AllThingsJacq.com - Interactive Fiction | ClubFloyd - February 9-16, 2025 - Words of Power and wordsofpowerws by Stark Springs and Unknown, respectively


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		DavidW says, "I was thinking we'd play Words of Power today. If you have the time, you might want to read [Book.pdf] first for all the background info. The password is John with a capital J."
		Roger says, "hmmm that's a lot of homework but okay"
		Roger says, "Thanks for hosting, anyway"
		DavidW says, "sure thing"
		DavidW says, "I'll probably have to explain things as we play regardless, for those who don't have the time for reading it all."
		Jacqueline says, "I will be here but seriously multitasking for the first 30-60 minutes."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Jade goes home.		Roger asks, "starting in an hour?"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "yes, at noon"
		Roger says, "thanks amigo"
		DavidW says, "almost time"
Roger has arrived.		Jacqueline says, "I won't be as double-booked as I'd feared - if y'all are willing to hold off, like, 10 minutes, I'll be completely free."
		Roger says, "oh I SUPPOSE so"
		DavidW says, "sure, we can wait 10 minutes."
		Roger says, "enough time to review all the FUS RO DAH in the docs"
		DavidW says, "Well, I can attempt to summarize."
		Roger says, "I think I've grasped the thrust of it"
		DavidW says, "Two years ago, a Dr. John Baxter, a quantum physics prof in Philadelphia, made a machine that sent him to the Kingdom of Ard in another dimension where magic works and he is now known as Gion the Earthling."
		DavidW says, "He left a book in case anyone else followed him."
		DavidW says, "Ard is roughly rectangular with the Endless Sea to the west, wastelands to the east, deep forest to the north, and Ultimate Mountains to the south. The human population has never really been able to go past these natural boundaries."
		Roger says, "standard Gor setup, got it"
		DavidW says, "Besides the humans, there's two other sentient species, the lizard-headed Falks and the cat-like Chenee."
Knight_Otu has arrived.		Knight_Otu says, "Hey."
		Roger says, "ahoy"
		DavidW says, "The Falks live mostly in the mountains, are very tribal, dislike magic, stronger than humans, keen eyesight, poor color sense, pathetic at artistry."
		DavidW says, "The Chenee are individualistic, all have magic, sleep half the time, and are ruled by eight elders. They prefer not to fight because their rate of reproduction is so low, but will fight to the death if they really truly disagree with an Elder's decision."
		DavidW says, "The humans came from across the Endless Sea with the first king, R1naldo the 1st. Most of the kings have been Rinaldos, sons of the previous king."
		DavidW says, "Rinaldo the 1st used 3 Gatestones to get to Ard and gave one stone to each of the Falks and Chenee for safekeeping. The three, together, can make portals from anywhere to anywhere else, including Earth, John assumes."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Here."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I could 3-5 more minutes, but here."
		DavidW says, "At some point, the Wizard War happened when one of the Rinaldos married a girl that a wizard fancied. The wizard destroyed the three major cities with an earthquake and fires. That wizard is dead or otherwise gone now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Geeze."
		DavidW says, "So now all the human-folk are mucho scared of all magic, killing children who show any skill in it."
		DavidW says, "By the way, us Earth people are really really good at magic."
		Knight_Otu says, "I sure am not."
		DavidW says, "There's a prophecy about a wizard from faraway who will give a new king his inheritence when the two moons eclipse into an eye."
		Roger says, "I can get as far as Abra Abra Cadabra, I wanna reach out and grab ya"
		Jacqueline says, "Heya, KO! Good to see you."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, really here now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hey, Jacq. Been a while."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I am reading your summary..."
		DavidW says, "Almost certainly, this is now, we're the wizard foretold, and the king's inheritence is likely the three Gatestones."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Indeed! I actually love this new time, fwiw. Glad it worked out."
		DavidW says, "Magic is done with words of power, at least when you're new to it."
		DavidW says, "VA means create; RU means light; YN means great."
		DavidW says, "So a create light spell is VA RU."
		DavidW says, "To create a lot of light: YN VA RU."
		DavidW says, "Also, we can spend centuries in Ard and only a couple years passing on Earth."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I'm summarizing [Book.pdf], password John."
		DavidW asks, "And I think we're really to go, yes?"
		DavidW asks, "er ready?"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, yes. I'm all caught up."
		Roger says, "if the logging is underway, sure"
		Jacqueline says, "oh wait, yeah."
Jade has arrived.		Jacqueline asks, "Is it?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask wordsofpower"
CF \|
CF \| __________
CF \| (_________(
CF \| \ \
CF \| \ Words \
CF \| \ of \
CF \| \ Power \
CF \| \_________ \
CF \| )_________)
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Inform v6.21 (G0.36)/Library 6.10 SD
CF \| by Graham Nelson and Andrew Plotkin
CF \|
CF \| Graphics (not that you can see them) by Chris Nyaguly
CF \|
CF \| Music (chances are you can't get this either) by Andreas Viklund,
CF \| Aymes'fromagies, BlueShadow, Cyn, Haggeman, Toukka and Vegg.
CF \|
CF \| Lyrics by M. Eminescu
CF \|
CF \| For a full list of credits, choose CREDITS from the help menu.		Jacqueline says, "It is."
		Jade says, "I could't see you"
		DavidW says, "In a normal terp, there's full graphics and music."
		DavidW says, "But I believe this game still works in text only."
		Jacqueline says, "Nice."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "credits"
CF ]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| It had to be a Friday 13th, of course.
CF \|
CF \| More than two years ago, Dr. John Baxter, the world's brightest mind
CF \| in quantum physics mysteriously disappeared from his lab at the
CF \| University on a Friday 13th. Ever since, everybody at Uni tried to
CF \| stay away from this lab on a 13th, Friday or not. Everybody except
CF \| you, that is. After all, you are Thea Armstrong, soon to get your
CF \| degree in physics and bad luck is just a superstition.
CF \|
CF \| You made a habit out of sneaking into the lab during these days, to
CF \| enjoy some peace and quiet. Today was no different. However, after
CF \| half an hour, you heard an incessant humming in one of the lab
CF \| annexes. It was annoying and you were unable to concentrate on your
CF \| book. You opened the door and found a large box, with countless levers
CF \| and lights on it. There was a big, red lever marked "POWER". You
CF \| pulled it, trying to turn the device off.
CF \|
CF \| Instead, the humming grew louder and you felt faint for a moment. When
CF \| you opened your eyes again, the world around you was different...
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| [More]		Jade asks, "what Game IS this?"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \| Wooden Cabin
CF \| Logs. Wooden logs. Wooden logs blackened by fire form a cabin around
CF \| you. There is nothing but ash all around you, floating in the air and
CF \| entering your nose, eyes and mouth. Only the walls of the cabin are
CF \| still standing. Light pours in through a rectangular opening to the
CF \| west, which might once have been a door, and through holes in the
CF \| thatched roof.
CF \|
CF \| A torn book lies on the blackened floor.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Words of Power"
		Roger says, "WoP"
		DavidW says, "We play as Thea, a woman from Earth."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x book"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOOK
CF \|
CF \| The book is bound in leather and torn in half by somebody or
CF \| something. Despite its condition, it seems unaffected by the fire
CF \| which must have ravaged the cabin. [The book is included as a
CF \| PDF file in the game package. Use the password 'John' to read it. If
CF \| you don't have a PDF viewer, you can download one at
CF \| [LINK]
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "Only the walls remain. And some of the thatched roof. And ash."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take book"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BOOK
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| Without the benefit of a mirror is hard to tell how bad you look right
CF \| now. Your hair is probably a mess at any rate. You are wearing a
CF \| light-blue T-shirt and black jeans.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying a torn book.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "I want to start casting spells immediately, but I am impatient like that"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "va ru"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > VA RU
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "This is going slightly fast for me."
		DavidW says, "sorry"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "concentrate"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CONCENTRATE
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Caught up."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "say va ru"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SAY VA RU
CF \|
CF \| (to yourself)
CF \| If you want to talk to somebody, use the "talk to" command.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast va ru"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST VA RU
CF \|
CF \| There's enough light here already.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "ah. CAST is the magic casting word."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Wooden Cabin
CF \| Logs. Wooden logs. Wooden logs blackened by fire form a cabin around
CF \| you. There is nothing but ash all around you, floating in the air and
CF \| entering your nose, eyes and mouth. Only the walls of the cabin are
CF \| still standing. Light pours in through a rectangular opening to the
CF \| west, which might once have been a door, and through holes in the
CF \| thatched roof.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x roof"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X ROOF
CF \|
CF \| The roof is full of holes and seems ready to fall on you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x walls"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X WALLS
CF \|
CF \| The walls are made of wooden logs, blackened by fire.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside Hut
CF \| The smell of ashes disappears as soon as you step outside, replaced by
CF \| a fresh breeze. Sights and colors assail your senses. Great and
CF \| orange, the sun hangs low in the dark blue sky, preparing - it seems -
CF \| to set. The grass and leaves are a bright green in color. The only
CF \| somber note belongs to the blackened wood cabin and the circle of
CF \| burnt grass around it. A narrow path winds its way to the west.
CF \|
CF \| A large silvery cat is sitting on the ground, licking its paw.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "The book also mentioned the possibility of animal familiars. John never saw one, but heard of legends."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Hello? Anybody here?
CF \| 2. Kitty, you can talk!
CF \| >
CF \| > X CAT
CF \|
CF \| Bigger than the average cat, its fur is a dark, almost bluish silver.
CF \| Its yellow eyes seem lighted from inside.
CF \|
CF \| "What are you staring at?" you hear a faintly reproachful voice. The
CF \| voice sounds familiar and it speaks English.
CF \|
CF \| >
Jade goes home.		Knight_Otu asks, "So, a wizard who torches three cities because they didn't get their way in love. The Ard folk respond with wizard-cide. And the scientists respond to Baxter's disappearing act with superstition. A bit of overreaction all around?"
		DavidW says, "a bit, yes"
		Jacqueline says, "No group in history would malign an entire type of people for the terrorism of a few."
		DavidW says, "Also, torched two cities. The capital was destroyed by earthquake."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sadly, sadly... well."
		DavidW says, "Half the humans of Ard lived in those cities."
		Knight_Otu says, "Still two cities too much to burn."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. What are you?
CF \| 2. Well, cats don't speak where I come from.
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Kitty, you can talk!"
CF \|
CF \| "What a surprise! So can you!", the cat replies.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. What are you?
CF \| 2. Are you a telepath?
CF \| 3. Do you mean I'm imagining things?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Well, cats don't speak where I come from."
CF \|
CF \| "How do you know? Did you meet a cat not talking? I've met plenty of
CF \| not talking humans, but I never assumed that they can not talk at all.
CF \| Maybe the cats you met didn't consider you interesting. Or maybe you
CF \| didn't pay enough attention. It's all in your mind, so you have to
CF \| concentrate."
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "It sort of implied the earthquake might also have been at the hands of the wizard? Regardless."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. What are you?
CF \| 2. But I'm not a witch!
CF \| 3. Why do you say I'm a witch?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Are you a telepath?"
CF \|
CF \| "Mind-reader, me? No. Human minds would be too complicated anyway,
CF \| always balanced as it is on the brink of madness. But since you are a
CF \| witch, I can sense the concepts in your mind when you speak."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "A bit disorienting that the dialog options are above the rest of the text."
		Roger says, "Probably a spy for those cat-people"
		DavidW says, "yeah, I wasn't expecting the topsy-turvy menus."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. What are you?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why do you say I'm a witch?"
CF \|
CF \| "Why do I call myself a cat? Because that's what I am. And that's what
CF \| you are. I met quite a few wizards and witches and I know you for what
CF \| you are. Besides, you could not talk to me, if you weren't a witch."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Are there other cats like you?
CF \| 6. Do you have a master?
CF \| 7. Who is your master?
CF \| 8. Do you have a name?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What are you?"
CF \|
CF \| The cat raises a paw in front of its eyes, licks it. "I would say I'm
CF \| a cat. I've always been a cat, you know."
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "just because we immediately tried to cast a spell doesn't make us a witch. Or not a very good one, anyway."
Jade has arrived.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "8"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Are there other cats like you?
CF \| 6. Do you have a master?
CF \| 7. Who is your master?
CF \| >
CF \| > 8
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you have a name?"
CF \|
CF \| "A name? What would I do with a name? Write on a tag and put it on my
CF \| hat? Hang it on my tail and do tricks for the amusement of humans? I'm
CF \| a cat. I don't need a name to know who I am."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Do you have a master?
CF \| 6. Who is your master?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Are there other cats like you?"
CF \|
CF \| "I'm not sure what you mean. Other 'talking' cats? Definitely. There
CF \| is something great and infinitely sad in being the only one, don't you
CF \| think? But I did have some parents, just like you. It's not like I
CF \| popped out of a cheno egg."
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "I suspect the topsy-turvy menus is simply an artifact of our bot and our type of display."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What happened to your... partner? How did he die?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you have a master?"
CF \|
CF \| "Master?" You have never thought that a cat's look can express that
CF \| much contempt. "I don't have a 'master'. I had a human partner once,
CF \| but he died."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I suspect so as well."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. I come from another world.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What happened to your... partner? How did he die?"
CF \|
CF \| "He was a wizard called Yom. Not a bad sort for a human. I hunted mice
CF \| in his house, he gave me the warmth of his fire. Sadly, other humans
CF \| caught him and burned him. I miss him."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What is the Common Tongue?
CF \| 6. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I come from another world."
CF \|
CF \| "I know that. Your clothes are strange and the sounds you make when
CF \| you speak are nothing like the Common Tongue."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. How can you teach me a spoken language, if you don't
CF \| speak?
CF \| 6. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What is the Common Tongue?"
CF \|
CF \| "It's the language most people speak around here. I can teach you if
CF \| you want."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Please teach me, then.
CF \| 6. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "How can you teach me a spoken language, if you don't speak?"
CF \|
CF \| "I can put into your mind what Yom put in mine about the language."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Please teach me, then."
CF \|
CF \| "All right. Close your eyes and open your mind."
CF \|
CF \| You do as the cat asks, closing your eyes and trying to relax. Then it
CF \| hits you - a cacophony of images and sounds, too fast to follow. Your
CF \| head seems to swell and it hurts more than you could ever imagine, but
CF \| try as you might, you can not stop the flow, nor can you run away from
CF \| it. The images and sounds keep coming, driving you to your knees.
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| At last, after what seems like an eternity, the mad rush stops,
CF \| leaving you panting and exhausted, but clearheaded.
CF \| You see the cat carefully drawing some symbols into the ground with a
CF \| claw.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x symbols"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X SYMBOLS
CF \|
CF \| You glance at the symbols and realize that they somehow look familiar
CF \| - letters, in a foreign alphabet. You mutter the words you see
CF \| scrawled on the ground. "PUM VEMID YM ARD". And you know their meaning
CF \| - WELCOME TO ARD!
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "now we know kung-fu"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I guess, if we find a book by an Ard native, we can read it now."
		Jade says, "nice"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why don't we look for him together?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling."
CF \|
CF \| "So... you look for him, too. I'll be sure to let him know if I ever
CF \| see him."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Hey, cat, can you teach that trick to our teachers? Maybe less headachey though?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why did the people burn Yom?
CF \| 5. Can you show me where your partner lived?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why don't we look for him together?"
CF \|
CF \| The cat gives you a long look. "Taking care of a wizard or a witch...
CF \| it seems to be my life's calling. Lead on."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why did the people burn Yom?
CF \| 5. Can you show me where your partner lived?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| 5. Can you show me where your partner lived?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why did the people burn Yom?"
CF \|
CF \| "Because he was a wizard. He was a great wizard, so they built a great
CF \| pyre for him. Fitting, even if it wasn't exactly what he wanted."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| 6. Can you show me where your partner lived?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why would people burn a wizard?"
CF \|
CF \| "It's what humans do to wizards and witches, I think. Am I a human to
CF \| know what madness lies deep within your skulls? To know why you
CF \| destroy that which you cannot control or understand? You know that
CF \| better than I do. They have been burning wizards since the War."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| 6. Where did Yom use to live, again?
CF \| >
CF \| > 6
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Can you show me where your partner lived?"
CF \|
CF \| The cat turns, facing north. "First that way, then left. About half a
CF \| day to walk."
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I'm thinking Yom might have left something we can use."
		Knight_Otu says, "Could be."
		DavidW asks, "Should we keep chatting or just get on with this?"
		Roger says, "why not"
		Roger says, "I'm ready to boogie"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| 6. Where did Yom use to live, again?
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| The only way through the trees lies west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| The only way through the trees lies west.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Road
CF \| When the path leads you out of the tree cluster, the scene in front of
CF \| you seems unreal and it takes you a few moments to figure why. A large
CF \| plain stretches to the west, but you can see no horizon line, only a
CF \| hazy band, far far away, of a darker blue than the sky. The sun, huge
CF \| and orange like a basketball hangs low in the sky. A neglected road,
CF \| paved with round, irregular stones and overgrown with grass makes its
CF \| way from north to south and its both ends are lost in the same haze
CF \| that replaces the horizon line.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You head north, following the stone road. Hours pass and the night
CF \| falls, tiredness forcing you to seek shelter behind some trees close
CF \| to the road.
CF \|
CF \| You dream of walking a wooden hall, lighted by oil lamps affixed to
CF \| the walls. Closed wooden doors, blackened by time and smoke, stand on
CF \| either side of the hall, but you don't stop at any of them, following
CF \| the hall to its end. There, a lone window looks out into the night
CF \| and, as you get closer, you can see your reflection in the glass. You
CF \| are a young boy, about ten years old. The light from the oil lamps
CF \| casts your face in silver.
CF \| Silver...
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] The boy
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You wake up, clutching the silver coin in your fist, your only
CF \| possession in this world, which took you years to gain. You shake your
CF \| head, trying to make the strange dream go away. You dreamt that you
CF \| are a woman from another world, arrived here by mistake. You even had
CF \| a name in your dream - Thea. Very strange, considering that you never
CF \| had a name. People always called you 'boy' or 'freak'.
CF \|
CF \| However, you can't afford to spend too much time thinking about the
CF \| dream. Tonight you are going to run away from this place where nobody
CF \| loves you. The innkeeper used to play with you when he was a kid. Now
CF \| he hits you for the slightest mistake you make and makes you work day
CF \| and night. Nobody likes you, because other people grow up, grow old
CF \| and die. You don't grow old. You don't grow up, either. The innkeeper
CF \| always says that you are like the bloody falks, then hits you again
CF \| with his whip. So you decided - tonight you'll run to the falks.
CF \| They'll help you, since you are small, just like they are. You even
CF \| have a silver coin to buy food on the road.
CF \|
CF \| Stall
CF \| Three walls and a straw mattress - the only place you ever called home
CF \| is this former pony stall, too small for a horse, but big enough for
CF \| you. The only opening is to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "oh. We're someone else now."
		Roger says, "bold choice but okay"
		Roger says, "I guess letting a strange cat put strange thoughts in our head may have been unwise"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x straw"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > X STRAW
CF \|
CF \| The straw mattress serves as your bed. Every month, the innkeeper
CF \| gives you a new armload of hay to replace the old one.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search it"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH IT
CF \|
CF \| There's nothing but lice in the mattress.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > X ME
CF \|
CF \| You look as you always looked, a small boy, shorter and thinner than
CF \| anyone you know. You are dressed with a shirt and pants, ripped and
CF \| patched countless times, a garment that the innkeeper calls "rags".
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying a silver coin.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "you already know what I want to do"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put coin in rags"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT COIN IN RAGS
CF \|
CF \| You're not going to leave your coin behind.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Do we?"
		Roger says, "cast spell of course"
		DavidW says, "The boy might be wizard, but he doesn't know any magic."
		DavidW says, "I have a guess who he is, though."
		Roger says, "pinocchio"
		DavidW says, "I think he's the heir to the kingdom."
		Knight_Otu says, "Could be."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. It's mine! You can't have it!
CF \| 2. A silver coin. It's mine!
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stable
CF \| The stable extends to the south, stall after stall. To the west is
CF \| your pony stall and the exit is further to the south.
CF \|
CF \| Fazir, the innkeeper stands in front of you, holding an oil lamp in
CF \| his left hand.
CF \| "Why aren't you sleeping, freak? You won't be able to work tomorrow if
CF \| you don't sleep!"
CF \| He slaps you hard and you raise your own hand to prevent further
CF \| blows. He notices your clenched fist.
CF \| "What do you have there? Let me see!"
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "drat. I wanted to hide the coin."
		Knight_Otu says, "Rags don't have many pockets, I suspect."
		DavidW says, "1 or 2? I suspect it doesn't matter."
		Roger says, "a regular ragamuffin"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess it doesn't matter, but 1"
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll lose it either way, I'm sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] The boy
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "It's mine! You can't have it!"
CF \|
CF \| He overpowers you easily, opening your fist and taking the coin.
CF \| "A silver coin! Small wonder you didn't want me to see it, thief!"
CF \| You open your mouth, trying to explain that you didn't steal the coin,
CF \| that it's yours, yours! Anger chokes you and you manage only a small
CF \| whimper.
CF \| "Go back to bed!", he orders, then leaves the stable. You feel tears
CF \| burning down your cheeks.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "I assume we're not staying regardless and should continue south?"
		Roger says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "I would guess so, yes."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| You step out of the stable, into the dark shadow of the old building
CF \| that is the inn. The inn stands to the south and a row of wooden
CF \| toilets lines the east side of the yard. To the west, the Road shines
CF \| in the moonlight, as if covered in silver dust. You remember your coin
CF \| and tears come to your eyes once again. You are going to leave
CF \| tonight, but not without your coin!
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "That'll end well."
		Jacqueline asks, "Could we undo and hide it before that happens?"
		DavidW says, "no, I don't think we can."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hide"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > HIDE
CF \|
CF \| (yourself in yourself)
CF \| You need to be holding yourself before you can put yourself into
CF \| something else.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "This game doesn't seem that high on the cruelty scale, is my sense"
		DavidW says, "oh. perhaps I am wrong."
		Roger says, "let us embrace our new capitalist quest"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] The boy
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] The boy
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Stable
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] The boy
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. It's mine! You can't have it!
CF \| 2. A silver coin. It's mine!
CF \| >
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Stable
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] The boy
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Stall
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hide coin"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > HIDE COIN
CF \|
CF \| (in the silver coin)
CF \| You're not going to leave your coin behind.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hide coin in me"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > HIDE COIN IN ME
CF \|
CF \| You're not going to leave your coin behind.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put coin in mouth"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT COIN IN MOUTH
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "We're not leaving it, game."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "eat coin"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > EAT COIN
CF \|
CF \| That's plainly inedible.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I don't have any way to hide it."
		Jacqueline asks, "hide coin in straw?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hide coin in straw"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > HIDE COIN IN STRAW
CF \|
CF \| You're not going to leave your coin behind.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh, no."
		Jacqueline says, "Because."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hide coin in rags"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > HIDE COIN IN RAGS
CF \|
CF \| You're not going to leave your coin behind.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "So it's a plot point. Fine."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Plot theft."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. It's mine! You can't have it!
CF \| 2. A silver coin. It's mine!
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stable
CF \| The stable extends to the south, stall after stall. To the west is
CF \| your pony stall and the exit is further to the south.
CF \|
CF \| Fazir, the innkeeper stands in front of you, holding an oil lamp in
CF \| his left hand.
CF \| "Why aren't you sleeping, freak? You won't be able to work tomorrow if
CF \| you don't sleep!"
CF \| He slaps you hard and you raise your own hand to prevent further
CF \| blows. He notices your clenched fist.
CF \| "What do you have there? Let me see!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "no more rejecting the call to adventure out of you, young lady"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] The boy
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "A silver coin. It's mine!"
CF \|
CF \| The innkeeper takes the coin from your hand.
CF \| "As if I pay you in silver coins! Where did you steal it from?"
CF \| You open your mouth, trying to explain that you didn't steal the coin,
CF \| that it's yours, yours! Anger chokes you and you manage only a small
CF \| whimper.
CF \| "Go back to bed!", he orders, then leaves the stable. You feel tears
CF \| burning down your cheeks.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| You step out of the stable, into the dark shadow of the old building
CF \| that is the inn. The inn stands to the south and a row of wooden
CF \| toilets lines the east side of the yard. To the west, the Road shines
CF \| in the moonlight, as if covered in silver dust. You remember your coin
CF \| and tears come to your eyes once again. You are going to leave
CF \| tonight, but not without your coin!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf10"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] The boy
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW asks, "toilets or inn?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Road?"
		DavidW asks, "I suppose the toilets might have a tool or helpful graffiti?"
		DavidW says, "I think the road is an exit that ends this sequence."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose toilets first."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Traders' Road
CF \| You have heard some of the inn's patrons talk and know that the
CF \| Traders' Road leads north through the hills to where once the proud
CF \| city of Ast Nadir stood and even further, all the way to the Hi-El
CF \| Forest. A crossroads is to the south, then the road continues south
CF \| until the Ultimate Mountains.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "huh. I am surprised."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm all for getting the eff out of here, but yeah, possible there's something helpful here to take with us."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| To the west, the Road shines in the moonlight, as if covered in silver
CF \| dust. A row of wooden toilets lines the east side of the yard and the
CF \| inn stands to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| The smell is strong enough to keep you away from the toilets.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x toilets"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > X TOILETS
CF \|
CF \| Wooden toilets, placed in the yard for the use of patrons.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Fair."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hall
CF \| Despite the warm night and the heat from the kitchen, the hall seems
CF \| chilly. You can hear shouts behind the south wall, from the common
CF \| room. A staircase leads up to the guest rooms. The only light comes
CF \| from the east, a bright rectangle surrounding the kitchen door.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I'm thinking kitchen is our best bet."
		DavidW says, "If the rectangle was 'silver', I'd be sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x rectangle"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > X RECTANGLE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x door"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > X DOOR
CF \|
CF \| There are three doors in the hall. One leads north to the yard, one
CF \| south to the common room and the third leads east to the kitchen.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Kitchen
CF \| You open the door just a crack. The innkeeper is talking to the cook.
CF \| "Have you noticed how strange Payadur looks tonight?", the cook asks.
CF \| The innkeeper snorts, "I don't care about the silly moon. I just
CF \| discovered that the little freak has been stealing."
CF \| He produces your silver coin, showing it. "Can you believe..."
CF \|
CF \| A shout from the common room interrupts him. "Fazir! Where's our food
CF \| and ale?"
CF \| The innkeeper drops the coin in his haste to grab six pints of ale.
CF \| "Help me here. You take the stew, I'll bring the ale."
CF \| Both of them leave the kitchen and you slip inside.
CF \|
CF \| Your silver coin is lying on the floor.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Maybe. Or someone waits behind the dor."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take coin"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE COIN
CF \|
CF \| You grab your coin, suddenly happy. Now you can leave this place
CF \| forever!
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Seems almost too easy."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hall
CF \| Despite the warm night and the heat from the kitchen, the hall seems
CF \| chilly. You can hear shouts behind the south wall, from the common
CF \| room. A staircase leads up to the guest rooms. The only light comes
CF \| from the east, a bright rectangle surrounding the kitchen door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| To the west, the Road shines in the moonlight, as if covered in silver
CF \| dust. A row of wooden toilets lines the east side of the yard and the
CF \| inn stands to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Traders' Road
CF \| You have heard some of the inn's patrons talk and know that the
CF \| Traders' Road leads north through the hills to where once the proud
CF \| city of Ast Nadir stood and even further, all the way to the Hi-El
CF \| Forest. A crossroads is to the south, then the road continues south
CF \| until the Ultimate Mountains.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| The Traders' Road is crossed here by a smaller, east-west road. The
CF \| Crossroads Inn, about which people say it is older than the Road
CF \| itself, stands in the northeast corner.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You run south, toward freedom. When you tire, you keep walking until
CF \| dawn breaks and only then you take refuge in a cluster of trees,
CF \| well-hidden from eventual passersby. You rest your head against a tree
CF \| and the moss is soft under your cheek.
CF \| Soft as...
CF \|
CF \| [More]		Roger says, "We needed to go get a bit more exposition before we leave"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: window_open: ref must not be NULL
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: request_line_event: invalid ref
CF ] Thea
CF ]
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CF ]
CF ]		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "WAIT NO"
		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		Jacqueline says, "Noooooooooooooooooooo"
		Jacqueline says, "I was enjoying this."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.		Jade says, "oops"
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.		Jacqueline asks, "How old is this game?"
		Roger asks, "maybe there's an in-game option to turn the stuff off?"
		DavidW says, "2002"
		Jacqueline says, "...oh."
		Jacqueline says, "So, no messaging the author to ask for help or do a bug report, most likely."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"		Jacqueline says, "You saved not too long ago."
		Jacqueline asks, "Right?"
		DavidW says, "The game didn't crash."
		Jacqueline says, "Right. I might force quit."
		DavidW says, "yeah, we might have to."
		Jacqueline says, "Though I suspect no matter what, we'll hit this."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "%quit"
CF says, "game ended by request of Jacqueline."		Roger says, "ifwiki implies there's a no-sound version"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, so it's not the bot."
		DavidW says, "This is the no-sound version."
		Roger says, "d'oh"
		Roger asks, "maybe it needs, or needs to not have, the .cfg file?"
		Jacqueline says, "We could try the other version, though I suspect that will be worse. Sometimes, though, Floyd runs games with media fine, we just don't see the media."
		DavidW says, "I hope it doesn't need the .cfg file."
		Jacqueline says, "We can only give it one file, yeah."
		Roger says, "I would guess it would have barfed earlier if it needed it"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do but apologize."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, we could reach out to vimes or jota to take a look and see if they can make this run."
		Jacqueline says, "DW, can you send me an email with links pointing to the file? It's worth a shot for me to inquire."
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Or yeah, post them here. That also works."
		DavidW says, "Those are the files from the .zip file that doesn't use sounds."
		Roger says, "I've been enjoying this too but I'm not sure I want to go as far as decompiling the gblorb file"
		DavidW says, "the .blb file is the story file."
		DavidW says, "This is before the gblorb naming convention."
		DavidW says, "One of those rare Inform 6 blorbs."
		Jacqueline says, "I ... actually can't reach the Floyd upload page."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can you, David?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "I can't even reach [LINK]"
		DavidW asks, "Do you want me to upload the sound version under another name?"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, it's worth a try."
		Roger says, "If we still have some big player energy, we could maybe try one of the author's other games"
		Roger says, "yeah, might as well try it"
		Jacqueline says, "brb"
DavidW has disconnected.
DavidW has connected.		DavidW says, "sorry, lost connection."
		Roger says, "the real magic was inside us all along"
		DavidW says, "hopefully my upload attempt didn't get munged."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask wordsofpowerws"
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| __________
CF \| (_________(
CF \| \ \
CF \| \ Words \
CF \| \ of \
CF \| \ Power \
CF \| \_________ \
CF \| )_________)

CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Inform v6.21 (G0.36)/Library 6.10 SD
CF \| by Graham Nelson and Andrew Plotkin
CF \|
CF \| Graphics (not that you can see them) by Chris Nyaguly
CF \|
CF \| Music (chances are you can't get this either) by Andreas Viklund,
CF \| Aymes'fromagies, BlueShadow, Cyn, Haggeman, Toukka and Vegg.
CF \|
CF \| Lyrics by M. Eminescu
CF \|
CF \| For a full list of credits, choose CREDITS from the help menu.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| It had to be a Friday 13th, of course.
CF \|
CF \| More than two years ago, Dr. John Baxter, the world's brightest mind
CF \| in quantum physics mysteriously disappeared from his lab at the
CF \| University on a Friday 13th. Ever since, everybody at Uni tried to
CF \| stay away from this lab on a 13th, Friday or not. Everybody except
CF \| you, that is. After all, you are Thea Armstrong, soon to get your
CF \| degree in physics and bad luck is just a superstition.
CF \|
CF \| You made a habit out of sneaking into the lab during these days, to
CF \| enjoy some peace and quiet. Today was no different. However, after
CF \| half an hour, you heard an incessant humming in one of the lab
CF \| annexes. It was annoying and you were unable to concentrate on your
CF \| book. You opened the door and found a large box, with countless levers
CF \| and lights on it. There was a big, red lever marked "POWER". You
CF \| pulled it, trying to turn the device off.
CF \|
CF \| Instead, the humming grew louder and you felt faint for a moment. When
CF \| you opened your eyes again, the world around you was different...
CF \|
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \| Wooden Cabin
CF \| Logs. Wooden logs. Wooden logs blackened by fire form a cabin around
CF \| you. There is nothing but ash all around you, floating in the air and
CF \| entering your nose, eyes and mouth. Only the walls of the cabin are
CF \| still standing. Light pours in through a rectangular opening to the
CF \| west, which might once have been a door, and through holes in the
CF \| thatched roof.
CF \|
CF \| A torn book lies on the blackened floor.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take book"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE BOOK
CF \|
CF \| The book is bound in leather and torn in half by somebody or
CF \| something. Despite its condition, it seems unaffected by the fire
CF \| which must have ravaged the cabin. [The book is included as a
CF \| PDF file in the game package. Use the password 'John' to read it. If
CF \| you don't have a PDF viewer, you can download one at
CF \| [LINK]
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Outside Hut
CF \| The smell of ashes disappears as soon as you step outside, replaced by
CF \| a fresh breeze. Sights and colors assail your senses. Great and
CF \| orange, the sun hangs low in the dark blue sky, preparing - it seems -
CF \| to set. The grass and leaves are a bright green in color. The only
CF \| somber note belongs to the blackened wood cabin and the circle of
CF \| burnt grass around it. A narrow path winds its way to the west.
CF \|
CF \| A large silvery cat is sitting on the ground, licking its paw.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Here, kitty, kitty.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Hello? Anybody here?
CF \| 2. Kitty, you can talk!
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You crouch down, extending your hand to the cat.
CF \| "Here, kitty, kitty..."
CF \|
CF \| The cat comes closer and sniffs at your hand.
CF \| "You don't have anything to eat", you hear a faintly reproachful
CF \| voice. At least, you think you hear it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. What are you?
CF \| 2. Well, cats don't speak where I come from.
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Kitty, you can talk!"
CF \|
CF \| "What a surprise! So can you!", the cat replies.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. What are you?
CF \| 2. Are you a telepath?
CF \| 3. Do you mean I'm imagining things?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Well, cats don't speak where I come from."
CF \|
CF \| "How do you know? Did you meet a cat not talking? I've met plenty of
CF \| not talking humans, but I never assumed that they can not talk at all.
CF \| Maybe the cats you met didn't consider you interesting. Or maybe you
CF \| didn't pay enough attention. It's all in your mind, so you have to
CF \| concentrate."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Are you a telepath?
CF \| 6. Do you mean I'm imagining things?
CF \| 7. Are there other cats like you?
CF \| 8. Do you have a master?
CF \| 9. Who is your master?
CF \| 10. Do you have a name?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What are you?"
CF \|
CF \| The cat raises a paw in front of its eyes, licks it. "I would say I'm
CF \| a cat. I've always been a cat, you know."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. But I'm not a witch!
CF \| 6. Why do you say I'm a witch?
CF \| 7. Are there other cats like you?
CF \| 8. Do you have a master?
CF \| 9. Who is your master?
CF \| 10. Do you have a name?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Are you a telepath?"
CF \|
CF \| "Mind-reader, me? No. Human minds would be too complicated anyway,
CF \| always balanced as it is on the brink of madness. But since you are a
CF \| witch, I can sense the concepts in your mind when you speak."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "10"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. But I'm not a witch!
CF \| 6. Why do you say I'm a witch?
CF \| 7. Are there other cats like you?
CF \| 8. Do you have a master?
CF \| 9. Who is your master?
CF \| >
CF \| > 10
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you have a name?"
CF \|
CF \| "A name? What would I do with a name? Write on a tag and put it on my
CF \| hat? Hang it on my tail and do tricks for the amusement of humans? I'm
CF \| a cat. I don't need a name to know who I am."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Are there other cats like you?
CF \| 6. Do you have a master?
CF \| 7. Who is your master?
CF \| >
CF \| > 6
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why do you say I'm a witch?"
CF \|
CF \| "Why do I call myself a cat? Because that's what I am. And that's what
CF \| you are. I met quite a few wizards and witches and I know you for what
CF \| you are. Besides, you could not talk to me, if you weren't a witch."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "So far so good."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Do you have a master?
CF \| 6. Who is your master?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Are there other cats like you?"
CF \|
CF \| "I'm not sure what you mean. Other 'talking' cats? Definitely. There
CF \| is something great and infinitely sad in being the only one, don't you
CF \| think? But I did have some parents, just like you. It's not like I
CF \| popped out of a cheno egg."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yourself>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What happened to your... partner? How did he die?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you have a master?"
CF \|
CF \| "Master?" You have never thought that a cat's look can express that
CF \| much contempt. "I don't have a 'master'. I had a human partner once,
CF \| but he died."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. I come from another world.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What happened to your... partner? How did he die?"
CF \|
CF \| "He was a wizard called Yom. Not a bad sort for a human. I hunted mice
CF \| in his house, he gave me the warmth of his fire. Sadly, other humans
CF \| caught him and burned him. I miss him."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What is the Common Tongue?
CF \| 6. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I come from another world."
CF \|
CF \| "I know that. Your clothes are strange and the sounds you make when
CF \| you speak are nothing like the Common Tongue."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. How can you teach me a spoken language, if you don't
CF \| speak?
CF \| 6. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What is the Common Tongue?"
CF \|
CF \| "It's the language most people speak around here. I can teach you if
CF \| you want."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Please teach me, then.
CF \| 6. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "How can you teach me a spoken language, if you don't speak?"
CF \|
CF \| "I can put into your mind what Yom put in mine about the language."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Please teach me, then."
CF \|
CF \| "All right. Close your eyes and open your mind."
CF \|
CF \| You do as the cat asks, closing your eyes and trying to relax. Then it
CF \| hits you - a cacophony of images and sounds, too fast to follow. Your
CF \| head seems to swell and it hurts more than you could ever imagine, but
CF \| try as you might, you can not stop the flow, nor can you run away from
CF \| it. The images and sounds keep coming, driving you to your knees.
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| At last, after what seems like an eternity, the mad rush stops,
CF \| leaving you panting and exhausted, but clearheaded.
CF \| You see the cat carefully drawing some symbols into the ground with a
CF \| claw.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>*
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why don't we look for him together?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Somebody else from my world came here. John Baxter, known as
CF \| Gion the Earthling."
CF \|
CF \| "So... you look for him, too. I'll be sure to let him know if I ever
CF \| see him."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why did the people burn Yom?
CF \| 5. Can you show me where your partner lived?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why don't we look for him together?"
CF \|
CF \| The cat gives you a long look. "Taking care of a wizard or a witch...
CF \| it seems to be my life's calling. Lead on."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why did the people burn Yom?
CF \| 5. Where did Yom use to live, again?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Can you show me where your partner lived?"
CF \|
CF \| The cat turns, facing north. "First that way, then left. About half a
CF \| day to walk."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Road
CF \| When the path leads you out of the tree cluster, the scene in front of
CF \| you seems unreal and it takes you a few moments to figure why. A large
CF \| plain stretches to the west, but you can see no horizon line, only a
CF \| hazy band, far far away, of a darker blue than the sky. The sun, huge
CF \| and orange like a basketball hangs low in the sky. A neglected road,
CF \| paved with round, irregular stones and overgrown with grass makes its
CF \| way from north to south and its both ends are lost in the same haze
CF \| that replaces the horizon line.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You head north, following the stone road. Hours pass and the night
CF \| falls, tiredness forcing you to seek shelter behind some trees close
CF \| to the road.
CF \|
CF \| You dream of walking a wooden hall, lighted by oil lamps affixed to
CF \| the walls. Closed wooden doors, blackened by time and smoke, stand on
CF \| either side of the hall, but you don't stop at any of them, following
CF \| the hall to its end. There, a lone window looks out into the night
CF \| and, as you get closer, you can see your reflection in the glass. You
CF \| are a young boy, about ten years old. The light from the oil lamps
CF \| casts your face in silver.
CF \| Silver...
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] The boy
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You wake up, clutching the silver coin in your fist, your only
CF \| possession in this world, which took you years to gain. You shake your
CF \| head, trying to make the strange dream go away. You dreamt that you
CF \| are a woman from another world, arrived here by mistake. You even had
CF \| a name in your dream - Thea. Very strange, considering that you never
CF \| had a name. People always called you 'boy' or 'freak'.
CF \|
CF \| However, you can't afford to spend too much time thinking about the
CF \| dream. Tonight you are going to run away from this place where nobody
CF \| loves you. The innkeeper used to play with you when he was a kid. Now
CF \| he hits you for the slightest mistake you make and makes you work day
CF \| and night. Nobody likes you, because other people grow up, grow old
CF \| and die. You don't grow old. You don't grow up, either. The innkeeper
CF \| always says that you are like the bloody falks, then hits you again
CF \| with his whip. So you decided - tonight you'll run to the falks.
CF \| They'll help you, since you are small, just like they are. You even
CF \| have a silver coin to buy food on the road.
CF \|
CF \| Stall
CF \| Three walls and a straw mattress - the only place you ever called home
CF \| is this former pony stall, too small for a horse, but big enough for
CF \| you. The only opening is to the east.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x coin"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > X COIN
CF \|
CF \| A silver coin, bearing the profile of a long-dead king on a side and
CF \| the outline of a ship on the other.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. It's mine! You can't have it!
CF \| 2. A silver coin. It's mine!
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stable
CF \| The stable extends to the south, stall after stall. To the west is
CF \| your pony stall and the exit is further to the south.
CF \|
CF \| Fazir, the innkeeper stands in front of you, holding an oil lamp in
CF \| his left hand.
CF \| "Why aren't you sleeping, freak? You won't be able to work tomorrow if
CF \| you don't sleep!"
CF \| He slaps you hard and you raise your own hand to prevent further
CF \| blows. He notices your clenched fist.
CF \| "What do you have there? Let me see!"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] The boy
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "A silver coin. It's mine!"
CF \|
CF \| The innkeeper takes the coin from your hand.
CF \| "As if I pay you in silver coins! Where did you steal it from?"
CF \| You open your mouth, trying to explain that you didn't steal the coin,
CF \| that it's yours, yours! Anger chokes you and you manage only a small
CF \| whimper.
CF \| "Go back to bed!", he orders, then leaves the stable. You feel tears
CF \| burning down your cheeks.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| You step out of the stable, into the dark shadow of the old building
CF \| that is the inn. The inn stands to the south and a row of wooden
CF \| toilets lines the east side of the yard. To the west, the Road shines
CF \| in the moonlight, as if covered in silver dust. You remember your coin
CF \| and tears come to your eyes once again. You are going to leave
CF \| tonight, but not without your coin!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hall
CF \| Despite the warm night and the heat from the kitchen, the hall seems
CF \| chilly. You can hear shouts behind the south wall, from the common
CF \| room. A staircase leads up to the guest rooms. The only light comes
CF \| from the east, a bright rectangle surrounding the kitchen door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Kitchen
CF \| You open the door just a crack. The innkeeper is talking to the cook.
CF \| "Have you noticed how strange Payadur looks tonight?", the cook asks.
CF \| The innkeeper snorts, "I don't care about the silly moon. I just
CF \| discovered that the little freak has been stealing."
CF \| He produces your silver coin, showing it. "Can you believe..."
CF \|
CF \| A shout from the common room interrupts him. "Fazir! Where's our food
CF \| and ale?"
CF \| The innkeeper drops the coin in his haste to grab six pints of ale.
CF \| "Help me here. You take the stew, I'll bring the ale."
CF \| Both of them leave the kitchen and you slip inside.
CF \|
CF \| Your silver coin is lying on the floor.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take coin"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE COIN
CF \|
CF \| You grab your coin, suddenly happy. Now you can leave this place
CF \| forever!
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Hall
CF \| Despite the warm night and the heat from the kitchen, the hall seems
CF \| chilly. You can hear shouts behind the south wall, from the common
CF \| room. A staircase leads up to the guest rooms. The only light comes
CF \| from the east, a bright rectangle surrounding the kitchen door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Yard
CF \| To the west, the Road shines in the moonlight, as if covered in silver
CF \| dust. A row of wooden toilets lines the east side of the yard and the
CF \| inn stands to the south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Traders' Road
CF \| You have heard some of the inn's patrons talk and know that the
CF \| Traders' Road leads north through the hills to where once the proud
CF \| city of Ast Nadir stood and even further, all the way to the Hi-El
CF \| Forest. A crossroads is to the south, then the road continues south
CF \| until the Ultimate Mountains.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf11"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] The boy
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] The boy
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| The Traders' Road is crossed here by a smaller, east-west road. The
CF \| Crossroads Inn, about which people say it is older than the Road
CF \| itself, stands in the northeast corner.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Now we'll see."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| You run south, toward freedom. When you tire, you keep walking until
CF \| dawn breaks and only then you take refuge in a cluster of trees,
CF \| well-hidden from eventual passersby. You rest your head against a tree
CF \| and the moss is soft under your cheek.
CF \| Soft as...
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| ... fur. You wake up sneezing. The cat fur is soft against your cheek.
CF \| You shake your head, trying to get rid of the cat hairs and the
CF \| strange drea
m about being an immortal boy without name or memories.
CF \| And, somehow... the dream is still with you. You can feel the boy
CF \| sleeping somewhere near a tree.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Building
CF \| You continue north on the road in the red morning light. A dark shape
CF \| appears in the distance. As you walk closer, the shape gains
CF \| proportions, resolving into a two stories stone building placed in the
CF \| northeast corner of an intersection. A wooden sign above the entrance
CF \| proclaims in gray letters upon a faded green background that this is
CF \| "Kylkyuna te ra Lazkluke" - the Crossroads Inn. Despite the sign, the
CF \| building looks more like a prison than an inn - dark and forbidding,
CF \| with small windows covered with iron bars.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| The cat turns to the west. "Yom used to live that way, a few minutes
CF \| from here."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Hey!"
		Jade exclaims, "yeah!"
		Roger says, "dang"
		DavidW says, "I wasn't expecting that to work."
		Roger says, "nor I, but if we can't be good, be lucky, I always say"
		Knight_Otu says, "Technology works in strange ways."
		DavidW says, "I don't know if we should search the inn or not."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x inn"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X INN
CF \|
CF \| A two stories stone building sits in the northeast corner of the
CF \| intersection. A wooden sign above the entrance proclaims in gray
CF \| letters upon a faded green background that this is "Kylkyuna te ra
CF \| Lazkluke" - the Crossroads Inn. Despite the sign, the building looks
CF \| more like a prison than an inn - dark and forbidding, with small
CF \| windows covered with iron bars.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I'd like to continue west instead."
		Roger says, "as you like"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Pond
CF \| The small pond is surrounded by reeds and bushes, taller than you.
CF \| Water lilies and weeds float on its surface. A narrow path heads
CF \| straight west and a faint path heads north through the reeds around
CF \| the pond. The stone road lies to the east, although no path leads that
CF \| way.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| The cat sniffs at a bush. "Behind that bush is a tunnel. It leads to
CF \| Yom's place."
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "you already know what I still want to do"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "remind me"
		Roger says, "Yom's place, where everybody knows your name"
		Roger says, "I still want to cast spell"
		Roger says, "It's even dark now"
		DavidW says, "it's not dark dark"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bush"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X BUSH
CF \|
CF \| The bushes are tall and thick. Hidden behind the bush the cat pointed
CF \| to, you find a the entrance of a tunnel leading underground.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter tunnel"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > ENTER TUNNEL
CF \|
CF \| The tunnel descends abruptly and you follow it slowly, counting your
CF \| steps, one hand on the wall to guide you. After 27 steps, the floor
CF \| becomes horizontal and after another two the wall disappears from
CF \| under your hand.
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
CF \|
CF \| The yellow eyes of the cat glow in the dark.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast va ru"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST VA RU
CF \|
CF \| A brilliant light washes your surroundings, then its intensity
CF \| decreases to a bearable level.
CF \|
CF \| Living Room
CF \| Although small, the room looks surprisingly comfy. Wide planks of
CF \| polished wood panel the floor, the ceiling and the walls. A fireplace
CF \| is set in stone in the northwest corner. A red, thick carpet, woven
CF \| from a material that resembles wool, covers the floor. A wooden table
CF \| and a single chair sit in the southwest corner, while the whole east
CF \| wall is occupied by low, narrow bed. An opening in the south wall
CF \| leads deeper into the lair. Above the bed hangs a painting of a
CF \| seaside scene and set into the wood above the table is a stone plaque
CF \| in which somebody has carved many symbols.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fireplace"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X FIREPLACE
CF \|
CF \| Judging by the amount of coal and ash, the fireplace had seen some
CF \| use. For a brief moment you ponder the safety of using a fireplace
CF \| underground with so much flammable material nearby - then you recall
CF \| that the owner was a wizard who can probably extinguish any fire.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x carpet"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X CARPET
CF \|
CF \| The carpet is thick and soft.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bed"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X BED
CF \|
CF \| The bed is low and narrow, but the mattress looks comfy.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X TABLE
CF \|
CF \| The table is just big enough for one person to eat.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X CHAIR
CF \|
CF \| A single chair sits by the table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x painting"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X PAINTING
CF \|
CF \| The picture is drawn in oil or something similar and it depicts a huge
CF \| wave rising from the sea. A man in a black robe sits on the shore,
CF \| with his right hand extended to the wave that seems ready to fall on
CF \| him and a wide smile on his face. The detail level in the picture is
CF \| amazing - you can notice the relaxed expression on the man's face,
CF \| even his features seem somewhat familiar. Then your memory clicks -
CF \| the man is John Baxter!
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Then I remember that wizards get burned by townsfolk."
		Roger says, "He turned me into a duck"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x plaque"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X PLAQUE
CF \|
CF \| A poem is inscribed on the plaque:
CF \|
CF \| Days go past and days come still,
CF \| All is old and all is new,
CF \| What is well and what is ill,
CF \| You imagine and construe,
CF \| Do not hope and do not fear,
CF \| Waves that leap like waves must fall;
CF \| Should they praise or should they jeer,
CF \| Look but coldly on it all.
CF \|
CF \| Things you'll meet of many a kind,
CF \| Sights and sounds and tales no end,
CF \| But to keep them all in mind
CF \| Who would bother to attend?...
CF \| Very little does it matter,
CF \| If you can yourself fulfill,
CF \| That with idle, empty chatter
CF \| Days go past and days come still.
CF \|
CF \| Little heed the lofty ranging
CF \| That cold logic does display
CF \| To explain the endless changing
CF \| Of this pageantry of joy,
CF \| And which out of death is growing
CF \| But to last an hour or two;
CF \| For the mind profoundly knowing
CF \| All is old and all is new.
CF \|
CF \| As before some troupe of actors,
CF \| You before the world remain;
CF \| Act they Gods, or malefactors,
CF \| 'Tis but they, dressed up again.
CF \| And their loving and their slaying,
CF \| Sit apart and watch, until
CF \| You will see behind their playing
CF \| What is well and what is ill.
CF \|
CF \| What has been and what to be
CF \| Are but of a page each part
CF \| Which the world to read is free.
CF \| Yet who knows them off by heart?
CF \| All that was and is to come
CF \| Prospers in the present too,
CF \| But its narrow modicum
CF \| You imagine and construe.
CF \|
CF \| With the selfsame scales and gauges
CF \| This great universe to weigh,
CF \| Man has been for thousand ages
CF \| Sometimes sad and sometimes gay;
CF \| Other masks, the same old story,
CF \| Players pass and reappear,
CF \| Broken promises of glory;
CF \| Do not hope and do not fear.
CF \|
CF \| Do not hope when greed is staring
CF \| O'er the bridge that luck has flung,
CF \| These are fools for not despairing,
CF \| On their brows though stars are hung;
CF \| Do not fear if one or other
CF \| Does his comrades deep enthrall,
CF \| Do not let him call you brother,
CF \| Waves that leap like waves must fall.
CF \|
CF \| Like the sirens' silver singing
CF \| Men spread nets to catch their prey,
CF \| Up and down the curtain swinging
CF \| Midst a whirlwind of display.
CF \| Leave them room without resistance,
CF \| Nor their commentaries cheer,
CF \| Hearing only from a distance,
CF \| Should they praise or should they jeer.
CF \|
CF \| If they touch you, do not tarry,
CF \| Should they curse you, hold your tongue,
CF \| All your counsel must miscarry
CF \| Knowing who you are among.
CF \| Let them muse and let them mingle,
CF \| Let them pass both great and small;
CF \| Unattached and calm and single,
CF \| Look but coldly on it all.
CF \|
CF \| Look but coldly on it all,
CF \| Should they praise or should they jeer;
CF \| Waves that leap like waves must fall,
CF \| Do not hope and do not fear.
CF \| You imagine and construe
CF \| What is well and what is ill;
CF \| All is old and all is new,
CF \| Days go past and days come still.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "well okay"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Whoa!"
		Roger says, "It's not easy to inscribe a plaque in italics"
		Roger asks, "did Jacq make it back?"
		DavidW asks, "so... a line from each stanza is used in the final stanza?"
		Roger says, "Anyway, let's loot this dead guy's stuff"
		DavidW says, "I think.. we should talk to cat first."
		Roger says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "There's nothing to loot in this room, unless the painting or plaque hide something."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why did the people burn Yom?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why did the people burn Yom?"
CF \|
CF \| "Because he was a wizard. He was a great wizard, so they built a great
CF \| pyre for him. Fitting, even if it wasn't exactly what he wanted."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why would people burn a wizard?"
CF \|
CF \| "It's what humans do to wizards and witches, I think. Am I a human to
CF \| know what madness lies deep within your skulls? To know why you
CF \| destroy that which you cannot control or understand? You know that
CF \| better than I do. They have been burning wizards since the War."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What do you know about other wizards?
CF \| 6. Do you know Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Do you know Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What do you know about other wizards?"
CF \|
CF \| "I only know there aren't many left. I guess you could say you are an
CF \| endangered species."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>*
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What do you know about Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you know Gion the Earthling?"
CF \|
CF \| "I heard he was a powerful wizard. Never met him, though. After my
CF \| friend died, I went looking for Gion and I found you instead."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \| 4. <War>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. What was the War about?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Tell me again about the War, please.
CF \| 6. Who was this wizard who killed everybody?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What was the War about?"
CF \|
CF \| "I don't know much about the War. Yom said that the King betrayed his
CF \| wizard and killed the woman the wizard loved. The wizard went mad and
CF \| killed everybody."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>
CF \| 4. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 5. Tell me again about the War, please.
CF \| 6. Tell me more about Thaddeus, please.
CF \| >
CF \| > 6
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Who was this wizard who killed everybody?"
CF \|
CF \| "The wizard's name was Thaddeus. Fortunately, he died a long time
CF \| ago."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \| 3. <Gatestones>*
CF \|
CF \| 4. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 6
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Tell me more about Thaddeus, please."
CF \|
CF \| "I really don't like to talk about wars and mad wizards who died a
CF \| long time ago. If you really want to know more, find somebody who
CF \| enjoys death and destruction."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 4. Ever heard of the Gatestones?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 3. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 4. The Gatestones are supposed to have magic that opens gateways
CF \| between worlds.
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Ever heard of the Gatestones?"
CF \|
CF \| "No. What are the Gatestones?"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>*
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "The Gatestones are supposed to have magic that opens
CF \| gateways between worlds."
CF \|
CF \| "I haven't seen any such thing. Maybe another witch or wizard would
CF \| know, but I don't know where to find them."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Are there any humans here?
CF \| 4. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans?
CF \| 4. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Are there any humans here?"
CF \|
CF \| "Plenty of humans around, but if I were you, I would avoid them."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. How can they burn me, if I don't do anything?
CF \| 4. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why should I avoid other humans?"
CF \|
CF \| "Because, sooner or later they'll figure out you're a witch and
CF \| they'll burn you at stake."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| 6. Have humans always burnt witches?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "How can they burn me, if I don't do anything?"
CF \|
CF \| "It's what humans do - they burn witches."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 6
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Have humans always burnt witches?"
CF \|
CF \| "No. I think it all started after the War. A long time ago."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. I take it you don't like chenee very much.
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you know anything about the chenee?"
CF \|
CF \| "They live in the great forest. They don't come here, I don't go
CF \| there, everybody is happy."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. What do you know about the chenee, again?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I take it you don't like chenee very much."
CF \|
CF \| "Chenee eat cats."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yikes."
		DavidW says, "well, ouch"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. What do you know about the chenee, again?
CF \| 5. What's the deal with falks and witches, anyway?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you know anything about falks?"
CF \|
CF \| "They live in the mountains. Boring people - all they ever do is build
CF \| little machines and think that better steel would make a better life.
CF \| Besides, they won't like you on account of you being a witch."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. What do you know about the chenee, again?
CF \| 5. What did you say about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What's the deal with falks and witches, anyway?"
CF \|
CF \| "There is no deal between falks and witches. Ever. That's the whole
CF \| point."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why would people burn a wizard?"
CF \|
CF \| "It's what humans do to wizards and witches, I think. Am I a human to
CF \| know what madness lies deep within your skulls? To know why you
CF \| destroy that which you cannot control or understand? You know that
CF \| better than I do. They have been burning wizards since the War."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Library
CF \| You half-expected to enter an alchemist's laboratory - full of
CF \| alembics, levers, wires and buttons, but this looks more like a
CF \| library. The walls are covered by the same polished planks as the
CF \| other room, but here they have shelves, which support methodically
CF \| arranged books and scrolls. All in all, you estimate there are over a
CF \| thousand volumes in this room.
CF \|
CF \| Some sort of notebook or diary is lying open on a large table.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x diary"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X DIARY
CF \|
CF \| The notebook is bound in soft leather. Only the first few pages are
CF \| filled, with dated entries. [The diary should be included in the
CF \| game package as a PDF file. Use the password 'tomorrow' to read
CF \| it.]
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "okay, that would be [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Jacq is back, but reading and catching up and whoa that poem and be there in a few."
		Roger says, "woo, more magic. Slightly more."
		DavidW says, "so AEL is air."
		Jade says, "yes"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x books"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X BOOKS
CF \|
CF \| At first glance there must be at least a thousand books placed on the
CF \| shelves.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search books"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH BOOKS
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the books from shelf.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure how that'll help with our other words, but a word is a word."
		DavidW asks, "I guess we can 'create air' which might help underwater?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe so."
		DavidW says, "I'm curious where the place the wizards left things for each other."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \|
CF \| 3. What do you know about Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \|
CF \| 3. What do you know about Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What do you know about Gion the Earthling?"
CF \|
CF \| "I heard he was a powerful wizard. Never met him, though. After my
CF \| friend died, I went looking for Gion and I found you instead."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "hm. Cat doesn't seem to know."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Library
CF \| The walls are covered by the same polished planks as the other room,
CF \| but here they have shelves, which support methodically arranged books
CF \| and scrolls. All in all, you estimate there are over a thousand
CF \| volumes in this room.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| Some sort of notebook or diary is lying open on a large table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take diary"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE DIARY
CF \|
CF \| Taken.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put diary on table"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT DIARY ON TABLE
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the large table.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop diary and book"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > DROP DIARY AND BOOK
CF \|
CF \| diary: Dropped.
CF \| torn book: Dropped.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "They might be safer here than anywhere else. I don't think we need to carry them."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Living Room
CF \| Although small, the room looks surprisingly comfy. Wide planks of
CF \| polished wood panel the floor, the ceiling and the walls. A fireplace
CF \| is set in stone in the northwest corner. A red, thick carpet, woven
CF \| from a material that resembles wool, covers the floor. A wooden table
CF \| and a single chair sit in the southwest corner, while the whole east
CF \| wall is occupied by low, narrow bed. An opening in the south wall
CF \| leads deeper into the lair. Above the bed hangs a painting of a
CF \| seaside scene and set into the wood above the table is a stone plaque
CF \| in which somebody has carved many symbols.
CF \|
CF \| The cat ambles along.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look behind plaque"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > LOOK BEHIND PLAQUE
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "move painting"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > MOVE PAINTING
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the painting.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "I'm reading the diary PDF, but what's the torn book?"
		DavidW says, "That's the book we found in the burnt hut/shack we arrived in."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that the original 'book.pdf'?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks."
		DavidW says, "I'd like to try to keep going west to the destroyed capital."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Pond
CF \| The small pond is surrounded by reeds and bushes, taller than you.
CF \| Water lilies and weeds float on its surface. A narrow path heads
CF \| straight west and a faint path heads north through the reeds around
CF \| the pond. The stone road lies to the east, although no path leads that
CF \| way.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| Since you no longer need it, you release your light spell.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| "I wouldn't go that way if I were you", the cat says. "There's a human
CF \| village in that direction."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| "I'll wait here", the cat says. "I don't want to go there with you."
CF \|
CF \| Dead End
CF \| The faint path ends here. Everywhere you look, you can only see the
CF \| reeds.
CF \|
CF \| A stone obelisk marks the end of the path.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x obelisk"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X OBELISK
CF \|
CF \| Carved deep into the stone obelisk are two names and a poem. Time and
CF \| weather have eroded the surface, but the words are still visible:
CF \|
CF \| Ar-Tea (????-6239)
CF \|
CF \| Two candles, tall sentry, beside an earth mound,
CF \| A dream with wings broken that trail to the ground,
CF \| Loud flung from the belfry calamitous chime...
CF \| 'Tis thus that you passed o'er the boundaries of time.
CF \|
CF \| Gone by are the hours when the heavens entire
CF \| Flowed rivers of milk and grew flowers of fire,
CF \| When the thunderous clouds were but castles erect
CF \| Which the moon like a queen each in turn did inspect.
CF \|
CF \| I see you a shadow bright silver transcending,
CF \| With wings high uplifted to heaven ascending,
CF \| I see you slow climbing through sky's scaffold bars
CF \| Midst a tempest of light and a snowstorm of stars;
CF \|
CF \| While the witches the sound of their spinning prolong,
CF \| Exalted in sunshine, swept up by a song,
CF \| O'er your breast like a saint your white arms crossed in prayer,
CF \| And gold on the water, and silver in the air.
CF \|
CF \| I see your soul's parting, its flight I behold;
CF \| Then gaze at the clay that remains... mute and cold,
CF \| At the winding-sheet clung to the coffin's rude sill,
CF \| At your smile sweet and candid, that seems alive still.
CF \|
CF \| And I ask times unending my soul torn with doubt,
CF \| O why, pallid angel, your light has gone out,
CF \| For were you not blameless and wonderfully fair?
CF \| Have you gone to rekindle a star in despair?
CF \|
CF \| I fancy on high there are things without name,
CF \| Broad rivers of fire spanned by bridges of flame,
CF \| Strange castles that spires till the zenith up fling,
CF \| With stairways of incense and flowers that sing.
CF \|
CF \| And you wander among them, a worshipful queen,
CF \| With hair of bright starlight and eyes vespertine,
CF \| In a tunic of turquoise bespattered with gold,
CF \| While a wreath of green laurels does your forehead enfold.
CF \|
CF \| O, death is chaos, an ocean of stars gleaming,
CF \| While life is a quagmire of doubts and of dreaming.
CF \| Oh, death is an aeon of sun-blazoned spheres,
CF \| 'While life but a legend of wailing and tears.
CF \|
CF \| Through my head beats a whirlwind, a clamorous wrangle
CF \| Of thoughts and of dreams that despair does entangle;
CF \| For when suns are extinguished and meteors fall
CF \| The whole universe seems to mean nothing at all.
CF \|
CF \| Maybe that one day the arched heavens will sunder,
CF \| And down through their break all the emptiness thunder,
CF \| Void's night o'er the earth its vast nothing extending,
CF \| The loot of an instant of death without ending.
CF \|
CF \| If so, then forever your flame did succumb,
CF \| And forever your voice from today will be dumb.
CF \| If so, the hereafter can bring no rebirth.
CF \| If so, then this angel was nothing but earth.
CF \|
CF \| And thus, lovely soil that breath has departed,
CF \| I stand by your coffin alone broken-hearted;
CF \| And yet I don't weep, rather praise for its fleeing
CF \| Your ray softly crept from this chaos of being.
CF \|
CF \| For who shall dare which is ill and which well,
CF \| The is or the isn't? Can anyone tell?
CF \| For he who is not, even grief can't destroy,
CF \| And oft is the grieving, and seldom the joy.
CF \|
CF \| To exist! O, what nonsense, what foolish conceit;
CF \| Our eyes but deceive us, our ears but cheat,
CF \| What this age discovers, the next will deny,
CF \| Far better just nothing than naught but a lie.
CF \|
CF \| I see dreams in men's clothing that after dreams chase,
CF \| But that tumble in tombs ere the end of the race,
CF \| And I search in my soul how this horror to fly,
CF \| To laugh like a madman? To curse? Or to cry?
CF \|
CF \| O, what is the meaning? What sense does agree?
CF \| The end of such beauty, had that got to be?
CF \| Sweet seraph of clay where still lingers life's smile,
CF \| Just in order to die did you live for a while?
CF \| O, tell me the meaning. This angel or clod?
CF \| I find on her forehead no witness of God.
CF \|
CF \| Thaddeus - 6239
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "uh, wow."
		DavidW says, "Thaddeus was the wizard who destroyed everything."
		Knight_Otu nods.
		DavidW says, "I didn't know this was poetry world."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm still drowning in poetry. There in a bit."
		Roger says, "at least the magic doesn't need to rhyme"
		Jade says, "Complicated"
		Knight_Otu says, "And yet, they name their borderlands the ultimate mountain and the endless forest, or something."
		DavidW says, "let me know when we're ready to go. I don't think we can do anything here."
		Roger says, "My body is ready"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure I can glean anything from this poem."
		DavidW says, "I'm thinking we maybe try the inn if it's deserted or go further east."
		Knight_Otu says, "Anything immediately useful, at least."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm not seeing puzzle hints in the poems at all."
		Roger says, "throw down a save if you like"
		DavidW says, "I'll save back outside the inn."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm caught up."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Pond
CF \| The small pond is surrounded by reeds and bushes, taller than you.
CF \| Water lilies and weeds float on its surface. A narrow path heads
CF \| straight west and a faint path heads north through the reeds around
CF \| the pond. The stone road lies to the east, although no path leads that
CF \| way.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Building
CF \| A two stories stone building sits in the northeast corner of the
CF \| intersection. A road paved with irregular stones heads north and
CF \| south, while a smaller dirt road heads east and west.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf12"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] Thea
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ne"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. I have some questions.
CF \| 2. I'd like to tell you something.
CF \| >
CF \| > NE
CF \|
CF \| "I'll wait here for you", the cat says.
CF \|
CF \| Common Room
CF \| A heavy smell assails your nose as you enter. The original color of
CF \| the stone walls is lost under layers of grime and the light entering
CF \| through the too small windows has a yellowish tint, indicating their
CF \| dire need of washing. The rough wooden boards floor supports four
CF \| tables, also made from unpolished wood, one near each wall. Three
CF \| doors lead out of the room.
CF \|
CF \| A man in a brown robe sits at the table by the west wall.
CF \|
CF \| A short, fat man with an apron approaches you.
CF \| "Welcome to the Crossroads Inn, m'lady. I am Fazir, the innkeeper. Is
CF \| there anything I can get you?"
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "Your freshest and smallest orphan, please"
		DavidW says, "I didn't know this was the same inn."
		Knight_Otu says, "That just sounds wrong on all levels."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suspected it was, but wasn't sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I have some questions."
CF \|
CF \| "I'm sure you do, m'lady. Unfortunately, my stableboy ran away last
CF \| night, the ungrateful thief, and I have to do everything myself right
CF \| now. I shall return soon, to see if you need food or drink."
CF \|
CF \| Fazir bows as low as his belly allows and backs out on the northeast
CF \| door.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x man"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X MAN
CF \|
CF \| Long dark hair frames a thin face, with a patrician nose and eyes like
CF \| steel. The man wears a hooded dark brown robe.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "I have need of your disgusting toilets"
		Jacqueline says, "Fazir was the innkeeper, I think, yeah."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to man"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. I come from another land.
CF \| 2. I come from another world.
CF \| 3. Who are you?
CF \| 4. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO MAN
CF \|
CF \| The man smiles in your direction. "Sit down, child. It seems to me
CF \| that you come from very far away."
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "yes, let's give this guy a good reason to burn us"
		Jacqueline says, "haha"
		Jacqueline asks, "3?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. I come from another land.
CF \| 2. I come from another world.
CF \| 3. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 4. Who is Amdal?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Who are you?"
CF \|
CF \| The man inclines his head slightly. "My name is Tamir aru Yrie and I
CF \| am a humble priest of Amdal."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, ">Nod knowingly."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. I come from another land.
CF \| 2. I come from another world.
CF \| 3. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 4. What does a priest of Amdal do?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Who is Amdal?"
CF \|
CF \| Tamir smiles, "You must come from very far away if you have not heard
CF \| of Amdal, the Goddess of Health."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. What does a priest of Amdal do?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I come from another land."
CF \|
CF \| The man nods, "Truly, I have never before seen garments like yours."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. Do you use magic to heal people?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What does a priest of Amdal do?"
CF \|
CF \| "We heal people, when Amdal and our knowledge allows us."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I'm suspecting he knows, but whether it's a good idea to confirm is another question."
		Roger says, "I dunno buddy that kinda sounds like witchcraft"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. What do you mean by "people like you and I"?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you use magic to heal people?"
CF \|
CF \| Tamir's smile fades, "Amdal priests use herbs to heal people, not
CF \| magic."
CF \| He lowers his voice to barely above a whisper. "People like you and I
CF \| should be careful what they talk about, you know."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. I don't know if I'm a witch or not. I have no magical powers
CF \| where I come from.
CF \| 3. Everybody keeps telling me I'm a witch, but I don't even really
CF \| know how to cast spells.
CF \| 4. If you're a wizard, do you know Gion the Earthling?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about the Gatestones?
CF \| 6. Why should we be careful what we talk about?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What do you mean by "people like you and I"?"
CF \|
CF \| "Witches and wizards, of course."
CF \| He sighs and his eyes narrow, "Being a priest of Amdal is just a cover
CF \| for me. Is it possible that you can't tell I'm a wizard? That you
CF \| don't know what you are?"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 3. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 4. If you're a wizard, do you know Gion the Earthling?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about the Gatestones?
CF \| 6. Why should we be careful what we talk about?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Everybody keeps telling me I'm a witch, but I don't even
CF \| really know how to cast spells."
CF \|
CF \| Tamir smiles thinly, "Believe me, you are a witch and one with great
CF \| potential at that. Unfortunately the time and place aren't conductive
CF \| to a proper training session, but I can show you a few things, if you
CF \| wish."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 3. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 4. Do you know anything about the Gatestones?
CF \| 5. Why should we be careful what we talk about?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "If you're a wizard, do you know Gion the Earthling?"
CF \|
CF \| "No, but all wizards in Ard know of him. He is said to be the most
CF \| powerful wizard in our land."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. My name is Thea Armstrong.
CF \| 2. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 3. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 4. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 5. Why should we be careful what we talk about?
CF \| 6. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 7. Do you know anything about the falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you know anything about the Gatestones?"
CF \|
CF \| "It is said that Rinaldo the First has three Gatestones. He gave one
CF \| to the chenee and one to the falks as a gesture of good will. Nobody
CF \| knows what happened to the third stone."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 2. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 3. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 4. Why should we be careful what we talk about?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 6. Do you know anything about the falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "My name is Thea Armstrong."
CF \|
CF \| Tamir smiles, "An unusual name."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 2. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 3. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 4. Why did Thaddeus destroy the cities?
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 6. Do you know anything about the falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why should we be careful what we talk about?"
CF \|
CF \| "About six hundred ems ago, a powerful wizard made war on Ard,
CF \| destroying all the cities. Since the War, most humans consider all
CF \| wizards evil and try to kill them."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 2. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 3. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 4. Tell me again about Thaddeus, please.
CF \| 5. Do you know anything about the chenee?
CF \| 6. Do you know anything about the falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why did Thaddeus destroy the cities?"
CF \|
CF \| Tamir sighs, "It's hard to tell after so many ems. Tales say that he
CF \| and the King were in love with the same woman. When the woman chose to
CF \| marry the King, Thaddeus brought destruction upon the kingdom."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "5"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 2. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 3. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 4. Tell me again about Thaddeus, please.
CF \| 5. What did you say about the chenee, again?
CF \| 6. Do you know anything about the falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 5
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you know anything about the chenee?"
CF \|
CF \| "I only know what everybody else knows. They live in the Hi-El Forest,
CF \| north of the kingdom. They are a fairly primitive people, but have
CF \| very powerful magic."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "6"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please, show me what you can about magic.
CF \| 2. Thank you, but I'm not interested.
CF \| 3. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 4. Tell me again about Thaddeus, please.
CF \| 5. What did you say about the chenee, again?
CF \| 6. Why do falks dislike people like us?
CF \| >
CF \| > 6
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Do you know anything about the falks?"
CF \|
CF \| "If you head south, you'll reach the mountains where they live. But
CF \| they don't much like people like us."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: image_draw: graphics not supported.
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: window_flow_break: graphics not supported.
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please go on.
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Please, show me what you can about magic."
CF \|
CF \| Tamir nods, "Very well. Please wait a minute while I order some
CF \| suitable material."
CF \| He raises his voice. "Fazir! Another mug of ale, please!". After a
CF \| quick glance in your direction he adds, "And some of your juraz... the
CF \| lady is starving."
CF \|
CF \| After Fazir brings the ale and a bowl of something that looks like
CF \| stew and leaves, Tamir continues, "There's a word of power called
CF \| 'PA'. It comes from 'a apade' - to deflect."
CF \| He pulls out a piece of parchment and draws a symbol on it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x symbol"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X SYMBOL
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to tamir"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Please go on.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO TAMIR
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: image_draw: graphics not supported.
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: window_flow_break: graphics not supported.
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Go on.
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Please go on."
CF \|
CF \| "By itself, it's a powerful word", he continues, "You can deflect an
CF \| arrow coming your way or a sword blow, depending on how strong a witch
CF \| you are. Simply concentrate on the object and will it to swerve from
CF \| its way.
CF \| "The true power of PA, however, is that it can also be used with a
CF \| target word to deflect one of the six elements - earth, metal, water,
CF \| air, fire or light. Here's the word for water - 'ARA'."
CF \| He draws another symbol.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "David, you're writing these down... ?"
		DavidW says, "of course"
		DavidW says, "but we're almost out of time for today."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to tamir"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Go on.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO TAMIR
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. I am familiar with the nature of water.
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Go on."
CF \|
CF \| "A quantity of water, like the water in a lake, or the ale in this mug
CF \| is actually made of tiny tiny little drops. If you imagine the water
CF \| made of such tiny drops you can make it flow around an object or
CF \| yourself by combining the two words of power."
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Oh gosh. So we are."
		Roger says, "Water is the essence of wetness"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to tamir"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. I am familiar with the nature of water.
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO TAMIR
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I am familiar with the nature of water."
CF \|
CF \| "Very good. Now pay attention", Tamir says, dipping his finger in the
CF \| mug.
CF \| "PA ARA", he whispers, gazing at his finger. The ale in the mug forms
CF \| a small whirlpool around his finger.
CF \| "See? The ale no longer touches my finger." He removes the finger from
CF \| the mug and the whirlpool disappears.
CF \| "You try now. Put your finger in the mug."
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "Eww I'd rather just take your word for it"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put finger in mug"		Jacqueline says, "heh"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > PUT FINGER IN MUG
CF \|
CF \| "Good", Tamir says. "Now cast PA ARA on your finger."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA
CF \|
CF \| Tamir makes a complicated motion with his hands and you feel your
CF \| incipient spell dying. "Cast it on your finger, please."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I sure hope we are whispering and shielding our gestures from view."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara on finger"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA ON FINGER
CF \|
CF \| You concentrate on your finger, feeling... something, maybe the mana,
CF \| flowing though your body and you direct it into the ale, willing it
CF \| away from your finger. The same whirlpool that you have seen earlier
CF \| forms around it.
CF \|
CF \| "There", Tamir says as you release the spell and remove your finger
CF \| from the mug. "That wasn't so difficult, was it?"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to tamir"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 2. Tell me again about Thaddeus, please.
CF \| 3. What did you say about the chenee, again?
CF \| 4. Why do falks dislike people like us?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO TAMIR
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "tis a great power, Alebender"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Tell me again about the Gatestones, please.
CF \| 2. Tell me again about Thaddeus, please.
CF \| 3. What did you say about the chenee, again?
CF \| 4. What did you say about the falks, again?
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why do falks dislike people like us?"
CF \|
CF \| "Falks are very good craftsmen, but they won't have anything to do
CF \| with magic or wizards. It's just the way they are."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "save"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cfwop"
CF ] Thea
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I think this is as good a stopping point as any."
		Roger says, "Sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Falks sound like a rework of the stereotypical dwarves."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
		DavidW says, "yeah, craftsmen"
		Jade says, "GG"
		Jacqueline says, "Glad we found a workaround."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "score"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SCORE
CF \|
CF \| You're alive. This counts for something.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Thanks for this, David."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice score response."
		Jacqueline says, "That's a real life sort of score."
		DavidW says, "you're welcome."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thanks for the game and for driving, David!"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps next time we can find a gatestone."
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "great to see you again"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Nice to be back!"
		Jade says, "see you, bye"
Roger says (to cf), "SPELLS"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SPELLS
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >		Roger says, "boo"
		Roger says, "next weekend is a long weekend here I think, but I'll try to make it"
		Knight_Otu says, "Would've been nice to have."
		DavidW says, "In a normal terp, the spell runes are in an array at the bottom of the screen."
		Roger says, "Oh"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Anyway, I should log off for the day. Thanks again, and good night!"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Knight_Otu goes home.		DavidW says, "thanks all!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Thanks, all!"
		Jacqueline waves goodbye.
		DavidW says, "I've always liked the 2002 era of IF."
DavidW disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again.
Jade has left.
Jade has arrived.
Jade goes home.
DavidW has arrived.		DavidW says, "ten minutes before ClubFloyd starts!"
		Jacqueline salutes.
		DavidW says, "Notes of our known spells and known map are at [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "Oho. This bit about location names changing depending on which character we are is kinda interesting."
		DavidW says, "yeah, it threw me off when I drew up the map."
Knight_Otu has arrived.
Roger has arrived.		Knight_Otu says, "Hey."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I'll bet."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Heya"
		DavidW says, "hi Knight and Roger"
		DavidW says, "Notes up at [LINK]"
		DavidW says, "I imagine all of the 'Stone Road' that Thea sees is the 'Traders' Road' to the boy. Thea saw the map in the book, but she doesn't know for sure if this road is the one on the map yet."
		DavidW says, "By the way, I also found out that in a normal terp, the conversation menus are listed in a panel to the right hand side."
		DavidW says, "And there's a tiny pic of the person you're talking to in the upper right corner."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, yeah. That makes a lot of sense. I suspected it was a frames issue."
		Jacqueline says, "We're lucky it even works on Floyd, probably."
		says, "Makes sense. We assumed the top conversations was a quirk of Floyd."
		DavidW asks, "Should we wait for Jade a bit more? Let everyone grab a snack and drink before we press on?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with giving Jade a few if KO can spare it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure how the minute debt flows from me to Jacq to Jade, but sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Gotta feed the dog anyway."
		DavidW says, "I was thinking where to go next. I believe we're done with Tamir for now. We could go east of the inn, or north towards the lazy magical felines, south towards the lizard dwarves, or east to who knows what."
		DavidW says, "We could also ignore the cat's warning and continue westward into the human village."
		DavidW says, "If we want to catch up with the boy, or try to, that's south."
		Jacqueline says, "Jade posted, "I will be at my parent's home as ussually by the time Club Floyd is working. I hope to be online then" so he plans to be here but sounds like he might be a little late? I'm happy to start whenever, but maybe we could give him 5-10. Then again, some times Jade can uninentionally be quite late."
		DavidW says, "But I suspect we should go elsewhere at first."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there's always saving the game before going to the human village."
		DavidW says, "It's already 5 after."
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "I'd like to try east since we know the least about that direction."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like a plan."
		DavidW says, "okay."
		DavidW says, "I'll wait one more minute for Jade, then start."
		DavidW says, "I'd like to find at least one of those three gatestones today."
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "And now that we know the PA spell, we can deflect arrows or stones if we're attacked with those. Of course, that will immediately show we're a witch."
Jade has arrived.		Jade says, "hello"
		DavidW says, "hi Jade!"
		DavidW says, "notes at [LINK]"
		Jacqueline says, "w00"
		DavidW says, "We've decided to continue exploring to the east of the inn; we're continuing Words of Power"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Common Room
CF \| A heavy smell lingers in the air. The original color of the stone
CF \| walls is lost under layers of grime and the light entering through the
CF \| too small windows has a yellowish tint, indicating their dire need of
CF \| washing. The rough wooden boards floor supports four tables, also made
CF \| from unpolished wood, one near each wall. Three doors lead out of the
CF \| room.
CF \|
CF \| A man in a brown robe sits at the table by the west wall.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe if we find the fire word, we can prevent being burned at the stake (unlikely)."
		DavidW says, "There's six elements according to the diary, and we have words for three of them."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sw"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SW
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Building
CF \| A two stories stone building sits in the northeast corner of the
CF \| intersection. A road paved with irregular stones heads north and
CF \| south, while a smaller dirt road heads east and west.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Swamp
CF \| The dirt road ends in a swamp. A foul smelling mist rises from the
CF \| mud. The only way out is west.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "While true, if it were that easy, fewer wizardfolk would have suffered that fiery fate."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \|
CF \| 3. What do you know about Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x mud"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X MUD
CF \|
CF \| You can not tell how far the swamp extends, due to the mist that rises
CF \| from the mud.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline sings, "Well, I've been through the swamp with a cat with no name..."
		DavidW says, "I guess there's no point trying to go in there."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "dig mud"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > DIG MUD
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the swamp.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Building
CF \| A two stories stone building sits in the northeast corner of the
CF \| intersection. A road paved with irregular stones heads north and
CF \| south, while a smaller dirt road heads east and west.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "Hm. Why exist then, swamp?"
		DavidW says, "South, I guess. I don't want to mess with the magical felines yet."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Road
CF \| The stone road stretches from north to south, while a small path winds
CF \| through a cluster of trees to the east.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| The stone road crosses a larger road here. The larger road is raised,
CF \| paved with square stone slabs and, despite the obvious neglect, in
CF \| fairly good shape. The smaller road heads north and south, while the
CF \| larger road leads east and west. A stone pillar stands in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "oh. I guess this is the main crossroads, where the N/S Traders' Road meets the W/E King's Road."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pillar"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X PILLAR
CF \|
CF \| The stone pillar is about twelve feet tall, shaped like the frustum of
CF \| a pyramid, six feet wide at the base and three at the top. There are
CF \| inscriptions on the southern and eastern faces.
CF \| The southern inscription reads:
CF \|
CF \| King's Highway
CF \| <== Originus
CF \| ==> Lornest
CF \|
CF \| and the eastern inscription:
CF \|
CF \| Traders' Road
CF \| ==> Ast Nadir
CF \| <== Ultimate Mountains
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "In case anyone else needs this: A frustum is the part of a solid figure, such as a cone or pyramid, that's left after cutting off the top."
		DavidW says, "I would like to visit Originus. That was Ard's capital before the Wizard War."
		Knight_Otu says, "nods at Jacq and David."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "thanks"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore East
CF \| The highway ends at the water edge. Broken slabs form a ramp that
CF \| descends under the water. The surface of the lake is smooth, calm,
CF \| stretching many miles to the west. Grass grows on the shore, wild and
CF \| rich. To the south, the shore rises gently above the lake level and
CF \| you can see a small waterfall.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Cool with Originus, sure."
		Roger says, "Originus, home of the Orange Julius"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x grass"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X GRASS
CF \|
CF \| Grass grows rich and wild on the lake shore.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ramp"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X RAMP
CF \|
CF \| The highway is paved with large rectangular slabs of stone. At the
CF \| water edge, broken slabs form a ramp that descends into the lake.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara on me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA ON ME
CF \|
CF \| There's no water around you to part.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| On The Lake
CF \| You step into the water. The ground drops abruptly and you are forced
CF \| to swim. Fortunately, the water is not too cold. You can reach the
CF \| lake shore to the east or north and there's a small waterfall to the
CF \| south.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "So much for that spell right now."
		DavidW says, "You have to actually be in the water for it to work. It'll work now, I bet"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore North
CF \| A tall, black cliff blocks your access any further to the west. You
CF \| can see the lake stretching to the south, the other shore nothing more
CF \| than a black line below the horizon. A small, circular opening is
CF \| visible at the base of the cliff.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x opening"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X OPENING
CF \|
CF \| The opening is round and pitch black, the mouth of a tunnel leading
CF \| underground.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "in"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > IN
CF \|
CF \| Try as you might, you can't squeeze into the small opening. You wonder
CF \| if you put on too much weight.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought there was no horizon as such here."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "yeah, that might be an oopsie."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reach in opening"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > REACH IN OPENING
CF \|
CF \| You can't reach into the small opening.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "hm. The phrasing was understood, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe a tunnel for the boy."
		Roger asks, "would the cat do it?"
		DavidW asks, "Maybe the cat will let us bring it here?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| On The Lake
CF \| The water is just the right temperature for a swim. You can reach the
CF \| lake shore to the east or north and there's a small waterfall to the
CF \| south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore East
CF \| The highway ends at the water edge. Broken slabs form a ramp that
CF \| descends under the water. The surface of the lake is smooth, calm,
CF \| stretching many miles to the west. Grass grows on the shore, wild and
CF \| rich. To the south, the shore rises gently above the lake level and
CF \| you can see a small waterfall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X CAT
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| You are at the crossroads between a north-south stone road and a
CF \| lager, raised road, paved with square stone slabs, that leads east and
CF \| west. A stone pillar stands in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \|
CF \| 3. What do you know about Gion the Earthling?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. What do you know about the chenee, again?
CF \| 5. What did you say about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "3"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why should I avoid other humans, again?
CF \| 4. What do you know about the chenee, again?
CF \| 5. What did you say about falks?
CF \| >
CF \| > 3
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Why should I avoid other humans, again?"
CF \|
CF \| "Didn't you get it the first time? YOU'LL BURN AT STAKE!"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cat, follow me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAT, FOLLOW ME
CF \|
CF \| If you want to talk to somebody, use the "talk to" command.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE CAT
CF \|
CF \| The cat shies away from you. "I can walk by myself. Better than you."
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline asks, "Can you cast the water thing on the cat?"
		DavidW says, "I guess the cat won't follow us to the lake at all."
		DavidW says, "I don't think we can unless the cat is actually in a liquid."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara on cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA ON CAT
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I'd suspect the same caveat applies - the cat would already... right,"
		Jacqueline says, "nods."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore East
CF \| The highway ends at the water edge. Broken slabs form a ramp that
CF \| descends under the water. The surface of the lake is smooth, calm,
CF \| stretching many miles to the west. Grass grows on the shore, wild and
CF \| rich. To the south, the shore rises gently above the lake level and
CF \| you can see a small waterfall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Waterfall
CF \| You climb along the shore, until you reach a wide, fast river that
CF \| falls about twenty feet into the lake below. The footing becomes
CF \| precarious as you approach the river. To the west, the lake stretches
CF \| for miles.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x waterfall"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X WATERFALL
CF \|
CF \| A small waterfall marks the lake's source of water.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I would love to believe that there's a tunnel behind the waterfall but we have to be in the lake to get there."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| Diving into the lake from here is dangerous. There might be stones at
CF \| the base of the waterfall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore East
CF \| The highway ends at the water edge. Broken slabs form a ramp that
CF \| descends under the water. The surface of the lake is smooth, calm,
CF \| stretching many miles to the west. Grass grows on the shore, wild and
CF \| rich. To the south, the shore rises gently above the lake level and
CF \| you can see a small waterfall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| On The Lake
CF \| The water is just the right temperature for a swim. You can reach the
CF \| lake shore to the east or north and there's a small waterfall to the
CF \| south.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| As you approach the waterfall, the current threatens to suck you in
CF \| and you return to calmer waters.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara on me"
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA ON ME
CF \|
CF \| As the water parts around you, your buoyancy disappears and you sink
CF \| like a stone to the bottom.
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \| Underwater
CF \| Sunlight filters through the water, casting everything around you in a
CF \| blue light. Dark shadows with vaguely geometrical shapes hint at
CF \| former stone structures, eroded by the water during the centuries. Far
CF \| to the west, a large building seems to be still standing on the bottom
CF \| of the lake amid the ruins.
CF \| The spell is still active, but you need air.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "va ael"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > VA AEL
CF \|
CF \| That's not a verb I recognise.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast va ael"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST VA AEL
CF \|
CF \| Air forms around you. You are now able to move freely, surrounded by a
CF \| thin shell of air.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \| You make your way through the ruins to the entrance of the building.
CF \|
CF \| Entrance Hall
CF \| On the inside, the building looks worse than on the outside. This was
CF \| once a huge entrance hall. The marble blocks on the floor are covered
CF \| with algae. A wide marble stairway to the west once led to the second
CF \| floor, but blocks of stone fallen from the ceiling have broken it.
CF \| Broken marble columns and what looks like a former balcony fell in the
CF \| middle of the hall, cutting off your access to the north. Large round
CF \| windows, placed near the domed ceiling serve now as doors for the
CF \| fish. Gaping rectangular holes indicate places where doors stood once
CF \| upon a time, a large one to the east and a narrower one in the south
CF \| wall.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, right, it's just a thin anti-water shell around us."
		DavidW says, "We're maintaining two spells now, and we automatically disspell them when no longer needed."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stairway"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X STAIRWAY
CF \|
CF \| The marble stairway is broken and doesn't lead anywhere now.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "u"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > U
CF \|
CF \| You can't go that way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "swim up"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SWIM UP
CF \|
CF \| I only understood you as far as wanting to swim.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I guess we can't swim without water touching us."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "No."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast va ru"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST VA RU
CF \|
CF \| A brilliant light washes your surroundings, then its intensity
CF \| decreases to a bearable level.
CF \|
CF \| Small Room
CF \| Time and water have destroyed everything that might give you a clue to
CF \| the purpose of this room. It has no windows and the walls are bare
CF \| stone. Its only feature is a metal trapdoor in the middle of the
CF \| floor. You can return to the hall to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x trapdoor"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X TRAPDOOR
CF \|
CF \| A square metallic trapdoor is set into the floor. It has a handle near
CF \| one side, presumably to open it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN IT
CF \|
CF \| While it doesn't seem locked, you aren't able to budge the trapdoor.
CF \| Perhaps the water pressure is holding it closed?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara on trapdoor"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA ON TRAPDOOR
CF \|
CF \| Good idea! If the water pressure was holding the trapdoor in place,
CF \| you should now be able to open it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open trapdoor"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > OPEN TRAPDOOR
CF \|
CF \| You open the trapdoor, revealing a dark room below, dimly lit by an
CF \| orange glow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| An unseen barrier prevents you to descend through the opening.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x barrier"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X BARRIER
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x glow"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X GLOW
CF \|
CF \| You can't see any such thing.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "Maybe we need more magic for this part."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Small Room
CF \| Time and water have destroyed everything that might give you a clue to
CF \| the purpose of this room. It has no windows and the walls are bare
CF \| stone. Its only feature is a metal trapdoor in the middle of the
CF \| floor. You can return to the hall to the north.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "I guess so."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Should we close the trapdoor?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Actually, stupid question, the water is already down there anyway."
		DavidW says, "yeah, probably. The water will return to it when we leave the room."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close trapdoor"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CLOSE TRAPDOOR
CF \|
CF \| You close the trapdoor and release the spell that keeps the water away
CF \| from it.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Entrance Hall
CF \| The entrance hall might have looked magnificent once, but now it is a
CF \| ruin. The marble stairway to the west is broken and rubble blocks your
CF \| access to the north side of the hall. The only possible exits are
CF \| through holes in the south and east walls.
CF \|
CF \| Since you no longer need it, you release your light spell.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa on rubble"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ON RUBBLE
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x rubble"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X RUBBLE
CF \|
CF \| Rubble blocks your access to the north side of the hall.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "move rubble"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > MOVE RUBBLE
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the rubble.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| Rubble blocks your way.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Underwater
CF \| Sunlight filters through the water, casting everything around you in a
CF \| blue light. Dark shadows with vaguely geometrical shapes hint at
CF \| former stone structures, eroded by the water during the centuries. Far
CF \| to the west, a large building seems to be still standing on the bottom
CF \| of the lake amid the ruins.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Underwater
CF \| Sunlight filters through the water, casting everything around you in a
CF \| blue light. Dark shadows with vaguely geometrical shapes hint at
CF \| former stone structures, eroded by the water during the centuries. Far
CF \| to the west, a large building seems to be still standing on the bottom
CF \| of the lake amid the ruins.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Underwater
CF \| Sunlight filters through the water, casting everything around you in a
CF \| blue light. Dark shadows with vaguely geometrical shapes hint at
CF \| former stone structures, eroded by the water during the centuries. Far
CF \| to the west, a large building seems to be still standing on the bottom
CF \| of the lake amid the ruins.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Underwater
CF \| Sunlight filters through the water, casting everything around you in a
CF \| blue light. Dark shadows with vaguely geometrical shapes hint at
CF \| former stone structures, eroded by the water during the centuries. Far
CF \| to the west, a large building seems to be still standing on the bottom
CF \| of the lake amid the ruins.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You release your spell before returning to the surface.
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF ] Thea
CF \| [More]
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore North
CF \| A tall, black cliff blocks your access any further to the west. You
CF \| can see the lake stretching to the south, the other shore nothing more
CF \| than a black line below the horizon. A small, circular opening is
CF \| visible at the base of the cliff.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast va ru on opening"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST VA RU ON OPENING
CF \|
CF \| There's enough light here already.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \| You follow the gentle curve of the lake shore until you are facing
CF \| south.
CF \|
CF \| Lakeshore East
CF \| The highway ends at the water edge. Broken slabs form a ramp that
CF \| descends under the water. The surface of the lake is smooth, calm,
CF \| stretching many miles to the west. Grass grows on the shore, wild and
CF \| rich. To the south, the shore rises gently above the lake level and
CF \| you can see a small waterfall.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "since we can't fly, I don't know how to ascend the cliff."
		Jacqueline asks, "Does the place have no horizon because this place is flat?"
		DavidW says, "We think so, but we can't be sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "That was my understanding."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, just hadn't thought about that until you caught that there was an accidental horizon a minute ago."
		DavidW says, "John's book said, I think, that we didn't even know if this was a planet or not."
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "There might not be an edge or ending in any direction."
		Knight_Otu says, "I recall Thea mentioning something about what she saw when she left the forest, but am unsure now what it was."
		DavidW asks, "Let's return to cat. Maybe head east on the King's Road next?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| You are at the crossroads between a north-south stone road and a
CF \| lager, raised road, paved with square stone slabs, that leads east and
CF \| west. A stone pillar stands in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Broken Bridge
CF \| The stone highway arches in a graceful bridge high above a wide river.
CF \| Unfortunately, the stone bridge is broken, barring any further access
CF \| east.
CF \|
CF \| The cat ambles along.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x river"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X RIVER
CF \|
CF \| The river flows fast below you.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I suppose jumping down into the river is a bad idea."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bridge"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X BRIDGE
CF \|
CF \| Made from stone, the once graceful arc of the bridge used to cross the
CF \| river. Unfortunately, the bridge is broken.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
		DavidW says, "Flying would be helpful."
		Jacqueline asks, "Save, then eff around and find out?"
		DavidW says, "sure. let's fafo."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cf13"
CF \| >
CF \| > SAVE
CF \| %% Enter a save filename to write:
CF ] Thea
CF \| > SAVEOk.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "d"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > D
CF \|
CF \| Jumping into the river from the bridge means sure death.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "While true, I suspect we won't get flight here."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ael on me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA AEL ON ME
CF \|
CF \| You will the air away from yourself. You soon find yourself choking
CF \| and this breaks your concentration. Fortunately.
CF \|
CF \| >		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
		Knight_Otu says, "I kind of assumed that effect, but not necessarily the outcome."
		DavidW says, "If we had earth or stone as a magic word, maybe a 'create earth' spell would repair the bridge."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ru on me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA RU ON ME
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Darkness
CF \| You concentrate, bending the light around your body. Darkness descends
CF \| upon you. You feel a brief surge of panic, thinking you've gone blind.
CF \| Then it dawns on you - if light "avoids" you, you will not able to see
CF \| anything either.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "That seems like the most likely spell to use here, yes. Maybe a "great create earth.""
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > UNDO
CF \|
CF \| Broken Bridge
CF \| [Previous turn undone.]
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "That PA RU spell might be useful against a foe."
		Knight_Otu nods.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| You are at the crossroads between a north-south stone road and a
CF \| lager, raised road, paved with square stone slabs, that leads east and
CF \| west. A stone pillar stands in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Canyon
CF \| The road narrows here as it enters a small canyon. Sheer vertical
CF \| walls of stone rise on both sides, at least fifty feet tall.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| A volley of arrows comes from nowhere, hitting the ground at your
CF \| feet.
CF \| "Need we no witches here", an unseen voice calls. "Go away!"
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa on me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ON ME
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa arrows on me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARROWS ON ME
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S
CF \|
CF \| Those arrows might turn bad for your health.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Well, the lizard dwarves don't want us."
		DavidW asks, "But PA was supposed to help deflect arrows?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Canyon
CF \| The road narrows here as it enters a small canyon. Sheer vertical
CF \| walls of stone rise on both sides, at least fifty feet tall.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Odd that."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "s then cast pa"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > S THEN CAST PA
CF \|
CF \| Those arrows might turn bad for your health.
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa then s"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA THEN S
CF \|
CF \| You don't know any word of power called "then".
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "We're running out of options."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I am again wondering how obvious wizardhood is in world. The false priest recognized us as a wizard, as do the falks?"
		DavidW asks, "North?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Crossroads
CF \| You are at the crossroads between a north-south stone road and a
CF \| lager, raised road, paved with square stone slabs, that leads east and
CF \| west. A stone pillar stands in one corner.
CF \|
CF \| The cat ambles along.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search pillar"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SEARCH PILLAR
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the stone pillar.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Road
CF \| The stone road stretches from north to south, while a small path winds
CF \| through a cluster of trees to the east.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Building
CF \| A two stories stone building sits in the northeast corner of the
CF \| intersection. A road paved with irregular stones heads north and
CF \| south, while a smaller dirt road heads east and west.
CF \|
CF \| The cat ambles along.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Stone Road
CF \| The road is paved with round, irregular stones and overgrown with
CF \| grass. It stretches to the north out of sight and south to a
CF \| crossroads. The backyard of the stone building lies to the east.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take stone"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > TAKE STONE
CF \|
CF \| You don't need to bother with the stone road.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Ast Nadir
CF \| As the hours go by, the road starts to climb gentle, wooded hills. Big
CF \| chunks of stone protrude from the grass on either side of the road.
CF \| Despite being overgrown with vegetation and worn by time, it is still
CF \| visible that these stones were once cut by human hands. You stop atop
CF \| a small hill, from where the road continues downhill to the north
CF \| where, far away, you can see the outline of a great forest. In
CF \| addition, a narrow path makes its way west between the trees.
CF \| According to Baxter's map, this is where once the city of Ast Nadir
CF \| stood.
CF \|
CF \| A formless patch of fog floats around a stone, a few inches above the
CF \| ground, like a small cloud.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fog"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X FOG
CF \|
CF \| It's like thin mist, difficult to see, yet undeniably there.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stone"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X STONE
CF \|
CF \| An odd mist floats around the stone.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch fog"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Who are you?
CF \| 2. How can I help you?
CF \| >
CF \| > TOUCH FOG
CF \|
CF \| As your hand passes through the mist around the stone, you feel a
CF \| faint tickling sensation, then a voice whispers in your mind:
CF \| "A witch, at last. Please, help me!"
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. How did your spirit become trapped?
CF \| 2. How can I help you?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Who are you?"
CF \|
CF \| "When I was alive, I was a cheno. Now my spirit is trapped here.
CF \| Please, help me."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. You've seen the fire? Can you tell me how it started?
CF \| 2. How can I help you?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "How did your spirit become trapped?"
CF \|
CF \| "Chenee can only die in the forest where we were born. I was in the
CF \| human city when the fire started and my body was destroyed along with
CF \| the humans, but my soul cannot rest until it returns to the forest."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. How can I help you?
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "You've seen the fire? Can you tell me how it started?"
CF \|
CF \| "Please, it is difficult for me to speak to you. Help me and my
CF \| brothers in the forest will answer all your questions."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Where is the arrow, again?
CF \| 2. What is this soul arrow?
CF \| 3. I will try to help you.
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "How can I help you?"
CF \|
CF \| "Follow the path, until you reach a clearing. You will find my soul
CF \| arrow in a tree. Look carefully, for it is not visible to mundane
CF \| eyes. Take the arrow to Hi-El and my spirit will be able to rest."
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu asks, "So singular cheno, plural chenee. Did we know that?"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure we did."
		DavidW says, "I did. The book used both forms."
		Knight_Otu says, "Our cat friend will not want to follow to the chenee if memory serves."
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		DavidW says, "correct. The chenee eat cats."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "1"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Where is the arrow, again?
CF \| 2. What is this soul arrow?
CF \| 3. I will try to help you.
CF \| >
CF \| > 1
CF \|
CF \| You say, "Where is the arrow, again?"
CF \|
CF \| "Follow the path, until you reach a clearing. You will find my soul
CF \| arrow in a tree. Look carefully, for it is not visible to mundane
CF \| eyes. Take the arrow to Hi-El and my spirit will be able to rest."
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what path he means."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \|
CF \| 1. Where is the arrow, again?
CF \| 2. I will try to help you.
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "What is this soul arrow?"
CF \|
CF \| "It is an arrow in which I placed part of my soul and shot it away
CF \| from the destruction. If you take it to Hi-El, I will finally be able
CF \| to rest."
CF \|
CF \| >
Jade goes home.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "2"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 2
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I will try to help you."
CF \|
CF \| "Thank you. My brothers won't forget what you did for me."
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > L
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Ast Nadir
CF \| The stone road descends north and south through the ruins of Ast
CF \| Nadir. Far to the north you can see the green outline of a huge
CF \| forest. A small path makes its way to the west.
CF \|
CF \| The cat is here.
CF \|
CF \| A formless patch of fog floats around a stone, a few inches above the
CF \| ground, like a small cloud.
CF \|
CF \| >		DavidW says, "oh. to the west"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "w"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > W
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Clearing
CF \| The pines thin out here, forming a small clearing. Dead leaves cover
CF \| the ground like a carpet, but you can not see the trees from which
CF \| they have fallen, just the pines. A brief gust of wind raises the
CF \| leaves in a circle around you. A path leads east.
CF \|
CF \| Looking carefully, you notice a thin white arrow stuck into one of the
CF \| trees, high out of your reach.
CF \|
CF \| The cat follows you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa on arrow"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ON ARROW
CF \|
CF \| The arrow vibrates, but it's firmly stuck in the tree.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa on tree"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ON TREE
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast yn pa on arrow"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST YN PA ON ARROW
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa yn on arrow"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA YN ON ARROW
CF \|
CF \| That won't accomplish anything.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa on arrow"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ON ARROW
CF \|
CF \| The arrow vibrates, but it's firmly stuck in the tree.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb tree"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CLIMB TREE
CF \|
CF \| There are no branches low enough to support you and the bark is too
CF \| smooth.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Yom>
CF \| 2. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \| 3. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 4. I need your help. Can you climb in that tree and fetch the
CF \| white arrow for me?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "4"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 4
CF \|
CF \| You say, "I need your help. Can you climb in that tree and fetch the
CF \| white arrow for me?"
CF \|
CF \| "All right, I see it."
CF \| The cat climbs deftly into the tree, grabs the arrow with its mouth
CF \| and brings it to you.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Hey hey."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to cat"
CF ] Thea
CF \| 0. >End conversation<
CF \| 1. <Ard inhabitants>
CF \| 2. <Wizards>
CF \|
CF \| 3. Why would people burn a wizard?
CF \| >
CF \| > TALK TO CAT
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "0"
CF ] Thea
CF \|
CF \| >
CF \| > 0
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > I
CF \|
CF \| You are carrying a white arrow.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "e"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > E
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Ast Nadir
CF \| The stone road descends north and south through the ruins of Ast
CF \| Nadir. Far to the north you can see the green outline of a huge
CF \| forest. A small path makes its way to the west.
CF \|
CF \| A formless patch of fog floats around a stone, a few inches above the
CF \| ground, like a small cloud.
CF \|
CF \| The cat trots behind you.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| Ared's Rest
CF \| The road descends gently to the north. The dark line on the north
CF \| horizon keeps growing as you approach until the next day you reach the
CF \| edge of the forest. Now you understand why it is called the Great
CF \| Forest. You have seen woods and groves near the road, but nothing
CF \| comes even close to its sheer size. The trees are thicker than you,
CF \| over three hundred feet tall, grown close together, stretching to the
CF \| east and west as far as your eyes can see. A wide, fast flowing river
CF \| separates you from the edge of the forest and the stone road ends here
CF \| with a gray slab of stone planted like a marker near the shore.
CF \|
CF \| The cat ambles along.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stone"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > X STONE
CF \|
CF \| Which do you mean, the stone slab or the stone road?
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "slab"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > SLAB
CF \|
CF \| A stone slab stands in the soft ground on the river bank. There's an
CF \| inscription on it:
CF \|
CF \| Here lies the body of Ared.
CF \| He was quick with his tongue,
CF \| But slow with his sword
CF \| And one day he was caught by his lord.
CF \|
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| "If you want to get wet, that's your problem", the cat calls from the
CF \| shore. "I'll be around."
CF \|
CF \| River
CF \| You step into the river. The water reaches up to your neck and it
CF \| flows so fast that you need all your strength to stand. There is no
CF \| way you will be able to make it to the other bank.
CF \|
CF \| >		Knight_Otu says, "Land of poetry."
		Jacqueline says, "For real."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "cast pa ara on me"
CF ] Thea
CF \| >
CF \| > CAST PA ARA ON ME
CF \|
CF \| Suddenly the pressure of the water eases, then disappears. As long as
CF \| you concentrate on it, the water flows around you, without hindering
CF \| your movement.
CF \|
CF \| >
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "n"
CF \| >
CF \| > N
CF \|
CF \| You walk without effort to the opposite bank.
CF \|
CF \| [More]
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: window_open: ref must not be NULL
CF \| %% Critical error.
CF \| %% Message: request_line_event: invalid ref
CF ] Thea
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CF ]		Knight_Otu exclaims, "NOOOOOO!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.
Jade has arrived.
DavidW presses the yellow enter button.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button.		DavidW says, "well damn"
		Jacqueline says, "Not again."
		DavidW says, "sorry gang"
		DavidW says, "I guess we can't finish this game after all."