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ToyShop & Floyditorium		#ClubFloyd Discussion


		MoyTravis says, "Nifty. Anyways, Weird City Interloper seems fun. It's apparently eight years old."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm down for whatever as long as it's not about sad stuff, particularly death."
		DavidW says, "It doesn't sound fun to me, but I really like the author, and it's a game I've never played at all, and it's highly rated on IFDB."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, Pacian is generally quite good."
		Jade says, "it is a high rated game about conversations"
		Pinkunz says, "I wonder how old we could go and still find unfloyded games."
		DavidW says, "I think we're just exploring a city verbally."
		DavidW says, "I've already uploaded it so we can start whenever."
		Jade says, "Pull up your hood, lower your gaze and enter the city of Zendon. If you can gather enough information, you may just be able to change the course of history."
		Jacqueline says (to Pinkunz), "Well, we're at 14+ years now, but people keep making games. :)"
		DavidW asks, "ClubFloyd is 14+?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Load us up."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yep. Sept 2007."
		Jade says, "I hope for much time"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask weirdcityinterloper"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 3/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| (Type words from the phrases in square brackets at the ">". Press
CF \| return at an empty ">" for a list of phrases you've learned. Type
CF \| OPTIONS at the ">" for special commands.)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Orz the City Gate Barnacle
CF \| You there! Hooded stranger! Yes, I can talk. Expect us to waste good
CF \| firegas raising this portcullis for you, eh? What's your business?
CF \| [Trade] or [worship]?
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Hm."
		Pinkunz asks, "Watchtower?"
		DavidW says, "oh, does this have a Grandma Bethlinda's Remarkable Egg interface? Dang."
		Jade says, "say an option"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm good with whichever answer."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 4/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| What's that? A letter of introduction to [Archnecrobishop Tir]? Well,
CF \| I suppose no-one cares what the leader of a dead religion spends his
CF \| coin on. I'll let you through. [Farewell].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "archnecrobishop tir"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 4/26
CF \|
CF \| > ARCHNECROBISHOP TIR
CF \|
CF \| He's never passed through here, but he used to get a lot of visitors.
CF \| You're the first in a long time, mind.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 5/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Pssst! The rat queen sent me. She knows who you are. She knows what
CF \| you want. And she's on your side.
CF \|
CF \| Me? I've been scraping a life on these streets all my life. Born,
CF \| plopped straight out onto the cobbles and left to be raised by the
CF \| rats. No pocket can't be picked by these fingers; no rumours what can
CF \| escape these ears; no citizen this nose can't sniff out.
CF \|
CF \| You say a name, I'll lead you right to 'em.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "ArchNECRObishop, eh?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Hm. So instead of a map, should we be noting names?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, we might be visiting a zombie."
		Pinkunz says, "Makes "dead religion" a double entendre."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "archnecrobishop tir"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 10/26
CF \|
CF \| > ARCHNECROBISHOP TIR
CF \|
CF \| That crusty old fogey? You'll find him moping in his crumbling spire,
CF \| poring over the cobwebbed leftovers of dead and exiled deities. Follow
CF \| me.
CF \|
CF \| Archnecrobishop Tir
CF \| Oh, child! It is you! After all these years, you return to [Zendon] an
CF \| adult.
CF \|
CF \| And not a moment too soon. This city suffers under the crushing rule
CF \| of [Nodroth] and its [puppetguard]. The favoured classes have grown
CF \| depraved and cruel. And the ordinary men and women must choose to
CF \| either poison themselves slaving in the [stenchworks] or languish in
CF \| the [underslums].
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "This is an interesting setup. The nodes are people, not places."
		Knight_Otu says, "Interesting."
		MoyTravis says, "Gosh I hope they have a auto-rolex or diary or something."
		Pinkunz says, "I haven't seen it before."
		DavidW says, "So, anthrography instead of geography."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, me neither."
		MoyTravis says, "This is, like, uh, Twine. But, in parser."
		Jade says, "yes, it is original"
		MoyTravis says, "Hyperlinked peopleses."
DavidW says (to Moy), "Except we could've typed in any name to rat girl."		DavidW asks, "If we restarted and said Nodroth's name...?"
		MoyTravis says, "Yeah, fair."
		MoyTravis says, "I mean try it."
		Jade says, "try"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zendon"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 10/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZENDON
CF \|
CF \| This was a great city, once. And perhaps it can be great again, if the
CF \| right elements are restored.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "try undo"
		MoyTravis says, "You probably get the best ending by playing through, learning, then going back to the start and saying the Exact Set of things to get to the end that is impossible to derive a priori."
		DavidW says, "no, there's time for that game later. We're still in 1st play."
		DavidW says, "There might even be a reset in-game like in Hadean Lands."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), ">"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 10/26
CF \|
CF \| > >
CF \|
CF \| Forgive me, but such matters are beyond one who dwells in this lonely
CF \| tower.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 10/26
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [puppetguard],
CF \| [stenchworks], [underslums] and [Zendon].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 10/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| There are no men or women in those suits of armour. They are animated
CF \| by the unholy will of [Nodroth].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 12/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Summoned from some dark superplane of existence to topple the city's
CF \| [ex gods], subjugate its peoples and create a new and unjust order led
CF \| by [High Slimepriest Salyndo].
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "This is an ex-god."
		DavidW says, "Imagine having 'slimepriest' on your resume."
		Knight_Otu says, "Shuffled off their immortal coil."
		Jacqueline says, "Belatedly, there's the rolodex."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 12/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| They may have been bickering, contradictory and impossible, but better
CF \| that than this single unswerving and terrible unity.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "High Slimepriest Salyndo"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 13/26
CF \|
CF \| > HIGH SLIMEPRIEST SALYNDO
CF \|
CF \| He leads this new and immoral society with an iron fist in the name of
CF \| [Nodroth]. Those few [heretics] who openly oppose him are swiftly
CF \| crushed.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "heretics"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > HERETICS
CF \|
CF \| I've always been quite the opposite of an iconoclast, but perhaps
CF \| that's what you need right now. If you can find [Zook Spiralhouse],
CF \| she's always known people from all walks of life.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [High
CF \| Slimepriest Salyndo] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [puppetguard],
CF \| [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon] and [heretics].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| When the wind is unfavourable, the odour reaches me even here. What
CF \| toil produces such foul vapours, I do not know.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "underworks"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > UNDERWORKS
CF \|
CF \| Forgive me, but such matters are beyond one who dwells in this lonely
CF \| tower.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "underslums"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > UNDERSLUMS
CF \|
CF \| Those who cannot or will not risk the [stenchworks] are left to starve
CF \| or thieve in those shanty catacombs.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| My trade is [worship].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "worship"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > WORSHIP
CF \|
CF \| I worship the [ex gods] through proper and exact mourning. Our prayers
CF \| can no longer reach them; their favour can no longer fall on our
CF \| actions; their laws are left unjudged. We honour them by correctly
CF \| lamenting their absence.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [High
CF \| Slimepriest Salyndo] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [puppetguard],
CF \| [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon] and [heretics].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| They say few live their whole lives in [Zendon] without meeting Zook
CF \| Spiralhouse once.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lissa"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > LISSA
CF \|
CF \| Are you really quite sure you should be mixing with such company?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "orz"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > ORZ
CF \|
CF \| Such riffraff watching over the gates. Though I suppose they can
CF \| hardly prise it off.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Tir seems judgmental."
		DavidW says, "I think we've exhausted known topics with him."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we find Zook?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 14/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 15/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| She may move slowly, but Zook's never in quite the place you left her.
CF \| I can follow her trail readily enough though, never you worry.
CF \|
CF \| Zook Spiralhouse
CF \| Now, I'd heard a hooded stranger had come to the city, and here you
CF \| are! No, don't bother looking around for me. You see, this is more
CF \| than just my inn - it's also my shell. I've been growing it since
CF \| before the last of the [Ironkings] was melted down for scrap.
CF \|
CF \| A true labour of love, this place is, and visitors come from all over
CF \| the land to share a drink inside me, or spend the night in one of my
CF \| inner chambers. I can't move very well, you surely realise, so I let
CF \| the world come to me.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "It seems�"
		Pinkunz says, "The power just went out here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		DavidW asks, "Is Zook a snail, then?"
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Yeah."
		Pinkunz says, "Erm, please excuse me."
		DavidW says, "This is reminding me of another of Pacian's games, Dead Like Ants."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 15/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| All of us then were drawn to their power. And terrified of it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 15/26
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [High
CF \| Slimepriest Salyndo] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon] and
CF \| [heretics].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 15/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| I've seen enough gods rise and fall in my time to know that today's
CF \| Almighties are tomorrow's [ex gods].
CF \|
CF \| >
Pinkunz Well, Roger Wilco, you've found one more way to snatch humiliation from the jaws of heroism. Another senseless tragedy. You can help prevent this. Vote yes on Lobotomies for Adventure Game Designers. Thank you for playing��Space Quest II, Roger Wilco. You've been most entertaining.		Jade says, "if this lists keep growing..."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 15/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| Every shell, no matter how big and ancient, has its beginning and its
CF \| end. And that's true of everything else as well.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "heretics"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 15/26
CF \|
CF \| > HERETICS
CF \|
CF \| [High Slimepriest Salyndo] had a great idea - well, great and terrible
CF \| - when he put the people to work in the [stenchworks]. They're too
CF \| tired and sick to keep defiance in their hearts.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says (to Jade), "I suspect it will keep growing."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| Those poor bastards down there. Some of them die young - before they
CF \| even meet me! Things would only be worse for them if [Jolo Lurk]
CF \| wasn't foreman, though, [ex gods] bless him.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Always a busy night when he pays my shell a visit with his
CF \| stenchbrothers and sisters.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "salyndo"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > SALYNDO
CF \|
CF \| He used to visit me back before all this [Nodroth] business. The kind
CF \| of fellow I always had to keep half a photoreceptor on. Very
CF \| untrustworthy.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| I can't say they've never raided my shell, but you're safer from them
CF \| in me than in most other public houses.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "A weird world this game is painting"
		DavidW says, "underslums"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "underslums"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > UNDERSLUMS
CF \|
CF \| Damn shame I won't fit down there. Plenty of interesting folks I'd
CF \| love to meet.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade asks, "16/26?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "score"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > SCORE
CF \|
CF \| Don't really get your gist, stranger.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Topics, I guess?"
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe"
		DavidW says, "I keep forgetting the names of everything, though."
		MoyTravis says, "Well that's what for the listing's for."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| For a few coins one can enjoy the hospitality of my shell and the
CF \| taste of my milk.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "gosh. real snail milk and not the ersatz stuff?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure I want snail milk."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "worship"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > WORSHIP
CF \|
CF \| It's not in my nature, I'm afraid. Not to say that I consider myself
CF \| above it, quite the opposite: I'm more the day-to-day, mundane sort.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline thinks about Mark Hamill drinking that blue stuff.
		DavidW says, "I'm having trouble being systematic with this."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| I haven't seen old Tir in many a year. From what I hear he's mellowed
CF \| a fair bit from the young tearaway I knew.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lissa"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > LISSA
CF \|
CF \| She rarely comes inside my shell, but I feed her scraps from time to
CF \| time.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Shall we visit this Jolo?"
		Jade says, "keep going and we will see..."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Always a busy night when he pays my shell a visit with his
CF \| stenchbrothers and sisters.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 16/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 17/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| He'll be in the [stenchworks]. That part is easy. But we won't find
CF \| him behind a desk, or shouting orders from the catwalks. No, he'll be
CF \| right in the bowels with the workers, pulling them out as they're
CF \| overcome by the fumes.
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| You. I've been expecting you to turn up for years. Didn't think you'd
CF \| turn up in this place, though. Wear this filter mask while you're down
CF \| here. Shallow breaths only.
CF \|
CF \| Of course I know who you are. It's common knowledge they never found
CF \| the heir to the [smokelord]. Now you want me to help you reclaim your
CF \| birthright. But [Zendon] has had nothing but absolute rulers since the
CF \| [Ironkings]. Some have been great leaders, but many have been tyrants.
CF \|
CF \| This city isn't a family heirloom. It's home for a teeming multitude
CF \| of living, breathing people. And I have no interest in helping you
CF \| rule them.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Fair."
		DavidW asks, "gosh. We're an exiled royal, then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like it."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smokelord"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 17/26
CF \|
CF \| > SMOKELORD
CF \|
CF \| I've told you: I'm not interested in helping you install the next line
CF \| of autocrats.
CF \|
CF \| [Farewell].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "heretics"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 17/26
CF \|
CF \| > HERETICS
CF \|
CF \| I've told you: I'm not interested in helping you install the next line
CF \| of autocrats.
CF \|
CF \| [Farewell].
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "hmmm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 17/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| I've told you: I'm not interested in helping you install the next line
CF \| of autocrats.
CF \|
CF \| [Farewell].
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "He's not very keen on us."
		MoyTravis says, "Yeah I mean that seems fair."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "yeah, we need to change something first before he'll chat."
		DavidW says, "He did give a new topic: smokelords"
		DavidW asks, "I guess ask Tir or snailly?"
		Jade says, "the lost princess"
		DavidW says, "I've forgotten the snail's name."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 17/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Zook"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 17/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Archnecrobishop Tir
CF \| It is good to see you, child. I hope your just works are proceeding
CF \| apace.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smokelords"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > SMOKELORDS
CF \|
CF \| I never approved of your father taking [Isa of the Mist] as his
CF \| concubine, but it was through that union that you were born, our best
CF \| hope of restoring the rightful order of things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| My opinion of your mother has softened considerably. It seems the city
CF \| was a much brighter place when she was alive.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "mist"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > MIST
CF \|
CF \| My opinion of your mother has softened considerably. It seems the city
CF \| was a much brighter place when she was alive.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "father"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > FATHER
CF \|
CF \| I never approved of your father taking [Isa of the Mist] as his
CF \| concubine, but it was through that union that you were born, our best
CF \| hope of restoring the rightful order of things.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| They raised us up from the days when humans were beasts and [ex gods]
CF \| were gods, and they installed the rightful order of things, even as it
CF \| dismantled them.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend. I don't imagine a
CF \| rabble-rouser such as Jolo Lurk has much to offer our cause.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Isa of the Mist] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon],
CF \| [smokelord] and [heretics].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "If Isa is dead, and we ask Lissa to take us to Isa...?"
		MoyTravis says, "Do it"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jade says, "18+10=28"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "Isa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| After the execution, I hear they wanted to scatter her ashes with the
CF \| Smokelord's - only the body wouldn't burn. Someone took pity and
CF \| returned it to her family.
CF \|
CF \| I'll give you a minute alone shall I, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Here Lies Isa of the Mist
CF \| Lain to rest in the soil of the city she loved
CF \| She leaves these unearthly remains
CF \| To voyage to the netherplane
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "soil"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > SOIL
CF \|
CF \| ...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remains"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > REMAINS
CF \|
CF \| ...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| ...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xyzzy"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > XYZZY
CF \|
CF \| ...
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Isa isn't very chatty."
		MoyTravis asks, "Is . . . a special grave text or just "I don't understand that"?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, she is dead."
		Jacqueline says, "I suspect I won't say as much when I'm dead, yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's deathly silence."
		DavidW says, "I suppose, if we knew of a spell that raised the dead, we could say it here."
		Jacqueline says, "Oho"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "help"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > HELP
CF \|
CF \| ...		Jacqueline says, "True"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if that's the puzzle. That'd be interesting."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "help"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > HELP
CF \|
CF \| If you're out of ideas, I could send a messenger to the rat queen.
CF \| She'll know what you should do next. Would you be okay with that,
CF \| boss?
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I'm curius about saying worship here."
		Jade says, "we can use GOODBYE"
		DavidW asks, "Do we want to involve the rat queen?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think not yet."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| Here Lies Isa of the Mist
CF \| Lain to rest in the soil of the city she loved
CF \| She leaves these unearthly remains
CF \| To voyage to the netherplane
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "worship"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > WORSHIP
CF \|
CF \| ...
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Worth a shot."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Isa of the Mist] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon],
CF \| [smokelord] and [heretics].)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| Humans throw enough good stuff away in this city that I don't never
CF \| need to work a day.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "humans"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > HUMANS
CF \|
CF \| Boss, you can't expect to get anywhere just spitting out the first
CF \| things that come to mind. Focus on the important stuff.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "worship"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 18/26
CF \|
CF \| > WORSHIP
CF \|
CF \| Rats don't worship any higher beings. Just feed off their leftovers.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 19/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| Them what founded this city, you mean? In the age of rags and stone
CF \| and [lingomancy]? Them what made forges out of the lava pits
CF \| primordial monsters used to cook human meat, and turned a dusty
CF \| wasteland into a hive of industry?
CF \|
CF \| Well truth be told, I don't know that much about 'em.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 19/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| Rats rule the world without ever speaking a syllable, but I can see
CF \| how the odd spellword might be useful, from time to time.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "SO. There ARE spells."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 19/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Archnecrobishop Tir
CF \| It is good to see you, child. I hope your just works are proceeding
CF \| apace.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 19/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| A remnant of an uncivilised age, preserved by those with no sense of
CF \| which histories matter.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Tir is judgmental."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 19/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 19/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| Zook Spiralhouse
CF \| Greetings, friend. Take a seat and drink of my milk. For you, it's on
CF \| the house.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| A half-forgotten art these days. [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] was the
CF \| last practitioner to pay me a visit. Learned a few things that night,
CF \| I'll tell you!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| Oh, for the most part she frequents far more esoteric establishments
CF \| than my shell. The kind of places where they inhale rarefied air
CF \| instead of drinking ale; or places that straddle the divide between
CF \| planes, where you can share a pint with demons and ghosts; and places
CF \| where the regulars are pickled when they die and brought out for
CF \| conversation like wine of a particular vintage.
CF \|
CF \| You know, trendy bars and such.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Brought out for conversation..."
		DavidW says, "I wish to meet this Xarthine."
		Knight_Otu blinks.
		Knight_Otu asks, "Let's not get pickled when we do, shall we?"
		DavidW says, "if only we knew what sort of critter we were."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "Xarthine"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| Rich and poor, every human throws away rubbish - and so almost every
CF \| street in [Zendon] is the domain of the rat queen. This street,
CF \| though... what they throw away crackles with cold sparks. It breathes
CF \| impossibly and whispers secrets. It disappears in a flash and
CF \| reappears a span to the right. And you certainly don't want to try and
CF \| eat it.
CF \|
CF \| So this street, she leaves to the humans.
CF \|
CF \| Xarthine the Shadowsmith
CF \| Welcome, stranger. Don't worry, we get plenty of secretive sorts in
CF \| here. Still, try and steal anything and my meat golems there will
CF \| pound you into dust.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| I have the equipment to evaporate a person into mist going half price
CF \| if you're interested.
CF \|
CF \| Condensing back is a little trickier, sadly.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| Yeah, see this is why lingomancy will never die out. Always someone
CF \| interested in learning. Even someone as clearly ill-suited as
CF \| yourself.
CF \|
CF \| Look, I'll teach you a simple spell to speak to the dead at a
CF \| discount, as long as you promise not to take it any further. You think
CF \| you can talk a stone to pieces or fly on a carpet of words, but you'll
CF \| just be puking up your own lungs as you try to follow an accidentally
CF \| reflexive domination command.
CF \|
CF \| Yeah, that's fine. Plenty of customers here have paid with far
CF \| stranger coins. Now say after me:
CF \|
CF \| [Xi yelandi zoc zocen yi]
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Does everyone see what I see?"
		DavidW says, "X Y Z Z Y"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hoh."
		Jade says, "yes, cool"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| Excellent. You've got the hang of it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| A pretty boring pub, even if the location is unique.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| I have, for sale, the genuine left forefinger of an ironking. You
CF \| will, of course, have to provide your own means of carting it home.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| If you can't find what you want in my shop, well, it's probably boring
CF \| or not forbidden or both.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| You see old Tir, you tell him that special medicine he ordered is in,
CF \| and it smells pretty funky.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| I'll be the first to admit that things need to change in this city,
CF \| but I don't think stirring up resentment in the [underslums] is the
CF \| way to go about it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [Xarthine the Shadowsmith], [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Isa of the
CF \| Mist] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon],
CF \| [smokelord], [heretics] and [lingomancy].)
CF \|
CF \| (You have also learned the lingomantic phrase [xi yelandi zoc zocen
CF \| yi].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| I don't get any trouble from that lot here. Everything is above board.
CF \| And what's below board is very well hidden there.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| Out back are some memorials, necro-sacraments and reliquaries. Not so
CF \| much demand for any of it lately, so I'll do you a good deal.
CF \|
CF \| >		PhilGoetz says, "Hi, all."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zendon"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZENDON
CF \|
CF \| A whole city, teeming with life and unlife of every kind - and no
CF \| other shop like mine with rare items and rarer bargains.
CF \|
CF \| >
PhilGoetz has arrived.		Knight_Otu says, "Hey."
		DavidW says, "hi Phil"
		DavidW asks, "We have a way to talk to Isa now. Shall we see what our dead mother has to say?"
		Jade says, "hi phil"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, let's visit her."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| Here Lies Isa of the Mist
CF \| Lain to rest in the soil of the city she loved
CF \| She leaves these unearthly remains
CF \| To voyage to the netherplane
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| ...
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Are you okay, boss? It got dark all of a sudden. And the wind's
CF \| picking up. Maybe we should find somewhere more sheltered for now.
CF \|
CF \| Is that- Do you hear something?
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| ???
CF \| M... My.... My child...
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| It's- That's a-
CF \|
CF \| Mother said this city was haunted, but I never-
CF \|
CF \| Boss, you seem to know what you're doing. Come find me when you're
CF \| finished, 'cause I'm not sticking around for this.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Isa of the Mist
CF \| My child. How you have grown. And such interesting friends you have
CF \| made.
CF \|
CF \| It pleases me so... to see you again.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| My family feared them at first, and their fire. But they were
CF \| benevolent, in their own destructive, uncaring way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "mist"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > MIST
CF \|
CF \| I was not born as you were. I condensed from a cloud, and even then I
CF \| was still insubstantial. This city, with all its sights and peoples
CF \| and stories, inspired me to solidify completely. To experience life as
CF \| you do: briefly and painfully and sprinkled with strange joys.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "oh, so like a mist fairy"
		DavidW says, "or the daughter of the rainbow"
		Jacqueline says, "hm"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zendon"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZENDON
CF \|
CF \| Far from home. Strange and alien. Yet still this city accepted me;
CF \| loved me; became my home; hanged me beside its most powerful leaders.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| The dead gods are open to me again, now, even if they're lost and
CF \| forlorn.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "Nodroth"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Strange and terrible powers stalk between the worlds. With their
CF \| merest whim they can change the fortunes of a whole metropolis.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 20/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| Never of interest to me... before now.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "So we were born of smoke and mist... what does that make us? Smog?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smokelords"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > SMOKELORDS
CF \|
CF \| Speaking to you from beyond life, I cannot lie about your father.
CF \|
CF \| The last smokelord cared deeply for me, in his own way, but he had
CF \| little interest in my newfound physical form. Your father - your
CF \| real father was an [ethernaut] on leave in the city. By the
CF \| time I realised I carried his child, he was beyond the fifth moon.
CF \|
CF \| The smokelord knew, of course, but it saved him from a duty he did not
CF \| care to perform. And bestowed on you a heritage I wrongly expected to
CF \| be beneficial.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says (to KO), "heh"
		MoyTravis says, "Maybe we're a toxic cloud."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| Our time together was brief, but they were some of the happiest days
CF \| of my life.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "So we aren't the heir, but people think we are.""
		MoyTravis says, "Well that's a relief."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "worship"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > WORSHIP
CF \|
CF \| All the good gods are dead. Only [Nodroth] remains.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Strange and terrible powers stalk between the worlds. With their
CF \| merest whim they can change the fortunes of a whole metropolis.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "more air than heir"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| The sensation of their empty hands closing around me is vivid still.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| I can remember... music. Something tastes strong and alcoholic.
CF \| Laughter. My face contorted by a smile.
CF \|
CF \| These sensations are alien to me now - the memories preserved behind
CF \| glass.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [Xarthine the Shadowsmith], [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Isa of the
CF \| Mist] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon],
CF \| [smokelord], [heretics], [lingomancy] and [ethernaut].)
CF \|
CF \| (You have also learned the lingomantic phrase [xi yelandi zoc zocen
CF \| yi].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| Always there are dabblers in the forbidden and arcane. They are the
CF \| unwelcome lights that still lead the way.
CF \|
CF \| She brought us together again, did she not?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "salyndo"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > SALYNDO
CF \|
CF \| I should feel no hatred now. And yet a dim flame smoulders for that
CF \| man.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "heretics"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > HERETICS
CF \|
CF \| Such divisions rely on an unwise certainty.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Gods don't need the feeble attention of mortals - least of all when
CF \| they're dead.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "I suppose we should take the 'ethernaut' topic somewhere, but to whom?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Jolo?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think Jolo would help, even if he knew we weren't a true smokelord."
		DavidW says, "but I suppose it's a try."
		Knight_Otu says, "He might be more willing to talk, at least."
		DavidW says, "I worry that we might not be able to talk to mom again if we leave, but I dunno."
		PhilGoetz asks, "so... what's the name of this IF?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I'm guessing we can raise her again, don't you think?"
		DavidW says, "Weird City Interloper"
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I'm not sure. Xarf said not to overuse it."
		Jacqueline says, "hm, true"
		Knight_Otu says, "I understood it as "Don't try to learn other spells.""
		Jade says, "yes"
		DavidW says, "She also might stay raised for hours."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf20"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 21/26
CF \| (You shall remember this moment.)
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Man, that seems cruel. Raise her, talk for a few minutes, then leave and there she is, just sitting there, waiting to die again."
		DavidW says, "I don't have any crossword puzzle books to give her."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Oh, that spooked me very thoroughly, that did! Where to now?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| You again. Don't get me wrong, I don't wish you ill, but I have no
CF \| interest in helping you inherit the absolute throne of the
CF \| [smokelord].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| Then you have no claim to power? I suppose that makes me like you a
CF \| bit better.
CF \|
CF \| Course, maybe you don't think there's proof of it, so you can get away
CF \| with telling me and then taking power later. But that'd be
CF \| underestimating the wiliness of those who've been toiling in this
CF \| mechanical hell all these years and survived. My brothers and sisters
CF \| will worm out the truth, believe you me.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smokelords"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > SMOKELORDS
CF \|
CF \| It's not that I think he was a bad man - or no worse than most of us,
CF \| anyway - just that I don't think any one person should have such
CF \| absolute authority.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| I've never exactly hobnobbed with the city's upper crust. I'd expect
CF \| you know your own mother far better than I would.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| She's a good friend to the [stenchworks], even if we can't afford to
CF \| patronise her shell too often.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| None of us know what it actually does, except that it's dangerous work
CF \| to maintain. And strange as anything I've ever known. Those who
CF \| breathe too deep say they hear voices coming from the pipes.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "interesting"
		Jacqueline says, "spooky"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Useless. If he wasn't, he wouldn't still be alive.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| I don't really have much of a chance to mingle with purveyors of
CF \| obscure mystical merchandise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lissa"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > LISSA
CF \|
CF \| Someone else raised by one of the city's great powers, with no claim
CF \| to inherit her mother's throne. You two are a lot alike.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Jolo's a real charmer"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [Xarthine the Shadowsmith], [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Isa of the
CF \| Mist] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon],
CF \| [smokelord], [heretics], [lingomancy] and [ethernaut].)
CF \|
CF \| (You have also learned the lingomantic phrase [xi yelandi zoc zocen
CF \| yi].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "salyndo"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > SALYNDO
CF \|
CF \| I hate his guts, as do the rest of the stenchworkers, but he'd be
CF \| nothing without [Nodroth] and its [puppetguard].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 21/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| I don't know or care about Nodroth, except that it is truly the god of
CF \| the privileged and powerful.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| The latest lot to seize power always want everyone to believe that all
CF \| the ex gods are dead or exiled, but it's never quite true.
CF \|
CF \| The old river gods may have been twisted beyond understanding by water
CF \| pollution, but they're still there, as any flatboatman can tell you.
CF \| The ghosts of several mechanical gods still linger in the basements of
CF \| what were once the altars of the [Ironkings]. And the half-divine
CF \| [Princess Arotha] hides in plain sight in the diplomatic quarter.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "arotha"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > AROTHA
CF \|
CF \| She is far removed the likes of me.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| We trade in the labour of keeping this place doing whatever terrible
CF \| thing it is that it does. And I try to make sure as few of us get hurt
CF \| as possible.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "underslums"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > UNDERSLUMS
CF \|
CF \| That's where all of us in the [stenchworks] call home. Why else would
CF \| we work here despite all the dangers?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| Any dissent, any agitation, any organisation even, and they crush it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "orz"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > ORZ
CF \|
CF \| [Zendon] needs a way to keep out the riff raff, right? Can't have too
CF \| many of us.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zendon"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZENDON
CF \|
CF \| This is our home, for better or worse.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| I have a few practitioners in key roles.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Well, we have a new name to follow."
		Knight_Otu says, "Indeed."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| This city likes its curiosities. And what's more curious than the
CF \| daughter of an ex god? She holds court in the diplomatic quarter,
CF \| selling supposedly divine wisdom to those with enough coin. I should
CF \| probably wait outside...
CF \|
CF \| Princess Arotha
CF \| Welcome. Please recline among the cushions if it helps. Most
CF \| experience some discomfort on their first visit to my preservation
CF \| dome, due to the machinery that allows my divine half to remain on
CF \| this plane.
CF \|
CF \| Nausea is quite normal, as are religious ecstasy and a desire to
CF \| worship me. If you absolutely must, you may kiss my feet and lower
CF \| tentacles - but I honestly urge restraint.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay then"
		DavidW says, "I love her already"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| Some of their knowledge was distilled into the machinery that keeps me
CF \| alive.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "underslums"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > UNDERSLUMS
CF \|
CF \| All are welcome to visit me, whatever their station in life. As long
CF \| as they can pay the fee, of course...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| Those who have plied the ether visit me only too rarely. Trapped in
CF \| here, I always enjoy hearing of places far and alien.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| We corresponded occasionally, when she was alive. She was kind and
CF \| genuine and utterly disinterested in currying the favour of a selfish
CF \| half-god like me. I admired her so.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| My half-parent was a god, of course, slain in some obscure
CF \| denominational schism, and thus now what you call an "ex god". It all
CF \| sounds terribly impersonal when you put it like that. None of the pain
CF \| and anguish of such unjust loss.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "worship"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > WORSHIP
CF \|
CF \| You may worship me from a respectful distance, if you so wish.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| I graciously allow mortals to spend time in my half-divine presence
CF \| for a modest fee. You'll get your bill on the way out.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| I know a few choice words, naturally, but such petty witchcraft is
CF \| beneath me.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zendon"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZENDON
CF \|
CF \| I was born in this city, and it has ever been both my salvation and my
CF \| bell jar.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Harrumph. That old fool. At least he is mortal, and shall fade away in
CF \| time, as mortals do.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Many of my worshippers are quite scandalised by his actions. It makes
CF \| me quite fond of him.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| I have heard many wonderful stories involving Zook. Many breathtaking
CF \| adventures have curved through her spiralled shell.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nordoth"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > NORDOTH
CF \|
CF \| Do not be alarmed, mortal. It is entirely normal to speak in tongues
CF \| while within the influence of my preservation dome.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [Xarthine the Shadowsmith], [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Isa of the
CF \| Mist], [Princess Arotha] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [Zendon],
CF \| [smokelord], [heretics], [lingomancy] and [ethernaut].)
CF \|
CF \| (You have also learned the lingomantic phrase [xi yelandi zoc zocen
CF \| yi].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| I can't express the sorrow I feel for Nodroth. A cosmic traveller of
CF \| untold power, enslaved by the likes of [High Slimepriest Salyndo].
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "try"
		DavidW says, "We never actually visited Salyndo or Nodroth."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "Sallyndo"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 22/26
CF \|
CF \| > SALLYNDO
CF \|
CF \| Do not be alarmed, mortal. It is entirely normal to speak in tongues
CF \| while within the influence of my preservation dome.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "salyndo"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > SALYNDO
CF \|
CF \| In a just world, he would be nothing more than a first rate
CF \| narcissist. But in this world, his relentless self-belief
CF \| allowed him to trap [Nodroth] in the [godharness].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| I do not know where it came from. Whether [High Slimepriest Salyndo]
CF \| forged it himself, or paid some mad genius, or stole it, or who knows
CF \| what. All I know is that it fulfils the simple hubris at the heart of
CF \| much religious worship: to bend the will of the gods to that of
CF \| mortals.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "God harness, huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lissa"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > LISSA
CF \|
CF \| The rat queen is at it again, I presume.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| The product of the love between a god and a mortal. I am, in some
CF \| senses, immortal. Yet without all these machines, my divine half would
CF \| ascend to a higher plane, and, separated, both halves of me would die.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "this Salindo will bring us problem"
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder, are the stenchworks related o the godharness."
		DavidW asks, "maybe, but whose voices does Jolo hear?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Nodroth's?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		DavidW asks, "I think maybe ask Xarthine about the harness before visiting Nodroth or Slimepriest?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe ask everyone about it?"
		DavidW says, "Tir, maybe, or Zook, but the others probably have never heard of such a thing."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| Isa of the Mist
CF \| My child.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| I can no longer grow, change, forgive. My hatred smoulders as ever.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| Xarthine the Shadowsmith
CF \| Welcome back, stranger. While we chat, feel free to browse my wares -
CF \| and perhaps even buy some of them...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| Such a thing is possible? I suppose a lot of the groundwork has
CF \| already been laid, but you'd need a power supply beyond imagining.
CF \| Even in a city this size, you wouldn't be able to hide it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| I am fully licensed for nose removal, if the smell ever gets too much.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu nods.
		DavidW says, "okay, so the stenchworks powers the godharness."
		DavidW asks, "Tell Jolo?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Worth a try."
		DavidW says, "The puppetguard won't like it."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| Don't worry, boss, I'm well skilled at giving them the slip by now.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| If it isn't my favourite not-member of the ruling classes. Although,
CF \| how exactly you intend to help me and my brothers and sisters, I still
CF \| have no idea.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| Surprising, but it makes no difference to me. Whether [Nodroth] causes
CF \| all this suffering of its own volition or not, it still causes it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| None of us know what it actually does, except that it's dangerous work
CF \| to maintain. And strange as anything I've ever known. Those who
CF \| breathe too deep say they hear voices coming from the pipes.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we might need proof that the works power the harness."
		DavidW says, "hm. He doesn't make the connection."
		DavidW asks, "Visit Nodroth himself?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe Tir first."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Archnecrobishop Tir
CF \| It is good to see you, child. I hope your just works are proceeding
CF \| apace.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| And who made this spurious claim? Someone with little understanding of
CF \| theophysiology, no doubt, otherwise they would know that such a thing
CF \| is plainly impossible.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| I would prefer not to talk of such blasphemies.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I guess I should have seen that coming."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 23/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Now that's a tricky one. Everyone in [Zendon] knows where Nodroth is:
CF \| the [hanging sanctum]. That part's easy. The tricky part is getting
CF \| past this bloke.
CF \|
CF \| Slab Knight Grok Steelthew
CF \| Who go there? Why you hide face? Me think you bad.
CF \|
CF \| You not pass here. No one pass here. Me stop all.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure I love this technique of people-rather-than-rooms but the novelty of it is interesting."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| Me big to be so high. If me fall me land hard. So me not look down.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Nodroth is great god who all good and all strong. You should feel big
CF \| shame that you want be bad at Nodroth.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "lost pig"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > LOST PIG
CF \|
CF \| Me made to fight, not talk. So me not get what you say.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I think it might be better without the hub, but the hub seems necessary in this particular structure."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jade says, "it is complicated following all this for me"
		DavidW says, "Lissa is just our taxi driver."
		Jacqueline says (to Jade), "It's very complex and fast, yes."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slimepriest"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SLIMEPRIEST
CF \|
CF \| He seem weak, but he with [Nodroth], so me know is great and good.
CF \|
CF \| >		PhilGoetz says, "well, it cuts down on time wasted going back and forth between places."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| It not nice when you have big nose like me.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says (to Phil), "Very true"
		Jade says, "I will replay offline"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "trade"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > TRADE
CF \|
CF \| Me made to fight. Me fight for what is right.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| They make things from steel long time in past. Why make from steel
CF \| when can use flesh and make knight like me?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| Her house big, but me still not fit in it, so me sleep here.
CF \|
CF \| >		PhilGoetz says, "and it eliminates object puzzles, so you end up with a game very focused on figuring out a story."
		PhilGoetz says, "Reminds me of Activision's "Portal", and a couple of other games where you're given a big database, and all you do is look up one entry after another until you figure out what happened."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps ask other NPCs about the hanging garden?"
		PhilGoetz says, "The characters have more character than databases do, so that's nice."
		DavidW says, "er sanctum"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jade says, "it seem a parserd twine game for me. I do not like visual novels. too many text to read an translate that brings ne to an inconsciencious sleep stae"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "orz"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ORZ
CF \|
CF \| No, no, this way. I know a shortcut back to the gates.
CF \|
CF \| Orz the City Gate Barnacle
CF \| Not so many come visit me, stranger, as want to get through these
CF \| gates quick as they can.
CF \|
CF \| I suppose that means it's nice to see you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| I've spent time airborne and rooted in my life, but I don't understand
CF \| why you'd want to try and be rooted in the air. Very strange ideas you
CF \| lot have.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| They say my kind sometimes take root to the hulls of ether vessels.
CF \| Sounds like altogether too whimsical a life for me.
CF \|
CF \| >		PhilGoetz asks, "Jade, what's a parserd twine game?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironworks"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONWORKS
CF \|
CF \| That's not a topic that interests me, stranger.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| Long before my time. This city was all built when I floated here on
CF \| the breeze.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| She didn't need to pass through any gate when she came here. And after
CF \| she made this city her home, she never left.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "this kind of game, parser based, choice options"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lissa"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > LISSA
CF \|
CF \| She's never been through these gates, but she has come round to gawp
CF \| at me from the shadows since she was wee, bless her.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| Now there's a conundrum I ponder from time to time. See ole Zook'd
CF \| never fit through these gates. So how did she get into the city?
CF \|
CF \| Did she pass through as a small child, before my time, then grow big
CF \| once she was inside? Did she slither right over the walls, out of my
CF \| sight? Or has she been here the whole time, and they just built the
CF \| city around her?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| He came to see me not long ago, wanted me to join some strike or some
CF \| such. I told him: "Never you mind me, Jolo, I grow here and eat who
CF \| I'm told to. It's a fine life, and nothing that happens on the other
CF \| side of these gates will change it."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| That's the city's latest god, right? Gods being gods, it didn't pass
CF \| through this gate to get in, so I can't really claim much knowledge.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| My kind don't have much of a shared culture, and you lot keep changing
CF \| yours, so I don't really hold to any gods myself.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| Now, I remember a young girl called Arotha passed out these gates for
CF \| a day trip - long, long ago. She was laughing and playing and running
CF \| rings around her mother. Energetic and curious and delightful. Not
CF \| sure if that sounds like who you mean.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| I've heard of it, and smelled it when the wind blows the wrong way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| So they made a way to turn a god into a barnacle? Let me know if they
CF \| ever figure out the reverse.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slimepriest"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SLIMEPRIEST
CF \|
CF \| Well I do remember a young fellow called Salyndo passing through. But
CF \| from his demeanour he couldn't possibly have been the same person as
CF \| that pious, puritanical High Slimepriest.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [Xarthine the Shadowsmith], [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Slab Knight
CF \| Grok Steelthew], [Isa of the Mist], [Princess Arotha] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [hanging
CF \| sanctum], [Zendon], [smokelord], [heretics], [lingomancy],
CF \| [godharness] and [ethernaut].)
CF \|
CF \| (You have also learned the lingomantic phrase [xi yelandi zoc zocen
CF \| yi].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >		MoyTravis says, "It's impossible for me to read the slimepriest's name as anything other than "Slaynado""
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| I thought the city was being invaded when he turned up, but it was the
CF \| powers that be who wanted him here. He could barely string a sentence
CF \| together, and had to stoop down to get through the gates. Never seen
CF \| the like in all my years.
CF \|
CF \| >		MoyTravis says, "I keep having to mentally correct myself."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Is a slaynado anything like a sharknado?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Orz the City Gate Barnacle] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| She leaves the city every so often, that one. Comes back with her
CF \| cloak stuffed with all manner of strange smelling stuff. Not like I
CF \| can search her, though, so I just let her through.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| Isa of the Mist
CF \| My child.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| There was no such place in the city when I lived.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "orz"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ORZ
CF \|
CF \| Territory. Borders. Gates. These were strange enough concepts to me
CF \| when I lived. In death they seem as substantial as the memory of a
CF \| dream.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| Her privilege pulls her apart. Her selfishness is a fragile eggshell.
CF \| Her disdain is a shield against the grief of immortality.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "rat queen"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > RAT QUEEN
CF \|
CF \| I'm sorry my child, but there is much of life I can no longer grasp.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lissa"
CF ] [Isa of the Mist] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > LISSA
CF \|
CF \| Don't judge people by their circumstances or their parents. We are all
CF \| souls inside.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| Zook Spiralhouse
CF \| Greetings, friend. Take a seat and drink of my milk. For you, it's on
CF \| the house.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| Always nice when a celestial crew turn up in my shell. A chore to
CF \| clean up afterwards, admittedly, but the stories they can tell!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| He did call 'round here, hoping there'd be strangers with "quests" and
CF \| the like. Unfortunately he couldn't fit through my entrance. Just
CF \| peered in and frightened my regulars with his booming voice.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| A floating part of the city! Well I can never crawl up there, can I?
CF \| Not that there's any customers to be found within besides [Nodroth]
CF \| and that big vat-grown fellow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| A half-forgotten art these days. [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] was the
CF \| last practitioner to pay me a visit. Learned a few things that night,
CF \| I'll tell you!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| Xarthine the Shadowsmith
CF \| Welcome back, stranger. While we chat, feel free to browse my wares -
CF \| and perhaps even buy some of them...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wares"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > WARES
CF \|
CF \| I'm not sure what you mean, but if I can sell it to you, I will.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| One day I'll be able to sell you the equipment to float your own home
CF \| in the sky. But... that day is not today.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| Such a thing is possible? I suppose a lot of the groundwork has
CF \| already been laid, but you'd need a power supply beyond imagining.
CF \| Even in a city this size, you wouldn't be able to hide it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| I don't have any slab knight seeds in stock, but I can order them in
CF \| if you want. The flesh vats and life injectors you'd need are
CF \| somewhere out back.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "hmmm"
		PhilGoetz says, "oh, wait, I found it with google."
		DavidW says, "I think maybe we have to visit the Slimepriest, except that feels dangerous."
		Jacqueline asks (of Phil), "Found what?"
		PhilGoetz says, "ignore that; sorry, I typed it a long time ago & forgot it was there waiting to be sent."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh! Ah. :)"
		PhilGoetz says, "found out what a twine game is."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. Okay."
		DavidW says, "twinery.org iirc"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I wish there were a way for Floyd to do Twine, or at least the non-multimedia Twines. Sadly, no."
		DavidW says, "Someday"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can save before visiting the priest."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf21"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \| (You shall remember this moment.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slimepriest"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SLIMEPRIEST
CF \|
CF \| You want to put me to the test then, boss? Yeah, I can get you close
CF \| to the big man himself - and I'm not just talking about one of his
CF \| Oozday sermons. We'd crash one of the parties where he drops his pious
CF \| act and hobnobs with decadent toffs.
CF \|
CF \| You couldn't go dressed like that, though. You'd have to show your
CF \| face. And if you hide it with good reason, you won't want to hang
CF \| around for too long. So are you sure you want to do this?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "no"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NO
CF \|
CF \| Probably the right move boss. Just lemme know who you want to see
CF \| instead.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| If it isn't my favourite not-member of the ruling classes. Although,
CF \| how exactly you intend to help me and my brothers and sisters, I still
CF \| have no idea.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| Never was sure why the [hanging sanctum] isn't just guarded by more
CF \| [puppetguard].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| I did wonder if keeping that afloat might be the purpose of the
CF \| [stenchworks], but my best engineers assure me even that gaudy palace
CF \| wouldn't require as much energy to float as we put out.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "There we have more evidence for the harness being powered by this place. Not sure that's what we need though."
		DavidW asks, "I'm trying to remember if anyone we know is near dead people. Tir, maybe?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| Any dissent, any agitation, any organisation even, and they crush it.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure. It would seem this city is teeming with death, though."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > LOOK
CF \|
CF \| I'm a man of few words, and that's not one that interests me.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tir"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > TIR
CF \|
CF \| Archnecrobishop Tir
CF \| It is good to see you, child. I hope your just works are proceeding
CF \| apace.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| Do not utter such blasphemies in my presence! The dead must stay dead!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "orz"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ORZ
CF \|
CF \| Such riffraff watching over the gates. Though I suppose they can
CF \| hardly prise it off.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| A soulless hunk of man-made muscle. Think of it more as a solid wall
CF \| that bars your path than a foe to match wits with.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose we can ask him how much he hates the sanctum and the knight."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sanctum"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| I suppose it's an appropriate monument to a living god, but it still
CF \| strikes me as a little gauche.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend. I don't imagine a
CF \| rabble-rouser such as Jolo Lurk has much to offer our cause.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "puppetguard"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PUPPETGUARD
CF \|
CF \| There are no men or women in those suits of armour. They are animated
CF \| by the unholy will of [Nodroth].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Summoned from some dark superplane of existence to topple the city's
CF \| [ex gods], subjugate its peoples and create a new and unjust order led
CF \| by [High Slimepriest Salyndo].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Archnecrobishop Tir] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| I would prefer not to talk of such blasphemies.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| Princess Arotha
CF \| Welcome once again, visitor, to my preservation dome.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| A slab knight, you say? I hear their tiny minds are easily fixated on
CF \| gods and the like. But such a person would never fit in my
CF \| preservation dome. I shall have to ensure he is discouraged from ever
CF \| coming here...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| It has quite an ethereal beauty for a prison.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| Slab Knight Grok Steelthew
CF \| You hide face, but me know it still you. You not pass.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ex gods"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > EX GODS
CF \|
CF \| If god not strong, god get beat and be ex god.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| Nodroth is great god who all good and all strong. You should feel big
CF \| shame that you want be bad at Nodroth.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| What? Me not get. Man in sky? Ah, me know. You mean sun or moon.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| Princess? Me not heard of her. Me shall find out some time if she need
CF \| be saved.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slimepriest"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SLIMEPRIEST
CF \|
CF \| He seem weak, but he with [Nodroth], so me know is great and good.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Maybe we do need to see the rat queen?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "help"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HELP
CF \|
CF \| Me made to fight, not talk. So me not get what you say.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "My impression is that we wouldn't see her, Lissa just relays her words."
		Jade asks, "we know all we need?"
		DavidW says, "Also, I think the rat queen would just be the game's in-game help system."
		Knight_Otu says, "That, too."
		DavidW says, "We're at 25/26 so we seem to be one topic short."
		Knight_Otu says (to Jade), "We are missing one topic. We have a pretty good grasp at what seems to be going on though."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| Dry blood on my sword move! That big strange.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "Try it on the princess?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We could."
		DavidW asks, "or with Jolo?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| If it isn't my favourite not-member of the ruling classes. Although,
CF \| how exactly you intend to help me and my brothers and sisters, I still
CF \| have no idea.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can you just say XYZZY or do you have to type all that out?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| Strange... All the dials just spiked briefly...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| Princess Arotha
CF \| Welcome once again, visitor, to my preservation dome.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| How quaint and useless. Couldn't you have spoken some entertaining
CF \| images or talked the cushions into a dance?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "options"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > OPTIONS
CF \|
CF \| (Special commands: OUTPUT will change the way topics are highlighted.
CF \| SAVE your place and RESTORE it later. UNDO mistakes. CREDITS lists the
CF \| people who made this game possible.)
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "credits"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > CREDITS
CF \|
CF \| (Weird City Interloper
CF \| An interactive tale of strange conspiracy by C.E.J. Pacian
CF \| Release 1 / Serial number 140613 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
CF \| 6/12N)
CF \| Special thanks to George Oliver, Emily Boegheim and Konstantinos
CF \| "Gnome" Dimopoulos for beta testing.)
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "So which person/topic have I missed?"
		DavidW says, "We can still visit the rat queen."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button.
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| (People you've learned of: [Orz the City Gate Barnacle], [Lissa
CF \| Ratdaughter], [Archnecrobishop Tir], [Zook Spiralhouse], [Jolo Lurk],
CF \| [Xarthine the Shadowsmith], [High Slimepriest Salyndo], [Slab Knight
CF \| Grok Steelthew], [Isa of the Mist], [Princess Arotha] and [Nodroth].)
CF \|
CF \| (Some topics of interest: [trade], [worship], [Ironkings],
CF \| [puppetguard], [stenchworks], [underslums], [ex gods], [hanging
CF \| sanctum], [Zendon], [smokelord], [heretics], [lingomancy],
CF \| [godharness] and [ethernaut].)
CF \|
CF \| (You have also learned the lingomantic phrase [xi yelandi zoc zocen
CF \| yi].)
CF \|
CF \| (Or say [farewell] to return to Lissa Ratdaughter.)
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "uf, I dont know"
		Jade says, "try help"
		DavidW says, "I haven't used the heretics topic everywhere."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Have we talked with lissa about all topics?"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps not."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "quite"
CF ] [Princess Arotha] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > QUITE
CF \|
CF \| Do not be alarmed, mortal. It is entirely normal to speak in tongues
CF \| while within the influence of my preservation dome.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "heretics"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HERETICS
CF \|
CF \| I don't associate well enough with humans to know too many, but if
CF \| you're looking to meet people from any walk of life, [Zook
CF \| Spiralhouse] has probably met them.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ethernaut"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ETHERNAUT
CF \|
CF \| I can find you almost anyone in the city, boss, but beyond the vault
CF \| of the sky? They say there aren't even rats up there.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| Even there, there's rats. You can tell cos every so often one falls
CF \| off and splats on the courtyard below. Rest their soul.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lingomancy"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > LINGOMANCY
CF \|
CF \| Rats rule the world without ever speaking a syllable, but I can see
CF \| how the odd spellword might be useful, from time to time.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "heretics"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HERETICS
CF \|
CF \| I don't associate well enough with humans to know too many, but if
CF \| you're looking to meet people from any walk of life, [Zook
CF \| Spiralhouse] has probably met them.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| Can't say I don't get a sense of satisfaction at the idea of those at
CF \| the top getting a taste of their own medicine.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| Zook Spiralhouse
CF \| Greetings, friend. Take a seat and drink of my milk. For you, it's on
CF \| the house.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hanging sanctum"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > HANGING SANCTUM
CF \|
CF \| A floating part of the city! Well I can never crawl up there, can I?
CF \| Not that there's any customers to be found within besides [Nodroth]
CF \| and that big vat-grown fellow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slimepriest"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SLIMEPRIEST
CF \|
CF \| He used to visit me back before all this [Nodroth] business. The kind
CF \| of fellow I always had to keep half a photoreceptor on. Very
CF \| untrustworthy.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xi yelandi zoc zocen yi"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XI YELANDI ZOC ZOCEN YI
CF \|
CF \| Any dead in my shell get shit right out, stranger, so you're out of
CF \| luck here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Krumar says, "Oh my"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "orz"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ORZ
CF \|
CF \| He's never visited me, for entirely understandable reasons.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| For all my years, I've seen humans strive to shackle the almighty to
CF \| their petty and jealous desires. It was always just a matter of time
CF \| before you only bloody went and did it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Zook Spiralhouse] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| I did once crawl through the diplomatic quarter, on account of I heard
CF \| she wanted to see me from her bubble. I couldn't see her, though.
CF \| Shame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| Slab Knight Grok Steelthew
CF \| You hide face, but me know it still you. You not pass.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "me"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ME
CF \|
CF \| Me made to fight, not talk. So me not get what you say.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ironkings"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > IRONKINGS
CF \|
CF \| They make things from steel long time in past. Why make from steel
CF \| when can use flesh and make knight like me?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \| Great man grow me in big jar, teach me to fight for great and good.
CF \| Then great man die, so me go find more great and good to fight for.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Slab Knight Grok Steelthew] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| What? No! It all make sense now! Me have been tricked! Me feel great
CF \| sad now...
CF \|
CF \| You help [Nodroth], me not stop you now. Me let you pass. But me stay
CF \| here, keep protect [Nodroth] from bad.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| Oh, and just lemme know if you need [help].
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| You think you can just stroll up to a deity and strike up a
CF \| conversation like nobody's business? It'd be like a rat expecting to
CF \| chat with a human instead of getting stomped on. A human not raised by
CF \| rats, obviously.
CF \|
CF \| Slab Knight Grok Steelthew
CF \| You go in there, you brave. Me look in just a bit and me feel big
CF \| fear. Me not know a god be so big and strange. How have so many bits
CF \| and each bit be lots of things at same time? It make head hurt.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| Nodroth
CF \| friend
CF \|
CF \| help please
CF \|
CF \| friend
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nodroth"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > NODROTH
CF \|
CF \| i am
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "godharness"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GODHARNESS
CF \|
CF \| find it
CF \|
CF \| say these words
CF \|
CF \| [pi lonzo unagno ge huk]
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Plugh."
		DavidW says, "P L U G H"
		MoyTravis says, "uh, interesting, did this happen the last time"
		Jacqueline says, "nice"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we never asked him about the godharness."
		Jade says, "odd indeed, but cool"
		DavidW asks, "so, if we say that in the stenchworks, the godharness stops working?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW asks, "Or ask Xarthine about PLUGH first?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "isa"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ISA
CF \|
CF \| she lingers
CF \|
CF \| for you
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stenchworks"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > STENCHWORKS
CF \|
CF \| something is
CF \|
CF \| there
CF \|
CF \| i know it
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slimepriest"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > SLIMEPRIEST
CF \|
CF \| my captor
CF \|
CF \| my tormentor
CF \|
CF \| slave to his own tiny mind
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| a man
CF \|
CF \| in a shell
CF \|
CF \| of principles
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "zook"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > ZOOK
CF \|
CF \| even she
CF \|
CF \| is mortal
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "princess"
CF ] [Nodroth] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PRINCESS
CF \|
CF \| polar opposites
CF \|
CF \| held together
CF \|
CF \| in one
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "xarthine"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > XARTHINE
CF \|
CF \| Xarthine the Shadowsmith
CF \| Welcome back, stranger. While we chat, feel free to browse my wares -
CF \| and perhaps even buy some of them...
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pi lonzo unagno ge huk"
CF ] [Xarthine the Shadowsmith] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PI LONZO UNAGNO GE HUK
CF \|
CF \| (Nodroth
CF \| dangerous words
CF \|
CF \| speak them only in the right place)
CF \|
CF \| Xarthine the Shadowsmith
CF \| I'm not sure what you mean, but if I can sell it to you, I will.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "farewell"
CF ] [Lissa Ratdaughter] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > FAREWELL
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Who are we going to see next, boss?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jolo"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > JOLO
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| If it isn't my favourite not-member of the ruling classes. Although,
CF \| how exactly you intend to help me and my brothers and sisters, I still
CF \| have no idea.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pi lonzo unagno ge huk"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > PI LONZO UNAGNO GE HUK
CF \|
CF \| What were those words, stranger? Lingomancy? It feels like someone
CF \| walked over my grave...
CF \|
CF \| No, wait, it feels like... Oh, bloody hell!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stenchlass
CF \| Jolo, every dial is in the red! The pipes are buckling and the vents
CF \| are at capacity!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| You figured it out, boss! It's the stenchworks. The stenchworks
CF \| are the godharness.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Jolo Lurk
CF \| These readings are like nothing I've seen... Evacuate the stenchworks!
CF \| Get everyone to safety!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Vice Chief Miasman
CF \| It's no safer outside! The hanging sanctum is falling out of the sky!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Boss... what do we do? Boss?
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Nodroth
CF \| thank you
CF \|
CF \| look after your world
CF \|
CF \| i shall not return
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| High Slimepriest Salyndo
CF \| No!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| No! Stay away! I control you!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| Noooooooo!
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lissa Ratdaughter
CF \| Holy...
CF \|
CF \| I've never seen a god before... it looks bloody weird! Guess it went
CF \| somewhere when it faded away like that. Well, good riddance and good
CF \| luck to it.
CF \|
CF \| Don't think you need that hood anymore, boss. The puppetguard are
CF \| lying useless in the streets and, yeah, you saw what happened to the
CF \| High Slimepriest.
CF \|
CF \| So, this is goodbye. The rat queen needs me elsewhere. Always
CF \| something important happening in Zendon. If you stick around, you'll
CF \| find that out soon enough.
CF \|
CF \| And I hope you will stick around. If you do, I'll find you
CF \| some other day. If you don't, then I guess we'll only meet in our
CF \| dreams.
CF \|
CF \| Either way, your life is your own from here on, friend.		MoyTravis says, "gg"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * Farewell *
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
CF \| command, view the CREDITS or hear from GROK?
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Looks like I missed a topic but didn't need it?"
		Jade says, "25/26..."
		MoyTravis says, "Seems so."
		Jacqueline says, "llp"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Last Lousy Topic"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "That was very interesting."
		MoyTravis exclaims, "I liked it!"
		DavidW says, "It was very different."
		DavidW says, "I did enjoy the writing a lot."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure was a weird city, and we sure were a weird interloper."
		Knight_Otu says, "An interesting world that this game painted."
		Knight_Otu says, "Very glad we played it."
		DavidW says, "yeah, me too"
		PhilGoetz says, "yeah, some nice writing."
		Krumar asks, "Are we going to hear from Grok?"
		Jade says, "It wass different but cool"
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, all. And thanks for all the driving, DW."
		MoyTravis exclaims, "Well, thanks for driving!"
		MoyTravis says, "That was fun! I'm'a log now, cya'll later."
		DavidW says, "thanks everyone"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Slab Knight Grok Steelthew
CF \| When thing fall from sky, me think me dead. But Nodroth catch me and
CF \| say nice thing to me. Me think me leave this place now.
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
CF \| command, view the CREDITS or hear from GROK?
CF \| >		MoyTravis says, "wait no hear from grok"
		MoyTravis says, "what does grok have to say"
		DavidW says, "I missed that GROK had a last line."
		DavidW says, "cool"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "grok"
CF ] [Jolo Lurk] 25/26
CF \|
CF \| > GROK
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Slab Knight Grok Steelthew
CF \| When thing fall from sky, me think me dead. But Nodroth catch me and
CF \| say nice thing to me. Me think me leave this place now.
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the last
CF \| command, view the CREDITS or hear from GROK?
CF \| >		MoyTravis says, "Oh, that WAS hearing from grok. huh."
		MoyTravis says, "Okay, thanks! I'm gonna actually log now."
		DavidW says, "bye all"
		Knight_Otu says, "Just the one line, but nice to know he was saved by his god."
DavidW focuses on his crystal and fades away into a silver haze in the light.		Jade says, "bye, GG"
		Krumar says, "Good bye all"
Krumar goes home.		PhilGoetz exclaims, "bye!"
		Jade says, "have a nice week"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Bye!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Good night everyone!"