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ToyShop & Floyditorium		#ClubFloyd Discussion


		DavidW says, "oh, Assembly sounds like a doable one."
		DavidW \| Today has been an extraordinarily long day. You picked up the keys to your new apartment in the morning, you went shopping for furniture in the afternoon, and you've spent the evening putting it together. \|\| And you're almost finished - there's one box left. \|\|
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah, that kind of assembly."
		DavidW \| ASSEMBLY is a story of magic and adventure. Can you assemble a small table? Can you save the world from the vengeance of ancient gods?
		DavidW says, "It's Glulx and estimated as an hour and a half game."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's an odd connection, though."
		Lancelot says, "depends on what's in that last box ��"
		Lancelot says, "the pic gives me IKEA vibes lol"
		keltena says, "That estimate sounds about right to me. (I tested it, but playtester nonsense makes it hard to estimate normal playtime, lol)"
		gadzoks says, "It's from the actual IKEA instructions."
		DavidW says, "ok, I've uploaded 'assembly'."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask assembly"
CF \| >Is the thirst for a fresh beginning coursing through your veins?
CF \| >Please answer yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.> Please answer yes
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CF \| answer yes or no.> ] Bedroom
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Today has been an extraordinarily long day. You picked up the keys to
CF \| your new apartment in the morning, you went shopping for furniture in
CF \| the afternoon, and you've spent the evening putting it together.
CF \|
CF \| And you're almost finished — there's one box left.
CF \|
CF \| Assembly
CF \| An Interactive Fiction by Ben Kirwin
CF \| Release 1 / Serial number 230928 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.41 lib
CF \| 6/12N)
CF \|
CF \| Bedroom
CF \| Well, it will be your bedroom once you've finished setting everything
CF \| up. Right now it's your furniture assembly room, and nearly empty
CF \| aside from the pile of discarded cardboard in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| A flat-pack furniture box lies in the center of the room.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "about"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > ABOUT
CF \|
CF \| Thanks to Meara Kirwin, Mel Jason, Doug Egan, and Lance Cirone for
CF \| beta testing, writing help, and sage advice. Without their help this
CF \| would have been a very bad game. (Whether it is now any good is left
CF \| for the reader to assess.)
CF \|
CF \| Thanks as well to the authors of Inform 7 and the following
CF \| extensions:
CF \| Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
CF \| Far Away version 5/160517 by Jon Ingold
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| You glance down at your hands. Aside from a papercut or two, they're
CF \| in fine shape.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x box"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOX
CF \|
CF \| A perfectly ordinary flat-pack furniture box, brown and corrugated.
CF \| The word DÖLMEN is inscribed along one edge.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open box"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN BOX
CF \|
CF \| You tear open the flat-pack furniture box, unpacking an instruction
CF \| booklet, a tabletop, a handful of wooden pegs, two table legs, eight
CF \| cam-lock screws, eight cam-lock nuts, and a hex key. You discard the
CF \| now-useless cardboard from the box.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take booklet"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| DÖLMEN
CF \| The front cover of the DÖLMEN instruction booklet depicts what looks
CF \| like a small table, somewhat crudely proportioned: a thick tabletop
CF \| overhangs the two smaller boards that form the legs. You don't
CF \| actually remember buying this one, come to think of it — but it's
CF \| been
CF \| a long day, and you're sure you must have needed it for something.
CF \|
CF \| You flip ahead to the instructions. Step 1: screw the cam-lock screws
CF \| into the tabletop.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x screws"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X SCREWS
CF \|
CF \| A normal-looking screw for most of the length, these cam-lock screws
CF \| have a specially-shaped head that the corresponding nuts are designed
CF \| to lock on to.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x tabletop"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X TABLETOP
CF \|
CF \| A thick, almost brutalist slab of some sort of composite wood. Holes
CF \| for screws line opposite edges of what must be the bottom face.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put screws in tabletop"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT SCREWS IN TABLETOP
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the cam-lock screws)
CF \| You flip the tabletop hole-side up, and screw the cam-lock screws
CF \| firmly into the holes indicated in the instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 2: insert the pegs
CF \| into the table legs.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pegs"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X PEGS
CF \|
CF \| Short, cylindrical wooden pegs, with spiralling grooves running from
CF \| end to end.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "insert pegs into legs"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > INSERT PEGS INTO LEGS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the wooden pegs)
CF \| Holding each of the legs upright in turn, you insert the wooden pegs
CF \| firmly into the holes along the upper edge.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the table
CF \| legs to the tabletop.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach legs to tabletop"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH LEGS TO TABLETOP
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the table legs)
CF \| You start with the tabletop flat on its back. Taking hold of one leg,
CF \| you line its pegs up with matching holes on one edge of the tabletop
CF \| and press them together. After some resistance, they meet with a
CF \| satisfying thump. You do the same with the other leg.
CF \|
CF \| The table is now in its final shape, though its legs are only loosely
CF \| attached — set back a handful of centimetres from each end and
CF \| splayed
CF \| slightly outward. The effect should be awkward, but there's something
CF \| oddly compelling about the proportions of the thing... though it does
CF \| look a bit wrong upside down, like a turtle stuck on its
CF \| back. The heads of the cam-lock screws are still just visible through
CF \| nut-sized holes in the sides of each leg.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 4: fasten the
CF \| cam-lock nuts onto the screws.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x nuts"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X NUTS
CF \|
CF \| Each of these cylindrical little nuts has an hole on one end for the
CF \| hex key and a large, corkscrewing slit along the circumference,
CF \| designed to catch on to the head of a cam-lock screw and grasp it
CF \| tightly.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take hex wrench"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE HEX WRENCH
CF \|
CF \| I only understood you as far as wanting to take the hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take key"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE KEY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| A little hexagonal bar of metal, bent into a L shape.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "fasten nuts to screws"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > FASTEN NUTS TO SCREWS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the cam-lock nuts)
CF \| The nuts fit perfectly into the holes in the side of the table legs,
CF \| nestling over the heads of the screws. After one or two turns with the
CF \| hex key, the nuts grip firmly onto the screws and hold the whole table
CF \| tightly together. You flip it over, and set it solidly down on top of
CF \| its legs.
CF \|
CF \| Huh. That's strange. It's probably the simplest thing you've built
CF \| today — just a couple of of juxtaposed fibreboard slabs — but
CF \| something about it has more of a presence than you expected.
CF \| You keep catching yourself staring at it from the corner of your eyes
CF \| and holding your breath. You're not even sure this is meant to be a
CF \| table at all, now. An altar? No, that's not right. But what?
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "This has been easy so far, yes?"
		Lancelot says, "magic sense tingling"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You have trouble not examining it, honestly, though on the
CF \| surface there's not much to see — just a couple of angled boards
CF \| capped with a solid slab of medium-density fibreboard. Something about
CF \| it seems significant, though; carefully formed, like a rune
CF \| in some language you only half understand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK
CF \|
CF \| Bedroom
CF \| Well, it will be your bedroom once you've finished setting everything
CF \| up. Right now it's your furniture assembly room, and nearly empty
CF \| aside from the pile of discarded cardboard in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the DÖLMEN table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pile"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X PILE
CF \|
CF \| Scraps of flat-pack furniture boxes and packing material.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry, had to take care of something. Assembly itself seems like it went fine, but something odd going on."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search it"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH IT
CF \|
CF \| You're finished with those for now.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a hex key and the DÖLMEN instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x booklet"
CF ] Bedroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| DÖLMEN
CF \| The front cover of the DÖLMEN instruction booklet depicts what looks
CF \| like a small table, somewhat crudely proportioned: a thick tabletop
CF \| overhangs the two smaller boards that form the legs.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 4: fasten the
CF \| cam-lock nuts onto the screws.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "definitely ... tables usually do not bear runes"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch table"
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH TABLE
CF \|
CF \| As you reach towards the DÖLMEN, something shifts and settles in your
CF \| mind, and you understand — it's not a table, but a doorway.
CF \| And the door is opening —
CF \|
CF \| There are no words in your language for what happens next. There are
CF \| no words for the way the world seems to come unstuck and peel away,
CF \| though later it will remind you of the way an opening door shifts from
CF \| a solid face to an insubstantial line. There are certainly no words
CF \| for the way that time's axis swings into view, the present
CF \| stretching out from its accustomed instant so that all of history is
CF \| opened up to your perception. Still, words are sometimes the only
CF \| tools we have; and later, when you try to assemble the fragments of
CF \| your memory into some semblance of a narrative, the words you'll
CF \| choose are not so different from the words below.
CF \|
CF \| * * *		gadzoks exclaims, "We probably put everything on backwards!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably unneccery, but in case - [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "ah. I thought the word looked familiar."
		DavidW says, "thanks"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF \| * * *In the beginning, the barrier
CF \| between your world and the world of the gods is thin. You can't quite
CF \| tell who first learns to shape stone into the sacred forms that open
CF \| the doorway between the worlds, or to perform the rituals that give
CF \| the gods the power to step through: only that it happens in the
CF \| northern corners of your world. And since humans are so quick to
CF \| worship power, these rituals spread quickly… and the gods grow
CF \| strong,
CF \| then stronger still, until their hold over your world is absolute.
CF \|
CF \| An age passes, and then another, and the faith of the people begins to
CF \| wane; the rituals fall into disuse, the sacred monuments into
CF \| disrepair, and the gods weaken and vanish from the earth. Some go
CF \| peacefully, but others rage against their loss — and swear that, if
CF \| that doorway were ever to reopen, humanity would not escape their
CF \| control again.
CF \|
CF \| Then, finally, a new age: an age of infinite repetition, of unbounded
CF \| mechanical reproduction, of forms iterated out beyond imagination.
CF \| These gods, and the few who remember them, have found their chance —
CF \| for a ritual copied blindly from an instruction booklet, or a sacred
CF \| ratio embodied in fibreboard instead of stone, still holds the same
CF \| power. Their designs flood from the north and spread out around the
CF \| world... and as you follow the instructions you are given, and
CF \| assemble those parts into the forms that give power to the gods, those
CF \| vindictive gods begin to regain their strength.
CF \|
CF \| And now, history sharpens down around you to a single projective
CF \| point, the fulcrum on which the past and future hang. Here, tonight,
CF \| they will open the doorway between the worlds again and wreak their
CF \| vengeance on the earth. Unless, of course, you stop them.
CF \|
CF \| * * *		Lancelot says, "nice"
		DavidW asks, "everyone ready to continue?"
		keltena says, "This is why I let the experts assemble furniture for me."
		DavidW says, "Looks like we're gonna meet some angry gods."
		DavidW says, "I bet we lead them into an Ikea and they get trapped in the maze."
		Knight_Otu says, "So basically, we built a god door."
		DavidW says, "yes"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| * * *An instant or an eternity later,
CF \| space unfurls into its usual dimensions, and you return to yourself:
CF \| head spinning, stomach turning, hands shaking, mind reeling. You look
CF \| around — you have been dislocated — you are no longer at home. You
CF \| stumble back to your feet on a cold floor in an empty hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red.
CF \|
CF \| A lone shopping cart has been abandoned near a closet door on the
CF \| north wall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "exits"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > EXITS
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cart"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X CART
CF \|
CF \| A low, rectangular metal platform, with wheels on the bottom and a
CF \| handle rising to a conveniently-pushable height on one end.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X DOOR
CF \|
CF \| A closet is set unobtrusively into a corner of the north wall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have nothing.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Our hex key was lost."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open door"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN DOOR
CF \|
CF \| (first unlocking the closet door)
CF \| You lack a key that fits the closet door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| The automatic doors aren't sliding open; they seem to be locked, or
CF \| disabled, or whatever the proper term is for an automatic door that
CF \| isn't currently moving itself.
CF \|
CF \| You'll need to find another way out.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x doors"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X DOORS
CF \|
CF \| A bank of automatic sliding doors, all closed, leading out to the
CF \| empty parking lot.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look through doors"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK THROUGH DOORS
CF \|
CF \| You look through the automatic doors and out over the empty parking
CF \| lot. The sun blazes just above the horizon; red light and long shadows
CF \| wash over the lot.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ne"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > NE
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "nw"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > NW
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sw"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SW
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "se"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SE
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You ride the escalator up to the top floor and lose yourself quickly
CF \| in the visual chaos of the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired a boldly-printed wallpaper and a modern chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "looks like we found the maze lol"
		DavidW says, "There better be seven meatballs at the end."
		Knight_Otu says, "Twisty little passages inclusive."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x wallpaper"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X WALLPAPER
CF \|
CF \| An almost overwhelming profusion of lines and colours, stitched
CF \| together into complex pattern. Ghosts of the markings seem to swim
CF \| across your vision, still rearranging themselves long after you've
CF \| looked away.
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the label: MAIJA. You should be able to find it on the
CF \| shelves in the self-serve furniture area later... if they have any in
CF \| stock, of course.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "should we have brought the cart?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chandelier"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHANDELIER
CF \|
CF \| An ovoid cloud of brushed metal panels, angled against one another in
CF \| a complex assemblage. A subtle light diffuses from the center, though
CF \| you see no bulb.
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the label: POUL. You should be able to find it on the
CF \| shelves in the self-serve furniture area later... if they have any in
CF \| stock.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| A quick jog down the rising escalator returns you to the entrance
CF \| hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red.
CF \|
CF \| A lone shopping cart has been abandoned near a closet door on the
CF \| north wall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take cart"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE CART
CF \|
CF \| You strain ineffectually to lift the cart. It's really more convenient
CF \| to push it than to carry it around.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push cart up"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH CART UP
CF \|
CF \| You push the front wheels of the cart onto the bottom step of the
CF \| escalator. As the escalator lifts the cart, it tips back and clatters
CF \| back to the floor — nearly taking you with it.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x elevator"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X ELEVATOR
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "fold cart"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > FOLD CART
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close cart"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > CLOSE CART
CF \|
CF \| It isn't something you can close.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cart"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X CART
CF \|
CF \| A low, rectangular metal platform, with wheels on the bottom and a
CF \| handle rising to a conveniently-pushable height on one end.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x handle"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X HANDLE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put cart on escalator"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT CART ON ESCALATOR
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the shopping cart)
CF \| You strain ineffectually to lift the cart. It's really more convenient
CF \| to push it than to carry it around.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade asks, "Sorry, what this game is?"
		DavidW says, "Assembly"
		keltena says, "Assembly."
		Jade says, "thx"
		DavidW says, "I guess the cart has to stay here."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You ride the escalator up to the top floor and lose yourself quickly
CF \| in the visual chaos of the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between a
CF \| wall-mounted shelving system and a glass coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x arrows"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X ARROWS
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "wait, that's not the same as before."
		Lancelot says, "true"
		Lancelot says, "before it was pointing north"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x shelving"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X SHELVING
CF \|
CF \| Sleek metal shelving, laddering up the nearby wall. The solid metal
CF \| shelves seem to almost float — though in fact they're securely
CF \| bracketed to tracks running up the wall, and impressively strong.
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the label: DIETER. You should be able to find it on the
CF \| shelves in the self-serve furniture area later... if they have any in
CF \| stock.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X TABLE
CF \|
CF \| Nearly the Platonic form of a table: a low rectilinear geometry in
CF \| glass and chrome.
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the label: FLORENCE. You should be able to find it on
CF \| the shelves in the self-serve furniture area later... if they have any
CF \| in stock.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| a horrible lounge chair and the DIETER shelving system.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Is this game about the pitfalls of consumerism?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHAIR
CF \|
CF \| A horrible object — a violent slash of black leather racked onto on a
CF \| semicircular frame. The design evokes something between a hospital bed
CF \| and a torture device.
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the label: KRÅKA. You should be able to find it on the
CF \| shelves in the self-serve furniture area later... if they have any in
CF \| stock.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "getting lost in ikdea does sound like a nightmare"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the FLORENCE coffee
CF \| table and a butcher block kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x island"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X ISLAND
CF \|
CF \| One imagines a kitchen island as a tiny patch of countertop surrounded
CF \| by a vast ocean of kitchen. This particular island is surfaced with
CF \| butcher block and thus naturally antibacterial, though it needs to be
CF \| oiled regularly to preserve its colour and to avoid staining.
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the label: MARTHA. You should be able to find it on the
CF \| shelves in the self-serve furniture area later... if they have any in
CF \| stock.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks exclaims, "There are all these products on display, which we clearly MUST HAVE!"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take martha"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE MARTHA
CF \|
CF \| This is a showroom! If you want anything in here, you'll need
CF \| to find it downstairs later.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Blocking the top of the escalator — at the central focus of that
CF \| ritual circle — is a rosewood wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Oh. Just window shopping."
		Lancelot says, "ah the magic circle"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x wardrobe"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > X WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| Built in the mid-century modern style out of a warm-toned rosewood, a
CF \| hollow rectangular prism held just above the floor on slightly canted
CF \| legs, about your height. You have absolutely no idea what it's for; it
CF \| looks like a wardrobe without a door, or perhaps a display case
CF \| without any shelves.
CF \|
CF \| The space within is dark — darker than it ought to be, considering.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe trope?"
		Lancelot says, "enter closet would then be the next step"
		DavidW says, "We could end up in Narnia."
		DavidW says, "We didn't have the key for the closet."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step into the void. The wood of the wardrobe feels solid
CF \| underfoot, the sides smooth under your fingertips, but you can't feel
CF \| the back wall — it must be deeper than you thought.
CF \|
CF \| You take another step. The air here is different: compared to the
CF \| fresh and fragrant air of the restaurant, the atmosphere here feels
CF \| dusty, stale, and somehow taut, as though the space between
CF \| these rosewood panels was under some incredible tension. Even the
CF \| light is different — the view of the restaurant over your shoulder
CF \| feels distant, and the darkness feels almost tangibly thick.
CF \|
CF \| A few more steps, and then your foot meets nothing at all, and you
CF \| fall forward —
CF \|
CF \| * * *		DavidW says, "The Narnia wardrobe was applewood, not rosewood."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| * * *— and tumble to the floor in a
CF \| tiny closet.
CF \|
CF \| You pick yourself up, brushing off a thick layer of dust from your
CF \| clothes. Fascinating: through the rosewood wardrobe, you've got a
CF \| clear view back to the restaurant.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door and
CF \| through the wardrobe, illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete
CF \| floor. The walls are hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them
CF \| close around you on all sides.
CF \|
CF \| Although... as your eyes adjust, one patch of darkness stands out as
CF \| darker than the others. Some kind of chest?
CF \|
CF \| The rosewood wardrobe, through which you arrived somehow, consumes
CF \| most of the limited space.
CF \|
CF \| Hidden halfway under the rosewood wardrobe — an instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >		keltena says (to DavidW), "Sincerely, thank you for that fascinating bit of information."
		Lancelot says, "ah literature"
		DavidW says (to keltena), "You're welcome."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chest"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHEST
CF \|
CF \| It's about the right shape and size to be a tool chest, but it's hard
CF \| to say for certain without a bit more light.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x booklet"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the instruction booklet, to get a proper look)
CF \| HINDER
CF \| The picture on the front cover looks like... well, the wardrobe right
CF \| in front of you.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 3: attach the
CF \| wardrobe top to the side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "uh, are we disasembling the wardrobe now?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach wardrobe top"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH WARDROBE TOP
CF \|
CF \| You loosen the dovetails that connect the wardrobe top to the sides
CF \| and lift it clean away. The distorted view of the restaurant in the
CF \| wardrobe remains in place, though it does seem to fray a little at the
CF \| top.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: attach the
CF \| side panels to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach side panels"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH SIDE PANELS
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the HINDER top panel, to free your hands)
CF \| As the side panels fall away from the base, the distorted view of the
CF \| restaurant seems to stretch at first to fill the gap — then, as if
CF \| reaching a breaking point, it shatters into empty space.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 1: screw the
CF \| tapered legs to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew legs"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW LEGS
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the HINDER side panels)
CF \| For good measure, you unscrew the tapered wooden legs from the
CF \| rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door,
CF \| illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete floor. The walls are
CF \| hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them close around you on
CF \| all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of one wall, barely
CF \| visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: some HINDER parts (side panels, base, and top panel).
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "nice"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock door"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > UNLOCK DOOR
CF \|
CF \| You lack a key that fits the closet door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open door"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN DOOR
CF \|
CF \| (first unlocking the closet door)
CF \| You lack a key that fits the closet door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch chest"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH CHEST
CF \|
CF \| You feel around the edges of the chest. The surface feels like painted
CF \| steel, the edges hard under your fingertips. There's a lid, though you
CF \| can't seem to find any way to open it — though you could probably
CF \| manage it with a bit more light.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x i"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X I
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have four HINDER legs and the HINDER instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x legs"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X LEGS
CF \|
CF \| Stubby little things, turned from the same wood as the rest of the
CF \| cabinet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x booklet"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| HINDER
CF \| The picture on the front cover looks like the HINDER wardrobe you
CF \| confronted in the restaurant earlier.
CF \|
CF \| You flip ahead to the instructions. Step 1: screw the tapered legs to
CF \| the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "flip booklet"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > FLIP BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Nothing obvious happens.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door,
CF \| illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete floor. The walls are
CF \| hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them close around you on
CF \| all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of one wall, barely
CF \| visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: some HINDER parts (side panels, base, and top panel).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x top"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X TOP
CF \|
CF \| A rectangle of warm wood. Two edges have been carefully dovetailed to
CF \| interlock with the wardrobe's side panels; the other two have been
CF \| sanded smooth.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach side panels to top panel"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH SIDE PANELS TO TOP PANEL
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the HINDER side panels)
CF \| Huh. It looks like the HINDER top panel ought to attach to the HINDER
CF \| side panels, but you can't quite see how to do it. You feel like
CF \| you've got the instructions backwards somehow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x side"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X SIDE
CF \|
CF \| Two more-or-less identical wooden panels, about two metres tall and
CF \| half a metre wide. The shorter edges have been carefully worked to
CF \| dovetail with the top and the base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x base"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X BASE
CF \|
CF \| Somewhat thicker than the wardrobe's top panel, with a few reinforced
CF \| holes near the bottom where the legs attach.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take base"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BASE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x it"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X IT
CF \|
CF \| Somewhat thicker than the wardrobe's top panel, with a few reinforced
CF \| holes near the bottom where the legs attach.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "I dunno what to do. Put it together again?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take chest"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE CHEST
CF \|
CF \| The tool chest is too big to move.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push chest"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH CHEST
CF \|
CF \| The tool chest is too big to move.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach legs to base"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH LEGS TO BASE
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down some HINDER parts (base and side panels))
CF \| You screw the tapered lags back into the rosewood base of the
CF \| wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 2: attach the side
CF \| panels to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach side to base"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH SIDE TO BASE
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the HINDER side panels)
CF \| One by one, you dovetail each of the wardrobe's side panels with the
CF \| base. As you reattach the second panel, the space between them seems
CF \| to twist away, as though rotating on some higher-dimensional axis, and
CF \| the void fills with a distorted view of the restaurant.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| wardrobe top to the side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Maybe we need a light source first?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the restaurant.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I don't know where a light source is."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "There are plenty of lamps over there, but dunno if the cords are long enough."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the POUL chandelier and the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chandelier"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHANDELIER
CF \|
CF \| An ovoid cloud of brushed metal panels, angled against one another in
CF \| a complex assemblage. A subtle light diffuses from the center, though
CF \| you see no bulb.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE IT
CF \|
CF \| The POUL chandelier is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand on island"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > STAND ON ISLAND
CF \|
CF \| You get onto the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take poul"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE POUL
CF \|
CF \| The POUL chandelier is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "swing on chandelier"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > SWING ON CHANDELIER
CF \|
CF \| The POUL chandelier is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "lol"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jump"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > JUMP
CF \|
CF \| You get off the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the POUL chandelier and the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "There was light coming in under the door, so that might be the light source we need."
		DavidW asks, "Are you suggesting we pull the light in from under the door?"
		gadzoks says, "No, probably that we need to open it."
		DavidW says, "well, we didn't find a key either"
		gadzoks says, "Just thought there might be a lamp also."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the MAIJA wallpaper and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the DIETER shelving system and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between
CF \| the MAIJA wallpaper and the KRÅKA lounge chair.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the east and leading
CF \| to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the KRÅKA lounge chair
CF \| and the POUL chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| A quick jog down the rising escalator returns you to the entrance
CF \| hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take sun"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE SUN
CF \|
CF \| The red-lit parking lot is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "lol"
		DavidW says, "I'm open to ideas."
		keltena says, "well obviously that one's only for show. if you want to buy the sun you need to get it from the warehouse"
		gadzoks asks, "Can we open the door from this side?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push cart into door"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH CART INTO DOOR
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Most likely not."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open door"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN DOOR
CF \|
CF \| (first unlocking the closet door)
CF \| You lack a key that fits the closet door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x light"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X LIGHT
CF \|
CF \| You look through the automatic doors and out over the empty parking
CF \| lot. The sun blazes just above the horizon; red light and long shadows
CF \| wash over the lot.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x shadows"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X SHADOWS
CF \|
CF \| You look through the automatic doors and out over the empty parking
CF \| lot. The sun blazes just above the horizon; red light and long shadows
CF \| wash over the lot.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ram door with cart"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > RAM DOOR WITH CART
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hit door"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > HIT DOOR
CF \|
CF \| You take out your frustration on the closet door. This has no useful
CF \| effect — other than on your mood, perhaps.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under door"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK UNDER DOOR
CF \|
CF \| A closet is set unobtrusively into a corner of the north wall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x north wall"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X NORTH WALL
CF \|
CF \| I only understood you as far as wanting to examine north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x escalator"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X ESCALATOR
CF \|
CF \| The escalator rises from the entrance hall floor to the showroom
CF \| above.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You ride the escalator up to the top floor and lose yourself quickly
CF \| in the visual chaos of the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the MAIJA wallpaper and the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the MAIJA wallpaper and the DIETER shelving system.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the FLORENCE coffee
CF \| table and the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X TABLE
CF \|
CF \| Nearly the Platonic form of a table: a low rectilinear geometry in
CF \| glass and chrome.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch it"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH IT
CF \|
CF \| You feel nothing unexpected.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE IT
CF \|
CF \| This is a showroom! If you want anything in here, you'll need
CF \| to find it downstairs later.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the MARTHA kitchen island and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "move tables"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > MOVE TABLES
CF \|
CF \| The cafeteria tables are too big to move.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Push wardrobe down escalator."
		gadzoks says, "I dunno."
		Lancelot asks, "ah that might provide more light?"
		DavidW says, "We could probably reassemble the wardrobe elsewhere yes."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the maintenance
CF \| closet.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door and
CF \| through the wardrobe, illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete
CF \| floor. The walls are hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them
CF \| close around you on all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of
CF \| one wall, barely visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe and a HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Maybe in the room with the chandelier?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take panel"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE PANEL
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the restaurant.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach side"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH SIDE
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the HINDER top panel)
CF \| As the side panels fall away from the base, the profound darkness
CF \| seems to stretch at first to fill the gap — then, as if reaching a
CF \| breaking point, it shatters into empty space.
CF \|
CF \| With the HINDER wardrobe gone, the path to the escalator is now clear.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 1: screw the
CF \| tapered legs to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Though I'm not sure we got any light from the restaurant."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You step onto the escalator and descend.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "ah"
		gadzoks says, "Yeah, I also wanted to unblock the escalator."
		DavidW says, "I still like the idea of reassembling the wardrobe in the entrance."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You scramble up the descending escalator.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: some HINDER parts (base and top panel).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have two HINDER side panels and the HINDER instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "me too wondering whats in that chest"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take base"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BASE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take top"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE TOP
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have some HINDER parts (top panel, base, and side panels) and the
CF \| HINDER instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x base"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > X BASE
CF \|
CF \| Somewhat thicker than the wardrobe's top panel, with a few reinforced
CF \| holes near the bottom where the legs attach.
CF \|
CF \| Four HINDER legs are screwed into the HINDER base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between
CF \| the POUL chandelier and the KRÅKA lounge chair.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the north and leading
CF \| to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the KRÅKA lounge chair and the POUL chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the east and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the MAIJA wallpaper and
CF \| the DIETER shelving system.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the DIETER shelving system and the MARTHA kitchen island.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| A quick jog down the rising escalator returns you to the entrance
CF \| hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop base"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP BASE
CF \|
CF \| Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach side to base"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH SIDE TO BASE
CF \|
CF \| (first placing some HINDER parts (top panel and side panels) on the
CF \| cart, to free your hands)
CF \| (first taking the HINDER side panels)
CF \| One by one, you dovetail each of the wardrobe's side panels with the
CF \| base. As you reattach the second panel, the space between them seems
CF \| to twist away, as though rotating on some higher-dimensional axis, and
CF \| the void fills with a profound darkness.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| wardrobe top to the side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach top to side"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH TOP TO SIDE
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the HINDER top panel)
CF \| You place the top panel on the upper edges of the side panels and work
CF \| the dovetails back together, completing the rectangular frame. The
CF \| profound darkness through the wardrobe seems to intensify.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the maintenance
CF \| closet.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door and
CF \| through the wardrobe, illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete
CF \| floor. The walls are hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them
CF \| close around you on all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of
CF \| one wall, barely visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "are we supposed to assemble that closet on top of the cart? it seemed a flat cart"
		Lancelot says, "nvm"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chest"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHEST
CF \|
CF \| It's about the right shape and size to be a tool chest, but it's hard
CF \| to say for certain without a bit more light.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the entrance hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach top"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH TOP
CF \|
CF \| You loosen the dovetails that connect the wardrobe top to the sides
CF \| and lift it clean away. The profound darkness in the wardrobe remains
CF \| in place, though it does seem to fray a little at the top.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: attach the
CF \| side panels to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the maintenance
CF \| closet.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door and
CF \| through the wardrobe, illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete
CF \| floor. The walls are hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them
CF \| close around you on all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of
CF \| one wall, barely visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Seems like all the light comes though the closet door still."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the entrance hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a HINDER top panel and the HINDER instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL
CF \|
CF \| HINDER top panel: Dropped.
CF \| HINDER instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "okay, then lets examine the other market area"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You ride the escalator up to the top floor and lose yourself quickly
CF \| in the visual chaos of the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the MAIJA wallpaper and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the KRÅKA lounge chair and the POUL chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between
CF \| the MAIJA wallpaper and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the east and leading
CF \| to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You step onto the escalator and descend.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x henge"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X HENGE
CF \|
CF \| Some experts consider the term "henge" to only properly apply to an
CF \| earthwork with an inner ditch, or apply it only to specific monuments
CF \| in the British Isles... but your language supplies no better word for
CF \| this wide, circular bank. The henge is piled up to about waist height
CF \| with a colourful array of goods and other remnants of the market hall.
CF \| Four entrances pierce the bank, each aligned with a cardinal point.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| At the eastern extremity of the henge there is a small gap, leaving a
CF \| patch of wall bare, and in that patch is an otherwise unremarkable
CF \| office door. A small transom window is set just above it, enticingly
CF \| ajar.
CF \|
CF \| You try the handle of the office door — but it is locked, and you
CF \| have
CF \| no key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X WINDOW
CF \|
CF \| A rectangular window, set just above the office door, a couple of
CF \| metres off the floor. It looks just wide enough to squeeze through...
CF \| if you could reach it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Self-serve furniture area
CF \| A cavernous, warehouse-like space, arrayed with row upon row of
CF \| industrial racking. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are stored at ground
CF \| level, with tightly packed pallets piled up several stories high on
CF \| the racks above.
CF \|
CF \| The checkout area is to the west — and in the checkout area you see a
CF \| massive structure, an elaborately terraced aluminum and fibreboard
CF \| cairn. The basic forms recall the DÖLMEN you built earlier, but
CF \| fractally more complex — and every face and angle significant and
CF \| measured, like a script for some unfamiliar language. A low passage
CF \| leads into the structure. You can't quite shake the feeling that
CF \| something is almost ready to emerge.
CF \|
CF \| And, for the first time since you arrived here this evening, you're
CF \| not alone. Hooded figures ring the monument, methodically assembling
CF \| new forms and adding them to the cairn. You instinctively shrink
CF \| behind the nearest rack.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "We could stand on a box to get in through the window, if we can sneak one out?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x figures"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X FIGURES
CF \|
CF \| Perhaps thirty of them, ringing the cairn. Some continue to build up
CF \| the massive structure, their motions stiff and ritual. Others stand
CF \| guard — though they don't seem to have spotted you through the racks.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Though we probably need to assemble something under the window."
		DavidW says, "yeah. I was hoping to get it from here."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x florence"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X FLORENCE
CF \|
CF \| A perfectly ordinary flat-pack furniture box, brown and corrugated.
CF \| The word FLORENCE is inscribed along one edge.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x martha"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X MARTHA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "kraka"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > KRAKA
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x kraka"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X KRAKA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take florence"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE FLORENCE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a FLORENCE flat-pack furniture box.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open box"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN BOX
CF \|
CF \| You tear open the flat-pack furniture box, unpacking a hex key, an
CF \| instruction booklet, four chrome legs, a chrome frame, a glass
CF \| tabletop, and some long hex screws. You discard the now-useless
CF \| cardboard from the box.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > READ BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the FLORENCE instruction booklet)
CF \| FLORENCE
CF \| The cover illustration is nearly a child's drawing of a table: an
CF \| elongated rectangle, with a leg descending straight down from each
CF \| corner.
CF \|
CF \| Looks like you'll need a hex key for this one... which is conveniently
CF \| included in the box.
CF \|
CF \| You flip ahead to the instructions. Step 1: insert the legs into the
CF \| frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put legs into frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT LEGS INTO FRAME
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the FLORENCE legs)
CF \| You attach the FLORENCE legs to the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 2: screw the hex
CF \| screws into the frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw screws into frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW SCREWS INTO FRAME
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the long hex screws)
CF \| You attach the long hex screws to the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: put the glass
CF \| tabletop onto the frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put tabletop onto frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT TABLETOP ONTO FRAME
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the FLORENCE tabletop)
CF \| You attach the FLORENCE tabletop to the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand on table"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > STAND ON TABLE
CF \|
CF \| The slight flex as you start to shift your weight onto the glass
CF \| surface of the coffee table is enough to convince you that doing any
CF \| more is a very bad idea.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Could we use the wardrobe top instead?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW TOP
CF \|
CF \| The FLORENCE tabletop doesn't seem to be the sort of thing that you
CF \| unscrew.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Is it the same size?"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea"
		gadzoks says, "We do need something sturdier."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH TOP
CF \|
CF \| You detach the FLORENCE tabletop from the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: screw the hex
CF \| screws into the frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL
CF \|
CF \| FLORENCE tabletop: Dropped.
CF \| FLORENCE instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You scramble up the descending escalator.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the MARTHA kitchen
CF \| island and the MAIJA wallpaper.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the DIETER shelving system and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the DIETER shelving
CF \| system and the POUL chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| A quick jog down the rising escalator returns you to the entrance
CF \| hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER instruction booklet, a HINDER top panel, and the
CF \| HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
keltena goes home.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take top"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take top"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE TOP
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE TOP
CF \|
CF \| You already have that.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You ride the escalator up to the top floor and lose yourself quickly
CF \| in the visual chaos of the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the KRÅKA lounge chair and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the MARTHA kitchen island and the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the north and leading
CF \| to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the KRÅKA lounge chair
CF \| and the MAIJA wallpaper.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the north and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), " e"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You step onto the escalator and descend.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE instruction booklet, some FLORENCE parts
CF \| (tabletop and frame), and a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach hinter top to frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH HINTER TOP TO FRAME
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >
keltena has arrived.		gadzoks says, "There are also some bins here."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach hinder top to frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH HINDER TOP TO FRAME
CF \|
CF \| Despite your best efforts, the HINDER top panel doesn't seem able to
CF \| attach to the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| >		keltena says, "(Sorry, client crashed.)"
		gadzoks says (to keltena), "wb"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x florence booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X FLORENCE BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the FLORENCE instruction booklet)
CF \| FLORENCE
CF \| The cover illustration is nearly a child's drawing of a table: an
CF \| elongated rectangle, with a leg descending straight down from each
CF \| corner.
CF \|
CF \| Looks like you'll need a hex key for this one... which is conveniently
CF \| included in the box.
CF \|
CF \| You find your place in the instructions. The last step you undid was
CF \| step 3: put the glass tabletop onto the frame. Before that is step 2:
CF \| screw the hex screws into the frame.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Though given the theme of the game..."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put hinter top on frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT HINTER TOP ON FRAME
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put glass top on frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT GLASS TOP ON FRAME
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the HINDER top panel)
CF \| (first taking the FLORENCE tabletop)
CF \| You attach the FLORENCE tabletop to the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put hinter top on table"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT HINTER TOP ON TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put hinder on table"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT HINDER ON TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have the FLORENCE instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table, a HINDER top panel, and a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put hinder on table"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT HINDER ON TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take hinder"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE HINDER
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE TOP
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER top panel)
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put it on table"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT IT ON TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You put the HINDER top panel on the FLORENCE table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand on top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > STAND ON TOP
CF \|
CF \| Which do you mean, the HINDER top panel or the FLORENCE tabletop?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hinder"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > HINDER
CF \|
CF \| That's not something you can stand on.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand on florence"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > STAND ON FLORENCE
CF \|
CF \| (the FLORENCE table)
CF \| The slight flex as you start to shift your weight onto the glass
CF \| surface of the coffee table is enough to convince you that doing any
CF \| more is a very bad idea.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take hinder"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE HINDER
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take hinder top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE HINDER TOP
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop it"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP IT
CF \|
CF \| Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "Maybe I have it backwards? Maybe the glass top can go onto the wardrobe?"
		gadzoks asks, "For more light?"
		DavidW says, "That's my guess."
		Lancelot says, "might work"
		DavidW says, "Otherwise, we need another idea."
		gadzoks says, "Looks like I misread the room description. There aren't any bins here now, so that idea is out."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search bins"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH BINS
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take glass"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE GLASS
CF \|
CF \| (the FLORENCE table)
CF \| The FLORENCE table is too big to move.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach glass"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH GLASS
CF \|
CF \| (the FLORENCE tabletop)
CF \| You detach the FLORENCE tabletop from the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: screw the hex
CF \| screws into the frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a FLORENCE tabletop and the FLORENCE instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take key"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE KEY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a hex key, a FLORENCE tabletop, and the FLORENCE instruction
CF \| booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You scramble up the descending escalator.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the MAIJA wallpaper and the POUL chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the north and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the KRÅKA lounge chair and the DIETER shelving system.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You wander off the path, losing yourself in the visual cacophony of
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the FLORENCE coffee
CF \| table and the DIETER shelving system.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the east and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between
CF \| the MARTHA kitchen island and the KRÅKA lounge chair.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| A quick jog down the rising escalator returns you to the entrance
CF \| hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER instruction booklet and the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put top on side"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT TOP ON SIDE
CF \|
CF \| Despite your best efforts, the FLORENCE tabletop doesn't seem able to
CF \| attach to the HINDER side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "There's a door to the entrance from the market as well."
		DavidW says, "I noticed"
		Lancelot says, "aww cannot mix but I guess that kinda makes sense"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You ride the escalator up to the top floor and lose yourself quickly
CF \| in the visual chaos of the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the MARTHA kitchen island and the POUL chandelier.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, running from the top of the
CF \| entrance-hall escalator (just visible in the middle distance) and
CF \| leading to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Hmmm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the MAIJA wallpaper and
CF \| the KRÅKA lounge chair.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the east and leading
CF \| to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between
CF \| the DIETER shelving system and the KRÅKA lounge chair.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You step onto the escalator and descend.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: a FLORENCE frame and a HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put glass on frame"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT GLASS ON FRAME
CF \|
CF \| You attach the FLORENCE tabletop to the FLORENCE frame.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You step through the door and find yourself back in the entrance hall.
CF \| That's odd... you hadn't noticed that door on your way in.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER instruction booklet and the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Stand in shopping cart?"
		gadzoks says, "Aisle-style."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push cart east"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH CART EAST
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and a HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "progress"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand in cart"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > STAND IN CART
CF \|
CF \| I only understood you as far as wanting to stand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter cart"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER CART
CF \|
CF \| You get onto the shopping cart.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter window"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WINDOW
CF \|
CF \| Even standing on the shopping cart, the window's a fair bit too high
CF \| to reach. You'll need something rather taller.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You get off the shopping cart.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and a HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Climb wardrobe, Prey-style?"
		gadzoks says, "Not sure what to do otherwise."
		DavidW says, "I dunno if the wardrobe can be climbed"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You step through the door and find yourself back in the entrance hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER instruction booklet and the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take sides"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE SIDES
CF \|
CF \| As the side panels fall away from the base, the profound darkness
CF \| seems to stretch at first to fill the gap — then, as if reaching a
CF \| breaking point, it shatters into empty space.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 1: screw the
CF \| tapered legs to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Probably not."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take base"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BASE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and a HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop base"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP BASE
CF \|
CF \| Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put side on base"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT SIDE ON BASE
CF \|
CF \| The HINDER side panels and the HINDER base look like they ought to fit
CF \| together, but you can't quite figure out how. You never were very good
CF \| at doing this sort of thing without following the instructions.
CF \|
CF \| >		keltena says, "(I'm keeping quiet for obvious reasons, but if you need me to be the hint system of last resort I can be.)"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You step through the door and find yourself back in the entrance hall.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance hall
CF \| You recognize this room; you were here just this afternoon, shopping
CF \| for furniture, one of hundreds streaming through the brightly-lit hall
CF \| and up the escalator to the showroom above. The room is now uncannily
CF \| empty, lit only by the last light of the sun filtering through the
CF \| automatic doors and staining the floor a violent red. There's a small
CF \| closet door at one end of the north wall; another leads east to the
CF \| market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take booklet"
CF ] Entrance hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER instruction booklet)
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and some HINDER parts (base and top
CF \| panel).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have two HINDER side panels, a hex key, and two instruction
CF \| booklets (titled HINDER and FLORENCE, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop florence"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP FLORENCE
CF \|
CF \| (the FLORENCE instruction booklet)
CF \| Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x hinder booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X HINDER BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| HINDER
CF \| The picture on the front cover looks like the HINDER wardrobe you
CF \| confronted in the restaurant earlier.
CF \|
CF \| You find your place in the instructions. The last step you undid was
CF \| step 2: attach the side panels to the rosewood base. Before that is
CF \| step 1: screw the tapered legs to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Did we check the contents spread on the floor?"
		DavidW asks, "I beg your pardon, but what?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach side to base"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH SIDE TO BASE
CF \|
CF \| One by one, you dovetail each of the wardrobe's side panels with the
CF \| base. As you reattach the second panel, the space between them seems
CF \| to twist away, as though rotating on some higher-dimensional axis, and
CF \| the void fills with a profound darkness.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| wardrobe top to the side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach top to side"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH TOP TO SIDE
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER top panel to the HINDER side panels)
CF \| (first taking the HINDER top panel)
CF \| You place the top panel on the upper edges of the side panels and work
CF \| the dovetails back together, completing the rectangular frame. The
CF \| profound darkness through the wardrobe seems to intensify.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb wardrobe"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| The sides of the HINDER wardrobe are too smooth to climb.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter cart"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER CART
CF \|
CF \| You get onto the shopping cart.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "get on wardrobe"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > GET ON WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the maintenance
CF \| closet.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door and
CF \| through the wardrobe, illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete
CF \| floor. The walls are hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them
CF \| close around you on all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of
CF \| one wall, barely visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] Market hall
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Unfortunately, get on wardrobe seems to be the same as get into it."
		Lancelot says, "I guess its not a supporter"
		DavidW says, "no, a container."
		gadzoks says, "There's stuff making up the 'henge' in here."
		DavidW says, "I wanted a MARTHA island, but I didn't see one."
		keltena says, "Someday, we will finally queer the container/supporter binary."
		DavidW asks (of gadzoks), "Would you like to drive, then?"
		gadzoks says, "Just wondering if we checked it or not."
		Lancelot says, "that half circle of tables"
		DavidW says, "I thought we did, but I might've missed something."
		DavidW says, "I did nothing with the tables upstairs."
		DavidW says, "Maybe one of them is portable, yes."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You scramble up the descending escalator.
CF \|
CF \| (first getting off the shopping cart)
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take table"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE TABLE
CF \|
CF \| The cafeteria tables are too big to move.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I guess not"
		Lancelot asks, "push?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push table"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH TABLE
CF \|
CF \| The cafeteria tables are too big to move.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "okay"
		DavidW says, "We need an ice giant."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You step onto the escalator and descend.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE instruction booklet, and
CF \| the FLORENCE table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Self-serve furniture area
CF \| A cavernous, warehouse-like space, arrayed with row upon row of
CF \| industrial racking. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are stored at ground
CF \| level, with tightly packed pallets piled up several stories high on
CF \| the racks above.
CF \|
CF \| The checkout area is to the west — and in the checkout area you see a
CF \| massive structure, an elaborately terraced aluminum and fibreboard
CF \| cairn. The basic forms recall the DÖLMEN you built earlier, but
CF \| fractally more complex — and every face and angle significant and
CF \| measured, like a script for some unfamiliar language. A low passage
CF \| leads into the structure. You can't quite shake the feeling that
CF \| something is almost ready to emerge.
CF \|
CF \| Hooded figures ring the monument, methodically assembling new forms
CF \| and adding them to the cairn.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x kraka"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X KRAKA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x martha"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X MARTHA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dieter"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X DIETER
CF \|
CF \| A perfectly ordinary flat-pack furniture box, brown and corrugated.
CF \| The word DIETER is inscribed along one edge.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "DIETER was the shelving"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x maija"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X MAIJA
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x poul"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > X POUL
CF \|
CF \| A perfectly ordinary flat-pack furniture box, brown and corrugated.
CF \| The word POUL is inscribed along one edge.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "oh right"
		Lancelot asks, "the light?"
		DavidW says, "oh, that's our light"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take poul"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE POUL
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE instruction booklet, and
CF \| the FLORENCE table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open poul"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN POUL
CF \|
CF \| You tear open the flat-pack furniture box, unpacking an instruction
CF \| booklet, some frosted glass shades, a floor lamp base, a brass tube,
CF \| and a lamp holder. You discard the now-useless cardboard from the box.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take poul booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE POUL BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| POUL
CF \| This seems to be the floor lamp version of the chandelier you spotted
CF \| in the showroom earlier — the image shows the same system of
CF \| carefully
CF \| interlocking shades, set atop a fairly ordinary base.
CF \|
CF \| It looks like the bulb is not included. That's annoying.
CF \|
CF \| You flip ahead to the instructions. Step 1: screw the brass tube into
CF \| the base.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "ah let there be light :D"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw tube into base"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW TUBE INTO BASE
CF \|
CF \| (the floor lamp base)
CF \| (first taking the brass tube)
CF \| Holding the long brass tube vertical, you twist the lower end into the
CF \| floor lamp's base.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 2: screw the lamp
CF \| holder into the brass tube.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "aww no bulb"
		DavidW says, "It doesn't use one."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw holder into tube"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW HOLDER INTO TUBE
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the lamp holder)
CF \| You screw the lamp holder into the now-vertical tube.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| lampshades to the lamp holder.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach lampshades to holder"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH LAMPSHADES TO HOLDER
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the frosted glass shades)
CF \| One by one, you push the shades down over the lamp holder until they
CF \| each click into place. They're now spaced evenly apart, held in some
CF \| platonic mathematical progression.
CF \|
CF \| The construction is now visibly a lamp... though it still needs a
CF \| bulb, of course.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 4: screw the bulb
CF \| into the floor lamp.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw bulb into lamp"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW BULB INTO LAMP
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "yeah the mystery of the missing bulb"
		DavidW says, "huh. The display one had no bulb"
		Lancelot says, "cant we get it from another one"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You scramble up the descending escalator.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. In this corner, the designer
CF \| has paired the FLORENCE coffee table and the MAIJA wallpaper.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the south and leading
CF \| to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Look: the POUL chandelier and
CF \| the FLORENCE coffee table.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bulb"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > X BULB
CF \|
CF \| An ovoid cloud of brushed metal panels, angled against one another in
CF \| a complex assemblage. A subtle light diffuses from the center, though
CF \| you see no bulb.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "ah okay sorry must have missed that"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew bulb"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW BULB
CF \|
CF \| The POUL chandelier is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path backwards through the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. You're particularly struck by
CF \| the MARTHA kitchen island and the MAIJA wallpaper.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the north and leading
CF \| to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the path a little deeper into the maze.
CF \|
CF \| Showroom
CF \| You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all showcasing various
CF \| highlights of the Fall 2023 collection. Here, the path runs between
CF \| the MAIJA wallpaper and the DIETER shelving system.
CF \|
CF \| Arrows on the floor mark the path, arriving from the west and leading
CF \| to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb dieter"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB DIETER
CF \|
CF \| You climb up the shelves like a ladder, the solid metal barely flexing
CF \| under your weight. You rest on the top shelf, sitting a couple metres
CF \| above the floor.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Showroom
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You hop down from the top shelf and back to the floor.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "okay, dieter is climbable. Let's make that one"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Restaurant
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You emerge, blinking, into the cafeteria.
CF \|
CF \| Restaurant
CF \| You stopped in here earlier for a late lunch. The cafeteria tables
CF \| where you ate are still here, though they're not quite tables
CF \| any longer: the long rectangular surfaces have been placed on end, a
CF \| forest of pale obelisks in a rough semicircle, centered on the top of
CF \| the escalator, leading down. The only other way out is west: back to
CF \| the showroom.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| You step onto the escalator and descend.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the POUL lamp, the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE
CF \| instruction booklet, and the FLORENCE table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Self-serve furniture area
CF \| A cavernous, warehouse-like space, arrayed with row upon row of
CF \| industrial racking. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are stored at ground
CF \| level, with tightly packed pallets piled up several stories high on
CF \| the racks above.
CF \|
CF \| The checkout area is to the west — and in the checkout area you see a
CF \| massive structure, an elaborately terraced aluminum and fibreboard
CF \| cairn. The basic forms recall the DÖLMEN you built earlier, but
CF \| fractally more complex — and every face and angle significant and
CF \| measured, like a script for some unfamiliar language. A low passage
CF \| leads into the structure. You can't quite shake the feeling that
CF \| something is almost ready to emerge.
CF \|
CF \| Hooded figures ring the monument, methodically assembling new forms
CF \| and adding them to the cairn.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take dieter"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE DIETER
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the POUL lamp, the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE
CF \| instruction booklet, and the FLORENCE table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open dieter"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN DIETER
CF \|
CF \| You tear open the flat-pack furniture box, unpacking an instruction
CF \| booklet, eighteen wall screws, two tracks, several metal shelves, and
CF \| several pins. You discard the now-useless cardboard from the box.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take dieter booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE DIETER BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| DIETER
CF \| The cover shows a set of shelves, evenly spaced, climbing presumably
CF \| up some undepicted wall.
CF \|
CF \| This particular shelving system has two tracks that run vertically up
CF \| the wall; each track has a little groove in the front and holes
CF \| predrilled in the sides. You can insert these little metal pins
CF \| through those holes at whatever height, and that creates a sort of
CF \| horizontal bar that the shelf can hang from. It's actually quite a
CF \| clever little system.
CF \|
CF \| You flip ahead to the instructions. Step 1: screw the wall screws
CF \| through the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw tracks"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW TRACKS
CF \|
CF \| What do you want to screw the tracks to?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), " put wall screws in tracks"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT WALL SCREWS IN TRACKS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the wall screws)
CF \| You drive the wall screws through the tracks and into the east wall.
CF \| The tracks are now vertical, evenly spaced a shelf-width apart, and
CF \| firmly fixed in place.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 2: insert the pins
CF \| into the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "insert pins into tracks"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > INSERT PINS INTO TRACKS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the pins)
CF \| You insert the pins into evenly-spaced holes running up the tracks,
CF \| just as the little picture suggests. They snap into place with a
CF \| satisfying click.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: put the shelves
CF \| on the pins.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put shelves on pins"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT SHELVES ON PINS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the metal shelves)
CF \| Working from the bottom up, you hang each shelf onto its corresponding
CF \| pins. They settle solidly into the tracks.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a hex key and three instruction booklets (titled DIETER,
CF \| POUL, and HINDER, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all but key"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL BUT KEY
CF \|
CF \| DIETER instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \| POUL instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \| HINDER instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb shelves"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB SHELVES
CF \|
CF \| You climb to the top shelf of the shelving system, a couple metres off
CF \| the floor. The transom window over the office door is now within easy
CF \| reach.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter window"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WINDOW
CF \|
CF \| From the top shelf, it's easy enough to swing yourself over and
CF \| through the transom window. You drop heavily into the office.
CF \|
CF \| Back office
CF \| You're clearly backstage, now: the ceiling is lower, the walls a less
CF \| brilliant shade of white, the furniture less artfully arranged. The
CF \| lone desk has been pushed haphazardly up against one wall, across from
CF \| the door back west to the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| A rather dingy-looking filing cabinet has been shoved up against one
CF \| side of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X DESK
CF \|
CF \| This looks like one of the cheap chipboard models from about a decade
CF \| ago, and by the look of it, it's seen about a decade of use.
CF \|
CF \| A desk lamp sits eponymously on one corner of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x lamp"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X LAMP
CF \|
CF \| A good desk lamp shines a diffuse light down on the work surface and
CF \| little elsewhere, illuminating the task at hand without unnecessary
CF \| glare. This one seems to be working nicely: everything in its radius
CF \| is bathed in a pleasant glow. A cord runs from the desk lamp to the
CF \| electrical outlet.
CF \|
CF \| A bulb is screwed into the desk lamp.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "yay"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew bulb"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW BULB
CF \|
CF \| The bulb and the desk lamp look like they ought to come apart, but you
CF \| can't see how. You never were very good at doing this sort of thing
CF \| without the instructions.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "lol instructions needed LD"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cord"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X CORD
CF \|
CF \| A short electrical cord, barely long enough to reach from the office
CF \| desk to the wall. It runs from the desk lamp to the electrical outlet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x outlet"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X OUTLET
CF \|
CF \| Just like the ones you have at home. The short cord is plugged in.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X DESK
CF \|
CF \| This looks like one of the cheap chipboard models from about a decade
CF \| ago, and by the look of it, it's seen about a decade of use.
CF \|
CF \| A desk lamp sits eponymously on one corner of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "How many IKEA shoppers does it take to (un)screw a lightbulb?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cabinet"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X CABINET
CF \|
CF \| A drab, two-drawer filing cabinet — steel, powder-coated in a sickly
CF \| shade of beige. The upper drawer is closed but unlocked; the lower
CF \| drawer is locked tight.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "shhh"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open upper"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN UPPER
CF \|
CF \| You open the upper drawer, revealing two instruction booklets (titled
CF \| POULSEN and SKATTKISTA, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x poulsen"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X POULSEN
CF \|
CF \| (the POULSEN instruction booklet)
CF \| (first taking the POULSEN instruction booklet)
CF \| POULSEN
CF \| A straightforward little desk lamp.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the instructions. The first and last step is step 1: screw
CF \| the bulb into the desk lamp.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "yay"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew bulb"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW BULB
CF \|
CF \| Holding the desk lamp firmly with one hand, you twist the bulb free
CF \| from the socket. Easy!
CF \|
CF \| The POULSEN desk lamp goes dark.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x skattkista"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X SKATTKISTA
CF \|
CF \| (the SKATTKISTA instruction booklet)
CF \| (first taking the SKATTKISTA instruction booklet)
CF \| SKATTKISTA
CF \| The front cover of the booklet has a pretty faithful rendering of the
CF \| filing cabinet in the office.
CF \|
CF \| Interesting: it looks like this build requires both a screwdriver and
CF \| a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 7: screw the grub
CF \| screws into the top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all booklet"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| SKATTKISTA instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \| POULSEN instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock door"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNLOCK DOOR
CF \|
CF \| You throw the latch on the office door, leaving it unlocked.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| (first opening the office door)
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| The DIETER shelving system has been installed on the east wall, near
CF \| the office door.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the POUL lamp, the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE table, and
CF \| four instruction booklets (titled HINDER, POUL, DIETER, and FLORENCE,
CF \| respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take poul booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE POUL BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw bulb in lamp"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW BULB IN LAMP
CF \|
CF \| You screw the bulb into the lamp's receptacle.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take poul"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE POUL
CF \|
CF \| (the POUL lamp)
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| A graceful floor lamp, with a brass base and delicately frosted
CF \| shades.
CF \|
CF \| A bulb is screwed into the POUL lamp.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn it on"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TURN IT ON
CF \|
CF \| It isn't something you can switch.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x it"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X IT
CF \|
CF \| A graceful floor lamp, with a brass base and delicately frosted
CF \| shades.
CF \|
CF \| A bulb is screwed into the POUL lamp.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cord"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X CORD
CF \|
CF \| A long, thick electrical cord. It dangles from the floor lamp base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have the POUL lamp, the POUL instruction booklet, and a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the maintenance
CF \| closet.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Oppressively dark. A little light trickles in from around the door and
CF \| through the wardrobe, illuminating a small patch of dusty concrete
CF \| floor. The walls are hidden by the darkness, though you can feel them
CF \| close around you on all sides. There's a sort of chest at the foot of
CF \| one wall, barely visible in the shadows.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on lamp"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > TURN ON LAMP
CF \|
CF \| It isn't something you can switch.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Do we have a power source?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| The DIETER shelving system has been installed on the east wall, near
CF \| the office door.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE table, and three
CF \| instruction booklets (titled HINDER, DIETER, and FLORENCE,
CF \| respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Maybe the cord is really long."
		DavidW says, "I hope so."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Back office
CF \| You're clearly backstage, now: the ceiling is lower, the walls a less
CF \| brilliant shade of white, the furniture less artfully arranged. The
CF \| lone desk has been pushed haphazardly up against one wall, across from
CF \| the door back west to the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| A rather dingy-looking filing cabinet has been shoved up against one
CF \| side of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: two instruction booklets (titled POULSEN and SKATTKISTA,
CF \| respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "perhaps"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug poulsen"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNPLUG POULSEN
CF \|
CF \| (the POULSEN instruction booklet)
CF \| The POULSEN instruction booklet isn't plugged in.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug cord"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNPLUG CORD
CF \|
CF \| (the short cord)
CF \| You unplug the short cord from the electrical outlet.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug long cord"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > PLUG LONG CORD
CF \|
CF \| You plug the long cord firmly into the electrical outlet.
CF \|
CF \| The POUL lamp lights up.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| Before you can make it all the way through the door, the long cord's
CF \| connection to the wall grows taut. If you want to leave that way,
CF \| you'll need to either drop the POUL lamp or unplug it.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "So, ... build the wardrobe inside the office too?"
		gadzoks says, "Makes sense."
		gadzoks says, "Unless we can find an extension."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all but key"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL BUT KEY
CF \|
CF \| POUL lamp: Dropped.
CF \| POUL instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| The DIETER shelving system has been installed on the east wall, near
CF \| the office door.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe, the FLORENCE table, and three
CF \| instruction booklets (titled HINDER, DIETER, and FLORENCE,
CF \| respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take hinder booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE HINDER BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take top from side"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE TOP FROM SIDE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x hinder booklet"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X HINDER BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| HINDER
CF \| The picture on the front cover looks like... well, the wardrobe right
CF \| in front of you.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 3: attach the
CF \| wardrobe top to the side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH TOP
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER top panel)
CF \| You loosen the dovetails that connect the wardrobe top to the sides
CF \| and lift it clean away. The profound darkness in the wardrobe remains
CF \| in place, though it does seem to fray a little at the top.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: attach the
CF \| side panels to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach sides"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH SIDES
CF \|
CF \| (first placing the HINDER top panel on the cart)
CF \| As the side panels fall away from the base, the profound darkness
CF \| seems to stretch at first to fill the gap — then, as if reaching a
CF \| breaking point, it shatters into empty space.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 1: screw the
CF \| tapered legs to the rosewood base.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take base"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BASE
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Back office
CF \| You're clearly backstage, now: the ceiling is lower, the walls a less
CF \| brilliant shade of white, the furniture less artfully arranged. The
CF \| lone desk has been pushed haphazardly up against one wall, across from
CF \| the door back west to the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| A rather dingy-looking filing cabinet has been shoved up against one
CF \| side of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the POUL lamp and three instruction booklets (titled POUL,
CF \| POULSEN, and SKATTKISTA, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop base"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP BASE
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER base)
CF \| Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach sides to base"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH SIDES TO BASE
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER side panels to the HINDER base)
CF \| One by one, you dovetail each of the wardrobe's side panels with the
CF \| base. As you reattach the second panel, the space between them seems
CF \| to twist away, as though rotating on some higher-dimensional axis, and
CF \| the void fills with a profound darkness.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| wardrobe top to the side panels.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach top to side"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH TOP TO SIDE
CF \|
CF \| Which do you mean, the cabinet top or the upper drawer?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach wardrobe top to side"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH WARDROBE TOP TO SIDE
CF \|
CF \| I didn't understand that sentence.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach hinder top to side"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH HINDER TOP TO SIDE
CF \|
CF \| I didn't understand that sentence.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks asks, "Sides maybe?"
		keltena asks, "Are we carrying the top?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have the HINDER instruction booklet and a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| The DIETER shelving system has been installed on the east wall, near
CF \| the office door.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby. It holds the HINDER top panel.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and two instruction booklets (titled
CF \| DIETER and FLORENCE, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take hinder top"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE HINDER TOP
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Back office
CF \| You're clearly backstage, now: the ceiling is lower, the walls a less
CF \| brilliant shade of white, the furniture less artfully arranged. The
CF \| lone desk has been pushed haphazardly up against one wall, across from
CF \| the door back west to the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| A rather dingy-looking filing cabinet has been shoved up against one
CF \| side of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe, the POUL lamp, and three instruction
CF \| booklets (titled POUL, POULSEN, and SKATTKISTA, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach hinder top to side"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH HINDER TOP TO SIDE
CF \|
CF \| (the HINDER side panels)
CF \| You place the top panel on the upper edges of the side panels and work
CF \| the dovetails back together, completing the rectangular frame. The
CF \| profound darkness through the wardrobe seems to intensify.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all but key"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL BUT KEY
CF \|
CF \| HINDER instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take poul lamp"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE POUL LAMP
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter wardrobe"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER WARDROBE
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the maintenance
CF \| closet.
CF \|
CF \| Maintenance closet
CF \| Lit by the POUL lamp, this closet is now about as bright and
CF \| hospitable as it's possible for a maintenance closet to be. A tool
CF \| chest is now clearly visible at the foot of one wall.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chest"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHEST
CF \|
CF \| A squat, heavy-looking tool chest, painted a deep black — though in
CF \| the light of the POUL lamp you can see bright steel glinting through
CF \| scratches in the paint. You take a particularly careful look around
CF \| the lid — ah, yes, that's how the thing opens.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "yay"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN IT
CF \|
CF \| You poke around the edges of the tool chest. If you pull —
CF \| here — while putting pressure — there — yes,
CF \| that
CF \| should do it. And yes — the lid pops open, revealing a screwdriver.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take screwdriver"
CF ] Maintenance closet
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE SCREWDRIVER
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| A flathead screwdriver with a long shaft.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > OUT
CF \|
CF \| You step back into the HINDER wardrobe — and then step
CF \| further, further than you should be able to go in such a
CF \| small space, and find yourself stumbling back into the back office.
CF \|
CF \| Back office
CF \| You're clearly backstage, now: the ceiling is lower, the walls a less
CF \| brilliant shade of white, the furniture less artfully arranged. The
CF \| lone desk has been pushed haphazardly up against one wall, across from
CF \| the door back west to the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| A rather dingy-looking filing cabinet has been shoved up against one
CF \| side of the desk.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the HINDER wardrobe and four instruction booklets (titled
CF \| HINDER, POUL, POULSEN, and SKATTKISTA, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop lamp"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP LAMP
CF \|
CF \| (the POUL lamp)
CF \| Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a screwdriver and a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take skattkista"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE SKATTKISTA
CF \|
CF \| Which do you mean, the filing cabinet or the SKATTKISTA instruction
CF \| booklet?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "booklet"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read it"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > READ IT
CF \|
CF \| SKATTKISTA
CF \| The front cover of the booklet has a pretty faithful rendering of the
CF \| filing cabinet in the office.
CF \|
CF \| Interesting: it looks like this build requires both a screwdriver and
CF \| a hex key.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 7: screw the grub
CF \| screws into the top panel.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "'Skattkista' means treasure chest, by the way."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew grub screws"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW GRUB SCREWS
CF \|
CF \| You'll need a hex key for that — and, conveniently, you have one.
CF \|
CF \| It takes a moment to locate the grub screws, flush as they are with
CF \| the cabinet's top — but once you do, it's quick work to unscrew them
CF \| all from their little holes.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 6: attach the
CF \| cabinet top to the body.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "schatkist in Dutchj... it does sound kinda the same lol"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach cabinet top"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH CABINET TOP
CF \|
CF \| The now-unattached top panel lifts easily off the cabinet's body,
CF \| exposing the upper drawer.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 5: insert the
CF \| upper drawer into the body.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remove upper drawer"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > REMOVE UPPER DRAWER
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the cabinet top)
CF \| You slide the upper drawer out of the cabinet, exposing the divider
CF \| that divides the cabinet in two.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 4: screw the
CF \| machine screws into the central divider.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unscrew machine screws"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > UNSCREW MACHINE SCREWS
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the upper drawer)
CF \| The machine screws twist easily out of their holes in the central
CF \| divider, which now sits loosely in the cabinet's frame.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| central divider to the body.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach divider"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH DIVIDER
CF \|
CF \| You lift the central divider out of the cabinet. Naturally, this
CF \| exposes the lower drawer — which contains a WILLIAM instruction
CF \| booklet.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: insert the
CF \| lower drawer into the cabinet body.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x william booklet"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > X WILLIAM BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the WILLIAM instruction booklet)
CF \| WILLIAM
CF \| The cover of the instruction booklet depicts a heavy industrial
CF \| racking unit, a solidly riveted and braced construction in unfinished
CF \| steel. It looks totally unlike anything you passed in the showroom
CF \| earlier, but it does look familiar...
CF \|
CF \| It takes a few moments, but you place it: this is one of the racks in
CF \| the self-serve furniture area.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 5: fasten the
CF \| wing nuts onto the carriage bolts.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "pfff this is quite the puzzle"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf5"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] Back office
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| The DIETER shelving system has been installed on the east wall, near
CF \| the office door.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and two instruction booklets (titled
CF \| DIETER and FLORENCE, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have a central divider, several machine screws, sixteen grub
CF \| screws, a screwdriver, a hex key, and two instruction booklets (titled
CF \| WILLIAM and SKATTKISTA, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Back office
CF \| You're clearly backstage, now: the ceiling is lower, the walls a less
CF \| brilliant shade of white, the furniture less artfully arranged. The
CF \| lone desk has been pushed haphazardly up against one wall, across from
CF \| the door back west to the market hall.
CF \|
CF \| The outer frame of a partially-assembled filing cabinet is beside the
CF \| desk.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: some SKATTKISTA parts (upper drawer and cabinet top), the
CF \| POUL lamp, the HINDER wardrobe, and three instruction booklets (titled
CF \| HINDER, POUL, and POULSEN, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all but key, screwdriver"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP ALL BUT KEY, SCREWDRIVER
CF \|
CF \| central divider: Dropped.
CF \| machine screws: Dropped.
CF \| grub screws: Dropped.
CF \| WILLIAM instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \| SKATTKISTA instruction booklet: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take william"
CF ] Back office
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE WILLIAM
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Market hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Market hall
CF \| Normally, this hall is filled wall-to-wall with bins, and the bins are
CF \| filled to bursting with miscellaneous stuff — accoutrements
CF \| and small conveniences, knick-knacks, trinkets, appurtenances,
CF \| bric-a-brac — for the customer to collect before they reach the
CF \| larger
CF \| items in the area to the north. Now the bins are gone, and their
CF \| contents piled up into a low, circular henge that rings the room.
CF \|
CF \| There are four evenly-spaced breaks in the henge: to the north, a wide
CF \| passage to the self-serve furniture area; to the east, a small office
CF \| door; to the south, the foot of the escalator descending from the
CF \| restaurant; to the west, a door leading back to the entrance.
CF \|
CF \| The DIETER shelving system has been installed on the east wall, near
CF \| the office door.
CF \|
CF \| Your shopping cart stands nearby, empty.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: the FLORENCE table and two instruction booklets (titled
CF \| DIETER and FLORENCE, respectively).
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Self-serve furniture area
CF \| A cavernous, warehouse-like space, arrayed with row upon row of
CF \| industrial racking. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are stored at ground
CF \| level, with tightly packed pallets piled up several stories high on
CF \| the racks above.
CF \|
CF \| The checkout area is to the west — and in the checkout area you see a
CF \| massive structure, an elaborately terraced aluminum and fibreboard
CF \| cairn. The basic forms recall the DÖLMEN you built earlier, but
CF \| fractally more complex — and every face and angle significant and
CF \| measured, like a script for some unfamiliar language. A low passage
CF \| leads into the structure. You can't quite shake the feeling that
CF \| something is almost ready to emerge.
CF \|
CF \| Hooded figures ring the monument, methodically assembling new forms
CF \| and adding them to the cairn.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read william"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > READ WILLIAM
CF \|
CF \| (the WILLIAM instruction booklet)
CF \| WILLIAM
CF \| The cover of the instruction booklet depicts a heavy industrial
CF \| racking unit, a solidly riveted and braced construction in unfinished
CF \| steel. It looks exactly like one of the racks in the self-serve
CF \| furniture area.
CF \|
CF \| You skip to the end of the instruction booklet. Step 5: fasten the
CF \| wing nuts onto the carriage bolts.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unfasten wing nuts"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > UNFASTEN WING NUTS
CF \|
CF \| You work your way down the nearest rack, removing the wing nuts one by
CF \| one from the carriage bolts that hold the rack's metal braces in
CF \| place.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 4: insert the
CF \| carriage bolts into the cross braces.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remove carriage bolts"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > REMOVE CARRIAGE BOLTS
CF \|
CF \| You remove the carriage bolts from the rack. The braces are now nearly
CF \| detached from the corner posts, held in place only by friction.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the
CF \| braces to the corner posts.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "detach braces"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > DETACH BRACES
CF \|
CF \| You grab one of the braces: a firm tug separates it from the corner
CF \| post, which wobbles uneasily from the weight of the pallets above.
CF \| It's quick work to remove the rest.
CF \|
CF \| You check the previous step of the instructions. Step 2: put the
CF \| plywood decking on the metal beams.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remove decking"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > REMOVE DECKING
CF \|
CF \| You struggle to lift the decking on the bottom shelf of the unit —
CF \| the
CF \| plywood is much heavier than it looks. You manage to lift the near
CF \| edge a couple of inches before losing your grip; the plywood slams
CF \| back down onto the supporting beams, sending an alarming jolt through
CF \| the now-unbraced frame.
CF \|
CF \| Your effort seems to have strained the racking even further — it's
CF \| now
CF \| listing noticeably to the west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push racking"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH RACKING
CF \|
CF \| You throw your weight into the rack. The structure lurches uneasily to
CF \| one side, badly out of level, the corner posts flexing alarmingly
CF \| outwards. Some of the lighter pallets begin shifting on the upper
CF \| decks. It looks like it might collapse at any moment.
CF \|
CF \| The noise seems to carry across the vast room: you see one cultist get
CF \| up with a start, some scrap of melamine dropping from their fingers
CF \| with a clatter to the floor. They take two steps down the central
CF \| aisle.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "again"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > AGAIN
CF \|
CF \| The rack collapses.
CF \|
CF \| Later, you'll remember this moment as if in slow motion: one column
CF \| slowly flexes outward, then cracks with the sharp snap of a broken
CF \| leg, throwing weight onto the others, which twist and warp and bow
CF \| under the strain until the whole rack fails, sending tonnes of
CF \| flat-pack furniture freefalling towards the concrete floor, pallets
CF \| splitting and scattering in every direction.
CF \|
CF \| The force of the impact knocks you backwards, and everything you're
CF \| carrying — cross braces, carriage bolts, wing nuts, WILLIAM
CF \| instruction booklet, screwdriver, and hex key — is thrown from your
CF \| grip and lost in the wreckage.
CF \|
CF \| A mass of broken cabinetry piles itself up, blocking the way back to
CF \| the market hall; a full dining room set pinwheels into the next rack
CF \| over. You see its braces begin to buckle and distort.
CF \|
CF \| You've caught the attention of all the cultists, now. A few stand
CF \| uneasy guard around the cairn, while others start towards you through
CF \| the remaining racks.
CF \|
CF \| Self-serve furniture area
CF \| A cavernous, warehouse-like space, arrayed with row upon row of
CF \| industrial racking. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are stored at ground
CF \| level, with tightly packed pallets piled up several stories high on
CF \| the racks above.
CF \|
CF \| The checkout area is to the west — and in the checkout area you see a
CF \| massive structure, an elaborately terraced aluminum and fibreboard
CF \| cairn. The basic forms recall the DÖLMEN you built earlier, but
CF \| fractally more complex — and every face and angle significant and
CF \| measured, like a script for some unfamiliar language. A low passage
CF \| leads into the structure. You can't quite shake the feeling that
CF \| something is almost ready to emerge.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Can't beat 'em, join 'em."
		DavidW asks, "um, west?"
		Lancelot says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You stumble a little to the west.
CF \|
CF \| The racking in the next row suddenly gives way, toppling westward into
CF \| the unit across the aisle, which crumples in turn with the scream of
CF \| twisted metal — and now the racks are falling like dominoes, throwing
CF \| off pallets of furniture that thunder to the ground, splinters and
CF \| scraps of cardboard clouding the air. The cultists flee back west
CF \| towards the cairn, keeping just metres ahead of the collapsing wave.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "z"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > Z
CF \|
CF \| Time passes.
CF \|
CF \| The final row of racks topples. One of the racks plows directly into
CF \| the side of the cairn, scattering rubble across the checkout area;
CF \| another torques sideways and crashes into a bank of lights along one
CF \| wall, sending sparks flying across the wreckage.
CF \|
CF \| The cultists, abandoning the cairn, flee westward towards the exit.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "z"
CF ] Self-serve furniture area
CF \| >
CF \| > Z
CF \|
CF \| Time passes.
CF \|
CF \| You smell smoke.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Checkout area
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You pick your way westwards through the rubble.
CF \|
CF \| Checkout area
CF \| Even half-ruined, the cairn still dominates the checkout area, forcing
CF \| you up against the wall. The dark passage to the heart of the monument
CF \| is still open, just ahead, though slightly obscured by the rubble and
CF \| the smoke. The sun is almost gone — you can see the last light of it
CF \| filtering from the exit to the west.
CF \|
CF \| You see the last of the cultists scatter through the exit doors and
CF \| into the night.
CF \|
CF \| Sparks from the damaged lighting have caught in the scraps of
CF \| cardboard that litter the floor. The splintered wood and fibreboard
CF \| are ready tinder; within seconds, flames sweep across the breadth of
CF \| the self-serve furniture area.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I think the store is about to burn down."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You squeeze past the bulk of the cairn and through the checkout aisle.
CF \|
CF \| Exit hall
CF \| Hall feels like a generous word for this narrow space between
CF \| the checkout area to the east and the sliding doors to your west.
CF \| Smoke billows in from the east and debris litters the floor, either
CF \| chipboard violently blasted from the cairn or boxes flung by the
CF \| collapsing racks.
CF \|
CF \| Most of the cultists have disappeared into the growing darkness, but
CF \| one remains just outside. He turns, smiles, shakes one long finger —
CF \| and locks the doors — before vanishing into the darkness.
CF \|
CF \| The blaze has entirely consumed the self-serve furniture area, and
CF \| begun to nibble at the edges of the checkout. Flames lick at the
CF \| perimeter of the cairn, forcing you even tighter up against the wall.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "yeah we better get out too"
		DavidW says, "The last cultist locked us in."
		Lancelot says, "yeah bad boy"
		DavidW says, "I think we have to enter the cairn now."
		gadzoks says, "All in all not too bad. Plenty of beds, lots of food."
		gadzoks exclaims, "And best of all, free!"
		DavidW says, "But on fire."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter cairn"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER CAIRN
CF \|
CF \| The cairn is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| You cough: the air here is now thick with smoke. The passage into the
CF \| cairn is even more obscure.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \|
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Exit hall
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cairn"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X CAIRN
CF \|
CF \| Wide enough to nearly fill the checkout area. The shape itself is
CF \| impossible to describe; rectilinear faces seem to twist and bend upon
CF \| themselves in a maddeningly complex order, warping the space around
CF \| them.
CF \|
CF \| The cairn was damaged badly by the collapse of the racking, but it's
CF \| still partially intact. The low passage to the heart of the cairn is
CF \| as dark as ever.
CF \|
CF \| You cough: the air here is now thick with smoke. The passage into the
CF \| cairn is even more obscure.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Can't have everything."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter passage"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER PASSAGE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "in"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > IN
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| The far side of the cairn is burning now. Laminates pop and crackle in
CF \| the blaze.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You try the door — locked, just as you thought.
CF \|
CF \| You'll need to find another way out.
CF \|
CF \| The cairn continues to burn.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You take a few, tentative steps back through the checkout; a wall of
CF \| flame drives you back towards the exit. Nothing human could survive in
CF \| the checkout area now.
CF \|
CF \| You feel a wave of heat from the checkout: another section of the
CF \| cairn has collapsed in the blaze.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| Burning packing material drifts through the checkout aisle. The debris
CF \| around you starts to catch.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| The sun dips nearly below the horizon, though your surroundings are
CF \| still lit brightly by the flames.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "break door"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > BREAK DOOR
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You have nothing.
CF \|
CF \| Thick, chemical smoke pours in from the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter cairn"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER CAIRN
CF \|
CF \| The cairn is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| The heat intensifies. You feel faint.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I don't know why the cairn is out of reach."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb cairn"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB CAIRN
CF \|
CF \| The cairn is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| A drifting cinder scalds the back of your hand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search cairn"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH CAIRN
CF \|
CF \| The cairn is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| You cough violently.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You try the door — locked, just as you thought.
CF \|
CF \| You'll need to find another way out.
CF \|
CF \| Drifting ash stings your eyes. You brush it away with the back of one
CF \| hand.
CF \|
CF \| >		keltena says, "It's in the checkout area, I think."
		gadzoks says, "This part seems timed, too."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "break door"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > BREAK DOOR
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push cairn"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUSH CAIRN
CF \|
CF \| The cairn is out of reach.
CF \|
CF \| Thick, chemical smoke pours in from the east.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jade says, "timed parts"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| Impossible.
CF \|
CF \| A drifting cinder scalds the back of your hand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Exit hall
CF \| Hall feels like a generous word for this narrow space between
CF \| the checkout area to the east and the sliding doors to your west.
CF \| Smoke billows in from the east and debris litters the floor, either
CF \| chipboard violently blasted from the cairn or boxes flung by the
CF \| collapsing racks.
CF \|
CF \| Thick, chemical smoke pours in from the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x debris"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X DEBRIS
CF \|
CF \| You pick through the debris, looking for something useful. Most of it
CF \| is thoroughly destroyed, but one flat-pack furniture box seems to have
CF \| survived surprisingly unscathed.
CF \|
CF \| A drifting cinder scalds the back of your hand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x box"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOX
CF \|
CF \| (the flat-pack furniture box)
CF \| Dented and badly charred, but the size and weight feel deeply
CF \| familiar. You brush a little soot off the corner: DÖLMEN.
CF \|
CF \| Drifting ash stings your eyes. You brush it away with the back of one
CF \| hand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open box"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN BOX
CF \|
CF \| (the flat-pack furniture box)
CF \| You tear open the flat-pack furniture box, unpacking a hex key, the
CF \| DÖLMEN instruction booklet, eight cam-lock nuts, eight cam-lock
CF \| screws, two table legs, a handful of wooden pegs, and a tabletop. You
CF \| discard the now-useless cardboard from the box.
CF \|
CF \| A drifting cinder scalds the back of your hand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take booklet"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BOOKLET
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| The heat intensifies. You feel faint.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "read it"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > READ IT
CF \|
CF \| DÖLMEN
CF \| The picture shows the familiar, trabeated design: two solid legs
CF \| supporting a heavy lintel. It's hard to see it as anything other than
CF \| a doorway, now.
CF \|
CF \| You flip ahead to the instructions. Step 1: screw the cam-lock screws
CF \| into the tabletop.
CF \|
CF \| You cough violently.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "screw screws into tapetop"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > SCREW SCREWS INTO TAPETOP
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \| Exit hall
CF \| Hall feels like a generous word for this narrow space between
CF \| the checkout area to the east and the sliding doors to your west.
CF \| Smoke billows in from the east and debris litters the floor, either
CF \| chipboard violently blasted from the cairn or boxes flung by the
CF \| collapsing racks.
CF \|
CF \| Also here: a hex key, eight cam-lock nuts, eight cam-lock screws, two
CF \| table legs, a handful of wooden pegs, and a tabletop.
CF \|
CF \| Thick, chemical smoke pours in from the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take screws"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE SCREWS
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| You cough violently.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put screws in tabletop"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT SCREWS IN TABLETOP
CF \|
CF \| You flip the tabletop hole-side up, and screw the cam-lock screws
CF \| firmly into the holes indicated in the instruction booklet.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 2: insert the pegs
CF \| into the table legs.
CF \|
CF \| Drifting ash stings your eyes. You brush it away with the back of one
CF \| hand.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put legs in legs"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT LEGS IN LEGS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the table legs)
CF \| Despite your best efforts, the table legs don't seem able to attach to
CF \| the table legs.
CF \|
CF \| Thick, chemical smoke pours in from the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put pegs in legs"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT PEGS IN LEGS
CF \|
CF \| (first setting down the table legs)
CF \| (first taking the wooden pegs)
CF \| Holding each of the legs upright in turn, you insert the wooden pegs
CF \| firmly into the holes along the upper edge.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 3: attach the table
CF \| legs to the tabletop.
CF \|
CF \| Drifting ash stings your eyes. You brush it away with the back of one
CF \| hand.
CF \|
CF \| >		gadzoks says, "Seems like we have lungs of steel."
		Lancelot says, "y"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "attach legs to tabletop"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > ATTACH LEGS TO TABLETOP
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the table legs)
CF \| You start with the tabletop flat on its back. Taking hold of one leg,
CF \| you line its pegs up with matching holes on one edge of the tabletop
CF \| and press them together. After some resistance, they meet with a
CF \| satisfying thump. You do the same with the other leg. The heads of the
CF \| cam-lock screws are still just visible through nut-sized holes in the
CF \| sides of each leg.
CF \|
CF \| You check the next step of the instructions. Step 4: fasten the
CF \| cam-lock nuts onto the screws.
CF \|
CF \| As the building burns itself up around you, the DÖLMEN draws your
CF \| focus. You're almost free now.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "fasten nuts onto screws"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > FASTEN NUTS ONTO SCREWS
CF \|
CF \| (first taking the cam-lock nuts)
CF \| The nuts fit perfectly into the holes in the side of the table legs,
CF \| nestling over the heads of the screws. After one or two turns with the
CF \| hex key, the nuts grip firmly onto the screws and hold the whole table
CF \| tightly together. You flip it over, and set it solidly down on top of
CF \| its legs.
CF \|
CF \| The roar of the fire sounds muffled now, as though far away or deep
CF \| underwater.
CF \|
CF \| >		Lancelot says, "yay"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch dalmen"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH DALMEN
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch table"
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You move towards the doorway, the DÖLMEN stretching out to fill your
CF \| view as you cross the threshold.
CF \|
CF \| * * *
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF \| * * *You know what to expect now, space
CF \| and time rotating smoothly around you on some non-Newtonian axis. As
CF \| the flames of the burning building fall away, the future flashes in an
CF \| instant through your mind — no paradise, perhaps, but brighter than
CF \| it
CF \| might have been without your work tonight.
CF \|
CF \| Well done.
CF \|
CF \| * * *		Lancelot says, "well done indeed"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push space"
CF ] Exit hall
CF \| * * *And then, space twists and judders
CF \| back into place — and you find yourself back in your new apartment,
CF \| leaning against a wall, catching your breath.
CF \|
CF \| It has been an extraordinarily long day. But it is finished.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| * * * THE END * * *
CF \|
CF \| Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
CF \| last command?
CF \| >		Jade says, "well done"
		DavidW says, "hooray"
		gadzoks exclaims, "Just in time, too!"
		Lancelot says, "quite the puzzle"
		DavidW says, "ues"
		DavidW says, "er yes"
		DavidW says, "And we didn't die or have to fight monsters."
		Lancelot says, "true"
		DavidW says, "Still missed the meatballs."
		Lancelot says, "interesting mechanics"
		Jade says, "There was a lot of fun"
		DavidW says, "I did enjoy it. Delightfully strange."
		DavidW says, "thanks all"
		Lancelot says, "thank you too you did most of the hard work"
		gadzoks says, "Yeah, thanks for driving."
		Jade says, "thanks for driving"