  
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 ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask vampireltd" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Look at him up there. Strutting up and down the stage like he owns the | ||
| CF | place, which he does. The whole crowd gazing at him, worshipping him. | ||
| CF | Never mind that he's a vampire, never mind that they're all so much | ||
| CF | blood to him - he's rich, he's famous, but he likes nerdy things and | ||
| CF | he smiles a lot, so he must be just like them! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Bastard. That should be you up there. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Vampire Ltd | ||
| CF | A Corporate Espionage Adventure (with Vampires In It) by Alex Harby | ||
| CF | Release 3 / Serial number 200926 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib | ||
| CF | 6/12N) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The plaza outside the Lunarcel complex is packed this morning. The | ||
| CF | crowd hangs on Hadrian's every word as he paces a stage set up near | ||
| CF | the entrance to the main campus. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is in the middle of a speech. He's been going for about ten | ||
| CF | minutes, but he seems to be building up to something. "...Hydrological | ||
| CF | energy needs you to live next to a big enough river. Solar and wind | ||
| CF | power need you to have the right kind of weather. Geothermal power | ||
| CF | needs you to live on top of a volcano. Sustainable energy simply does | ||
| CF | not work for everybody." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "actually, I should've visited the bathroom before starting." | |
| Jacqueline says, "We can pause a beat." | ||
| MoyTW says, "It is my sincere hope that everybody in this game is named after a Roman Emperor. Emporer...how...how do you...words." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Yeah we kin wait." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "DW, pee. Moy, heat soup." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Jacq, drink egg nog." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Emp...er...er...?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Emperor." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Caesar." | ||
| Roger says, "this location is trying to do too much, I think" | ||
| DavidW says, "sorry about that" | ||
| Roger says, "I know we just got here, but" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X ME | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are the vampire Nero Brashov. Once proud and wealthy, now | ||
| CF | destitute and dusty, but still as blood-sucking as ever. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Clearly, the world needs a new solution. A sustainable source of | ||
| CF | clean energy which is absolutely reliable, no matter who you are or | ||
| CF | where you are." While he rambles, you shift your umbrella to your | ||
| CF | other arm, and daydream about the snack you're carrying. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "It's vampire fiction, it's obligated to be overreaching." | |
| Jacqueline says, "And hopefully sexy." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x umbrella" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X UMBRELLA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your one remaining prized possession, an umbrella made of thick black | ||
| CF | fabric and an aspen wood shaft, sleek and sharp and aerodynamic. You | ||
| CF | want to keep out of the sun, but you want to look good doing it. The | ||
| CF | umbrella is currently open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "My friends," says Hadrian with a wink, "I present to you the | ||
| CF | Moonlite." And he whisks the cover off the screen next to him, | ||
| CF | revealing a picture of... something? Some kind of a machine? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "I expect sexiness from my vampires." | |
| MoyTW exclaims, "We got Nero!" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x moonlite" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X MOONLITE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The screen shows a promotional image of something called the Moonlite. | ||
| CF | It looks like some kind of big dumb thimble-shaped machine. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The crowd oohs at the screen. "The Moonlite!" says Hadrian, gloating. | ||
| CF | "A fission reactor which will work anywhere, for anyone! Clean energy, | ||
| CF | for anyone! And it's completely safe. Forget uranium, forget plutonium | ||
| CF | - all that's needed is harmless helium." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says (to Moy), "heh" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'm kind of surprised that this is the first time I've encountered a vampire just... using a parasol." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Makes sense." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x hadrian" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X HADRIAN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Perfectly coiffed and coutured, as always. Amazing how good you can | ||
| CF | look when you probably pay a dozen people to dress you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "We're still in the development stage, of course. We have a working | ||
| CF | prototype in our engineering laboratory, but we won't enter production | ||
| CF | until it's perfect. We'll be announcing more in the coming months. | ||
| CF | Take care." And Hadrian turns and leaves abruptly, leaving a pool of | ||
| CF | reporters shouting questions after him. The crowd disperses, the stage | ||
| CF | is dismantled, and you're standing in the middle of the bustle, | ||
| CF | fuming. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are Nero Brashov, former nobleman, current vampire, and | ||
| CF | temporarily-embarassed businessman. You have learned that humans don't | ||
| CF | like vampires very much... unless you happen to be rich and | ||
| CF | charismatic. Oh yes, the mortal world will line up to worship Hadrian | ||
| CF | Alba! You know what kind of person he really is, and you know it's all | ||
| CF | luck and lies that got him to the top, but that doesn't matter to | ||
| CF | anyone else, oh no. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | And you? Victim of rotten luck, reduced to stealing from blood banks | ||
| CF | and sleeping in your hearse, just because of a handful of failed | ||
| CF | startups and lawsuits and bankruptcies? Why should you accept that, | ||
| CF | and watch Hadrian be hailed as a hero because of his stupid Moonlite | ||
| CF | thing? It's not like he ever cared about sustainable energy when | ||
| CF | you knew him. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Well, you've got your own plan. You're going to go in there and find | ||
| CF | this Moonlite. And you're going to destroy it. Don't let Hadrian be | ||
| CF | the bigger man. Get sweet revenge. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | And you'll put your grand plan into motion just as soon as you're | ||
| CF | invited in. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Dunno it seems prone to failure. Like, if somebody bumps you, worst sunburn ever." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x banner" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X BANNER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to deliver high-quality award-winning | ||
| CF | customer service online and by telephone to Lunarcel customers and | ||
| CF | clients? WE ARE HIRING! Entry-level positions - NO CV REQUIRED! Start | ||
| CF | as early as TODAY! CALL NOW!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "No CV required"? "Start today"? They must be desperate to hire | ||
| CF | people. There's a phone number on the banner - maybe you could get | ||
| CF | invited in for an interview... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x phone number" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X PHONE NUMBER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the phone booth. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x booth" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth, but clearly looked after. That is, none of the | ||
| CF | windows are smashed right now. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter booth" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [When talking to people or using devices, you'll be given numbered | ||
| CF | options like those below. To choose one, just type the number of the | ||
| CF | option you want. For example, just type "1" if you want to select the | ||
| CF | first option.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the Lunarcel job application number | ||
| CF | [2] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [3] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu exclaims, "I thought those were a myth!" | |
| DavidW asks, "Phone booths?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yes, and I'm kidding." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe. I live in a place where people use umbrellas as parasols all the time and people don't really bump into one another. It seems to work fine." | ||
| DavidW asks, "I assume we want to apply for a job? Get 'invited' inside?" | ||
| Karona says, "Oooh." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I don't ever remember seeing a phone booth 'round here, if you just didn't consume popular culture they might as well be mythical." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I think that#s the plan." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Mrrrmyep." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, call fora job." | ||
| DavidW says, "(vampires can't enter places without an invite)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You dial the number on the job advert. It rings for a while, but a | ||
| CF | glassy-sounding voice eventually picks up. "Hello, Lunarcel customer | ||
| CF | services department, how may I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm applying for that job opening. | ||
| CF | [2] Do you have Prince Albert in a can? Well you'd better let him out! | ||
| CF | [3] Sorry, wrong number. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Brilliant. Well, we're hiring quickly at the moment, so we're open | ||
| CF | all week for applicants. We just need to do an informal interview to | ||
| CF | get to know you first. Can you drop in today?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You give the woman on the other end a fake name and details. (Well, | ||
| CF | better pretend to be human while you're sneaking in. You can feed on | ||
| CF | the employees later.) "Great! Thanks, Oren. Come into the office | ||
| CF | whenever you can. We're on the Lunarcel campus, on the west end. We're | ||
| CF | in the white office block there." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] So I'm definitely allowed into the campus, then? | ||
| CF | [2] Great! See you soon. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Ok I don't...get #2." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "(Well, these vampires can't.)" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "You don't?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought 2 was hilarious." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Is that a pun or does it, like, require you to know something about Prince Albert?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Prince Albert is a brand of chewing tobacco that came in a can." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So it was basically a prank call." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's a very old joke." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I, what." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well ok then." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And I hope every time we pick up the phone there's a different silly prank option." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Yes, of course you're allowed in! Why wouldn't you be?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Great! See you soon. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You say your goodbyes and end the call. So, you've been invited in for | ||
| CF | interview! You should be able to cross the threshold into the campus | ||
| CF | now. Unless Hadrian spots you and bans you again. But how could he | ||
| CF | possibly find you? You're using a fake name. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Hmm, W?" | |
| DavidW says, "I'm not certain if we actually *need* to apply." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "I mean...surely they have a badging system?" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, I wouldn't know." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well sure let's try just walking into the lab and see how that goes." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You've only been invited to the customer service office for your | ||
| CF | interview. You don't yet have the freedom to explore more of the | ||
| CF | place. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Well, but would badges allow us where we aren't supposed to be?" | |
| DavidW says, "w" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Oh well I guess Vampire Rules compel us to officially get sanction." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "I suppose they might then." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North seems to lead to some kind of meeting room. You | ||
| CF | can head back outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A woman who you take to be the office manager is bustling wildly, | ||
| CF | juggling several administrative tasks at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Alright whose computer are we gonna jack later? I bet Hadrian has a common password." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x list" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X LIST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | This looks like a printout of some techie website article: | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "THIS YEAR'S MOST COMMON PASSWORDS | ||
| CF | Cybersecurity begins with a strong password, yet many people use | ||
| CF | simple and easily-guessed passwords. This is a list of the 12 most | ||
| CF | commonly used passwords of the past year, as revealed by security | ||
| CF | leaks and database breaches. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | * 12345678 | ||
| CF | * admin | ||
| CF | * dragon | ||
| CF | * holiness | ||
| CF | * letmein | ||
| CF | * monkey | ||
| CF | * password | ||
| CF | * q1w2e3r4 | ||
| CF | * qwerty | ||
| CF | * sunshine | ||
| CF | * shadow | ||
| CF | * trustn01 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | If you use one of these passwords, you may be at risk of other people | ||
| CF | accessing your personal information!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "I was about to say, this better be a do-not-use list." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x woman" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X WOMAN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (the manager) | ||
| CF | A bundle of stress in a turtleneck sweater. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to her" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO HER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Can I help- How can I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm here for a job interview. | ||
| CF | [2] Never mind, I though you were someone else. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Ah, you must be Oren! I'm ready for you right now. Follow me, | ||
| CF | please." She leads you into the meeting room. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Interview Room | ||
| CF | Now that you're in there, you see that what you thought was a | ||
| CF | conference room is really just a converted stationery closet with two | ||
| CF | chairs, a table and a cupboard. There's barely room for one person | ||
| CF | here; with both you and the manager in here, it's dangerously crowded. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is sitting across from you. She gives you her friendliest | ||
| CF | smile. "Good to meet you, Mr. Vohsarb. I only have a few questions for | ||
| CF | you, just to make sure you're an appropriate fit for this department. | ||
| CF | So, could you tell me why you applied for this job, and why you want | ||
| CF | to work at Lunarcel?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Corporate espionage | ||
| CF | [2] Revenge | ||
| CF | [3] I've lost control of my life | ||
| CF | [4] It has always been my dream to serve the customer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "That's a wonderful description." | |
| MoyTW says, "...hahahahaha, these are such enticing options I love them all." | ||
| DavidW asks, "We simply flipped our name backwards?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's my guess" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, 4." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You say something about helping other people, the kind of thing you | ||
| CF | used to like to hear from other people. It looks like the manager | ||
| CF | likes it too. She scribbles a quick note, and says "Thank you, Oren. | ||
| CF | Now, why did you leave your last job position?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Failed to attract sufficient startup investment | ||
| CF | [2] Employees unwilling to work for me | ||
| CF | [3] Run out of town by pitchforked mob | ||
| CF | [4] It did not challenge and inspire me like this job would | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You improvise something about how you've heard Lunarcel is the land of | ||
| CF | opportunity, and how the office looks like a great work environment | ||
| CF | and everything, just like you remember your old job applicants telling | ||
| CF | you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As you start to wonder if they were lying too, the manager makes | ||
| CF | another little note. "Thank you. Just one more question, and there are | ||
| CF | no right or wrong answers here... What would you say is your biggest | ||
| CF | weakness?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Vulnerability to sunlight | ||
| CF | [2] Wooden stake through the heart or stomach | ||
| CF | [3] Inability to cross thresholds uninvited | ||
| CF | [4] Sensitivity to holy symbols | ||
| CF | [5] Running water | ||
| CF | [6] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer fiddles with her pen, waiting for a response. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "6?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "yes" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 6 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Yes, everyone says that." The interviewer has a wry little smile as | ||
| CF | she checks her notes one more time. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Well, I don't see any cause for concern here. Welcome abroad, Oren!" | ||
| CF | She shakes your hand. "Can you start today?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Five minutes later, you've been shown to your new desk, on which is a | ||
| CF | very old computer. You'll be handling online customer enquiries for | ||
| CF | your first shift, you've been told. Around you, other workers are | ||
| CF | being yelled at over the phone, or doing something clerical with a | ||
| CF | spreadsheet, or some other boring task. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer - your new manager - comes back with something on a | ||
| CF | lanyard. "Here's your ID card, hot off the presses," she says, as you | ||
| CF | slip it around your neck. "You're supposed to wear your card at all | ||
| CF | times. You don't really need it unless you're going to high-security | ||
| CF | areas, but you'd need to be properly authorised anyway, so don't worry | ||
| CF | about it. Talk to me if you need anything!" And she's gone again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Of course, now that you're officially allowed on the Lunarcel campus, | ||
| CF | you have no intention of doing any work. You are going to find | ||
| CF | Hadrian's precious Moonlite machine and destroy it. As soon as you | ||
| CF | find it, that is. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a meeting room. You can head back | ||
| CF | outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's an unused miserable-looking computer here which is, | ||
| CF | apparently, yours. Lovely. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is bustling wildly, juggling several administrative tasks | ||
| CF | at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "...I really want to go back and pick silly answers and see how it turns out but probably 6." | |
| Jacqueline says, "But I want to go back later and bomb this interview." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Welcome abroad!" | ||
| Roger says, "why not now" | ||
| MoyTW exclaims, "Hooray!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I look forward to being abroad again." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Roger), "I guess 'cause we didn't save first?" | ||
| DavidW says, "It's very close to the start of the game still. We can restart and bomb the interview later." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "I love the reference checking and background check vetting this place does before giving you access to computers and other areas. Top notch!" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x computer" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On a rickety desk near you is a yellowing tower computer running an | ||
| CF | operating system from 10 years ago. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The old computer is currently switched on. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x card" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X CARD | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A plastic keycard on a lanyard, currently dangling about your neck. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > READ IT | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A plastic keycard on a lanyard, currently dangling about your neck. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager makes a phone call and arranges some interview for later | ||
| CF | this week. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > I | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are carrying: | ||
| CF | an ID card (being worn) | ||
| CF | an umbrella | ||
| CF | a blood bag | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x blood bag" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X BLOOD BAG | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Times are tough, and it's getting harder to bite people without being | ||
| CF | reported. You have to make do with whatever you can find when you | ||
| CF | break into the blood donation clinic after hours. This blood bag is | ||
| CF | full, and looking pretty tasty right now. You can bite it if you want | ||
| CF | a meal. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "I mean, we're not given access to the important areas (yet)." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yes, I also want to prank call a few times when we restart." | ||
| DavidW asks, "So, head for the lab now?" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "KO True" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You make a quick and confident exit while the manager's back is | ||
| CF | turned. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus East | ||
| CF | This part of the campus plaza wants to be open and airy, but it's | ||
| CF | hemmed in by various concrete structures, the biggest of them being | ||
| CF | the Engineering Laboratory to the north. Prettier parts of the campus | ||
| CF | are to the west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Water cuts across the laboratory doorway here, spouting from a burst | ||
| CF | pipe in the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a worker here, maybe a janitor or other maintenance person, | ||
| CF | leaning against the wall and holding a sign that says "VAMPIRES SUCK". | ||
| CF | There's just no need for that kind of tone. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "...so, like, vampires are apparently a normal thing, then?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "Talk to the guy with the sign?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Possibly." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x worker" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X WORKER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | She's leaning against the wall, holding a protest sign. She spots you | ||
| CF | looking at her, nods at you and waggles the sign a little. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks (of Moy), "Aren't they... always a normal thing?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to worker" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO WORKER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | She nods at you as you approach. "Hiya. Vampires suck." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What's the protest for? | ||
| CF | [2] Could you fix this water leak so I can get to the laboratory? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "It's against vampires. Especially our guy in charge. It's against | ||
| CF | vampiric systems. It's against the exploitation of labour on long | ||
| CF | hours and low pay. It's for changes at the highest level for Lunarcel | ||
| CF | and every other company which lines its own pockets at the expense of | ||
| CF | workers. It's for radical new ways of being which aren't built on | ||
| CF | blood and toil." (You don't like this woman.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Isn't anyone else striking with you? | ||
| CF | [2] But haven't vampires done so much for us? | ||
| CF | [3] Could you fix this water leak so I can get to the laboratory? | ||
| CF | [4] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "...#2?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh, I used to think that too! You're not alone. But someone showed me | ||
| CF | it's all selfish. Vampires get rich off blood and labour, and whatever | ||
| CF | they give back doesn't usually help anyone but themselves, right? Look | ||
| CF | at Hadrian Alba. He gave that money for more blood donation clinics | ||
| CF | years ago, right? But he provided the land, so all the clinics were | ||
| CF | built on land he owned, right? So he becomes the landlord and | ||
| CF | proprietor of, basically, grocery stores for vampires. You can't | ||
| CF | prove anything, but it's a conflict of interest, right? You | ||
| CF | have to be suspicious. All the stuff vampires do 'for us' is just | ||
| CF | stuff they'd do anyway but they want to be congratulated for it, so we | ||
| CF | ignore all the blood-drinking." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You'd argue for vampires if it wasn't Hadrian she was picking on. | ||
| CF | Anyway, she's right. You were working for Hade when he planned it. You | ||
| CF | think about some of your own past businesses, such as your mail-order | ||
| CF | blood testing kits and your anti-garlic lobby, and you decide to drop | ||
| CF | the subject.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Isn't anyone else striking with you? | ||
| CF | [2] Could you fix this water leak so I can get to the laboratory? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "1 or 2 next?" | |
| MoyTW says, "No opinion." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "1 I guess." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "See, that's another problem. Any time we stand up for ourselves, some | ||
| CF | spurious reason to fire them comes up. I've known three guys here who | ||
| CF | were getting support for unions, and they all got found out, and they | ||
| CF | all got fired immediately for, like, 'toxic influence' or something. | ||
| CF | They're busting unions. So it's just me protesting for now. I won't | ||
| CF | get anybody else in trouble." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Could you fix this water leak so I can get to the laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "2 might give us away." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "See ya." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to worker" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO WORKER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | She nods at you as you approach. "Hiya. Vampires still suck." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Could you fix this water leak so I can get to the laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Hm? Oh, this?" The janitor glances at the rip in the water pipe next | ||
| CF | to her, as if she forgot about it. "Yeah, it's a nasty one. Don't know | ||
| CF | how it got there. Sorry, mate, I'm leaving it for now. Not much of a | ||
| CF | strike if I'm working during it. Can't you just cross it?" Before you | ||
| CF | can think of an excuse, she gasps. "Oh! Holes in your shoes? Fair | ||
| CF | enough, mate. Nice umbrella, by the way." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | She thinks a little. "Tell you what, mate, can you do me a favour? I | ||
| CF | brought some raisins to snack on, but I think I left them in the | ||
| CF | prayer room. Can you get them for me? I'll tape up the leak for you | ||
| CF | when you do." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What did you want again before fixing the leak? | ||
| CF | [2] What prayer room? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh yeah! Sorry, mate. It's at the far end of the campus" - she points | ||
| CF | west towards the offices - "in a side room. You'll find it. We don't | ||
| CF | talk about it much. It's not official. You know vampires and | ||
| CF | religion." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What did you want again before fixing the leak? | ||
| CF | [2] What prayer room? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "See ya." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |
| MoyTW says, "Well, sure, I wonder what Vampire Rule complication there is to do with the prayer room." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So... is it holy water?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why can't we cross it?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Vampires can't cross water." | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Now what are the chances the prayer room is fd´illed with holy symbols?" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Running water, vampires." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh. Huh." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "I'm guessing there's gonna be a crucifix." | ||
| DavidW says, "It came up in Horror of Rylvania, I think." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks, "There are rivers EVERYWHERE. How do vampires travel?" | |
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "shhhhh" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Carefully." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | No exit that way. From here, you can go north and east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline shuts up, but she's grumpy about it. | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You sneak back in. It looks like the manager didn't even notice you | ||
| CF | were gone. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a meeting room. You can head back | ||
| CF | outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your work computer is waiting for you here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is bustling wildly, juggling several administrative tasks | ||
| CF | at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Is it, like - they can do bridges right? Isn't that legal by Vampire Law?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), " s" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You make a quick and confident exit while the manager's back is | ||
| CF | turned. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lobby | ||
| CF | This is the pleasantly airy and open lobby of the building where all | ||
| CF | the executives keep their offices. A corridor leads visitors and | ||
| CF | executives north. The main campus is to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a receptionist here, hunched over a computer and looking very | ||
| CF | bored. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can also see some grapes here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "(I am not an exmpire in Vampire Law)" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "I figure bridges are polly fine, yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's my guess." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x grapes" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X GRAPES | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Juicy seedless purple grapes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take grapes" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TAKE GRAPES | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Raisins aren't grapes. Or rather, grapes aren't raisins...yet." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x receptionist" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X RECEPTIONIST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Receptionists and every other customer service role, you feel, should | ||
| CF | be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, always ready with a friendly smile | ||
| CF | and a proactive attitude. This receptionist clearly doesn't share your | ||
| CF | opinion. He's not even standing up. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to receptionist" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO RECEPTIONIST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He glances up from whatever he's doing. "Hi, how can I help you," he | ||
| CF | mutters. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Hey, I'm new here. | ||
| CF | [2] I'd like to see Mr. Alba. Is he in? | ||
| CF | [3] You don't mind me taking that fruit, right? | ||
| CF | [4] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Yeah, sure, it's there for anyone. Help yourself." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Hey, I'm new here. | ||
| CF | [2] I'd like to see Mr. Alba. Is he in? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Sorry to hear that," he mumbles automatically. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Is this... not a good place to work? | ||
| CF | [2] I'd like to see Mr. Alba. Is he in? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "I mean, a lot of vampire lore contradicts each other too. How many times are we told in vampire fiction to fforget everything we think we know about vampires?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "It's... it's fine. The people are good, but the bosses are-" The | ||
| CF | receptionist glances around, and sees no bosses listening in. He leans | ||
| CF | a little closer. "It's miserable. You've been hired for the customer | ||
| CF | service department, right? Have they told you you're not allowed | ||
| CF | bathroom breaks yet? They fired the guys trying to unionise, and most | ||
| CF | people just quit after the first few months, with all the long shifts. | ||
| CF | They stopped checking references because they're just trying to hire | ||
| CF | people quicker than they can quit. I'm lucky, I get to sit down and | ||
| CF | just deal with the important visitors, but I had some friends in | ||
| CF | customer service, being yelled at twelve hours a day because somebody | ||
| CF | else screwed up. Just... bad." He leans back again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Are you thinking of quitting? | ||
| CF | [2] I'd like to see Mr. Alba. Is he in? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The receptionist gives you a wan little smile. "Can't. I need the job. | ||
| CF | I can't afford... I'm not... doing well-" He looks down abruptly and | ||
| CF | rubs his eyes for a few seconds. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You remember touring the factory floor once and seeing a worker in | ||
| CF | tears, and all the other workers clustered around her. You dealt with | ||
| CF | her. You don't remember what it was about.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He looks up again. "I need the money. I'm just lucky to have a job. | ||
| CF | Even if it's this one. Sorry. Thanks for listening." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'd like to see Mr. Alba. Is he in? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "...man this sounds like a very depressing workplace." | |
| DavidW says, "I was hoping he'd say where the prayer room is." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "So do we wanna just ask for an appointment or...?" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Oh. Maybe ask our boss?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Do we want to try that?" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Can't...hurt...?" | ||
| DavidW says, "either of those" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "He's not in right now. Just wait for him in his office if you want. | ||
| CF | It's just down the hall that way." He waves vaguely northward. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Where is Mr. Alba right now? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "He's doing something in the lab. Uh, the laboratory, on the east bit | ||
| CF | of the campus. Where they do the prototypes, and... uh, things. I'd | ||
| CF | say just go over there and find him, but you need authorisation to get | ||
| CF | in, and I can't do that for you myself." He shrugs sympathetically. | ||
| CF | "Sorry, dude." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] So who can authorise me to get into the laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "The security guys can. Let me check." The receptionist dials a number | ||
| CF | on his phone and murmurs a conversation for a minute or two. He hangs | ||
| CF | up. "No luck, sorry. They say they're not changing any of the lab's | ||
| CF | security permissions at this time. I think they've locked things down | ||
| CF | with the Moonlite, to stop anyone getting in who shouldn't be there." | ||
| CF | Damn Hadrian, always a step ahead. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "I think all the executives get to change the cards as well," the | ||
| CF | receptionist adds. "So they can show guests around." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Can I get an executive to change my card to let me into the | ||
| CF | laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, now I understand why they just handed us a badge with no reference checks." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "You can ask, but they probably won't do it." The secretary shrugs. | ||
| CF | "Maybe one of them left themselves logged in. Just borrow their | ||
| CF | computer and do it yourself. I know Mr. Alba is out. His office is up | ||
| CF | that way." He waves a lethargic arm northwards. This receptionist has | ||
| CF | a terrible attitude towards security. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Can I get an executive to change my card to let me into the | ||
| CF | laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh. Bye." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hade's Office | ||
| CF | This is an office?? It looks more like a furniture showroom. It's all | ||
| CF | expensive tables and chairs and sofas - Hadrian could hold three | ||
| CF | meetings at once in here. But there are film posters hung up around | ||
| CF | the room too, like he thinks it makes him look cool. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On one especially luxurious desk sits a fancy computer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x posters" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X POSTERS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Posters for sci-fi films and cartoons, and things nerds like. Does | ||
| CF | Hadrian actually like these things?? You thought maybe he was | ||
| CF | pretending to like media to trick people into liking him. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X DESK | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Leather and mahogany, everywhere you look. Here's ten chairs arranged | ||
| CF | around a long table for meetings; over there are deep armchairs and a | ||
| CF | coffee table for entertainments. It's all very expensive-looking. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x coffee table" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X COFFEE TABLE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can't see that here (or if you can, it's not important). | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x computer" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An oak or oak-ish desk supports what must be Hadrian's computer. It's | ||
| CF | one of those really expensive computers they sell to teenagers and | ||
| CF | nerds. It's black with red accents, and it looks like a spaceship. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The fancy computer is currently switched on. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > READ IT | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An oak or oak-ish desk supports what must be Hadrian's computer. It's | ||
| CF | one of those really expensive computers they sell to teenagers and | ||
| CF | nerds. It's black with red accents, and it looks like a spaceship. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The fancy computer is currently switched on. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "use? log in?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "log in" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > LOG IN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "log in computer" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > LOG IN COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A password field blocks you! Curse that Hadrian, and screw him, too! | ||
| CF | He's always one step ahead. Hmm, how can you figure out Hade's | ||
| CF | password? Hopefully he's not very careful with it - maybe other people | ||
| CF | in the company can help you guess. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type trustn01" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE TRUSTN01 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "trustn01" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | You type "trustn01". The computer responds "Password invalid." Hmm, is | ||
| CF | there anyone who can tell you anything about Hadrian's password? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "aw" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I was pulling for that one" | ||
| MoyTW exclaims, "There's 11 other ones!" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type nairdah" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE NAIRDAH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "nairdah" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | You type "nairdah". The computer responds "Password invalid." Maybe | ||
| CF | that receptionist back outside knows something? Maybe he's overheard a | ||
| CF | few things. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Yeah, but I wanted that one!" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lobby | ||
| CF | This is the pleasantly airy and open lobby of the building where all | ||
| CF | the executives keep their offices. A corridor leads visitors and | ||
| CF | executives north. The main campus is to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a receptionist here, hunched over a computer and looking very | ||
| CF | bored. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "I think 'holiness'" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway... we have a list" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to receptionist" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO RECEPTIONIST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He glances up from whatever he's doing. "Hi again," he mutters. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Can I get an executive to change my card to let me into the | ||
| CF | laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] I'm trying to guess Mr. Alba's password. Any idea what it is? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "I don't know his password. Sorry. Let me think." The secretary | ||
| CF | pinches the bridge of his nose. "I know he forgets his password a lot. | ||
| CF | I can hear him shouting at his computer for keeping him out from all | ||
| CF | the way out here. But he usually stops pretty quickly. I guess he | ||
| CF | remembers after he's shouted a bit. Sorry, that's all I can tell you." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Can I get an executive to change my card to let me into the | ||
| CF | laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] I'm trying to guess Mr. Alba's password. Any idea what it is? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "CF | * 12345678" | |
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * admin" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * dragon" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * holiness" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * letmein" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * monkey" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * password" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * q1w2e3r4" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * qwerty" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * sunshine" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * shadow" | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "| * trustn01" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * ADMIN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * DRAGON | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * HOLINESS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * LETMEIN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * MONKEY | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * PASSWORD | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * Q1W2E3R4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * QWERTY | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * SUNSHINE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * SHADOW | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > | * TRUSTN01 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "oh god what" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Oops." | ||
| MoyTW says, "...well teach me to multi-line copy/paste." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "The way to do that is that before you start, you type @paste ;:|" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Then you paste your list." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Then you type @endpaste" | ||
| MoyTW says, "12345678, admin, dragon, holiness, letmein, monkey, password, q1w2e3r4, qwerty, sunshine, shadow, trustn01" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Do you really want me to try all those?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yea" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "h" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "yyyyyes?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I do too, yeah." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't think any of those are correct." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [Sorry, most actions (other than looking at things) are disabled | ||
| CF | when you're in a tree. Please enter a number to keep talking (there | ||
| CF | will usually be some kind of goodbye option to exit the conversation | ||
| CF | or menu). Type REPEAT to see your options again.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "repeat" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > REPEAT | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The available options are: | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Can I get an executive to change my card to let me into the | ||
| CF | laboratory? | ||
| CF | [2] I'm trying to guess Mr. Alba's password. Any idea what it is? | ||
| CF | [3] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh. Bye." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hade's Office | ||
| CF | Hadrian's office looks more like a furniture showroom. It's all | ||
| CF | expensive tables and chairs and sofas - Hadrian could hold three | ||
| CF | meetings at once in here. But there are film posters hung up around | ||
| CF | the room too, like he thinks it makes him look cool. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On one especially luxurious desk sits a fancy computer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I'll try them, but don't expect success." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type 12345678" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE 12345678 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "12345678" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | You type "12345678". The computer responds "Password invalid." Maybe | ||
| CF | the manager heard Hadrian's password? Maybe she saw him typing it in a | ||
| CF | staff meeting or something? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "I like how the secretary just doesn't care that we're attempting corporate espionage." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type admin" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE ADMIN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "admin" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | You type "admin". The computer responds "Password invalid." Doesn't | ||
| CF | Lunarcel have an IT department? Your businesses were always supposed | ||
| CF | to have those. Maybe they emailed you something about passwords. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type dragon" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE DRAGON | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "dragon" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | You type "dragon". The computer responds "Password invalid." There was | ||
| CF | that article about passwords, from the office. That could give you | ||
| CF | some pointers. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type holiness" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE HOLINESS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "holiness" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | You type "holiness". The computer responds "Password invalid." Hell, | ||
| CF | maybe the custodial staff know Hadrian's password. Hadrian always | ||
| CF | loves to brag. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "type letmein" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE LETMEIN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "letmein" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | The password field disappears! (Hey! That's the same as your | ||
| CF | password!) The computer is unlocked and ready for use. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |
| DavidW says, "oh, okay." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The computer wakes up without a sound. You could snoop through Hade's | ||
| CF | emails, but you also see an application for controlling Lunarcel's | ||
| CF | security permissions. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "I wonder if all those suggestions are supported by the game?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I love that that is also our password" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing 2" | ||
| MoyTW says, "#3 clearly." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Oho! You've found a program for giving and taking away privileges to | ||
| CF | staff members. And it looks like you're already in the database! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Enable full permissions for "Oren" (you) | ||
| CF | [3] Disable full permissions for Hadrian (prick) | ||
| CF | [4] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "2" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's the work of a moment to tick the little checkboxes next to your | ||
| CF | pseudonym. Now you have full security permissions to your name! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Disable full permissions for Hadrian (prick) | ||
| CF | [3] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You have a quick look through the whole database of people with | ||
| CF | security privileges. As well as all the staff, it looks like certain | ||
| CF | visitors also get listed here. Some names and titles catch your eye. | ||
| CF | "Count Ur��t," "Baroness Neplacut"... these are other vampires! | ||
| CF | Hadrian's been giving single-day passes for his engineering laboratory | ||
| CF | to vampires here and there over the last couple of years. How come | ||
| CF | they get invited and not you?? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Disable full permissions for Hadrian (prick) | ||
| CF | [3] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the security program. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Yes! Wow, a lot of games. Modern-looking ones, too. Does | ||
| CF | Hadrian do any actual work? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You open Hade's email program. Looks like Hade deletes a lot of his | ||
| CF | emails as he gets them (you remember he doesn't like to leave | ||
| CF | evidence), but there's a few messages here that he hasn't gotten | ||
| CF | around to destroying yet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: URGENT: Moonlite Efficiency Report | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: please change your password, I am BEGGING you | ||
| CF | [3] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [4] Subject: Moonlite Update Request | ||
| CF | [5] Quit Hadrian's email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You skim through a long back-and-forth conversation between Hadrian | ||
| CF | and one of the Moonlite engineers. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Huh... it looks like the Moonlite has problems. A lot of it is jargon | ||
| CF | and gibberish, but it sounds like the type of fission the reactor uses | ||
| CF | is massively inefficient. Looks like the energy you put into splitting | ||
| CF | the helium atom isn't worth the energy you get out of it. And the | ||
| CF | engineer says something about a shortage of helium in the world. So | ||
| CF | the Moonlite is both unsustainable and worthless. Hah. Great job, | ||
| CF | Hade. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: URGENT: Moonlite Efficiency Report | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: please change your password, I am BEGGING you | ||
| CF | [3] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [4] Subject: Moonlite Update Request | ||
| CF | [5] Quit Hadrian's email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A message from some technology officer, maybe the head of IT, to Hade. | ||
| CF | The sender is very politely explaining something about the importance | ||
| CF | of numbers and symbols and length in passwords, the value of strong | ||
| CF | password protection, and the cost of security breaches and ensuing | ||
| CF | lawsuits. Oh dear, what a shame he didn't pay attention! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: URGENT: Moonlite Efficiency Report | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: please change your password, I am BEGGING you | ||
| CF | [3] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [4] Subject: Moonlite Update Request | ||
| CF | [5] Quit Hadrian's email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Just some random email telling Hade he could make money quickly from | ||
| CF | cryptocurrency mining. Man, he gets all the opportunities! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: URGENT: Moonlite Efficiency Report | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: please change your password, I am BEGGING you | ||
| CF | [3] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [4] Subject: Moonlite Update Request | ||
| CF | [5] Quit Hadrian's email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Here's an older email sent by some banker. It seems they put some | ||
| CF | investment capital into the Moonlite a few years back, and they're | ||
| CF | trying to get Hadrian to give them an update. Maybe that was what the | ||
| CF | press conference earlier was for. Looks like Hadrian never replied to | ||
| CF | them. You don't blame him. You always wished your investors would just | ||
| CF | give you the money and then never talk to you again. Just to help | ||
| CF | Hadrian out, you send a quick reply in his name telling the banker | ||
| CF | that the project is cancelled and they should demand their money back. | ||
| CF | Hadrian can thank you later. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: URGENT: Moonlite Efficiency Report | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: please change your password, I am BEGGING you | ||
| CF | [3] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [4] Subject: Moonlite Update Request | ||
| CF | [5] Quit Hadrian's email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw. I was hoping we could click on a link in the spam email" | |
| Jacqueline says, "But replying to that email was the next best thing" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well, ok, we still need the raisins." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Should we remove all of Hade's permissions?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "oooh - can we?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 5 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the email inbox. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "I feel like if you are doing corporate espionage that is NOT a good idea." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You reload the campus security program. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Disable full permissions for Hadrian (prick) | ||
| CF | [3] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Aw, nuts. The options next to Hadrian's name are greyed out. The | ||
| CF | system must be smart enough to not let the boss get locked out of his | ||
| CF | own property. Pity. You were hoping that if you disinvited Hadrian | ||
| CF | while he was on campus, maybe he'd be catapulted off the premises or | ||
| CF | something. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Then change his password to something stronger" | |
| MoyTW says, "Oh. Well. Ok." | ||
| DavidW says, "There is no password changing option." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "darn" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the security program. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You get up and step away from Hadrian's fancy computer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I think we need to talk to the manager next." | |
| DavidW says, "unless we kan suck the grapth jooth out" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "suck grapes" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SUCK GRAPES | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first turning discreetly away from the fancy computer's operating | ||
| CF | system) | ||
| CF | You pierce the flesh of one grape and drink deep. Then you pierce the | ||
| CF | flesh of another grape and drink deep. Then another, then another... | ||
| CF | It takes a while, but eventually all the grapes are shrivelled and | ||
| CF | dry. You pick them off the stem and throw the stem away. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "I... maybe? Doubt it. I was thinking we find a heat lamp or something weird." | |
| MoyTW says, "Wait really." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Wh - wha - what." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Wow." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "WOW" | ||
| DavidW says, "I win again!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just... wow" | ||
| MoyTW says, "what is this i'm dying" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x raisins" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X RAISINS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Dry, shrivelled, sweet purple grapes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "That ... is just..." | |
| DavidW says, "I love how we turned away from the screen to do it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, there you go then." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lobby | ||
| CF | This is the pleasantly airy and open lobby of the building where all | ||
| CF | the executives keep their offices. A corridor leads visitors and | ||
| CF | executives north. The main campus is to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a receptionist here, hunched over a computer and looking very | ||
| CF | bored. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | Knight_Otu says, "I guess the screen is coded as a person." | |
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus East | ||
| CF | This part of the campus plaza wants to be open and airy, but it's | ||
| CF | hemmed in by various concrete structures, the biggest of them being | ||
| CF | the Engineering Laboratory to the north. Prettier parts of the campus | ||
| CF | are to the west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Water cuts across the laboratory doorway here, spouting from a burst | ||
| CF | pipe in the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a worker here, maybe a janitor or other maintenance person, | ||
| CF | leaning against the wall and holding a sign that says "VAMPIRES SUCK". | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says (to Knight), "oh! Yes, I bet you're right." | |
| DavidW says, "We should try sucking the computer's blood later." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | No exit that way. From here, you can go north and west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "give raisins" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > GIVE RAISINS | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (to the janitor) | ||
| CF | You offer the dried grapes to the janitor. "Loose raisins? You can get | ||
| CF | those?" The janitor shakes her head. "Sorry. mate, I do appreciate it, | ||
| CF | but I just want a box of raisins. Don't want to be holding them in my | ||
| CF | bare hand, spilling them everywhere. Thanks anyway." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "dang" | |
| MoyTW says, "hahahahaha" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to worker" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO WORKER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | She nods at you as you approach. "Hiya. Vampires still suck." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What did you want again before fixing the leak? | ||
| CF | [2] What prayer room? | ||
| CF | [3] Will you accept loose raisins? | ||
| CF | [4] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Loose raisins? You can get those?" The janitor shakes her head. | ||
| CF | "Sorry. mate, I do appreciate it, but I just want a box of raisins. | ||
| CF | Don't want to be holding them in my bare hand, spilling them | ||
| CF | everywhere. Thanks anyway." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What did you want again before fixing the leak? | ||
| CF | [2] What prayer room? | ||
| CF | [3] Will you accept loose raisins? | ||
| CF | [4] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh yeah! Sorry, mate. It's at the far end of the campus" - she points | ||
| CF | west towards the offices - "in a side room. You'll find it. We don't | ||
| CF | talk about it much. It's not official. You know vampires and | ||
| CF | religion." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What did you want again before fixing the leak? | ||
| CF | [2] What prayer room? | ||
| CF | [3] Will you accept loose raisins? | ||
| CF | [4] Goodbye. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "But, janitor person, these raisins are completely sanitary! We promise!" | |
| MoyTW says, "Euuuugh." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "See ya." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I bet we find a box and just put these ones into it." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Probably, yes." | ||
| DavidW says, "Then she fixes the pipe and we kill her." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I bet that there's 2 ways of solving it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Dark, DW." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But yes" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You sneak back in. It looks like the manager didn't even notice you | ||
| CF | were gone. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a meeting room. You can head back | ||
| CF | outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your work computer is waiting for you here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is bustling wildly, juggling several administrative tasks | ||
| CF | at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to manager" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO MANAGER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Hi, Oren. Settling in alright?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What are my job duties again? | ||
| CF | [2] When do we get breaks? | ||
| CF | [3] Well, back to work for me. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Not for a while, Oren. You have a few more hours yet before your | ||
| CF | ten-minute break," she says. (You are, of course, not going to wait | ||
| CF | for a few more hours. You're already planning to sneak out of the | ||
| CF | office as soon as possible.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What are my job duties again? | ||
| CF | [2] When do we get breaks? | ||
| CF | [3] Well, back to work for me. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You're asking this just to look like you're interested, of course. | ||
| CF | You have no intention of doing any actual work.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Today, you'll be handling online customer support. We've assigned you | ||
| CF | a computer there." She points to the grimy old spare computer nearby. | ||
| CF | "You've also got an email account set up for you already - you can | ||
| CF | check that on the computer too." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] What are my job duties again? | ||
| CF | [2] When do we get breaks? | ||
| CF | [3] Well, back to work for me. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Alright, Oren." The manager gives you a quick smile, and then bustles | ||
| CF | away again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The computer makes noises like it's preparing for take-off, but it | ||
| CF | seems to work fine. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check your email | ||
| CF | [2] Do the customer service work you were just hired to do | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You check your corporate email inbox. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Password Security | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [3] Quit looking at email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Sent just this morning to the whole company, from someone you suppose | ||
| CF | to be the head of IT: | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Please be advised that, in light of recent security breaches, we will | ||
| CF | be updating the requirements for account passwords. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Currently, all passwords must be at least seven characters long. | ||
| CF | Soon, we will also require all passwords to include at least one | ||
| CF | numerical character. No user password currently includes a number; you | ||
| CF | are advised that this leaves your account more vulnerable to hacking | ||
| CF | attempts. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "You will be asked to change your password in the coming weeks, We | ||
| CF | apologise for the inconvenience after you all updated your passwords | ||
| CF | recently already." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hmm, maybe they're having security breaches because their IT guy is | ||
| CF | dropping hints about everyone's password to the whole company. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Password Security | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [3] Quit looking at email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Oh! Free money? For cryptocurrency mining? What a steal! You will have | ||
| CF | to circle back to this as soon as you've finished sabotaging Lunarcel | ||
| CF | from the inside. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Subject: Password Security | ||
| CF | [2] Subject: MAKE FREE MONEY NOW!!! | ||
| CF | [3] Quit looking at email | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Enough email for now. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check your email | ||
| CF | [2] Do the customer service work you were just hired to do | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Oh that'd narrow the list pretty heavily." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Just one or two solitaire games, it looks like. You ignore them. You | ||
| CF | hate things you can't win. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check your email | ||
| CF | [2] Do the customer service work you were just hired to do | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hah. No. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check your email | ||
| CF | [2] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [3] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You step away from the computer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | No exit that way. From here, you can go north and south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the other side of the office, the manager rearranges some | ||
| CF | stationery on a desk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X DESK | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On a rickety desk near you is a yellowing tower computer running an | ||
| CF | operating system from 10 years ago. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The old computer is currently switched on. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager makes a phone call and arranges some review for tomorrow. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pray" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > PRAY | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X DESK | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On a rickety desk near you is a yellowing tower computer running an | ||
| CF | operating system from 10 years ago. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The old computer is currently switched on. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Good IT at this place." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | No exit that way. From here, you can go north and south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Interview Room | ||
| CF | A pokey little room currently set up as an interview room. Two chairs | ||
| CF | and a table take up most of the room; the rest of it is occupied by a | ||
| CF | cupboard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X TABLE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A rickety table and two hard plastic chairs. They look like | ||
| CF | hand-me-downs from a school. The cupboard looks more interesting. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open cupboard" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN CUPBOARD | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You open the cupboard, revealing WAAAUUGH- | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You slam the cupboard shut. You open the cupboard again, gingerly. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Holy symbols! Dozens of them! Of every denomination you can | ||
| CF | think of! This is no innocent meeting room. It's a multifaith prayer | ||
| CF | room! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The symbols are already getting to you. You look away, and notice a | ||
| CF | little box on the floor. It must have fallen out of the cupboard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take box" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TAKE BOX | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Briefly, you are gripped by shame and guilt. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x box" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X BOX | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | About the size of a matchbox. There's some writing on it: "Seedless | ||
| CF | RAISINS. Ingredients: 100% dried seedless grapes; additives." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You lose focus as you wonder if there's an afterlife, and what kind of | ||
| CF | afterlife you can expect. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "xbox...one." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close cupboard" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > CLOSE CUPBOARD | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the cupboard with relief. Thank God. Better yet, don't. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put raisins in box" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > PUT RAISINS IN BOX | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (the dessicated grapes in the empty raisin box) | ||
| CF | You file the raisins neatly into the raisin box. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "So this was the 'prayer room'" | |
| MoyTW asks, "Oh, it was...empty?" | ||
| DavidW says, "this box was" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Wh - why's there just an empty box of grapes? Who hordes their empty grape boxes?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Someone, some time, will code a response to X BOX along the line of "You can play with your XBOX later, for now there are puzzles to be solved"." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Hoards?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You use them to make whistles, Moy." | ||
| DavidW says, "Glenn. Glenn hordes empty grape boxes." | ||
| DavidW says, "He glues buttons to them to make 'cars' and races them around the table." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "[LINK]" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a multifaith prayer room. You can head | ||
| CF | back outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your work computer is waiting for you here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is bustling wildly, juggling several administrative tasks | ||
| CF | at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You make a quick and confident exit while the manager's back is | ||
| CF | turned. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > I | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are carrying: | ||
| CF | a box full of raisins | ||
| CF | an ID card (being worn) | ||
| CF | an umbrella | ||
| CF | a blood bag | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus East | ||
| CF | This part of the campus plaza wants to be open and airy, but it's | ||
| CF | hemmed in by various concrete structures, the biggest of them being | ||
| CF | the Engineering Laboratory to the north. Prettier parts of the campus | ||
| CF | are to the west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Water cuts across the laboratory doorway here, spouting from a burst | ||
| CF | pipe in the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a worker here, maybe a janitor or other maintenance person, | ||
| CF | leaning against the wall and holding a sign that says "VAMPIRES SUCK". | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "give box to worker" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > GIVE BOX TO WORKER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Brilliant! Thanks, mate!" She takes the box of raisins gratefully. | ||
| CF | She notices your meaningful look. "Oh yeah! Sorry, mate, forgot I | ||
| CF | promised." She produces a roll of tape from somewhere and patches up | ||
| CF | the leak in seconds. "Done! Your shoes are safe." She gives you a | ||
| CF | genuine smile, puts the roll away and returns to leaning. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf11" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SAVE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > SAVEOk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "kill her?" | |
| MoyTW says, "y tho" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, your call." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "nah" | ||
| DavidW says, "okay, I'll let her live until we need that tape." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Or if you do, save first." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Laboratory Entrance Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Laboratory Entrance | ||
| CF | This is a little antechamber which serves as a security checkpoint | ||
| CF | before the laboratory itself. The lab can vaguely be seen through a | ||
| CF | frosted glass door to the north; the main campus is south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There is a card reader device mounted next to the glass door, which | ||
| CF | must control the lock. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "swipe card" | ||
| CF ] Laboratory Entrance Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SWIPE CARD | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (the ID card) | ||
| CF | You flick your ID card through the reader. Its LED lights up a cheery | ||
| CF | green, and you hear a soft click from the glass door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first opening the glass door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Engineering Lab | ||
| CF | An open-plan laboratory the size of a warehouse, littered with all | ||
| CF | sorts of scrap and junk. Engineers move from project to project, doing | ||
| CF | engineering jobs (you've never been interested in the technical side | ||
| CF | of things). The exit is south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | In the centre of the lab sits the Moonlite. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is here, talking to some engineers. He glances up as you | ||
| CF | enter. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Shock and fury flit across his face. But they're gone in a flash, | ||
| CF | replaced by the same old magnaminous smirk. You might not have noticed | ||
| CF | if you weren't watching him carefully. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Nero! To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Surprised to see me again, Hadrian, you prick? | ||
| CF | [2] I'm here for the machine. | ||
| CF | [3] (skip all the gloating and just attack Hade) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I see no reason to skip the gloating." | |
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "You could say that, Nero," he says. His smile is broad, but his teeth | ||
| CF | are grinding. "You could say that, after I forbade you from ever | ||
| CF | darkening my door again. After you stole from me. Tell me, how did you | ||
| CF | get in? Who invited you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Looks like you hired me back, boss! | ||
| CF | [2] Stole? So it's my fault your employees wanted to work for me | ||
| CF | instead? | ||
| CF | [3] I'm here for the machine. | ||
| CF | [4] (skip all the gloating and just attack Hade) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "1 or 2?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "either" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "It's your fault you poached my staff, yeah!" Hadrian snaps. "It's | ||
| CF | your fault you stole my staff and my ideas when you quit! It's your | ||
| CF | fault you tried to sabotage me on the way out! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "And it's your fault you failed anyway, isn't it?" he continues, in a | ||
| CF | quieter voice. "It's your fault that you alienated everyone you've | ||
| CF | ever worked with. That now everyone can see you for the stupid hateful | ||
| CF | little man you are. It's all your own fault. The only mistake I made | ||
| CF | was turning you. You have no one to blame but yourself." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is smiling again. You try to hold his gaze. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Looks like you hired me back, boss! | ||
| CF | [2] I'm here for the machine. | ||
| CF | [3] (skip all the gloating and just attack Hade) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh, you don't even know what it does," says Hadrian dismissively. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Looks like you hired me back, boss! | ||
| CF | [2] I know exactly what the machine is. | ||
| CF | [3] I don't care what your machine for idiots does. | ||
| CF | [4] (skip all the gloating and just attack Hade) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "2 or 3?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "2?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh yeah? This'll be funny. What do you think's going on, then?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] You said it was a fission reactor, remember? | ||
| CF | [2] It doesn't do anything. The fission would be too inefficient. | ||
| CF | [3] It's a machine to make vampires more powerful. | ||
| CF | [4] Well... actually, I don't know. | ||
| CF | [5] (skip all the gloating and just attack Hade) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "2" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "That's what you'd do, right? Promise the world, deliver nothing, take | ||
| CF | the money and run," Hade says, a little unfairly. "Well, I have | ||
| CF | something more ambitious in mind." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian starts pacing. He's about to give you a speech if you let him. | ||
| CF | "Let me ask you something, Nero. Aren't you tired?" He gestures | ||
| CF | vaguely. "Of all this?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Of... talking to you? | ||
| CF | [2] Of... capitalism? | ||
| CF | [3] Of... being a vampire? | ||
| CF | [4] Yes. (attack Hade) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Feeling's mutual," Hadrian replies, glaring at you. "No, idiot. I'm | ||
| CF | tired of our bodies! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Look at us! We are vampires! We own this world! | ||
| CF | We're smarter than everyone, we're stronger than everyone, we've seen | ||
| CF | everything, we've, we have power. True power. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "But we can't use it! We're trapped by all these, these | ||
| CF | ridiculous weaknesses! We can't go anywhere without | ||
| CF | permission! We can't cross rivers! We can't eat garlic! We can't | ||
| CF | handle holy symbols! We can't have stakes driven through our hearts! | ||
| CF | We can't even go outside without some stupid umbrella or veil! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "The Moonlite is going to change that. The Moonlite is going to | ||
| CF | unshackle us. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Well, again, not you. I'm going to kill you in a few minutes." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] How does the Moonlite make us more powerful? | ||
| CF | [2] Where are you getting the money to develop this thing? | ||
| CF | [3] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [4] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Agnostic." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Sunlight, Nero, sunlight!" Hade almost sounds giddy. He loves | ||
| CF | explaining how smart he is. "What is sunlight, Nero? It's an | ||
| CF | explosion! It's the energy of octillions of octillions of hydrogen | ||
| CF | atoms fusing together into helium! A celestial Hindenburg! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "And I wondered, if that hurts us... what about the opposite? So I had | ||
| CF | the eggheads here prototype a new kind of energy reactor, one that | ||
| CF | takes helium and splits it into hydrogen. Oh, some of the staff carped | ||
| CF | at me about inefficiency, and how hard it is to safely contain a | ||
| CF | nuclear explosion, and how it shouldn't have a window -" he pats the | ||
| CF | glass bulb on the Moonlite "- but we made it. Of course, I just say | ||
| CF | it's a new kind of fission reactor we're going to sell, otherwise | ||
| CF | people might get suspicious. But that's not what it is, Nero. It's an | ||
| CF | anti-sunlight machine. And just wait till you see what it does for | ||
| CF | us." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Wait, you just had them prototype a nuclear fission reactor? Just | ||
| CF | like that? | ||
| CF | [2] Where are you getting the money to develop this thing? | ||
| CF | [3] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [4] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "We humans also aren't fond of stakes through hearts." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Yes," says Hade blankly. There's a small silence. "Well, they had to | ||
| CF | pull a couple hundred all-nighters to do it," he adds. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Where are you getting the money to develop this thing? | ||
| CF | [2] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [3] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Investors, of course! I rang up a few rich people and told them about | ||
| CF | the clean energy revolution. Lots of people want to want to get in on | ||
| CF | this one. Look like philanthropists while making a quick buck from our | ||
| CF | hard work. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "And then there's the other investors. The ones who know what's up." | ||
| CF | Hade starts counting on his fingers. "Let's see, I got a couple | ||
| CF | million from Old Count Ur��t, and Baroness Neplacut... Sc��rbos the | ||
| CF | Loathsome, Comtesse La Marcil, Big Red Peavis... oh, lots of vampires | ||
| CF | were interested in this one. Some of them even visited." He leans | ||
| CF | forward conspirationally. "Between you and me, though, I think I'll | ||
| CF | keep the Moonlite for myself. Monopolies are so much more profitable, | ||
| CF | aren't they?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] You told every other vampire about this thing, but you didn't tell | ||
| CF | me?? | ||
| CF | [2] If this is for vampires, why show it off to everyone this morning? | ||
| CF | [3] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [4] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Why would I tell you?" sneers Hadrian. "I don't want you | ||
| CF | anywhere near this thing. Besides, I know you don't have any money." | ||
| CF | There was no need for that. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] If this is for vampires, why show it off to everyone this morning? | ||
| CF | [2] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [3] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hade looks annoyed, not at you for a change. "I didn't want to. But I | ||
| CF | told some of my investors that this is a sustainable energy thing, and | ||
| CF | they were getting mad that I haven't shown anything yet. And some of | ||
| CF | these were saying that the Moonlite wasn't working," he adds, | ||
| CF | gesturing to the engineers at work around the lab. "I just needed to | ||
| CF | stop people getting suspicious and pulling their investment, that's | ||
| CF | why I did the press conference. I just need a little more time to get | ||
| CF | it right." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Why? Something not right with the Moonlite? | ||
| CF | [2] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [3] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "It works great, it could just be a little stronger-" Hade catches | ||
| CF | himself, and gives you a look. "Sneaky, Nero! Sneaky! Almost got me | ||
| CF | giving away all my secrets! Well, the Moonlite works just | ||
| CF | fine. I'll show you in a second!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Sounds like a cool machine. Be a shame if someone took it for | ||
| CF | themselves. | ||
| CF | [2] You need to destroy this machine. It's too dangerous. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Oh, I'm not worried about that," says Hadrian. He moves to stand in | ||
| CF | front of the reactor's glass bulb as he talks. "For a start, they'd | ||
| CF | need a crane. And if anyone did threaten to take the Moonlite | ||
| CF | off me... I'd have to do something about that." And, holding your gaze | ||
| CF | and smiling, he slaps the button on the machine. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Something explodes in the machine. Engineers around the lab panic and | ||
| CF | dive for cover. The glass bulb fills with incandescent light, forming | ||
| CF | a beam pointed directly at Hadrian. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Squinting, you see Hade's shape... change. You can see his silhouette | ||
| CF | grow, and hear the sound of ripping fabric. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Soon, the machine powers down. You open your eyes fully. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is now the size and shape of a comic book superhero. His | ||
| CF | newfound absurd muscles have torn through his suit, revealing a | ||
| CF | scarred chest and perfect pectorals. He shines brilliantly. And his | ||
| CF | fingers have lengthened to evil talons. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The engineers around the room sense a change in the atmosphere, and | ||
| CF | leave the room swiftly. Hadrian grins and advances on you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian cackles and flexes maliciously. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Roger says, "not sure how I feel about this" | |
| DavidW says, "So, he's hulked out, basically." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Yeah I didn't see that coming." | ||
| DavidW asks, "We have a blood bag, an umbrella, an ID card, and our natural charms. What do we do?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This... wow" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Natural charms, you say? CHARM HIM" | ||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cf1" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SAVE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > SAVEOk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I'm thinking pushing the button again, overloading him with energy, and watch him go BOOM." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I was thinking the same thing, but to super power us up" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Either way, yeah, slap that button" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push button" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > PUSH BUTTON | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You reach for the Moonlite- | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian bears down on you! You dodge just before his swipe would have | ||
| CF | taken your arm off. You're not going to be able to touch the Moonlite | ||
| CF | as long as Hade can do anything about it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian swipes at you, and you stumble back. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw bag at hadrian" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > THROW BAG AT HADRIAN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Probably shouldn't. It might be fun, but you'll look like an idiot if | ||
| CF | you need the blood bag later and you have to go over and get it back. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian cackles and flexes maliciously. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Blind him by throwing the bag..." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Okay, not it." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw bag at button" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > THROW BAG AT BUTTON | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Futile. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian lunges! You narrowly dodge. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > UNDO | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Engineering Lab | ||
| CF | [Previous turn undone.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "bite hadrian" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE HADRIAN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You might shatter your fangs on Hadrian's hard body! Anyway, blood | ||
| CF | sucked from a vampire always tastes so used. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian lunges! You narrowly dodge. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "run south?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Try it." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Laboratory Entrance Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Laboratory Entrance | ||
| CF | This is a little antechamber which serves as a security checkpoint | ||
| CF | before the laboratory itself. The lab can vaguely be seen through a | ||
| CF | frosted glass door to the north; the main campus is south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There is a card reader device mounted next to the glass door, which | ||
| CF | must control the lock. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As you enter, you slam the glass door shut behind you and hear its | ||
| CF | lock engage. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian strides straight through! The glass explodes into confetti | ||
| CF | against his huge body! "Can't run away from this one, Nero!" he | ||
| CF | bellows (a little unfairly - he was the one who banned | ||
| CF | you from meeting him). | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus East | ||
| CF | This part of the campus plaza wants to be open and airy, but it's | ||
| CF | hemmed in by various concrete structures, the biggest of them being | ||
| CF | the Engineering Laboratory to the north. Prettier parts of the campus | ||
| CF | are to the west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a worker here, maybe a janitor or other maintenance person, | ||
| CF | leaning against the wall and holding a sign that says "VAMPIRES SUCK". | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The janitor sees Hadrian in hot pursuit and understands what needs to | ||
| CF | be done. She lets you past, and then rips the pipe leak open again. A | ||
| CF | river runs across the campus in front of Hadrian. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He grabs the pipe and bends it like spaghetti, diverting the leak to | ||
| CF | behind the laboratory. The janitor shrugs at you sympathetically, and | ||
| CF | then legs it before Hadrian can do the same to her. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Ok so he's not, like, totally free of Vampire Law." | |
| MoyTW asks, "Presumably he's free of the Sun part of it though?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "so... prayer room?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Is he... right." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Prayer room." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As Hadrian pursues you, the signpost catches his eye. He winks at you. | ||
| CF | "Let's do this like the vampire hunters used to!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He grabs the signpost and tears it out of the ground effortlessly. The | ||
| CF | wooden pole of the signpost has a very pointy end. Uh oh. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian pursues you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You charge into the office at full-tilt! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a multifaith prayer room. You can head | ||
| CF | back outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your work computer is waiting for you here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is bustling wildly, juggling several administrative tasks | ||
| CF | at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian storms in and pulls the manager aside. "When I'm done with | ||
| CF | this one, we need to have a little talk about your hiring policies," | ||
| CF | he hisses. He lets her go and returns to chasing you. You see the | ||
| CF | manager very quietly slink out of the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Prayer Room | ||
| CF | A mean little room for faiths of all kinds to indulge themselves. All | ||
| CF | the religious stuff is shoved up inside a cupboard, which is closed. | ||
| CF | Currently, it's set up as an interview room with two chairs and a | ||
| CF | table. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian strides towards you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open cupboard" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN CUPBOARD | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You open the cupboard. You're ready for it this time, but it's no less | ||
| CF | distressing to you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian isn't ready for it. He screeches and recoils from the | ||
| CF | religious symbols as if burned. "WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE DOING IN | ||
| CF | THERE???" he cries. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "Now what?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "Aaaand, now what, do we...run past him and power up?" | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Get the sign/stake?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf2" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SAVE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > SAVEOk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Flat staking him might work." | |
| DavidW says, "I like the run for the moonlite idea." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Try the stake first and skedaddle if it ain't it?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I vote for moonlight" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Er, Moonlite, I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I hate that spelling" | ||
| DavidW says (to MoyTW), "I don't know exactly what you want to do. Drive." | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > L | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Prayer Room | ||
| CF | A mean little room for faiths of all kinds to indulge themselves. All | ||
| CF | the religious stuff is shoved up inside a cupboard, which is | ||
| CF | mercilessly hanging open and exposing its contents. Currently, it's | ||
| CF | set up as an interview room with two chairs and a table - it's a tight | ||
| CF | squeeze with both you and an enraged superstrong vampire trying to | ||
| CF | kill you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is here, and coming after you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Briefly, memories of past transgressions come to you. | ||
| CF | Hadrian seems distracted. He stares at his hands. | ||
| CF | | Jacqueline asks (of Moy), "What did you want to stake him with?" | |
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Didn't he have a signpost he ripped outta the ground?" | |
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "x signpost" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X SIGNPOST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lots of little signs jutting out of a wooden pole. It looks like one | ||
| CF | of those destination signposts they have at landmarks which tell you | ||
| CF | how far away other capital cities are, except this one used to point | ||
| CF | to buildings on the campus. The end which used to be in the ground is | ||
| CF | very pointy. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You lose focus as you are gripped by shame and guilt. | ||
| CF | Hadrian's eyes wander from you. He glances behind him. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| MoyTW says (to ClubFloyd), "take signpost" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TAKE SIGNPOST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now looks like your chance, but somehow Hadrian's grip on the signpost | ||
| CF | stays firm even while he gazes at the holy symbols and gibbers softly. | ||
| CF | Too big to be a good stake for you to use anyway. Think smaller! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your concentration breaks as you reflect on all your sins. | ||
| CF | Hadrian drops his guard for a second as he gazes at the holy symbols. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Oh, well, there ya go; you can drive again David." | |
| DavidW says, "Sounds like we need a pencil." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "'Think smaller'" | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Should be break achair or the table?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing. A pencil, maybe, yeah." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "break chair" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BREAK CHAIR | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's surprisingly sturdy for how tacky it feels. You can't break it | ||
| CF | down, but maybe you have something else you can use as a weapon. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Briefly, memories of past transgressions come to you. | ||
| CF | Hadrian half-heartedly swipes at you. He glances behind him. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Or a pencil I guess." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > I | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are carrying: | ||
| CF | an ID card (being worn) | ||
| CF | an umbrella | ||
| CF | a blood bag | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your concentration breaks as you reflect on all your sins. | ||
| CF | Hadrian seems distracted. He mutters "No..." to nobody you can see. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stab hadrian with umbrella" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > STAB HADRIAN WITH UMBRELLA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is too distracted by the symbols, and notices your advance too | ||
| CF | late! You plunge the umbrella into his heart! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A banshee wail escapes his lips. His body starts to crumble and | ||
| CF | crumple, like a balloon losing its air. Holes open up in his skin, and | ||
| CF | dust pours out. He tries to say something, maybe a curse, but it's too | ||
| CF | late, his throat has opened up and all you hear is a wheeze. His eyes | ||
| CF | sink inwards. Something crackles. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's over in about a minute. All that remains is a pile of dust. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He could be back soon. He could be resurrected tonight, if someone | ||
| CF | loves him enough. You need to act now, while the Moonlite is | ||
| CF | unprotected. You've seen what it does. Power is good, but that much | ||
| CF | power? You've seen how Hade treats people - how you treat people - | ||
| CF | even fettered by weaknesses. But unfettered? No, the right thing to do | ||
| CF | would be- | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You blink, and close the cupboard. All shameful thoughts flee your | ||
| CF | mind. Ah, that feels better. Now let's grab that Moonlite. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Oh, nice." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Oh right." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" | ||
| CF ] Prayer Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > I | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are carrying: | ||
| CF | an ID card (being worn) | ||
| CF | an umbrella | ||
| CF | a blood bag | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a multifaith prayer room. You can head | ||
| CF | back outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your work computer is waiting for you here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Though, did it describe it as wooden?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I don't remember." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. The black glass building to the immediate north is | ||
| CF | the corporate headquarters; the campus stretches east to the | ||
| CF | engineering laboratory, and west to the customer service office. You | ||
| CF | can also leave the campus through the southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus East Exits: N W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus East | ||
| CF | This part of the campus plaza wants to be open and airy, but it's | ||
| CF | hemmed in by various concrete structures, the biggest of them being | ||
| CF | the Engineering Laboratory to the north. Prettier parts of the campus | ||
| CF | are to the west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Laboratory Entrance Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Laboratory Entrance | ||
| CF | This is a little antechamber which serves as a security checkpoint | ||
| CF | before the laboratory itself. The lab is clearly visible to the north | ||
| CF | now that the door which once guarded it has been obliterated; the main | ||
| CF | campus is south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There is a card reader device mounted next to the glass door, which | ||
| CF | used to control the lock. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Engineering Lab | ||
| CF | An open-plan laboratory the size of a warehouse, littered with all | ||
| CF | sorts of scrap and junk. The exit is south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | In the centre of the lab sits the Moonlite. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take moonlite" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TAKE MOONLITE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | That's fixed in place. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x moonlite" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X MOONLITE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The reactor looks like a thimble the size of an elephant. Up close, | ||
| CF | you can see a little power button, and next to that, a sort of... | ||
| CF | glass bulb? It reminds you of a football-sized version of the little | ||
| CF | bulbs on laser pointers. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The Moonlite is currently switched off. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "push button" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push button" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > PUSH BUTTON | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You were planning to destroy this thing this morning. That's pretty | ||
| CF | funny now. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Of course, you've got some jobs to do later. You'll have to get the | ||
| CF | Moonlite out of the lab, or maybe just take control of the lab. You'll | ||
| CF | have to threaten a lot of people to make that happen. You'll have to | ||
| CF | figure out how it actually operates, or get someone else to teach you. | ||
| CF | You'll have the power - the money will come soon, you're sure - but a | ||
| CF | lot of people will want to take it away from you. Get rid of that | ||
| CF | janitor and her friends, if she has any. Burn down that office with | ||
| CF | the prayer room. Maybe buy a breastplate. You'l be busy. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | But that all comes later. Right now, you slam the Moonlite's button | ||
| CF | with an open palm, and watch the machine explode to life. Your hard | ||
| CF | work is finally paying off. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | *** The world is yours *** | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions | ||
| CF | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command? | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "!" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "amusing" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > AMUSING | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Have you tried... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | * biting yourself? | ||
| CF | * biting people? during the fight with Hadrian? after the fight? | ||
| CF | * biting the blood bag? during the fight with Hadrian? | ||
| CF | * closing your umbrella outside and waiting? during Hadrian's speech? | ||
| CF | in front of the janitor? during the fight with Hadrian? | ||
| CF | * hypnotising someone? something? (try >HYPNOTIZE _____ or similar | ||
| CF | verbs) | ||
| CF | * kissing someone? Hadrian? yourself? | ||
| CF | * cursing? | ||
| CF | * beating E4M2 of The Ultimate Doom, "Perfect Hatred", on | ||
| CF | Ultra-Violence from a pistol start? | ||
| CF | * leading Hadrian to the receptionist during the fight? | ||
| CF | * calling the emergency services? during the fight with Hadrian? | ||
| CF | * fleeing the campus during the fight with Hadrian? (try going south | ||
| CF | from the Campus Entrance) | ||
| CF | * using the receptionist's computer? after biting him? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions | ||
| CF | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command? | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "No, I have not tried biting myself." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "We don't bite... much." | ||
| DavidW says, "Just the grapes." | ||
| DavidW asks, "What's that Ultimate Doom ref?" | ||
| MoyTW says, "I...don't know." | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Should we try breaking the Moonlite?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > UNDO | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Engineering Lab | ||
| CF | [Previous turn undone.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "break moonlite" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BREAK MOONLITE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You grab a couple of exposed wires and yank them. You open some panels | ||
| CF | and pull out some mysterious electronics and circuitboards. After a | ||
| CF | moment's thought, you search the lab for anything that looks like a | ||
| CF | blueprint and tear it up. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It feels... it feels... cathartic. Not good, but cathartic. | ||
| CF | It feels horrible, and it feels right. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Five minutes later, years of research lie in bits and pieces on the | ||
| CF | laboratory floor, and you're being escorted by security officers. | ||
| CF | Tomorrow, you'll be hungry and miserable again, and you'll wonder why | ||
| CF | the hell you threw away the Moonlite's power. But tomorrow, no one | ||
| CF | else will have that power either. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | *** The world is a little fairer *** | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions | ||
| CF | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, or UNDO the last command? | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "I wanna see the dialog for silly answers/prank calls." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "restart" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Look at him up there. Strutting up and down the stage like he owns the | ||
| CF | place, which he does. The whole crowd gazing at him, worshipping him. | ||
| CF | Never mind that he's a vampire, never mind that they're all so much | ||
| CF | blood to him - he's rich, he's famous, but he likes nerdy things and | ||
| CF | he smiles a lot, so he must be just like them! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Bastard. That should be you up there. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Vampire Ltd | ||
| CF | A Corporate Espionage Adventure (with Vampires In It) by Alex Harby | ||
| CF | Release 3 / Serial number 200926 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib | ||
| CF | 6/12N) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The plaza outside the Lunarcel complex is packed this morning. The | ||
| CF | crowd hangs on Hadrian's every word as he paces a stage set up near | ||
| CF | the entrance to the main campus. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hadrian is in the middle of a speech. He's been going for about ten | ||
| CF | minutes, but he seems to be building up to something. "...Hydrological | ||
| CF | energy needs you to live next to a big enough river. Solar and wind | ||
| CF | power need you to have the right kind of weather. Geothermal power | ||
| CF | needs you to live on top of a volcano. Sustainable energy simply does | ||
| CF | not work for everybody." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter booth" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | No, you have to hear what Hadrian has to say. You can't hate him | ||
| CF | properly if you're not constantly paying attention to him. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Clearly, the world needs a new solution. A sustainable source of | ||
| CF | clean energy which is absolutely reliable, no matter who you are or | ||
| CF | where you are." While he rambles, you shift your umbrella to your | ||
| CF | other arm, and daydream about the snack you're carrying. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "z" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > Z | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Time passes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "My friends," says Hadrian with a wink, "I present to you the | ||
| CF | Moonlite." And he whisks the cover off the screen next to him, | ||
| CF | revealing a picture of... something? Some kind of a machine? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x umbrella" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > X UMBRELLA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your one remaining prized possession, an umbrella made of thick black | ||
| CF | fabric and an aspen wood shaft, sleek and sharp and aerodynamic. You | ||
| CF | want to keep out of the sun, but you want to look good doing it. The | ||
| CF | umbrella is currently open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The crowd oohs at the screen. "The Moonlite!" says Hadrian, gloating. | ||
| CF | "A fission reactor which will work anywhere, for anyone! Clean energy, | ||
| CF | for anyone! And it's completely safe. Forget uranium, forget plutonium | ||
| CF | - all that's needed is harmless helium." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Pull away your umbrella" | |
| DavidW says, "Aspen" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close umbrella" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > CLOSE UMBRELLA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the umbrella. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The sunlight hits your body like the heat of an oven. You can't | ||
| CF | survive much direct sunlight! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "We're still in the development stage, of course. We have a working | ||
| CF | prototype in our engineering laboratory, but we won't enter production | ||
| CF | until it's perfect. We'll be announcing more in the coming months. | ||
| CF | Take care." And Hadrian turns and leaves abruptly, leaving a pool of | ||
| CF | reporters shouting questions after him. The crowd disperses, the stage | ||
| CF | is dismantled, and you're standing in the middle of the bustle, | ||
| CF | fuming. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are Nero Brashov, former nobleman, current vampire, and | ||
| CF | temporarily-embarassed businessman. You have learned that humans don't | ||
| CF | like vampires very much... unless you happen to be rich and | ||
| CF | charismatic. Oh yes, the mortal world will line up to worship Hadrian | ||
| CF | Alba! You know what kind of person he really is, and you know it's all | ||
| CF | luck and lies that got him to the top, but that doesn't matter to | ||
| CF | anyone else, oh no. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | And you? Victim of rotten luck, reduced to stealing from blood banks | ||
| CF | and sleeping in your hearse, just because of a handful of failed | ||
| CF | startups and lawsuits and bankruptcies? Why should you accept that, | ||
| CF | and watch Hadrian be hailed as a hero because of his stupid Moonlite | ||
| CF | thing? It's not like he ever cared about sustainable energy when | ||
| CF | you knew him. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Well, you've got your own plan. You're going to go in there and find | ||
| CF | this Moonlite. And you're going to destroy it. Don't let Hadrian be | ||
| CF | the bigger man. Get sweet revenge. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | And you'll put your grand plan into motion just as soon as you're | ||
| CF | invited in. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | And you should also do something about how you're burning to death, | ||
| CF | while you're at it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open umbrella" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OPEN UMBRELLA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You open the umbrella. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Under your umbrella's welcome shade, your skin cools rapidly and | ||
| CF | resets. Ahhh. That's better. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > SAVE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to write: | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > SAVEOk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "er, yes?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Either." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Either what?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just giving us a non-textdumpy place later." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Either kill us with sun or do prank calls." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Probably calls, then suicide." | ||
| DavidW says, "oh" | ||
| DavidW says, "That seems a reasonable ordering." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter booth" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [When talking to people or using devices, you'll be given numbered | ||
| CF | options like those below. To choose one, just type the number of the | ||
| CF | option you want. For example, just type "1" if you want to select the | ||
| CF | first option.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [2] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Call the police on Hadrian and have him arrested on spurious charges? | ||
| CF | An excellent idea. And indeed, you tried it a few years ago. And | ||
| CF | that's how you learned that the emergency services can track call | ||
| CF | locations to arrest hoaxers. So you'd better not, at least not until | ||
| CF | you know what's up with Hadrian's dumb machine. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [2] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Gotta read the banner first, I guess." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You hang up and leave the booth. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read banner" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > READ BANNER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to deliver high-quality award-winning | ||
| CF | customer service online and by telephone to Lunarcel customers and | ||
| CF | clients? WE ARE HIRING! Entry-level positions - NO CV REQUIRED! Start | ||
| CF | as early as TODAY! CALL NOW!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "No CV required"? "Start today"? They must be desperate to hire | ||
| CF | people. There's a phone number on the banner - maybe you could get | ||
| CF | invited in for an interview... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter booth" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the Lunarcel job application number | ||
| CF | [2] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [3] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You dial the number on the job advert. It rings for a while, but a | ||
| CF | glassy-sounding voice eventually picks up. "Hello, Lunarcel customer | ||
| CF | services department, how may I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm applying for that job opening. | ||
| CF | [2] Do you have Prince Albert in a can? Well you'd better let him out! | ||
| CF | [3] Sorry, wrong number. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You hang up without waiting for a response. It's good to laugh now and | ||
| CF | then. You head back outside. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "aw" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Do it again?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter booth" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the Lunarcel job application number | ||
| CF | [2] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [3] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "I just want to see if it's different next time" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You dial the number on the job advert. It rings for a while, but a | ||
| CF | glassy-sounding voice eventually picks up. "Hello, Lunarcel customer | ||
| CF | services department, how may I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm applying for that job opening. | ||
| CF | [2] Is your refrigerator running? Well you'd better let him out! | ||
| CF | [3] Sorry, wrong number. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "yay" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You hang up without waiting for a response. It's good to laugh now and | ||
| CF | then. You head back outside. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter booth" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > ENTER BOOTH | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the Lunarcel job application number | ||
| CF | [2] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [3] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You dial the number on the job advert. It rings for a while, but a | ||
| CF | glassy-sounding voice eventually picks up. "Hello, Lunarcel customer | ||
| CF | services department, how may I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm applying for that job opening. | ||
| CF | [2] Is your refrigerator running? Well you'd better go catch him! | ||
| CF | [3] Sorry, wrong number. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Must be random" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You hang up without waiting for a response. It's good to laugh now and | ||
| CF | then. You head back outside. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Or just the two." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close umbrella" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > CLOSE UMBRELLA | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the umbrella. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The sunlight hits your body like the heat of an oven. You can't | ||
| CF | survive much direct sunlight! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "z" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > Z | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Time passes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your skin is blistering! You need to get out of the sunlight now! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "z" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > Z | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Time passes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You have been exposed to the sun for too long! You combust like a | ||
| CF | Roman candle! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | *** You have been incinerated *** | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the | ||
| CF | last command? | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "POOF" | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "restore" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > RESTORE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | Ok. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bite me" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE ME | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You don't like to bite yourself. You've never really gotten anything | ||
| CF | out of it. (Though some other vampires do, apparently. It's said that | ||
| CF | old Count Ur��t had his ribs removed so he could suck his own blood.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "A roamer fiddles as Nero burned." | |
| Jacqueline says, "ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "oh... oh dear." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The ha was for KO" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The oh dear was for the game" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "I, uh, who's driving now?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I remember a video that was about weird body modifications, and there is a woman who had some of her ribs removed to get a cartoonish-like hourglass figure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "People used to do that, yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I did not read it that way in this case." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "Anyone, I think." | ||
| DavidW says (to Moy), "yeah, I'm done." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Let's see... what else was in the amusing?" | ||
| MoyTW says, "This one was pretty short." | ||
| DavidW says, "We never tried to hypnotize anyone at all." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "restore" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > RESTORE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to read: | MoyTW says, "We haven't gone back and said silly things during the interview." | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cf1" | ||
| CF ] Engineering Lab Exits: S | ||
| CF | Ok. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh. We didn't save until then?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "restore" | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > RESTORE | ||
| CF | %% Enter a save filename to read: | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | Ok. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > L | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "make call" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > MAKE CALL | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "use phone" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE PHONE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [When talking to people or using devices, you'll be given numbered | ||
| CF | options like those below. To choose one, just type the number of the | ||
| CF | option you want. For example, just type "1" if you want to select the | ||
| CF | first option.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [2] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "We didn't save before the interview, no." | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "read banner" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > READ BANNER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can't quite read it from in here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "out" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > OUT | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [Sorry, most actions (other than looking at things) are disabled | ||
| CF | when you're in a tree. Please enter a number to keep talking (there | ||
| CF | will usually be some kind of goodbye option to exit the conversation | ||
| CF | or menu). Type REPEAT to see your options again.] | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "I am a crappy driver" | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You hang up and leave the booth. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "read banner" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > READ BANNER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to deliver high-quality award-winning | ||
| CF | customer service online and by telephone to Lunarcel customers and | ||
| CF | clients? WE ARE HIRING! Entry-level positions - NO CV REQUIRED! Start | ||
| CF | as early as TODAY! CALL NOW!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "No CV required"? "Start today"? They must be desperate to hire | ||
| CF | people. There's a phone number on the banner - maybe you could get | ||
| CF | invited in for an interview... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "use phone" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE PHONE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You enter the booth and pick up the phone. Who will you call? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Call the Lunarcel job application number | ||
| CF | [2] Call the emergency services | ||
| CF | [3] Never mind | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You dial the number on the job advert. It rings for a while, but a | ||
| CF | glassy-sounding voice eventually picks up. "Hello, Lunarcel customer | ||
| CF | services department, how may I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm applying for that job opening. | ||
| CF | [2] Do you have Prince Albert in a can? Well you'd better let him out! | ||
| CF | [3] Sorry, wrong number. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Brilliant. Well, we're hiring quickly at the moment, so we're open | ||
| CF | all week for applicants. We just need to do an informal interview to | ||
| CF | get to know you first. Can you drop in today?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You give the woman on the other end a fake name and details. (Well, | ||
| CF | better pretend to be human while you're sneaking in. You can feed on | ||
| CF | the employees later.) "Great! Thanks, Oren. Come into the office | ||
| CF | whenever you can. We're on the Lunarcel campus, on the west end. We're | ||
| CF | in the white office block there." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] So I'm definitely allowed into the campus, then? | ||
| CF | [2] Great! See you soon. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Inside the Phone Booth Exits: OUT | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Yes, of course you're allowed in! Why wouldn't you be?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Great! See you soon. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Campus Entrance Exits: N IN | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You say your goodbyes and end the call. So, you've been invited in for | ||
| CF | interview! You should be able to cross the threshold into the campus | ||
| CF | now. Unless Hadrian spots you and bans you again. But how could he | ||
| CF | possibly find you? You're using a fake name. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Entrance | ||
| CF | The entrance to the Lunarcel campus is now quiet apart from a handful | ||
| CF | of workers dismantling the stage. The main part of the campus is north | ||
| CF | of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | An old phone booth huddles against the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Now that the stage has been cleared away, you can see a "Help Wanted" | ||
| CF | banner affixed by the entrance. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You've only been invited to the customer service office for your | ||
| CF | interview. You don't yet have the freedom to explore more of the | ||
| CF | place. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > W | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "w. n. talk to woman" | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North seems to lead to some kind of meeting room. You | ||
| CF | can head back outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A woman who you take to be the office manager is bustling wildly, | ||
| CF | juggling several administrative tasks at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to woman" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TALK TO WOMAN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (the manager) | ||
| CF | "Can I help- How can I help you?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I'm here for a job interview. | ||
| CF | [2] Never mind, I though you were someone else. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Ah, you must be Oren! I'm ready for you right now. Follow me, | ||
| CF | please." She leads you into the meeting room. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Interview Room | ||
| CF | Now that you're in there, you see that what you thought was a | ||
| CF | conference room is really just a converted stationery closet with two | ||
| CF | chairs, a table and a cupboard. There's barely room for one person | ||
| CF | here; with both you and the manager in here, it's dangerously crowded. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is sitting across from you. She gives you her friendliest | ||
| CF | smile. "Good to meet you, Mr. Vohsarb. I only have a few questions for | ||
| CF | you, just to make sure you're an appropriate fit for this department. | ||
| CF | So, could you tell me why you applied for this job, and why you want | ||
| CF | to work at Lunarcel?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Corporate espionage | ||
| CF | [2] Revenge | ||
| CF | [3] I've lost control of my life | ||
| CF | [4] It has always been my dream to serve the customer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer writes an ominous little note. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Hrm. Should have saved" | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (...although you already recognise the kind of work environment this | ||
| CF | is. You cultivated it yourself when you were in business. | ||
| CF | Productivity, that's the key. Make sure your workers are turning up | ||
| CF | and putting in the hours they owe you. Don't let them shirk. Open-plan | ||
| CF | offices help with that. You know that's what Hade's thinking. You | ||
| CF | learned it from him, after all.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You choke back the answer, and consider your other options. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Revenge | ||
| CF | [2] I've lost control of my life | ||
| CF | [3] It has always been my dream to serve the customer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Oh." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Aw." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "oh okay" | ||
| MoyTW says, "A pity that it doesn't let us bomb." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Revenge! You've had your history with Hadrian Alba. You though he was | ||
| CF | a friend, until you dared to dream bigger. Now his very existence | ||
| CF | belittles you. He has insulted you, he has whispered behind your back, | ||
| CF | and it's not right that a prick like him gets the luck of the devil | ||
| CF | and the wealth to match. It should be you doing press | ||
| CF | conferences about your big new inventions and investments, and | ||
| CF | he should be the one sleeping in plywood coffins. Let's see | ||
| CF | how haughty he is when you find that Moonlite and ruin it and laugh at | ||
| CF | him.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You guess she won't like that answer, and think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I've lost control of my life | ||
| CF | [2] It has always been my dream to serve the customer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Though, probably better from a gameplay perspective." | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Oh, you used to have control! You had it all once! Successful | ||
| CF | businesses, all the blood you could want, a castle with all sorts of | ||
| CF | turrets! But now... is this just how the poor live? Worried about | ||
| CF | tomorrow? Why would they want to live like this instead of becoming | ||
| CF | rich? This is just temporary. You just need to build up a little bit. | ||
| CF | And destroy Hadrian while you're doing it.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Better not admit to that in a job interview. Better think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] It has always been my dream to serve the customer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer coughs quietly into her fist. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says (to Moy), "Sigh. I *suppose*" | |
| Roger says, "But thou must" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You say something about helping other people, the kind of thing you | ||
| CF | used to like to hear from other people. It looks like the manager | ||
| CF | likes it too. She scribbles a quick note, and says "Thank you, Oren. | ||
| CF | Now, why did you leave your last job position?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Failed to attract sufficient startup investment | ||
| CF | [2] Employees unwilling to work for me | ||
| CF | [3] Run out of town by pitchforked mob | ||
| CF | [4] It did not challenge and inspire me like this job would | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer writes an ominous little note. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You've had some genuinely brilliant ideas for startup companies. | ||
| CF | Mail-order blood testing kits. Spice jars with giant kernels of salt | ||
| CF | and pepper that you can count easily. Portrait painting services which | ||
| CF | eliminate the need for mirrors. All necessary and important, yet | ||
| CF | hardly any investors will recognise that! And whenever you do get a | ||
| CF | business up and running, there's always some stupid thing that comes | ||
| CF | up, like some study that says your product doesn't work or some big | ||
| CF | employment tribunal, and suddenly all the investors want their money | ||
| CF | back! Some call you bitter, but how can you not be when | ||
| CF | things conspire against you so often?) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You guess she won't like that answer, and think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Employees unwilling to work for me | ||
| CF | [2] Run out of town by pitchforked mob | ||
| CF | [3] It did not challenge and inspire me like this job would | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Humans don't like to work, you've noticed. You do the heavy lifting | ||
| CF | of forming and directing a company, and all your employees will just | ||
| CF | flake out after a couple of years. Long hours? Some of us | ||
| CF | work all night. But you still end up burning through staff | ||
| CF | and stamping out unions like wildfires. At least you'll get | ||
| CF | to be the one wasting company time and resources this time. Must be | ||
| CF | fun.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Better not admit to that in a job interview. Better think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Run out of town by pitchforked mob | ||
| CF | [2] It did not challenge and inspire me like this job would | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer coughs quietly into her fist. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (This was just dumb. You've never known investors to actually club | ||
| CF | together and come round to the company headquarters with blunt weapons | ||
| CF | before. Of course you would be the first guy it happened to. | ||
| CF | Yeah, they did lose a couple hundred million dollars between them, but | ||
| CF | that's investment! It's a risk! Sometimes money doesn't come back! | ||
| CF | Sometimes share prices just plummet, through no fault of your own! | ||
| CF | Take it up with every other business vampire!) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You guess she won't like that answer, and think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] It did not challenge and inspire me like this job would | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You improvise something about how you've heard Lunarcel is the land of | ||
| CF | opportunity, and how the office looks like a great work environment | ||
| CF | and everything, just like you remember your old job applicants telling | ||
| CF | you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As you start to wonder if they were lying too, the manager makes | ||
| CF | another little note. "Thank you. Just one more question, and there are | ||
| CF | no right or wrong answers here... What would you say is your biggest | ||
| CF | weakness?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Vulnerability to sunlight | ||
| CF | [2] Wooden stake through the heart or stomach | ||
| CF | [3] Inability to cross thresholds uninvited | ||
| CF | [4] Sensitivity to holy symbols | ||
| CF | [5] Running water | ||
| CF | [6] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Is it some property of ultraviolet light? Or just sensitive skin? | ||
| CF | You're not sure, and neither is anyone else, but the sun still rises | ||
| CF | every day and ruins your life. Umbrellas and good sunblock help a bit, | ||
| CF | at least.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Better not admit to that in a job interview. Better think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Wooden stake through the heart or stomach | ||
| CF | [2] Inability to cross thresholds uninvited | ||
| CF | [3] Sensitivity to holy symbols | ||
| CF | [4] Running water | ||
| CF | [5] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You were killed a couple times, a few hundred years ago. Who wasn't? | ||
| CF | Europe was lousy with vampire hunters back in the day. The number of | ||
| CF | times you've been woken up in your coffin by some prick with a wooden | ||
| CF | stake and a grudge! People have told you that humans can't survive | ||
| CF | being staked in the heart either, but they don't understand, they | ||
| CF | don't live in fear of the stake like vampires do.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You choke back the answer, and consider your other options. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Inability to cross thresholds uninvited | ||
| CF | [2] Sensitivity to holy symbols | ||
| CF | [3] Running water | ||
| CF | [4] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer gives you an encouraging little smile. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "I am with whoever said it earlier: wooden stake through the heart or stomach is also not great for humans." | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "And the game addresses it. Nice!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You get very uncomfortable when you know you're not welcome. Why | ||
| CF | should you care? You are a vampire! You should be able to go where you | ||
| CF | like! You can rip a human's throat out, but their doorway is going to | ||
| CF | stop you?? But... when you're invading someone's property, and you | ||
| CF | can't find a reason to say you're welcome, you feel guilty. | ||
| CF | And you try to snap out of it by telling yourself "well, you don't | ||
| CF | feel guilty about stealing people's blood." And then you start to feel | ||
| CF | guilty about the blood... Better not to think about it. Better to be | ||
| CF | welcome, and walk with your head held high, than to be ashamed...) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You guess she won't like that answer, and think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Sensitivity to holy symbols | ||
| CF | [2] Running water | ||
| CF | [3] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You hate displays of religion. Can't stand to look at any. | ||
| CF | Superstitious nonsense. Every other vampire says so too. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | But... if pressed, maybe, maybe you'd have to admit that what | ||
| CF | you're doing vis-a-vis the whole killing and subjugating humans thing | ||
| CF | is perhaps not fully condoned in most of the major religions, | ||
| CF | and maybe you'd concede that your karmic balance or your | ||
| CF | charitable-act-to-sin ratio or whatever metric of goodness any | ||
| CF | religion uses is not completely in your favour, and holy | ||
| CF | symbols are perhaps a reminder of how possibly your actions | ||
| CF | have hurt other people... It's not worth dwelling on. Change the | ||
| CF | subject and move on.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You choke back the answer, and consider your other options. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Running water | ||
| CF | [2] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "This is quite a lot of text for wrong answers." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Well, some of it is good backstory." | ||
| MoyTW exclaims, "The text is the point of the text!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And some of it, like this one, is just kind of amusing. I liked this response." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Interview Room Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You don't know why you can't cross running water, but you can't. It's | ||
| CF | like trying to lick your elbow. It's baffling, and it makes you | ||
| CF | furious. People don't know how good they have it with their precious | ||
| CF | bridges.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Better not admit to that in a job interview. Better think again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] I guess I'm just a perfectionist | ||
| CF | | MoyTW says, "It ain't terrible, most of it." | |
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Wait. Can we not lick our own elbow? Surely very skinny people can do this." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I have never ever thought about this before this moment." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "1" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 1 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Yes, everyone says that." The interviewer has a wry little smile as | ||
| CF | she checks her notes one more time. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Well, I don't see any cause for concern here. Welcome abroad, Oren!" | ||
| CF | She shakes your hand. "Can you start today?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Five minutes later, you've been shown to your new desk, on which is a | ||
| CF | very old computer. You'll be handling online customer enquiries for | ||
| CF | your first shift, you've been told. Around you, other workers are | ||
| CF | being yelled at over the phone, or doing something clerical with a | ||
| CF | spreadsheet, or some other boring task. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The interviewer - your new manager - comes back with something on a | ||
| CF | lanyard. "Here's your ID card, hot off the presses," she says, as you | ||
| CF | slip it around your neck. "You're supposed to wear your card at all | ||
| CF | times. You don't really need it unless you're going to high-security | ||
| CF | areas, but you'd need to be properly authorised anyway, so don't worry | ||
| CF | about it. Talk to me if you need anything!" And she's gone again. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Of course, now that you're officially allowed on the Lunarcel campus, | ||
| CF | you have no intention of doing any work. You are going to find | ||
| CF | Hadrian's precious Moonlite machine and destroy it. As soon as you | ||
| CF | find it, that is. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Office | ||
| CF | A modern open-plan office: bent backs from wall to wall and no privacy | ||
| CF | anywhere. Just how you used to like it when you were running these | ||
| CF | kinds of places. North leads to a meeting room. You can head back | ||
| CF | outside to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's an unused miserable-looking computer here which is, | ||
| CF | apparently, yours. Lovely. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The manager is bustling wildly, juggling several administrative tasks | ||
| CF | at once. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A list of common passwords has been flimsily stuck up on the wall | ||
| CF | nearby. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I can't like my own elbow, and it's been an AGE since I licked anyone else's." | |
| DavidW says, "er lick" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Karona sings out of key, the fish jumps out of the jug and slaps her in the face, and she shuffles home looking ashamed. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bite manager" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE MANAGER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | That won't leave a good impression. Actually, it'll leave two good | ||
| CF | impressions in her jugular vein, but you'd still better not. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bite bag" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE BAG | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (first turning discreetly away from the manager) | ||
| CF | You puncture the plastic easily with your fangs, and drink deep. | ||
| CF | There's not a drop left when you're done. No substitute for a warm | ||
| CF | meal, but you do what you have to when times are hard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "hypnotize manager" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > HYPNOTIZE MANAGER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | She looks at you, puzzled. Hmm, the old powers of suggestion are a | ||
| CF | little rusty today. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "kiss manager" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > KISS MANAGER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You'd rather use your teeth than your lips. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "damn" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > DAMN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "fly" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > FLY | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh! It meant *literal cursing*" | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "curse manager" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > CURSE MANAGER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I only understood you as far as wanting to curse. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn into bat" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TURN INTO BAT | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can't see that here (or if you can, it's not important). | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "or not" | |
| Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "curse" | ||
| CF ] Office Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > CURSE | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Prick! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the other side of the office, the manager rearranges some paperwork | ||
| CF | on a desk. You don't think that's even her desk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "...is calling somebody a prick considered cursing?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "As opposed to, like, Britishly Rude or something?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "It seems like maybe we can bite the receptionist?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's try doing that." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "DW, can you drive to do that?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Campus West Exits: N E | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You make a quick and confident exit while the manager's back is | ||
| CF | turned. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus West | ||
| CF | Somewhat less pretty than the entrance and central plaza were - this | ||
| CF | part of the campus must usually be seen only by employees. North is a | ||
| CF | grimy-looking office block, and the rest of the campus is to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF ] Campus Central Exits: N S E W | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > E | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Campus Central | ||
| CF | This central plaza is wide and spacious, offering striking views of | ||
| CF | all the major landmarks of the campus, as if designed by a brutalist | ||
| CF | landscape gardener. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As a wooden signpost indicates, the black glass building to the | ||
| CF | immediate north is the corporate headquarters; it also tells you that | ||
| CF | the campus stretches east to the engineering laboratory, and west to | ||
| CF | the customer service office. You can also leave the campus through the | ||
| CF | southern exit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lobby | ||
| CF | This is the pleasantly airy and open lobby of the building where all | ||
| CF | the executives keep their offices. A corridor leads visitors and | ||
| CF | executives north. The main campus is to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a receptionist here, hunched over a computer and looking very | ||
| CF | bored. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can also see some grapes here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks, "And then we reload during the fight and bring Hade back to the recptionist maybe? Did we do that previously?" | |
| DavidW says, "Poor guy." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It sounds from the AMUSING like we can bite him and then use his computer" | ||
| DavidW says, "No, we didn't come this way during the fight. It's a dead end." | ||
| DavidW says, "Also, if you bite him now, we won't know where Hade's office is." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We have a save" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So it is fine" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "oh" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "HIS computer, not the receptionists?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I... okay. I was mixing up whose computer we were talking about." | ||
| DavidW asks, "hm?" | ||
| DavidW You were talking about the receptionist's computer. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You try to commandeer the receptionist's computer, but he just | ||
| CF | stammers and says "um, um" over and over until you stop. Well, there | ||
| CF | are other computers you can use if you need to. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bit him" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BIT HIM | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | I didn't understand that sentence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bite him" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE HIM | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You'd love to. But they'd probably call it assault, and being wanted | ||
| CF | for assault would get in the way of your sabotage plans. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You try to commandeer the receptionist's computer, but he just | ||
| CF | stammers and says "um, um" over and over until you stop. Well, there | ||
| CF | are other computers you can use if you need to. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bite receptionist" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE RECEPTIONIST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You'd love to. But they'd probably call it assault, and being wanted | ||
| CF | for assault would get in the way of your sabotage plans. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "That doesn't track with the amusing, does it?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hypnotize him" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > HYPNOTIZE HIM | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | He looks at you, puzzled. Hmm, the old powers of suggestion are a | ||
| CF | little rusty today. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I guess conditions aren't right for biting him now." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > N | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Hade's Office | ||
| CF | This is an office?? It looks more like a furniture showroom. It's all | ||
| CF | expensive tables and chairs and sofas - Hadrian could hold three | ||
| CF | meetings at once in here. But there are film posters hung up around | ||
| CF | the room too, like he thinks it makes him look cool. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On one especially luxurious desk sits a fancy computer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A password field blocks you! Curse that Hadrian, and screw him, too! | ||
| CF | He's always one step ahead. Hmm, how can you figure out Hade's | ||
| CF | password? Hopefully he's not very careful with it - maybe other people | ||
| CF | in the company can help you guess. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks, "Which one was it?" | |
| DavidW says, "letmein" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, right." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "type letmein" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > TYPE LETMEIN | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (typing "letmein" on the fancy computer) | ||
| CF | The password field disappears! (Hey! That's the same as your | ||
| CF | password!) The computer is unlocked and ready for use. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "use computer" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > USE COMPUTER | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The computer wakes up without a sound. You could snoop through Hade's | ||
| CF | emails, but you also see an application for controlling Lunarcel's | ||
| CF | security permissions. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Oho! You've found a program for giving and taking away privileges to | ||
| CF | staff members. And it looks like you're already in the database! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Enable full permissions for "Oren" (you) | ||
| CF | [3] Disable full permissions for Hadrian (prick) | ||
| CF | [4] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "2" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 2 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's the work of a moment to tick the little checkboxes next to your | ||
| CF | pseudonym. Now you have full security permissions to your name! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Browse the permissions list | ||
| CF | [2] Disable full permissions for Hadrian (prick) | ||
| CF | [3] Quit the permissions list | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "3" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 3 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You close the security program. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | [1] Check Hadrian's emails | ||
| CF | [2] Edit campus security permissions | ||
| CF | [3] Got any games on this thing? | ||
| CF | [4] Stop using the computer | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "4" | ||
| CF ] Hade's Office Exits: S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > 4 | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You get up and step away from Hadrian's fancy computer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > S | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lobby | ||
| CF | This is the pleasantly airy and open lobby of the building where all | ||
| CF | the executives keep their offices. A corridor leads visitors and | ||
| CF | executives north. The main campus is to the south. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's a receptionist here, hunched over a computer and looking very | ||
| CF | bored. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can also see some grapes here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "I'm a bit surprised it remains the same." | |
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "bite receptionist" | ||
| CF ] Lobby Exits: N S | ||
| CF | > | ||
| CF | > BITE RECEPTIONIST | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You'd love to. But they'd probably call it assault, and being wanted | ||
| CF | for assault would get in the way of your sabotage plans. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline shrugs. | |
| DavidW says, "It fits with the 'yelling' clue from talking to the receptionist." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Eh. I feel done." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Same" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks, everyone. :)" | ||
| MoyTW says, "I do think the game had pretty amusing writing! It was short, though." | ||
| DavidW says, "Appropriately comp-sized, you mean, but short in comparison." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I've said it before, but not every game can be Cragne Manor." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm glad I played it. Also glad I figured out the grape to raisin method." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I think that would have stumped me." | ||
| MoyTW says, "That - I still don't believe that that is the only way of doing that." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to KO), "Thank goodness not every game is Cragne Manor" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Because, like, seriously." | ||
| Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "We'd still be at our first game past the actual Cragne Manor! (or maybe third.)" | ||
| DavidW says, "When you're an engineer, you fix everything with duct tape. For a vampire, you fix things with your fangs." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Unless it's with your umbrella." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "That was a new use for an umbrella." | ||
