  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd is that each
week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play
a game of interactive fiction.
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "load marthadate" | ||
| CF | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | This game is based on a Fanfiction series written for Lois and Clark: | ||
| CF | The New Adventures of Superman. Superman is owned by DC Comics, and | ||
| CF | all unoriginal characters, settings, and situations refered to in this | ||
| CF | game are used without permission. To make up for my impudence, please | ||
| CF | buy lots and lots of Superman comicbooks. I personally recommend ones | ||
| CF | with Mxyzptlk in them, because they are often funny. Also, buy DVDs of | ||
| CF | the complete seasons of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, | ||
| CF | which are now on sale at stores near you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's finally happened. You've finally got a date - a real date - with | ||
| CF | Troy! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You are Martha Jeraldine Kent, teenaged daughter of Superman. Troy | ||
| CF | will be here soon to take you out to the Ukrainian film festival, and | ||
| CF | you are nowhere near ready! Your shoes are missing. You can't find | ||
| CF | your hair pick anywhere. You still need to put on your makeup. You | ||
| CF | desperately need some jewelry to wear. And to top it all off, you've | ||
| CF | just discovered a huge stain on the dress you're planning to wear! | ||
| CF | Your reflection in the mirror shows a total mess. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | 'Life is unfair!' you think, as you stand in the middle of your | ||
| CF | bedroom, sobbing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your Bedroom | ||
| CF | This is your room. For the most part, it is pretty neat. Your bed | ||
| CF | lies alongside the wall that has your closet, and a small dresser is | ||
| CF | next to it. The other walls are covered with carefully organized | ||
| CF | bookshelves, videoshelves, pictures, and a full-length mirror by the | ||
| CF | window. The hallway is south of here, right out the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your dress is lying in a heap on the floor. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Huh. A Superman fanfic game." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I love the 'to make up for my impudence' bit" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dress" | ||
| CF | It's Troy's favorite color, which is partly why you picked it for | ||
| CF | tonight. It has spaghetti-strap sleeves, and a neck-line that's cut | ||
| CF | just low enough to be interesting without making any promises. Right | ||
| CF | now, there is an ugly stain on it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "...I, you know, I didn't know fanfic-y IF existed? though I see no reason it should not, so I guess it shouldn't be a surprise." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take dress" | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dresser" | ||
| CF | It's just a small dresser painted red with yellow trim. It has two | ||
| CF | drawers. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open top drawer" | ||
| CF | Opening the top drawer reveals some underwear. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "A film festival? Where people meet in person? That's distant past indeed." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search underwear" | ||
| CF | There's nothing unusual in the underwear. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Roger says, "I've written at least two IF-fanfics myself, come to think of it." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open bottom drawer" | ||
| CF | Opening the bottom drawer reveals some socks. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search socks" | ||
| CF | There's nothing unusual in the socks. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open closet" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in it" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual in the closet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bed" | ||
| CF | It is a comfy bed, with rose-pattern sheets and pillow cases. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under bed" | ||
| CF | You see nothing under the bed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF | Your Bedroom | ||
| CF | This is your room. For the most part, it is pretty neat. Your bed | ||
| CF | lies alongside the wall that has your closet, and a small dresser is | ||
| CF | next to it. The other walls are covered with carefully organized | ||
| CF | bookshelves, videoshelves, pictures, and a full-length mirror by the | ||
| CF | window. The hallway is south of here, right out the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "Okay to leave the room?" | |
| MoyTW asks, "What kinda videos we got on them videoshelves?" | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "x stain, x me?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I didn't even see those." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stain" | ||
| CF | It's horrible! Strangely, it looks like chocolate. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lick stain" | ||
| CF | The word "lick" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing | ||
| CF | OOPS followed by the corrected word now. Any time the story points out | ||
| CF | an unknown word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your next | ||
| CF | command.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "eat stain" | ||
| CF | You are not that much of a Chocoholic. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x videoshelves" | ||
| CF | They're essentially small bookshelves, except you've stacked your | ||
| CF | videos on them. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pictures" | ||
| CF | There's a painting of a field of daisies, and several family photos | ||
| CF | hanging on the wall. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, ".Moy I seem to recall that we played Ron Weasley and the Quest for Hermione once, which is, um, adult IF, but apparently we were too embarrassed to keep a transcript." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x photos" | ||
| CF | There are some of you and your sister, and a few group shots of | ||
| CF | everybody. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bookshelves" | ||
| CF | Sturdy, wooden bookshelves line the walls of your room. The books on | ||
| CF | them are all arranged alphabetically according to author. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x books" | ||
| CF | The books themselves are a mix of novels, biographies, and | ||
| CF | encyclopedias. There is also a stack of printed out fanfiction. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fanfiction" | ||
| CF | You and your sister were both fans of the tv show Louissa and Mark: The | ||
| CF | New Adventures of the Hulk back when it still aired. Since it's been | ||
| CF | cancelled, you both practically thrive on internet fanfiction and the | ||
| CF | reruns that air on channel 2. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "hahaha...what. ah. what? hahahahahahahahahahahaha" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Must have been before my time." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It... is something." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, we could put that on the list for a future week." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't recall any of it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Other than that it was ... yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, I do." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "We could. Or we could not." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| MoyTW says, "what, I, I mean, I think I have to try playing this in some form or another. was it, uh" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "like...good?" | ||
| DavidW says, "For some reason, Ron wasn't interested in either Harry or Hagrid. Just the girls." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Was it good, David?" | ||
| DavidW says, "um, some of it, yes? You can be faithful to Hermoine and not have sex with anyone else but her." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, I guess one has to define 'good'" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think Emily wrote a review." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sam just said the same thing." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "'I think Emily wrote a review.'" | ||
| DavidW says, "jinx" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Anyway, is there more to do in this room?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sam's further recollections are that it was mostly funny for the title, and that the sex was boring, but... well, his last recollection is something that would require a warning to be put on the transcript, so I'm not going to say it, but it was pretty funny." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay, yeah, is there more to this room!" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to find a washing machine for the dress since that might take more time than the other items, but y'know, time might not be an issue if this is plot driven." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well thanks for making me aware that this exists, I found the review and now we can, like, play the game." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "Yeah. So, fanfic IF is a thing." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "A very real thing." | ||
| DavidW says, "There's Dr Who and Star Trek games." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I wrote a Star Trek fanfic, now that you say that." | ||
| DavidW says, "Other Harry Potter games. Shakespeare games." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yep" | ||
| DavidW says, "I did a Monty Python game called Cheeseshop." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You did." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF | Your Bedroom | ||
| CF | This is your room. For the most part, it is pretty neat. Your bed | ||
| CF | lies alongside the wall that has your closet, and a small dresser is | ||
| CF | next to it. The other walls are covered with carefully organized | ||
| CF | bookshelves, videoshelves, pictures, and a full-length mirror by the | ||
| CF | window. The hallway is south of here, right out the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "time" | ||
| CF | The word "time" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "There two or three Harry Potter games among the transcripts at least." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Ugh. My Page Up not working means I can't see what we've already looked at." | ||
| DavidW says, "We looked at everything but the mirror, I think." | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "I think we examined everything?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "sing" | ||
| CF | The word "sing" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Okay, yeah, mirror." | |
| MoyTW says, "Never x me'd." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" | ||
| CF | You're about average height, with dark, naturally curly hair. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x mirror" | ||
| CF | It's a tall, narrow mirror with a gold frame, and glass in which you | ||
| CF | can see your reflection. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You're about average height, with dark, naturally curly hair. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You do a little twirl in front of the mirror. Right now, you're in | ||
| CF | your slip. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You really should get dressed; Troy could come at any minute! What are | ||
| CF | you going to do about that horrible stain on your dress? You should | ||
| CF | also get some shoes on. Some jewelry would really help. You could | ||
| CF | also do with just a touch of makeup. By the way, your hair is a frizzy | ||
| CF | mess. Get Moving, girl! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Well I guess there's our todo list." | |
| DavidW says, "Maybe we can cajole Mr Mxyzptlk into being our fairy godfather or something." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "BRB, think I know how to fix the Page Up key." | ||
| DavidW asks, "so, can we go south now?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | (first opening the door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The End of the Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the end of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through the | ||
| CF | upstairs of the house. Your room is to the north, and your twin | ||
| CF | sister's room is across the hall, to the south. The hall coninues to | ||
| CF | the west, and immediately east is a closet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Wonder if we inherited any powers from dad." | |
| DavidW says, "Sister probably borrowed at least one thing, I bet." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | (first opening your sister's door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Lara's Room | ||
| CF | Your parents have finally given in to their children's pleas, and given | ||
| CF | you and your twin sister separate rooms. Lara's room is messier than | ||
| CF | yours, but that's no surprise. Her walls are mostly covered in posters | ||
| CF | and pictures, and if you use your x-ray vision, you can almost see the | ||
| CF | floor. Well, okay, it's really not that bad. Her closet is at the far | ||
| CF | end of the room, by the window, and she has a desk and chair against | ||
| CF | one wall, across from her bed. The hallway is north of here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bed" | ||
| CF | It looks like she quit in the middle of making it. The sheets are | ||
| CF | pulled halfway off, and the pillows are on the floor. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under bed" | ||
| CF | The monsters wave at you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Hrm." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask monsters about lara" | ||
| CF | The monsters aren't important. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x posters" | ||
| CF | Aside from pictures and photos, Lara's walls are plastered with a vast | ||
| CF | quantity of posters for the heavy-rock boy band, "Screaming Mayhem". | ||
| CF | Some of them are just artsy album covers, but most feature various | ||
| CF | members of the band in flashy poses, often licking their guitars for | ||
| CF | some reason. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Oof, that's real mean to the monsters." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" | ||
| CF | The top is covered with papers, pencils, and notebooks, and there's a | ||
| CF | drawer underneath. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Poor monstors." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Monsters, even" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open drawer" | ||
| CF | Opening the desk drawer reveals a snowglobe. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x snowglobe" | ||
| CF | Lara borrowed it from you a month ago. You have no idea why. She | ||
| CF | never bothered to return it, apparently. She's bad at that-well, | ||
| CF | actually, you both are, but she's worse. Of course, it might be that | ||
| CF | she didn't return it because she still using it; although that doesn't | ||
| CF | make sense! How do you use a snowglobe? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It has a little snowman inside, wearing a red cape. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it" | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "shake it to fly?" | |
| Knight_Otu asks, "Sure?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "shake snowglobe" | ||
| CF | You turn it upside-down and shake it. When you turn it right-side-up | ||
| CF | again, a myriad of little snowflakes swirl around the tiny, caped | ||
| CF | snowman. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x snowman" | ||
| CF | He seems like a jolly little fellow. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cape" | ||
| CF | It's meant to resemble your father's, but it's generic enough to keep | ||
| CF | the makers of the snowglobe from getting in trouble. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search desk" | ||
| CF | You see nothing on the desk. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x notebooks" | ||
| CF | These are Lara's notebooks for school. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x junk" | ||
| CF | You see no junk here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x closet" | ||
| CF | Lara's closet contains her clothes. It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open closet" | ||
| CF | Some random odds and ends are piled on the floor. There's something | ||
| CF | about the pile that catches your attention... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pile" | ||
| CF | This is just a pile of Lara's junk. It's mostly things like CDs, | ||
| CF | shoes, board games, and who knows what else! A pair of shoes in the | ||
| CF | pile looks familiar. Hey-those are yours! That's the pair you've been | ||
| CF | looking for! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take shoes" | ||
| CF | Got 'em! Now finish getting dressed! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Your score has just increased by ten points.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (If you'd prefer not to be notified about score changes in the future, | ||
| CF | type NOTIFY OFF.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu exclaims, "Hey points!" | |
| DavidW says, "I suspect we've finished this room." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Possibly." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'd like to check the hall closet next." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, sounds good." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | The End of the Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the end of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through the | ||
| CF | upstairs of the house. Your room is to the north, and your twin | ||
| CF | sister's room is across the hall, to the south. The hall coninues to | ||
| CF | the west, and immediately east is a closet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | You enjoy standing in closets? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open closet" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in closet" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual in the hall closet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "hm. So why is it here, then?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "That's a bit disappointing." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | You enjoy standing in closets? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "yes" | ||
| CF | You must be more specific about whom you want to talk to. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door" | ||
| CF | Which door do you mean, your bedroom door, your sister's door, or the | ||
| CF | hall closet? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" | ||
| CF | It's just an ordinary hall closet. Nothing special about it. It's | ||
| CF | open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your parents' voices leak out from the bathroom, and you nearly fall | ||
| CF | over, until you realize that what your mom actually said was "Scrub me | ||
| CF | harder." Of course, that still doesn't make it much less disturbing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline departs dramatically, saying, "Since I'm probably marked for death anyway, I'm going to have an oreo cookie and then a nap. See you all later, possibly on the #obits bb." | DavidW asks, "Check out my room next?" | |
| Jacqueline has arrived. | MoyTW says, "Sure." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | The "Keep Out" sign's magic powers keep you from entering. Actually, | ||
| CF | it's more likely the huge mess and brother germs on the other side of | ||
| CF | the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sign" | ||
| CF | KEEP OUT! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "fly" | ||
| CF | You hover for a while. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand" | ||
| CF | You're already standing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look through door" | ||
| CF | You do not want to look in there, right now. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "okay, so we do have Superman's powers?" | |
| MoyTW says, "Apparently." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | (first opening your parents' door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your Parents' Room | ||
| CF | This is the master bedroom, where your parents sleep. Their large, | ||
| CF | double bed is at the far end of the room, your Dad's side close to the | ||
| CF | window in case he has to leave in the middle of the night to attend an | ||
| CF | emergency. Against the far wall is a large vanity. You notice a | ||
| CF | beautiful silver necklace hanging from it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x necklace" | ||
| CF | The necklace was a gift from your father to your mother, and it's | ||
| CF | absolutely beautiful! The chain is silver, and the pendant holds a | ||
| CF | sapphire cut in a shield-shape. It's breath-takingly elegant, and it | ||
| CF | just so happens to complement your dress perfectly. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it" | ||
| CF | You'd better ask your mother before you go borrowing any of her | ||
| CF | jewelry! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bed" | ||
| CF | This is the bed your parents sleep in. It's a big double bed with deep | ||
| CF | red sheets and blankets. Under the double bed is a laptop. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x laptop" | ||
| CF | It's a sleek, black laptop. It belongs to your mother. She usually | ||
| CF | uses it for work. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn it on" | ||
| CF | That isn't something you can turn on. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "use laptop" | ||
| CF | Could you be a little more specific about how to use that? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open laptop" | ||
| CF | That is not something you can open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "check email" | ||
| CF | The word "check" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF | Your Parents' Room | ||
| CF | This is the master bedroom, where your parents sleep. Their large, | ||
| CF | double bed is at the far end of the room, your Dad's side close to the | ||
| CF | window in case he has to leave in the middle of the night to attend an | ||
| CF | emergency. Against the far wall is a large vanity. You notice a | ||
| CF | beautiful silver necklace hanging from it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x vanity" | ||
| CF | It's a large, mahoganny vanity. The center of it is a large mirror, | ||
| CF | flanked by drawers and hooks for hanging jewelry. Your parents just | ||
| CF | bought it one week ago. There's only one necklace hanging from the | ||
| CF | hooks. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open drawers" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close drawers" | ||
| CF | Closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" | ||
| CF | The huge window in the south wall of your parents room is almost the | ||
| CF | size of a door. It even opens similar to one. The curtains over it | ||
| CF | help keep the paparazzi from getting shots that are much too personal. | ||
| CF | It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I suppose we can fly through the open window later." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your parents sound like they're having a fun time in the shower. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "listen to parents" | ||
| CF | Which parents do you mean, the shower, or the parents? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "shower" | ||
| CF | Which parents do you mean, the parents, or the shower? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "My." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "listen to bathroom door" | ||
| CF | You hear nothing out of the ordinary. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "listen" | ||
| CF | The hiss of the shower running reaches your ears from the bathroom. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You can hear the shower running in the bathroom, and your parents | ||
| CF | moaning and giggling. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There's some strange noise coming from outside that sounds like a | ||
| CF | guitar...if guitars could feel pain. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Something's rustling around in the trashcans next to your house. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "..." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Wow. That's some auditory info." | ||
| DavidW says, "Super hearing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "TRUE" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't think I'd want that." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Super hearing. Awkward and TMI inducing." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Can Superman like...turn it down?" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Go downstairs next?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Aw man, please don't tell me there's a 'use x-ray vision to look through someone's clothes' bit in this game." | |
| DavidW says, "Just thought of something tasteless." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Go on... I guess?" | ||
| DavidW says, "There might be tiny holes in the wall in David's Room." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Oy." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, we've been flirting with tastelessness ever since I brought up Ron Weasley, so I'm the reason this transcript is going south." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sifa" | ||
| CF | The word "sifa" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sofa" | ||
| CF | It's a large, comfortable-looking sofa, upholstered with blue fabric. | ||
| CF | It sometimes acts as a vacuum, sucking various objects into its | ||
| CF | cushions. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search sofa" | ||
| CF | Under the sofa cushions is a comic book. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take book" | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x book" | ||
| CF | The comic was a gift from your uncle in a parallel universe. You find | ||
| CF | it hard to believe that a universe can exist where nobody realizes that | ||
| CF | Clark Kent is Superman with glasses. Frankly, you never really got | ||
| CF | into comicbooks, but it seems perfectly suited to keeping a | ||
| CF | nine-year-old gleefully occupied. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search sofa" | ||
| CF | You see nothing under the sofa cushions. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "Bathroom? It'll be underneath the upstairs one, though." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "We may be able to clean the dress there." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | (first opening the downstairs bathroom door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Downstairs Bathroom | ||
| CF | This is actually a small half-bathroom tucked away under the stairs. | ||
| CF | It has a toilet and a sink, but not much else. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "To understand David's comment, I went to research Superman's powers, and it turns out they've changed over time. They apparently peaked in the 1960s." | |
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||
| DavidW says, "The standard ones are strength, flight, invulnerability, heat vision, xray vision, hearing, superbreath." | ||
| DavidW says, "oh, telescopic vision and microscopic vision too, I guess." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "And whatever else the plot demands. :p" | ||
| DavidW says, "well yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "There's apparently one time when he could shoot miniature clones of himself out of his fingertips." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "..." | ||
| MoyTW says, "That seems handy." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "Ba dum tish" | ||
| DavidW says, "Super hypnotism when Lois learns his secret identity." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I seem to recall hearing about super-weaving." | ||
| DavidW says, "Yes, that happened." | ||
| MoyTW says, "It is genuinely puzzling to me why Superman needs a secret identity and day job." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I guess maybe it keeps him sane? but, like..." | ||
| DavidW says, "My favourite stunt was saving the Atlantians by using magnetic rocks to hold a river of water from the Earth to another planet's ocean, and everyone just swims to safety." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Through space?" | ||
| DavidW says, "yes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Right, because that's no distance at all." | ||
| DavidW says, "You make a bridge of water and magnetic rocks placed around it keep it all stable." | ||
| MoyTW asks, "But what do you...breathe?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, the Atlantians would breathe water, presumably." | ||
| DavidW says, "Superman is really good at holding his breath. Super lungs." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Right. Water that did not freeze solid in outer space." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I mean clearly I'm not as much a comic book kinda guy, so, like, maybe it's just Comic Logic." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But possibly we are taking all of this too seriously." | ||
| DavidW says, "And I suppose the planet spinning isn't an issue either." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, ""Oops, there goes the water bridge through the Sun."" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Look it's fine Superman can just grab the earth and stop it spinning." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sink" | ||
| CF | It's a typical sink with a basin, a faucet, and knobs for turning on | ||
| CF | the water. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wash stain" | ||
| CF | The word "wash" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "clean dress" | ||
| CF | You wouldn't know how to clean that. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "clean stain" | ||
| CF | You wouldn't know how to clean that. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, right. We have a dress to clean. Silly us, talking about comic book physics." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on sink" | ||
| CF | You turn the knob, and water starts gushing from the faucet in a steady | ||
| CF | stream. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put stain in water" | ||
| CF | You can't put the stain anywhere. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put dress in water" | ||
| CF | You can't put anything in the knob. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Put dress in sink?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put dress in sink" | ||
| CF | You hold your dress under the running water, allowing it to completely | ||
| CF | soak the material. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "rub stain" | ||
| CF | The word "rub" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "...well that wasn't...quite what is ideal." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stain" | ||
| CF | It's horrible! Strangely, it looks like chocolate. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remove stain" | ||
| CF | (from the dress) | ||
| CF | You can't take that. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "squeeze dress" | ||
| CF | The word "squeeze" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn off water" | ||
| CF | You turn the knob the other way, and the water shuts off. One last | ||
| CF | drop falls from the tap and plummets down the drain. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "We can just dry it with out superbreath." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Clearly that can't go wrong." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "breathe dress" | ||
| CF | The word "breathe" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "blow dress" | ||
| CF | You change your mind at the last mintue, and tiny frost crystals | ||
| CF | materialize as you gently exhale. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "burn stain" | ||
| CF | Your eyes glow red for a second, but then you change your mind. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline stifles a joke about something we will NOT be trying on the date. | |
| MoyTW asks, "Uh...is breathing frost, like an Ice Dragon, another one of Superman's powers?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yeah" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, frost isn't really a standard Superman power." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Wow they really do just write random things into Superman's power list." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But it's also supposed to be high velocity *or* icy, I think." | ||
| DavidW says, "But maybe we're supposed to be elsewhere when blowing." | ||
| Jacqueline | Super Breath: Superman's breath was capable of freezing objects and generating hurricane-force winds. His super breath can extinguish fires or freeze things. He could also hold his breath indefinitely, allowing him to travel underwater or in space without breathing apparatus. | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take dress" | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dress" | ||
| CF | It's Troy's favorite color, which is partly why you picked it for | ||
| CF | tonight. It has spaghetti-strap sleeves, and a neck-line that's cut | ||
| CF | just low enough to be interesting without making any promises. Right | ||
| CF | now, there is an ugly stain on it. It is also sopping wet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wring dress" | ||
| CF | The word "wring" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "dry dress" | ||
| CF | You zap your dress with a quick burst of heat vision, instantly drying | ||
| CF | it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, that works," | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And I didn't even catch it on fire." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stain" | ||
| CF | It's horrible! Strangely, it looks like chocolate. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Hooray." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I sure hope it really is chocolate." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Must have practiced it." | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess we need soap or something for the stain." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Keep looking around?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | (first opening the door to the dining area) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Dining Area | ||
| CF | This is the dining area. It isn't quite a dining "room" since the only | ||
| CF | thing that seperates it from rest of the kitchen is space. It consists | ||
| CF | of a large table and several chairs at the south end of the expansive | ||
| CF | kitchen. The cooking area is at the north end. The living room is out | ||
| CF | the door to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Are we on a timer or something? I don't get the sense that we are." | |
| MoyTW says, "I doubt." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I guess if we are, we'll know at that time. But it feels like no timer." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't think time is an issue." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" | ||
| CF | It's a large, wooden table surrounded by chairs, and it has a checkered | ||
| CF | tablecloth that covers the top and hangs over slightly. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under table" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual under the table. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chairs" | ||
| CF | The chairs around the kitchen table were actually purchased at a | ||
| CF | different store, as part of a different furniture set. However, they | ||
| CF | go with the table so well, nobody's noticed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | Kitchen (or Cooking Area) | ||
| CF | This is the main part of the kitchen, where the food is prepared. A | ||
| CF | long counter runs along the east wall, broken up in the middle by the | ||
| CF | refridgerator. A small cooking island dominates the center of this | ||
| CF | area, and pots and pans hang from above it. Light floods the room from | ||
| CF | the large windows on the west wall , and there is also a small window | ||
| CF | in the north wall, next to the door that leads out into the backyard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A cockroach crawls along the kitchen counter, cheerfully minding its | ||
| CF | own business. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cockroach" | ||
| CF | Roaches really creep you out. Of course, there's a chance that there | ||
| CF | might actually be someone in the world who hates them worse than you | ||
| CF | do. The cockroach is scurrying around, probably looking for food. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "For what it's worth, I just opened the game up on my computer to look at the status bar, and it only shows total moves, not the time of day." | |
| DavidW asks, "Do roaches like chocolate?" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "I - is "refridgerator" a normal spelling?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "I don't think so, but 'fridge' is" | ||
| DavidW says (to MoyTW), "A normal incorrect spelling." | ||
| MoyTW says, "...I, uh, I don't think "get the roach to eat the stain off our dress" is the solution but...I mean it'd be funny to try." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I would love if it worked, but I agree with you." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put roach on stain" | ||
| CF | There's no good surface on the stain. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show stain to roach" | ||
| CF | The roach looks at the stain and scurries a few inches away. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "I get the sense we are to scare someone else with the roach." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "i" | ||
| CF | You are carrying a snowglobe, some shoes, a comic book, and a dress. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x island" | ||
| CF | The island looks like it's made of a light-colored wood, and is shaped | ||
| CF | like an octogon. The center of the island is a stove range, and there | ||
| CF | is an oven hidden in the base. Your mother sometimes hits her head on | ||
| CF | the top part of the island whenever she's baking something. Pots and | ||
| CF | pans hang over it from above. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "show shoes to roach" | ||
| CF | The roach looks at the shoes and scurries a few inches away. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x top part" | ||
| CF | The word "part" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Get roach?" | |
| Jacqueline says, ">GET ROACH. NAME ROACH. KEEP ROACH AS PET." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think unless we have a bottle or something, we can't. But I suppose we should try." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take roach" | ||
| CF | You can't bring yourself to touch it, though you could probably catch | ||
| CF | it in something, like a jar. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "There's the puzzle." | |
| DavidW says, "Called it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yup" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open cupboard" | ||
| CF | The word "cupboard" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF | Kitchen (or Cooking Area) | ||
| CF | This is the main part of the kitchen, where the food is prepared. A | ||
| CF | long counter runs along the east wall, broken up in the middle by the | ||
| CF | refridgerator. A small cooking island dominates the center of this | ||
| CF | area, and pots and pans hang from above it. Light floods the room from | ||
| CF | the large windows on the west wall , and there is also a small window | ||
| CF | in the north wall, next to the door that leads out into the backyard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A cockroach crawls along the kitchen counter, cheerfully minding its | ||
| CF | own business. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open fridge" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in fridge" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual in the refridgerator. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close fridge" | ||
| CF | Closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fridge" | ||
| CF | The refridgerator stands against the north wall of the kitchen, | ||
| CF | breaking the long stretch of countertop on either side of it. A crayon | ||
| CF | drawing is stuck on the door with magnets, showing your Dad blasting a | ||
| CF | monster with his heat vision. It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x magnets" | ||
| CF | They're an assortment of cookie-shapes, an S-Shield, and the letter Z. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x z" | ||
| CF | You see no z here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x letter" | ||
| CF | You see no letter here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x drawing" | ||
| CF | The picture shows your Dad in his Superman suit, flying triumphantly, | ||
| CF | and somewhat awkwardly since he has no apparent knees or elbows. As if | ||
| CF | the suit was not enough of a tip-off, the word DAD has been printed in | ||
| CF | thick, black letters over his disproportioned head, with an arrow | ||
| CF | pointing to him. Red lines extend from his eyes to what appears to be | ||
| CF | a smaller, fatter version of Godzilla. Crudely drawn buildings are in | ||
| CF | the background, surrounded by red, yellow and orange scribbles that are | ||
| CF | meant to indicate fire, and there is a car upside-down in the air for | ||
| CF | some reason. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "David, Age 9" is printed in black in the lower, right-hand corner of | ||
| CF | the paper. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "That's adorable." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Aka the comic book age." | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, the comic book will be to distract David, I'm sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pans" | ||
| CF | The cookware hanging over the island is stainless steel, and variously | ||
| CF | sized. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x oven" | ||
| CF | It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in it" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual in the oven. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close it" | ||
| CF | Closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stove" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual about it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Lots of empty container scenery." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" | ||
| CF | It's a small window in the north wall, and it has a little yellow | ||
| CF | curtain.It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x curtain" | ||
| CF | It is little and yellow. It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" | ||
| CF | It's a small window in the north wall, and it has a little yellow | ||
| CF | curtain.It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open curtain" | ||
| CF | The curtain is already open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open window" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" | ||
| CF | It's a small window in the north wall, and it has a little yellow | ||
| CF | curtain.It's open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look through window" | ||
| CF | You can see nothing through the small window. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close it" | ||
| CF | Closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close curtain" | ||
| CF | Closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | (first opening the back door) | ||
| CF | Ahem. You ought to at least throw something on before you go running | ||
| CF | around outside. Tabloid publishers live for shots of celebreties in | ||
| CF | their undies. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "I suppose the tablecloth or blanket might work." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Or the dress despite the stain." | ||
| DavidW says, "of course" | ||
| DavidW says, "Let's head back the other way first, though." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Dining Area | ||
| CF | This is the dining area. It isn't quite a dining "room" since the only | ||
| CF | thing that seperates it from rest of the kitchen is space. It consists | ||
| CF | of a large table and several chairs at the south end of the expansive | ||
| CF | kitchen. The cooking area is at the north end. The living room is out | ||
| CF | the door to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | Sitting Room | ||
| CF | This room is mostly set apart from the living room by a depression in | ||
| CF | the floor and a wall with a wide opening that's a bit too big to be | ||
| CF | considered a doorway. Here is where you all come to watch TV. There | ||
| CF | are some assorted chairs and beanbags scattered about for this purpose. | ||
| CF | To the north is the laundry room, and the living room is back west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The television sits in the southeast corner of the room. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x tv" | ||
| CF | It's a nice set, with a fairly large screen. Your father sometimes | ||
| CF | jokes about unplugging it so that he won't have to be interrupted by | ||
| CF | emergency news bulletins so often. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "oh. Turn on the tv, dad rushes away, then ask mom for the necklace." | |
| Knight_Otu asks, "How does dad find time to do anything, really?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Fingers in ears. 'I can't hear you' repeatedly." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "He apparently found time to do mom." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "I guess I walked right into that one." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You did." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chairs" | ||
| CF | A recliner and a rocker sit positioned in front of the television, and | ||
| CF | three beanbags have been tossed around the room. They are red, yellow, | ||
| CF | and blue. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x recliner" | ||
| CF | It's a large leather recliner. There is a discoloration on the arm | ||
| CF | where your father spilled coffee in his rush to get to a disaster in | ||
| CF | Taiwan. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x rocker" | ||
| CF | This is a simple, wooden rocker that your dad got for your mom when she | ||
| CF | had you and your sister. You remember playing on it when you were | ||
| CF | little. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x red" | ||
| CF | (the cape) | ||
| CF | It's meant to resemble your father's, but it's generic enough to keep | ||
| CF | the makers of the snowglobe from getting in trouble. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x red beanbag" | ||
| CF | The wonderful thing about beanbags, is beanbags are wonderful things. | ||
| CF | This one's red. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x yellow" | ||
| CF | This is a giant yellow beanbag. It reminds you of the sun-only much, | ||
| CF | much lumpier. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x blue" | ||
| CF | This is basically a huge, plastic sack full of-um, beans, you guess. | ||
| CF | It's blue. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "The sun, huh." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Aw, I like that line. 'The wonderful thing about beanbags, is beanbags are wonderful things.'" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sit on yellow" | ||
| CF | Okay, you're now sitting on the yellow beanbag. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand" | ||
| CF | Okay, you're now standing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sit on red beanbag" | ||
| CF | Okay, you're now sitting on the red beanbag. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand" | ||
| CF | Okay, you're now standing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "turn on the tv?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on tv" | ||
| CF | As the television comes to life, you hear the voice of LNN's new | ||
| CF | anchorman, Harry Sharper, describing a devastating earthquake in South | ||
| CF | America. Soon, a cracked landscape fills the screen, with an | ||
| CF | on-the-spot reporter standing in the foreground to give his perspective | ||
| CF | on the ensuing chaos. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Upstairs, you hear the sounds of someone bustling around at super-sonic | ||
| CF | speed, and doors and windows slamming open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | After a while, you hear the shower shut off, and footsteps padding into | ||
| CF | the general direction of your parents' room. You guess the bathroom's | ||
| CF | free, now. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The TV is on. It's the news. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "The "okay" makes it feel like the geame's humoring us." | |
| DavidW says, "Sorry, Mom!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That... that was an interesting puzzle." | ||
| DavidW asks, "Laundry room next?" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Yeah." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Aye." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | (first opening the door) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Laundry Room | ||
| CF | This is just a small utility room tucked away in the corner of the | ||
| CF | house. To the south is the door leading back to the sitting room. A | ||
| CF | washer and a dryer line the east wall, while across from them are tools | ||
| CF | hanging on hooks and nails. A shelf runs along the back wall, with | ||
| CF | various odds and ends stacked on it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the laundry room shelf are a tube of spot remover, a box of nails, | ||
| CF | an empty bottle of bleach, a doomsday remote control, a Copy of Metro | ||
| CF | Magazine, and a glass jar. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "I'm sorry a what remote control?" | |
| Knight_Otu blinks. | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x remote" | ||
| CF | It was once used by some supervillain as a remote control for a | ||
| CF | doomsday device. It doesn't work. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x metro" | ||
| CF | It's just last year's copy of Metro Magazine. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "OR DOES IT" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read metro" | ||
| CF | Frankly, it wasn't even all that interesting when it was recent. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Are we quite sure about that," | |
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x nails" | ||
| CF | (the hooks and nails) | ||
| CF | tools are hanging from them. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "cf1" | ||
| CF | Please select a file in which to save the current position > | ||
| CF | Saved. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Because, who tested it." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Play with the doomsday thing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, it probably really doesn't work." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "play with remote" | ||
| CF | The word "play" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x button" | ||
| CF | The word "button" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push remote" | ||
| CF | Pushing the doomsday remote control has no effect. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "use remote" | ||
| CF | Could you be a little more specific about how to use that? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "point remote at me" | ||
| CF | The word "point" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open remote" | ||
| CF | That is not something you can open. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "Turn on remote?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in remote" | ||
| CF | There's nothing unusual in the doomsday remote control. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "My guess is the broken doomsday remote is in the laundry room to make this game relateable to all of us who stash broken electronics in utility rooms." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on remote" | ||
| CF | Aaah! What have you done?! Now in ten seconds, the whole world and | ||
| CF | everything in it and everyone you know and love will be absolutely | ||
| CF | destroyed and there will be panic and mayhem and-- | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Just kidding. It doesn't work. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, yay" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x spot remover" | ||
| CF | It's a tube of Zappo! Spot Remover, guaranteed to get any stain out- | ||
| CF | including chocolate-or your money back. The label on the back has | ||
| CF | instructions for use. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" | ||
| CF | To remove tough stains: | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | 1. Pour spot remover onto stain | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | 2. Rinse garment, or wash as normal | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | 3. Dry | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | 4. Purchase more Zappo! products | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pour spot remover onto stain" | ||
| CF | You pour a hefty glob of spot remover on the stain. There, that should | ||
| CF | help take care of it! Now, what does the tube's label say you should | ||
| CF | do next? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Still, seems a bit... foolish to keep something like that in the laundry room." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sink" | ||
| CF | The story doesn't understand that command. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sink" | ||
| CF | You see no sink here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take jar" | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x nails" | ||
| CF | (the hooks and nails) | ||
| CF | tools are hanging from them. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x tools" | ||
| CF | People are surprised when they find out your family keeps tools; after | ||
| CF | all, why would a man need a hammer when he can drive nails with his | ||
| CF | bare fist? Mostly, these get used by your mother, who has no special | ||
| CF | powers. Plus, there's always the occasional encounters with | ||
| CF | Kryptonite... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The tools are pretty much a bare-basics set- there's a hammer, a | ||
| CF | wrench, a screwdriver, and a small saw. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW says, "No reason to cart around all those yet." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" | ||
| CF | Laundry Room | ||
| CF | This is just a small utility room tucked away in the corner of the | ||
| CF | house. To the south is the door leading back to the sitting room. A | ||
| CF | washer and a dryer line the east wall, while across from them are tools | ||
| CF | hanging on hooks and nails. A shelf runs along the back wall, with | ||
| CF | various odds and ends stacked on it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On the laundry room shelf are a tube of spot remover, a box of nails, | ||
| CF | an empty bottle of bleach, a doomsday remote control, and a Copy of | ||
| CF | Metro Magazine. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bleach" | ||
| CF | It's empty. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x box" | ||
| CF | It's a little box of nails. Nothing special. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Until we find the kryptonite that's surely stashed somewhere." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x washer" | ||
| CF | It's a standard front-loading washer, well suited to a family of five. | ||
| CF | As you gaze upon the washing machine, strains of The Hallelujah Chorus | ||
| CF | from Handel's Messiah fill your ears. The chorus stops abruptly as you | ||
| CF | realize that the shortest washing cycle takes 45 minutes, which is more | ||
| CF | time than you have right now. You'd probably be better off washing | ||
| CF | your dress by hand. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dryer" | ||
| CF | The dryer is looking a little worse for wear. It hasn't been | ||
| CF | completely functional since "the incident", so your mother sometimes | ||
| CF | has to take the laundry to the laundromat to use the dryers. Sometimes | ||
| CF | she asks you or your sister to go. It's annoying, since you almost | ||
| CF | always have to fend off people who try to steal the spandex. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in it" | ||
| CF | You see nothing unusual in the dryer. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open washer" | ||
| CF | Opened. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Sitting Room | ||
| CF | This room is mostly set apart from the living room by a depression in | ||
| CF | the floor and a wall with a wide opening that's a bit too big to be | ||
| CF | considered a doorway. Here is where you all come to watch TV. There | ||
| CF | are some assorted chairs and beanbags scattered about for this purpose. | ||
| CF | To the north is the laundry room, and the living room is back west. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The television sits in the southeast corner of the room. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | On televesion, some talking head is babbling about geophysics, | ||
| CF | biophysics, and metaphysics to explain how your dad is doing whatever | ||
| CF | he's doing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | Downstairs Bathroom | ||
| CF | This is actually a small half-bathroom tucked away under the stairs. | ||
| CF | It has a toilet and a sink, but not much else. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "What, you're still not done, dad?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put dress in sink" | ||
| CF | Done. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on tap" | ||
| CF | You turn the knob, and water starts gushing from the faucet in a steady | ||
| CF | stream. The water runs over the material of your dress, completely | ||
| CF | soaking it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn off tap" | ||
| CF | You turn the knob the other way, and the water shuts off. One last | ||
| CF | drop falls from the tap and plummets down the drain. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "dry dress" | ||
| CF | You zap your dress with a quick burst of heat vision, instantly drying | ||
| CF | it. Yes! You've gotten the stain out. Now quick, finish getting | ||
| CF | dressed! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Your score has just increased by twenty-five points.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wear dress" | ||
| CF | (first taking the dress) | ||
| CF | Okay, you're now wearing the dress. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wear shoes" | ||
| CF | Okay, you're now wearing the shoes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | Dining Area | ||
| CF | This is the dining area. It isn't quite a dining "room" since the only | ||
| CF | thing that seperates it from rest of the kitchen is space. It consists | ||
| CF | of a large table and several chairs at the south end of the expansive | ||
| CF | kitchen. The cooking area is at the north end. The living room is out | ||
| CF | the door to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | Kitchen (or Cooking Area) | ||
| CF | This is the main part of the kitchen, where the food is prepared. A | ||
| CF | long counter runs along the east wall, broken up in the middle by the | ||
| CF | refridgerator. A small cooking island dominates the center of this | ||
| CF | area, and pots and pans hang from above it. Light floods the room from | ||
| CF | the large windows on the west wall , and there is also a small window | ||
| CF | in the north wall, next to the door that leads out into the backyard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A cockroach crawls along the kitchen counter, cheerfully minding its | ||
| CF | own business. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put roach in jar" | ||
| CF | (first trying to take the cockroach) | ||
| CF | You can't bring yourself to touch it, though you could probably catch | ||
| CF | it in something, like a jar. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "catch roach" | ||
| CF | You can't bring yourself to touch it, let alone catch it with your bare | ||
| CF | hands. Though, you could probably catch it in something, like a jar. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put jar on roach" | ||
| CF | There's no good surface on the cockroach. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take roach with jar" | ||
| CF | The story doesn't understand that command. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "scoop roach" | ||
| CF | The word "scoop" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu asks, "CATCH ROACH WITH JAR?" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "catch roach in jar" | ||
| CF | With the stealth and grace of a ninja, you turn the jar upside-down and | ||
| CF | drop it over the cockroach, trapping the bug inside. After your | ||
| CF | prisoner scrambles around for a bit, you right the jar again, giving it | ||
| CF | a light shake so that the bug falls solidly to the bottom of the jar. | ||
| CF | That should hold the creature long enough for your purposes. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Whatever our purposes are with the roach." | |
| DavidW says, "I don't know why we want a roach, but obviously we do." | ||
| DavidW asks, "see mom about the necklace?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Yeah, What purposes?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Sure." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Dining Area | ||
| CF | This is the dining area. It isn't quite a dining "room" since the only | ||
| CF | thing that seperates it from rest of the kitchen is space. It consists | ||
| CF | of a large table and several chairs at the south end of the expansive | ||
| CF | kitchen. The cooking area is at the north end. The living room is out | ||
| CF | the door to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u" | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | Your Parents' Room | ||
| CF | This is the master bedroom, where your parents sleep. Their large, | ||
| CF | double bed is at the far end of the room, your Dad's side close to the | ||
| CF | window in case he has to leave in the middle of the night to attend an | ||
| CF | emergency. Against the far wall is a large vanity. You notice a | ||
| CF | beautiful silver necklace hanging from it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your mother, fresh from the shower, is sitting on the bed in her | ||
| CF | bathrobe, busily typing away at the laptop on the bed next to her. She | ||
| CF | pauses occaisonally to pat at her hair with the towel around her | ||
| CF | shoulders. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your Mom types furiously for a seconds, then curses and holds down the | ||
| CF | delete key. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to mom" | ||
| CF | Your mother turns and smiles at you, lifting her fingers away from the | ||
| CF | keyboard. "Hi, Sweetie," she says. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask mom for necklace" | ||
| CF | Your mother leans back, looking thoughtful. "It would look nice on | ||
| CF | you, Honey. Tell you what-that guy from the Tabloids has been sneaking | ||
| CF | around again. If you can get rid of him, I'll let you borrow the | ||
| CF | necklace for tonight. Okay?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | It sounds like a fair deal. As you nod, your Mom turns back her laptop | ||
| CF | and types a few more sentences. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x mom" | ||
| CF | Your Mom is about average height with dark hair, and she looks pretty | ||
| CF | good for her age. Your father sometimes describes her as a hurricane; | ||
| CF | she's always on the go! She's sitting on the bed, looking at you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | DavidW asks, "I'm guessing that we wash our hair in the main bathroom?" | |
| Knight_Otu says, "Probably." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | Your Mom shrugs and goes back to typing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | The Bathroom | ||
| CF | This is the upstairs bathroom. Clouds of steam from your parents' | ||
| CF | recent shower fill the room, and there are puddles on the tile floor. | ||
| CF | The large mirror over the sink and the glass front of the medicine | ||
| CF | cabinet are fogged up. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x mirror" | ||
| CF | It's a large, plain mirror hanging over the bathroom sink. The glass | ||
| CF | is completely fogged over from all the steam in the room. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cabinet" | ||
| CF | It's a small wall-mounted medicine cabinet with two glass doors over | ||
| CF | the front. It's good for storing things like toothpaste, makeup, | ||
| CF | mouthwash, and cologne. It's closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" | ||
| CF | Opening the medicine cabinet reveals a makeup kit. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take kit" | ||
| CF | With a triumphant cry, you seize the makeup kit and immediately apply | ||
| CF | some of its conents. Ah, you feel so pretty, now! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Your score has just increased by fifteen points.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x shower" | ||
| CF | You try to avoid eye-contact with it for the time being. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wash hair" | ||
| CF | The word "wash" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x hair" | ||
| CF | You see no hair here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" | ||
| CF | You're about average height, with dark, naturally curly hair. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | (first unlocking the bathroom door, then opening it) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | The End of the Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the end of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through the | ||
| CF | upstairs of the house. Your room is to the north, and your twin | ||
| CF | sister's room is across the hall, to the south. The hall coninues to | ||
| CF | the west, and immediately east is a closet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | Your Bedroom | ||
| CF | This is your room. For the most part, it is pretty neat. Your bed | ||
| CF | lies alongside the wall that has your closet, and a small dresser is | ||
| CF | next to it. The other walls are covered with carefully organized | ||
| CF | bookshelves, videoshelves, pictures, and a full-length mirror by the | ||
| CF | window. The hallway is south of here, right out the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x mirror" | ||
| CF | It's a tall, narrow mirror with a gold frame, and glass in which you | ||
| CF | can see your reflection. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You're about average height, with dark, naturally curly hair. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | You do a little twirl in front of the mirror. Your dress fans out | ||
| CF | around you as you turn, and the high heeled shoes on your feet make you | ||
| CF | look taller. Your features are nicely accentuated without looking | ||
| CF | trashy. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Some jewelry would really help. By the way, your hair is a frizzy | ||
| CF | mess. Get Moving, girl! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Seems weird to apply the makeup before doing your hair, but what do I know," | |
| DavidW says, "Perhaps we just need a hair brush." | ||
| DavidW says, "David might have one." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Possibly." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | The End of the Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the end of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through the | ||
| CF | upstairs of the house. Your room is to the north, and your twin | ||
| CF | sister's room is across the hall, to the south. The hall coninues to | ||
| CF | the west, and immediately east is a closet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "knock on david's door" | ||
| CF | The word "knock" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Roger says, "Troy better appreciate all of this" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door" | ||
| CF | Which door do you mean, the bathroom door, your brother's door, or your | ||
| CF | parents' door? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hit brother's door" | ||
| CF | Random destruction won't solve anything. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | The "Keep Out" sign's magic powers keep you from entering. Actually, | ||
| CF | it's more likely the huge mess and brother germs on the other side of | ||
| CF | the door. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to david" | ||
| CF | You cannot talk to that. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take sign" | ||
| CF | The sign isn't important. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did no one else think it weird that our mother assigned us the task of getting rid of the paparazzi?" | |
| DavidW asks, "Because she's a reporter herself?" | ||
| Roger says, "It's weird but not really weirder than anything else" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Ah, but the paparazzi is from the Tabloids. Totally different." | ||
| MoyTW says, "I mean we can see through walls and mover super fast and fly and laser things, if we're gonna murder somebody and bury their body in an unmarked grave somewhere we're clearly the better choice." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Hrm. Yeah, I guess." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | Your Parents' Room | ||
| CF | This is the master bedroom, where your parents sleep. Their large, | ||
| CF | double bed is at the far end of the room, your Dad's side close to the | ||
| CF | window in case he has to leave in the middle of the night to attend an | ||
| CF | emergency. Against the far wall is a large vanity. You notice a | ||
| CF | beautiful silver necklace hanging from it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your mother, fresh from the shower, is sitting on the bed in her | ||
| CF | bathrobe, busily typing away at the laptop on the bed next to her. She | ||
| CF | pauses occaisonally to pat at her hair with the towel around her | ||
| CF | shoulders. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your Mom grumbles about having to spell the names of the foreign | ||
| CF | diplomats who were held at gunpoint. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask mom about david" | ||
| CF | Your mother turns and smiles at you, lifting her fingers away from the | ||
| CF | keyboard. "Hi, Sweetie," she says. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your mother looks out the window and sighs dreamily, not really paying | ||
| CF | attention to you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask mom about brush" | ||
| CF | Your Mom nods and says "Hmmm." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says (to Moy), "Dang. That went dark. I don't think we're gonna do a murder." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | Your Mom shrugs and goes back to typing. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put comic book under brother's door" | ||
| CF | You can't put anything under that. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Surely we're going to just scare them with our pet roach." | |
| Jacqueline says, "oh! Yeah. Maybe." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "That'd be a shockingly unambitious member of the tabloid press, to be scared off from their stalking by a roach." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x front door" | ||
| CF | It's an ordinary front door | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Running away won't solve your problems. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | Dining Area | ||
| CF | This is the dining area. It isn't quite a dining "room" since the only | ||
| CF | thing that seperates it from rest of the kitchen is space. It consists | ||
| CF | of a large table and several chairs at the south end of the expansive | ||
| CF | kitchen. The cooking area is at the north end. The living room is out | ||
| CF | the door to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | Kitchen (or Cooking Area) | ||
| CF | This is the main part of the kitchen, where the food is prepared. A | ||
| CF | long counter runs along the east wall, broken up in the middle by the | ||
| CF | refridgerator. A small cooking island dominates the center of this | ||
| CF | area, and pots and pans hang from above it. Light floods the room from | ||
| CF | the large windows on the west wall , and there is also a small window | ||
| CF | in the north wall, next to the door that leads out into the backyard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n" | ||
| CF | The Backyard | ||
| CF | Since your house is situated on the corner of the block, you have a | ||
| CF | fairly decent-sized backyard that wraps southwest around the side of | ||
| CF | the house, also. The entire yard is closed in with a high, wooden | ||
| CF | privacy fence, but it isn't quite enough to keep the tabloidists from | ||
| CF | climbing into your yard and getting into the trash. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | David is sitting on the back step, with a guitar. You double-take as | ||
| CF | it registers that he is using your hair pick to strum the guitar! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | ...And he's not very good, either. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to david" | ||
| CF | He briefly looks up from the instrument. "Hey, Sis," he says, before | ||
| CF | resuming his daily routine of ignoring you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask david for pick" | ||
| CF | "No way, Sis!" he says. "I need it to practice my guitar. There's | ||
| CF | sure nothing else to do around here..." He exhales. "Not since I lost | ||
| CF | my comic book, anyway." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "give comic book to david" | ||
| CF | His eyes bug out as he sees the comic in your hand. "I've been looking | ||
| CF | all over for that!" He exclaims. "Where'd you find it?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Before you can answer, he seizes the comic and runs off, leaving the | ||
| CF | guitar and your hairpick on the step. You quickly pick up the hair | ||
| CF | pick and, after brushing the worst of the cooites off it, run it | ||
| CF | through your hair. Much better! | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Your score has just increased by twenty points.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x guitar" | ||
| CF | It's an acoustic guitar. Come to think of it, you have no idea where | ||
| CF | it actually came from. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it" | ||
| CF | Taken. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "play it" | ||
| CF | The word "play" is not necessary in this story. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "Sure. Might need it!" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Who knows?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fence" | ||
| CF | It's very tall, and made of a dark colored wood. It wraps around the | ||
| CF | backyard and the side-yard. Tabloidists still manage to get in, but at | ||
| CF | least the fence makes it more difficult for them. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW asks, "Ok but like, a hair pick is a completely different implement from a guitar pick?" | |
| Roger says, "well yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||
| Roger says, "It did say he wasn't very good" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Like they're called "pick" but...you can't really...do that? I guess you *could*..." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look through fence" | ||
| CF | The fence isn't important. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Knight_Otu says, "Tell that to our brother." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "listen" | ||
| CF | Something's rustling around in the trashcans next to your house. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x trashcans" | ||
| CF | You see no trashcans here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cans" | ||
| CF | You see no cans here. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "But if you can believe that Atlanteans swim through a river running through space to get to another planet, you can believe that we're using this pick in our hair." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "exits" | ||
| CF | Obvious exits lead south, back to the kitchen (or cooking area); | ||
| CF | southwest; and up. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (You can control the exit listings with the EXITS command. EXITS | ||
| CF | STATUS shows the exit list in the status line, EXITS LOOK shows a full | ||
| CF | exit list in each room description, EXITS ON shows both, and EXITS OFF | ||
| CF | turns off both kinds of exit lists.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Roger says, ">TEASE HAIR, BROTHER" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sw" | ||
| CF | The Side-Yard | ||
| CF | This is just a little stretch of land that borders the side of your | ||
| CF | house. It's almost completely boxed in by the house and the privacy | ||
| CF | fence, except for where it joins the backyard to the northeast. Some | ||
| CF | trashcans are piled at the southern end of the fence. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | A bagged lunch sits on the ground by the reporter's feet. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Over by the trashcans, a tabloid reporter ineptly tries to conceal | ||
| CF | himself behind a large bush. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The cockroach senses the presence of a ham and tuna sandwich. It | ||
| CF | presses itself against the glass and stares longingly at the reporter's | ||
| CF | sack lunch. Then, much to your surprise, it flies out of the jar and | ||
| CF | buzzes straight towards the lunchbag. The bug somehow executes a | ||
| CF | perfect swan dive, landing inside the bag. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Upon hearing a buzz, the tabloid reporter glances in his lunchbag and | ||
| CF | sees the bug enjoying his sandwich. Like the hardened, unfazable | ||
| CF | reporter that he is, he immediately throws his arms up into the air and | ||
| CF | runs screaming like a little girl. You watch in amazement as he vaults | ||
| CF | the fence, landing with a hard thud followed by yelps, yapping, and an | ||
| CF | anguished cry of "My poodles!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Well, that's one less pest to deal with, at least. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "Well ok then." | |
| Roger says, "I'm not sure how I feel about these self-solving puzzles" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ne" | ||
| CF | The Backyard | ||
| CF | Since your house is situated on the corner of the block, you have a | ||
| CF | fairly decent-sized backyard that wraps southwest around the side of | ||
| CF | the house, also. The entire yard is closed in with a high, wooden | ||
| CF | privacy fence, but it isn't quite enough to keep the tabloidists from | ||
| CF | climbing into your yard and getting into the trash. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Poodle-attacking fiend!" *Whap* *Whap* *Whap* | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "There you go, complete with 'like a little girl' when it could have just said 'a small child'" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u" | ||
| CF | The Sky | ||
| CF | You are floating serenly in the sky above your house. It's kind of | ||
| CF | nice, up here. The view and the lovely weather combine to help lift | ||
| CF | your spirits. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, I get annoyed by that phrase.)" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Flying away will not solve your problems right now. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "exits" | ||
| CF | Obvious exits lead north; south; east; west; northeast; northwest; | ||
| CF | southeast; southwest; up; and down, back to the the backyard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "(Actually, not sorry.)" | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u" | ||
| CF | You have no intention of going into space at this time. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Not at this time." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d" | ||
| CF | The Backyard | ||
| CF | Since your house is situated on the corner of the block, you have a | ||
| CF | fairly decent-sized backyard that wraps southwest around the side of | ||
| CF | the house, also. The entire yard is closed in with a high, wooden | ||
| CF | privacy fence, but it isn't quite enough to keep the tabloidists from | ||
| CF | climbing into your yard and getting into the trash. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Poodle-attacking fiend!" *Whap* *Whap* *Whap* | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Kitchen (or Cooking Area) | ||
| CF | This is the main part of the kitchen, where the food is prepared. A | ||
| CF | long counter runs along the east wall, broken up in the middle by the | ||
| CF | refridgerator. A small cooking island dominates the center of this | ||
| CF | area, and pots and pans hang from above it. Light floods the room from | ||
| CF | the large windows on the west wall , and there is also a small window | ||
| CF | in the north wall, next to the door that leads out into the backyard. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There is a din out in the street. A whole lot of small dogs are | ||
| CF | yapping like crazy, and it sounds like your neighbor Tiffany is hitting | ||
| CF | the tabloid reporter with her purse. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Roger says, "bellows like a young fat girl" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Roger), "No. Bad. Stop." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close door" | ||
| CF | Closed. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s" | ||
| CF | Dining Area | ||
| CF | This is the dining area. It isn't quite a dining "room" since the only | ||
| CF | thing that seperates it from rest of the kitchen is space. It consists | ||
| CF | of a large table and several chairs at the south end of the expansive | ||
| CF | kitchen. The cooking area is at the north end. The living room is out | ||
| CF | the door to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | David is sitting in one of the chairs, reading his comic. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Help! This-*Giant Raccoon* is attacking my poodles!" *WHAP* | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Ow! Look, Lady, I'm not really a raccoon, it's just a costume! So | ||
| CF | could you just-" *WHAP* "-stop-" *WHAP* "-Ow!" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, we got the super powers from dad, right?" | |
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "But we get to ignore earthquakes and just go on dates?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is that responsible of us?" | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "Hey now, surely we get to enjoy childhood and teenagerhood! Right?" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e" | ||
| CF | The Living Room | ||
| CF | This is the living room. It's the front room of the house, and its | ||
| CF | main feature is the large sofa along the back wall by the staircase, | ||
| CF | across from the front door. Just north is a small bathroom. West is | ||
| CF | the door that leads into the dining area, and there is a sitting room | ||
| CF | set apart to the east. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There is a din out in the street. A whole lot of small dogs are | ||
| CF | yapping like crazy, and it sounds like your neighbor Tiffany is hitting | ||
| CF | the tabloid reporter with her purse. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u" | ||
| CF | The Hallway | ||
| CF | This is the beginning of the narrow hallway that runs east-west through | ||
| CF | the upstairs of the house. The bathroom is immediately north, and at | ||
| CF | the western end of the hall is your parents' room. Between them is the | ||
| CF | staircase that goes down to the rest of the house. South, across from | ||
| CF | the stairs, is your brother David's room. The hall coninues to the | ||
| CF | east, towards your and your sister's rooms. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | The sound of a tabloidist in mild agony amidst a horde of toy poodles | ||
| CF | reaches your ears. You ingore it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w" | ||
| CF | Your Parents' Room | ||
| CF | This is the master bedroom, where your parents sleep. Their large, | ||
| CF | double bed is at the far end of the room, your Dad's side close to the | ||
| CF | window in case he has to leave in the middle of the night to attend an | ||
| CF | emergency. Against the far wall is a large vanity. You notice a | ||
| CF | beautiful silver necklace hanging from it. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your mother, fresh from the shower, is sitting on the bed in her | ||
| CF | bathrobe, busily typing away at the laptop on the bed next to her. She | ||
| CF | pauses occaisonally to pat at her hair with the towel around her | ||
| CF | shoulders. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "Lady-*ow*--please, I-*ow*--I was only-*ow!* HELP, SUPERM-*Ow!*" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your Mom casts a worried glance out the window. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh man, the super hearing. I hate it." | |
| Knight_Otu says, "(Also, we're probably untrained in our powers at this point?)" | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask mom for necklace" | ||
| CF | Your mother turns and smiles at you, lifting her fingers away from the | ||
| CF | keyboard. "Hi, Sweetie," she says. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Your mom grins. "From all the commotion outside, it sounds like that | ||
| CF | jerk from the tabloids won't be coming back any time soon. Just for | ||
| CF | that, you can borrow my necklace any time you like." She stands up and | ||
| CF | crosses to the vanity. "As long as you ask first, of course, " she | ||
| CF | adds as she takes the necklace from the hook and gently hands it to | ||
| CF | you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | (Your score has just increased by thirty points.) | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | MoyTW says, "I mean no that is not particularly responsible of us, but it's comic book logic." | |
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wear necklace" | ||
| CF | You double check everything, making sure that not one hair or thread is | ||
| CF | out of place. Perfect. Just in time, too, because Troy is at the door | ||
| CF | now! You hear his heartbeat outside the front door long before he | ||
| CF | knocks. Dropping everything you know you won't need, you rush over, | ||
| CF | pausing at the last minute so that you don't seem overly anxious. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | When you finally open the door, Troy stares at you as though you were | ||
| CF | some kind of goddess. "Wow," he squeaks after a long pause, | ||
| CF | "just...Wow. You look great, Martha!" He clears his throat. "So, are | ||
| CF | you ready to go?" | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Before you can reply, you hear your father land in the back yard and | ||
| CF | make his way through the kitchen. "Not so fast, kids..." After an | ||
| CF | endless parade of questions about where you're going, how long you'll | ||
| CF | be, and how much gas is in the car, you and Troy *finally* head off to | ||
| CF | the Ukranian Film Festival. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | As you glance at Troy, it occurs to you that neither of you will be | ||
| CF | paying very much attention to Grosky's Fish Sing In Twighlight. He | ||
| CF | smiles at you. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | "You really look nice, Martha," he says. "It must be nice being a | ||
| CF | Kent; getting ready to go was probably a snap." | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | *** YOU HAVE WON *** | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | In 247 moves, you have scored 100 points. | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO the | ||
| CF | last move, see your FULL SCORE, see some AMUSING things to try, or | ||
| CF | QUIT? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | > | Jacqueline exclaims, "!" | |
| Jacqueline says, "That - was sudden." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well, that was fast." | ||
| MoyTW says, "The game does a lot of "ok you did the thing let's fast forwards"." | ||
| DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "amusing" | ||
| CF | Have you tried... | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | Reading the comic book? Multiple times? How about the fanfic or the | ||
| CF | encyclopedia? Asking your mother about the dryer, or the painting in | ||
| CF | your room? Changing the channel on the TV? Activating the remote | ||
| CF | control in the laundry room? Using the snowglobe? | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | There are also many useless and interesting things strewn about. The | ||
| CF | key is to explore and examine everything. Oh yeah, and you can smell a | ||
| CF | lot of things (even taste a few). That much is inspired by a classic | ||
| CF | (and fun!) text game called Everybody Loves A Parade. I highly | ||
| CF | recommend playing it.', | ||
| CF | | ||
| CF | While I have this soapbox to stand on, a shout out to Paul-Gabriel | ||
| CF | Wiener who tested this game for me. Were it not for him, this game | ||
| CF | would be worse and have no hints. YOU ROCK, PAUL! | ||
| CF | | Knight_Otu asks, "Also if we don't get to live our childhood, are we going to be a well-adjusted adult and hero?" | |
| CF | > | Roger says, "hmmm the comics are sometimes paced this quickly. Not sure about the show." | |
| Roger asks, "Is it weird naming your daughter after your mom?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The 'getting ready to go was probably a snap' line does sound like it's straight out of a 50s TV show." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Nah, I think it's kind of common." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well if you live a Normal Childhood and then are placed into a position of having cosmic power and responsibility I think that's worse than, like, being raised for it." | ||
| Roger says, "I'm sad their dog Krypto didn't make an appearance, but it probably wasn't part of the show" | ||
| MoyTW says, "No assurance that being raised for it will turn out well but Superman seems to deal with it? So he probably has some relevant targeted advice." | ||
| DavidW says, "Krypto's chasing asteroids up in the sky." | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "I mean, we probably have the occasional super task just to make sure we use our powers responsibly?" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "I mean it kinda runs into the "If Batman were optimizing for well-being he'd fund targeted investments and programs" thing?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Moy), "Ha. I have not heard that, but VALID" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, that was fun, and the perfect length for a session." | ||
| DavidW says, "mmhm" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "There's a lot that supers could do that's never really explored. Especially the inventor heroes." | ||
| MoyTW says, "Well you can't really, like, punch organizational friction or laser systematic bias? so." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of KO), "Like, why doesn't Iron Man either research or fund research to cure cancer, you mean?" | ||
| Roger says, "there was a really good comic about exactly this; trying to find it" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Something like that." | ||
| DavidW asks, "incidentally, what does Elon Musk look like in a Bat suit?" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Probably very silly." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I do not want to have that mental image, David." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Dammit, my brain is going there. Stop it, brain." | ||
| DavidW says, "hee" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Elon Musk doesn't really have the, like...necessary imposing aura?" | ||
| MoyTW says, "Or, well, body build." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Of course A) Then the surrounding world would not look relatable and B) The question "If this exists" can be very hard to answer." | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't know what he looks like, so I'm safe." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think the suit can take care of the body issue." | ||
| Roger says, "ah here we go:" | ||
| Roger | [LINK] | ||
| DavidW says, "I hope this is Superman forced to turn a turbine 24/7" | ||
| Roger says, "it is your lucky day" | ||
| DavidW says, "yay!" | ||
| Roger says, "also I think this sort of storyline is pretty much what Sabrina Teenage Witch does all the time" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, but with more snarky cats." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ha. Dang, that comic." | ||
| MoyTW says, "'s a good comic." | ||
| Roger says, "anyway this reminded of it, not in a bad way" | ||
| MoyTW says, "I think that presupposes, like, competence on the part of whoever's directing Superman. Really what Superman would need to do is first, set up a government that reflects his values." | ||
| DavidW says, "Doesn't The Joker trap Batman or Superman in their bed with extra comfy blankets and a chilly room." | ||
| Roger says, "that's kinda the deal with the Gods Among Us storyline, which gosh has been going on for quite some time now" | ||
| Roger says, "and also is I guess sort of how Watchmen ends" | ||
| Roger says, "hmmm this does sort of feel like it could very easily have been not-fanfic, but maybe that's just me" | ||
| DavidW says, "[LINK]" | ||
| MoyTW asks, "Like the game would work if it weren't Superman?" | ||
| Roger says, "yes" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "Well, drying our dress in time would be trickier." | ||
| Roger says (to David), "haha thanks" | ||
| Roger says, "that's true" | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "But other than that I guess. We didn't really need to fly, or frost-breath anything." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "That is also a good comic." | ||
| DavidW says, "thanks" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to KO), "We had a dryer." | ||
| Knight_Otu asks, "But how long will the dryer take?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And honestly, with no game time, I think we all knew that Troy would show up the second we solved the last puzzle, no matter how long it took." | ||
| Knight_Otu says, "True." | ||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So the dryer would have been fine." | ||
| Roger says, "maybe we learned an important lesson about how the real super-powers are inside of us all and our need for dates" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And I guess on that note, I'll end the transcript. God bless us, every one." | ||
