jaccarmac asks, "same bat-time same bat-channel next week?" | ||
